Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Still, it does bother me. Because I don't think knowing how to defend yourself ensures you won't be abused.
I don't think its a matter of physical ability at all (well, other than in the immediate sense during a particular attack). It's very much a mental place that tolerates ongoing abuse. I don't mean "tolerates" as in "oh, this is ok, honest"... hmm... this is not coming out well. I mean some people would simply never stay in that situation and Cass is one of them. Most adult people, even, would not stay in that situation. The vast majority of people I would think. I'm just babbling now. I'll go spray some bubbles.
So in another couple of hours I'm going to take a nice Lushy shower and go to work and make this a true blue all-nighter because that's just the gal I am (and its silly to get two hours sleep anyway and everybody knows that).
Enjoy the Lushness and your very clean house.
I slammed some Benedryl because I am obviously allergic to breathing. It might lead to sleeping again. Not as a side effect of the Benedryl so much as a side effect of breathing without dripping.
Actual wolverines? Look nothing like I expected them to look. Or like Hugh Jackman for that matter.
I mean some people would simply never stay in that situation and Cass is one of them.
When I was 16/17, I had a boyfriend who was verbally abusive. Actually abusive.
And it wasn't the obvious thing to walk away. I mean, it was once I got my head around it and then I got the hell out of there fast but it wasn't just a gut reaction the first time it happened.
He didn't hit me but I don't know if I would have reacted any faster if he had.
I know that *now* I would be out the door immediately though. And that is good knowledge to have.
I know that *now* I would be out the door immediately though. And that is good knowledge to have.
I think it has a learning curve to it, in lots of ways we hopefully aren't the same people we were at 17.
At 19 I was hit once and told him if it happened a second time he'd never see me again. A few months later it did and I was true to my word. At the time "it was an argument, we were really going at it" seemed sufficient for me to give him a second chance -- now I doubt it would. I've learned lots of things since learning that being back-handed involves looking up at the ceiling and thinking "holy shit, he just back-handed me" and THEN "shit, that hurts."
in lots of ways we hopefully aren't the same people we were at 17.
I'm glad for this in a LOT of ways.
It is amusing, and a little irritating, when shows talk about how certain critters shouldn't be able to fly while they are showing the thing flying. Say we don't know how they do it? Sure. But that they can't? Not so much, it's just we haven't figured it out yet.
Sniffles are waxing and waning. Going to see if I can go back to sleep now.
Hey, Hec! Welcome back. Am sitting listening to an endless loop of the
Jazzy Fay
mix in my new room at work. For the third day in a row.
Thank you!
Somebody should name their band that: GA Whitefont.
I think naming the next Natter thread "GA Whitefont" would be amusing.
Speaking of whitefonted shows, I managed to get hooked on PR over the weekend.
I...can't figure out what PR. But I am really tired and I
have to take the GRE today.
Whose idea was this? (Oh, right. Mine and the graduate school industry's.) I think I might fail. Can you fail the GRE?
SA, you'll do fine on the GRE. If you think you did badly, I think you have an option to not have it scored, at the end, though I don't know that I would take that option. I did decent on it and I am really dumb. I even did OK on the math.
My advice is to not look at it like a huge crisis/pressure thing. You can always re-take, and I don't think grad school programs are overly reliant on GRE scores. It's just one aspect of many. I think if you can relax into it, and being tired might be a good start, you'll surprise yourself.
Again, you can always re-take.
SA, listen to Nora, for she is wise.
I had more, but I've now forgotten. So, Timelies, hugs and kisses for all Bitches!
