It's a weird question, right? I think I don't get the point.
I got my first check for the book, BTW. I forgot to bring it to work, I wanted to make a nice copy of it for framing.
No, no, no, sir. No more chick pit for you. Come on.
Riley ,'Lessons'
Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - May 22, 2006 9:16:45 am PDT #8471 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Nilly - May 22, 2006 9:18:22 am PDT #8472 of 10002
Swouncing
msbelle, I'm honored too. So we're in the same corner again. Which is a very nice corner to be in.
I wanted to make a nice copy of it for framing.
Oh, that's an adorable idea. Are you going to spend it on something fun for yourself, or be all practical?
Allyson - May 22, 2006 9:20:25 am PDT #8473 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Some of it is going toward time off to finish it at the end of the month. The rest goes into savings. And maybe a teeny bit toward nephew spoilage.
Topic!Cindy - May 22, 2006 9:20:32 am PDT #8474 of 10002
What is even happening?
What Nilly and msbelle said.
Sophia, I'm with the people who think you should swing by the old apartment. That said:
It turns out that it is being delivered to my old apartment! So the t-mobile lady said that all I can do is wait and see if the phone is shipped back to them, and then it can be shipped to me! So I ask what happens if the person chooses not to ship it back, and basically I will have to pay for the phone, extend my contract two year, and have no phone.
Which is my fault, becuase I confirmed the order-- I just assumed they had the right address because my bills come to the right address.What? No. If you can't get the phone from the new people in the apt. please do not accept this. Go up the food chain at T-mobile. This is utter nonsense. You're the customer. You made an error; it's not like you killed someone.
Strega - May 22, 2006 9:21:56 am PDT #8475 of 10002
Given that she's an old friend, is there any chance it's a joke, or a reference to something? Because saying "still" like that seems really peculiar if she's referring to 14+ years ago.
Or was she not that kind of friend?
§ ita § - May 22, 2006 9:22:08 am PDT #8476 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It seems so frivolous
Less frivolous would be paying for me to have a massage and a body wrap, but if you're going to be All About The Cowgirl, so be it.
Rescheduled meeting ran over two hours. Perhaps I can get some work done between now and heading out for training this afternoon (my boss will be in the same session, so little goofing off may be possible). However, I still need to eat and nap or bad things will happen.
Allyson, just send her the Sci Fi article. Unless she's great friends with you, that's hella rude. Did she happen to deprecate herself in the e-mail?
Topic!Cindy - May 22, 2006 9:26:17 am PDT #8477 of 10002
What is even happening?
Maybe she's not single, and not childless, and occasionally tries to live vicariously through her friends who are single and child free. Not that I would know anything about that. At all.
Jesse - May 22, 2006 9:26:41 am PDT #8478 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Did she happen to deprecate herself in the e-mail?
I figured the next line was something like, "Because Reginald and I just welcomed our third little angel."
Allyson - May 22, 2006 9:26:52 am PDT #8479 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It isn't really peculiar, Strega. I'm one of the few girls from my high school who didn't push out a kid within two years of graduation, so it probably seems off to her, maybe even a pity, that I don't have kids and a husband.
Kathy A - May 22, 2006 9:27:53 am PDT #8480 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Joining in the "WTF?" response to Allyson's e-mail, and also adding my "Woo-hoo!" to the SciFi plug for your book, which I cannot wait to read, btw!
In Internets news, Google is celebrating Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday today (speaking of, I saw Finding Neverland for the first time last week, and didn't realize that Ian Hart was playing Doyle until the end credits).