Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.

Lilah ,'Destiny'


Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.  

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.


Jesse - Jul 10, 2006 2:07:08 pm PDT #6146 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I tip about 20%, depending on how rounding makes sense.


Cass - Jul 10, 2006 2:10:17 pm PDT #6147 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

and still perhaps a wee bit bitter
It's a righteous bitter, if you are...

How much do you usually tip a hair stylist?
$10. It's a little more than 20%, but I like her a lot and she listens. I pay extra for actually listening.


shrift - Jul 10, 2006 2:10:31 pm PDT #6148 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Excellent. Thank you. Two friends went to the same salon over the weekend and came back with awesome hair, so I'll be tipping more if this guy makes me look good.


Cass - Jul 10, 2006 2:15:47 pm PDT #6149 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I'm within the norm, it seems.
Huh. That article reads sorta rude to me.
What salon staff wants you to do: Start from 20 percent to be fair.
I want a pony. To be fair.

I will settle for a great haircut tomorrow though.


Sheryl - Jul 10, 2006 2:17:05 pm PDT #6150 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Stopped at the library after work today. Did my usual come-out-with-more-books-than-I-returned thing.(Hi. I'm Sheryl, and I'm addicted to books.)


Burrell - Jul 10, 2006 2:17:54 pm PDT #6151 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

It's a righteous bitter, if you are...

hrm. I can't really call my bitterness righteous as it was so long ago I don't even think about it anymore. Certainly I retain no strong feelings about him. I have no business being bitter about it anymore. I just, er, get pinged by certain subtle behaviors I guess.


§ ita § - Jul 10, 2006 2:19:10 pm PDT #6152 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But guys with girlfriends are allowed to make new female friends, right? Otherwise my social life is sorely capped.


Cass - Jul 10, 2006 2:20:26 pm PDT #6153 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Whoops. I have my cranky pants showing today.

The reason: The property management signs for all packages here and we pick them up from the office. There was a break-in Saturday and some clothes I ordered are gone. I checked online yesterday that, yes, they were delivered and were signed for and then called the girl at the office to let her know. She said that the manager would call me today to deal with it.

No call. I call them. Another girl, very nice, there says the manager is on the phone but will call me right back. I ask what I need ready to "start the process" of getting the items replaced.

"We aren't doing that."

*dead* *fucking* *silence*

The hell?


Atropa - Jul 10, 2006 2:24:36 pm PDT #6154 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

"We aren't doing that."

The hell, exactly. Are you going to go ask them, in a very calm tone, what, exactly, they ARE going to do about your property that they lost?


Cass - Jul 10, 2006 2:27:57 pm PDT #6155 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

hrm. I can't really call my bitterness righteous as it was so long ago I don't even think about it anymore. Certainly I retain no strong feelings about him. I have no business being bitter about it anymore. I just, er, get pinged by certain subtle behaviors I guess.
Then it is a righteous pinging.
But guys with girlfriends are allowed to make new female friends, right? Otherwise my social life is sorely capped.
Oh, that is a whole 'nother thing entirely. I am a firm believer that men and women can be friends. It's the people who are otherwise attached and supposed to be monogamous and then start dating other people...