Captain was looking for a pilot. I found a husband. Seemed to work out.

Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'


Spike's Bitches 31: We're Motivated Go-getters.  

[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.


Fay - Jun 18, 2006 8:10:05 am PDT #508 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

And I knew about "salaam aleichem"

Still, this gets you extra brownie points

Muslim: Salaam Aleicum

You: Way Aleicum salaam, a rahma t'allah bereketu

Muslim: !!!!!!

(No, don't ask me what it means. 'And upon you be peace, and the blessings and grace and forgiveness and all that good stuff that God gives out, yo', essentially, but I'm not clear on precisely what. Still, it's the approved form of 'right back atcha!') eta:

Can't you ship it, Fay?

Expensive much.

I'm by nature a horder. I think that this kind of purging is good for me. It's all just stuff, and books are things that are always out there - you can go buy them back from a book store, or a second hand bookstore, in the fullness of time. Lacking a home and storage space, I need to really embrace this attitude.


Laura - Jun 18, 2006 8:14:27 am PDT #509 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Can't you ship it, Fay?

Is it horribly expensive to ship it home for you family to store? I've given away so many books over the years because they are such a bother to move.


Polter-Cow - Jun 18, 2006 8:19:21 am PDT #510 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

It's all just stuff, and books are things that are always out there - you can go buy them back from a book store, or a second hand bookstore, in the fullness of time.

But...buying them back is not the same! It's not just the text; it's the specific copy of the text that you yourself have come to know and love! Memories! Tangible!


Fay - Jun 18, 2006 8:20:25 am PDT #511 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Yes. I don't need to spend that much money. I have read them already. I do not go back and reread them every day, or every week, or every month. I do not need them. I like them, I want them, but actually I don't need them. And I really don't need to spend hundreds of pounds sterling on moving something I don't use on a regular basis.

There.

I am strong and rational.

lower lip trembles.


erikaj - Jun 18, 2006 8:28:45 am PDT #512 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Bummer. Your Arabic postings reminded me of a story I read in John Hockenberry's book about covering something in Iran once. Hockenberry is paralyzed, but still insane enough to be a foreign correspondent and he was there for Khomeni's funeral. So he had Iranians pushing his chair and helping him and still saying "Death to America!" for the cameras.


JenP - Jun 18, 2006 8:36:53 am PDT #513 of 10001

Strength to you and yours, Zenkitty.

One of his brothers was served with surprise divorce papers, when he got home from work. I'm just sitting here shaking my head.

Good lord. Surprise and divorce are not two words that belong next to each other.

I finished my skirt and it looks pretty decent. I can actually wear it out in public and everything.

That's so cool. I canna sew.

Poor Laura's friend and son (especially son). I'm glad the school stuck to its guns and made the point that the son could handle the address change himself.

She might like to practics "Sallarm-a-lay-cum" (Peace be upon you)

I learned this from Oz.

I am strong and rational.

Go you, with your strong and rational self. And best of -ma in dealing with the details you need to get done. It will happen.

Observation: People at this library do not understand the whole idea of SILENCE. What the hell?


erikaj - Jun 18, 2006 8:42:37 am PDT #514 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

OZ...yeah. Brother Salim was always kind of a favorite of mine.(of the guys inside...I *am* such a McManus that outside the cellblock he got most of my attention.)ETA: Because he was such a hard-working, liberal, people-believing kind of fella, though I never got laid during a riot. Yet. All manner of -ma to Fay. Happy Father's day to those celebrating.


Scrappy - Jun 18, 2006 8:48:39 am PDT #515 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

We always use moves as a chance to shed stuff. It feels bad beforehand, but it's fine after.


WindSparrow - Jun 18, 2006 8:49:23 am PDT #516 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

If I go hang laundry out on the line, then I can go back to bed, or have brownies or something really good, right?


WindSparrow - Jun 18, 2006 8:50:38 am PDT #517 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

We always use moves as a chance to shed stuff. It feels bad beforehand, but it's fine after.

My grandfather used to say, "Three moves is as good as a fire." Having to weed out books is no fun.