But really, what would you rather read? It's interesting, but not convincing.
Buffy: A Guide, but no water or food. So it leads me to the sacred place and then a week later it leads you to my bleached bones? Giles: Buffy, really. It takes more than a week to bleach bones.
'Dirty Girls'
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.
§ ita § - Aug 22, 2006 2:12:09 pm PDT #9752 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Polter-Cow - Aug 22, 2006 2:19:30 pm PDT #9753 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Feel free to skip if you're tired of hearing the same thing over and over again. Although this one is kind of new!
My mom called to berate me about my job situation, saying that I'm just being jerked around, and if they really wanted to make me full-time, they would have done so by now. She's still unhappy that I got an apartment before definitely having a job.
"Don't worry," I said.
"I'm your mother," she said. "Who else is going to worry? Do you have anyone else who worries about you?" Because she is the ONLY PERSON IN THE GALAXY WHO CARES ABOUT ME.
"Many, many people," I said, to no response.
She told me I should start applying to other jobs; this wasn't the only job. What happened to all my big talk of "Everyone's going to want to hire me, they'll come looking for me"? I was going to turn 25 next month, and look at me! When was I going to make something of myself?
Finally, I couldn't take it anymore, and I just said, "I don't need to hear this."
She said, "What?" I repeated myself. I don't remember her specific response.
She went off on me for not consulting anyone and making decisions for myself. When I decided to drop the Ph.D. program, did I talk to her or my dad? No, I "just" dropped it. Because I think I'm better than everyone.
"How can I think that when you keep putting me down all the time?" I asked.
She said she wasn't putting me down; she was just giving me the reality. But she wasn't putting me down. She kept telling me to do things, and I never did them. Why didn't I give her a reason not to "put me down"? Why didn't I tell her one good thing I had done?
Did I call my relatives like I was supposed to? Did I call her?
"I don't like talking to you because I get this all the time," I said.
"Fine," she said, "then don't talk to me."
"Maybe if you said something nice about me once in a while."
"Fine," she repeated without listening, "then don't call me," and hung up.
Aims - Aug 22, 2006 2:22:53 pm PDT #9754 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
{{{PC}}} That must have been so hard for you to say, but I am proud of you for saying so. Sticking up to those who have been shitty is very important and people don't do it enough.
JenP - Aug 22, 2006 2:24:23 pm PDT #9755 of 10001
Good for you for standing up for yourself, PC.
Polter-Cow - Aug 22, 2006 2:30:52 pm PDT #9756 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That must have been so hard for you to say
It wasn't actually that hard to say, per se. I just did it without thinking too much. What's hard is the shaking for the last fifteen minutes and wondering what's going to happen now.
Aims - Aug 22, 2006 2:32:24 pm PDT #9757 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
What's hard is the shaking for the last fifteen minutes and wondering what's going to happen now.
Oh, you know. Pestulance, drought, flooding, and all tv stations showing a man in a chicken suit teaching Spanglish.
Polter-Cow - Aug 22, 2006 2:35:51 pm PDT #9758 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Pestulance
That's pestilence, Aims.
Calli - Aug 22, 2006 2:44:39 pm PDT #9759 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Pestulance
That's pestilence
It could be a pestilence that presents in pustules. Particularly in the petulant. In which case, "pestulance" would be perfectly appropriate.
DCJensen - Aug 22, 2006 2:49:17 pm PDT #9760 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
{{{PC}}} You had to say something, Sunil. I think you picked a good moment.
Cashmere - Aug 22, 2006 2:58:25 pm PDT #9761 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'm staying away from the ebay Hannah Anderson. After my Little Tikes experience, it's best to not go there. Besides, looking at the SIX storage tubs of baby girl clothes in her closet--how many clothes does one child need?
Em is a chip off the old block, that's for sure.
P-C, you said what you needed to, even without thinking too much about it. The genie's out of the bottle, which may be the best thing for all.