So, I couldn't sleep and got up for some Internet time. Apparently there was an incident at one of UCLA's libraries this week in which a student was tasered 4 or 5 times by campus police. I saw video of it and I'm just stunned and furious. WTF is going on in this country? I need to do something to get my blood pressure down. Jesus.
Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 33: Weeping, crawling, blaming everybody else
[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.
Glamcookie - Nov 19, 2006 10:43:04 pm PST #2476 of 10004
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Pix - Nov 19, 2006 11:20:25 pm PST #2477 of 10004
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
GC! My fellow insomniac! I took a Claritan D earlier for allergies and then, without thinking, made the mistake of taking two Advil Cold & Sinus pills for a nasty headache a few hours later. On the upside--no headache anymore. Downside? I'm practically shaking from the amount of pseudoephedrine running through my veins. It's the only thing that works for my congestion and headaches, so I love it...but too much is a very bad thing. I hate this speed feeling.
Anyone up?
Cass - Nov 19, 2006 11:29:08 pm PST #2478 of 10004
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 a little insomniac right now. Hoping to get past it soon though.
Pix - Nov 19, 2006 11:30:56 pm PST #2479 of 10004
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
If you wouldn't mind chatting for a bit, I'm on yahoo. I promise not to keep you up too long.
Cass - Nov 19, 2006 11:32:41 pm PST #2480 of 10004
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'll pop on.
Fay - Nov 20, 2006 12:01:14 am PST #2481 of 10004
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
So, my probably-a-con-lady person, to whom I handed a wad of cash the other day?
I just checked her email address that I scribbled down (in the faint and forlorn hope that she was, in fact, kosher).
Her name?
Amanda Conradie.
A. Conradie. Which, if you have a Thai accent, is how you'd pronounce "A con lady."
!!!!
I laughed out loud when I saw that. That's a really nice touch. Fair play. The clue's in the name.
...otoh, though, a half-hearted Google of that name brought a bunch of links to South African wineries. And she claimed to be South African, working in the Wine Industry. So it is within the bounds of possibility that she was for real. I guess.
But mostly I'm thinking she's a 40ish fat female Sawyer-from-LOST. Probably. Who will end up being a character in my book, because she's clearly leading a Very Interesting Life.
Cass - Nov 20, 2006 12:40:41 am PST #2482 of 10004
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Who will end up being a character in my book, because she's clearly leading a Very Interesting Life.Which makes it a very good investment no matter.
Or she could just have a great name so that karmically you were rewarded with ideas for your good deed *and* she could pay you back as well.
Still? You did something for the right reason and that makes you a Good Person. No matter.
Kristin, thanks for chattering with me tonight. Am in bed now. Going to snooze.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 20, 2006 1:05:11 am PST #2483 of 10004
What is even happening?
Her name?
Amanda Conradie.
A. Conradie. Which, if you have a Thai accent, is how you'd pronounce "A con lady."Oh, as usual, dear.
Fay, I thought about you yesterday, in church (is that the first time a Buffista ever posted that particular combination of letters and spaces in your direction?).
The sermon was all about giving. The call to worship was taken from Acts 20:35, and reads, "In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
The Old Testament reading was from Deuteronomy 15:7-11 (which is a shorter passage than we usually have) and reads:
If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. Rather be openhanded and freely lend him whatever he needs. Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: "The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near," so that you do not show ill will toward your needy brother and give him nothing. He may then appeal to the LORD against you, and you will be found guilty of sin. Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.When I was listening, I kept thinking, "I must tell Fay the Bible supports her in e-mail." I don't want to overdo it, so I'll just link to the N.T. passage, II Corinthians 8:1-9 [link] because it too made me think of you, and your generosity. So get down with your kind self, because if her story was true, she was in terrible straits. Since she seemed believable, and you could spare the help, I can't imagine you choosing any other way, and still being Fay.
vw bug - Nov 20, 2006 2:09:23 am PST #2484 of 10004
Mostly lurking...
Steph, insent.
Timelies, all! How did it get to be Monday already? Yay for short week, though!
Topic!Cindy - Nov 20, 2006 2:10:10 am PST #2485 of 10004
What is even happening?
vw, are you doing Thanksgiving at your new place, or at your mom's?