If you find out, let me know, Lee.
I had to stop wearing sweaters entirely for that very reason.
Mal: You want to tell me how come there's a statue of you here looking at me like I owe him something? Jayne: Wishing I could, Captain.
'Jaynestown'
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.
Tom Scola - Nov 26, 2006 9:00:23 am PST #3203 of 10004
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
SuziQ - Nov 26, 2006 9:03:33 am PST #3204 of 10004
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
"Mom, over the years I have found that I don't typically like _____, but have been surprised, on the rare occasion, to find something that calls to me."
Of course this won't work if she sees you frequently enough to see that you wear or have ______ all over the place.
Lee - Nov 26, 2006 9:09:10 am PST #3205 of 10004
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
"Mom, over the years I have found that I don't typically like _____, but have been surprised, on the rare occasion, to find something that calls to me."
See, that won't work, because she will assume that since she is always right, anything she picks out will fall into the exception.
I think I just need to say no, and hope she has forgotten by the next time she sees me wearing dangly earrings.
Emily - Nov 26, 2006 9:10:46 am PST #3206 of 10004
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
How about, "Not usually"? Then if she sees you wearing them, you've got an out.
amych - Nov 26, 2006 9:11:27 am PST #3207 of 10004
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Is there any nice way to answer your mother when she asks "do you like dangly earrings?" that conveys both "yes" and "but not any you would ever pick, so stay the heck away from me with your badly made fake Native American crap"?
"No"
Volans - Nov 26, 2006 9:12:54 am PST #3208 of 10004
move out and draw fire
Erin, I'm so sorry about your mother's friend.
I got the letter to my friend's parents written. In some ways I know them better these days than I knew him. I basically just sad I was sorry for their loss and felt the loss myself.
Then I made lentil soup with spinach and feta and Mythos beer. I wish I had nice crusty bread, but it's good anyway.
Lee - Nov 26, 2006 9:15:14 am PST #3209 of 10004
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Oh, Erin, that is so horrible. I hope your mom is doing okay.
"No"
I went with "not very often". Gives me a little bit of an out.
Cass - Nov 26, 2006 9:19:52 am PST #3210 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.
one of my favorite places to beIt really is nice. I think I am going to bundle out briefly because the pub theatre is showing Pirates for the last time today and I can watch it big screen and have a beer at the same time. Then? Back home to more fire and quietly getting stuff done.
"Mom, over the years I have found that I don't typically like _____, but have been surprised, on the rare occasion, to find something that calls to me."This. The, "I have sometimes / on rare occasion found X that I love, but in general I don't wear / like X. But, in general, no. Thank you for checking with me."
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phone rings...
Deep breath here. My brother-in-law is a good for nothing idjit! Sis just called me and she is going back to work on Friday. Why? Because he won't go and find a job and they kinda need someone to work for both the money and the healthcare. So she is going back to the hellish commute and he's going to stay home with the twins. Now, I have no problem in the world with SAHDads but this was not what was decided in this case. And frankly, the b-i-l isn't exactly someone I would trust taking care of my cats alone. So trusting him with my nephlet and the neicephews is ... going to take some time. And maybe some denial. She is being, for her, very Zen about the whole situation. Me? Well I will adapt. This is just exactly what I was afraid of when she told me that she was pregnant again. Before we even knew that is was babies and not just baby. When she told me that she was going to quit working after they were born and be a SAHM, I was so relieved. Now? Well, not so much I guess... It's like she married KFed...
Thankfully I am going to distract myself with pretty boys in eyeliner and beer for a couple of hours. Go team beer and movies.
Cass - Nov 26, 2006 9:25:13 am PST #3211 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.
Wow, nothing wrong in my previous post that some punctuation and paragraph returns wouldn't have helped.
That was some steaming-mad stream-of-consciousness posting.
Stephanie - Nov 26, 2006 9:44:37 am PST #3212 of 10004
Trust my rage
Cass, that's so frustrating! It seems like after such a rough pregnancy your sister deserves a break. However, I have to say that I'm 100% positive that working is much easier than staying home with twin infants. Perhaps if the dad is the deadbeat he sounds like, he will figure that out quickly and want to go back to work.