For the Empress. A new tagline. As I am watching Season 3, episode 2, this line came up and it seemed to fit.
Jayne: Here's a little concept I been workin' on. Why don't we shoot her first? Wash: It is her turn.
'Serenity'
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.
omnis_audis - Dec 10, 2006 6:41:16 pm PST #4964 of 10004
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
sumi - Dec 10, 2006 6:59:28 pm PST #4965 of 10004
Art Crawl!!!
I need to take the second dose of the muscle relaxant, but I'm feeling kind of icky and I can't help but feel that taking that pill is going to make me feel worse. Of course, this could be a baseless fear.
Hil R. - Dec 10, 2006 7:27:11 pm PST #4966 of 10004
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Right, but all that does is make her continue to attempt to convince me.
So you repeat that. Or variations on it. Are you ever going to convince her? No. So don't bother. "Thanks, but I'm doing fine with the plan I have." "But you can get a much better deal this way." "Thanks for thinking of me, but I'm happy with the plan that I have." Lather, rinse repeat. Just don't let yourself get too upset about it.
meara - Dec 10, 2006 7:34:33 pm PST #4967 of 10004
"Mom, if you're worried about how many minutes you use to call me, how about I call you on the home phone instead?"
Hallo, bitches! Am back from a brief trip to Chicago. I was reading some of this in the airport, and some just now, so I remember very little and did not meara. Though I saw Gris posting something about being "that guy". I'm sorry, Gris! No one wants to be "that guy" (or "that girl")! :(
More excitingly, I am all burbly because I have a date on Tuesday! A date! I'm not even sure how people act on these things. We're going ice skating. I suggested it, asked how she felt about ice skating--fun, or a trip to the ER? She said fun cause she'd see me, and hey, the ER has good drugs. Whee! :)
Cass - Dec 10, 2006 8:01:04 pm PST #4968 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.
Ya talk too much, kid. The entire answer is "I'm all set, but thanks for asking". You should say it in the mirror nightly like Stuart Smalley. It can be your new daily affirmation. It will be of use to you in many familial situations.I'm with Trudy on this. Not that it is easy or quick. It is not a lie, just trying (because no, it's not easy) to disengage from the conversation. They are going to try and control your life. You are going to let them or not let them. Both offer you the choice to be miserable or not. All about the choices and figuring out what is best for you out of the currently available options.
That said? I still have to get my tickets for actual Christmas. (The party, I took care of travel-wise.) So it's not easy. But there are choices.
Trudy Booth - Dec 10, 2006 8:12:28 pm PST #4969 of 10004
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Its simple, but that doesn't mean its easy.
Cass - Dec 10, 2006 8:22:38 pm PST #4970 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.
No, but hopefully it is honest. Families are just tough.
You online, Trudy?
Topic!Cindy - Dec 11, 2006 12:22:36 am PST #4971 of 10004
What is even happening?
P-C, I'm still with Trudy, Cass and Hil. And here's the thing, if your parents get you to take the phone, or to lie, or to be snarky to them, they have controlled your response and actions in one way or another. In other words, if you lie, or end up giving a nasty retort, they win every bit as much as if you took the phone.
If they keep up after you say, "I'm all set, but thanks for asking," all you have to say in reply is, "No, really," and "Really," and "No, really." If they start to get all, "You don't want to be part of the family," you call them sillyheads. Don't buy into this dynamic.
You can stack cats while you do the "No, really," and "Really," dance. Just turn the sound off.
Gris - Dec 11, 2006 1:05:05 am PST #4972 of 10004
Hey. New board.
Yay! My new favorite musical got a good review in the Times!
I slept like crap last night, and now I really, really don't want to go to school. I'm afraid I'll have a breakdown of some sort.
vw bug - Dec 11, 2006 3:00:55 am PST #4973 of 10004
Mostly lurking...
PC, you've gotten some good advice--and, there's an actual term for what people are advising you to do. It's called "broken record." It's taught in assertiveness training. Just stick to your values, and keep saying the same thing over and over again.
Sometimes it's still not gonna work, but it's honest and it's true to yourself.
Morning, Bitches!