A two-fer -
Trudy Booth, to a habitually snarly Buffista:
Shrift, you should come to New York where you'd be considered chipper and folksy in your wholesome midwestern ways.
Katie M:
I knew this girl in grad school who was from a small town in Ohio, and had then lived in the same New Jersey town as me for a couple of years (though we didn't know each other at the time).
ME: How did you like it?
HER: Well, it seemed a little unfriendly. I mean, I'd say hello to people and they wouldn't say hello back.
ME: People? Like... random people on the street?
HER: Yeah!
ME: Um, you realize that they thought you were probably crazy, right?
Words of wisdom for the ages, from Cindy:
Matt, remember, if you ever have to go on the lam, you can't take a sofa with you, but a leather coat is de rigeur.
shrift:
But I don't think the special hell has Cheetos
Steph:
I'd rather sit with him and listen to him drone on about British bands I know nothing about than listen to the fundies talk about Jesus.
Gudanov:
I know what you mean. Those conversations just kinda boil down to:
"Jesus is really cool."
"I had this experience yesterday that made me realize how cool Jesus is."
"Yeah, I think Jesus is cool too."
"Wouldn't be be great if everybody though Jesus was a cool as we do?"
"I took this great class where we learned about how cool Jesus is."
"That's cool. Well, not as cool as Jesus, but you know."
It gets old. Nothing against Jesus, it's just yeah you like Jesus I. get. it.
amyparker:
Hey!
It took DH two hours to get home tonight. He's wandering around singing "All I want for Christmas is an F-15, with laser beams -- it'll be so keen! All I want for Christmas is an F-15, so I can blow 'em off the planet!"
I think I'd better feed him lots of starch.
deborah grabien:
Is lithium a starch?
Cindy,
in Bitches, theorizing on the recent spate of various life-trauma amongst the Buffistas:
Shit, do you think--you know, because of the lack of tone of voice and whatnot when we're reading and writing our conversations--that the universe has read all our requests for and sending of short O jobma as long O Jobma? Because really? That would explain a lot.