vw bug in Bitches:

Some days I forget how much Buffista-speak makes it into my everyday life. So many of my real life friends are Buffistas too, that it's just how I talk now. I called my mom yesterday afternoon to bitch about the fact that Macy's was closed for inventory purposes (I have a gift certificate to spend there, and yesterday was supposed to be my fun gift certificate shopping day).

I said to her, "Mom, my diamond shoes are too tight."

Her: "What shoes, honey?"

Me: "My diamond shoes. It's a saying, mom. When one has a first-world problem, they complain about how their diamond shoes are too tight."

Her: "A first-world problem?"

Me: "You know, instead of a third-world problem, a first-world problem...one that's not really a complainable problem, but you're going to complain about it anyway. Nevermind. I really just called to whine because Macy's is closed for inventory, and I can't spend my gift certificate."

Her: "Oh, that's too bad. Why didn't you just say that to begin with?"

Libkitty in Bitches, on going to the University of Alaska:

It was fun, though, and for the rest of my life, I can brag on living through the coldest month in Fairbanks history, which is the only good thing about living through the coldest month in Fairbanks history.

Calli in dog Strider

I want to either be the one fixing the woes or making them, depending on how much listening to the woes of the world I've been doing of late.

Cindy: I missed this find your spot thing. Where is it?

Betsy HP: You need a copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves and a mirror.

Cashmere, In Bitches:

I've wrestled in jello before, so I'm not too sure about the idea of bathing in it.

Polter-Cow:

blinks

Steph L:

Pardon???

Deena:

I gotta say, "I've wrestled in Jello" is a good mantra for blanking the mind.

Strega: I blame the whole world for "Happy Anniversary." But it, and S4 of Buffy, and Firefly, convinced me that it while Whedon might love sci-fi (as opposed to pure fantasy), it was a bad, unhealthy love, and sci-fi should consider getting a restraining order.

Erin, in Bitches, and I refuse to provide context:

All my English history is bizarrely tied up to my leg and foot pain.

Emily in Fanfic

I recently read a story with very strange syntax. I'd say it was someone imposing the syntax of their native language on their imperfect English, except that I learned from my Human Development teacher that only one group uses Verb-Object-Subject, and that group consists entirely of Yoda.

Sue, in Natter

I am just the queen of posting in the wrong thread, putting in wrong links, and making crazy typos lately. I think my brain and fingers need to be sent for relationship counselling.

Em and P-C in Natter:

Emily: I kind of had to pick it up through osmosis (or diffusion, since isn't osmosis only for water?).

P-C Yes, and that always bugged me. "I'm learning through osmosis." WELL CLEARLY YOU HAVEN'T EVEN LEARNED WHAT THE FUCK OSMOSIS IS.