Hey, all I'm saying is soulless Spike would have given me a camel and had me half-way to happyland by now.

I thought you were trying to avoid biting issues.

Can't bite me. Chip.

HEY!! That's what we do! We chip all the daycare kids!

Weird how they turn on a dime. Hec, thanks for your offer to let me win an argument. Jealous of Gloomcookie...God, he's pretty. I'd probably giggle like a moron, or worse, ask him if his teeth were always that perfect.

Oh, okay. I went to a soulless pre-chipped Spike kind of place.

...and now I'm just in a Spike kind of place. Mmmmm.

(It occurs to me that this may be the first time I've actually posted about Spike in this thread.)

I was riffing on a Season 7 quote, sillyhead.

It occurs to me that this may be the first time I've actually posted about Spike in this thread.

You mean we talk about Spike in here?

Do they make muzzles for toddlers?

I don't actually think my back is getting any better, but I feel so much freaking better while the heat is on, if that makes any sense.

Yeah, I don't think there's much healing going on (other than muscles loosening) but it feels so DAMN good.

I'm glad it's helping!

I wish I were here [link] or here [link] right now...

Article in the Chron about big pony play and other animal role playing events coming up.

See, it's just *mean* to taunt me with things I can't attend.

ION, I (1) am home, taking a mental-health day, and (2) sent my resignation letter last night to Asshead!Group President (as well as the rest of the board and my committee).

I'm freeeeeeeeeee!

Though I have already received 3 e-mails -- 1 from Asshead, telling me the ways in which I created difficulties for myself (no, really); 1 from another board member telling me she was sorry I was resigning, and maybe I just misunderstood people's comments; and 1 from a fellow committee member who said she was sorry to see me go and urged me to "at least try to resolve the issues before calling it quits" (as though I hadn't).

Pfft.

Actually, let me excerpt the letters, because they are quite amusing:

From Asshead President:

"I too, as with [board member], am not aware of any criticism of your work. Have there been differences of opinion on specific issues? Certainly.

"As to the issue of over editing, yes you have from time to time have over edited, and even taken licence to change the entire direction and intent of an article, so as strip away ones style of writing entirely, and to attempt to alter the policy and direction. That is certainly not the job of an editor."

Um. Am I the only one who sees the contradiction between paragraph 1 and paragraph 2?

From Board Member (who is very kind, but has her own agenda):

"I hope you have not mis-understood an email. I know from a personal stand point that I've become offended and had to do a phone call to get the clear meaning. Which I completely misunderstood from the written word."

Well, sure. But what part of "You're over-editing" did I misunderstand?

And from Committee Member:

"Please at least consider trying to resolve whatever the issues are before calling it quits. We often learn more about ourselves in the sturggle than we gain in the outcome."

I like the part where she assumes that I didn't try to resolve "whatever the issues are." And also? Oh, I've learned MORE THAN ENOUGH about myself in the past few years, thank you very much. Including that my boundaries are MY FUCKING BOUNDARIES. And you got to know when to hold 'em, and know when to fold 'em.

(Er, maybe I learned that last part from Kenny Rogers, back in the 80s....)

I'm really not going to reply to any of them. It would degenerate into an endless fight with Asshead, and there's no real way to convince Board Member and Committee Member that I did due diligence, and I didn't make this decision lightly or half-assed-ly.

Freeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!