Today's Lesson: Do not startle the New Yorkers.
or Juliana.
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
Spike ,'Potential'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Jun 22, 2007 1:29:11 pm PDT #4440 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Trudy Booth - Jun 22, 2007 1:35:43 pm PDT #4441 of 10001
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
Maybe Juliana is really a New Yorker?
This morning I'm stepping out of the train at Grand Central. Woman with stroller is rushing on before we can get off. Crashes into me. When I don't get out of her way fast enough, she backs up and smacks me with it again! With baby in it!
I'm all "just let us get off the train" and she's all "bitch get out of my way" and smacking me with the baby! So I'm struggling past her and making noises like "if you'll just wait a second" and she's calling me an ass hole and I whapped her with my paper...
Then she PUSHES THE BABY CARRIAGE INTO THE TRAIN and, now that her hands are free, starts WAILING on me. Dude.
The train makes the "doors are going to close" noise and (having noticed, for the first time, that she has shoved her 18mo old into the train in order to try an whoop my ass more conveniently) she jumps in the train.
As its pulling away two cops get to me and there is a woman saying "I saw it, the other woman started it".
I'm fine. When I got to work Big Boss actually got up from her desk and HUGGED ME in that rocking way. I must have been white as a sheet. I went to the diner across the street for a bit, got some chocolate milk and a toasted bagel, came back and got to work. A couple of hours later I took a little nap... I think the adrenaline wearing off caused me to crash.
Wild. Dude. Pissy day.
Jesse - Jun 22, 2007 1:37:00 pm PDT #4442 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You looked absolutely aghast when I ran up to you on the street before you recognized me.
Yeah, because you were RUNNING. I thought you were a crazy person! Of course....
Suzi, I'm guessing juliana wasn't actually pissed off when she knew it was you -- she was prepared to be pissed off if it had been a random jackhole. At least, that's my reaction.
Allyson - Jun 22, 2007 1:37:49 pm PDT #4443 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Oh oh oh! Allyson, mine turned up in the mail last night! I am looking forward to reading it on the bus tonight.
UNFAIR!!!!!!!
Daisy Jane - Jun 22, 2007 1:46:27 pm PDT #4444 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I'm all "just let us get off the train" and she's all "bitch get out of my way" and smacking me with the baby!
I'm sorry Trudy, that does sound awful, but the above sentance is making me laugh my ass off.
shrift - Jun 22, 2007 1:48:46 pm PDT #4445 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I did some good deeds on the way home in the attempt to restore balance to the cranky universe. Helped some elderly tourists, showed some other people how to get where they needed to go. Now? Now I nap, damn it.
Trudy Booth - Jun 22, 2007 2:12:14 pm PDT #4446 of 10001
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
I'm sorry Trudy, that does sound awful, but the above sentance is making me laugh my ass off.
It's getting funnier as the day goes on. (though this morning I was fairly rattled)
Tom Scola - Jun 22, 2007 2:17:42 pm PDT #4447 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
People are being unusually pissy and rude today. Is there something in the air?
That started happening to me only after you posted that.
beth b - Jun 22, 2007 2:20:08 pm PDT #4448 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I haven't seen too many people, so I haven't seen the rudeness. But those of you , like Trudy, are making up for me hiding
Atropa - Jun 22, 2007 2:29:06 pm PDT #4449 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
An addition to the Shit I Didn't Say list: See?! SEE?! I was right, goddamn it. The past day and a half of panic and scrambling was UNNECESSARY. Stop second-guessing me.