Jesse is very high maintenance.
Can someone go get me salt & vinegar chips? I need half a packet something awful.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
§ ita § - Aug 14, 2007 12:17:24 pm PDT #4668 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Lee - Aug 14, 2007 12:18:13 pm PDT #4669 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Of course, she's a workaholic, and she might make you work, too.
Hey, I work!
What?
Jesse - Aug 14, 2007 12:18:49 pm PDT #4670 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse is very high maintenance.
It's true. Really I just need a personal care staff on retainer.
shrift - Aug 14, 2007 12:22:53 pm PDT #4671 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
And now I have plane tickets!
Oh, August's credit card bill is going to hurt.
Good thing I'm taking steps to minimize as many expenses as I can. I finally dropped a couple bucks on a sewing kit the other day and that'll help keep me from needing new clothes for a while.
At least I'll be employed this year, unlike two past DragonCons.
Susan W. - Aug 14, 2007 12:23:34 pm PDT #4672 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Thanks for the reassurance and ideas, y'all. zenkitty, it's especially good to hear from someone else who's been there and found the light on the other side of the tunnel.
One thing that Suze Orman book I read stressed was that you have to turn your back on shame (beating yourself up over past mistakes) and blame (beating up family members, etc. for their role in digging the hole you're in), because both cripple you from actually making changes and focusing on the future. I nodded sagely as I read, but it's a lot harder to put into practice.
Allyson - Aug 14, 2007 12:26:52 pm PDT #4673 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
The guy who hated my book showed up with fresh criticisms in his LJ (my obsessive vanity googling will be the death of me).
He accused me of plagairism with regards to me citing Snacky's Law.
I received written permission to use Snacky's Law from Snacky. Same with Godwin's Law. Shit, I anal retentively got written permission from Joss to use his posts on Buffistas.
I can't deal with that. I can deal with people hating the book, and me, but this makes me angry.
I would like to respond, but I'm unsure if that's okay, since I found it via google.
Lee - Aug 14, 2007 12:30:33 pm PDT #4674 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Can we respond for you?
Allyson - Aug 14, 2007 12:32:29 pm PDT #4675 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
No, I think that's wankerific, and he doesn't deserve that just for having an opinion that hurts my feelings. But I love you for offering.
Jesse - Aug 14, 2007 12:34:14 pm PDT #4676 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In general, I wouldn't respond at all, but I guess you could address just the plagiarism thing. The problem is that it feels like it would be too easy to get deeper into it, and that's what you want to avoid, I think.
Jesse - Aug 14, 2007 12:35:59 pm PDT #4677 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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