This is a time of celebration, so sit still and be quiet.

Snyder ,'Chosen'


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.


Scrappy - Aug 28, 2007 10:10:32 am PDT #7297 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Tom, did you propose? Clutch her about the knees and beg her never to leave you? Tell her you loved her and only her forever?

If not, I think you're okay. Even if you said something like "I haven't had a date this relaxed in a long time. I really REALLY hope we can see each other again" or tied to slip her some tongue or got a little choked up, those are all well within the bounds of acceptable.


lori - Aug 28, 2007 10:15:55 am PDT #7298 of 10001

That's so great, Tom! And what everyone else said - I'm sure it's all good.


amych - Aug 28, 2007 10:16:21 am PDT #7299 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

What they all said. I'm'a bet that what felt like fight or flight looked on the outside like awkwardness and fluster, and first dates are pretty much about all parties getting over that bit so you can relax more the next time.


lisah - Aug 28, 2007 10:18:12 am PDT #7300 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

I'm'a bet that what felt like fight or flight looked on the outside like awkwardness and fluster, and first dates are pretty much about all parties getting over that bit so you can relax more the next time.

Exactly! Yay You!!!


Jesse - Aug 28, 2007 10:20:48 am PDT #7301 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I know my day would be going faster if I could just focus and get some work done, but I absolutely cannot do that. (I can't stop saying "absolutely," either, if this weekend is any indication.)


Nutty - Aug 28, 2007 10:21:23 am PDT #7302 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I am to understand that among the general male public, the knowledge of how to come to the end of a first date (especially one that didn't suck) is sorely lacking. I don't think I've witnessed a literal fight-or-flight response, but an extended-dither response is pretty common.

I don't particularly think he did anything illegal until there was actually lewd behavior or money changing hands.

I think that asking a cop to actually have sex with a senator (I mean one he's not actually dating or married to) is kind of... I don't think they pay cops enough for that. Men get arrested all the time trying to pick up prostitutes (who are actually cops); giving a woman in hootchie shorts and a halter top a ride in your car isn't illegal either.

(I begin to think that if I were an undercover vice cop, I'd be totally addicted to romance novels, as an antidote to the unromantic environments they live in. Like porn stars wearing flannel jammies around the house, you know?)


Lee - Aug 28, 2007 10:21:46 am PDT #7303 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I forgot to bring my lunch in. What should I go buy instead?


SuziQ - Aug 28, 2007 10:25:31 am PDT #7304 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

SUSHI


Tom Scola - Aug 28, 2007 10:26:38 am PDT #7305 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

OKRA


JZ - Aug 28, 2007 10:27:29 am PDT #7306 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

BACON