Hell, I don't know. If I had wanted schooling, I'da gone to school.

Jayne ,'Ariel'


Spike's Bitches 37: You take the killing for granted.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


vw bug - Oct 16, 2007 3:13:40 am PDT #9898 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Where is everyone today? I need distraction from my Spanish!


Jars - Oct 16, 2007 3:17:21 am PDT #9899 of 10001

I was doing actual work for most of the morning. Crazy, I know. But I'm nearly finished that work now and am dragging it out so I don't have to move on to the paperwork portion of the work.


vw bug - Oct 16, 2007 3:19:46 am PDT #9900 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Good plan, Jars!


Emily - Oct 16, 2007 3:22:44 am PDT #9901 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Hola, vw!

I am exhausted. Reading that article did nothing to get me into bed earlier last night, so I'm only half-conscious. Thank god I don't have to actually teach most of the time!


vw bug - Oct 16, 2007 3:25:44 am PDT #9902 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Hola, Emily! I wrote about you in one of my Spanish assignments. I said your birthday in Spanish (if I got it right. I always forget if it's the 27th or the 28th...or maybe the 29th).


Jars - Oct 16, 2007 3:25:56 am PDT #9903 of 10001

Good plan, Jars!

I know! And, in fact, I'm going to complain about the stupid system that is making paperwork for me.

See, the Irish government has guidelines that a licence has to be applied for every time you want to alter or export an archaeological artifact. Which makes sense. However, they also apply this to environmental material, which is stupid. So every time I want to cut up a piece of charcoal to ID it, I have to apply for a licence to cut up that piece of charcoal. And every time I want to C14 that charcoal, I have to apply for a licence to cut it up to ID it, a licence to export it to the C14 lab, and a licence for them to crush it up to date it. It is so goddamned frustrating.

Here endeth the complaint.


vw bug - Oct 16, 2007 3:28:21 am PDT #9904 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Good complaint! Now, let's see if I can translate that into Spanish.

Nope. Can't.

See, this is my current frustration. I don't know enough words or conjugation to actually *say* anything. So, I get frustrated and give up, which, well, doesn't help.


Stephanie - Oct 16, 2007 4:25:24 am PDT #9905 of 10001
Trust my rage

I just finished skimming from yesterday. (I can read so much more when I'm not at home with a not-wuite-sick baby.)

Laga, my heart goes out to you and your family. Family issues can be so tough and just plain intractable sometimes. I hope you all find your way through this.

Ellie is feeling much better and thanks for all the well wishes. We even went swimming at a friend's house yesterday and she had a great time. So even though it was a sick day, it ended up being a fun day as well.


Cashmere - Oct 16, 2007 4:30:03 am PDT #9906 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Stephanie, I'm so glad she's better. That was an awful scare.

I hope this tingling on my chest isn't shingles returning. I'm going to assume it's not and try not to stress.


Emily - Oct 16, 2007 4:31:46 am PDT #9907 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

I'll tell you what I discovered, vw -- you only really need to know lots of words if you're going to speak informally. If you're going to use lots of big words, you just say them with an accent, cause they're usually the same!

t /Emily's Rules of Language Slacking