Lorne ,'Smile Time'
[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.
Poor Nora!
I should be doing schoolwork, but I'm basically not. Mostly, I'm e-mailing with my brother and cousin, playing here, writing a piece on Boston drivers for my new blog, and writing my not-very-anonymous mid-semester evaluation for one of my classes.
Well, that's annoying. It appears that the class I was planning on taking next semsester is not being offered.
That's very annoying.
And I'm right there with you in the Not Getting Going Department. I can't figure out which way to make coffee. Do I make a pot or do I make a cup? The dithering makes me think I need a pot, but I think I got a little too much caffeine too fast yesterday and that derailed me for a bit, don't want to repeat.
Pot! Go with pot!
OK!
Laga, what everyone said. An apology would be nice, but I'd bet he feels he's done that already anyway. And how much faith would you put in it if you got it? Also, the bit that's worrying me is that I feel like you've got this idea buried in there that you can somehow crack through and make him not an asshole.
You can't. You can possibly make him a politer asshole, or an asshole not-in-your-immediate-vicinity. But that's probably about all you have the power to do here. And either of those would be a big improvement, so if you can, I'd try to stay focused on that and on your sister, rather than for him to suddenly become someone he clearly is not.
Not here, but just had to quote this:
Neither my family members' spouse nor most of my family members are people I would spend time with if I weren't related to them. I avoid them if possible and drink when it's not.and say that I adore Ginger beyond reason for this statement.
Also, I just found out via email that my dad QUIT SMOKING! You have no idea what a big deal this is. The guy has been smoking for 45+ years and swore he couldn't quit (and got super defensive if you asked him anything about it), and he's been smoke free for two months! He said he went from the patch to jelly beans (which cracks me up), and he's also quit drinking beer since it's such a trigger for him (!!). I'm floored and unbelievably happy.
Also, this:
Also, the bit that's worrying me is that I feel like you've got this idea buried in there that you can somehow crack through and make him not an asshole.
You can't. You can possibly make him a politer asshole, or an asshole not-in-your-immediate-vicinity. But that's probably about all you have the power to do here. And either of those would be a big improvement, so if you can, I'd try to stay focused on that and on your sister, rather than for him to suddenly become someone he clearly is not.
Brenda is wise. This is exactly what I wanted to say but couldn't figure out how to articulate.
Daisy Jane = smart. Thank you for making my mind up for me!
Brenda is also smart with the saying what I could not quite figure out how to.
Oooh. Terri Gross has the dude from "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" talking about a book he wrote on "Naughty Things and How to Do Them."
Geee-ronk! Back in cube-land. Sad now. I think my fun orange office at home will start getting more use...
We saw PJ Harvey last night. Remember how I said we were seeing her on Saturday night? Well, we got ready, drove downtown, parked the car, got to the theater and the woman scanned our tix and told us we were at the wrong show on the wrong night! Bwah! This is what happens when your life is too hectic. Still, the show was great, though the crowd kinda sucked. Who yells shit out like, "I LOVE YOU!!!!" at a PJ Harvey show? GF and I are your typical indie rock snobs and we felt like "our" artist has been gobbled up by the masses. How that happened with someone like PJ is bizarre to me. She's just not that accessible.
Okay, I'll stop the grump campaign now. Three good things: