Sophia, find a moment to mutter "stabby, stabby, stabby..." and the professor will never touch your phone again.
Mal: He calls back, you keep them occupied. Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?
'The Message'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
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.
aurelia - Oct 02, 2007 12:04:47 pm PDT #4508 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
brenda m - Oct 02, 2007 12:07:39 pm PDT #4509 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I was on a train once next to this guy who was playing some stupid beepy game on his phone, and all the evil looks in the world weren't having any effect. I started channeling Lindsey and scratching out the word KILL over and over with my fingertip.
It actually calmed me down a lot.
Lee - Oct 02, 2007 12:13:23 pm PDT #4510 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
But the important question is, can I sort socks at your house?
Hell yeah!
I can put JZ's laundry away at your house? I didn't know you had a wormhole at your house!
Yes, You can! Just don't tell anyone else about the wormhole.
lisah - Oct 02, 2007 12:23:54 pm PDT #4511 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
ack, a friend just called to tell me she has news that she wants to tell me "in person." Now I'm all anxious! (She wasn't upset or anything so I think it's fundamentally good news but I think it might be that she and her husband, also a friend, are going to move...which good for them but sad for me!)
aurelia - Oct 02, 2007 12:24:10 pm PDT #4512 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I had a Latin teacher who recommended muttering conjugations as a way to avoid potential mugging while walking through sketchy neighborhoods.
-t - Oct 02, 2007 12:26:17 pm PDT #4513 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
When I took my first German class in high school, several of us started conjugating the verb "sein" in place of swearing. Pretty satisfying. And that's a big chunk of the tiny little bit of German I remember.
lisah - Oct 02, 2007 12:27:04 pm PDT #4514 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I had a Latin teacher who recommended muttering conjugations as a way to avoid potential mugging while walking through sketchy neighborhoods.
Actually acting distracted and unaware of what's going on around you is a good way to make yourself an attractive candidate for mugging.
aurelia - Oct 02, 2007 12:31:48 pm PDT #4515 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I think he was going for "crazy person to be avoided" but, yeah, I see your point.
Pix - Oct 02, 2007 1:14:59 pm PDT #4516 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
I hate putting clothes away. I don't mind doing laundry, but I hate the aftermath. I am also in the "must lay out clothes the night before" camp. I am so indecisive in the morning that I'd end up late every day otherwise.
I can't wait for Joe to get paid for his time in California.And well deserved for the work he and the others did. They did great work, from everything I've heard.
I can't wait for Drew to get paid so he can pay Joe and everyone else. He's been working around the clock on this gig for more than a month, and we've yet to see a penny of profit on it. The first paycheck went almost entirely to scads of equipment and those stylish Diablo Sound t-shirts and jackets (which were spendy. yikes), and this second paycheck is going almost entirely to paying his employees. He won't be able to put anything in the bank until the third paycheck, which I don't believe he gets until the end of the project on Halloween. Ironically, given that this is his highest paying gig of the year, we are strapped for cash right now.
Hm. I appear to be spewing money gunk all over Natter. Sorry about that.
Allow me to change the subject.
Cheese. Discuss.
-t - Oct 02, 2007 1:20:58 pm PDT #4517 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ha! The new pants I was so looking forward to wearing today? I finally put them on and the zipper immediately broke.
I think I will reinvent myself as an agoraphobic nudist.