That Unshelved is so awesome!::nods::
Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
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.
Cass - Nov 05, 2007 8:20:33 am PST #514 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Aims - Nov 05, 2007 8:21:18 am PST #515 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Who here got spanked by their parents?
t raises hand
And it only cost me 2 bloody noses, 5 years and $25k in therapy bills to deal with it.
We don't spank Em as a rule, but we have on a few occasions and the first time I did, it made me physically sick to my stomach.
SuziQ - Nov 05, 2007 8:29:24 am PST #516 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'll admit to swatting both kids, but more in a HEY, I NEED YOUR ATTENTION, THAT WAS BAD/DANGEROUS, than in over the knee, bare-butt punishment spanking.
Once they were old enough to reason (ok, still questionable), that stopped and on came the words.
I don't have any vivid memories of being spanked, but I think I was. I definately know I have father approval issues, even still, but that was mroe of me never living up to his expectations than him trying to keep me in line with "you have disappointed me" type situational guilt.
Nora Deirdre - Nov 05, 2007 8:31:05 am PST #517 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
My sister and I got spanked a couple of times but it was like the End All Be All of Threats. So, mostly threatened, a few times delivered. I can't remember if it was bare handed or with the aid of the back of a hairbrush ever.
-t - Nov 05, 2007 8:33:35 am PST #518 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dude, Allyson, that's definitely worth framing. Very cool!
And I want to go to the map exhibit at the Field Museum. Pout. Stupid geography, making things too far away.
tommyrot - Nov 05, 2007 8:33:38 am PST #519 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When I was really young I discovered that being spanked while wearing diapers didn't hurt a bit. My only fear was my mother would discover this fact.
My mom usually used a wooded spoon for spankings. Once it broke while she was spanking my older brother, and he laughed at her...
Theodosia - Nov 05, 2007 8:35:58 am PST #520 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
My dad was the Spanker, so when he died that stopped. I don't recall it being much more than slightly emotionally traumatic, much more so than the physical part of it.
Steph L. - Nov 05, 2007 8:42:48 am PST #521 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Allyson, that Unshelved is awesome! I get Unshelved in my LJ as a feed, and I've read a *shitload* of their "book club" books (like yours). Expect your sales to get a bump up.
Jars - Nov 05, 2007 8:45:50 am PST #522 of 10001
Who here got spanked by their parents?
Not I, although my older sister did a few times. As I'm not a parent, I have no idea whether I'd ever smack a child, but I'd like to think I wouldn't. I certainly don't plan to, anyway.
Theodosia - Nov 05, 2007 8:47:22 am PST #523 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
That's so terrific about the Unshelved mention -- richly deserved and a great recommendation to their target audience, too.