Hmmm, that phone would cut down on my son's minutes.
Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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.
Laura - Dec 14, 2007 11:43:33 am PST #7458 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Allyson - Dec 14, 2007 11:43:53 am PST #7459 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My sympathies to you and your family, Jessica.
As the holiday party gets closer, the anxiety increases.
I dont drink, and yet? Face down in a bowlful of gin is all I can think to make it better. I'm awful at these things. AWFUL.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2007 11:47:55 am PST #7460 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How are you awful, Allyson? Want us to coach you? We could text you instructions during the party.
Ugh. I have all this status checking to do before a 3:30 meeting with my boss. Just want to lie my aching head down.
hippocampus - Dec 14, 2007 11:50:21 am PST #7461 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
::thinks about receiving text instructions from ita while at a party:: ::imagines self walking into a party buck naked::
::realizes the two could be related::
Allyson - imagine everyone else at the party is receiving text instructions from ita.
(ETA: ok, this worked better in my head... which was still reeling from that phone.)
sumi - Dec 14, 2007 11:50:25 am PST #7462 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
msbelle - Dec 14, 2007 11:50:25 am PST #7463 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I made some gift ideas post in LJ a while back:
charities: [link] to which I'd add kiva.org
online store: [link] to which uncommongoods.com is always nice as well as the above mentioned etsy.com
Allyson - Dec 14, 2007 11:50:52 am PST #7464 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
We could text you instructions during the party.
YES! Please do.
I don't small talk well. And the onus ends up being on me to be funny.
hippocampus - Dec 14, 2007 11:52:15 am PST #7465 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
can we text you in lolcat?
ita - passing you head-bubblewrap to make up for my obnoxious.
tommyrot - Dec 14, 2007 11:54:40 am PST #7466 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.
I don't small talk well. And the onus ends up being on me to be funny.
Well, if any one conversation gets overly tedious, just excuse yourself and walk over to someone else and start another conversation. Then once you've put in a long enough appearance you can go home.
My personal strategy is to try to look busy with food and/or a drink. Then maybe talk to one or two people for a while before going home. If I'm standing alone too long and desperation strikes, I might go to the bathroom. But I don't really recommend that strategy.
Allyson - Dec 14, 2007 11:56:27 am PST #7467 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
"This is Allyson, she wrote a book."
"Oh? What's it about?"
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans."
"Huh."