I got the heart-shaped cakes, too. I made one for DH's birthday this year, because I remembered how. I think I had a "Lincoln's Birthday" themed party once - pin the beard on the president, that sort of thing.
What you did to me was unbelievable, Connor. But then I got stuck in a hell dimension by my girlfriend one time for a hundred years, so three months under the ocean actually gave me perspective. Kind of a M.C. Escher perspective, but I did get time to think.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
Spike's Bitches 39: Cuppa Tea, Cuppa Tea, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea...
[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.
-t - Feb 12, 2008 10:27:26 am PST #6237 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
-t - Feb 12, 2008 10:28:37 am PST #6238 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wii! Woo!
beekaytee - Feb 12, 2008 10:41:39 am PST #6239 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
except for the fact that he sent me a card that said "I wouldn't even have sent this, but I knew you'd be mad if I didn't do anything"
The last boyfriend did this. It was as crass as it was incorrect...which sort of underlined the whole "I'm not really bothering to know you" phenom with a line brighter than I could ignore.
Don't get me wrong. I've had some truly lovely VDay, Bday and anniversary events in my life. The great stuff of stories. I just object to the forced march of commercial romance. If you don't feel it, you don't feel it. Pretending you do is such a waste.
I'm right next to Vortex and Maria watching the Jared store burn. The Leo diamond? Why do I even KNOW about that? Brainwashing. That's why.
Atropa - Feb 12, 2008 10:51:14 am PST #6240 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Hey, how do people shake off the unsettled feeling after a really bad nightmare? My brain was very evil to me last night, and I am *still* feeling twitchy and scattered.
Vortex - Feb 12, 2008 10:52:42 am PST #6241 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Well, it was one of the reasons why he wasn't the guy I was going to spend the rest of my life with. He was a wonderful guy would bring flowers unexpectedly, etc. but, to him, his "principle" that VD was crap was more important than my feelings.
Vortex - Feb 12, 2008 10:57:13 am PST #6242 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Hey, how do people shake off the unsettled feeling after a really bad nightmare?
I get into a safe space, close my eyes and try to remember the nightmare. For me, the thing that's scariest is the unknown, so if I can pin it down, I feel better. I am always scaredest of that thing hovering just beyound vison, perception. YNMV.
JZ - Feb 12, 2008 10:58:09 am PST #6243 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Hey, how do people shake off the unsettled feeling after a really bad nightmare? My brain was very evil to me last night, and I am *still* feeling twitchy and scattered.
I listen to "Starfish and Coffee" by Prince and "Spirit Voices" by Paul Simon a good half-dozen times each, and then I read the chapter in A Little Princess where Sara awakes from a sorrowful sleep after a wretched and cruel evening, and finds her miserable little garret transformed by unseen, loving hands into a snug, cozy wonderland of late-night tea and comfort. All that, and a cup of cocoa if the weather is appropriate, provide some degree of antidote to brain-venom. I'm very sorry your brain mistreated you so badly last night. May tonight be worlds better.
beth b - Feb 12, 2008 11:06:00 am PST #6244 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
"principle" that VD was crap was more important than my feeling
That's a sign - esp when your talking valentine's day - I think your immortal soul is not in any danger if you come to a compromise on this one
lisah - Feb 12, 2008 11:06:36 am PST #6245 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I read the chapter in A Little Princess where Sara awakes from a sorrowful sleep after a wretched and cruel evening, and finds her miserable little garret transformed by unseen, loving hands into a snug, cozy wonderland of late-night tea and comfort.
oh man that just made me cry.
Volans - Feb 12, 2008 11:07:03 am PST #6246 of 10001
move out and draw fire
I am terrible at shaking off nightmares. My inability to do so is legend.
Ah yes, Valentine's Day. Yet another thing to thank the Victorians for - a whole day dedicated to making everybody feel like crap.
I am off to vote. I think I've made a decision. It was tough, because I'm still waiting for a candidate to step up and say "If elected, I will abolish the Department of Homeland Security and all its subsidiary organizations immediately. Seriously, January 21, 2009, they are GONE."
...maybe I'll run for President. "A marzipan in every pieplate."