passes drink to Vortex
Seems to be that kind of day.
Mal: I call you back? Wash: No, Mal. You didn't. Zoe: I take full responsibility, cap.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Aims - Feb 20, 2008 8:48:43 am PST #7142 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
hippocampus - Feb 20, 2008 8:49:13 am PST #7143 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
pours Vortex more.
Pix - Feb 20, 2008 9:08:14 am PST #7144 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
So much ~ma for Daniel's sister, Fay's Kenyan friends, and Nora's dad (and anyone else who needs some).
Aimee and Vortex, I'm sorry work is sucking so hard for you today. I'm having to break the news to kids who didn't get into the 10 Honors class, myself. Ouch. Not my favorite thing in the world.
However, I just had a pretty amazing experience. Mark Mathabane, most famous as the author of Kaffir Boy, came in to speak to the upper school today about his experiences as a child during apartheid in South Africa. His message was essentially about the power of education and the power of love as a transforming force. He began by talking about the ghetto he grew up in and told a story about the morning he woke up and discovered that rats had eaten off the bottom of his feet. His mother tore her only dress and dipped it in salt to wrap his feet because they couldn't afford the five cents to go to the clinic.
Yeah, that was the point at which my issues came sharply into perspective.
javachik - Feb 20, 2008 9:28:40 am PST #7145 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Holy crap, Kristin!!
I assume your class also reads Life and Times of Michael K? That one ripped me apart.
Aims - Feb 20, 2008 9:44:27 am PST #7146 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
My boss's grandfather passed away. Is it appropriate for me to go to the viewing tonight?
Fred Pete - Feb 20, 2008 9:47:26 am PST #7147 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
It wouldn't be a faux pas, Aimee. Whether it's necessary depends on your office culture and your relationship with your boss.
amych - Feb 20, 2008 9:49:20 am PST #7148 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Is it appropriate for me to go to the viewing tonight?
Totally. They're meant to be a chance for anyone who cares to say goodbye and offer comfort to the survivors.
Volans - Feb 20, 2008 10:19:34 am PST #7149 of 10001
move out and draw fire
OK, Kristin, that's now going to be my go-to mantra when I get stressy about my first-world issues.
Speaking of first-world, I have new hair! It's very different.
Emily - Feb 20, 2008 10:21:38 am PST #7150 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I have new hair too! Er, except that it's very much the same.
But my hairdresser either likes me or is REALLY good at her job, because she does an excellent job of convincing me she's interested in what I'm saying every time I go in. Yesterday we talked about plastics, smoking, and paying kids for grades. She could be fascinated, or she could fake really well. Makes me a little nervous.
WindSparrow - Feb 20, 2008 10:31:13 am PST #7151 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I'm sorry you are having such a tough day at work, Aimee.
OK, Kristin, that's now going to be my go-to mantra when I get stressy about my first-world issues.
In one of Robert Fulgham's books, he writes of being told by a coworker who was a Holocaust survivor, "Your problem is that you don't know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem." I used to weigh things by that, but haven't thought of it in ages. How spoiled I am.