Holy crap, Kristin!!
I assume your class also reads Life and Times of Michael K? That one ripped me apart.
Mal: Gotta say, doctor, your talent for alienatin' folk is near miraculous. Simon: Yes, I'm very proud.
'Safe'
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javachik - Feb 20, 2008 9:28:40 am PST #7145 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
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.
javachik - Feb 20, 2008 10:33:42 am PST #7152 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Speaking of first-world, I have new hair! It's very different.
Pics please?!
Emily - Feb 20, 2008 10:34:51 am PST #7153 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I think of the Phoebe line from Friends, which I always remember as being, "Except that was a real problem and this is high-school bullshit!" even though I know that couldn't have been the word.
omnis_audis - Feb 20, 2008 10:36:09 am PST #7154 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
"Your problem is that you don't know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem."One of my Social Studies teachers in 5th or 6th grade had this thing of learning the difference between "wants" and "needs". It was a rather good lesson, one I still heed to today. It helps with the frugal side of me.