ION - I R hungry.
Riley: Maybe I should just let you rest. Buffy: You sure? I bet if you just lay down with me- Riley: Nothing you are about to say will lead to rest.
'Lessons'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
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.
Aims - Jan 11, 2008 7:10:21 am PST #2512 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Tom Scola - Jan 11, 2008 7:11:05 am PST #2513 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I am tacoed!
Aims - Jan 11, 2008 7:12:51 am PST #2514 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Bragger! Mean mean bragger!
Trudy Booth - Jan 11, 2008 7:13:39 am PST #2515 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
My half dozen Uncles, several of whom weren't much older than I was, would get very compeditive (mostly with each other but occasionally with us) and rough-house too much sometimes. And sometimes they'd tease (though I don't remember it being personally insulting like that). But eventually they'd get scolded for it by my Parents or my Grandparents and it would stop.
I guess I'm very lucky in that regard.
Nutty - Jan 11, 2008 7:15:34 am PST #2516 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I just realized that although I have an uncle, and I'm pretty sure I must have met him at some point, I did not meet him for a second time until my grandparents' funeral. (At which, I mean, he looked very much like my father, so it wasn't hard to guess who he was.)
I have aunts, but they're not the teasing kind. The hand-me-down "artistic" clothing kind, yes.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2008 7:19:52 am PST #2517 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We don't use uncles for teasing. We use cousins and second cousins sometimes once removed. It can get pretty bad, and I despise the "it builds character!" excuse. It's not building good character, though. It's building people to lash out cruelly.
We didn't get it much, and I never minded leaving the room if they started up out of hand on me.
lisah - Jan 11, 2008 7:25:44 am PST #2518 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
You know I'm trying not to complain today (No Complainin' Friday!) but my coworker is so freaking rude it makes me crazy! Sometimes it's funny but I'm super irritated about it right now. It's like no one ever taught him how to use a phone or, really, any manners at all. grrrrr (he just called me and his greeting was a barked "Who's this?!" and then I called him back to tell him he should maybe say "Hello" first he said sarcastically "I'll work on that and hung up on me.") I know he's probably like a bit autistic or whatever and we basically get along but I am so very annoyed right now I just want to go up and smack his asshole face.
okay..
am done complainin'!
Dana - Jan 11, 2008 7:26:27 am PST #2519 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm having Thai food with my husband for lunch.
He's not ready to leave work yet.
HUNGRY NAOW.
sarameg - Jan 11, 2008 7:35:07 am PST #2520 of 10001
I'm trying to figure out the logic by which some of the power companies are charging everyone a new (small) fee so as to reimburse retailers for selling "discounted" CFL bulbs, but only at a very few locations. [link]
My head doesn't wrap.
lisah - Jan 11, 2008 7:36:53 am PST #2521 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I'm trying to figure out the logic by which some of the power companies are charging everyone a new (small) fee so as to reimburse retailers for selling "discounted" CFL bulbs, but only at a very few locations
Yeah, I didn't get that at all either.