{{{sj}}} Me three, or four, or whatever number we're up to by now: several stupid, stupid fender benders, while doing things like backing out of a parking space, just because I was distracted and stressed out. Hec rolls his eyes at me for sometimes opting for public transit with Matilda instead of driving, but I'm just so very large with the vehicular self-doubt. You're so very much not alone.
Cordelia: You're him. You're Angel's son. Connor: It's not like I got to choose.
'Hell Bound'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[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.
JZ - May 14, 2008 12:49:11 pm PDT #9153 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.
Lee - May 14, 2008 12:49:14 pm PDT #9154 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Oh, oh, I want to punch someone in the throat too!
Come visit!
Scrappy - May 14, 2008 12:53:54 pm PDT #9155 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I don't have fender-benders. Fender-benders involve other cars and are entirely understandable. No, I tend to drive into large, stationary objects which any idiot could see.
Signed,
That Telephone Pole Came Outta Nowhere
sj - May 14, 2008 1:19:13 pm PDT #9156 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, everyone. I just took a nap at Mom's and am feeling better enough to drive home.
Scrappy, ftr it was a large stationary item. A large stationary car directly behind me.
JZ - May 14, 2008 1:22:15 pm PDT #9157 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.
Paging Teppy:
One of my bosses is now trusting me to do some proofreading of his MS's before submitting them to journals. I'm doing my best to make them internally consistent (all references listed in the same format; consistent bolding, italicizing, or whatever through the document) and, since they mostly have to be submitted electronically, to strip out all the weird fonts and accidental hyperlinks and random tabs or hanging first lines and all the other formatting excrescences that crop up when stuff is typed by people who don't actually, well, type.
Is there more Shit That Drives Editors Bugfuck I should be looking out for before I hit the "send" button?
Aims - May 14, 2008 1:48:21 pm PDT #9158 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
By the by....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SONUSEXMACHINA!!!
Hil R. - May 14, 2008 1:49:47 pm PDT #9159 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yay Aimee!
{{sj}}
I just got back from trapeze. Had a good day. Was able to do something that I've been having trouble with for a while now. Am now exhausted. Slept the whole way back from Baltimore. And I can feel that I will be sore all over tomorrow. But still, good day.
Aims - May 14, 2008 1:55:34 pm PDT #9160 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Oooh! Boss finally posted my job on CL.
vw bug - May 14, 2008 1:56:42 pm PDT #9161 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Aims, SO many congratulations! I'm SO pleased!
So many hugs for sj. Poor you, sweetie! Hang in there!
WindSparrow - May 14, 2008 2:03:16 pm PDT #9162 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.
Happy b-day, Sonus.
Yay, Askye! I'm so happy that you are doing well.
{{{sj}}} I've driven under... well, tried to drive under a car port with an extension-top van. So I completely know about feeling stupid.
If I mow the lawn then go get some chocolate, it won't violate the diet, will it? I mean, it is the natural order of things, to reward yard work with treats.