Inara: Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship. Mal: She ain't going down. She ain't going anywhere.

'Out Of Gas'


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.


Rick - May 20, 2008 1:39:18 pm PDT #9866 of 10001

I just emailed him to find out and explained the above to him. I'm really really really hopeful he changes his mind and 10 is enough. I wish I could just back out and find someone else but it's too late for that.

In my department there are rules about how many pages (and how many revisions) are required for a semester of independent study. If the rule is, say, 20 pages, and the appropriate target project would be 10 pages, we just have the student do the other pages as a commentary on some related issue or a thought paper that is not quite at the core of their 10 page product. Perhaps something like that would work.


Glamcookie - May 20, 2008 1:42:17 pm PDT #9867 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Good idea, Rick. I wonder what the target is for a 6 week summer quarter course. I figured 10 pages and the research required is pretty good, but who knows?


Laga - May 20, 2008 1:43:48 pm PDT #9868 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

if the plumber says he'll be here between 3 and 3:30 what time will he really come?


NoiseDesign - May 20, 2008 1:46:30 pm PDT #9869 of 10001
Our wings are not tired

Next Wednesday.


Laga - May 20, 2008 1:54:58 pm PDT #9870 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

He just called. Allegedly he's on his way.


Susan W. - May 20, 2008 2:40:36 pm PDT #9871 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I think my husband knows me too well.

I've had a rough week with the writing, and I was angling for sympathy hairpats and maybe a good round of "I believe in yous" in a chat with him.

No hairpats were forthcoming. He said, "You can admit defeat. You can say, 'You know, I'm just not good enough, and I'd rather not fight that.'"

My reply: You know, I really don't think I can.

Him: Well, then. Why you acting it?

So now I'm all fightin' mad because nobody, not even my own doubt demons, is going to fucking tell me I can't write this damn story, damn it. It's too good of an idea to drop unfinished, no matter how hard it is to pull off, and I'm too passionate about my characters to abandon them. Also, I am TOUGH and I am BRILLIANT and I can DO this.

Which is exactly the reaction DH had in mind. Played me like a violin.

Sometimes I still want the hairpats, though.


Laga - May 20, 2008 2:52:56 pm PDT #9872 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

plumber was a hoot. He fixed the clog no problem but since D had already taken apart the old pipes under the sink he said he didn't think he could fix the wee drip that resulted without getting new pipes. I said, "do you think that's something my roommates could do?" His reply, "Well are they retarded?"


vw bug - May 20, 2008 3:10:07 pm PDT #9873 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Those damned steroid packs give me the munchies like I'm a big old pothead. But if they help, then bring it on.

Oh, HELL yeah. Stock up on the snackies. You’ll be happier. Trust me, says the girl who just finished a taper and went through (more than) several bags of chips and candy.

Yeah, I think Merrills are the more recent version.

I adore my Merrills. I had no idea they were the “new” thing.

So, my presentation went really quite fabulously. Although, I blame a certain Bitch for putting a nice little phrase in my mind that accidentally popped out during my presentation to 10 professors, my parents, my thesis buddy, her SO, and one of her friends. Yes, my friends, I actually said, “research orgasm.”

I think my mom died.


Laga - May 20, 2008 3:14:44 pm PDT #9874 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Yes, my friends, I actually said, “research orgasm.”

that is so very awesome


SailAweigh - May 20, 2008 3:20:30 pm PDT #9875 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

::kicks Birks under the bed::

Hey, they were a Christmas present!

There is nothing more frustrating than a doctor who won't listen/help when you're legitimately goddamn sick, you know?

My doctor is very good at listening. Unfortunately, she's also very hard to get in to see because she's the dean of something or other at the medical school at UW. So getting an appointment with her is like requesting an audience with the Pope. Generally, the PAs at her clinic are also very caring and knowledgable, but just not that time. I should have gone back when the problem persisted.