Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'


Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!  

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.


Trudy Booth - Apr 08, 2008 7:38:27 pm PDT #496 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

The summer I was in San Luis Obispo, my friend and I were waiting for a bus, and this guys comes up to us and asks, with huge deep breaths at each pause, "Would you marry ... and have children with ... an aging hippie ... from the Woodstock ... era?" We both declined.

My one sister is a very big girl. She will get the occasional lewd " DAAAAAMMMN GIRL " from homeless/possibly homeless guys, construction workers, guys making a fuss, etc. who follow her down the street for a while and make complimentary noises about her butt. The best ever, was in San Francisco where a guy loudly announced:

Damn, Girl. If I weren't gay and homeless, I would marry you...

Which, so tragic and ill-fated and all. It's practically an Austen novel... if only he weren't gay and homeless...


Allyson - Apr 08, 2008 7:38:54 pm PDT #497 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

If this was like, any other time, I'd be super annoyed, but right now? While I'm already half broken? It seems insurmountable.


Burrell - Apr 08, 2008 7:43:45 pm PDT #498 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

That is utterly ludicrous, Allyson. Esp given the different case numbers I'd try Perkins suggestion first. It could be a mix-up.

I can't believe Franny is still awake. She must be comatose.

I can't believe Isaac is almost 3!! Egad, I have to plan his party.


Lee - Apr 08, 2008 7:44:30 pm PDT #499 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Allyson, can you email me a copy of the letter you just got, along with your case number? If I have time tomorrow or the next day (and I should), I'll call.


BigDuluth - Apr 08, 2008 7:47:24 pm PDT #500 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"

In a random note I really want a barn right now so I can have see owls and possibly bats... just not have to clean up after them (I can see the bats and hear the owls outside now).


Trudy Booth - Apr 08, 2008 7:47:56 pm PDT #501 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

Dude, Perkins, you are just made of win.


Allyson - Apr 08, 2008 7:57:21 pm PDT #502 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Thanks, Perkins. I'll scan it when I get to work in the morning because my scanner is being a jackhole.

I printed out copies of the canceled check, and am putting together all of my paperwork.


Pix - Apr 08, 2008 8:01:36 pm PDT #503 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Seriously??? Allyson, I'm so sorry. They suck. Perkins, OTOH, rocks like a rocking thing.

Clearly this is a sign that you need to move to Pasadena or Glendale or Burbank where we can thumb our noses at LA proper and tell them to fuck off.


Laga - Apr 08, 2008 8:04:39 pm PDT #504 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

you know, the beach cities are nice, too.


juliana - Apr 08, 2008 8:06:07 pm PDT #505 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

That reminds me of living on the south side of Minneapolis, where the panhandlers urinate on your bushes and then pass out from drinking too much generic mouthwash. Or the hookers give blowjobs on the porch of the house next door.

First apartment in MSP, I lived next to a county rehab facility and up the block from a couple crackhouses. Happy fun times. But rent was cheap!!

Living in the Haight, I don't think I've gone a single day in 22 years without being panhandled

I could see that. Damn hippies.

Speaking of SF - all Bayistas know to stay the hell away from the Embarcadero tomorrow, right? Unless you're planning on protesting the torch run (in which case, awesome)?

Allyson, I'm sorry you have to deal with all this extra crap.