You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.

Willow ,'Empty Places'


Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness  

[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.


Susan W. - May 22, 2008 1:12:27 pm PDT #183 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Married, Have Preschooler, Military History Buff (Napoleonic Wars Subspecies), Liberal/Progressive AND Christian, Mariners Fan (disappointed but committed), Alabama Born and Bred (so don't diss my people as hillbillies or make "should've just let them secede" remarks in my hearing), Writer, Reader (stop trying to talk to me when my nose is in a book!), Dead Father/Mother Has Cancer (and if I want to talk about either, I'll tell you)


meara - May 22, 2008 1:18:48 pm PDT #184 of 10001

Well, yeah, I'm not necessarily big on telling people at work (and now that I'm working from home, it's not a thing--since we don't have "how was your weekend, what did you do?" chats, it's not a problem). But at the same time, when other people are chatting about what they did on the weekend, and you're making friends at work, and they're trying ot be nice because they know you just moved to town, and they talk about THEIR dates and partners and children...well, it's creepy and weird to be SILENT about it, and it's not cool to LIE about it...

I would rather be a little private. I would rather not give people ammunition. But I do not want to lie, and I do not think I should have to hide. It's a dilemma, what can I say? :)


brenda m - May 22, 2008 1:22:28 pm PDT #185 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

People used to assume I was gay all the time. Not sure about now - I just don't meet that many new people these days...

Yeah, for those of us who are chronically single (feh), it sometimes feels like people are thinking "there must be a reason she never talks about who she's dating." Which, whatever, except I guess that that's probably compounding the chronically single.


megan walker - May 22, 2008 1:23:36 pm PDT #186 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

and they talk about THEIR dates and partners and children

God I'm glad I work at a place where people don't really move beyond the "How was your weekend?" part of the question, because I hate even that.


erikaj - May 22, 2008 1:24:53 pm PDT #187 of 10001
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

My button would suck: No, you can't catch it. Maybe I could add: I know Four Ways To Kill You With Ordinary Household Objects.


Pix - May 22, 2008 1:27:18 pm PDT #188 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

At a diversity day earlier this semester, the teachers were put in a really uncomfortable situation when we were asked to join the "silent movement" activity along with a a ton of the students. Basically the whole group was asked a number of questions about race/ethnicity/socioeconomic class/sexuality/ability/family structure and were supposed to step in the circle if we identified with each descriptor and then step back out. The idea was to get a true sense of the many aspects of diversity at our school. We didn't have to identify as anything--could have just stood still and pretended to be "normal," but that just doesn't sit right with me. I'm a role model, and I take that pretty seriously. If I'm not willing to identify myself, how can I expect to support those girls who do? But it meant that I had to out myself as bisexual to about 200 people. It was really friggin' uncomfortable. Luckily this is a very liberal and compassionate community, so I didn't experience any fallout. But it was really scary. Fwiw, I wouldn't have been as scared to identify as gay. Many teachers are openly gay on campus. But bisexual still seems more taboo. (Not implying in ANY WAY that it's easier to be gay than bi--just observing a truth of this particular environment.)


erikaj - May 22, 2008 1:27:50 pm PDT #189 of 10001
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

erikaj - May 22, 2008 1:33:41 pm PDT #190 of 10001
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

My button would suck: No, you can't catch it. Maybe I could add: I know Four Ways To Kill You With Ordinary Household Objects.


Polter-Cow - May 22, 2008 1:36:09 pm PDT #191 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

So, twelve ways?


Atropa - May 22, 2008 1:37:25 pm PDT #192 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

The sash idea cracks me up. Married, Does Not Want Kids, Yes I Look Like This All The Time, I May Use You As A Horrible Example In My Book.