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.
So was there some kind of massive anti-sleep zone over the US last night?
Apparently I stole this. Because I got a new alarm clock, and woke up slightly before it went off, to go "hrm, what time did I set it for, anyway?"
And then I woke up a little after it was suppose to go off, to go "Er, clearly something went wrong there..."
And then I woke up a LOT after it was supposed to go off, to go "Aww, crud"
(Luckily, although I have a lot of stuff to do today, none of it was "must do at X o'clock", which was part of why I did not have a backup alarm set, but still! I did not expect to oversleep the alarm by TWO HOURS)
Seriously. I have an evite to an 80's movie party next weekend. I know of about 4 other people not on the evite who would love to go. I also know that the hosts are "the more the merrier" types. You know what I did? Hung out with said host last night and asked if it would be ok if those other people came.
Hung out with said host last night and asked if it would be ok if those other people came.
The thing with this is? If the host isn't okay with extras, they're glad you asked. And if they are okay with extras, they're STILL glad you asked. There's really a whole lot of win there, but somehow people don't get this!
And even if they are ok with extras, what if they're not ok with that particular extra?
Said host last night invited her ex-boyfriend's recent ex-girlfriend based on my rec, but I wouldn't have just assumed that it was ok to invite her.
And even if they are ok with extras, what if they're not ok with that particular extra?
This. Like, one of my neighbors who is coming asked if her father-in-law could attend, since he'll be visiting that weekend. Which I said would be fine since otherwise I'm asking her to either abandon her houseguest (to attend a party in the backyard of the same building) or skip the whole thing.
My sister's roommates, while wonderful people, have no connection to Dylan, and will have no trouble finding other things to occupy their Saturday.
Anyhoo - I gave her a call and it's fine. I just kind of hate Evite right now.
"GOD! Does this mean I have to get all active and start caring about other people?"
AHAHAHAHA. Yeah.
(eta that I didn't mean "yeah, he has to start caring," rather, "yeah, I can identify with that sentiment.")
Yeah--I'm definitely one of the more the merrier types, and often SAY that on invitations. But if I don't say that, or if there's something odd about your guest (age? an ex? a straight man amongst lesbians?) it's definitely appreciated if you run it by first...
And even if they are ok with extras, what if they're not ok with that particular extra?
The extra function on evite being a default is a menace. Clearly.
ARGH. Evite strikes again - my sister has invited all FOUR of her roommates to D's birthday party. Now I have to call her and get them uninvited - 4 extra people at a one year-old's party is WAY TOO MANY.
And I'm extra-pissed she didn't ask me first. She should know better.
Jessica, my sister in annoyance.
oh, and did I mention that he screwed up the dates (or was confusing in telling me), and it's actually NEXT week. Which is good for planning, but bad in that I have to leave the house at 6AM the next day to be on the plane for the F2F? This plus the extra people makes me SO tempted to cancel. But, it does give me an excuse not to go out to the cheesy college bar that I know he's going to want to go to on Thursday :)
first off, {{{DJ and friend}}. Also points upthread at modern drugs comments. Better living thru chemistry, right?
Perhaps the first rule of technology should be, just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD.
so true. Also should work on non-tech things. "well, there was no SIGN to say don't walk here!" Common sense... its not so common!
So was there some kind of massive anti-sleep zone over the US last night?
maybe we all were abducted by aliens! Probed and tested! GIVE ME BACK MY SLEEP ET!! :: shakes fist ::
ok, maybe not. Maybe I just need more sleep.
QUESTION! I think Meara & Erin_O would have the most recent experience with this. For those who have recently moved, roughly, how much weight did y'all have? Just trying to guess what pound range to estimate my shit at. I don't have a lot of furniture, but I do have a fair amount of books and some audio equipment. MUST FINALIZE MOVERS SITUATION SOON! Ack! Stress. me? NO! ACK!
