I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly is a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.

Early ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Cass - Jul 14, 2008 1:32:36 pm PDT #7008 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Feel better, Liv. And don't make Cash break out the Mommy Juice Boxes.

IOW, I'm not about to laugh at you.
Nah, I am used to it. My dad was both amused and kinda offended when I told him. Something about the fact I'd done some driving (of the race-y vroom kind) schooling and then failed my test.

The written is barely about driving, it's about little rules. But now I know that the default speed limit in a business zone is lower than the default residential... Oh, and if I hit a bear, I have to report it to the police.

They also did two pictures because the lady didn't like the first one. The paper printed out with a bar code and picture and everything. Actual came in the mail a few days later. Barring flunking the test the first time and wanting to whither from the embarrassment, easy peasy.


sj - Jul 14, 2008 1:42:39 pm PDT #7009 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

MA didn't require me to take the written.

We just had dinner, and my anxiety attack seems to be calming down, so maybe I don't need a new day after all.


brenda m - Jul 14, 2008 1:52:55 pm PDT #7010 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

In NC, everyone has to take the written, and it's a constant refrain from new arrivals that they (a) failed the first time and (b) didn't think you'd have to study for such a thing once you'd been driving for a while. IOW, I'm not about to laugh at you.

Ack. So then what do they do with all the abandoned cars in the lot?

(I knew someone who failed the driving portion for some stupid thing when changing states - at the time in WI you had to retake both - and since they'd already taken her Illinois license her husband had to come pick her up, drive her home, and then come back for the other car since she was no longer licensed anywhere. Yikes.)


meara - Jul 14, 2008 2:24:38 pm PDT #7011 of 10001

Yeah, I'm glad I didn't have to take a written test here in WA! But I was very surprised they gave me a paper license and then mailed me the real one. In DC (which I tend to think of as being kinda backward, for some reason) they give it to you right then. In Virginia, too, I think.

Raq, sounds like they're desperate--can't you just say "Sure--promise us our deposit AND the half month rent, you pay for the cleaning, and you've got a deal, keys are yours" They may go for it if they're desperate for the tenant they've got in hand to be happy. Your stuff is out, right? It's just a matter of getting the place cleaned?


Nora Deirdre - Jul 14, 2008 3:13:41 pm PDT #7012 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Ah. Am home with cat, husband, and TiVo. We picked basil from the garden and made pesto. So satisfying.


Becky - Jul 14, 2008 3:21:53 pm PDT #7013 of 10001

Suzi, in Colorado they do make your license while you wait. And as a bonus, you can renew in the future online (with the same old picture.)


Vortex - Jul 14, 2008 3:27:18 pm PDT #7014 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I renewed online for several years. The next time I renewed after 9/11, I had to go in person and they made me get a new photo.


Burrell - Jul 14, 2008 3:45:15 pm PDT #7015 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Oh Raq, what a mess!

Cash, I'm glad to hear Liv is doing better. I hope Owen stays healthy.


billytea - Jul 14, 2008 3:46:22 pm PDT #7016 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

According to Phoebe on Friends, lobsters mate for life. Thus, when you've found the person you want to be with for life, you've found your lobster. (Actually, it turns out, lobsters don't mate for life.)

OTOH, shingleback lizards do mate for life. [link] So feel free to search for your shingleback.


brenda m - Jul 14, 2008 3:54:39 pm PDT #7017 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

You've already been through the worst part, the moving out on short notice, so I see no downside to being a hardass now.