I dated a guy who liked to reclinate in a recliner.
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
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.
Laga - May 27, 2008 11:33:22 am PDT #701 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Volans - May 27, 2008 11:36:19 am PDT #702 of 10001
move out and draw fire
I also do not understand the rise of "gifting" when we already had "giving."
Giving: The desire to do something nice for someone else, because their increased happiness is important to you.
Gifting: The desire to be recognized as better than other people, because you spend money.
The idiom that's been bothering me is possibly a regional VA thing; it's not Bureaucratic Bullshit Bingo anyway. It's dropping "to be" after "needs" but not adding an "-ing" to the second verb.
Like, "the dishes need done, the car needs washed, and dinner needs cooked."
Laga - May 27, 2008 11:44:30 am PDT #703 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm taking myself out to lunch. I think I'll go read my African novel in an Indian restaurant.
Scrappy - May 27, 2008 11:51:00 am PDT #704 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I think authoring has some tech uses. Don't you author a DVD because you don't write the content, but you do manage the viewer's experience to some extent?
sj - May 27, 2008 11:58:20 am PDT #705 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Someone just looked at the apartment upstairs. I'm selfishly hoping they don't take it. I'm enjoying my super quiet apartment.
brenda m - May 27, 2008 12:02:17 pm PDT #706 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
The idiom that's been bothering me is possibly a regional VA thing; it's not Bureaucratic Bullshit Bingo anyway. It's dropping "to be" after "needs" but not adding an "-ing" to the second verb.
It's totally a regional thing, though not particular to VA. Parts of PA and Ohio I think, probably others.
I know this because we had a long conversation hashing this out on an editors board I was on and then very shortly after I had a new co-worker who used that construction. And as a known regionalism it was tolerable, whereas if I hadn't just had that conversation it would have seriously aggravated.
erin_obscure - May 27, 2008 12:10:22 pm PDT #707 of 10001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
The idiom that's been bothering me is possibly a regional VA thing; it's not Bureaucratic Bullshit Bingo anyway. It's dropping "to be" after "needs" but not adding an "-ing" to the second verb.
Totally a regional thing. I speak like that (being Born and Raised in Richmond) but would never write it. Cuz i been schooled.
The one that always whipps me into a kerfluffle (and is also, i supect, regional) is "i'm gonna learn you..." when the speaker means "i am going to teach you..." and usually is leading up to some form of corporal punishment. That really really bothers me. "That is an intransitive verb! You are using it as a transitive verb! Doesn't it sound like fingernails on a chalkboard to you also?!?!"
vw bug - May 27, 2008 12:15:57 pm PDT #708 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Clothes panic ahead...
I haven't worked in a professional setting for over five years. I have a suit to wear for interviews and a few things that I would consider business-wear. But, it's summer. I should be able to get away with cute skirts and niceish tops, right? It's just that having to buy a whole new wardrobe would kind of defeat the purpose of getting a high-paying summer temp job.
askye - May 27, 2008 12:24:12 pm PDT #709 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I have no fashion advice.
Hand jobs R Fun! Yeah sometimes it's all you have time for and sometimes it's just fun. And sometimes you start off with that and tease and then go to other things.
Omigod I haven't had sex in so long, if it weren't for fanfiction and, um, other things I'd totally forget what it's like.
Toddson - May 27, 2008 12:50:30 pm PDT #710 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
he he ... I was on another board and they were flabbergasted to discover that there was Stephanie Plum fanfic. Isn't there fanfic for EVERYTHING?