And I have netflix because I do the same with video stores.
Hahaha, yeah. I would return a DVD 5 days late in the drop box, and then not rent any DVDs for another 6 months because I felt bad about the late fees. Netflix is my DVD savior.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?
[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.
SailAweigh - Aug 22, 2008 12:07:03 pm PDT #2799 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
DCJensen - Aug 22, 2008 12:08:27 pm PDT #2800 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
And the dumbasses who think rain means go faster, don't think car lights should be on during the day (even in the rain) "Because I can see"
The same reasoning applied by those who think parking lights are adequate at dusk, and don't turn headlights on until someone flashes them or they nearly run over a cliff.
They are called parking lights for a reason, folks.
Thank goodness Daytime Running Lights are slowly taking over as the older cars are winnowed out by entropy.
sj - Aug 22, 2008 12:10:05 pm PDT #2801 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Right. I mean, library fines don't paralyze me, but other situations do, and the longer it goes, the harder it is to do anything about it, and the worse it gets.
Don't try to apply regular, sane person logic to it. It doesn't work. Chances are, the person being oh-so-avoidant KNOWS in the non-broken part of the brain that they are being crazy about it, but the broken part's louder.
Plei said what I wanted to say better than I could have. Except, for me, I could totally see returning library books becoming one of those things. I don't have a library card anymore.
P.M. Marc - Aug 22, 2008 12:11:35 pm PDT #2802 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Plei said what I wanted to say better than I could have. Except, for me, I could totally see returning library books becoming one of those things. I don't have a library card anymore.
I should disclose that it's NOT an issue for me right now because the SPL dude looked at me funny when I tried to pay my small fine. But it has been in the past.
DCJensen - Aug 22, 2008 12:16:50 pm PDT #2803 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Woah. That sushi may not be what you think: [link]
"We've secretly replaced this caviar with smelt eggs, lets see if the customer can tell."
Ginger - Aug 22, 2008 12:53:47 pm PDT #2804 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I feel bad and dread dealing with it and so I put it off, and then it gets worse and so I put it off.
I'm with askye and Plei and the rest in the "Maybe if I don't deal with it, it will go away" camp. You can get into the avoidance cycle with just about anything.
What I loved about the sushi story was that two teenagers took it on themselves to do it. I also loved what the father said about how they got their samples: "It involved shopping and eating, in which they were already fluent."
Laga - Aug 22, 2008 1:09:21 pm PDT #2805 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Maybe if I don't deal with it, it will go away
I am guilty of this with money. In fact, I'm doing it right now.
juliana - Aug 22, 2008 1:27:13 pm PDT #2806 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Calling Hec! A hairstyle quiz: [link]
Calling Shakespeare geeks! A Shakespeare's character quiz: [link]
Sean K - Aug 22, 2008 1:31:26 pm PDT #2807 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I got 10 out of 12. I missed Portia and Ariel. And I'm kicking myself for both. Should have aced it.
juliana - Aug 22, 2008 1:32:29 pm PDT #2808 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
75% on the hairstyles, 100% on the Shakes. I am practiced at the fine art of work avoidance.