Boy, I've got all sorts of "woman of the people" credentials. No recent immigrants, family long-settled in our area, respectable craftsman/businesman father and stay-at-home mom, grew up in the house my father grew up in--too bad this was all in the borders of Appalachia, with attendant "HOW many of your generational lines merge?" issues. My family missed the "Cousin Bob's a little odd" genetic bingo, but some of my relatives would not do well on the public stage.
Willow: Yes. Hi. You must be Angel's handsome, yet androgynous, son. Connor: It's Connor. Willow: And the sneer's genetic. Who knew?
'A Hole in the World'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jun 05, 2009 6:46:28 pm PDT #23030 of 30000
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billytea - Jun 05, 2009 6:51:30 pm PDT #23031 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
If being a fourth or fifth generation multi-millionaire couldn't hurt that image nothing could.
I'm sure there are things that would hurt it.
Speaking Latin.
Having lived overseas.
Being articulate.
Attending DragonCon.
Hil R. - Jun 05, 2009 6:56:15 pm PDT #23032 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
When I was in college, some of my friends considered me rich because my parents were paying my tuition. I thought that the rich kids were the ones whose parents were paying full tuition (I had a partial scholarship) and also paying for their fraternity or sorority dues and spring break trips to Cancun.
javachik - Jun 05, 2009 7:12:22 pm PDT #23033 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
We really should have moved in together.
BWAH! I know, right? It's so sad that we're not gay. Or I'd ask you to U-Haul right in!
ETA: Also, it's totally Megan's fault that I am ill-prepared to host Suzi tonight. 'cause Megan got me hooked on gin & tonics (tonight's is with Dogfish gin!) and I am too tipsy to clean up the office for her airbed.
megan walker - Jun 05, 2009 7:14:49 pm PDT #23034 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
What's sad is you are not downstairs with a cocktail in your hand, 'cause I'm finally leaving work.
I swear if I ever have to take over one of my lazy-ass colleague's projects again, I will cut someone.
ETA: So funny I wrote this before the above ETA!
javachik - Jun 05, 2009 7:19:56 pm PDT #23035 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Dude. I miss you.
Kristen - Jun 05, 2009 7:21:39 pm PDT #23036 of 30000
I'm sure that my summers spent in Kennebunkport definitely kill my chances at "woman of the people." Though that actually didn't seem to hurt GWB's "man of the people" image.
Get outside, find some brush to clear and you'll be a-okay!
Jesse - Jun 05, 2009 7:31:30 pm PDT #23037 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I thought that the rich kids were the ones whose parents were paying full tuition (I had a partial scholarship) and also paying for their fraternity or sorority dues and spring break trips to Cancun.
What's funny to me is that my freshman year in college I joined a sorority and went to Cancun, but I paid for all of that. Makes me wonder what other people were thinking about me.
Burrell - Jun 05, 2009 7:38:00 pm PDT #23038 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'm sure that my summers spent in Kennebunkport definitely kill my chances at "woman of the people." Though that actually didn't seem to hurt GWB's "man of the people" image.
It's only a problem if you run as a Democrat.
Trudy Booth - Jun 05, 2009 7:41:00 pm PDT #23039 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Makes me wonder what other people were thinking about me.
All depends on their perspective I think.
When I was in Virginia for my first two years of college there was another kid from New Jersey I'd ride home with sometimes. He once asked me why I didn't have a car, "you have a job". Um, yeah, I use that to pay tuition.
This surprised him a lot. And he wasn't a kid I considered particularly rich.