Wah. Just said goodbye to all my uni friends. They've been like family for the past year. I'm moving home to do my dissertation. Sad.
Also, this has reminded me I should really make some kind of After Studies type life plan. Hmm.
Angel: Is that what you think you are--a hero? Spike: Saved the world didn't I? Angel: Once. Talk to me after you've done it a couple more times.
'Destiny'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[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.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Aug 23, 2009 12:39:45 pm PDT #20506 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
sj - Aug 23, 2009 2:16:01 pm PDT #20507 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Gronk. I went to a birthday party today for a friends little boy who just turned 1. It was a great party, and then I came home and fell asleep for 3 hours. My sleep schedule is never going to be put right again.
Seska, where is home?
Jessica - Aug 23, 2009 2:39:30 pm PDT #20508 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Is this still the parenting thread? Because tonight we achieved POTTY POOPAGE completely out of the blue! About halfway through bathtime Dylan said "Okay pee in the bath. No poop in the bath." And when I agreed that this was so, he said "Get out of the bath, sit on the potty, get back into the bath?" Which is something I've been casually suggesting for months, but never actually expected him to go for! And yet...he did! And there were (ahem) results!
I don't expect this to be repeated any time soon, but still - WAY COOL. So proud of my little guy.
WindSparrow - Aug 23, 2009 2:48:47 pm PDT #20509 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
It's petty and wrong of me to take so much delight in seeing my sister, and oldest brother, both of whom used to not only be skinny but make fun of my pudge, wearing double chins, isn't it?
meara - Aug 23, 2009 2:51:16 pm PDT #20510 of 30000
Only in as bad as it is for me to be horrified by the fact that some neighbor boy I went to high school with (but don't remember) who bought his parents' house, and saw my little sister at my parents' house, thought it was me. And these days, she and I don't really look anything alike. And it makes me want to go home and be fabulous, and loiter about, and be like "HELLOOOOOO, silly neighbor boy I don't even remember! No! Look, I am WAY more fabulous than you remember, and have turned out WONDERFUL!"
But then I feel terrible, because clearly, that is saying terrible things about what I think my sister looks like these days. Ahem. (She did that whole "get married, and get fat and happy" thing...)
Calli - Aug 23, 2009 2:59:37 pm PDT #20511 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
It's petty and wrong . . .
Then I don't wanna be right.
omnis_audis - Aug 23, 2009 3:04:42 pm PDT #20512 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Clearly I skipped the married part of the equation, damn it. However, I am burning more calories and riding farther, and my legs aren't all wet-noodles! Plus, the belly has lost the shelf ability. And I tried a third machine, rowing, tonight! Maybe I'll loose this belly yet! And I am *not* stepping on a scale anytime soon. I'm sure the actual weight loss is less than what I think, so no need to depress myself with how little I have done.
beth b - Aug 23, 2009 3:09:01 pm PDT #20513 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
weight isn't the issue ,o_a. because you could be gaining muscle ( and non noodle legs says you are) so the weight could be the same , even if you have lost fat. making yourself stronger is a good enough reason to go forward.
-t - Aug 23, 2009 3:09:26 pm PDT #20514 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The actual weight loss is less important than the rest of it. Good for you, omnis.
amych - Aug 23, 2009 3:10:44 pm PDT #20515 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
o_a, what beth said. Exercise to make yourself stronger; if the weight happens, it happens.