Well, you could do that, of course. But don't feel like you have to.
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
'Unleashed'
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.
erikaj - Aug 24, 2009 12:44:41 pm PDT #20586 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
sj - Aug 24, 2009 12:48:01 pm PDT #20587 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm sorry. I'm being very meme again, and I really am trying to stop that.
Ginger - Aug 24, 2009 12:49:45 pm PDT #20588 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I don't know why I am even considering it because it almost always ends with me being an anxious mess, but I guess I am just really sick of feeling useless.
1. Not useless.
2. Remember, you've got lots of help available here.
-t - Aug 24, 2009 12:55:24 pm PDT #20589 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
"I'm lucky enough to be a woman of leisure"
I do use that, or variants, but repeating it 20 times at the same cocktail party gets old very fast.
erikaj - Aug 24, 2009 12:57:36 pm PDT #20590 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Believe me, I feel your pain. I've been so tempted to make up some bullshit title so many times, you have no idea. But for a fiction writer, I'm *such* a terrible liar. I wrote fanfic today...you'll probably never out-useless me. But I knocked someone up. Which "makes me feel all manly"
Scrappy - Aug 24, 2009 1:00:55 pm PDT #20591 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
But Erika, you can give the exact same answers my husband does.
Him: I'm a writer.
Inquiring Person at Party: Oh, what have you written?
Him: I write for {name of online publications you haven't heard of and don't care about}.
IPaP: Oh.
Barb - Aug 24, 2009 1:02:18 pm PDT #20592 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Answering the question of what I do tends to engender a couple of different responses. Generally, when I answer writer, I get a quizzical glance and maybe a "write what?" When I clarify books, it tends to graduate to the pitying glance coupled with a "no, really, what do you do for real?" When I emphasize that writing is my job and my only job, the counter is usually, "Oh, couldn't get a real job, huh?" If I haven't walked away in disgust by that point, I gently mention that I have published books, it then changes to a wide-eyed expression with a "Oh, you mean real books!"
Ten'll get you twenty that the next words out of their mouths will be some variation on "I could write a book too if I only had the time," (nice implication there, pal) or "Hey, I've got a great idea for a book. I can tell it to you, you can write it, and we can split the royalties fifty-fifty."
tommyrot - Aug 24, 2009 1:03:55 pm PDT #20593 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hey, I've got a great idea for a book. I can tell it to you, you can write it, and we can split the royalties fifty-fifty."
You should say, "Lemme guess - is it about an author who meets an idiot at a party?"
sj - Aug 24, 2009 1:04:15 pm PDT #20594 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have started working on a novel, but it isn't going well enough for me to tell people that is what I am doing at the moment. The ideas in my head seem great, but the only things I can get down on paper are crap.
Laura - Aug 24, 2009 1:09:26 pm PDT #20595 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
"Hey, I've got a great idea for a book. I can tell it to you, you can write it, and we can split the royalties fifty-fifty."
Wow, would someone really say that! I think I would be too stunned to reply. eta: and tommyrot FTW with a reply!
I've never gone to a reunion. No interest. My friends when I was in HS didn't go to my school. I went to 3 different universities and almost always night classes so I don't feel any particular interest in the alumni there either. Except DH because he graduated with me.