Ugh. That's irritating as hell. I hope you find somewhere quickly, Shir, or that you get to stay where you are.
Can't any one of your damn little Scooby club at least try to remember that I hate you all?
Spike ,'Get It Done'
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) - Sep 26, 2009 12:17:15 pm PDT #24468 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Connie Neil - Sep 26, 2009 12:43:01 pm PDT #24469 of 30000
brillig
I keep trying to remember what it was like when Hubby and I got together, and I don't remember doing much work. I think this comes from Hubby's obsessive-compulsive nature combined with a caveman instinct of "Woman! Want!". Luckily this intersected with my agreeableness to being wanted and liking his brains. It sounds both shameless and smug, but I've never tried to build a connection with a stranger, just let friends become friends with benefits. Which is probably laziness on my behalf.
I'm a very lucky woman. And I just found myself gazing on my husband's bare foot and admiring the curves. I suppose I should keep him. Because the idea of trying to meet someone new is horrifying.
Shir - Sep 26, 2009 12:56:27 pm PDT #24470 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I've never tried to build a connection with a stranger, just let friends become friends with benefits. Which is probably laziness on my behalf.
Because the idea of trying to meet someone new is horrifying.
I think you reached the conclusion of why this isn't laziness by yourself. More like self preservation, IMHO.
Honestly, a not-so-small part of me thinks stranger who are trying to hit on me are crazy, perhaps partly suicidal. There's no way I'll know you're sane in 5 or 50 minutes, pal, and vice versa. And the mind thing, the thing that takes a while to discover, is my biggest turn on. Can't tell it by a first minute impression, even if you look good and smell nice.
sj - Sep 26, 2009 1:16:29 pm PDT #24471 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I highly recommend getting set up by a friend that knows you well and just sort of falling into a ltr with that person without really trying. That's what worked for me.
Polter-Cow - Sep 26, 2009 1:17:12 pm PDT #24472 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I've never tried to build a connection with a stranger, just let friends become friends with benefits. Which is probably laziness on my behalf.
That's how I've been for the most part. All of my...romantic encounters have been friends.
I highly recommend getting set up by a friend that knows you well and just sort of falling into a ltr with that person without really trying. That's what worked for me.
Ha. Last night, someone on my flist sent me the e-mail of a geeky Desi girl in New York.
Hil R. - Sep 26, 2009 1:30:51 pm PDT #24473 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
For some reason, I got sucked into watching Britain's Got Talent clips on YouTube. These kids are just ridiculously fun: [link]
Dana - Sep 26, 2009 1:39:38 pm PDT #24474 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Coincidentally, I am looking up recipes for beef stew right now.
WindSparrow - Sep 26, 2009 1:46:33 pm PDT #24475 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.
These kids are just ridiculously fun: [link]
Ded. Ded, I say. The. Cutest. Kid. Act. Evar. I am utterly slain by their lethal cuteness.
Stephanie - Sep 26, 2009 2:36:44 pm PDT #24476 of 30000
Trust my rage
P-C's story is making me laugh, in a nice, happy way.
I'm making a sort of cantonese beef stew right now for dinner.
Joe and I went for a ride on our borrowed-from-my-parents tandem today, pulling the kids behind us in a little trailer. It was sort of comical. We checked that brakes and tires and stuff before we left, but didn't actually ride it because we live on a mountain. So, I hope on and the seat was about two inches too low. Joe's handle bars were way too close to him. And the last riders had taken off the toe-clips, which drove me crazy. Despite being sort of uncomfortable, we had a nice ride.
We went to the Air Force Academy, which is beautiful, but there was tons of traffic due to a football game. Trying to get back to our car, the road guards told us that we had to go *around* the stadium, which is up the side of the mountain. We ended up schelpping the bike and trailer (full of kids) up to the very top. While taking a rest, Joe talked the guard at the gate into letting him in just to get us all hotdogs (I swear, he would be a good fit on Leverage; he can talk his way into anything) and then there was a 5-person parachute jump into the stadium and a fighter jet flyover, which the kids loved. And from there, it was an easy downhill ride back to the car.
Totally fun day.
Cass - Sep 26, 2009 2:44:20 pm PDT #24477 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Thanks, o-a, you rock. (And I am awful with mail, so I am just thrilled I get a prezzie.)
People who have done weddings: What do you when you can't invite all the family members in the world (not least because you can't afford it, but also because you haven't seen them for years)
I had people stop speaking to me for a while, but since we didn't actually talk to each other before this happened, it wasn't the biggest loss. Then they died. So I am hopeful their grudge is over. I? Never had one.