Never really wanted to be a princess. Although I would have taken years off my life to do at least one Jedi Mind Trick.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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.
Does anyone here have a strong opinion, one way or the other, on Ruby Payne's books on poverty?
For me, the allure of fairy tales wasn't being a princess. It was the heady combo of danger, abandonment, sexuality, and magic.
Cash, not a strong opinion, but I think they're useful as entry-level books for people who need to examine their social assumptions. There's a lot of generalizations, but for people so rooted in Middle Class thinking that they have no conception of life without Little League (or soccer league, or ballet class, etc), they're effective.
Thanks, Abi. I think they might be a good start for me for my mentoring gig. I don't need a lot of scholarly psychology for this kind of work, but some hands-on, practical theory. I know she's not exactly beloved by all but I think she is working on backing up her works with more research.
I got some of Ben Stein's Money
No shit? That makes 2 Buffistas who have won (some of) Ben Stein's money!
I, shamefully, really like Disney's Little Mermaid. For the music. And Disney's Beauty And The Beast will always make me happy, because hey! Giant library! Plus it has one of my favorite scenes ever:
"Papa, do you think I'm odd?"
(Obviously kind of nutty inventor father rolls out from under current invention. While wearing goggles.)
"My daughter? Odd? Of course not!"
I met with my advisor.
I managed not to cry until I left his office.
Choice quote from today, "When you look at what you've written here, can you tell the difference between good writing and bad writing? Or do you think this is good writing?"
Also, he still has not read more than 2 pages of the sixteen-page paper I gave him over a month ago. But he also says that I can't put the paper up on arxiv until he OKs it.
No shit? That makes 2 Buffistas who have won (some of) Ben Stein's money!
He beat me in the final round but yeah, I won a little.
Choice quote from today, "When you look at what you've written here, can you tell the difference between good writing and bad writing? Or do you think this is good writing?"
What an utter, utter fuckwad.