Now, this would be the perfect time for a swear word.

Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'


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.


Laga - Mar 15, 2009 11:02:12 am PDT #3605 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I wish when I dreamed about working out that I could burn the calories... On the other hand, sometimes I dream about my teeth falling out.


Scrappy - Mar 15, 2009 11:31:34 am PDT #3606 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I, for one, am enjoying the Hil take on these books. I don't have to read them and they are just so awful in a hilarious way.


Hil R. - Mar 15, 2009 11:35:42 am PDT #3607 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Well, Elsie just convinced a dying slave to believe in Jesus. The woman was reluctant, because,

"You don't mean _dat_, Miss Elsie! You don't mean dat God will save poor ole Dinah, an' gib her hebben, an' all for nuffin?" she inquired, raising herself on her elbow in her eagerness.


Hil R. - Mar 15, 2009 12:02:37 pm PDT #3608 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I just noticed -- the slaves in this book keep referring to themselves in the third person like that. It's odd, and just about all of them do it.


sj - Mar 15, 2009 12:03:57 pm PDT #3609 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

The baby was so adorable today, and his silly parents think I'm doing them a favor. Want one!


Laga - Mar 15, 2009 12:28:27 pm PDT #3610 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I, for one, am enjoying the Hil take on these books. I don't have to read them and they are just so awful in a hilarious way.

seconded


Tom Scola - Mar 15, 2009 12:37:25 pm PDT #3611 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

According to Wikipedia, O Henry wrote an Elsie parody story.


WindSparrow - Mar 15, 2009 1:18:12 pm PDT #3612 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.

And here is a link to the Elsie of O Henry: [link]


vw bug - Mar 15, 2009 1:21:02 pm PDT #3613 of 30000
Mostly lurking...

I am so mean, but he is SO cute! [link]


Hil R. - Mar 15, 2009 2:24:42 pm PDT #3614 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

So, Elsie has just cried herself into some sort of sickness because her father won't kiss or hug her until she promises to submit entirely to his will. (This is STILL about her not reading the novel on a Sunday. And a bunch of the adults in the book have backed her up on this.)

He says he doesn't want a daughter with these "perverse" religious ideas, because if she won't read a novel on a Sunday when she's eight, that might mean she won't go to a ball or the opera when she's older, and he doesn't want a child who won't go to a ball or the opera.