We have a full post office at work, which is nice. I can mail packages from there even when I'm on vacation :)
Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Vortex - Dec 14, 2009 11:48:10 am PST #24945 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Polter-Cow - Dec 14, 2009 11:48:16 am PST #24946 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
A question for people who drink: how unusual do you think it is for someone not to drink? I met a guy at a meetup a week ago, and when I told him I didn't drink, I got this response:
No drinking?? Odd but understandable. More explanation is a definitely necessary.
Is it really an OMGWTF YOU MUST EXPLAIN kind of thing?
-t - Dec 14, 2009 11:49:13 am PST #24947 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Is it really an OMGWTF YOU MUST EXPLAIN kind of thing?
No, it really isn't.
Jesse - Dec 14, 2009 11:50:48 am PST #24948 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not in this day and age, I don't think so.
Zenkitty - Dec 14, 2009 11:51:32 am PST #24949 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
P.-C., no, no explanation is required. "Drinking alcohol" should not be considered the default condition of a human.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2009 11:51:37 am PST #24950 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My sister doesn't drink now, and I think it's freakish and strange. But we grew up together, and I know her. When I meet someone new who doesn't drink it doesn't make me wonder, unless I had had plans to take advantage of them while they were inebriated.
Well, she basically doesn't drink, which means I will be trying to ply her with alcohol the whole time she's with me. I did kinda feel like a lush the last time we holidayed together at the all-inclusive place and I discovered my love of the plain daquiri.
msbelle - Dec 14, 2009 11:53:39 am PST #24951 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
To some drinkers it is though. I have (ex)friends who only socialize over drinks. It is their main activity outside of work and home and they always make a weird deal out of people 1) not drinking 2) having only one or two drinks.
Daisy Jane - Dec 14, 2009 11:54:45 am PST #24952 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My husband is a bar manager, just about everyone I know drinks, and I still don't think it's weird not to.
Polter-Cow - Dec 14, 2009 11:55:21 am PST #24953 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
"Drinking alcohol" should not be considered the default condition of a human.
That's my thinking too, even though I pretty much assume it is anyway. But usually when I tell people I don't drink, they just accept it.
my love of the plain daquiri.
Heh. I was in CVS yesterday, and I passed this teenage girl reading a shopping list or something with her mother. "'Dye-keery,'" she read. "What's that?"
Amy - Dec 14, 2009 11:56:07 am PST #24954 of 30001
Because books.
People might not drink for so many reasons, though. Health, and/or medication, just to name a few.
It strikes me as unbelievably rude that someone you don't even know would *demand* an explanation, too.