Hil, that's a beautiful apartment!

Ugh, that's frustrating, omnis. Hope they get their act together.

I am seriously cranky with my dislocated back joint. Can't go anywhere without The Girl, who is still in fifteen-hour-day rehearsals/teching/shows. Might get to the doctor tomorrow if TG can get a morning off. GRR ARGH.

Hil, the apartment looks great!

(((Seska))) Feel better.

Is it irrational to NOT want certain people to call you by a nickname? A nickname that several others use regularly? And not so much people as one person?

Mom rant ahead, be warned. So, my mother wants to go to this "reunion" thing that an old friend of hers, M, is planning. It's for a group of people that I knew when I was 8, I don't really remember them and I don't really care, even though my mother tried to act like I would get some benefit. She tells me the date a few weeks ago, but has no other info.

I wasn't particularly interested in going, but I said I would take her. She says she's going to call me back that day with little details like time, location, etc. I don't hear from her for about a week. Late last night, I noticed that she called and left a message saying that she wanted to talk about this thing. I call her back this morning, and she says that it's today at 6PM in the suburbs. I said "hey, 6PM is a bad time around here, the traffic is a nightmare." Mom agrees, says that she doesn't know why M set that time.

So, I say, well, I'll leave around 6 to avoid the worst of the traffic, let her know that we'll be late to the party. Then Mom says "um, well, it's a dinner party, so we really shouldn't be that late." This is the first I've heard about it being a dinner party, which is a different thing.

This is so typical of my mother. Me personally, I believe that if you ask someone to do something for you, you make it as easy as possible and you give them the maximum amount of time and information. My mother thinks nothing of calling me the day of and expecting me to just up and leave work early for this bullshit.

Is it irrational to NOT want certain people to call you by a nickname? A nickname that several others use regularly? And not so much people as one person?

No, you should be called what you want to be called. Actually it's easier if only one person calls you that because you can say "I prefer to be called X " and when they say "but bob calls you Y", you can say "yeah, that's our thing, and I don't like it when someone else calls me Y"

Dear V's Mom:

We love you because you gave us our V, and because we love V, we love you. That's how it works. But for Heaven's sakes, SERIOUSLY???

Love,
The Empress

Is there anyway she can hitch a ride with someone else there and you can make an appearance for dessert and take her home?

Is there anyway she can hitch a ride with someone else there and you can make an appearance for dessert and take her home?

Well, that's the problem. It's a reunion, so the only person my mother knows is the host. I was hoping that my brother could take one for the team on this, but he's out of town.

Is it irrational to NOT want certain people to call you by a nickname? A nickname that several others use regularly? And not so much people as one person?

No, you should be called what you want to be called. Actually it's easier if only one person calls you that because you can say "I prefer to be called X " and when they say "but bob calls you Y", you can say "yeah, that's our thing, and I don't like it when someone else calls me Y"

Ah, this is me and hugging. (Though I was actually told that I "can't" hug selectively; either I hug everyone who wants to put their grubby paws around me, or I hug no one at all.)

(BODILY AUTONOMY, MOTHERFUCKERS.)

("Motherfuckers" /= Bitches. Just to be clear.)

Though I was actually told that I "can't" hug selectively; either I hug everyone who wants to put their grubby paws around me, or I hug no one at all.

I'm pretty sure anyone who thinks this should get punched in the head. And not in a fun way.

Though I was actually told that I "can't" hug selectively; either I hug everyone who wants to put their grubby paws around me, or I hug no one at all.

WTFuckingF? Not on, person who said that. We smite, shun, spurn and otherwise refudiate you.