Kindness in a crisis is a killer. In a good way.
Don't you have an elsewhere to be?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[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.
Scrappy - Aug 18, 2010 8:55:40 am PDT #29108 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
hippocampus - Aug 18, 2010 9:00:12 am PDT #29109 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
::wanders over to Natter to sit with the 'today is broken' people::
Liese S. - Aug 18, 2010 9:21:24 am PDT #29110 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, Steph, that's good.
And Trudy, well done. You gotta be careful with the ultimatums unless you're willing to hold out. Would you really not feed her, you know, stuff like that. So the way you handled it works well, because it's not an either or kinda deal.
-t - Aug 18, 2010 9:32:17 am PDT #29111 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You know how, when you're upset/overwhelmed, you can maintain some semblance of equipoise as long as people *aren't* nice to you, but if someone does something nice, you lose your shit? Well, *I* do that.
I'm extremely familiar, yes. I go around muttering "people need to stop being nice to me so I can pull myself together" quite often [I do not mean it, please continue to be nice]
Very glad for the A/C loan, what a relief.
Steph L. - Aug 18, 2010 9:40:30 am PDT #29112 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Very glad for the A/C loan, what a relief.
Even if it doesn't work out (window size wrong, whatever), I'm touched by the offer. And honestly, buying a couple of window units, while not the ideal way I want to spend my money, isn't the worst thing in the world. I'm surprised at how (comparatively) inexpensive they are. The last time I bought one was 1999, and it was a wee tiny 5,000 BTU one and was maybe in the $250 range. The one we saw on Sears' Web site last night is 5,300 BTU and is $99.
I'd rather have $99 worth of books or sex toys, but honestly, I loves me some a/c.
Vortex - Aug 18, 2010 9:43:31 am PDT #29113 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I'd rather have $99 worth of books or sex toys, but honestly, I loves me some a/c.
Get A/C for the living room and sex toys for the bedroom. Win/win!
smonster - Aug 18, 2010 9:46:53 am PDT #29114 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Well, I was thinking of putting Hil's ex-advisor in charge of repairing the elevator.
With nothing but a wad of chewed gum and some dental floss.
Re: no connection between dental and physical health... tell it to Andy Hallett, insurance companies.
You know how, when you're upset/overwhelmed, you can maintain some semblance of equipoise as long as people *aren't* nice to you, but if someone does something nice, you lose your shit? Well, *I* do that.
Doing that right now, actually. Should have known I wouldn't make it very long without my intern seeing me cry.
Steph, I very much hope the a/c units work out for you.
Jessica - Aug 18, 2010 9:47:18 am PDT #29115 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'd rather have $99 worth of books or sex toys, but honestly, I loves me some a/c.
Yeah, but without a/c, the sex toys are no good in the summer anyway.
Steph L. - Aug 18, 2010 9:50:17 am PDT #29116 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Get A/C for the living room and sex toys for the bedroom. Win/win!
Jess already said it, but -- no a/c in the bedroom means no sex toys in the bedroom.
erikaj - Aug 18, 2010 9:50:45 am PDT #29117 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Wait...air conditioning isn't a sex toy? Man, is my face red. I have made fifty GOTV calls this week.