I mean, let's say you did kill us. Or didn't. There could be torture. Whatever. But somehow you found the goods. What would your cut be?

Mal ,'Out Of Gas'


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.


Shir - Jan 26, 2010 2:09:47 am PST #7893 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

People are stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, and insist on involving me with their stupidity.

20 minutes after I understood I probably lost the bracelet, I was, of course, kindda down and mellow, but I was still on the go. Got shit to do, things to take care of, etc.. Then a bunch of Tu Bishvat gift baskets to the office. The secretary simply gave me one, without finding first if they're for the volunteers too or not. 2 minutes after it she saw I wasn't on the list, but it really distressed her that she gave me something (that I wasn't expected for, and frankly, couldn't give less about) and took it away. I told her over and over again it's OK and not a big deal (what I didn't tell her is that the big deal for me is finding my sister's bracelet, and if she wants to make a big deal about something, would she please shut up and help me to find it). End of the story was that after 15 minutes, 10 of them I stayed and leaving later than I had to because she talked me into taking the freaking, heavy, don't-have-room-for-it-in-my-backpack gift basket with me, despite thinking it wasn't meant for me.

While waiting for the bus, I was this close finding a homeless person and give it to him/her. Hey, it's tons of food and a gift I didn't need, so what the hell? But then the bus came, and thank God I didn't give it then.

10 minutes later, on the bus, I get a phone call. It was her, apologizing for the "procedures" (yet, not for her foolish, unnecessary behavior that caused all of the mess), telling me I have to give it back and she wasn't supposed to do it. Uh, that's pretty nice, expect I'm already on the freaking bus, not to come back to the office until next week. So instead, I'll meet a colleague in university tomorrow, carrying dead weight I didn't had to begin with, bothering another person for the secretary's reaction.

Half way through her call I snapped. Not at her, but began to tear at the bus after the call. That's the freaking last thing on my mind now, and all she cares about it to come out clean and OK and that nobody will be mad at her and clean up the unnecessary mess she created, for it wasn't at her dignity to give a gift and take it away.

10 minutes later, of course, came another call from her, apologizing again for the "procedures" (last time she messed something up, and I got locked outside of the office because of it, I got 3 phone calls with the "I'm under a lot of stress and doing so much, you really can't blame me, can you?" phone calls).

I can't believe she dragged me into this emotional mess. I need to go to the library and study, but right now I'm trying to not cry. Dammit. Didn't need this.

Edit: I'm better now.


Laga - Jan 26, 2010 3:00:27 am PST #7894 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Oh Shir what a mess. I'm so sorry you have to deal with that.


Shir - Jan 26, 2010 3:11:22 am PST #7895 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Faulkner to the rescue, as always.

(The Sound and the Fury, opening of the second chapter (June 2nd, 1910). The wonders that these 2-3 pages can do to me).

It's just a bummer that I was in such a good mood this morning, when I got up.


WindSparrow - Jan 26, 2010 3:11:45 am PST #7896 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.

{{{{Hil}}}}

{{{{Anne}}}}

{{{{Shir}}}}

Job-hunt~ma to Nora and Jilli.


Hil R. - Jan 26, 2010 3:44:21 am PST #7897 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Hi. Feeling somewhat better after getting some sleep.


Nora Deirdre - Jan 26, 2010 4:39:51 am PST #7898 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Hil, I'm glad you're feeling better today. I hope Anne W. is too.


Fred Pete - Jan 26, 2010 4:48:39 am PST #7899 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.

Kitty's job should just be to be a kitty.

Some kitties are very good at calming. I spent half of Sunday afternoon watching true crime TV with Coco snuggled in the crook of my arm. And if I'd been sitting up, Max would have been in my lap instead.

Very calming.


smonster - Jan 26, 2010 5:36:06 am PST #7900 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Shir, how ridiculous.

Slept a lot yesterday - a 3.5 hr nap and then again from 9 pm to 7 am. Still sick, but it's just a cold, so here I am.

Kitties are calming... unless they're being stressful.


Connie Neil - Jan 26, 2010 6:40:46 am PST #7901 of 30000
brillig

I am wedding etiquette challenged--what's the difference between "save the date" and an invitation? Is it a timeframe difference? And if you receive a "save the date", is it automatic that you're going to get an invitation?


§ ita § - Jan 26, 2010 6:42:29 am PST #7902 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Invitations tell you what time to show up, and where, and what to wear, and all those details. Save the date tells you when the nuptials will be held.

I can't see any reason you'd tell someone to block it out on their calendar if they weren't going to be invited.