I'd want to know context. I'd rather see an occasional emoticon than blunder into a mess because I couldn't tell the difference between a joke and a serious.
But that's just me.
I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.
Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'
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.
Fred Pete - Feb 05, 2010 7:38:16 am PST #9106 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
erikaj - Feb 05, 2010 8:05:42 am PST #9107 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Ha...isn't it ironic? To find that my absolutely mock-bitching about emoticons might need one...or at least a snark tag. And as far as I know, emoticons have no gender, although like LOLs do kind of make me think of young girls. I should never follow kids or animals. Glad to know Harvey's problem isn't too serious.
Barb - Feb 05, 2010 8:05:44 am PST #9108 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Yay for no bladder distention on Harvey. Here's hoping it's something simple.
I have just spent the last two hours getting my serious geek on, checking and double checking references and reserving a book at Barnes & Noble to have to hand...
For one freakin' line of poetry I used in STARS. (Federico García Lorca, btw)
I want to make absolutely certain I have a correct attribution and am using the translation I most want. I was thisclose to emailing a poetry scholar at Boston U. who specializes in the Spanish poets to ask his opinion on which translation he felt was most true to the original work.
Once an academic wonk, always an academic wonk.
omnis_audis - Feb 05, 2010 8:18:38 am PST #9109 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Ha...isn't it ironic? To find that my absolutely mock-bitching about emoticons might need one...or at least a snark tag.ha! Reinforces my desire to have a sarcasm/snark font. Something to help with 'tone of voice' that can't be heard in typing.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Feb 05, 2010 8:59:43 am PST #9110 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Harvey~ma, and yay for probable only-UTI.
I have to work very hard to control my fondness for emoticons. It's better now that I'm in my thirties. I'd like to think it's my autistic spectrum condition making me assume no one will know which emotion I'm communicating. In reality it's probably just my sappiness.
There are (loud) kids lining up outside our house, waiting for some kind of heavy metal night at a nearby theatre. The theatre is about 200 metres away. That's quite a queue to be standing in.*
*Look at that. Two British spellings, a British term and the metric system, all in one paragraph. I'm a high-achieving type.
Beverly - Feb 05, 2010 9:52:03 am PST #9111 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
All good vibes for Harvey and his humans.
Barb, I did much the same thing for a clutch of Rilke quotes. And then I bought the "right" translations, since I'd had to do second-hand book search on a couple that were OOP.
DavidS - Feb 05, 2010 9:58:55 am PST #9112 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Pics and review of this year's Edwardian Ball.
Seriously, Jilli, you can't keep missing this! It's not allowed!
smonster - Feb 05, 2010 10:45:30 am PST #9113 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Harvey~ma!!!
Barb, I did much the same thing for a clutch of Rilke quotes. And then I bought the "right" translations, since I'd had to do second-hand book search on a couple that were OOP.
OMG, Bev, just this morning I was thinking about asking the hivemind if anyone knew a good translation of Rielke. I keep hearing excerpts of poems and really liking them. Can you give me a link or two?
IOsemi-relatedN, I am officially 100% twitterpated with MFJ, he of the poetry slamming and the severe cat allergy having and the Chicago living. He can flirt like hell one second and reference Maslow's Hierarchy the next. And it's pretty mutual. I've set up a fare alert to Chicago.
Twitter.
Pated.
Pics and review of this year's Edwardian Ball.
I want to go to there.
Vortex - Feb 05, 2010 10:48:21 am PST #9114 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I am wearing inside pants, a flannel shirt and my Alaska socks (thanks Drew!). Bring on the snow!
Calli - Feb 05, 2010 10:53:19 am PST #9115 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
It's my bff's birthday today. I forgot it, aside from sending her an email, because neither of us really bother with birthdays anymore. But she's in Charlottesville, VA (in range of the Snowmageddon), and mentioned that she really wished she had a shovel, so I ordered her one for Saturday delivery. It probably won't make it, but I'm sure she'll still want it Monday.