It's the other guy in that picture. Did you not read the words??
I'll be fine. I'll be your bounty, Jubal Early. And I'll just fade away.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Mar 29, 2010 2:42:59 pm PDT #19660 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
DavidS - Mar 29, 2010 2:44:34 pm PDT #19661 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Did you not read the words??
Apparently not. Who the hell is Chance Crawford?
Jesse - Mar 29, 2010 2:45:20 pm PDT #19662 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I wanna say Gossip Girl?
§ ita § - Mar 29, 2010 2:47:50 pm PDT #19663 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Don't you read the words, Jesse? That's what they say.
I, for some reason, don't need Anderson Cooper to say he's gay.
Jesse - Mar 29, 2010 2:49:14 pm PDT #19664 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I didn't click back to confirm, because I don't really care who he is.
erikaj - Mar 29, 2010 2:49:29 pm PDT #19665 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Richard Simmons isn't out? Because I have no gaydar and am notoriously bad at this game. And yet? Hello?
Barb - Mar 29, 2010 2:50:28 pm PDT #19666 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Went out and was social with writer friends today (even taking the visiting one to Third Place Books where they LURVE her and they treated her like a total rock star!)
Now I'm home and in inside pants, since it's an inside pants sort of day, all rainy and cloudy and delicious.
Hec, I feel your pain on the project, although honestly, you're much nicer than I would be. If it was up to Nate, I'd help him with everything and not in the "I want you to help so I can learn," but more in the "please help/do this for me" sort of way. So I have to hold firm and let him take his lumps.
The upside is, it seems to be sinking in and he's actually starting to turn work in that's of a much higher caliber overall. *crosses fingers that it sticks*
Jesse - Mar 29, 2010 2:50:50 pm PDT #19667 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My personal feeling is that it's probably time for people to stop making a song and dance about coming out (especially) when "everyone knows." Can't they just bring a real date to events where people are bringing dates and introduce them as such?
Trudy Booth - Mar 29, 2010 2:53:05 pm PDT #19668 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I will be very sad it Zachary Quinto is gay.
Which means he is likely gay.
DavidS - Mar 29, 2010 3:04:39 pm PDT #19669 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So I have to hold firm and let him take his lumps.
Perhaps I am not painting a good picture of this because the next several days will be very lump-inducing for Emmett. It's going to be an extremely unpleasant grind for him to finish this project.
The consequence for this will simply be that he has to do the work. At age 13 it's not as simple as letting him sink or swim on his own. He's moving up to high school next year and his grades now will determine the classes he's able to take next year. Those classes track from year to year so going in lower now has a consequence for his college options later.
This isn't just theoretical. Emmett's godsister fucked up her grades in 9th grade (same school system) and the hit to her GPA kept her out of elite colleges no matter what she did after that.
I guess I should reiterate that Emmett didn't punt the whole project. He's just below the halfway mark, instead of close to the finish line. He has done a lot of work on it already. Probably more work than he's ever done before. It's just he needs to do more.