msbelle, if you have to apologize, I do a million times over. For the past YEAR AND A HALF.
I can handle the Oz Full Monty. I mean, not 'handle' handle.
Xander ,'Help'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
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.
sarameg - Jul 12, 2010 2:30:40 pm PDT #11934 of 30001
Cashmere - Jul 12, 2010 2:30:47 pm PDT #11935 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
You guys never move for me because you all live in my head.
Zen, I definitely don't blame you for never going back to that "gym." You gave it a good try but if they expect repeat customers, they need to, you know, actually serve the people coming in.
amych - Jul 12, 2010 2:34:22 pm PDT #11936 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Zen, I'm sorry you had such a crap experience. When you're getting that kind of unhappy vibe out of a place, you're totally right to walk away and I'm glad you won't be going back. (And I say that as a total gym nerd -- yes, some people respond to pressure and some to rah-rah, but a good trainer has to work with each student and not just do dumbass canned motivational patter.) (And nobody should train in scary conditions, no matter what.)
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2010 2:38:00 pm PDT #11937 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I had to tell a personal trainer once not to encourage me anymore. Because when I said I was done, I was done. He was taken aback. But I'm serious. The gym is not where I break through my barriers. Martial arts, sure. But that's a whole different vibe. When I put the pedal to the metal, I am pretty aware of my limits.
Best trainer I had was a friend of mine, which I didn't really expect. But she knew how to motivate me--she could compliment me without being sugary. And she knew I was already serious--and how much to taunt someone who was teaching you krav. Which is, really, not much.
Amy - Jul 12, 2010 2:44:17 pm PDT #11938 of 30001
Because books.
I respond really poorly to any rah-rah encouragement in almost any situation. I glared at the nurses while in labor. Don't talk to me. Just let me do my thing. And dear god don't call me "Mama" when you're not my offspring.
Zenkitty - Jul 12, 2010 2:50:31 pm PDT #11939 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Because when I said I was done, I was done.
Yes, that too - I told him, okay, that's enough, and he's all, just give me two more! So I did, the first couple times, and then I just stopped when I needed to. I don't care if he thought I was giving up. (Also? I'm not giving you anything. I hate that. I'm not here doing this for you.)
Cashmere - Jul 12, 2010 2:55:51 pm PDT #11940 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
And dear god don't call me "Mama" when you're not my offspring.
Oh, yeah. That calls for a punch to the face.
But it's possible I'm just extra cranky today.
JZ - Jul 12, 2010 3:01:46 pm PDT #11941 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Also, Matilda is hysterically funny, but y'all knew that.
Am I not beautiful? I'm wearing my princess veil, and my princess crown, and my princess gloves, and my princess dress, and my princess shoes, and this is my princess knife!
Kathy A - Jul 12, 2010 3:03:32 pm PDT #11942 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
javacat, are you looking for more NCIS fanfic recs? 'Cause I've got a funny one that I was avoiding because I just knew it wouldn't work, but it's terrific.
Forsooth, Good Gentles. Yes, NCIS goes RenFaire, and it's hilarious! Done by the same author who wrote my favorite Echoes of Goodbye. As a small sample:
"A RenFaire? You have a team waiting outside of a RenFaire?" Fornell was already picturing Gibbs sitting in a van, glaring at the participants.
It took all of his training to keep a straight face, but he was a Director, after all. "Not outside."
"Not outside? You mean... Gibbs in tights?"
Vance let the slightest smile break through. "The mind, it doth boggle."
javachik - Jul 12, 2010 3:05:53 pm PDT #11943 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Am I not beautiful? I'm wearing my princess veil, and my princess crown, and my princess gloves, and my princess dress, and my princess shoes, and this is my princess knife!
The best part was that after calling her stick her "Princess knife" (or "sword") for hours, I said, as she was packing to leave, "Oh look, Matilda, here's your Princess knife, don't forget it!"
To which she looked up at me, grimaced and said, "that's a stick!!"