Shall always seems more like a question. Like, "What shall I do today?" But it would ping me as odd used twice in an email. Once, probably not so much.
Come on. You drop by for a cup of coffee, and the world's not ending? Please.
Connor ,'Not Fade Away'
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.
Kat - Jun 04, 2010 9:49:54 am PDT #4024 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
amych - Jun 04, 2010 9:50:02 am PDT #4025 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Pretentious, secretly English, or what?
Higher ed.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2010 9:51:47 am PDT #4026 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, you have the shirt which is probably why they asked!
Dude. Random stranger.
Except I did verbally assault Elevator Guy...
Nevah mind.
Oh! Now I crave cowboy boots too. Man, I get these horrible consumption binges. I'm so terribly first world. It's disgusting.
flea - Jun 04, 2010 9:52:28 am PDT #4027 of 30001
information libertarian
Higher ed.
Well, of course that. Sigh. I am reading a paper I was asked to be a peer-reviewer on, and it's right up my (old) alley of research (she cites me!) but MAN is it reminding me why I left academia proper. So much talk, so little meaning.
Fred Pete - Jun 04, 2010 9:53:11 am PDT #4028 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Our office dress code is "business casual," which means no shirts, no jeans, no T-shirts, no sandals or flip-flops. I once got away with wearing one sandal and one regular shoe (with socks) for a few days after I'd broken a toe, and a regular shoe was just too uncomfortable. If we meet with anyone outside the agency, it's "business wear" -- which caused a little embarrassment at a recent meeting of an interagency working group, where I was in suit and tie, and all the other men were wearing oxford shirts and khakis.
My impression (which could be wrong) is that women have somewhat more leeway in what counts as business wear. Probably because men have a traditional uniform with a suit and tie, while women don't have that tradition.
flea - Jun 04, 2010 9:55:09 am PDT #4029 of 30001
information libertarian
amych, you'd love this. "I argue that the ideology of the sword makes it invaluable as an instrument of diacritica, and therefore it is the hierarchical structure training and corresponding social status that mediates the consumption of the blade."
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2010 9:55:13 am PDT #4030 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My impression (which could be wrong) is that women have somewhat more leeway in what counts as business wear. Probably because men have a traditional uniform with a suit and tie, while women don't have that tradition.
I got shit from a guy who complained I could wear a T-shirt to work. Rather than explain it wasn't a T-shirt like he'd wear, I pointed out he could wear the same damned pants to work for two weeks and no one would care, and he did back down. It's just not the same territory.
amych - Jun 04, 2010 9:58:17 am PDT #4031 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
See, I find that the sword is invaluable as an instrument of smacking the other guy around and making him consume the blade, but I was pretty much doomed from the start when it comes to traditional academia.
Dana - Jun 04, 2010 9:58:22 am PDT #4032 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
How do you consume a blade? Other than painfully?
Kat - Jun 04, 2010 9:59:32 am PDT #4033 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Well, my cowboy boots are 2 years older than my kids, (I got them in New Zealand), so there's that part. And my mom repaired the hood of my Irish sweater, so I am pretty pleased with the longevity of some of my travel purchases.
I don't know why I wanted cowboy boots so badly, but I'm glad I have them.