Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[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.
Congrats, Seska!
Interesting quote, Shir. I do too much remembering (and always have an easier time remembering negative events than positive events). Sometimes I think I'd do better if I just got amnesia and started over again. As long as I didn't get tense about being an amnesiac.
Feeling very gronky. My depression has been worse this week, partly because my hours have been turned around. I kept trying and failing to turn them back. So today I took the painful step of setting the alarm (one of the few advantages of being this disabled is not having to do a work grind anymore). I am severely tempted to just go right back to sleep. Must have coffee or something.
Today I meet a guy who answered my Craig's List ad for folks wanting to work through The Artist's Way.
The dress I ordered the other day is in. It will only zip up half way, which is disappointing.
I have much respect for (and many books by) Sontag, but I think her argument ignores the crucial importance, for society, of remembering. A couple of cases in point: the way British Muslims are being treated at the moment (and I understand it's even worse for American Muslims); the way disabled people in this country are currently being so demonized by the press and the government that I fear for people's lives in the near future if it continues. Sometimes remembering that all of this has happened before and all of this will happen again is the only way to fight human, or social, nature.
I'm developing a crush on one of the actors who's been hanging around the house. First off, she's beautiful and clever. Then she starts talking about how much she loves "Supernatural". Then she says she plays World of Warcraft and when I ask if she's seen "The Guild" she replies, "you mean Felicia Day's web series? Yeah I wan't to date her avatar." Then she asks me if I've ever seen
The Gamers: Dorkness Rising.
I think at that moment I might have blurted out how awesome I think she is. Sadly, I am far too old for her.
I have much respect for (and many books by) Sontag, but I think her argument ignores the crucial importance, for society, of remembering. A couple of cases in point: the way British Muslims are being treated at the moment (and I understand it's even worse for American Muslims); the way disabled people in this country are currently being so demonized by the press and the government that I fear for people's lives in the near future if it continues. Sometimes remembering that all of this has happened before and all of this will happen again is the only way to fight human, or social, nature.
She says few lines before the quote I brought that society should remember the big events. What I truly find interesting in this argument is the difference between "remembering" and "thinking". Of course it's not black and white situation, but there's only so much growth that can be achieved by focus on "remembering".
The book, btw, is Regarding the Pain of Others, and I still consider it one of the best (if not the best) non-fiction work I've ever read. Even if I don't agree with her on few things.
Edit: sj, sorry to hear about the dress. Do you have alternatives?
He still falls asleep mid-sentence when he takes his pain meds, which embarrasses him but I think is kind of adorable.
Ha, don't be embarrassed. Be proud of the awesome power of painkillers. What he needs to work on, is the skill of picking up the sentence when he wakes back up. That! Is true talent.
Tons of love and brackets! {{{{{ ND }}}}}
Seska, congrats on the new home! Fabulous news. Can't wait for the access aids to be installed. Very exciting.
ion, I didn't know anything about buckyballs until today.
Buckyballs are awesome. Very relaxing. I have them at my recliner. Tough day? Make some magnetic art.
ION- Handyman canceled AGAIN! Uggg. "I forgot my wife is getting baptized today..." We scheduled this time last week. We confirmed it yesterday. Why do you wait to tell me 15 minutes after the scheduled meet time? And I had to call YOU to find it out. Very frustrating.
Congrats on the house, Seska! It has a Buffista guest room, right? ;)
O-A, you need to call the landlord and bitch about this. That's ridiculous.
Congrats on the house, Seska!
I managed to mostly avoid the football traffic. The road that I usually take toward the campus isn't a main highway, and then once I got right near campus, I was going in the opposite direction from the football traffic. So I went to services, then got lunch at the mall, then went to Bed Bath & Beyond and bought way more stuff than what I went in for. But I did get a bunch of hangers, which is what I was looking for.
Edit: sj, sorry to hear about the dress. Do you have alternatives?
My first stop is going to see if it can be let out at all, and if not, keep looking.
