This is fun. Where's Plei? Or Jilli? Shouldn't their Spidey-sense be tingling?
River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.
'Safe'
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.
Cashmere - Mar 10, 2011 8:49:04 pm PST #17235 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Steph L. - Mar 10, 2011 8:49:55 pm PST #17236 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Cashmere, I was on that site! I was looking at this as well: [link]
I have this black petticoat and it is totally cute as HELL on me: [link]
Cashmere - Mar 10, 2011 8:54:08 pm PST #17237 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I think I need that petticoat for derby.
Steph L. - Mar 10, 2011 8:58:23 pm PST #17238 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
It REALLY is cute. I don't have any pictures of it on me, but it tends to create a cheerleader-of-the-damned effect. Which I dig.
Cashmere - Mar 10, 2011 9:02:51 pm PST #17239 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Those black bloomers with bows look pretty bitchin', too. Might have to order a pair.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Mar 10, 2011 9:52:20 pm PST #17240 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I shall meara rather quickly, as I am on valium for a small procedure today and it's about to kick in.
Congrats on being on the research team, Shir! Although I am not in the least bit surprised, as I've always said you're a genius. It's nice to be being proved right. (Did you receive the wedding invite? Reply, genius.)
I WANNA GO TO AN F2F, DAMMIT!!!
This. One day I'll find a way to cross that annoying body of water that gets in the way.
Having been teaching a course in feminism and society for the past half-semester, I'm too tired to contribute to the gender discussions. Interesting, though. (It's been great teaching it to a mix of male and female students, most of whom are only about 19.)
omnis_audis - Mar 10, 2011 10:37:45 pm PST #17241 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
In the U.S. one common case where we do the land lease is trailers. People who live in trailers (AKA mobile homes, AKA caravans for you English speakers) own the trailer, but lease the land. And yeah get screwed for it too a lot.Yup! It's rather difficult to find affordable housing. The strange thing is, these condo's are NICE! Not fancy schmancy ritzy, but real nice. In the height of the bubble they were going for easy $400k. And it seems most of Orange County is land lease. What the hell is the point to buying? The biggest thing with buying, is owning the land. I'm a bit confused by it all, and feeling, once again, I am out of the housing market. Hate it.
ION- I finally found it! We have a SATA hard drive at work that isn't working. Bought a new drive, installed in enclosure, and it's not working. Hmm, sounds like it's the enclosure, right? Well, I finally found my IDE/SATA to USB adapter. Now I can finally test just the drives.
IOON- Looks like I've been peer-pressured into attending a party for a former co-worker. It's a "closure party", seeing how she was fired a few months back. I've always been polite and friendly with her. More for politics, so the other co-workers see me as a team player. But dude, she made faculty and students cry. Uggg. And it's pot luck. Gotta bring cheese for the tacos. Which means I can't just show up late/leave early trick. :: sigh :: Sometimes, I really hate social occasions.
sj - Mar 10, 2011 11:21:24 pm PST #17242 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Teppy, that is an awesome petticoat. I'm sure you'll look hawt no omatter what you wear.
I think my stomach ick yesterday was a sign I was getting sick. Fever chills, and achiness today. I feel bad canceling on babysitting, but I think I want to be able to see my doctor this morning if I need to.
Daisy Jane - Mar 11, 2011 12:51:27 am PST #17243 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Wow. I can't believe no one else sees the Tucker Max of "which women are worth treating as human" model of behavior at work. And yes, I do find being a woman bleak sometimes. And I feel pretty discounted right now.
§ ita § - Mar 11, 2011 1:04:17 am PST #17244 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Tucker Max is an extreme characterisation of any of the behaviour anyone here has said they indulge in. There's not a person here who has said they'd trade sex for favours (although my sister has indicated last time I was unemployed I should have been at least blow job desperate).
Rather, I think a lot of people like to be treated like they were attractive, and that's where a lot of this plays in.
Tucker Max wouldn't give me the time of day. I think he understand that as well as I do, and neither of us would lose a wink of sleep over it.
I will continue to use my smile as social lubrication. And I know it works better because I have a rack somewhere below it and I can put myself together nicely. It's inextricable.
If smiles made you look uglier, no one be swayed by them. And being as charming as you can is playing into that same old game. Who's going to stop because of it?
I don't say I'm stupid, I don't offer up sex as trade for things I can't get otherwise, and I'm totally okay with most of it. I need to learn to be able to shut down an interaction if it gets near to the "So? That meant you really liked me and want my penis?" stage. But most people never get that far. They just preferred being smiled as prettily as I can imagine to the alternative.