Happy Birthday, Raq! May this be the start of your best year yet.
Good to hear you are ok, Shir. I can't even imagine the stress.
I have finesse! I have finesse coming out of my bottom!
Anya ,'Showtime'
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.
Laura - Mar 23, 2011 10:53:49 am PDT #18255 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
quester - Mar 23, 2011 11:03:05 am PDT #18256 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Shir! So glad you are ok, and I hope all your peeps are as well!
Shir - Mar 23, 2011 11:14:33 am PDT #18257 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Happy birthday, Raq. I do hope you'll have wonderful and awesome fun today.
And thanks, all. I'm still kind of shaken. Apparently my sister was at the other side of the road and saw it all (my poor thing. It's the third bombing she's at. She's claiming it's scarier to see rockets fly above you). Another friend took #74 (the bus that took the hit) that passed 10 minutes before. I still hope people I know are alright. There are too many of them to call to, even if they just go to the same classes with me.
And actually, rockets aren't so bad (unless flying directly above you, as the sister says). Mostly if the protected room in the house has the TV and the DVD player in it. And you have an alarm and time to go there. There are (mostly, unless it's a rare direct hit) safe places to hide. In bombings... NSM.
Oh, and in happy news: I have a request. I'm gonna give a mini-lecture in some kind of a very elitist Israeli blogger's evening (6 of us, each talks for 12 minutes). Kindda like TED, only more theoretical one with people who really love to analyze things too much. So I'm gonna speak about how we can change and shift the discourse, perception and access to and between what's "representation" (reality) and "imagery" (myth, a-la Barthes) using Hollaback Israel as an example. In order to make it really cool, I wanted to ask your permission to use the rubber-glove pretend to be chicken joke, if that's OK.
(I'm not getting a dime for it, but people actually have to buy tickets for the event. And I'm supposed to lecture. Academically. in 12 minutes. And I've been asked to do so, for crying out loud, and been told that the draft is "fucking fantastic").
And now, I'm gonna try and relax in front of the TV with something stupid to watch.
brenda m - Mar 23, 2011 11:24:51 am PDT #18258 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Shir, that's awesome. I'm so glad you have something exciting and good going on today. Huge ~ma headed your direction and to all those who were in the vicinity this morning.
Shir - Mar 23, 2011 11:26:58 am PDT #18259 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I really can't believe it's happening and that I've been asked to do it.
This is a huge opportunity. I hope not to blow it.
Polter-Cow - Mar 23, 2011 12:00:53 pm PDT #18260 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's awesome, Shir!
smonster - Mar 23, 2011 12:12:28 pm PDT #18261 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Yay, Shir!! You will rock it!!
I have a cold. Poopy. Spent a good few hours today sorting out a construction dumpster with three hard core chicks from KU. Tomorrow I'll drive a van to a landfill to recycle the drywall and clean wood. Tomorrow is also the last volunteer day, very bittersweet.
Man, I'm tired.
Strix - Mar 23, 2011 12:19:56 pm PDT #18262 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Shir, awesome!! About the lecture.
Shir, oh no!! I hope all your friends and family are all right. Scary.
Raq, Happy Birthday!
Raq, boo hiss about the suck.
sj, good on you!
You know, leaving at 3:45 instead of 4 or 4:15 is SO MUCH BETTER!
Ginger - Mar 23, 2011 12:37:39 pm PDT #18263 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Aims, have you seen that CNN is having a contest to send someone to London as an iReporter the day of the royal wedding? [link] If you have seen it, why isn't MM videoing you right now?
Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2011 12:39:45 pm PDT #18264 of 30000
brillig
They may want someone who isn't just going "SQUUEEEE!" all over the place.