My oldest sister got her first degree to be a teacher, because that's what women did in the mid-70s. She tried it for a year, hated it, then went on to get a theater degree. She adored that, then realized she adored eating and not living in slums more, and picked up a business degree and a habit of world travel. Who knows where you'll end up, Erin?
Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Connie Neil - Apr 06, 2011 3:33:54 pm PDT #19250 of 30000
brillig
Strix - Apr 06, 2011 3:33:56 pm PDT #19251 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, Lord of the Internet, I committed asscaps, and I am heartily repentent of offending thee.
Hee.
I have a meeting with HR tomorrow. Gulp.
ETA: Hmm, inneresting, Connie! Could be, could be...
Barb - Apr 06, 2011 3:42:19 pm PDT #19252 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
You know, I loved teaching, but hated dealing with administrations and parents.
Come to think of it, I'm like that with writing, too. I love writing, but there are days I hate dealing with publishing.
That probably says something unflattering about me.
Strix - Apr 06, 2011 3:46:05 pm PDT #19253 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
That you don't like bureaucracy? That sound eminently sensible, Barb.
Scrappy - Apr 06, 2011 3:46:31 pm PDT #19254 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
OMG I LOVE YOU ALL SO SO MUCH.
Yes, this is SO boring. Not.
Atropa - Apr 06, 2011 4:13:25 pm PDT #19255 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Erin, I'm really proud of you.
beekaytee - Apr 06, 2011 4:33:02 pm PDT #19256 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I have a question for the artsy types among us that I'm certain I don't really want the answer to.
Is there some seekrit, super discount site for buying art supplies? Besides Amazon, I mean.
I can't even contain my lust for the Prismacolor sets (despite having 36 totally adequate pencils in hand) but am floored by the asking prices for the sets. They are worth it, I'm sure, but eek.
Also, is there much difference in the quality of one brand over another? Faber-Castell, Derwent, Prismacolor, Steadtler? Even Ultrecht has its own house brand that seems pretty reasonably priced. I wonder if it is a well known brand, rewrapped.
The only review I could find is a Brit blog that puts Faber-Castell out front.
Now that I'm past the marker lust (too bleedy and less blending control), I'm absolutely obsessed with pencils.
eta: my sketch pencils are Derwent (purchased in Copenhage,no less) and are lovely, but I must confess that the Prismacolors feel better in my hand...more comfortable for long-term work.
hippocampus - Apr 06, 2011 4:36:02 pm PDT #19257 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
{{Erin}}
Calli - Apr 06, 2011 4:46:07 pm PDT #19258 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Erin, I hope you find a path that works better for you.
Strix - Apr 06, 2011 4:58:04 pm PDT #19259 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Bonny, this link sells them individually for .88 a piece, and they have a 10% off sale until 5/31.
They also advertise that they are 45% off list price, whatever that means.