The extremely loud explosions in the parking lot next to my building have finally ceased, so I guess it is safe to go to sleep.
Happy 4th everyone!
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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.
quester - Jul 04, 2011 8:34:08 pm PDT #24676 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
beth b - Jul 04, 2011 9:00:53 pm PDT #24677 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
We spent the day - just DH and I wandering around sf. got home . had snacks and wine on the front patio - got joined by the new neighbors and their kids. You know it is good when the kids bring out some books and art projects to ho you . ( bonus - light saber's were used as flashlights )
Trudy Booth - Jul 04, 2011 9:02:26 pm PDT #24678 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I guess I'm revealing my US-centricness, but I think if you said "Americans," I would have assumed you didn't mean South Americans, Central Americans, or even non-US-North Americans. Since this is such a US-specific holiday and all, I would have assumed that "American" was shorthand for "citizen of the United States of America," which does after all have the word "America" in its name.
It's hard for me to grok anyone but people from the US thinking of themselves as "Americans". "North Americans" or "South Americans" -- but a Canadian and an Chilean describing themselves as "American" is like a Dane and a Thai describing themselves as "Eurasian".
meara - Jul 04, 2011 9:33:50 pm PDT #24679 of 30000
Argh. Dear friend B, when you suggested I watch the fireworks from your place I expressed worry about the parking and congestion after. You said you could take turns scooting me and your gf home on your vespa. I did NOT say I wanted to walk four miles home at 11:30 pm. Jesus.
(note: instead I'm pissed off, he refused to get on the scooter even though traffic is mad baked up and he couldgo around, and I walke a mile an change to the bus which will only get me to within a mile of home. Grrrrrr)
Calli - Jul 05, 2011 2:17:06 am PDT #24680 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
WTF, B? Dude should have manned up and revved up the scooter.
Strix - Jul 05, 2011 3:02:22 am PDT #24681 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Was he too drunk to drive? That's the only reason I could think of to refuse...and then he should have called you a cab.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 05, 2011 5:35:49 am PDT #24682 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I have been in a hellacious funk all weekend, most likely the birthday blues (turned 45 on Saturday). I ended up blowing off two events Sunday and Monday that I'd been looking forward to because I. Could. Not. Deal. Apparently, wallowing in my bad mood was a better option than sucking it up. Thank God I had already scheduled today as a vacation day, because I would have hated going into work (though, sadly, I think I could deal with that better than either of the social events I didn't go to). Still feeling foul today, and I have zero appetite and really need to eat. Bleh.
Anyway, I just needed to get that out there. Sorry to be a bummer.
Nora Deirdre - Jul 05, 2011 5:47:21 am PDT #24683 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Aw, I'm sorry you had such a crap weekend, Frank. I'd wish you a happy belated birthday but it sounds like such a thing is not happening right now... I wish you an awesome year going forward, though!
sumi - Jul 05, 2011 5:51:11 am PDT #24684 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Yes,hope that 45 turns out to be so much better than you have feared.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 05, 2011 5:53:38 am PDT #24685 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Thanks, Nora, I appreciate the thought. I probably didn't help my cause by (1) drinking too much the last few days and (2) not eating terribly well, and the self-sabotage is finally getting really apparent today. It's funny (in a not fun way) how easy it is to slip into bad behavior and not realize the fact until later when it catches up.
Oh well, I always preferred making resolutions around my birthday rather than at New Years and I think I have a couple I have to work on now.