I use the Oxford comma in my own letters, postings, etc., but for work I have to deny it its due.
Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon.
Angel ,'Not Fade Away'
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.
Toddson - Jul 29, 2011 11:46:32 am PDT #26406 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Barb - Jul 29, 2011 11:46:37 am PDT #26407 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
And because it deserves its own post,
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, Jilli!! That is SO awesome!
§ ita § - Jul 29, 2011 11:59:01 am PDT #26408 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I had a boss call me on putting in the Oxford comma, saying condescendingly she could understand why I thought they were required. *So* not my favourite boss. Getting edits from her was like being styled with a nit comb.
Congratulations Jilli! Professional Goth is so your due!
Atropa - Jul 29, 2011 11:59:27 am PDT #26409 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Since today is the last day of the dayjob, my plan is to focus on this movie thing and finishing my fiction project so I can hand it to my agent in late September. While job-hunting and keeping Gothic Charm School ticking along.
Polter-Cow - Jul 29, 2011 11:59:58 am PDT #26410 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Jilli, I love that you have essentially made BEING YOURSELF your job.
Atropa - Jul 29, 2011 12:02:18 pm PDT #26411 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
It is all part of the "become a fabulously wealthy eccentric" plan. If I could claim to have a plan, which I kinda don't. I just do stuff.
Toddson - Jul 29, 2011 12:03:13 pm PDT #26412 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
We have a big fraternity (Omega Psi Phi) meeting in town and the area is crowded with members wearing their colors - purple and gold. Is it VERY wrong that the line "The Assyrian swept down on the fold" keeps going through my mind?
smonster - Jul 29, 2011 12:20:26 pm PDT #26413 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Getting edits from her was like being styled with a nit comb.
Snerk.
I just spent a solid hour reconciling my budgeting software with my online banking account. Conclusion - my rent check will not, in fact, bounce. Yayes. Now I just need to get checks for my *new* checking account and then I'll be able to pay August rent. And a million other things, but I'm celebrating this victory by taking the dog for a walk.
Aims - Jul 29, 2011 12:50:54 pm PDT #26414 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Jilli - that is BLOODY FANTASTIC!!!! Go you with your Goth self!!
I have been a sewing fiend today! I have made skirts! Pics can (hopefully) be seen here: [link]
The first 6 pictures are the skirt and then a close up of the print. I have a certain affinity for obnoxious 70's prints.
Ginger - Jul 29, 2011 1:13:34 pm PDT #26415 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
That is truly awesome, Jilli
As to "I have tricked people into believing I know what I'm doing, ohshit," if you're not the ideal professional Goth, who is?