smonster, it is not you. Very, very not you, I promise.
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
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.
amych - Aug 21, 2011 8:36:53 am PDT #28148 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Ginger - Aug 21, 2011 8:37:32 am PDT #28149 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Do not listen to your brain. I'm an introvert and if I don't have alone time, my brain explodes.
smonster - Aug 21, 2011 8:39:30 am PDT #28150 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Thanks, y'all. There is some seriously ugly monkey chatter going on in my brain. I think I need to see if I can find someone to hang with later today.
Ginger! Me, too! I definitely need to (slowly) build up some good habits to cut down on the number of decisions I have to make daily.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 21, 2011 8:42:19 am PDT #28151 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
If you want to come over for dinner (we're making shepherd's pie) and Leverage later, you are more than welcome to! If you bring ginger ale we can make that Pimms drink you like...
Ginger - Aug 21, 2011 8:46:45 am PDT #28152 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It also explains the success of systems like Fly Lady for some people. If you cover many things you do with checklists that are done on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, you've removed, or at least pre-made, a crowd of decisions.
smonster - Aug 21, 2011 8:50:26 am PDT #28153 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Thank you, Nora. I may do that. I'm making red beans and rice for lunches this week, but that sounds lovely.
Ginger, yes. And that's why I stay subscribed to the FlyLady emails, though my eyeballs hurt from the rolling.
Beverly - Aug 21, 2011 9:16:08 am PDT #28154 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
smonster! Can't see kitty pics--I have you friended on flickr. I dun geddit.
Also? Totally not you. And also also? What Ginger said. 'S why some people have a dozen copies of the same outfit, so they never have to decide what to wear. Decision-making is paralyzing. The only way around it for me is insta-decision with no chance for dithering. It's often the wrong decision, but it's decided, and that's the de-paralyzing thing.
Zenkitty - Aug 21, 2011 9:16:42 am PDT #28155 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
smonster, another introvert chiming in, here. When I need to recharge, I don't want ANYONE around, even my bestest best friend. I get really cranky and I don't to be cranky with the people I love. Also, you are not a PITA. You are delightful.
Zenkitty - Aug 21, 2011 9:23:22 am PDT #28156 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
What Ginger said. 'S why some people have a dozen copies of the same outfit, so they never have to decide what to wear. Decision-making is paralyzing. The only way around it for me is insta-decision with no chance for dithering. It's often the wrong decision, but it's decided, and that's the de-paralyzing thing.
Oh, god, yes. Too much decision-making is paralyzing and exhausting. I'm suspecting that part of what I've always called my depression is a tendency to get overwhelmed with decisions, until even the simplest decision is enough to send me crawling into bed to hide.
Ginger, that article was really interesting, especially the part about dieting. It may explain why I've always found diets, paradoxically, easier to stick to and more effective if I have some of the forbidden sugar.
Ginger - Aug 21, 2011 9:46:56 am PDT #28157 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
And that's why I stay subscribed to the FlyLady emails, though my eyeballs hurt from the rolling.
You have a stronger stomach than I do. I think her principles are really sound, but I can only take so many LOLs per square inch.