Mal: Does she understand that? River: She understands. She doesn't comprehend.

'Objects In Space'


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.


beekaytee - Nov 18, 2010 7:13:41 am PST #8835 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

bonny, I am logging in from France just to tell you that you were not stupid. Love and friendship require risks and sometimes they just don't pay off. You're awesome and I hope to meet you offline soon.

Thanks Java! Me too, you.

And France! How lovely. A good friend is flying to London for Thanksgiving and will 'chunnel' her way to Paris the day after. I am positively thrilled for her.

Her -for all intends and purposes- stepdaughter is interning at the Old Globe. How cool is that?

Which leads me to a question for anyone who has ever been to that theatre. I recently watched an episode of "Time Team", a Brit show about architecture. They showed the inside of the Globe during a rain storm. Were my eyes deceiving me, or is there no roof?


tommyrot - Nov 18, 2010 7:14:55 am PST #8836 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Were my eyes deceiving me, or is there no roof?

There's no roof.


beekaytee - Nov 18, 2010 7:15:35 am PST #8837 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

Huh. A venue in Britain with no roof. Do plays go on in the rain?


Vortex - Nov 18, 2010 7:20:07 am PST #8838 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

There is no roof. They needed the natural light for the performances.


beekaytee - Nov 18, 2010 7:21:26 am PST #8839 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

They needed the natural light for the performances.

Of course. That makes sense.

I guess, if performances do go on in the rain, that just adds to the adventure.


WindSparrow - Nov 18, 2010 7:45:57 am PST #8840 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

You guys need to post links like that to the tumblr.

I don't have a tumblr account.


DavidS - Nov 18, 2010 7:46:02 am PST #8841 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

She IS so sensitive to her own fears and defenses that she cannot be sensitive to the emotional needs of others. Given her closer relationships with some truly difficult people, that makes sense.

I'll note here that it took me a long time to realize that we have different words for "sympathetic" and "empathetic" for a reason.

Somebody can be naturally sympathetic, expressing concern or compassion for your plight without being empathetic - being able to read, or know your emotions. This can lead to a lot of confusion and tension when somebody who has been sympathetic turns out to be not so empathetic.

I don't think it's necessarily something that can be learned. Some people are just better are reading those feelings.


amych - Nov 18, 2010 7:49:36 am PST #8842 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I don't have a tumblr account.

You don't need one -- there's a link on the right side of the page that says "submit here".


amych - Nov 18, 2010 7:49:37 am PST #8843 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Steph L. - Nov 18, 2010 7:49:55 am PST #8844 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

You guys need to post links like that to the tumblr.

I don't have a tumblr account.

I think she means to the Good Stuff Happened Today tumblr.

t edit Ooops, I misunderstood. Sorry.