anyone would appreciate this, billytea especiallly I'd think [link]
One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Jan 18, 2011 7:23:49 pm PST #17535 of 30001
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
WindSparrow - Jan 18, 2011 7:24:47 pm PST #17536 of 30001
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.
Stay safe, shrift.
erin_obscure - Jan 18, 2011 7:26:16 pm PST #17537 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
one of my friends got shot leaving my apartment in Richmond. Dude pointed a gun at him and said "gimme your car keys" and like a dumbass my friend turned around and ran, keys still in hand. And got shot in the back (missed anything major, he's fine aside from 2 little scars and the humiliation of being a cautionary tale). Lesson i learned: throw your keys at the bad guy's face, THEN run like hell.
eta: and i moved soon after, and managed to go 10 years before either of my parents found out.
billytea - Jan 18, 2011 7:30:32 pm PST #17538 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
anyone would appreciate this, billytea especiallly I'd think
Now there's a hospital that believes in being proactive.
dcp - Jan 18, 2011 8:03:04 pm PST #17539 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I was robbed at gunpoint once while delivering pizzas for Domino's. They got two large pizzas, an insulated bag, and $17 in ones.
Afterwards, I drove half a block to the nearest pay phone, called my manager, then called 911. The police took 25 minutes to respond, listened to my story, and had zero interest in seeing the actual location in the apartment complex where the robbery took place.
Instead, they came back to the store with me, talked to the manager briefly, and left. We never heard anything more about it from them. Later, the manager told me they had spent most of the time with him trying to get him to say I might have called in a false report. Pissed me off no end.
megan walker - Jan 18, 2011 8:51:42 pm PST #17540 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
In non-robbery, non-shooting news, I met my invisible Internet blogger tonight for the Orphée opera thing and was not axe-murdered! In fact, I had a pretty good time and met some other bloggers on the classical music/opera circuit. They were all super sweet even though I felt like a total poseur with them (since all the performers, publicists, etc. kept making a point of coming over to chat with "us").
meara - Jan 18, 2011 9:03:26 pm PST #17541 of 30001
So what did you end up wearing?? How did you feel that fit in?
(oh sure yay for not being ax murdered)
megan walker - Jan 18, 2011 9:09:55 pm PST #17542 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Oh, I was just in work clothes, which was fine. It was all pretty casual. The blogger I was most nervous about meeting actually turned out to be quite shy (and so not intimidating at all). She had also read my blog and put me right at ease. (ETA: There was a reception afterwards which gave everybody a chance to chat)
meara - Jan 18, 2011 9:17:11 pm PST #17543 of 30001
But were they scruffy chic work clothes? :)
javachik - Jan 18, 2011 9:17:18 pm PST #17544 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Glad you had a good time, Megan.