My cat is so finicky that she freaked out last night when walking across the desk, because I had just moved a glass of cold lemonade from a spot that she stepped on, and the coldness of the desktop made her withdraw her paw and then skirt around the area.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
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.
Kathy A - Mar 01, 2011 12:20:17 pm PST #25863 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
brenda m - Mar 01, 2011 12:24:28 pm PST #25864 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
We totally need a dogbrella. Darby can't stand being rained on. Or stepping in puddles, but that's a different challenge.
Daisy Jane - Mar 01, 2011 12:45:46 pm PST #25865 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
The Sheen Random quote generator: "Touch my children and I will eat your hands off your arms." [link]
billytea - Mar 01, 2011 12:48:01 pm PST #25866 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.
My parents sometimes freak out about us kids, or act like they had a hard time with us, and I remind them that we all graduated college and are supporting ourselves, no one got arrested or has a drug habit...what more do they want??
Alas, my parents must go uncomforted. Speaking of which, I saw my dad on the news the other night. A rather awful case, a woman was charged with murder, she claimed self defence and that the guy was raping her. My dad found the evidence supported her statement and acquitted her; the news article was mostly about the difficulties she had in trying to get legal representation. (The lawyer who finally took on her case, pro bono I believe, is very well known in the ACT. Bec once applied for a job with him. My stepmother did work for him some time back.)
Jesse - Mar 01, 2011 1:00:27 pm PST #25867 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I really fucking hate that. Don't undercut me!
Yeah, usually that. In this case, mostly I felt bad about saying no, because I like the people and wish I could say yes! But no.
Jesse - Mar 01, 2011 1:13:36 pm PST #25868 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
ita, I deleted your Good Stuff submission because we already had it the other day.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2011 1:14:54 pm PST #25869 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, thanks. I didn't notice it then.
Sheryl - Mar 01, 2011 1:24:25 pm PST #25870 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Ah, another reminder why I don't read George Will's columns.
Jesse - Mar 01, 2011 1:29:24 pm PST #25871 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I should have saved it for the workweek.
sarameg - Mar 01, 2011 1:46:24 pm PST #25872 of 30001
If the gov't shuts down, my project has funds to run (and pay people) for several weeks. But not months. And of course there is the weird case of subcontractors. Cause I'm pretty sure they've already paid for our contracts, since they're on a different fiscal year. I don't know.
Last major shutdown (fuck you, Newt, even your kid hated you) the gov't held my passport hostage as I was preparing to leave the country. This time? My job and my tax return.