I don't know what sparked it, Amy. I choose to blame my sister and her sparking thoughts of family and how we're strange within the bounds of normal, but extended family is out there. I try to be shocked, but it's getting harder and harder.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2010 5:12:14 pm PDT #894 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DavidS - Oct 20, 2010 5:12:22 pm PDT #895 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Panda!
billytea - Oct 20, 2010 5:14:34 pm PDT #896 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.
I do treasure your very existence, billytea!
Aww. Me too!
Panda!
Ryan recognises pandas in two languages! (Incidentally, the Chinese for giant panda is 'big bear-cat'.) This puts them even with penguins.
javachik - Oct 20, 2010 5:14:45 pm PDT #897 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
[Hec, it's too bad you're not on Facebook - that's where I do my watch-n-post for beisbol.]
shrift - Oct 20, 2010 5:16:41 pm PDT #898 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I revisit past did-I-really-do-that's?! for no reason so I know how it goes. If I wanna cringe, I can remember something needlessly stupid that I did and feel bad all over again.
sarameg is me.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2010 5:19:22 pm PDT #899 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, I have a thing I did at age 15 or so that I still feel totally shitty about, and it's entirely self-centred to imagine it was such a big deal. Maybe she got over it right away. Who knows?
Zenkitty - Oct 20, 2010 5:23:07 pm PDT #900 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who still cringes over stupid shit I did 30 years ago.
Dana - Oct 20, 2010 5:23:46 pm PDT #901 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I revisit past did-I-really-do-that's?! for no reason so I know how it goes. If I wanna cringe, I can remember something needlessly stupid that I did and feel bad all over again.
Sometimes those things attack me too. I try to comfort myself by remembering that no one else will remember the things I'm embarrassed about.
sarameg - Oct 20, 2010 5:26:11 pm PDT #902 of 30001
Late at night, when I am super tired or at any other similar point when I am feeling extra fragile. Hungry, hormonal, stressed. Good times.
Amy - Oct 20, 2010 5:27:25 pm PDT #903 of 30001
Because books.
I did one thing in college that really makes me nauseous when I think about it now. It's one of my biggest "OMG I can't believe I did that, I am such a shitty person" moments.