Mal: Does.. um.. does this seem kind of tight? Kaylee: Shows off your backside.

'Shindig'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


DawnK - Sep 14, 2011 12:06:37 pm PDT #26181 of 30001
giraffe mode

Oh Cash, that's not good at all. Can the hospital recommend a secure board and care? My SiL is in one where they can't leave unless escorted (she would be wandering the streets otherwise). This at least ensures that there's medical staff and security staff present. My in-laws were in no way able to care for her, and this is the best solution all the way around for us.


Allyson - Sep 14, 2011 12:08:20 pm PDT #26182 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I think so. But I'm very particular about what I'm called. Refusal to accept my choice of name bothers me.

Yeah. Answering to Allie really bugs the shit out of me. I'm having a "this is the name i use on credits and this is what i am inviting you to use as a familiar" thing.

I usually think it's a thing where when people sign something with a nick it's an invitation to reply with it. I don't know what makes me feel odd doing it in some places. I can't call Steven Chu "Steve." He has a nobel. But that's how he signs his emails. You're going to have to be Dr. Chu.


Allyson - Sep 14, 2011 12:08:45 pm PDT #26183 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Cash. Oh I'm so sorry this is happening.


§ ita § - Sep 14, 2011 12:09:30 pm PDT #26184 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Jesus, Cash.

Luckily people don't fuck with my name to my face except two. One gets a pass because she's just...she's her. The other is a disrespectful bitch.

I told a developer here that I wanted to add an exclamation point to my name, and he took it in the spirit it was offered. I am glad. Then he suggested I change my name to a SQL statement. DROP TABLE USERS. Booyah. It's nice to be understood.


zuisa - Sep 14, 2011 12:11:08 pm PDT #26185 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)

I sort of have the opposite problem re: my name; the full form, which is on every document ever -I don't know if I'd even realize someone was referring to me if I heard it. I've always gone by a diminutive form. I've had some teachers and professors who just would NOT ACCEPT THIS and it drove me insane.


Allyson - Sep 14, 2011 12:12:20 pm PDT #26186 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I had an argument with someone recently that ita was your actual name.

Him: No it isn't! It's a nickname!

Me:...


amyth - Sep 14, 2011 12:14:08 pm PDT #26187 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Lots of ~ma, Cashmere. That's an awful lot to deal with.

As for the not-mentioning, I've been driving Zipcars for errands for a while, but I try to limit it, because I have such a superstitious relationship with driving at this point. Even my neurologist said that's it's all about my fear of driving at this point (and, well, money) but when I told him how many close calls I'd had with seizures and driving years ago (before my seizures were as well- controlled) he admitted that my fears weren't totally irrational.

I guess I've just never completely gotten over having seizures in the first place: losing consciousness with no warning, no auras, and waking up later, with memory loss, sometimes injuries...it totally changed my perspective on what my body was capable of, and what I have control over. But really, all the experts say it's okay to drive, and I'm just limiting my life at this point, and making myself a PITA to others. (Thanks for all the rides, friends, btw)


§ ita § - Sep 14, 2011 12:14:39 pm PDT #26188 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Uh, is that someone who knows me? Evidently he needs to be introduced to the idea of people named nicknames, because my parents were totally in that groove. At which point...name. It's like magic.

Cash, apparently the ScarJo pictures are definitely real. I have no nude pictures on my phone. Of anyone. I feel behind the times.


amyth - Sep 14, 2011 12:15:33 pm PDT #26189 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Allyson - Sep 14, 2011 12:24:51 pm PDT #26190 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

He named a moon after you.