There's not a lot of nicknames for Erin. Sometimes my mom calls me "Erie" (like AERIE) but that's it.
My only other nick is personality-based, and relegated to a close, small circle of intimates -- Captain.
What'd you all order a dead guy for?
Jayne ,'The Message'
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.
Strix - Sep 14, 2011 2:03:25 pm PDT #26231 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
JenP - Sep 14, 2011 2:04:38 pm PDT #26232 of 30001
My mother insisted on Jennifer for me as long as she had control over what people called me. In college, a few people started calling me Jen, which was fine, and I kind of liked it, since I'd never had a nickname. Two people in the world get to call me Jenny. It's just so foreign sounding to me, someone might as well call me Felicia.
Now, I'm pretty much Jen, even though I think of myself and introduce myself as Jennifer. What's weird is when people who have always called me Jennifer call me Jen (not the other way around, though). Like, my family should not call me Jen. That's just weird. I'm Jennifer in my family.
Allyson - Sep 14, 2011 2:26:19 pm PDT #26233 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 really can't take the pain in my stomach anymore. It never really goes away.
Liese S. - Sep 14, 2011 2:41:00 pm PDT #26234 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm sorry, Allyson, that's just miserable. What do the doctors say?
Allyson - Sep 14, 2011 2:41:51 pm PDT #26235 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
They say, SUCK IT UP, BITCH.
But you know, less nice than that.
Allyson - Sep 14, 2011 2:47:37 pm PDT #26236 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
Nah, all those letters to Sully seem less angry than mine did. I'm glad I wasn't the only one pinged by, "women shouldn't do things that men can do if it makes men feel uncomfortable."
§ ita § - Sep 14, 2011 2:52:37 pm PDT #26237 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Allyson, why are you going to my doctors? That's not a good idea.
sarameg - Sep 14, 2011 2:53:03 pm PDT #26238 of 30001
There was a cricket in the basement. Was, because Loki, in the 2 minutes it took to take out the recycling, found it and brought it (and several cobwebs) upstairs. Thaaaaanks, cat. I guess I'll just let him play with it. He likes is almost as much as his battered toy mice.
Allyson, I'm sorry. They gave my brother liquid lidocaine to drink when he had the bleeding ulcers. Tasted like ass, but helped. But that may be a different kind of pain.
Only time my first name has ever been nicked was abroad, due to grammatical declensions. One version morphed into Sarge, which you can imagine I just loved. Oh, and there was Stella, but I still have no idea how that came about.
Amy - Sep 14, 2011 2:54:22 pm PDT #26239 of 30001
Because books.
Allyson, what is the diagnosis, IBS alone? I think it's time for a gastroenterologist, or just a new doctor or second opinion in general.
Sue - Sep 14, 2011 2:55:02 pm PDT #26240 of 30001
hip deep in pie
So the Twitter drama in Halifax today is a guy desperately tweeting for help to get a cat off a roof that been stuck for days. (It's not even his cat.) Neither, animal control nor the fire dept. would help. I guess some roofer is up there now, in the dark and has finally got the kitty.