I am a note writing fool today. I really should do it more often. Before there is no postal delivery at all.
None of it means a damn thing.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
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.
JenP - Sep 21, 2011 12:53:32 pm PDT #27606 of 30001
Stephanie - Sep 21, 2011 12:53:43 pm PDT #27607 of 30001
Trust my rage
Byrd's murder is the kind of thing that could almost make me support the death penalty. But not quite. Oddly enough, I would totally vote for jury nullification in a vengeance/murder type situation (probably) but I am not okay with the state executing people.
javachik - Sep 21, 2011 12:55:31 pm PDT #27608 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Yes, state-sanctioned killing makes me deeply uncomfortable. But especially so when someone's innocence is possible.
Allyson - Sep 21, 2011 12:56:02 pm PDT #27609 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
Meh, it was so long ago. I punched pillows for a long time in anger, but that stopped. When i got to the hospital the attending doctor asked me if I had tried to kill myself. I told him what happened, and he asked, "well why aren't there any police here, then?"
Today's Allyson would have had entirely different responses to the attending doctor, which would have included getting his name and writing to the hospital's chief of staff. There may also have been stabbity stab stab.
Instead, I just said, "if I was trying to kill myself, I would have been going faster than 20 miles per hour."
"Asshole" was implied.
amyth - Sep 21, 2011 1:07:44 pm PDT #27610 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
"well why aren't there any police here, then?"
Oh man, Allyson, that makes me rage so hard.
Thanks for sharing your story. I'm glad you were believed, and I'm glad that you made it out of the car safely.
Allyson - Sep 21, 2011 1:16:55 pm PDT #27611 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
haven't I told you guys all this before? Gah. We've been here so many years I forget. Maybe there should be a dossier thread.
meara - Sep 21, 2011 1:29:00 pm PDT #27612 of 30001
guys all this before? Gah. We've been here so many years I forget. Maybe there should be a dossier thread.
I think Hec keeps that.
Though I would be tempted to put all kinds of crazy stuff in mine. "has moves like Jagger, will cut a bitch, partied with the supreme court"...random stuff.
Scrappy - Sep 21, 2011 1:32:29 pm PDT #27613 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I think you told us this a LOOOONG time ago, before many Buffistas were around. It is a horrifying yet inspiring story and am glad you shared it again now. Because you rock, is the main thing.
Allyson - Sep 21, 2011 1:35:01 pm PDT #27614 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 want Scrappy to write me a letter of recommendation that's just a sort of random thing I can hand out to people who question me.
Jesse - Sep 21, 2011 1:37:23 pm PDT #27615 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think that's an excellent idea!