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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.

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DavidS - Sep 25, 2011 7:08:42 pm PDT #28285 of 30001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I just got a bad review on Amazon and am taking it personally.

Heh, I got a bad review in the press that called my Tom Waits book the absolute worst in the entire 33 1/3 series.

My publisher wanted to put that review on the back of the second edition.

Allyson - Sep 25, 2011 7:15:16 pm PDT #28286 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

C'mon. You guys don't read your reviews?

I know. I get butthurt. It's a character flaw.

Atropa - Sep 25, 2011 7:17:23 pm PDT #28287 of 30001

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

C'mon. You guys don't read your reviews?

Nope. Pete reads them, and tells me if there's an interesting thing I should see, but I don't read them. I can be a ridiculously oversensitive snowflake, and I know it.

Amy - Sep 25, 2011 7:18:19 pm PDT #28288 of 30001

Because books.

I read reviews. I pay more attention when they're adults with some grasp of their field. When it's random 13-year-olds or asshole fucktards who like to take out their aggression on the internets, no. Also, my books are not *me*.

aurelia - Sep 25, 2011 7:23:18 pm PDT #28289 of 30001

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I worked on a show that was called "a travesty of a mockery of a sham" in the Sun-Times.

Allyson - Sep 25, 2011 7:28:28 pm PDT #28290 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

Tim says "the work is not you. Unless they say something nice and then it's totally you."

I'm a masochist.

Amy - Sep 25, 2011 7:35:38 pm PDT #28291 of 30001

Because books.

Tim's right. And you don't have to be a masochist, you know.

Pix - Sep 25, 2011 7:36:13 pm PDT #28292 of 30001

We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Random Statement:

I am not pregnant. Were I pregnant and having a girl, however, I would already have ordered this onesie:

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Scrappy - Sep 25, 2011 7:44:05 pm PDT #28293 of 30001

Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Allyson, when I was teaching and we had evaluations at the end of the class, my DH used to dread it. I would ignore 20 glowing reviews and fixate on the one guy who didn't like me or the class or whatever. So, I can tell you not to sweat it, but I don't actually know how to tell you HOW, since I don't know myself.

Pix - Sep 25, 2011 7:46:46 pm PDT #28294 of 30001

We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Allyson, when I was teaching and we had evaluations at the end of the class, my DH used to dread it. I would ignore 20 glowing reviews and fixate on the one guy who didn't like me or the class or whatever. So, I can tell you not to sweat it, but I don't actually know how to tell you HOW, since I don't know myself.

What Scrappy said. I get evaluated by my students once per semester, and it’s always so difficult for me to focus on the bigger picture. I’m dreading getting department member evals this year.

Which is to say that I don’t have any answers, but I totally understand. Also, Tim is right.

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