Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.

Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'


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.


Sue - Oct 03, 2011 1:23:54 pm PDT #29790 of 30001
hip deep in pie

At least when my cat pees on the floor, he just leaves it there?

The funny thing is that he never covers up anything in the litterbox. (A sign of asserting his dominance, the internet tells me.) But when he goes elsewhere, I never notice until the smell hits me.


shrift - Oct 03, 2011 1:25:21 pm PDT #29791 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Sociopath in the hizzouse!


§ ita § - Oct 03, 2011 1:27:37 pm PDT #29792 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I can totally see how just about anyone here (including me) could be called pretentious.

And I can see how I could be called a sociopath, but seriously? Don't make me cut a bitch.


sarameg - Oct 03, 2011 1:28:36 pm PDT #29793 of 30001

I've been awake since far too early. I was in a mood. Then some kid barfed in the pool at a point in the swim that it wasn't worth it to wait for half an hour to finish. Besides, I am getting together with people at 7, and there wouldn't have been enough time. Which, now, because of mood, I don't feel like going. But I will. I just might bail early.

Allyson, also keep in mind the year is lurching painfully towards winter. Days are getting shorter and that can fuck with your head.


Allyson - Oct 03, 2011 1:43:42 pm PDT #29794 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

Man. I wish I could see me the way you guys do. It's a lovely vision.


Beverly - Oct 03, 2011 1:46:50 pm PDT #29795 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Allyson, the thing is, we're all screwed in the head, to one degree or another. If you meet anybody who's well-adjusted, effective, productive, AND happy in their life for more than a few months at a time, there's something seriously wrong with them. We're all living on one edge or another. It's knowing where our edges are and having coping strategies to keep from falling over, whether that's a therapist, friends, nose flute lessons, yoga, whatever.


Atropa - Oct 03, 2011 2:00:32 pm PDT #29796 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Beverly is wise. Very, very wise.

Can I be a cheerfully pretentious sociopath? Please?


Jesse - Oct 03, 2011 2:02:45 pm PDT #29797 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I will note that what Beverly says is all true, but some people really need meds to keep the brain chemistry straight, just like some people need meds to keep the blood sugar or blood pressure on track.


Consuela - Oct 03, 2011 2:07:53 pm PDT #29798 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

If you meet anybody who's well-adjusted, effective, productive, AND happy in their life for more than a few months at a time, there's something seriously wrong with them.

Hah! Although, to be honest, I would say that they're a unicorn: vanishingly rare. Everyone has problems.


smonster - Oct 03, 2011 2:12:40 pm PDT #29799 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Man. I wish I could see me the way you guys do. It's a lovely vision.

We see you that way for when you can't see yourself that way. It is possible to get closer to reconciling the two images, if not making them meet precisely. Right now you got a funhouse mirror thing going on in a big way.

Living in your head and not being able to deal with the world for longer than a day or two, or maybe a week... you need to go talk to someone. Signed, been there done that, watched others go through it, probably be back there myself in a week or two.