{{askye}} I'm sorry you're having such a difficult time right now, but I am very proud of you for taking care of yourself.
Pix, I am very sorry you hurt yourself, but that's a terrific injury story.
Congrats, smonster!
Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
ChiKat - Aug 23, 2012 3:14:09 am PDT #19282 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
amyth - Aug 23, 2012 3:47:47 am PDT #19283 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Congrats, smonster! And sorry z's a mansplainer, but glad you figured it out!
Pix! So sorry about the injury, but yes, that's a story. Hope you feel better soon.
askye, sorry you've been having such a rough time.
Zen, I hear you about internet fatigue. Take care of you.
I just have regular fatigue. Have worked untold amounts of overtime for student move-in this past week, while trying to hire someone to replace a person that quit (my top candidate falsified his application, WHYYYYYY?) schedule interviews, lay down the hammer with my contractors who are trying to negotiate a 45% increase this week, meet with student groups at 10:00 at night (I'm OLD, cut it out), and today I have four tabling events back to back, ending at 8PM.
I just want a weekend.
billytea - Aug 23, 2012 3:59:14 am PDT #19284 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Congrats, smonster! And sorry z's a mansplainer, but glad you figured it out!
I confess that every time I hear the term "Mansplain", I imagine it being sung by They Might Be Giants like "Minimum Wage". Mann-SPLAAAAAAAIIIN!! (Heeyah!)
Burrell - Aug 23, 2012 6:15:56 am PDT #19285 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
What a day, amyth! I hope there'll be a nice drink at the end of that tunnel, and lots of coffee to light the way.
le nubian - Aug 23, 2012 6:41:56 am PDT #19286 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
congrats smonster! between a good job and a bad dude, I think a good job wins out every.time!
Scrappy - Aug 23, 2012 6:53:02 am PDT #19287 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
imagine it being sung by They Might Be Giants like "Minimum Wage". (Heeyah!)
That's my adorably geeky husband's ringtone.
billytea - Aug 23, 2012 8:00:07 am PDT #19288 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Sympathies to those in the wars right now. Including the War on Bollywood.
Latest Ryan tales: yesterday, in a truly impressive parenting fail, we sent Ryan to childcare without any undies. When I got home that night, he proudly informed me of the oversight, then announced "I show you!" And proceeded to do just that. Biyi confirmed that he did the same with her.
His best friend at childcare is a boy just turned five named Lucas (who visited our house a few weeks ago with his parents). A couple of months ago, he left Ryan despondent by telling him that Ryan wasn't his friend anymore. All just little boy drama, and they played together like nothing had happened the next day.
Today, he did it again. He told Ryan that they weren't friends. Ryan's rather awesome reaction was to look at him and announce firmly, "We're ALL friends!" I love that on many levels.
ChiKat - Aug 23, 2012 8:04:11 am PDT #19289 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
"We're ALL friends!"
Awww...that is so sweet. I wish more people felt like that.
Polter-Cow - Aug 23, 2012 8:09:28 am PDT #19290 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Today, he did it again. He told Ryan that they weren't friends. Ryan's rather awesome reaction was to look at him and announce firmly, "We're ALL friends!" I love that on many levels.
That reminds me of when my four-year-old neighbor declared, "You're never alone. Everyone is around you."
smonster - Aug 23, 2012 8:57:51 am PDT #19291 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Ah, young child wisdom.
Dear client: your house is nearly a century old. You want perfect, build new; it'll look great for about six months and then fall apart. Or, quit complaining about the time and cost and pay us to do a thorough job. Signed, biting my tongue so hard I taste blood