A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend.

Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

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.


Amy - Oct 26, 2011 4:28:41 pm PDT #3347 of 30001
Because books.

And still, when I get together with extended family over the holidays, the very sweet and concerned relatives never hesitate to ask me when I am going to "finally settle down".

That's what I meant about the grass is always greener, though. I "settled down" a long time ago, but I still questions and funny, semi-pitying looks when I say I've never traveled abroad or finished college and we don't own a house. It always goes both ways.


Amy - Oct 26, 2011 4:29:53 pm PDT #3348 of 30001
Because books.

what makes an aerie different from an apt?

An aerie is a bird's nest in a high place.


javachik - Oct 26, 2011 4:30:41 pm PDT #3349 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

That's what I meant about the grass is always greener, though. I "settled down" a long time ago, but I still questions and funny, semi-pitying looks when I say I've never traveled abroad or finished college and we don't own a house. It always goes both ways.

Oh definitely. But I wonder, do people often ask you when you're going to travel so that you can finally fulfill some sort of destiny (the way people ask me when I am going to "land a husband")? It's more the societal stigma that gets to me. I mean, I'd like to have a partner for sure, but on top of that I deal with all of the other messaging from society about coupledom and marriage.


Amy - Oct 26, 2011 4:31:40 pm PDT #3350 of 30001
Because books.

Maybe not with travel, but there's definitely a stigma about not finishing college. Or maybe it's just in my head, and I see it in others.


javachik - Oct 26, 2011 4:34:18 pm PDT #3351 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

No, you're right. There're so many stigmas to be had - enough to go around!


le nubian - Oct 26, 2011 4:43:51 pm PDT #3352 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

so why didn't she just say "bird's nest?"


Anne W. - Oct 26, 2011 4:50:43 pm PDT #3353 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

aerie

Sounds like a real estate agent's way of selling a place that's way too drafty and full of bird shit.


brenda m - Oct 26, 2011 4:55:03 pm PDT #3354 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

aerie

Garrett didn't have quite the right ring?


Consuela - Oct 26, 2011 4:57:39 pm PDT #3355 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

And still, when I get together with extended family over the holidays, the very sweet and concerned relatives never hesitate to ask me when I am going to "finally settle down".

Yikes!

Oddly enough, my family has always been really really good about not badgering me about marriage. Nobody gives me a hard time. Thank fuck.


le nubian - Oct 26, 2011 4:58:35 pm PDT #3356 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Colorado Springs police cited a man after he falsely reported a burglary at his house early Wednesday morning.

Kevin Gaylor, 24, invited a woman he had met via the online service Craigslist to his home in the 4900 block of Picturesque Circle just after 3 a.m. so they could "get better acquainted," police said.

When Gaylor's girlfriend came home unexpectedly, Gaylor called police to report the other woman as a "burglary in progress," police said.

Gaylor was cited on suspicion of false reporting to authorities.

Can you imagine being the "other woman?"