You'd never make it. I'd rip your spine out before you got half a step. Those little legs wouldn't be much good without one of those.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
le nubian - Apr 18, 2013 3:53:00 pm PDT #19399 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
le nubian - Apr 18, 2013 3:53:01 pm PDT #19400 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Julie,
I'm not sure what your brothers got into, but you had a string of bad luck. It doesn't sound to me, given what you have discussed here, that you said "fuck it", ignored all of your responsibilities, fled to Mexico, and had a general devil may care attitude. We all have scrapes we get into in life where we need help.
I think you should just talk to your mother. If your brothers have been screwups, it sounds to me like you need the fair share of attention anyway. Don't let the screwups hog all the attention and time!
(spoken like a person with no brothers or sisters)
erikaj - Apr 18, 2013 4:04:23 pm PDT #19401 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I love nuts. Even the ones with gross nicknames.
Consuela - Apr 18, 2013 4:07:19 pm PDT #19402 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
29 reasons to love Boston: [link]
Juliebird - Apr 18, 2013 4:09:28 pm PDT #19403 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
My hangup as a child was that I was the one they took off the shelf to show off how awesome I was, and then put me back to collect dust, and that the grief my parents got was enough from my brothers that they didn't need more from me. And they give me enough hassle about how my job doesn't pay me a living wage, so any attempt at asking for financial help results in interrogations about what exactly I'm doing with the money I do get (I swear, they'd give me five grand for a vacation, but if I ask for help paying my bills there's a swinging exposed bulb over my head).
But I am going to have to suck it up this time. Oh god.
Juliebird - Apr 18, 2013 4:18:47 pm PDT #19404 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
HAH, 28 made me laugh out loud.
I've always preferred Boston to Manhattan. Maybe because I grew up with it, or that it's smaller and more knowable, or that it's more visibly older (and therefore has more personality and quaintness), but dang, that is my city.
erikaj - Apr 18, 2013 4:21:46 pm PDT #19405 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Man, I have to go. (I wanted to anyway, in spite of Denis Lehane.)
Juliebird - Apr 18, 2013 4:36:33 pm PDT #19406 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Aaaand Ply just puked on the floor. Excellent.
Lee - Apr 18, 2013 4:38:01 pm PDT #19407 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Based on an email I got this afternoon, it would seem that in order to "increase efficiency and save time", the firm bought a new time and attendance system to replace the "email the HR people when you are out" system.
Of course, for the first two months (at least) we have to email the HR people AND use the new time and attendance system.
flea - Apr 18, 2013 4:39:09 pm PDT #19408 of 30001
information libertarian
Well, Casper has a new "boyfriend." Yep, less than a week after O-dawg broke up with her. It's the older brother of Dillo's best friend, who is in Casper's class, and with whom Casper spent an hour hanging out last week at Dillo's soccer practice. I found out about this because we finally had a soccer practice that wasn't in the pouring rain, and the parents got together and gossiped. The woman who works as a wine sales rep brought wine and we had a grand old time. One of the other mothers told me that according to her son, Casper is a hot ticket. I am more amused than appalled, I guess, but really, 4th grade??