I usually can!
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Lee - Jul 18, 2013 4:42:48 pm PDT #29641 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
amych - Jul 18, 2013 4:43:24 pm PDT #29642 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I can copy and paste!
RIGHT NOW. AIFG.
Jesse - Jul 18, 2013 4:50:30 pm PDT #29643 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
::updates resume to say "developer"::
sarameg - Jul 18, 2013 5:02:13 pm PDT #29644 of 30001
I frustrate developer and then make them laugh. Today, they were exasperated with us ops people because we couldn't agree on anydamnedthing. Our lead dev is a ragehead notorious for losing it, but he's never been able to go off on me (first would be the last, frankly, but people are amazed at the situations I've gotten into with him where he did not lose it.) He was...ramping up. I said somberly "daddy doesn't like it when when us kids fight!" and it totally took the wind out of his sails. He actually had to put his head on the table, he was laughing so hard.
I think this is why they keep me around some days.
I swear, I think it is hotter and more humid out there than it was before sunset. SAUNA.
Connie Neil - Jul 18, 2013 5:14:33 pm PDT #29645 of 30001
brillig
I said somberly "daddy doesn't like it when when us kids fight!" and it totally took the wind out of his sails. He actually had to put his head on the table, he was laughing so hard.
I just imagined a Far Side style cartoon of God driving a sedan while Jesus and Lucifer scuffle in the back seat. "Knock it off, or I'm turning this Creation around!"
Hey, it's hot, my brain isn't getting proper air flow.
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2013 5:17:21 pm PDT #29646 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It sounds like she doesn't have the skill set to be a summer intern.
That's about the size of it. Thank god I can get other people to talk about her a little, so I don't feel so much like I'm either hateful or crazy.
shrift - Jul 18, 2013 5:20:15 pm PDT #29647 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I need to get up and fold laundry, but I did incline push ups inside and got in about 5 sweat-slicked miles outside, and I'm now consumed with the Do Not Wants.
-t - Jul 18, 2013 5:25:55 pm PDT #29648 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That seems fair.
I remembered that I could do 250 squats a couple of weeks ago. And demonstrated that I still can. Nifty.
Kat - Jul 18, 2013 5:35:56 pm PDT #29649 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
That is nifty! Two squats seem outside my wheelhouse. But I did 50 minutes on level 9 of the bike (while watching The Good Wife). And I dyed my hair when I got home. Now I'm out front in an Adirondack chair typing up letters to my students for tomorrow. Blargh. I hate this bit.
Kat - Jul 18, 2013 5:37:24 pm PDT #29650 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
But it is lovely outside. 75 degrees. 52% humidity. Really lovely in my little slice of foothillness.