I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.

Giles ,'Beneath You'


Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.  

[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.


smonster - May 17, 2015 4:50:12 pm PDT #19249 of 30002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Sounds like good progress, askye. NC, you say? It's a lovely place to live.

Managed to get off my butt and got to Petco 5 min to closing. I was not the last customer out, I was efficient!

Am now cooking and doing laundry. Won't get to bed on time, but I'll have gotten pretty much everything done I needed to.


askye - May 17, 2015 5:26:13 pm PDT #19250 of 30002
Thrive to spite them

Yeah smonster - my Mom, brother and nephew are there. It's not as hot as Florida but close enough to get to Florida. It looks a lot like Vermont (which is a plus, I like the mountains).

Not sure where exactly close enough to be a part of everyone's lives but also where a Best Buy will be. The idea being I'll transfer to a store there and then use that as a spring board to find another job. Then I don't have to worry about moving to another state and finding a job.


sj - May 17, 2015 5:35:45 pm PDT #19251 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

NC, sounds like a good idea Askye.


smonster - May 17, 2015 6:24:06 pm PDT #19252 of 30002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Sounds like a very good plan.

Going to bed about an hour late: did everything but work out (oops) and get Frankie's claws trimmed (so overdue and I can't do it alone). Considering I had a migraine yesterday and a panic attack today, I will take it. Good night, all.


Hil R. - May 17, 2015 6:47:53 pm PDT #19253 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

One of my cousins commented on one of my facebook posts about my job hunt that I should share a "vision, desire, affirmation" of what I want to happen. I am not responding, because I don't think I can respond without profanity at this point. I think I'm up to 60 applications sent out.


Connie Neil - May 17, 2015 6:53:59 pm PDT #19254 of 30002
brillig

Ah, yes, things won't happen unless you tell the universe you want them, so if they don't happen you obviously didn't ask right.


Trudy Booth - May 17, 2015 7:46:53 pm PDT #19255 of 30002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Why do people with such faith in the Universe think it's such a dumbass?


erikaj - May 17, 2015 7:48:51 pm PDT #19256 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!

"Life should come with a guarantee--return unused portion for a full refund."


SailAweigh - May 18, 2015 2:42:12 am PDT #19257 of 30002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

That cracks me up, erika. We only wish!

Packing~ma, Hil, and job~ma, too.

askye, that sounds like a great plan. And NC is very beautiful! I often think of retirement along the eastern seaboard; I love the weather and it's so pretty.


brenda m - May 18, 2015 6:19:57 am PDT #19258 of 30002
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

Oof. Got some awful news this morning about a family who lived down the block from us growing up, and who we are still very close with. They had two sons, Luke and Matt. Matt, the younger son, was killed in a bike accident in Chicago about five years ago. He was about 28, engaged, an up and coming chef. It was just a terrible shock, and I'm not sure his mom Barbara, who is an awesome and strong and caring woman, has ever quite come back from it.

Can you see where this is going?

Luke was killed yesterday in an avalanche in Jackson Hole. He was head of the Wyoming Conservation Fund, and an avid skier. I am just wrecked. And I can't even begin to process what his parents are going through right now. It's just so unreal, and so unfair, and it seems like there should be something someone could do but there's not and that's not how it works.