sj, I don't have much to say that is useful. But I join in the bafflement that someone would treat you like this.
Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.
'Serenity'
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.
WindSparrow - Jul 22, 2013 1:08:09 pm PDT #2137 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Toddson - Jul 22, 2013 1:12:37 pm PDT #2138 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
No, I'm pretty sure it means that she wants us on our knees begging for her forgiveness.
sj, you have nothing to apologize for. It's a power game; the only way for you to win is to not play. I'm going through much the same with my sister - she wants me groveling and begging for forgiveness for not being sufficiently devoted. Ain't gonna happen.
And, sigh, my AC's dying. It started making some truly scary noises - sounds like either there's something caught in the fan or it's hitting someting. I called the nice people who sold me my last AC unit and they're going to bring me a new one, install it, and haul the old one off (they're charging me a lot for the service, but it's worth it!). The new one's more powerful than the old one, so I may be, literally, one of the cool kids.
sj - Jul 22, 2013 1:23:34 pm PDT #2139 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks everyone. I appreciate the support and validation.
Amy - Jul 22, 2013 1:47:45 pm PDT #2140 of 30002
Because books.
Imagine if Michelle and Barack were having a baby, though. The media here would be all over that, I think.
Also, the new prince is one of those children that's famous at birth. I always find them fascinating, just because they end up living such different lives than other kids in a lot of ways.
Scrappy - Jul 22, 2013 1:47:53 pm PDT #2141 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
She's nuts. Nuts and manipulative in a really unpleasant way.
WindSparrow - Jul 22, 2013 2:05:14 pm PDT #2142 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
On a different note, today is Cleveland's 217th birthday. And it has made the top of a list of best cities to be in when the world ends. [link] Usual caveat on comments applies, but there is one of note: "In Cleveland, Armageddon is business as usual."
amych - Jul 22, 2013 2:08:57 pm PDT #2143 of 30002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Me:
Am I a heretic for not really caring about the birth of the Royal Baby Boy? Granted, I also can't understand why everyone fusses over celebrity babies period.
Also me:
They could get my attention by naming him Aethelred.
I also note that I have friends both here and elsewhere who are into it, and I'm genuinely happy to see their squee, just for the fact that they are a-squee-ing -- but the object of squee, or rather his family business, just ain't my beautiful cake.
§ ita § - Jul 22, 2013 2:16:00 pm PDT #2144 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If I were monarchy, I wander around all the time saying "I know monarchy is problematic, but...NOT GIVING IT BACK."
Or I'd be like that secretary who discovered she was a Ghanaian king and be all good deedsy about it.
Or both. I'd try both.
Zenkitty - Jul 22, 2013 2:17:44 pm PDT #2145 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Or I'd be like that secretary who discovered she was a Ghanaian king and be all good deedsy about it.
King Peggy! What a wonderful woman.
Steph L. - Jul 22, 2013 2:21:41 pm PDT #2146 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
but the object of squee, or rather his family business, just ain't my beautiful cake.
I'm neutral -- but, baby, yay! -- and in observing social media today, I'm a little appalled at people who are being dicks about other people's squee. (That does NOT apply to anyone here.) And people who suddenly act willfully ignorant that public figures exist and that non-public individuals might evince interest in something other than their own 2-inch personal bubble.
Which is why I love my Buffistas. If the royal baby isn't your beautiful royal cake, you aren't a dick about people who are totally digging it. Because we are awesome.
Now I want cake.