eat bon bons (the s is important)
Heh heh heh.
Illyria: Wesley's dead. I'm feeling grief for him. I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence. Spike: Well, wishes just happen to be horses today.
'Not Fade Away'
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.
Amy - Jul 24, 2013 2:10:52 pm PDT #2290 of 30002
Because books.
Connie Neil - Jul 24, 2013 2:30:02 pm PDT #2291 of 30002
brillig
unless there's a lottery or unknown ancestral inheritance.
Still waiting for that long European car to pull up out front and the dignified gentleperson to get out and say, "Ah, Mrs. Neil, you're a difficult woman to find. I have news about your third cousin five times removed." Or it could be someone saying "Herr Neil, your relatives in Germany have been looking for you.
Beverly - Jul 24, 2013 2:53:42 pm PDT #2292 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
OOh, Connie, me too.
I've always avoided searching--or being sought by--birth family. Unless it was by the lawyer of the fabulously rich dead relative, whose only beneficiary I am.
Steph L. - Jul 24, 2013 4:18:00 pm PDT #2293 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
we're also trusted (highly! expert!) sources of "no need to worry, Miss" on those fronts. Indulge yourself for a week or a month. Lounge, swoon, eat bon bons (the s is important) and cuddle the pets (I don't know, some people like them). You'll still be cool, and you'll also still snap back to working lady mode unless there's a lottery or unknown ancestral inheritance.
I'ma trust you on that one. Especially the bon bons part. I'm very good at lounging.
Bet you.
I wouldn't bet against that. I'm no fool. (At least, not THAT much of a fool!)
smonster - Jul 24, 2013 5:10:51 pm PDT #2294 of 30002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Zen, you may want to look into Alexander Technique. It may like carrots, that's how much I love it right now. It is super duper gentle and focuses on relearning proper posture and movement to relieve muscle strain. Here's my instructor doing a short demo on local tv - [link] The goal is that eventually you learn how to relax on your own by being aware of your habits of tension. I swear, after my first session I felt like I'd had a massage and a nap.
And here's a study on it linked from her page - [link]
JZ - Jul 24, 2013 5:29:14 pm PDT #2295 of 30002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Seconding smonster - Alexander Technique is utterly amazing -- gentle, and easy, and you'll find yourself moving and carrying yourself differently and thinking about it differently after the first class.
Zenkitty - Jul 24, 2013 5:34:33 pm PDT #2296 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Okay, that sounds like something I need to look into. Thanks!
sj - Jul 24, 2013 6:27:37 pm PDT #2297 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Preteen niece and nephew are awesome and fun! But also exhausting. They are now safely back with their grandparents.
Zenkitty - Jul 25, 2013 7:10:52 am PDT #2298 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Someone at work just told me I had the "calmest demeanor of anyone there". Funny how other people see you differently than you see yourself, sometimes. I see myself as a roiling ball of anxiety, anger, and frustration.
askye - Jul 25, 2013 7:50:48 am PDT #2299 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
I had to take PEnny to get her rabies vaccine. She meowed the whole way to the vet (about 20 minute drive) handled the actual shot well. Then on the way back, I don't know if she was mad, scared, or just really had to go but she used the carrier for a litter box. And then meowed even louder. Longest trip back.
She weighs 10.5 lbs on the verge of being overweight. The vet suggested I switch to a canned cat food.