I wish I could have been there, sort of. But there is a giant country in the way, right? And etiquette about stuff like that is always such a minefield anyway. Like is the person sending an invite all "Man, we love and miss you," or are they trolling for gifts?(I've gotten both, I think)
I like money better than people. People can so rarely be exchanged for goods and/or services!
Willow ,'Showtime'
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.
erikaj - Oct 20, 2013 11:34:52 am PDT #5664 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
Connie Neil - Oct 20, 2013 11:48:16 am PDT #5665 of 30002
brillig
Like we deliberately decided "Well, we *could* invite these people, but fuck them, let's not invite them, now we will laugh like the evil overlords we are."
Well, how else are you going to set up the origin story for being arch-nemeses?
Typo Boy - Oct 20, 2013 11:49:40 am PDT #5666 of 30002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I join in the fist shaking.
As a possible distractions (I'm not sure if this has already been shared on the board as I do tons of skimming and skipping these days) - vagina baby shower cakes. Even less work safe than you are probably imagining. [link] (Some have teeth).
Zenkitty - Oct 20, 2013 11:56:51 am PDT #5667 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
vagina baby shower cakes
That is the most disturbing thing I've ever seen.
Steph, that disgruntled lady was actually on the list of people you'd invite if you had room? I imagine for any future festivities, she won't be on the list at all. What a pill.
Laura - Oct 20, 2013 12:00:05 pm PDT #5668 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
vagina baby shower cakes
I must be seriously exhausted from working all weekend in the not air conditioned office because I thought those were hysterical. Although if I went to an event that had one I might feel differently.
Connie Neil - Oct 20, 2013 12:14:53 pm PDT #5669 of 30002
brillig
The comments on that are hysterical, especially all the people who scrolled up to look at #3 again.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2013 12:16:59 pm PDT #5670 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought #7 wasn't really a cake, but an art installation. Their stuff is brilliant, savage, and tasty-looking.
The rest? Look very cakey and in significantly less good manners.
Although if I went to an event that had one I might feel differently.
Having a friend's face to directly associate with the vulva in question would really change things, and not for the better unless I had extremely warm fuzzies about her warm fuzzy.
Trudy Booth - Oct 20, 2013 1:47:03 pm PDT #5671 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
(And the funniest part is that this person, earlier in the summer, was invited to a mutual friend's wedding that Tim and I weren't invited to, and she posted pictures, and my reaction was "Wedding pictures YAAAAAAAY!!!" I totally missed the part where I was supposed to be hurt that someone else's wedding wasn't all about me.)
See, now, to me this seems like a perfectly reasonable response.
But I'm an asshole sometimes.
Steph, that disgruntled lady was actually on the list of people you'd invite if you had room? I imagine for any future festivities, she won't be on the list at all. What a pill.
Word. If you'd like to be an even BIGGER asshole you could tag on, "looks like we made the right call here."
I have a real peeve against "blind items" in social media. You're not Michael Musto so you're an eighth grader. Seriously. More than once I've just embraced my a-hole tendencies and flat-out lectured people on this. If there is even the teeeeniest tiiiiiniest possibility that the people you are referring to could see it just stifle yourself. Don't do it. Never do it. Its bullshit. Just don't.
brenda m - Oct 20, 2013 1:59:55 pm PDT #5672 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
Steph, that disgruntled lady was actually on the list of people you'd invite if you had room? I imagine for any future festivities, she won't be on the list at all. What a pill.
You should have an X-mas or Solstice or whatever party and invite everyone but her and send her a note saying space was limited so you couldn't invite everybody but you knew she'd understand.
le nubian - Oct 20, 2013 2:19:15 pm PDT #5673 of 30002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have a real peeve against "blind items" in social media. You're not Michael Musto so you're an eighth grader. Seriously. More than once I've just embraced my a-hole tendencies and flat-out lectured people on this. If there is even the teeeeniest tiiiiiniest possibility that the people you are referring to could see it just stifle yourself. Don't do it. Never do it. Its bullshit. Just don't.
Passive aggressive bullshit in general bothers the fuck out of me - social media or not. If you haven't complained to the person directly first, then shut the fuck up. If you are feeling hurt you weren't invited, then email Tep and then perhaps you could have a conversation or have a celebratory gathering for people who couldn't/weren't able to go.
There was someone I knew years ago who celebrated her marriage with something like 10 parties because she and he came from huge families and acquaintances and they couldn't all be invited to the wedding.