Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.

Mal ,'Out Of Gas'


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.


beekaytee - Jun 01, 2013 10:23:06 am PDT #631 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant

I have to be very cautious with my knees, but the squat challenge did not adversely effect them.

I got to 120 squats and then petered out...for other than physical reasons.

Y'all have inspired me to start again today.


sj - Jun 01, 2013 10:23:06 am PDT #632 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Beth, that makes sense. I just don't have all the muscles that most people can rely on or everything aligned properly. So, it can be trickier for me not to hurt myself.

We're on our way to the wedding. I'm regretting my decision not to refill my anxiety meds.


Connie Neil - Jun 01, 2013 11:59:09 am PDT #633 of 30002
brillig

I've been on the "squats=will wreck my knees" thought train myself. But hearing the good things it does for hips and lower backs, I shall have to research further.


Typo Boy - Jun 01, 2013 12:40:36 pm PDT #634 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.

There is no way this headline can be improved "Far-Right Extremists Chased Through London by Women Dressed as Badgers" . Unfortunately every link I find includes annoying autoplay ads that my popup blocker fails to block " [link] . So fair warning against clicking the link unless your speakers are off.


Laura - Jun 01, 2013 1:22:59 pm PDT #635 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

I've been on the "squats=will wreck my knees" thought train myself. But hearing the good things it does for hips and lower backs, I shall have to research further.

This is me. My middle back could really use help so I should give this a try.

Mom was released from the hospital and Bobby is graduated! His cousin has her ceremony at 7:30 so we are meeting that family for food after. Way past my eating time so I'll just watch the pizza consumption. Not sure what the deal is with mom. I'll see her tomorrow. They said all her tests were good and the nitro stopped her chest pain.

At the graduation ceremony I was quite tempted to toss this woman off the balcony. MIL and I were scoping out seats and headed down the row with 7 empty seats when $&):-@ insisted she was saving those seats for her people. I have no issue with saving 1 seat for the person parking the car, but 7!!! I really really wanted to just sit down and make her try and remove me, but MIL chose to sit elsewhere. And not surprisingly at least 3 of the seats, maybe 4, NEVER were occupied. Seriously, I am still pissed off. Grrrrrrrrr


WindSparrow - Jun 01, 2013 1:42:16 pm PDT #636 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.

Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck.

I wanna slap a boss.

One of the behaviors I will be documenting in my "reasons not to borrow me from house X ever again" file is unbuckling a seatbelt in a moving vehicle (on a county road, in a 50mph zone, in an area where we had to continue driving for at least half a mile before finding a safe place to pull over).

You know, there have been times when I have lost patience and said some snappish things, moments that I learn from (mostly my own warning signs so I don't get that impatient). There is precisely one situation in which I will go apeshit and yell* unrepentently at the individuals I support. And that one is unbuckling a seatbelt in a vehicle moving at highway speeds.

I stand by my unrepentent attitude.

Also, I greatly prefer being tested on my non-inflamatory response to inappropriate urination.

ETA: *My version of yelling in this context may be actually fairly tame. And there is no name-calling. Merely the simple command, "You buckle your seatbelt right now!" In a loud and commanding voice. At the time I feel like I am freaking my shit completely out.


Cass - Jun 01, 2013 4:41:00 pm PDT #637 of 30002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Mom was released from the hospital and Bobby is graduated!

Those are both good things, Laura! Yay!

Yikes, Andi. I used to tell Nephlet that my car would not start without him being buckled in. For years he thought I had a magic car. But he did it. Still does. Just now he knows it's one of my rules and not that the car literally won't start. I do it to my Mom too. I just wait. I don't really notice it. It's funny if she does though. But of muscle memory habits, it's a damn good one.


SuziQ - Jun 01, 2013 5:20:06 pm PDT #638 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Cass, I do the same thing when I have a passenger. My problem is when I'm driving by myself, I don't instantly click in. Sometimes I get a couple of block from home before I remember. I'm trying to be more aware.


SuziQ - Jun 01, 2013 5:20:41 pm PDT #639 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

And how did it get to be almost 8:30 already?!?!?


WindSparrow - Jun 01, 2013 5:40:01 pm PDT #640 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.

Yikes, Andi. I used to tell Nephlet that my car would not start without him being buckled in. For years he thought I had a magic car. But he did it. Still does. Just now he knows it's one of my rules and not that the car literally won't start. I do it to my Mom too. I just wait. I don't really notice it. It's funny if she does though. But of muscle memory habits, it's a damn good one.

Oh, it is very effective as a strategy for getting people to buckle up before moving the vehicle. I have even my most resistent bucklers trained to that. The worst ones now nag themselves. "I know, I know, I have to put my seat belt on. blah blah blah... I'm doing it...." I find it quite hilarious. But I can hardly pretend that the vehicle's engine magically dies the moment someone unbuckles randomly in the middle of the highway. The ones who have the imagination to project cause and effect in that much abstraction keep themselves buckled in admirably. The one who was testing me in this fashion today was working from a visceral desire to see what happens when my buttons get pushed.