I should amend: mean TO. I'm good about being mean ABOUT...
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Mar 20, 2014 4:02:01 pm PDT #22901 of 30000
Steph L. - Mar 20, 2014 4:34:21 pm PDT #22902 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I am completely earwormed with "Copacabana" now. Thanks, Erin.
(Although it's better than the McDonald's Filet O Fish commercial that's been stuck in my head for weeks now.)
Amy - Mar 20, 2014 4:37:19 pm PDT #22903 of 30000
Because books.
In sixth grade, before I knew what "cool" was, I used to listen to my mom's Barry Manilow albums all. the. time. I sort of them miss them sometimes, to be honest.
Strix - Mar 20, 2014 4:49:20 pm PDT #22904 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
At the Copa!
It's my go-to karaoke song. My mom luuuuurved Barry Manilow, and I knew all the words to all the songs.
Kat - Mar 20, 2014 5:02:18 pm PDT #22905 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I love Copacabana! It's on my swim mix.
Noah and I just had a fight. I sent him to bed without speaking to him. That lasted for 20 minutes. Then I crawled in his top bunk and told him that I don't like when he lies because it means he doesn't trust me and I can't trust him. Then I made him laugh and now all is okay again.
I feel stormy today.
Amy - Mar 20, 2014 5:16:57 pm PDT #22906 of 30000
Because books.
It was stormy in my head all day today.
I wish I could find the medley with all of his commercial jingles. That was one of my favorite things.
Trudy Booth - Mar 20, 2014 5:25:24 pm PDT #22907 of 30000
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
...You should probably have me committed.
Oh, I'd say you're pretty well committed...
beth b - Mar 20, 2014 5:26:00 pm PDT #22908 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I am ok with anger when it is from a library patron. It isn't personal ( and sometimes it is ridiculously funny) .
In my personal life - I don't know what to do with anger. Growing up - I was taught to think before I speak. I haven't yet succeeded in convey to Matt that 's why I want to go for a walk before finishing a discussion/fight - because I can think and therefore have no idea what will come out of my mouth ( i am smart - but I am so not a fast thinker ) . I have also noticed, and I remember doing this in childhood too , if someone accuses me of doing something - and I didn't , the fight is over. I just don't have much to say. and my anger is gone too. I figure when the are willing to actually see what is going on , that's when we can talk
Kate P. - Mar 20, 2014 5:31:02 pm PDT #22909 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Update: We have not died of botulism. Yay! Also, that salad was super delicious.
Tom Scola - Mar 20, 2014 5:34:29 pm PDT #22910 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
So I was at a bar with my friends and my Mom called, and she was complaining about how I never call, and I asked her if she had a reason to call me other than to yell at me, and she said, “No... wait, yes...”, so I told her I was going back to the bar, and I hung up on her. I drank too much tonight.
Also: I got home and read my mail, and I got an early birthday present from my co-op board:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: that pursuant to the provisions of Article I, Section 3 and Article II, Section 7 of the By Laws of [my Co-Op], a Special Meeting of the Board of Directors and Shareholders of the corporation will be held on [My Birthday] at 6:00pm at [across the street] for the following purposes:
1. to present grounds for the Board of Directors and Shareholders pursuant to paragraph 31(f) of the apartment corporation's stand form of proprietary lease to determine whether to vote to terminate the tenancy of [person] and her proprietary leases for Aprts. 7C, 7D and 8B at [My Building] and cancel the stock shares of the corporation allocated to those apartments based on objectionable conduct.
2. To receive a presentation from [person] in response to the presentation of said grounds.
Co-op drama! On my birthday! So much fun! I have no idea what the “objectionable conduct” refers to.
I still feel guilty about my Mom, though.