At urgent care with mac. Possible achilles tendony injury IN THE LIBRARY AT SCHOOL!!!
I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.
Spike ,'Chosen'
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.
msbelle - Sep 23, 2013 10:40:03 am PDT #6337 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Amy - Sep 23, 2013 10:42:11 am PDT #6338 of 30000
Because books.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing?
(Also, yikes! I hope he's okay!)
Jesse - Sep 23, 2013 10:42:57 am PDT #6339 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yikes!
le nubian - Sep 23, 2013 10:48:05 am PDT #6340 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Rick speaks truth. I have had to decide if I should spend time writing grants or writing an article or something else.
le nubian - Sep 23, 2013 10:48:32 am PDT #6341 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
goodness. don't fuck with libraries.
Dana - Sep 23, 2013 10:54:29 am PDT #6342 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
This is interesting: the etymology of "call a spade a spade."
(Don't read the comments.)
(Is it still etymology if you're talking about the origin of a phrase rather than a word?)
§ ita § - Sep 23, 2013 11:03:33 am PDT #6343 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love this:
The early usages of the word "spade" did not refer to either race or skin color.
The racists aren't using it to refer to one or the other of those things. Pretty much both every single time.
shrift - Sep 23, 2013 11:08:45 am PDT #6344 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
If nothing else, today I am wearing skinny corduroys from Anthropologie that were so comically tight when I first got them that I dubbed them goal pants, and I submitted a reservation request for a volcano tour on Big Island.
Theodosia - Sep 23, 2013 11:41:41 am PDT #6345 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Given the bizarre lease situation, I'd be tempted to let myself get "evicted" and not pay for the next three months. Note that I am not a legal-type person. At least you could point out that letting you off the hook would keep them from having to file legal documents and go without rent income for an extended period. Whereas, if they let you out when you want, they'll get the apartment back sooner and be able to fix it and fill it up sooner.
Depends on how big a management company they have, if they have a lawyer-person on staff/retainer. But MA tenant law makes it hard to easily evict.
Dana - Sep 23, 2013 11:48:04 am PDT #6346 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Jesse, can you try to emotionally blackmail them with your situation?