A Lesson in Boundaries, OR, Things You Never Want to Hear Your Father Say:
"I wish I had a wife like you."
NO, DAD. Wrong on so many levels, I couldn't even address it. Don't say that shit to your kid. WHICH I AM.
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Mar 04, 2015 6:15:26 pm PST #21290 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Ginger - Mar 04, 2015 6:20:05 pm PST #21291 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Dear landlord's brother and Steph's father:
Ewwww.
Steph L. - Mar 04, 2015 6:22:07 pm PST #21292 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
If you [not Ginger; general "you"] think I'm NOT currently eating my way to the bottom of the ice cream container in an effort to eat my feelings at this moment, you have a vastly higher opinion of my coping skills than I do.
Consuela - Mar 04, 2015 6:43:14 pm PST #21293 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
People! Stop being creepy to Buffistas!
I really liked the contractor I met today (woman owned design/build firm! LEED certified! Dog owner!), but I'm going to meet two more this week. Also because I'm terrified all the bids will be well out of my range.
And yet another one of my coworkers is leaving: she's going to EPA, probably. Which IF they announce the position publicly I would so love to land in her job. It's not a promotion, but it would be way more interesting work, and work with my best pal as my boss, which would be fine because he's great. And not the guy I call Eeyore.
WindSparrow - Mar 04, 2015 6:46:11 pm PST #21294 of 30000
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.
There are times when eating ice cream is the only rational and legal course of action.
Connie, the last time I had to deal with a neighbor as creepy as that, not too many months into his creepiness, a family with three very barky dogs moved into the trailer between creepy guy's and mine. After a couple of weeks of listening to the dogs bark, I got to the point where I knew what various barks meant. I also noted that those dogs hated creepy guy and the feeling was apparently mutual because he was unwilling to walk past them to get to me. When the barky dogs' family apologized for the racket, I told them they had nothing to apologize for, and that I was, in fact, grateful. May you soon have a family of barky dogs, or some other similar assistance.
Burrell - Mar 04, 2015 6:48:37 pm PST #21295 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
yipes, Steph!
aurelia - Mar 04, 2015 7:37:12 pm PST #21296 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Ugh, people.
My neck is sore. Not like muscle aches but like swollen glands. Not good. So I'm wondering... tea or whiskey?
WindSparrow - Mar 04, 2015 7:40:55 pm PST #21297 of 30000
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.
aurelia, if I were wondering "tea or whisky" I'd likely end up answering "both plus lemon and honey".
NoiseDesign - Mar 04, 2015 7:42:23 pm PST #21298 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
Yeah, I don't understand the use of the word "or" in that equation.
meara - Mar 04, 2015 7:45:27 pm PST #21299 of 30000
Fingers crossed for you, Suela!!
I was so useless today. I am much better when I have plenty of work to do. I do still have a tiny bit but it's mostly answering random phone calls and emails, so I can't like, go blow off the day and go hiking. Have to be home and checking email or able to hop right on the work computer. And I suspect it'll be as soon as I have something else going on (my other project getting busy, or leaving for vacation) that they'll suddenly be demanding tons of help and time, even though I've repeatedly told them have free time right NOW.