Wow, you've really mastered the power of positive giving-up.

Cordelia ,'End of Days'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

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.


JenP - May 06, 2024 6:19:31 pm PDT #174 of 3600

That's crappy, sj. I mean, like, you'd think they'd want to model how to be an engaged human for their kids, if nothing else! I mean, sure, everyone just wants to get home, but... damn. I guess they don't know how to do it, so they don't model it.

I bitch about other humans all the time, but I don't actually go through the world with blinders on most of the time. I give off the "don't bother me" vibe, but I still try to be generally helpful if I see something. Or, at least, that's what I aspire to.


sj - May 06, 2024 6:30:37 pm PDT #175 of 3600
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

It’s not like they are even rushing to leave they’re just standing around talking.


JenP - May 06, 2024 6:35:17 pm PDT #176 of 3600

So much for that thought, then. Just, ugh!


lisah - May 07, 2024 6:03:51 am PDT #177 of 3600
Punishingly Intricate

Those people are fucking rude, sj


DavidS - May 07, 2024 9:37:22 am PDT #178 of 3600
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

How exciting, smonster! All the -ma!

Just got off the phone with the school counselor, as I wanted to check in with her on a variety of end of school issues with Matilda.

Matilda is just so done with the teen girl drama. One of the girls she has beef with officially Reported Matilda for "Unnecessary Eye Contact." This occurred in the bathroom while they were changing stalls.

Matilda had to see the Principal, and they both laughed about it. But the microagressions are a pile of suck.

eta: I told the counselor that Matilda was going to miss May 17th, the day before the Memorial. She noted that they have Awards Assembly that day and Matilda would want to be in attendance just for that part.

Also, Matilda's baseball coach said he was retiring her number.


Toddson - May 07, 2024 9:45:25 am PDT #179 of 3600
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I am so glad not to have to be a teenager ever again. It's like being one large exposed nerve.


DavidS - May 07, 2024 9:55:12 am PDT #180 of 3600
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I am so glad not to have to be a teenager ever again. It's like being one large exposed nerve.

Well put! I was just reading Zadie Smith's article yesterday about her teenage angst and it was both a funny look back with cool dispassion on her overwrought drama and a slightly harrowing portrait of...well, being one large exposed nerve.

In Zadie's case, her defiant awkward self obsessed period ended abruptly when she stole her mom's cigarettes, sat in the window to smoke them and promptly fell out of the window, surviving a 30 foot fall but breaking both her legs.


bennett - May 07, 2024 9:55:38 am PDT #181 of 3600

One of the girls she has beef with officially Reported Matilda for "Unnecessary Eye Contact." This occurred in the bathroom while they were changing stalls. Matilda had to see the Principal, and they both laughed about it.

There are times when the southernism "Bless her heart" is pretty much the only response.


erikaj - May 07, 2024 10:33:15 am PDT #182 of 3600
Always Anti-fascist!

sj, personally, I don't know which is worse: Not getting help when you could use it. Or someone offering something you don't really need and expecting to be treated like Citizen of The Year. For me, it's a toss-up.


Laura - May 07, 2024 1:12:00 pm PDT #183 of 3600
Our wings are not tired.

Sending all the ~ma, smonster. You would be a real asset to the organization.