Buffy: How bored were you last year? Giles: I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it.

'Beneath You'


Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.  

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.


Trudy Booth - Aug 11, 2005 5:08:32 am PDT #7222 of 10002
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

W 82nd St near Riverside Dr

It's a nice neighborhood, pretty close to the train etc.

Um, Nora, I bet you could find a free room in NYC if you tried really hard

Sorry I can't offer. I have a family wedding that weekend and a certain amount of mayhem (I should have mentioned this sooner. d'oh!)


Jesse - Aug 11, 2005 5:10:24 am PDT #7223 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Damn, Fay, what a wild situation. I wonder if the experience you'd get working outside the classroom with apparently good people would do more for you in the long run than an additional year with Evil Former Boss.


sarameg - Aug 11, 2005 5:11:41 am PDT #7224 of 10002

And let me tell you, spending 5 days trapped with my family in another state, given that my parents don't understand the concept of boundaries, was really really really too much.

My family knows boundries -rather reticent midwesterners mostly- (and mom knows how huge mine are) and even I kept sneaking away from quiet time this past weekend. When asked why I'd wandered off, my mom would say "Oh, she just needs some downtime." I'm probably known as the family misanthrope. Despite the Sick, I really really really was thrilled to see them all and do wish there had been more time. With scheduled breaks, of course. I even hid in the bathroom of the restaurant where the wedding was held several times. There were over 350 people there. I was probably only related to 75 of them. Still.

I also figured out that despite the reticent thing? My mom's family is NOSY. I swear to god. Did Charlie pay for the wedding? Oh, no one would ask him, because we know he won't answer, but...And what's the story with that bizarro toast the groom's father made? Was he implying marriage was hell? And how exactly is cousin B's startup doing? Did his parents' invest? Oh, we couldn't ask them! That's be rude! But we can whisper and wonder and....Did you see the look on the pastor who baptized the groom's face ? I'll bet he was disgruntled to not be conducting the ceremony! Did S and her mom reconcile? Who IS the groom, anyhow? Are you seeing anyone? When are you going to get married? What are your plans in life?

@@ x a google.

I was a little surprised at how gossipy it all was. I'm much more of the "if they wanted us to know, they'd tell us" school when it comes to family. Oh, I'm curious, but I won't speculate. And I really don't assume the most scandalous explanation like they do.

Makes me wonder what my profile is....


brenda m - Aug 11, 2005 5:12:14 am PDT #7225 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

...I am actually considering approaching my Evil Former Boss (whom I know is still recruiting right now) and asking him whether he can make it worth my while to go back to him for a year. He'd have to meet the salary that the New School is offering me, and he'd have to waive any 'you can't work for anyone else in 2006' notions he might have.

Ack. Don't do it, Fay.

Is there any sort of online or distance learning program you can look in to, maybe pick up a certification in something or other and keep your skills fresh?


Tom Scola - Aug 11, 2005 5:34:59 am PDT #7226 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

LEMUR!


Calli - Aug 11, 2005 5:37:01 am PDT #7227 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Ooooh, so cute!


sarameg - Aug 11, 2005 5:37:24 am PDT #7228 of 10002

Want.


tommyrot - Aug 11, 2005 5:37:24 am PDT #7229 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

LEMUR!

The new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?


shrift - Aug 11, 2005 5:43:29 am PDT #7230 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I woke up today and asked myself, "Should I be operating heavy machinery?"


Kat - Aug 11, 2005 5:44:14 am PDT #7231 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

and what was the answer, shrift?