'Dirty Girls'
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.
The great majority of them poke around at the first page or two of a few threads, but nobody goes back and searches through the great volume of old stuff, because if they were that kind of obsessive, they'd be one of us already.
BWAH!
And I kind of love the Where's Waldo suggestion. A lot. Despite the fact that that would reveal my quadruple-digit user ID. (I was slow with teh internets, but I'm still one of you, right?)
I like the idea ... but I'm thinking it would be a hassle. And all our stompies would get carpal tunnel. But we could have some real fun.
We could just distract them all with salad shooters instead.
Seriously, I agree with amych's predictions. We'll be fine. paperdol, I hope the anxiety eases for you soon.
Completely non-seriously, I propose that we replace words like "book" and "vampire" with "cilantro" and "gerund". "Tim" could be "muffaletta". "Internet" could be "tiara".
Paperdol, your book isn't wanky, so I don't expect it to bring the wankers down on us. Your book is funny and smart. I expect it to attract readers with the same qualities. And you didn't write a book saying why Spike is all wrong for Buffy, that the glorification of Logan Echolls ruined Veronica Mars, or that Wincest is evil/the BEST THING EVAR! You wrote a book about how virtual friends worked their way into your real life, and how important they are to you.
I really think it's going to be okay. If it's not okay, it will still end up being okay, because we'll make it so.
I'm sorry you're feeling so sick. When Ben was a baby, any excitement, good or bad, sent him into a melt down. I finally twigged to this and started telling him, "This is good excitement," when it was.
This is good excitement, paperdol. I hope you can feel that way soon.
Non-seriously, I propose that we replace words like "book" and "vampire" with "cilantro" and "gerund". "Tim" could be "muffaletta". "Internet" could be "tiara".
paperdol259: I really like that cilatro. It's not really about gerunds, yet it is!
paperdol20: Did muffaletta like it?
paperdol156: He did, though he's not on the tiara all that often anymore.
I'm sorry you're feeling so sick. When Ben was a baby, any excitement, good or bad, sent him into a melt down. I finally twigged to this and started telling him, "This is good excitement," when it was.
Aw. Kind of like how when I was little I threw up for every occasion -- Christmas, Easter, vacation, etc. It was always a combo of sugar and excitement.
He did, though he's not on the tiara all that often anymore.
Poor muffaletta and his sore ass....
I'm sorry you're feeling so sick. When Ben was a baby, any excitement, good or bad, sent him into a melt down. I finally twigged to this and started telling him, "This is good excitement," when it was.
This is good excitement, paperdol. I hope you can feel that way soon.
Cindy is wise. I know that we are so excited for you, and I hope that you can feel happier and less stressed about the whole (exciting!) book release soon.
Damn, I never knew mud wasps were so big.
There's one crawling on the ceiling near me.
eta: Fuck. Now he's stuck between my window and the blinds. He's making a loud buzzing sound as he beats his wings against the blinds.