I don't give a good gorram about relevant, Wash. Or objective. And I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it. You and I would make one beautiful baby. And I want to meet that child one day. Period.

Zoe ,'Heart Of Gold'


Natter 56: ...we need the writers.  

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.


Laga - Jan 21, 2008 3:02:21 pm PST #4567 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I've never seen a purple frog

I never hope to see one...


Allyson - Jan 21, 2008 3:05:30 pm PST #4568 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I'm living in a constant stream of disrespect and micromanagement. It's been a trickle, but now it's like the Mississippi.

It's almost like someone here chooses to say something designed to make me feel stupid at every turn. And seriously? There's nothing I can do about it.


Jesse - Jan 21, 2008 3:09:45 pm PST #4569 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, the only thing you can do is get out. That place is No Good.

Ugh, ita. You deserve an appealling weekend, not an appalling one!


DavidS - Jan 21, 2008 3:21:52 pm PST #4570 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Allyson, I hate that they're dogging you with petty micromanagement bullshit.

That's a fucking awful way to work.

JZ and I have taken thorough advantage of the fact that we have the day off and Matilda's daycare is open. I think it's only the second time in a year we've been in the house together without her.

We had an excellent lingering lunch and then headed down to Haight Street to buy a calendar (on sale). We stopped at Booksmith and found my book on the shelves (yay!) and I ran into the events manager and we've set a date for my reading (yay!). But we didn't like the calendars so we had to steel ourselves and face.... The Well Stocked Used Bookstore With Many Calendars and the Horribly Unpleasant Owners.

Where we got our calendars and the owners were relentlessly in character.


beth b - Jan 21, 2008 3:28:09 pm PST #4571 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

this is a picture to cheer up ita.

As part of his preschool my nephew spends part of time at a dojo

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DavidS - Jan 21, 2008 3:29:08 pm PST #4572 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Thanks for shooting my book on the shelves, Tom! That's so cool to see.

What bookstore was that?


§ ita § - Jan 21, 2008 3:38:06 pm PST #4573 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

That was a whole mess of adorable, beth.

Amongst the crap of the weekend there have been a couple good bits. Went to say goodbye to one of the instructors, and she has the most evil little brother in the world. He ardently pummelled the other instructor there, who shrugged off the five year old fists as if they were nothing.

When told to stop, he said "I'm not hurting him! He's tougher than everyone else here put together!" And then he scaled the instructor's body and clung to it in a hug that had no hope of meeting on the other side.

Little kids can help.

I currently have almost no hair. Which would have been fine if that's what I'd meant to do, but it was a mistake.


Tom Scola - Jan 21, 2008 3:38:45 pm PST #4574 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

What bookstore was that?

BookCourt


erikaj - Jan 21, 2008 3:39:02 pm PST #4575 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I pimped it to my dad. Of course, we don't talk that much so it's hardly one of those "I can deny you nothing," sorts of things.


Gadget_Girl - Jan 21, 2008 3:41:37 pm PST #4576 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".

I'm living in a constant stream of disrespect and micromanagement. It's been a trickle, but now it's like the Mississippi.

Allyson, would you mind if I borrow this statement to describe my work conditions as well?

I'm so sorry you are having to deal with such a wretched work environment. I hope you will find something more suited to your amazing talent. You deserve to be in a place where they recognize what a wonderful and talented person you are.