I used to write angry notes on tiny scraps of paper and throw them down the stairs at my mother: "I hate you" "You're so mean" "It's totally unfair and you are too" and the like. My mother seems to have valued it as a commitment to literacy and kept them.
Mom! Dead people are talking to you. Do the math!
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Emily - Apr 11, 2008 8:36:27 am PDT #4199 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
tommyrot - Apr 11, 2008 8:39:02 am PDT #4200 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Summer before college, I was a cashier at the grocery store. That was plenty of "glad I'm going to college" right there, believe me.
One summer I worked a second shift job at a pickle factory. Got paid a little more than minimum wage, but got some overtime. There was a guy there who was in his 40s or so, and he was just so bitter at the fact that he had this crappy factory job. (Oh, and he had the worst work ethic of any of us there.) He took a strong disliking to me when he found out I was a college student.
hippocampus - Apr 11, 2008 8:39:53 am PDT #4201 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
was trying to see if there were any pics online but it looks like no dice.
lisah, are they on the honfest site? where my brain goes when I hear "beehive"
[link] (a couple at the end in here)
meara - Apr 11, 2008 8:41:08 am PDT #4202 of 10001
Oh yeah--a lot of the customers were completely obnoxious to us as cashiers (most of them were fine, but given the number you'd see in a full day shift...) acting like we were morons, assuming we couldn't add or subtract, etc etc. Which may have been the case for some, but I was like "HI. I'm going to Georgetown in the fall. Libby over there is going to be a sophomore at Northwestern. [Someone else I think was going to a big name school too]. We are probably smarter than you. Go ass yourself in the ear, ma'am."
lisah - Apr 11, 2008 8:41:10 am PDT #4203 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
GC! I thought of you when my friend posted this video (which has music, btw) to flickr the other day. This is part one:
Stephanie - Apr 11, 2008 8:45:04 am PDT #4204 of 10001
Trust my rage
Thanks, everyone! Ellie is generally, but not always, nice to Frisco so to see such total sweetness made me want to share.
I am writing thank you notes and I'm certain I've forgotten someone.
DavidS - Apr 11, 2008 8:45:08 am PDT #4205 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Totally cute with bangs, Sox!
lisah - Apr 11, 2008 8:46:26 am PDT #4206 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
love the bangs, Sox!
lisah, are they on the honfest site?
nah, it wasn't done as part of Honfest. It was for an entry in Baltimore Magazine's Best Of issue that year.
hippocampus - Apr 11, 2008 8:49:24 am PDT #4207 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
It was for an entry in Baltimore Magazine's Best Of issue that year.
and when I read that, I immediately brained it into Baltimore Magazine's Hottest Singles issue. what? I cut my hair & get stupider?
Jessica - Apr 11, 2008 8:52:14 am PDT #4208 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have a pretty stereotypical "smart kid" work ethic - if I decide something's worth my time/effort, I'll be the best little worker bee in the world, but give me busywork and I will procrastinate my ass off.
(Case in point, this metadata spreadsheet I've been supposedly working on all week. DO NOT WANT.)
[eta: Yay, bangs! They look great!]