When I was maybe 8 or 9, my grandmother left me home for a little bit with my grandfather. That was too young, since he was a quadraplegic, and I was just old enough to know how little I could do if anything went wrong. Home alone, I would have been fine.
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
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.
Jesse - Aug 18, 2008 5:55:18 am PDT #3897 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Kat - Aug 18, 2008 5:56:18 am PDT #3898 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Well, in charge of yourself is different than in charge of someone who might really need you!
Shir - Aug 18, 2008 6:00:27 am PDT #3899 of 10003
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Shir, do you want red shoes or could you go with a neutral?
Doesn't have to be red. It's just for fun, I'm not planning buying anything online, but going back to the store and ask them about it.
Strega - Aug 18, 2008 6:04:29 am PDT #3900 of 10003
Although, I have to say I'm somewhat boggled by people who aren't into the Olympics at all, and I've come across several lately.
It's a sporting event. Therefore, I don't give a fuck. Whatever it is that makes it fun to root for a team and feel that whole group-bonding thing that I guess happens... I don't get it. To me, it's either boring or creepy.
My friend Marcia spent a while saying "But it's the Olympics, how can you not care at all?" I don't understand why she does care. I particularly don't understand she keeps telling me about it when she knows that I don't.
Daisy Jane - Aug 18, 2008 6:06:10 am PDT #3901 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I don't particularly care, but I will watch if it's on.
I can't wait until football season really begins though.
Kat - Aug 18, 2008 6:07:13 am PDT #3902 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'm the exact opposite of DJ. I love the olympics and make an effort to watch. But football season? Don't care at all.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 18, 2008 6:08:12 am PDT #3903 of 10003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Although, I have to say I'm somewhat boggled by people who aren't into the Olympics at all, and I've come across several lately.
I'm not at all. I really don't care. I'm not into sports or anything and the added bonus of jingoism (in my perception) pretty much turns me off. I think watching sports is boring. It's a very YMMV thing, don't see why it's boggling.
tommyrot - Aug 18, 2008 6:08:57 am PDT #3904 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How to survive in a bureaucracy
When I tell people I work at an insurance company, I feel I need to explain myself. Sure, I work in insurance, but I'm "in insurance" about as much as a Giants Stadium security guard is "in professional football." See, I'm a temp. An outsider. My industry? Survival.
I love this part:
I've adapted so well to my new environment that my boss wants to offer me a job, make me legit: an underwriter. "So, Anne," he said. "Do you like insurance?" After some stalling I said: "Look, I don't understand this stuff, but I love the cereal here. I love the chairs. I really, really like a few of the people, and I'd like to stay. How can we make that happen? Could I have a demotion? Order staplers and stuff? That I know how to do."
Tom Scola - Aug 18, 2008 6:09:32 am PDT #3905 of 10003
hwæt
I like sports, but I'm not really into the Olympics. Mostly because it takes too much effort to follow closely.
Barb - Aug 18, 2008 6:09:46 am PDT #3906 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
I particularly don't understand she keeps telling me about it when she knows that I don't.
See, this is the kind of thing I don't understand. I'm a sports geek, but I definitely get that not everyone is. So when I'm with people I know don't give a rat's ass, I don't go on about it and I certainly don't question why other people aren't into it. To each their own and all that.
I guess it's the by-product of having grown up a figure skater/skating fan in Florida. I had very few people around me who cared about it, so I kept it quiet.