I agree with sj -- those shoes look like summer evening shoes to me.
New discovery: Tofutti cream cheese on toast is kind of ick. Edible, but it tastes weird. Tofutti cream cheese on rye bread with cucumber, on the other hand, is yum.
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[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.
Hil R. - May 23, 2009 4:37:08 pm PDT #10757 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
amych - May 23, 2009 5:18:27 pm PDT #10758 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jewish people living in the Dakotas in the late 1800s
Sol Star!
Yes, apparently I am helpless before the possibility of a Deadwood reference.
In other news, we bought a car today, which at least made short work of the icky shopping for cars part of the process. The driving around (ZOOM!) in a much better faster smoother car with the iPod plugged into it part is much more fun than shopping for something omgheartattackexpensive.
-t - May 23, 2009 5:20:36 pm PDT #10759 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay zoom!
WindSparrow - May 23, 2009 5:30:39 pm PDT #10760 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Hey, Erin! It's good to see you. Congrats on finding a nice internet geek to have for a boyfriend. I highly recommend them.
Congrats on the new car, Amych!
Vortex, those shoes are gonna be Teh Hawt on you!
Vortex - May 23, 2009 5:57:25 pm PDT #10761 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Things that are annoying - when my mother says 'we'll do whatever you want to do". So I say "okay, let's do X", and she replies "no, we have to do Y". And when I say something to the effect that X will be easier, then she starts crying.
Pix - May 23, 2009 6:31:26 pm PDT #10762 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
Congrats on finding a nice internet geek to have for a boyfriend. I highly recommend them.
This! Very happy for you, Erin.
Yay new car, Amych!
And when I say something to the effect that X will be easier, then she starts crying.
Ugh. I'm sorry, Vortex.
WindSparrow - May 23, 2009 7:47:51 pm PDT #10763 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Things that are annoying - when my mother says 'we'll do whatever you want to do". So I say "okay, let's do X", and she replies "no, we have to do Y". And when I say something to the effect that X will be easier, then she starts crying.
When my clients at work pull this stuff on me, I cry back at them... massive, exaggerated, whinging, crying. Some of them even know I'm faking it. I'm not sure if you are evil enough to make it work on your mother, Vortex, because of your level of emotional integrity.
Beverly - May 23, 2009 7:56:12 pm PDT #10764 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
"I asked you what you wanted to do. I said we'd do what you wanted. You indicated you had no preference, so I chose. Now you're upset because I wanted to do something else. Tell me. Do you need to have a preference selected for you to object to, before you can make a negative decision? I'm just asking. So I'll know next time, if I do have a preference I'll tell you the opposite so you'll object and we'll get to do what I want to do. That work for you?"
I may have said something remarkably similar to my mother. There may have been a sweet, jocular smile on my face when I said it. Didn't mean I didn't mean it. Or practice it.
Vortex - May 23, 2009 8:15:31 pm PDT #10765 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
It's particularly frustrating because I was willing to get up at the ass crack of dawn to take her somewhere tomorrow before I had to go to the theatre. so, she calls and says "well, I think that it's too much hassle for you, so let's do it on Monday, but whatever's easiest for you. " so, I tell her what's easiest and she's not happy with that.
-t - May 23, 2009 8:56:36 pm PDT #10766 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So, that's where you are supposed to say "No, no, it's no problem, we'll do it the hard way, I don't mind", I guess. At least, my husband tells me that that's how it goes in his family. I mess everything up by just saying what I want to do and believing what other people say rather than tryig to guess what they really want...
I imagine it's harder when it's your actual mother.