coughs-to-choking I will reply on this later.
??? Did I offend? If so, apologies! Was just making observations that The Girl herself makes a lot...
Can't any one of your damn little Scooby club at least try to remember that I hate you all?
Spike ,'Get It Done'
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Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 24, 2009 1:58:32 am PDT #10774 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Shir - May 24, 2009 2:01:59 am PDT #10775 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh no, Seska.
It's just that as an Israeli, I guess, I have A LOT to say about it. All good.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 24, 2009 2:22:35 am PDT #10776 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
as an Israeli, I guess, I have A LOT to say about it.
Heh. Now why doesn't that surprise me.
Three or four books to go... Would *really* like to have the reading done by today or tomorrow ('cause spending this many days without getting changed out of my pajamas is really not right).
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 24, 2009 2:31:57 am PDT #10777 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
[Real Irish wheaten bread, toasted.]
erin, I don't know what your job is, but I can relate to that. As a teacher of high-school-age kids I used to feel responsible for anything that went wrong for any of them. One Friday in my first year of teaching, one of the kids that I was a personal tutor to (I think that's like a guidance counsellor in the States) went into hospital after an overdose. I think I cried for the whole weekend. (She was fine in the end, thankfully.) Jobs where you're responsible for others are really tough. Wishing you all the best with yours.
Laura - May 24, 2009 3:55:57 am PDT #10778 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
[Real Irish wheaten bread, toasted.]
jealous
What they said, erin. I hope you were able to get some comforting rest.
Barb - May 24, 2009 5:30:30 am PDT #10779 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
They were taught not to speak directly about what they want and so a lot of them use this weird passive-aggressive shit which is MUCH more annoying than being forthright.
I swear, in my family, it's as much cultural as it is generational, because I see some of my cousins using this technique and it makes me nuts.
erin, I hope you got some rest last night.
when she starts yelling, it's not personal, it's just Mediterranean.
::SNORT:: That's FUNNY.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 24, 2009 5:56:03 am PDT #10780 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
::SNORT:: That's FUNNY.
Not when you're sitting in the corner staring at the shouty woman, boggling, and thinking "This isn't how my passive-aggressive family handles confict", it isn't. :P
She seriously doesn't get me and my family, either. "You don't talk about anything. Ever." That's right. We're Anglo-Irish. The most we ever talk about is the weather...
beth b - May 24, 2009 6:28:00 am PDT #10781 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
erin, being a dispatcher is hard. You get a lot of calls where people are just too far out on the edge. I 'm sorry you had a rough one. I wish i could say there won't be others. But you do vital work and help a lot of eole.
Barb - May 24, 2009 6:47:40 am PDT #10782 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Not when you're sitting in the corner staring at the shouty woman, boggling, and thinking "This isn't how my passive-aggressive family handles confict", it isn't. :P
It's funny because my very Cuban-American family is the same way--I'm the mutant weirdo who doesn't tend to be shouty but who doesn't understand the non-talkers either. My husband's family is just SO polite and they wouldn't dream of creating conflict whereas mine lives for conflict.
And they all wonder why I became a writer...
Scrappy - May 24, 2009 6:51:31 am PDT #10783 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
The DH, who comes from a shouty Jewish family, thinks it's hilarious how my family doesn't raise their voices.