Lone picture of me from Saturday night. (At least that I'm letting out into the world.)
Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.
Lorne ,'Time Bomb'
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.
Barb - Jul 20, 2009 4:39:41 am PDT #17185 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Hil R. - Jul 20, 2009 5:09:44 am PDT #17186 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
And then Matt Lewis posting: "@stephenfry: I couldn't have put it better myself, sir."
That is adorable.
I'm always terribly disarmed by Americans using "sir" and "ma'am" at people, but I can tell you it's a hell of a rarity in the UK.
I never used "sir" or "ma'am" when I was growing up, but after moving to New Orleans for college, I very quickly learned that I needed to use them in the South. I was also frequently startled by people calling eighteen-year-old me "ma'am." Like, people my own age, not just kids. (The kids I tutored, who would have just called me "Hillary" up north, called me "Miss Hillary" there. Which was kind of cute. I think that, in the NYC area anyway, we stopped the "Miss Firstname" stuff after nursery school. Everyone after that was either Mr./Ms./Miss/Mrs. Lastname or just Firstname.)
I am disappointed. I just found out that the veggie hot dogs sold at the stands in Freeport, Maine, are not vegan. There is, as far as I know, only one non-vegan brand, and they use that one.
omnis_audis - Jul 20, 2009 5:24:18 am PDT #17187 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
y'all are not helping to convince me to get a pet. Yup. Happy my apartment doesn't allow them. Sleep is a very valuable thing. Speaking of, that headache yesterday, that finally went away around 1am, ya, it woke me up around 6 am. However the Tylenol seems to have worked this time. Thankfully. Now, off to work. Maybe I'll leave early today. Ha. As if.
Laura - Jul 20, 2009 5:37:20 am PDT #17188 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
A few of DH's basketball kids call me Ma'am, others call me Mrs. Holt, or Mrs. Coach. Some of the neighborhood kids call me Miss Laura. I think it is a southern thing because I haven't encountered it other places, but it could be because I got old in the south.
Vortex - Jul 20, 2009 5:41:53 am PDT #17189 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Not much to do with age, I think. Frankly, if I think that the person is older than me, I use "ma'am". I like the "Miss Firstname" thing. It shows some respect for the elder, while still having some familiarity beyond a stranger on the street.
WindSparrow - Jul 20, 2009 5:42:58 am PDT #17190 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.
Barb, you are definitely foamy. The girls do so like to come out to play, and that is a lovely color in which to showcase them.
Barb - Jul 20, 2009 5:43:11 am PDT #17191 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I like the "Miss Firstname" thing. It shows some respect for the elder, while still having some familiarity beyond a stranger on the street.
Yep.
Vortex, I posted something for you today in my blog, btw.
Also, I need motivation to go to the grocery store.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 20, 2009 5:47:16 am PDT #17192 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Fay - I was wandering through uni today, and came across some lads watching a big screen that had the Ashes scorecard up. They told me the boys had won (I now find that I cannot confirm this), and I got all excited and we had a little chat about cricket. It's lovely how these things bring people together.
Must e-mail amorphia from the Bronze, who is the world's biggest cricket fan (quite possibly literally), and who is responsible for my middling-level interest in cricket. Given that when we started sharing a flat, I knew nothing of it and cared even less, she really has done well.
ETA: And now I've confirmed the win. How adorable does Flintoff look in the photos? [link]
Polter-Cow - Jul 20, 2009 5:50:09 am PDT #17193 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Lone picture of me from Saturday night. (At least that I'm letting out into the world.)
Daaamn. Lookin' good! Nice dress.
Laura - Jul 20, 2009 5:55:24 am PDT #17194 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Beautiful color for you, Barb.