Bah, got an email detailing how awful my exam was. My resolve is waning!
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
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.
Nora Deirdre - May 11, 2009 5:03:17 pm PDT #9469 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
sj - May 11, 2009 5:04:37 pm PDT #9470 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Keep your resolve, Nora!
-t - May 11, 2009 5:08:51 pm PDT #9471 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
{{Nora}}
Burrell - May 11, 2009 5:23:36 pm PDT #9472 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
ita, we are trying to find a way to see it maybe this weekend. I'd be happy to have you join us if it works out.
Beverly - May 11, 2009 6:31:28 pm PDT #9473 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Print out the email and write your rebuttal, Nora, point by point. Write out your argument, if you haven't done so. You don't have to do more than make a list of your points, really, but it will help to have them down and concrete.
I tend to stammer and clutch when I have a face to face meeting, or any sort of confrontation. So it always helps me to write down my points and write out a rough guide of what I want to say, and practice saying it. I also imagine varying responses, and my rebuttals to those. I practice deliberately keeping my voice lower to keep it from squeaking, taking deeper breaths, and speaking slower. It helps me to be prepared and not so jittery that I lose what I was going to say and just clam up in overwhelm.
I am not you, of course, and if this won't work for you, please disregard it. I only mention it in case it might help.
DCJensen - May 11, 2009 8:13:44 pm PDT #9474 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Glamcookie - May 11, 2009 8:39:08 pm PDT #9475 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
THERE. ARE. FOUR! LIGHTS!
Oh hell yeah! Love me some Picard and love me some TNG!
Also, {{{Nora}}}. Wishing you a great outcome, lady!
Glamcookie - May 11, 2009 8:45:28 pm PDT #9476 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
My tummy hurts.
t /5 years old
Vortex - May 11, 2009 8:46:35 pm PDT #9477 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Only if you're saying it so that you don't have to go to bed.
§ ita § - May 11, 2009 8:53:56 pm PDT #9478 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Burrell, given I have nothing to do during the day once I've done the job apps, I mightn't last until the weekend. But now I'm tempted to wait.