SOs flat refusing to do their share of housework brings up all kinds of issues for me. I don't like being treated like a servant, and I don't like being forced to choose between living with their mess or cleaning it up for them. That's a total dealbreaker for me. I am never engaging in that particular power struggle ever again.
Tracy: 'When you can't run, you crawl... and when you can't crawl, when you can't do that--' Zoe: 'You find someone to carry you.'
'The Message'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Aug 18, 2010 7:30:00 am PDT #18649 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
tommyrot - Aug 18, 2010 7:32:03 am PDT #18650 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OK, this caption for Miss India cracked me up:
If you're gonna be all tasteful and appropriate, Miss India, you might as well stay in your hotel room.
Bitch.
§ ita § - Aug 18, 2010 7:38:27 am PDT #18651 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't like India's costume. I think it's too in the middle. Miss Norway decided to look normal, and I think she looks great.
I'm also partial to Miss Jamaica. Go home team!
Strega - Aug 18, 2010 7:38:32 am PDT #18652 of 30001
I think sex-as-reward also implies that having sex is a chore, and a rather unpleasant one at that: "You do these unpleasant household tasks for me, and in return I'll have sex with you." Which is different from "I'm kind of pissed right now so, no, I don't want to cuddle."
Amy - Aug 18, 2010 7:43:48 am PDT #18653 of 30001
Because books.
Puerto Rico's is sort of pretty with the waterfall! Poor Miss Great Britain, though. That's just sad.
At the moment, I'm irritated by a certain six-year-old who comes to stare at me while I'm trying to make a business phone call. Go. Away. Now.
sarameg - Aug 18, 2010 7:57:08 am PDT #18654 of 30001
Today is just broken.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 18, 2010 7:58:43 am PDT #18655 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I agree, sarameg.
Lee - Aug 18, 2010 8:02:57 am PDT #18656 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
It's not completely broken here yet, but then you all are three hours ahead.
Liese S. - Aug 18, 2010 8:06:48 am PDT #18657 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
NO! I need today to be functional! Yesterday was broken! Or, okay, maybe it was just me. But for serious, people, I need to kick some productivity ass.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 18, 2010 8:07:17 am PDT #18658 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Today is just broken.
Seriously - what's up with that?
I'm spinning my wheels here at work waiting on environmental factors I can't do anything about, but the clock is still ticking.