You turned evil a lot faster than I thought you would.

Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jessica - Dec 14, 2011 9:58:58 am PST #11489 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I see encouragement, which they're totally supposed to do

I don't like the thing they're encouraging, so I wish they wouldn't do it. How is that unclear?

I have no issues with individual people wearing any amount of makeup for individual reasons. But I think the idea of an organization ostensibly celebrating women's power by telling us all to wear lipstick is really fucked up.


§ ita § - Dec 14, 2011 10:07:35 am PST #11490 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't like the thing they're encouraging, so I wish they wouldn't do it.

Oh, okay. I just didn't see the harm or pressure in it, so from where I was standing, I wouldn't have cared if they were encouraging people to do it--I'd just skip it myself. I was over-reading into you wanting them to stop. I thought you meant they were doing a bad thing, not just a thing you weren't interested in doing (regardless of the cause they're talking about).


Amy - Dec 14, 2011 10:07:38 am PST #11491 of 30001
Because books.

Yay shrift! And did you ever email about the military thing? Because I haven't seen one. I had lunch with my dad (which involved a long discussion of some admiral I'd never heard of) and it reminded me.


Jesse - Dec 14, 2011 10:09:04 am PST #11492 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I just won a Yankee swap! By "won," I mean that what I brought was the most popular -- traded the most times, and ultimately taken by the person who could choose anything -- AND it cost me $2.50 at CVS just prior to the party. AND I ended up with microwave popcorn which I will totally eat, and a scratch-n-sniff book, which makes me laugh. Sweet.


javachik - Dec 14, 2011 10:12:54 am PST #11493 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Jesse. You have like the best attitude of any human being I've ever known. You're my favorite Cowgirl. Which, saying a lot, considering how much I love Cowgirl Creamery cheese.


shrift - Dec 14, 2011 10:14:19 am PST #11494 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Thanks, guys!

I guess that means you're succeeding in raising your visibility?

I hope so. That's a work in progress, but it's definitely an incentive to keep working on it.

Oh, BTW--there were apparently profuse apologies in the restaurant on Monday by the skeevy-guy-with-a-hat.

Skeevy-hat-guy needs to work on not being a cautionary tale.


javachik - Dec 14, 2011 10:15:18 am PST #11495 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

shrift, CONGRATS on the raise and bonus!! And keept it quiet from the family, Ms. Moneypants!


shrift - Dec 14, 2011 10:15:51 am PST #11496 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

And did you ever email about the military thing?

Not yet, but I should do that this evening. Thanks for the reminder!


Tom Scola - Dec 14, 2011 10:18:28 am PST #11497 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

A BABY SEAL sneaks into someone's home and falls alseep on the sofa: [link]


Beverly - Dec 14, 2011 10:19:03 am PST #11498 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Anne suggested it was a selkie on the run.