sarameg, tussling is tiring!
I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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.
Kat - Feb 06, 2012 5:49:58 pm PST #20695 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Connie Neil - Feb 06, 2012 5:51:01 pm PST #20696 of 30001
brillig
Attack nap mid-mauling?
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 06, 2012 5:55:25 pm PST #20697 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
helicopter parents in the office. WTF.
WTF indeed. My parents have never interfered at my job, and the company is owned by relatives on my Mom's side. How could someone possibly think that would improve their kid's standing or situation at work?
sarameg - Feb 06, 2012 5:56:33 pm PST #20698 of 30001
Pretty much. Pumpkin was a fortuitous addition, even as I fought it at the time. She's exactly the companion I knew Loki needed after Mister Kitty (who was a lovely mentor, but NSM with the crazy antics and Lokes respected that. But he was still kittenish and welcomed the crazy. )
Consuela - Feb 06, 2012 6:06:47 pm PST #20699 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm not sure where a Muppets/Firefly mashup belongs, so I'll stick it here: [link]
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shrift - Feb 06, 2012 6:09:16 pm PST #20700 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I was right on the cusp of declaring the kitchen faucet broken and in need of replacing when I accidentally fixed it.
Vortex - Feb 06, 2012 6:11:43 pm PST #20701 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
helicopter parents in the office. WTF.
Yeah, I read an article about helicopter parents and this one guy talked about how a candidate's mother called to negotiate his benefits. He rescinded the offer.
Ginger - Feb 06, 2012 6:14:24 pm PST #20702 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I had no idea that any of Margaret Brundage's originals for Weird Tales [link] were still around. (Caution: Depicts naked woman and wolves) Why have I not won the lottery?
If I had won the lottery, I'd buy this for Jilli. [link]
Zenkitty - Feb 06, 2012 6:31:28 pm PST #20703 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My mother helicoptered once. I was in college and was going to spend a summer working on an archaeological dig, and Mom was so nervous. She had no idea what kind of situation I was going into, and no idea what I should take with me. I packed figuring I was basically going camping for three months. Mom crammed some more clothes into my duffle, figuring if I didn't have any way to wash them (we did) I would need more. When I got there, I found I had a truly astounding amount of underwear and a bunch of pretty plaid button-front shirts, which actually came in really handy, because it was sunnier than I had expected of the northwest coast, but people kept asking me, why did you bring your nice shirts?!? and I was all, these aren't my nice shirts! I don't know what they thought my nice shirts were.
Eventually one of the leaders told me my mom had called her FIVE TIMES asking what I should bring, and if this thing or that thing would be better. I was mortified. Poor Mom, trying to get everything just right. I come by my social anxiety through her, I imagine.
shrift - Feb 06, 2012 6:34:09 pm PST #20704 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Yeah, I read an article about helicopter parents and this one guy talked about how a candidate's mother called to negotiate his benefits.
Man, it's too bad that I'm an actual adult, because I'd love to reply to this meeting invite with, "You know this meeting at stupid o'clock that you kind of ambushed me with? Yeah, well, my mom says I don't have to go."