Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.

Spike ,'Potential'


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.


Laura - Feb 22, 2012 4:39:28 am PST #23235 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Thank you for the birthday greetings. I am watching tv in bed while drinking coffee. The office computer is open in a remote session on the iPad, but not really working.

I got a nice ocean kayak for the b'day. I need to figure out a smooth method of getting in and out though. Today I will test getting in from the swim platform on the back of the boat. Wish me lack of pitching head first into chilly salt water. I tested getting into it in the pool yesterday from the edge without dumping, but also dicovered it is too heavy for me to flip over and I can't get in while in the water. It is very stable so I think it unlikely that I will spill in normal waves, but I like to test these things. All my prior kayak experience is on lakes where you gt in on shore. Getting in from a dock a few feet above the deep water is a new thing.


JZ - Feb 22, 2012 4:40:49 am PST #23236 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Much kayak~ma. What an utterly cool birthday present!


Jesse - Feb 22, 2012 4:41:26 am PST #23237 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So cool, Laura! Good luck.


Jessica - Feb 22, 2012 4:41:58 am PST #23238 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Happy birthday Laura! Happy kayaking!


Amy - Feb 22, 2012 4:43:38 am PST #23239 of 30001
Because books.

Happy birthday, Laura! With added kayak! That's a cool gift.


Kat - Feb 22, 2012 4:45:21 am PST #23240 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Happy birthday, Laura! Kayaking sounds like such fun.

I think they still get paid not much compared to union-repped teachers, but they used to get paid something like $30 a month.

But is it as much as the non-union (which is normal) teachers at the same parochial school?


§ ita § - Feb 22, 2012 4:46:27 am PST #23241 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

So cool, Laura! Happy birthday!


smonster - Feb 22, 2012 4:48:31 am PST #23242 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Ooo, kayak. Fun!!

msbelle, did you mean to ping me on fb? And did you get my paypal for the nail polish?


-t - Feb 22, 2012 4:48:36 am PST #23243 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Happy birthday, Laura. Hooray, kayak! And best wishes for a quick mastery of entry.


brenda m - Feb 22, 2012 4:49:51 am PST #23244 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I remember my old doctor was having a C-section and wanted to have her tubes tied at the same time, since they were already in there. Her OB couldn't do it because they were at a catholic hospital.

OMG it only got better for like, a MINUTE. And then it was eye-rolling MORE THAN EVER and there was NO HSQ because OMG IT IS SO OBVIOUS AND CLICHED!

Yes! There was one scene that was really moving and well done, and the rest was just stupid and obvious.