Random thoughts and questions

My mother is coming over at noon. Trying to figure out whether I present as "stuck in bed and too weak to carry on a conversation," or "up and about and strong enough to argue."

How about "Door locked, stepped out for six hours"?

"Pretend to be dead and try to to laugh."

Perpetuate the passive-aggressiveness and hire a representative to speak for you.

If only. I gave my tacit consent to this visit last night, so refusing it today would be significantly ruder than even I'm willing to try being. (I don't do well with being rude.)

Interesting idea, but not workable, as I have one of the world's worst poker faces. :)

Tempting. AaronSofaer, I believe you're being paged...

projectile vomiting "ohhhh bad reaction to the pain meds"

Her mom violently disapproves of narcotic pain meds, so that's probably not the right tack to take. :)

projectile vomiting "oooooh bad reaction to not taking pain meds"

I vote to change Aaron's name to Speaks For Bread

Terrible idea. That's just begging for a messy breakup...kind of like this.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=656

I don't see the problem as long as you two kept the drama contained to a messy breakup thread.

I see even less of a problem if we can then change Aaron's name to Speaks Against Bread.

"Bread, motherfucker. Do you speak it?"

Why the fuck are there no pet-friendly extended stay hotels here?

I hope we get an apartment quickly.

I can't be the only one who thought of this.

Dear god, the possibilities of innuendos to be made here. And I'm not even all that keen/perceiving at times!
*...takes coward's way out anyhow and puts inner censor to use* I have done a good deed. v____v

Comfy pajamas are so wonderful. And warm socks. Kinda cold in here...

DAMN IT, SOLI-CHAN
All you've done is made me curious

WHAT THE HELL DOUBLE POST

sorry...

Yesterday, my mom told me something that is kinda true maybe.
She said that I am a nice person and a loving person and a trusting person. And that all of these things are what make it so difficult for me to function happily in the world. Because the rest of the world is kinda sorta mean and selfish and I should start being selfish too?

But I don't understand that. I don't understand how being selfish could be a good thing.

It's not*. The correct answer to the iterated or continuous Prisoner's Dilemma isn't to always be a dick; it's actually "tit for tat with forgiveness". Be decent to other human beings, and if they're dicks to you, act to minimize the amount of damage they can do and find better people to hang out with; but always be prepared to reevaluate your conclusions about someone's nature if there is evidence that they have fundamentally changed.

*This poster assumes that your mother's "selfish" is actually the proper English "douchebag". The amount of selfishness required to prioritize one's needs over those of others when doing so does not incur a significant negative impact to the other, or when the other would prefer the prioritization of one's needs, is of course necessary in society regardless of the selfishness or lack thereof of others; otherwise, it's all "No you decide", "No you decide", until it's too late to go get dinner anyway and you have to scrounge.

"You decide" versus "No, YOU decide" is totally not due to selflessness for me. It's due to laziness. <3

I agree with Aaron's assessment. I strive myself to take the approach of not being a doormat, or to feel like a slave to the world around me. We have the power to say no. We have the responsibility to be assertive. We have the capacity to offer kindness to others, to both those we know and to complete strangers. But that kindness must be tempered with acknowledging your own needs also, and nurturing those.

If you are unhappy, recognise that, then do something that makes you happy. To me, that is what being selfish is, in a good light. It doesn't have to come at the cost of who you are. Our actions are much stronger than our thoughts.

I passed this when driving through PA yesterday. Didn't grab my own photo unfortunately, but apparently the place is pigeon-less since mid-2000's.

Sedrine elsewhere, on the forum I saw some rather decent set ups but then as was mentioned I didn't do anything about it.
Always a coward and running away, mwahahahahaha~! And eh, computer connection to the interwebs was being all wonky.

Didn't really sleep today actually. I tried but past few days have been spent being badgered by family and due to Nerf Wars my legs are now pretty banged up arghles feel so useless. Here i will sit for the rest of days, to while away the time on the internet. And hopefully write.

I don't want to risk the ire of BF by posting a duplicate thread, so... do we already have a thread about dropping cable TV and using a set-top box like AppleTV or Roku?

Enlightened self-interest! Particularly note the contrast with pure altruism.

I'm starting german classes again today. For the 4th time. yeah, I know *shame on me*. :) but on the contrary of the other times, this time I have a pretty good incentive not to give up (due to too much work and other excuses). I need to be fluent in German to be able to continue with my adoption process. So, there's no giving up this time. *go me* :D \O/

... and now I'm officially dating a schoolgirl. Wheee.

Found it.

Is your mom bread? No? WHERE IS THE PROBLEM.

I always wondered -- does she actually converse with bread, or simply use it as a conduit with which to speak?

I've always wondered if she's giving the rest of us a command. "Speak with bread - it's lonely, and has such interesting things to say!"

:)

Picture no worky.

Really? It works fine for me.

Cue Elyscape: "One of these days, you assholes will learn..."

You have chosen the way of pain*!

*In the French sense of the word.

Doesn't hotlink in the post for me but I can c/p the URL just fine.

And now you're ruined your mystique for me. This is why I read books.

edit: And now it works in the post for some reason. Fickle, fickle internets.

Eh, there wasn't much mystique to begin with. But I promise I'm not actually a grumpy bearded cleric. :)

[*CITATION NEEDED.]

What you and Aaron do in private is your own damn business.

Now I'd make a joke about Speak with Beard but that's the spell you use to understand Norwegian for 5 minutes/level.