Last weekend, the Gentleman visited, and we had a lovely weekend of cuddling, dancing, dining, and chatting. Then he left to attend to the opening of his brand new baby blacksmithing business ( Read more... )

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The Voice has left town, for very good reasons (i.e., if he hadn't decided to go back, I'd have kicked his butt from here to there myself-that kind of good reason). He's headed back to Edmonton, where he'll land in about four hours. We mostly held it together during the early-morning goodbyes, but then my Minion was nice to me when I reached the ( Read more... )

I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with human_loser on Sunday ( Read more... )

I especially hate the perfective aspect. If things must take place in the past, let them be continuative, let them be open-ended, let them be imperfective. Let them speak not of things finished but of things begun and things ongoing. It would even be o.k. if they were conditional, or mood-altered and subjunctive, if the statement were "this would ( Read more... )

“Are you going to be o.k. riding home tonight? Do you want to leave your bike here?” Publisher Dude asked me, as he left, concerned that my morning spill might have made left me too injured or nervous to ride home ( Read more... )

This one from Lois McMaster Bujold's Barrayar:

Droushnakovi smiled a bit skeptically at Cordelia's painted vision. "Who says Kou won't be a general himself someday?" she said softly. She sighed, her brow creasing. "Yes. I still want him. But ... I guess I'm afraid he'll hurt me again."

Cordelia thought that one over. "Probably. Aral and I hurt ( Read more... )

Points and questions for discussion:

1) It is at best impolite to date or sleep with your good friends' exes.

( Common teen-mag wisdom says )