What is it with all the 20-something drones?

[Jenne]

@trippin: WAIT!  I thought you broke up with that dude...did I miss something? 

[LMNO]

Plus, as you've said TGRR, you don't want to be the 40-year-old at the club.


Well, I do, but that's because I have the wrong values. 

Plus I have a lot of clubs populated by my peer/age group.

Once I lose all my weight, I'm going to find a fucking club like that, because, and I don't care if this cougars me out, I LOVE to dance.  I fucking LOVE to dance.  And clubs are about the only way I can do this without feeling foolish.  So I'd love to find those 40-and-over places without looking fucking ridiculoso and go for it.

Once I lose all my weight.

Look for the gay nights, but make sure they're not aimed at twinks.  Early 80's nights should work, too.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Plus, as you've said TGRR, you don't want to be the 40-year-old at the club.


Well, I do, but that's because I have the wrong values. 






Plus I have a lot of clubs populated by my peer/age group.

Once I lose all my weight, I'm going to find a fucking club like that, because, and I don't care if this cougars me out, I LOVE to dance.  I fucking LOVE to dance.  And clubs are about the only way I can do this without feeling foolish.  So I'd love to find those 40-and-over places without looking fucking ridiculoso and go for it.

Once I lose all my weight.

Um, that IS a way to lose weight.

[Luna]

Once I lose all my weight.

Fuck that, Jenne.

If you LOVE to dance, go DANCE.

Life's to short for "once I..." bullshit.  Do what you love, to hell with what other people think.

I was gonna wait until I lost the weight I want off to start fencing again...  Glad I didn't, on multiple levels.

[Jenne]

Plus, as you've said TGRR, you don't want to be the 40-year-old at the club.


Well, I do, but that's because I have the wrong values. 

Plus I have a lot of clubs populated by my peer/age group.

Once I lose all my weight, I'm going to find a fucking club like that, because, and I don't care if this cougars me out, I LOVE to dance.  I fucking LOVE to dance.  And clubs are about the only way I can do this without feeling foolish.  So I'd love to find those 40-and-over places without looking fucking ridiculoso and go for it.

Once I lose all my weight.

Look for the gay nights, but make sure they're not aimed at twinks.  Early 80's nights should work, too.

Gay clubs in general are NOT hard to find (Hillcrest, YO!), and I just need a night that yeah I can handle the music.  Though I can pretty much dance to anything, if I've the notion.  Oh and I need someone to go with, too.  My "usual" dance partner is postpartum...she can't go yet. 

I also need to steer clear from the 40's+-and-single scene because those scenes creep me the fuck out.  Gah.

[Jenne]

OK OK, yes, true enough.  I have an ego, too, DAMMIT.    But you're right.  I'm a skinny girl in a fat chick's body.  I need to just get the fuck over it.

/done with my emo threadjack, sorry.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

OK OK, yes, true enough.  I have an ego, too, DAMMIT.    But you're right.  I'm a skinny girl in a fat chick's body.  I need to just get the fuck over it.

/done with my emo threadjack, sorry.

The most interesting people I know are comfortable in their own skin.  If you're not happy with your appearance, change it...But don't let it stop you from having fun.

Dance.  What the fuck do you care what anyone thinks?

[LMNO]

A good disco night should work.  Also, there seems to be a resurgence of early 90's RnB nights around here. A little Whitney, Lisa Stansfield, or Tony! Toni! Toné!, anyone?

[Luna]

OK OK, yes, true enough.  I have an ego, too, DAMMIT.    But you're right.  I'm a skinny girl in a fat chick's body.  I need to just get the fuck over it.

/done with my emo threadjack, sorry.

Trust me, I'm hauling a few more pounds than I want to be... but I'm done letting ANYTHING stop me from doing stuff I want to do.  I may occasionally wind up kneeling on the floor trying to catch my breath (the asthma doesn't help, and the air in the place we fight doesn't MOVE), I may take a couple extra breaks...  I may not be as fast on my feet as some (or most) of the guys...  But I am enjoying myself.

That's what counts.

Go.  Dance.  

[Don Coyote]

What's really interesting is how many people feel the need to point out that THEY aren't drones, when nobody here would assume they are.

So, it goes from "Tucson and Hamilton have this problem, and it can be inferred that it exists elsewhere" to "I had to walk 40 miles to work as a jackhammer bit in the salt mines, uphill both ways in a snowstorm, to pay for my degree, and I spent 10 years living in a paper bag in the gutter, but through grit and determination, I have accidentally the Horatio Alger."

I wonder what part of the human psyche drives that?

I almost made a rant about how I am drone.....

[Don Coyote]

OK OK, yes, true enough.  I have an ego, too, DAMMIT.    But you're right.  I'm a skinny girl in a fat chick's body.  I need to just get the fuck over it.

/done with my emo threadjack, sorry.

The most interesting people I know are comfortable in their own skin.  If you're not happy with your appearance, change it...But don't let it stop you from having fun.

Dance.  What the fuck do you care what anyone thinks?

SLACK FOR THE SLACK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[President Television]

I think I'm a drone. 
Though the reason I'm not paying rent is that my stepfather keeps mooching off me.

[Cain]

Being the banker to my friends and family is pretty much the only reason I don't have to pay the extortionate rent prices around here.  I mean, seriously, £400 a month for a 2 bedroom flat? In this semi-agrarian shithole?  For £500 a month I could, with three other people, rent a four bedroom house, in central London.

[Sita]

One of my younger sister's friends is getting married this summer – both still live at home, part time jobs, in school. I mean no offense, but really?

Fucking hell.

Life lesson, never, EVER marry anybody who hasn't had to sweat paying rent.  If they can't exist as a functioning human under their own power, you're going to be carrying their sorry ass either for the rest of his or her life, or until you get tired of the load and chuck it to the curb.

And if you've never sweated paying rent, get out there and figure out how to get by on your own BEFORE you pick somebody else to lean on.  Some day you might HAVE to do it alone, and you're gonna be in piss poor shape if you haven't learned the skills.

Oh if only someone had told me that when I was younger. I went straight from home to marriage. I had about 6 months experience working doing dishes before I got pregnant and had to stop.

Now I'm 30 with no work experience (because, seriously, doing dishes is something anyone can do) and hoping that something doesn't happen to hubby that he isn't able to work. It seems that no one wants to hire a 30 year old woman whose been a stay at home mom for the past 9 years.

[Cain]

Do some kind of volunteer work, if you want experience.  Most such groups wont turn people away, and you can get some kind of resume which proves you know more than how to wash dishes.

If there are any such places nearby, naturally.