i've been evaluating their oral proficiency, if you know what i mean.

[etben]

etben: hah, done with orals!
etben: so i can maybe stop making jokes about it now
shoemaster: lolol
etben: (hours and hours of oral, and boy is my throat sore now!)
etben: (realistically, there is no way i will ever stop making jokes about oral)
etben: (because LOL ORAL)

More to the point, there is also an oral component to the final exam! Which is in mid-December, which is...really not that far distant. HOSHIT. Hopefully that means that someday soon I will get a decision as to whether or not I am hired for next semester? *crosses fingers*

IN OTHER NEWS, I have been invited to a Halloween party! And Halloween is...the day after tomorrow! It's being thrown by some of the grad students I work closely with, and while I am fairly certain that they all secretly hate me, I am also pretty certain that I am being neurotic and incorrect in my opinions, and also that social interaction is good for me. So I need a Halloween costume! internet, what should I be for Halloween that is a) cheap and b) not too labor-intensive? I thought about wearing leggings as pants and a wretched plaid shirt and going as my students, but that might be a joke that would only be funny to me, and also I'd have to wear leggings as pants, which, NO.

Come talk to meeeeeeee, internet. Other acceptable topics: Middleman, Castle, Farscape, Whip It; any and all crossovers between the aforementioned fandoms; lol ORAL.

Comments

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

LOL ORALS

Uhhh I think there is a distressing lack of Middleman hickeys in my journal right now, to be honest. Imagine Lacey giving one to the Middleman and Wendy's reaction. WOULD IT NOT BE BEAUTIFUL.

[etben.livejournal.com]

oh mannnnnn. because Wendy would totally TRY not to be jealous or possessive or disapproving—and on some levels she wouldn't be! because, like, she loves Lacey, and she loves the Middleman, and she wants them to be happy together! and, like, she is a modern women with a vibrator of her very own, and she is ALL ABOUT people expressing healthy sexuality in whatever way they mutually choose!

...but she'd secretly be REALLY JEALOUS and kind of sulky, and kind of angry with herself for being jealous and sulky, and just - AWKWARDNESS ENSUES. (And then eventually kisses, because that is how I roll.)

How awkward would the MIDDLEMAN's face be, though? MOST awkward, y/mfy?

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

SO AMAZINGLY AWKWARD IN EVERY WAY. He would be SO READ. And change the subject so decisively to Important Matters.

[etben.livejournal.com]

Serrrrrriously.

idk how they would get out of that situation, though. Like—clearly there would have to be some kind of MOMENT of crisis or whatever, but I have no idea what it would be.

[violin-road.livejournal.com]

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy does everyone I know only go "oh shit I need a costume" under three days before Halloween!? WHAT IS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU? >:(


also, lol oral.


also: HEY YOU ♥

[etben.livejournal.com]

well, IN MY DEFENSE, I live at home with my parents and have a very poorly-defined social group in this area. I didn't think I'd be able to go to any parties! were I in an actual city, you bet your boots I would have devoted more thought to this subject.

also: HEY YOURSELF. ♥

[violin-road.livejournal.com]

You should print out pictures of naked ladies, staple them to your clothing, and go as the internet! :D?

[etben.livejournal.com]

...omg i might actually do that. except probably with naked ladies and lolcats? because, like. LOLCATS. :DDDDDDDDD

[violin-road.livejournal.com]

\o/


(Fact: I am still bummed I was under severe budgetary and timing constraints this summer, or my "series of tubes" costume would've been way more awesome.)

[stealstheashes.livejournal.com]

Now I'm imagining Wendy Watson having to go undercover as a member of a roller derby team. IT WOULD BE GLORIOUS. I would hope for an entire race where they just showed the Middleman's reactions to it.

[lordessrenegade.livejournal.com]

♥_____________♥

[etben.livejournal.com]

oh mannnnnnn it would be EPIC. and Bliss is their inside man (er, woman) who helps Wendy learn the ropes and is awkward and adorable and HOT LIKE BURNING and at the end there are makeouts? but then they both go back to their real lives.

(during all of this the middleman stands around pretending he's not staring, hobviously)

ALTERNATELY I WOULD READ A MILLION WORDS OF LACEY AS AN ACTUALFAX DERBY GIRL. *_______*

[stealstheashes.livejournal.com]

Maybe Pash could come home on a break and catch them and be jealous!

I ALSO APPROVE OF THAT AU. lol the Middleman would be their manager but what about Ida? Would she be a derby girl too, y/n/maybe?

[etben.livejournal.com]

:DDDDDDDDDD *ships Bliss/Pash rly rly rly hard* (lol hard)

IDK, I was just imagining, like. Canonical Wendy and Middleman, but Lacey supplementing her awesome performance protest art with awesome hotass roller derby shenanigans? But I could totally read derby-girl Ida.

[stealstheashes.livejournal.com]

IAWTSHIPPING CHOICE. They are so adorable.

Ohhhhhhhhhhh. lol that way makes more sense though. I wonder what her roller derby name would be.

[etben.livejournal.com]

The thing is, as much as I ship it really hard (and oh man do I EVER), I also love them as hetero lifemates who are just creepily involved in each other's business. Like, the sort of people who not only have seen each other naked, but see nothing at all weird about it anymore. ♥

Heee, idk! Something ridiculous, for sure.

[stealstheashes.livejournal.com]

It is equally great both ways! :D

OMG I FOUND A ROLLERDERBY NAME GENERATOR (http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/10568/). Mine is Basher BackstabHer. The best one I got for Lacey was Anarchy BushwhackHer.

[etben.livejournal.com]

: DDDDDDDDD I missed this last night, but it is PRETTY AWESOME, no lie.

[angelsaves.livejournal.com]

are you saying bliss and pash are us? because i agree with this comment.

[etben.livejournal.com]

um, yes, basically. insanely codependent and utterly unselfconscious about it? That sound about right? ♥

[angelsaves.livejournal.com]

yesssssssss

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh

[impertinence.livejournal.com]

orals. >:)

YAY HALLOWEEN PARTY! anyone who hates you is a terrorist. also, idk! I'm so bad at halloween costumes. I'm batgirl this year. :(

MARIEEEEEE LET'S TALK ABOUT CASTLE MEETING THE MIDDLEMAN

[etben.livejournal.com]

lol.

Halloween costumes are HARD. I don't really feel like going, but I know that once I get there I'll be fine, so. Plus, it's pretty dumb to mope because I have no social network, and then ignore it when people actually invite me to do things with them! My cake: I can has it, or I can eats it.

CASTLE WOULD BE SO EXCITED! He would just want to follow the Middleman around like a puppy dog! And the Middleman would be a little dismayed by Castle's lax moral standards, but ultimately supportive of his life goals (be a good dad, be a good author, get Beckett to like him).

[fox1013.livejournal.com]

DRESS AS A MIDDLEMAN FOR HALLOWEEN. NO ONE WILL KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BUT YOU'LL FEEL DORKY AND AWESOME ALL DAY! :D? :D?

[etben.livejournal.com]

oh mannnnn, if I thought I could get the necessary things together in time, I would SO do it. I...have white button-down shirts? But nothing more, and I kind of object to the idea of getting a vest just for Halloween (although, I mean. I could probably wear it to teach?).

idk, current wisdom is that I'm going to get some cat ears at CVS on the way home, staple a caption to my shirt, and be a lolcat. y/mfy/totes lame, but it's not like anybody's expecting you to be funny, so go with it!