They Practically Actually Do
Leonard has an amazing ability to bring out the “I didn’t mean to say that much” in everybody. What I want to know, is why does Charity have a pat of butter for a pillow?
PS: As I mentioned in my LiveJournal the other day, August is just going to be packed out the wazoo, and the more I look at it as objectively as I can, the more certain it seems to me that I won’t be able to keep up a 2 pages/week schedule while making all my other commitments. As it is, I’ve been keeping just one page ahead by pushing myself on it, which is enough to maintain for the short-term, but not enough to get out of permanent crisis mode. In order to get ahead and have some breathing room, I’m going to need to throttle back the publishing schedule.
So y’know what? We’re just gonna make that official like it was the plan from the beginning, like a boss.
Therefore, for the month of August at least and possibly into September, Suburban Jungle will update once a week. I’m going to keep drawing at the best rate I can muster, in between all the STUFF I’ll be doing, but I’m not going to go back to a 2 pages/week publishing schedule until my backlog of commissions are out the door at the very least.
Clearly that pillow is butter. On account of it being buttery soft. If it was margarine, all it would do is get oil in her fur.
Ooohh, *bad* move, Charity. I mean, kudos for trying to protect your team — that’s the mark of a great leader — but doing so with a lie is just a recipe for disaster. Explain to Leonard that they haven’t been paid since before the previous owner sold the place to Tiffany and Leonard, and that the crew has had to take lodgings in the hotel in order to survive, while pointing out that they’ve stuck with it even in such adversity, and I bet Leonard will put a very high priority on getting them some back-pay, and maybe even pull some strings to help them find lodgings (I’m sure he’s well aware of the liabilities and bad business practice involved in letting them stay in the hotel.) But, deceiving him, even if he’s understanding and forgiving when he finds out — and the truth *always* comes to light eventually — will cost you at least *some* of his trust. Lions love and admire loyalty as well as courage, but they insist — even require — that you show *them* the same loyalty and courage you have for your team.
Thus begins the backpedaling