Not sure 8 rounds of seven minutes in heaven can prepare her for that meeting. Hopefully everyone has a brain in their skull for once and simply makes sure she’s mentally sound before officially relieving her of her R.A duties and sending her back to her wing for some R&R.
“Ironically enough, even factoring all this in, you’re still our best RA.”
“But… how?!?”
“You really don’t want to know. Now if you excuse me I need to put out a fire on the third floor. No. A literal fire.”
Reltzik
“But not the one on the fifth floor. That’s now a load-bearing fire. I have no clue how but…. fucking crazy engineering students…”
Schpoonman
Lemme see if I have this right. You’re talking about engineering students starting a fire, and doing something in the process to make it so that if the fire goes out, the building collapses? …HOW?
thejeff
with SCIENCE!
Reltzik
I’m imagining it involved dares and jello shots.
Reltzik
…. and possibly an indoors hot-air baloon.
Emperor Norton II
We’re talking about engineering -students-. How can this -not- happen?
“We also caught a Russian spy, had an outbreak of bubonic plague, caught one of the RAs selling weed to their charges, discovered a sweat shop of elves making fake Nike shoes, and had an English literature professor and a student duel each other with rapiers.”
“The fuck?”
“I’m honestly expecting someone to become the host to an alien hive mind or for a portal to hell to open up. I’m pretty sure this school is built on cursed land”
(from outside) “Holy shit! I think I just found a Native American burial site!”
“Why does everything happen here?”
Reltzik
“Well, actually, we’ve got an alien who looks like Dexter from that cartoon? Only he’s backwards? Anyhow he’s flying around on a giant tarantual-shaped flying mecha and demanding that we bring him half our freshman class so he can gloat and reveal their secrets.”
“Wut.”
“Yeah, he said something about mere continuity not being able to contain him. I think. He was cackling a lot.”
“Also, we have a squatting homeless girl in our rooms.”
“We can’t…”
“Which we’re allowing because she could sue us for poor security and not calling the cops earlier. Do whatever she asks. Frankly, we have free tuition and accomadations as a bribe to hush her up but she hasn’t asked for it yet. She’s just looming around us, hoping we’ll up the offer. Clever girl.”
My thoughts exactly, although they should bang on the door and wait until they have an audience before progressing. Make sure there’s plenty of tongue action and some light groping to really make Mary twitch. And be sure to block the doorway so she can’t get past them but can’t close the door on them either! She’d curl up like the Wicked Witch: “I’m melting!”
If you haven’t, buy a pair that fits you well when you can. There have lots of pockets and they are good for when you have a project or don’t need to look dressy. They are easy to sneak layers under in the winter. If you have small hips and no ass (like one of my dad’s friends) you don’t have to worry about your belt failing or being uncomfortably tight. Being baggy they can be great for bloating (naturally or from big meals) or pregnancy as long as you are careful how you take them off. And let’s not forget that if you have boobs, the buckles will bring attention to them. They aren’t an everyday thing though (especially for people who aren’t use to straps on their shoulders), but they do come in handy.
Looks like someone’s in the pocket of Big Overall.
Khyrin
The one on the front, right?
Bluewind
Lol! I haven’t worn overalls in a few years because I got too big for the 2 I owned and never replaced them, but I loved them when I had them. When I was younger, I had a sweater with Mickey bending over and looking at you through his legs that I loved because when warn with my overalls, all you could see was his ass poking out of the top XD
Despite everything I’m glad they can finally be open with their relationsip. Making out in the hallway seems like a hour well spent to me.
Heh, it sounds like Chloe is setting up a parlor scene. “I first became aware of the mysterious events when I found a dick drawn on my door…”
At the very least, she is not gathering “everyone” in order to tell Ruth she is fired and have to go home. There will be an attempt at a solution. Maybe even a good one.
I imagine Ruth isn’t fired at all because Puddinghead seems to have a real love for her. I wonder if we’re going to find out, Days of Our Lives style, she was Ruth’s teenage mother.
Yeah, they died in a car crash with a drunk driver involved. It is possible Ruth’s parents adopted her, but that’s highly unlikely (and something I would be more likely to write. *shivers*). Chloe’s treating Ruth with respect because Ruth was still one of the most effectivd RAs in the school, and Chloe knows how screwed up Ruth’s life has been. So Chloe’s being friendly and giving Ruth some space, which is one of the better options in this case.
Sageress
Okay but how SHITTY must the other RA’s be that Ruth is one of the best.
Like, I can’t think of any situation where the shit Ruth did would fly unless the other RA’s are like, starting cults or using students as furniture or shit.
Passchendaele
Well, I mean, Chloe basically said that Ruth was the only RA who had her stuff together, and Ruth did once say that she does run an effective and quiet hall. As such, it could be concluded that Ruth, despite being authoritarian and not informing the college of her own abuses of power, is among the more competent of RAs, or at least the best at hiding all of her problems. The other RAs might be tame in comparison, but far more blatantly unstable and unreliable. Or using students as furniture, that too. 😛
thejeff
The general assumption is that she’s best at hiding the problems. She said early on that she “ran a tight ship” and “they loved her upstairs”. The implication to me was always that even if she didn’t handle things the best way, to say the least, she kept them from bothering Chloe and the other administrators. Quite possibly the others are constantly hassling them for things they should be able to handle on their own. Our only other example is the boys wing – “Trek marathon’s on. Later.”
Ruth has done some good things: handling Blaine was above and beyond the call, for example.
Sageress
I guess I’m just in disbelief, then. I remember all of *my* RA’s being… *significantly* better than Ruth. Like, doing all the shit she did and more.
I’m also… skeptical that nobody’s ever complained about her being a, to quote the cinematic masterwork, “HUUUGE BIITCH”.
Unless, sudden twist, she and her brother were actually adopted the entire time.
…
Naw that would be too soap opera esque. We’re already dangerously close to being a Tella Novella as it is.
yep, it was impressive how Puddinghead managed to survive.
Passchendaele
You are aware that:
a. Ruth is Canadian
b. She and Chloe look almost nothing alike
c. Ruth was involved in the accident that killed her parents, why in the hell would they lie to her about her parents.
d. Dude, seriously.
I love Ruth’s story truly and am enjoying seeing a realistic depiction of depression with a actual ray of hope at the end. However, I can’t help but feel like something was lost in the swerve into this topic as I was very interested in the follow up of the fact Ruth, despite her better qualities, was a vicious bully who scared as well as abused her position. Here, Puddinghead’s unwavering support of Ruth is nice for the depression storyline but utterly ignores the darker side of Ruth’s struggle. That she hurt people to make herself feel anything at all.
191 thoughts on “Future”
Doctor_Who
Bring a spoon. Pudding will be served.
Plasma Mongoose
In Indiana, Pudding serves you.
Passchendaele
In the best way possible: cold.
Lokitsu
With sprinkles.
TachyonCode
So, is it rice pudding, or…?
TheAnonymousGuy
Not sure 8 rounds of seven minutes in heaven can prepare her for that meeting. Hopefully everyone has a brain in their skull for once and simply makes sure she’s mentally sound before officially relieving her of her R.A duties and sending her back to her wing for some R&R.
Reltzik
Yahbut, it’s not Seven Minutes In Heaven.
They’re not in a closet.
Yumi
Not anymore they’re not.
Clif
Also, it’s not a sure thing she’s being relieved, just probable.
thejeff
Well of course not. There are no more closets. Becky nuked them.
Fangirlfrankenstein
Where’s The Spoon Theory, and go?
Emperor Daniel
Dun dun dunnnn!
C.T. Phipps
“So, when can you come back to work, Ruth?”
“What?”
“Next week too soon? I mean, I’d love you back now but…”
“What? But I broke all the rules!”
“We had a kidnapping attempt last week and a politician is presently squatting in our Women’s Studies professor’s home. This? This is nothing.”
Cerberus
“Ironically enough, even factoring all this in, you’re still our best RA.”
“But… how?!?”
“You really don’t want to know. Now if you excuse me I need to put out a fire on the third floor. No. A literal fire.”
Reltzik
“But not the one on the fifth floor. That’s now a load-bearing fire. I have no clue how but…. fucking crazy engineering students…”
Schpoonman
Lemme see if I have this right. You’re talking about engineering students starting a fire, and doing something in the process to make it so that if the fire goes out, the building collapses? …HOW?
thejeff
with SCIENCE!
Reltzik
I’m imagining it involved dares and jello shots.
Reltzik
…. and possibly an indoors hot-air baloon.
Emperor Norton II
We’re talking about engineering -students-. How can this -not- happen?
Rukduk
“We also caught a Russian spy, had an outbreak of bubonic plague, caught one of the RAs selling weed to their charges, discovered a sweat shop of elves making fake Nike shoes, and had an English literature professor and a student duel each other with rapiers.”
“The fuck?”
“I’m honestly expecting someone to become the host to an alien hive mind or for a portal to hell to open up. I’m pretty sure this school is built on cursed land”
(from outside) “Holy shit! I think I just found a Native American burial site!”
“Why does everything happen here?”
Reltzik
“Well, actually, we’ve got an alien who looks like Dexter from that cartoon? Only he’s backwards? Anyhow he’s flying around on a giant tarantual-shaped flying mecha and demanding that we bring him half our freshman class so he can gloat and reveal their secrets.”
“Wut.”
“Yeah, he said something about mere continuity not being able to contain him. I think. He was cackling a lot.”
Clif
Is that a giant monkey climbing the tower?
Ntrovert
… Not to mention that group two floors up that seems to have some kind of party going every night with those weird chants and the pig’s blood.
And who is this Cthulhu anyway?
Emperor Daniel
“Oh, and then there’s Steve. We don’t talk about Steve.”
TheAnonymousGuy
Don’t forget an on campus shooter? and a student going around pretending to be a superhero.
C.T. Phipps
“Also, we have a squatting homeless girl in our rooms.”
“We can’t…”
“Which we’re allowing because she could sue us for poor security and not calling the cops earlier. Do whatever she asks. Frankly, we have free tuition and accomadations as a bribe to hush her up but she hasn’t asked for it yet. She’s just looming around us, hoping we’ll up the offer. Clever girl.”
Clif
Pretending?
begbert2
Yes – but under the costume there’s another costume. It’s the ultimate disguise!
Cathy Garrett
Worst thing to happen my first freshman semester at IUB was the 9/11 attacks.
Yeah, top that, suckers.
AnvilPro
Make out right across from Mary’s room, so she can’t leave without facing her sins.
Carms
On roller-skates :p
inqntrol
She’ll have to jump through the window if she wants to out of her room.
Some1
Billy has power over Mary and a reason for revenge…I’m sure she will be completely mature about this.
Fart Captor
Yes
LWS
My thoughts exactly, although they should bang on the door and wait until they have an audience before progressing. Make sure there’s plenty of tongue action and some light groping to really make Mary twitch. And be sure to block the doorway so she can’t get past them but can’t close the door on them either! She’d curl up like the Wicked Witch: “I’m melting!”
Danni
trying to remember if i ever wore overalls
Bluewind
If you haven’t, buy a pair that fits you well when you can. There have lots of pockets and they are good for when you have a project or don’t need to look dressy. They are easy to sneak layers under in the winter. If you have small hips and no ass (like one of my dad’s friends) you don’t have to worry about your belt failing or being uncomfortably tight. Being baggy they can be great for bloating (naturally or from big meals) or pregnancy as long as you are careful how you take them off. And let’s not forget that if you have boobs, the buckles will bring attention to them. They aren’t an everyday thing though (especially for people who aren’t use to straps on their shoulders), but they do come in handy.
Anders
Looks like someone’s in the pocket of Big Overall.
Khyrin
The one on the front, right?
Bluewind
Lol! I haven’t worn overalls in a few years because I got too big for the 2 I owned and never replaced them, but I loved them when I had them. When I was younger, I had a sweater with Mickey bending over and looking at you through his legs that I loved because when warn with my overalls, all you could see was his ass poking out of the top XD
Smiling Cat
I could never wear overalls. I’m a guy and I find them INCREDIBLY attractive on women. It would confuse my penis.
MatsuoTanuki
I too find women attractive in them, especially if they overall-shorts worn over leggings.
Smiling Cat
God yes.
Kamino Neko
Did you live in the 80s, or were you a girl in the 90s? Then yes.
Bagge
Despite everything I’m glad they can finally be open with their relationsip. Making out in the hallway seems like a hour well spent to me.
Heh, it sounds like Chloe is setting up a parlor scene. “I first became aware of the mysterious events when I found a dick drawn on my door…”
At the very least, she is not gathering “everyone” in order to tell Ruth she is fired and have to go home. There will be an attempt at a solution. Maybe even a good one.
C.T. Phipps
I imagine Ruth isn’t fired at all because Puddinghead seems to have a real love for her. I wonder if we’re going to find out, Days of Our Lives style, she was Ruth’s teenage mother.
Emperor Daniel
Ruth’s parents are both dead.
Passchendaele
Yeah, they died in a car crash with a drunk driver involved. It is possible Ruth’s parents adopted her, but that’s highly unlikely (and something I would be more likely to write. *shivers*). Chloe’s treating Ruth with respect because Ruth was still one of the most effectivd RAs in the school, and Chloe knows how screwed up Ruth’s life has been. So Chloe’s being friendly and giving Ruth some space, which is one of the better options in this case.
Sageress
Okay but how SHITTY must the other RA’s be that Ruth is one of the best.
Like, I can’t think of any situation where the shit Ruth did would fly unless the other RA’s are like, starting cults or using students as furniture or shit.
Passchendaele
Well, I mean, Chloe basically said that Ruth was the only RA who had her stuff together, and Ruth did once say that she does run an effective and quiet hall. As such, it could be concluded that Ruth, despite being authoritarian and not informing the college of her own abuses of power, is among the more competent of RAs, or at least the best at hiding all of her problems. The other RAs might be tame in comparison, but far more blatantly unstable and unreliable. Or using students as furniture, that too. 😛
thejeff
The general assumption is that she’s best at hiding the problems. She said early on that she “ran a tight ship” and “they loved her upstairs”. The implication to me was always that even if she didn’t handle things the best way, to say the least, she kept them from bothering Chloe and the other administrators. Quite possibly the others are constantly hassling them for things they should be able to handle on their own. Our only other example is the boys wing – “Trek marathon’s on. Later.”
Ruth has done some good things: handling Blaine was above and beyond the call, for example.
Sageress
I guess I’m just in disbelief, then. I remember all of *my* RA’s being… *significantly* better than Ruth. Like, doing all the shit she did and more.
I’m also… skeptical that nobody’s ever complained about her being a, to quote the cinematic masterwork, “HUUUGE BIITCH”.
Rukduk
Unless, sudden twist, she and her brother were actually adopted the entire time.
…
Naw that would be too soap opera esque. We’re already dangerously close to being a Tella Novella as it is.
Amazi-Stool
“dangerously close”
“Dangerously Chloe”?
C.T. Phipps
Well obviously Ruth THINKS her mother is dead.
Clif
She saw the truck with her own eyes.
C.T. Phipps
yep, it was impressive how Puddinghead managed to survive.
Passchendaele
You are aware that:
a. Ruth is Canadian
b. She and Chloe look almost nothing alike
c. Ruth was involved in the accident that killed her parents, why in the hell would they lie to her about her parents.
d. Dude, seriously.
Nono
PDA: Pudding Death Assembly.
Clif
Some pudding required,
LynziGraye
Aww, that crooked little sort-of smile on Ruth in panel 1.
Illjwamh
That was the first thing to draw my eye. I like it when Ruth is happy.
nothri
Grab your mattress, drag it into the hall, and stuff Marie inside of it so you can literally make out on top of her for an hour.
BBCC
Marie is the bizarre forced fusion between Mary and Marcie.
What homeworld thinks of fusion indeed.
(I kid, I kid, but seriously, her name is Mary. XD)
Emperor Daniel
Gah, now you’re making me picture what a forced-fusion of Mary and Marcie would even look like…
BBCC
My work here is done. 🙂
Stephen Bierce
*plays Donna Summer’s “Last Dance” on the hacked Muzak*
Stephen Bierce
Disco Till You Die.
C.T. Phipps
I love Ruth’s story truly and am enjoying seeing a realistic depiction of depression with a actual ray of hope at the end. However, I can’t help but feel like something was lost in the swerve into this topic as I was very interested in the follow up of the fact Ruth, despite her better qualities, was a vicious bully who scared as well as abused her position. Here, Puddinghead’s unwavering support of Ruth is nice for the depression storyline but utterly ignores the darker side of Ruth’s struggle. That she hurt people to make herself feel anything at all.
Leorale
I suspect we’ll pick up that loose thread when they all talk about Ruth keeping her position or not.
Clif