Zorba the Hutt

so how do you go about saying "look, I'm willing to talk to you, I can't promise I'll be great company for a while, but I'm willing to take you on your terms if you'll take me on mine"?

I suppose that would work, really, though I'd probably just get another response telling me I should be civil.

(Sorry. "civil" and "acerbic" don't mix well, and I've tried the first one already.)

jesus, would people *stop canceling on me*? out of the last seven scheduled "let's go hang out together"s I've had, less than *half* of them have actually *happened*. If you've got something more important to do, could you possibly figure that out *before* I reserve time? I could actually be spending some of this time *usefully* if I wasn't finding out less than twelve hours before that I wouldn't be doing anything.