So, is the guy wearing shorts also wearing a space helmet?
I was more worried about how the guy was smoking, with what appear to be oxygen tanks on his back!
Xander: We just saw the zebras mating! Thank you, very exciting... Willow: It was like the Heimlich, with stripes!
'Him'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Aug 18, 2008 7:49:58 am PDT #3936 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jesse - Aug 18, 2008 7:50:45 am PDT #3937 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I guess everybody should just be psychic.
Totally.
Best O Henry style gift-giving I've ever been involved in: My boyfriend at the time and I basically told each other what we wanted for Xmas/Bday, but we each decided independently that we should also get one more small thing that we really chose. We got each other the exact same "one more small thing." Cute.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 18, 2008 7:52:34 am PDT #3938 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My funniest gift story is when I friend and I each bought the other Anne Rice's interview with a vampire-- and we BOTH read it before giving it!
megan walker - Aug 18, 2008 7:53:26 am PDT #3939 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I was totally babysitting by age 12. I had a regular gig babysitting a family with 3 boys in my neighborhood around then. And then soon after was babysitting my baby cousins on a regular basis.
I should add that I had babysitter training in 6th grade and knew exactly what I needed to do if the hemophiliac I was babysitting for had an accident.
I hate being asked what I want.
Me too. If you have to ask what someone wants it makes it seem like more of an obligation than a gift.
lisah - Aug 18, 2008 7:54:45 am PDT #3940 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
We got each other the exact same "one more small thing." Cute.
awww
See I figure with close friends or family they should know me well enough to be able to figure it out! I do for them! OR have the sense to get in touch with one of my best friends (they all know each other) and ask them.
It's not like I really NEED stuff anyway. And I'm grateful for any present!
Tom Scola - Aug 18, 2008 7:55:35 am PDT #3941 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Except for my nieces and nephew, I *never* ask for a present list. It makes shopping so much easier.
Jesse - Aug 18, 2008 7:56:46 am PDT #3942 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My funniest gift story is when I friend and I each bought the other Anne Rice's interview with a vampire-- and we BOTH read it before giving it!
That's awesome.
Actually, my best friend and I got each other the same present one year in grammar school, too -- purple barettes with our names on them! Awesome.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 18, 2008 7:57:46 am PDT #3943 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
It depends on who is giving the gift-- I would prefer that my mother asked me, since she usually gives me horrible, yet expensive and unwanted gifts (like TWO ugly ass lamps). But when she listens to me, she gets me expensive things that I need (like a new papasan chair cushion to replace the one my cat used as a littler box).
If I had a significant other, however, I think I would want he/she to find something. My BFF and I buy each other's gifts at the Goodwill, and make a game of finding a fun, cheap thing.
amych - Aug 18, 2008 7:58:10 am PDT #3944 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I hate being asked what I want. It feels like being asked for a shopping list -- really, not only don't I really need anything, I'd rather have some little trifle that they picked out just because they thought I'd like it!
megan walker - Aug 18, 2008 7:59:04 am PDT #3945 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
One of the best "in-tune" Christmas gifts I ever got was from my father shortly after I started grad school in NYC. A backpack (which I had asked for), but with all the different pockets filled with subway tokens. He had secretly arranged with one of my housemates to buy the 100 subway tokens and have them sent to him in NH.