Oop! I say kiddoes all the time. I say it to differentiate between my students and my, uh, nonexistent putative offspring. ( Now I`m worried about nonexistent. Nonexistant? Non-existent? I dunno.)
 
I love that story about K. Did she laugh? I think that means she`s doing it right.
 
I am peeved because I only did a half swim today because I thought I was running late to leave for rehearsal at five. Except that was last week. This week I don`t have to leave until, like, 6:30. But now I`m out of work mode and I am looking at the Giant Piles Of All The Things and I am feeling very meh about it. But there were people at the lake and they were all very nice, so yay for acclimating to mild social contact.
 
There was an older couple coming in with their sailboat. I asked her if they had a nice time and she said yes. Then she paused and said actually it was their first time out. "You should have seen us...well, no, you shouldn`t have seen us!" They were very cute.

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At the risk of sounding pretentious, one if the most important figures in American Literature, will probably never be recognized as such.

I'm so glad Perkins got early detection on the breast cancer. It made a huge difference in my friend Karen's treatment.

Wishing Drew some health and no-pain. Too much pain going around.

Emmett started high school yesterday and immediately came home and cracked open the DVD set of Freaks and Geeks for a reviewing. Too funny, but smart, I think.

We were just watching "Kim Kelley Is My Friend" and he says, "Hey, the mean girl there who's torturing Sam, she looks familiar. Shit! She's the girl on I Love You, Man!"

Which after a quick IMDB review is true - it is Rashida Jones, looking very different and being a total hardass bitch scrawling "Geek" on Sam's locker in lipstick.

Emmett started high school yesterday

Holy crap.

Holy crap.

Right? Remember when he was in elementary school and hitting whiffle balls in the back yard while you were on the back porch?

Now he's 5'5"and 150 lbs.

Go Emmett with his personal evolution. May he navigate it well.

Peeve? Newcular vs. Nuclear. I hate it dropping from anybody's lips, but W? nearly drove me insane. And I am generally pretty chill with verbal tics.

Definite diagnosis and effective treatment wishes to Drew.

Very glad it was found early, Perkins, and I hope the treatment is fast, effective, and as easy as is possible.

H found me soy-based polish remover which is wonderfully rehydating and moisturizing to my nails and cuticles. It has no chemical smell, and comes either lightly mango-scented or unscented. It's called Wila Verde, and should be available in drugstores and the pharmacy section of department stores.

I just wish there was some way to magically transport you to the other side of all the treatments.

This this this.

I say "anyhoo" all the time. It's a tic I can't get rid of.

My gut feeling on the word "heteronormative" is that enforcement of traditional gender roles is at least in part about enforcement of heterosexuality, and so the etymology* is appropriate.

(*Please tell me I'm not the only one who Googles that word every time to make sure I've typed correctly the one that means language and not the one that means bugs?)

Emmett started high school yesterday

WHAT THE FUCK PASSAGE OF TIME????!!!!

Remember when he was in elementary school and hitting whiffle balls in the back yard while you were on the back porch?

I do! But mostly I remember Darth Tigger!!