Happy birthday, Liese!
Doesn't matter that we took him off that boat, Shepherd, it's the place he's going to live from now on.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Polter-Cow - Sep 03, 2010 6:30:55 am PDT #21905 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Strega - Sep 03, 2010 6:31:28 am PDT #21906 of 30001
Calli-
That episode of Buffy with the invisible girl? It didn't really resonate because being invisible was the high point of middle-school for me.
Yeah. There were about four years where, in general, it was a good day if nobody spoke to me. And several kids had it worse than I did. I prefer not to think about it, but I don’t think “teasing” and “bullying” are adequate words.
Vortex - Sep 03, 2010 6:33:43 am PDT #21907 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I was never bullied. I had a rough 5th grade year where no one talked to me, but I consider that more psychological warfare. It goes a long way towards my being okay with people not liking me, I think.
§ ita § - Sep 03, 2010 6:34:24 am PDT #21908 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have never heard of this moon sand business. Interesting.
I think I just missed a meeting by mistake. I thought he cancelled today. Oops. And he totally knows I'm here too, because I walked past him on the way in. Double oops.
Happy birthday, Liese!
brenda m - Sep 03, 2010 6:35:48 am PDT #21909 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I was never bullied. I had a rough 5th grade year where no one talked to me, but I consider that more psychological warfare.
This. It was much more a factor in my childhood and my lingering issues thereof than any outright bullying.
Ginger - Sep 03, 2010 6:36:23 am PDT #21910 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
In the process of making moon sand, you could play with cornstarch goo for a while [link]
-t - Sep 03, 2010 6:39:01 am PDT #21911 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy birthday, Liese!
DavidS - Sep 03, 2010 6:40:56 am PDT #21912 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Happy birthday, Liese! May it rock from here to Dogtown.
But the whole thing from elementary is part of why I won't be having kids. My spotty memories of what kids are like makes that thought appalling. All the truly delightful kids I've met as an adult haven't been able to change my knee-jerk horror at the thought of living with what my formative experiences of children convinced me they are—bullies or victims.
Have you read Ray Bradbury's short story "The Playground"? That's basically the premise. Very chilling story.
JZ's got Monday off, but as I've had Matilda all week (she's transitioning to a new class at preschool), she'll probably be taking Matilda off for some adventures to give me a break. This all-day, every day SAHD business is wearying.
Though yesterday, I took Mailda over to EM's house after I dropped Emmett off at school, and they played for a couple hours. After I got Emmett I brought him back and we all went to the pool, which was good.
Jesse - Sep 03, 2010 6:41:50 am PDT #21913 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In the process of making moon sand, you could play with cornstarch goo for a while [link].
Oobleck! My favorite.
sumi - Sep 03, 2010 6:44:16 am PDT #21914 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Happy Birthday, Liese!