From Kat's therapy link, I want this so bad! [link]

Happy birthday, Liese!

Tiggy, that tattoo looks very nifty. I hope the tattooing process goes well for you.

David, I don't think I've read "The Playground." I did read "All in a Summer's Day," which struck me as accurate.

This weekend I'll be cleaning up my apartment after my upstairs neighbor's hot water heater died a gushy death. My landlords were great about shampooing the carpet and setting up fans, but I have a ton of laundry and the like to do,as the water ran onto my bed and into my bedroom closets. In rather more exciting news, my canceled flight lesson on Sunday has been uncanceled, so I'll be able to flip my water-logged mattress the bird and go spend a couple of hours practicing stalls. Whee!

People were mean to me, and I often felt awkward and left out, but I made a friend in first grade, and she made other friends, and those were my friends-- so I was not alone and friendless.

The one thing that sticks with me is one girl who was sort of my nemesis. In second grade she took me behind the school and bent my fingers back to make me say that I "liked" my friend Judy as more than a friend. Then, later in the middle school years, she would make fun of me by being really nice and complementary to me, and then laughing with her friends. I blame this for the fact that I never, ever, believe compliments.

Hippo birdies, Liese!

OK, this is awesome.

On Sullivan's blog they've been discussing engagement rings. Here is a bit from a reader's email:

My best friend decided she didn't want a diamond ring – the one she liked was $60 at Fire&Ice. Her boyfriend was befuddled by this, partly because he had two grand he'd saved up to buy a ring, and suddenly nothing to spend it on.

So he bought and proposed to her with a MacBookPro. (She's an aspiring writer)

An engagement ring MacBook Pro!

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I'm wearing white socks today. It's traumatising me. ita doesn't do white socks. But apparently these are the only real socks I have without Nike or Adidas logos on them. Which look funny with Mary Janes.

I should go to sockdreams and fix that up. OMG, I'm traumatised again. Urggh.

The body sock thing kinda freaks me out, but I am going to be talking to mac's therapist about all that stuff. He does this thing when playing his DS or reading where he gets up on his knees and puts his head on the floor and gets all contorted. no idea what it is all about, but I bet it is sensory related.

Kat, anything you don't need I'd be happy to take. I spent $140 yesterday on stuff. Let me know what shipping is.

I think I am going to get a sand table for outside also, but I think I can do that for pretty cheap via freecycle for wood and sand.

thanks, Calli! the good thing is that my friend is experienced in the ways of tattoos. so she's doing all of the legwork. i wouldn't know where to start!

those socks are truly odd, ita. why even bother having a sock if that's all it's going to cover?

why even bother having a sock if that's all it's going to cover?

And you know they're going to move around too. I can't imagine the point or the comfort.

And you know they're going to move around too. I can't imagine the point or the comfort.

This was my reaction.

While I can sort of appreciate the 'mule' sock, the reason I wear clogs and mule most of the time is to avoid socks altogether!