A former neighbor used to give us a big jar of it every year, homemade.
It's possible that he's in the land of perpetual Wednesday, or the crazy melty land, or you know, the world without shrimp.
Anya ,'Showtime'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Amy - Dec 12, 2011 5:51:04 pm PST #11240 of 30001
Because books.
DavidS - Dec 12, 2011 5:51:15 pm PST #11241 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh god. Matilda is turning into one of those kids who weeps and wails over doing homework. Two nights, and three hours of struggle to draw one fucking picture.
And it's that, "I hate it because it's not perfect" so she keeps erasing shit and undermining herself.
Dear perfectionism: go fuck yourself. It is the impulse to perfectionism that stymies all the shit we need to go through to grow and get better.
Shitty drafts. Sketchbooks. Drawerfic. Finish it! Do it! Make it! Finish it and say fuck it and make something better! But don't DON'T do it because it's not right.
No crossing out. No erasing until you're done. No revising until it's on the page. No stopping until Hammersmith.
You must do shitty work to do good work. It is the law.
DavidS - Dec 12, 2011 5:52:17 pm PST #11242 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I swear to god I'm going to cut the erasers off her pencils.
Theodosia - Dec 12, 2011 5:55:58 pm PST #11243 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
It's hell to be at the age when you can tell that it's no good but don't have the skills yet to make it good.
(I may still be at that age. Sigh.)
DavidS - Dec 12, 2011 6:02:34 pm PST #11244 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well, she hasn't cried for ten minutes now and after one time out and two threatened timeouts seems to be close to finishing a thoroughly charming, entirely apt for a five year old drawing.
le nubian - Dec 12, 2011 6:04:52 pm PST #11245 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm with Theo.
I cannot draw worth two damns. I would be crying too.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2011 6:07:06 pm PST #11246 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm definitely at that age. I can't make myself pick up a pencil again. Ration has nowt to do with it.
Consuela - Dec 12, 2011 6:12:04 pm PST #11247 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Chicago, I can haz all your good food!
I ate at my brother's restaurant last night, and tonight I had a beer there while waiting for him to finish, and then I had an excellent steak and really good wine at a French place, followed by tarte tatin. Nom.
I am caught up with Natter, but have little to add except for peace and strength to Matt's family.
And now to sleep off the food & wine...
Consuela - Dec 12, 2011 6:12:07 pm PST #11248 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
JenP - Dec 12, 2011 6:15:31 pm PST #11249 of 30001
I feel her (Matilda's) pain, and I also know that one of the best things anyone ever told me was, "Done is better than perfect." And I was in my twenties. And it was a revelation. Kind of a sadly late one, in retrospect, but revelatory nonetheless.
(How is "revelatory" not in my spell check dictionary? That's weird.)