Hi everyone. Today was the first day of my Christmas break and I slept in and then went to my counseling appt and then went to grab lunch and I also bought some earbuds because all the ones I found were broken. I spent the afternoon knitting on my niece's arm warmers and I've made good progress. What I don't know is if I will actually see her on Christmas.
And what's the fun in becoming an immortal demon if you're not regular, am I right?
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
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.
sumi - Dec 21, 2011 2:59:17 pm PST #12529 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Consuela - Dec 21, 2011 3:01:25 pm PST #12530 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
it is not what he wants right then.
Ack. Poor Mac. Poor msbelle.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 21, 2011 3:03:13 pm PST #12531 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
it is not what he wants right then. even if it is, he will decide something else is better. never ever satisfied with gifts. fucking nightmare.
You're a better person than I am if charcoal briquettes aren't on your shopping list this Christmas given that response.
Sheryl - Dec 21, 2011 3:07:31 pm PST #12532 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
When I was at Penn(another school with Quakers as the team name), the marching band was introduced as "The undefeated, Ivy League champion, oxymoronic Fighting Quaker band".
meara - Dec 21, 2011 3:08:09 pm PST #12533 of 30001
Intense Pulsed LIGHT. I think. It might still be a laser. Hell, I dunno. No, I'm taking a stand. Not a laser.
Awww, man. Why you gotta rain on my FACE LASER parade like that? Now I feel ripped off.
Mac, dude. Gift cards are awesome gifts, unless it's like, to a restaurant you would never go to ! There's tons of stuff at B&N!
I am proud of what I got done today, even if I didn't actually work super hard. Ended up watching about half of The American President (love that movie!) while finishing up some filing type stuff. I was super behind--I have now caught up through October, and I figure if I do November tomorrow, and catch up on December on Friday, I will be all caught up and can just finish up December real quick later since there won't be much the last week. That's the plan. We'll see if it happens.
le nubian - Dec 21, 2011 3:08:15 pm PST #12534 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
You're a better person than I am
Seriously.
Beau's mother got fed up with her adult daughter last year in early December (they live in the same house) and decided to spend a week in Florida by herself to get away.
Can you imagine? Such a response would be tempting in msbelle's scenario as well.
Hil R. - Dec 21, 2011 3:10:55 pm PST #12535 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My mom is watching this "Home For the Holidays" thing, which seems to be famous people singing Christmas songs interspersed with tear-jerker segments about why you should adopt kids from foster care. They just used Queen's "Somebody to Love" with a montage of kids. That's weird, right? I mean, I can't point to anything in the lyrics that's obviously inappropriate, but it's just not the song that goes there.
Scrappy - Dec 21, 2011 3:13:25 pm PST #12536 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I dunno, being gracious is a learned skill. Mac doesn't need to learn to be grateful the second he gets a gift right now. He needs to learn that he must ACT grateful to the giver and that you do not complain about any gift. His feelings will take longer to change (and may never--my Grandmother, who grew up in an orphanage, was the same way all her life) but his behavior needs work.
Cashmere - Dec 21, 2011 3:15:59 pm PST #12537 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I dunno, being gracious is a learned skill.
Definitely this.
Zenkitty - Dec 21, 2011 3:21:00 pm PST #12538 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Awww, man. Why you gotta rain on my FACE LASER parade like that? Now I feel ripped off.
I beg your pardon. I was totally wrong! THEY ARE LASERS. They are motherfucking face-peeling-off spider-vein-zapping lasers, and you, having been laser-bitten, will soon begin to shoot lasers out of your pores when you are irritated. It will be like Hulking out, only with lasers. Imagine a combo of the Hulk and Cyclops. If you can learn to control your power, you can make a lotta money. I mean, do a lotta good. With great lasers comes great responsibility.
Poor mac. As frustrating as that must be - and I would be tearing my hair out, I am not a patient person - the getting of gifts must be emotionally fraught for him.