Good for you, Tom -- that class looks great.
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
Anya ,'Storyteller'
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.
Jesse - Feb 03, 2012 1:00:35 pm PST #20070 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
askye - Feb 03, 2012 1:01:03 pm PST #20071 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
Tom it sounds like going to the class is a very healthy positive thing. I hope you enjoy it!
§ ita § - Feb 03, 2012 1:03:04 pm PST #20072 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tom, you're more important to you than your father is. You take care of you. I'm appropriately jealous of you.
I need to find a "how to draw" class, myself. Fuck this shit.
This weekend Ben turns fifteen
Wow! Grown!
Steph L. - Feb 03, 2012 1:10:37 pm PST #20073 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tom, that's a shitload of stressful stuff, but I'm glad you've stuck to your boundaries w/r/t visiting your dad.
It's Friday! What are people doing this weekend?
Graduation party for a friend tomorrow night, involving massive quantities of Indian food and bourbon; Super Bowl at my mom's Sunday (mostly for the food and wine).
Apparently gluttony is the theme of my weekend.
msbelle - Feb 03, 2012 1:11:23 pm PST #20074 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Ben is not fifteen. Amy is a liar who lies. I know for a fact that he was JUST an elementary school student like yesterday.
ION, TOM SCOLA FUCKING ROCKS! Like, seriously! Taking the class because it is something you like and enjoy!! FUCK YEAH! I remember when I would ask you point blank what was something that you liked and you COULD NOT GIVE ME AN ANSWER!
Your dad's health is going to be complicated on a ton of levels for you and it won't get easier as he gets older and/or sicker. It is MONUMENTAL to take time for yourself and say, "Self, I want to do this. It will be good for me and I FUCKING deserve to do something I enjoy."
Bravo, sir. BRAVO!
Ginger - Feb 03, 2012 1:11:50 pm PST #20075 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My feelings towards my Dad are ambiguous and complicated, to say the least.
I thought of that, Tom. My father was quite ill the last eight years of his life and was really pathetic in the last two years. He made our lives a living hell for years, but once he was so sick, my mom thought she had to take care of him. I was torn between hate and pity, which is an uncomfortable combination. I really just wanted him to die, but I felt guilty about it. I haven't missed him for a moment.
Let me know if you'd like to talk with someone who thinks that "Oh, shit, I'm going to miss the class" is a perfectly understandable response.
Scrappy - Feb 03, 2012 1:12:02 pm PST #20076 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Oh, Tom, that is SO WISE of you. You will rock the class.
Ginger - Feb 03, 2012 1:13:44 pm PST #20077 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm so looking forward to Tom's pictures from the class.
Amy - Feb 03, 2012 1:13:58 pm PST #20078 of 30001
Because books.
Ben is not fifteen. Amy is a liar who lies.
He's so tall, though! And totally in high school. ::nods::
SuziQ - Feb 03, 2012 1:16:18 pm PST #20079 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
msbelle is wise. No shock there.
Ben is not fifteen. He is Glory. Right? No way he could be fifteen.
My fifteen year old is spending the snow day watching movies with a girl. A girl I haven't met yet (K-Bug has). I am SO not ready for this.
This weekend includes staying home Saturday, maybe venturing to the dojo depending on the snow levels. Sunday we are going over to a friends for the Super Bowl. Again, hopefully their neighborhood will be plowed by then. At least K-Bug's new car has 4-wheel drive.