ita !, I wish there was something we could do to help. Much ~ma to your sister as well as your mother.
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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.
Maria - Nov 23, 2011 6:18:06 pm PST #8230 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
§ ita § - Nov 23, 2011 6:19:07 pm PST #8231 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yes, we can be simultaneously invisible, Perkins.
Does anyone here do Black Friday shopping? Is it a real thing? Are the bargains worth lining up overnight for? Not that I ever would, because I tend to work the Friday anyway, and the idea of sleeping on the sidewalk...aieee. I just wonder if it's more hype than anything else.
eta: Thanks, Maria. I'm currently a victim of myself, I think. I gotta get myself down off this.
le nubian - Nov 23, 2011 6:20:17 pm PST #8232 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
It is against my religion to leave my house any earlier than about noon on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
However, the internet is at my fingertips.
Lee - Nov 23, 2011 6:24:46 pm PST #8233 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I went last year, because I was awake early and needed stuff at Target.
This year I'm not allowed to buy anything new, so I probably won't.
Connie Neil - Nov 23, 2011 6:25:32 pm PST #8234 of 30001
brillig
I find the differences and similarities between the French and Brazilian cheesy bread balls--not to be confused with salty chocolate balls--very interesting. Is this another of those culinary items that is common to many cultures? Like the bread-stuffed-with-meat thing?
Maria - Nov 23, 2011 6:27:09 pm PST #8235 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I try not to even go near a centre of commerce on Black Friday unless absolutely necessary.
This is the first year I have to work though, which makes it even easier to avoid the hordes. I will instead be spending my day running the retrieval of vehicles from the Cuban Interests Section. I am the only one able to communicate with them. Tell me, why does a country send diplomats to a location where they are not fluent in the lingua franca? It makes no sense to me.
Connie Neil - Nov 23, 2011 6:29:09 pm PST #8236 of 30001
brillig
Hubby likes to go to malls on Christmas Eve to laugh at people. Plus the "OMG, we must sell this stuff, slash the price beyond the bone!" sales are often good.
Kat - Nov 23, 2011 6:31:52 pm PST #8237 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
We don't do Black Friday sales. Instead, we are doing birthday stuff because it's K's birthday (35th!).
Amy - Nov 23, 2011 6:35:02 pm PST #8238 of 30001
Because books.
Oh, happy birthday to K!
I know people who will get up in the middle of the night to get to stores at 4 a.m. on Black Friday. I think it's crazy. I've been to a mall once or twice, but the traffic alone is too much to deal with.
Kat - Nov 23, 2011 6:35:02 pm PST #8239 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Huh. I don't own a 9x13 pan. I have an 8 x 11 and a 10 x 15. I think better to go down a size than up.