I am being a good patient and not drinking anything right now, because I had to take painkillers. But after spending all day answering emails from students who don't like their grades, I could really use a drink.
This here's a recipe for unpleasantness.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Dec 12, 2015 4:58:55 pm PST #11357 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
msbelle - Dec 12, 2015 5:06:10 pm PST #11358 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I went and got the boys (mac and a friend we took) at 8:40 and apologized profusely to the host parents for everyone else. In front of our kids I lamented that how are you supposed to be teaching your own kids manners and rules and whatnot by not showing up on time? The mom of the kid we had taken with us was appalled as well. There were 6 other kids there, so 6 parents just not showing up to get their kids on time, OR relying on texts from their own kids about when to pick up and NOT checking with the host parents.
Mac knows he cannot go over to a house without me talking with the parents. And my family is constantly on me about how I let him rule the house, when I see these other fucking kids with what seems to be no rules or oversight at all.
erikaj - Dec 12, 2015 5:13:26 pm PST #11359 of 30003
Always Anti-fascist!
My brother did have the occasional friend whose parents seemed to forget about him and my mom would be like "We need to talk about your kid." She'd say "He's great, but it's been two days!"
msbelle - Dec 12, 2015 5:27:17 pm PST #11360 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh HELL no. At an hour past pick up time I would be in the kid's face asking for the parent's number and if they did not pick up I would drive that kid home.
I apparently am a BIG ASS rule follower.
SuziQ - Dec 12, 2015 5:29:04 pm PST #11361 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Parent not picking up a kid, for days and being unreachable, is how I came within weeks of becoming her legal guardian.
Burrell - Dec 12, 2015 5:45:00 pm PST #11362 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
We usually arrive on time to pick up our kids but stay and chat and forget to leave. oops.
Susan W. - Dec 12, 2015 6:57:55 pm PST #11363 of 30003
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I did enjoy being at Messiah sing-alongs and surprising people. I was a first soprano. Ah, youth.
I'm probably going to a Messiah sing-along tomorrow. I love singing Handel because his alto lines are so good. I enjoy singing harmony, but not when it means being a human bagpipe drone stuck on D or E for half the song. Tenors and basses get to use their whole ranges a lot more often than we do for some reason.
Dana - Dec 12, 2015 7:01:51 pm PST #11364 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Because altos are so dependable.
aurelia - Dec 12, 2015 7:22:36 pm PST #11365 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
What is our publicity department doing? [link]
At least now I know what I kept interrupting (my office door is in some of the shots) while trying to do my job.
Susan W. - Dec 12, 2015 8:47:03 pm PST #11366 of 30003
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Because altos are so dependable.
Sigh. That's us. The Hufflepuffs of the choral world.