Xander: I do have Spaghetti-os. Set 'em on top of the dryer and you're a fluff cycle away from lukewarm goodness. Riley: I, uh, had dryer-food for lunch.

'Same Time, Same Place'


Goodbye and Good Riddance 2004: Well, I Wasn't Expecting That.  

Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2004? Don't think we've forgotten about you.


Laura - Dec 21, 2004 5:52:57 am PST #365 of 962
Our wings are not tired.

Oh dear. I sent items FedEx, Priority Mail, and UPS this year. We'll see who wins. I still have to send stuff to New York. I'll pick the carrier in brown for my last moment stuff because he has yet to let me down.

I have received most of the items that I ordered for the kids. I see Amazon picked UPS for the last couple items that are shipping. (Seasons 1-5 of Simpsons! shipped today) So far it has gone well.

Sending fast~delivery~ma to all.


Jessica - Dec 21, 2004 5:53:36 am PST #366 of 962
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I got prezzies!!! Ginger is the bestest Secret Santa of all, because she made me nummy cookies AND sent me a turtle-shaped back massager (of which one can never have too many) AND extra candy in the box AND a gorgeous (homemade?) fuzzy scarf AND a little turtle charm AND even the box itself is both lovely and useful. (It's a photo box which is now holding Penzey's spices.)

THANK YOU!!!


Laura - Dec 21, 2004 6:03:46 am PST #367 of 962
Our wings are not tired.

See, the fast~delivery~ma is working already.


Ginger - Dec 21, 2004 6:06:49 am PST #368 of 962
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I'm glad you like the stuff. The scarf is homemade. It's only the third thing I've ever knitted, so I hope it doesn't up and ravel into its component fuzzy yarn.


Consuela - Dec 21, 2004 6:42:20 am PST #369 of 962
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Ginger is a great Sekrit Santa.


Hil R. - Dec 21, 2004 6:47:10 am PST #370 of 962
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I just realized I've been a horrible Secret Santee and forgot to mention that I'd be out of town this week. So, anything arriving since this past Saturday, I won't be able to pick it up until next Monday or Tuesday. Sorry 'bout that.

Also, the gift I'm sending will probably be sent out tomorrow, or this afternoon at the earliest, so it'll probably get there a few days after Christmas. Sorry 'bout that, too.


beathen - Dec 21, 2004 6:50:06 am PST #371 of 962
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.

To my Secret Santa: I'll be leaving for my parents house tomorrow afternoon. If you're sending it so that it arrives after Christmas, there should be no delay in me posting happy present news. If it arrives on Thursday or Friday, though, I'll have to wait until Monday to pick it up.


P.M. Marc - Dec 21, 2004 6:55:30 am PST #372 of 962
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

But my 2004 was great because my boyfriend and I decided to get married and maybe possibly move to New York, where there are lots more jobs for people like me.

Oooo! Awesome Ms. Rio!

Wouldn't that put you closer to the Perfect Hairdresser, too?


DavidS - Dec 21, 2004 7:43:50 am PST #373 of 962
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

PLUS I got to hang out with erinaceous and meet Hec.

Definitely a 2004 highpoint for me. And that's in a year where I got married and had a book published.

And I got a cute haircut and some nice shoes.

Do you see the priorities, folks? Let Rio be an example to you all.


Susan W. - Dec 21, 2004 8:21:53 am PST #374 of 962
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Congrats, Rio!

Susan, aren't you part Creek?

Yep, on my paternal grandmother's side. And I have no plans to foment or participate in an uprising anytime soon. Well, not unless the government further whittles away at the First Amendment.

Anyway, I have my doubts about the phrase originating in Native American uprisings rather than streams above flood stage, because the former version just sounds too pat and specific somehow. Not that I can prove it either way--it just set off my urban legend sensors.