homemaker or head kicker. Are those the only options? Cause if so, I'm screwed as I am neither.
Head kicking is what I do better than my mother. I suspect you teach kids better than she does. There's usually something.
So that's my dream. That and some stuff about cigars and a tunnel.
Faith ,'Get It Done'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
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.
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2004 6:43:03 am PST #219 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 23, 2004 6:44:10 am PST #220 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
AND, FTR, it's too damn cold this morning. 48F is just wrong.
It's like 10 here. I was all excited, thinking, "Finally, it feels like winter for once." Winters in Chicago usually feel too mild to me.
It was around 44F here in MA this morning which just felt so un-winter-like that it was wrong like a wrong thing. It's now up towards the 50s.
Oh well, give it a day (hour?) or two and it will be sub-zero again I'm sure.
tommyrot - Dec 23, 2004 6:46:07 am PST #221 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
25 frikken degrees in Austin. Brrrrrrrrr. At least the wind has quieted down.
Hey, at least you're gonna get The Real World.
Complete melts, or the sort where the piles from clearing parking lots live forever?
Sometimes one, sometimes the other. I know that's terribly vague, but there really is a lot of variance from year to year.
JohnSweden - Dec 23, 2004 6:49:47 am PST #222 of 10002
I can't even.
Ironing flat sheets? Oh yeah, some people do that. I am disincluded from that subset of folks by my predisposition to fold and forget.
Head kicking requires a flexibility I no longer have, I fear. But I do regularly step on heads (inside helmets) that have been conveniently placed in the proximity. Takes some getting used to, then you're fine with it.
Kat - Dec 23, 2004 6:50:20 am PST #223 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Yeah, but your mom is also smarter (than I) and better at rat-killing.
Astarte - Dec 23, 2004 6:51:35 am PST #224 of 10002
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Actually, even better, my Christmas Eve dinner has expanded to two more guests.
It was looking uncomfortably spare, with an embarassment of food.
Scrappy - Dec 23, 2004 6:53:22 am PST #225 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Morning, all. Had a rough night. We have a friend in from NYC, which is fabulous, but the BF not only has a nasty cold, he got some sort of stomach flu which caused him to get violently ill several times last night. Poor guy. We has lots of fun dinner and meet friend plans for the next few days--hope the BF feels better soon so he can enjoy it. Anybody else have this recently? How long does it last?
Luckily our friend got a used iPod from a friend of ours his first evening here and is happy sitting at the computer all day sifting through BF's song files and making playlists.
Kalshane - Dec 23, 2004 6:55:36 am PST #226 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
See, Chicago is weird to me, as most of the time when it snows the snow melts in a week.
It's random. But yeah. All winter-long snow isn't common. Still, it's what I associate with winter for whatever reason.
ION, I am starving and the cafeteria doesn't start serving for another 35 minutes. The fact that there is a box of really good chocolates next to my desk makes this extremely problematic.
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2004 6:58:38 am PST #227 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, but your mom is also smarter (than I) and better at rat-killing.
She trumps most people in both categories, and few people trump her at both.
Damn, Robin. I've not had that, so have no suggestions outside ginger tea.
Ironing flat sheets?
They're really crinkly. My mother never made me sleep on crinkly sheets. I'm not sure which magic powers made this happen.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 23, 2004 6:58:42 am PST #228 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Anybody else have this recently? How long does it last?
Stomach flu tends to have a 12-48 hour life-span. They usually burn themselves out quickly (while being extremely unpleasant in the process). If it's lasting longer than that, I'd get it checked out. It wouldn't be food poisoning either, because that tends to have about the same lifespan.