This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.

Buffy ,'Potential'


Spike's Bitches 21 Gunn Salute  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Deena - Jan 03, 2005 8:02:39 am PST #904 of 10002
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

Well, I was going to include a very pretty Christmas card, but those never reappeared, so I put in a Bantock card instead. The tin in which some of the gifty things were going to reside was, indeed, found! An hour after the gift went into the mail. Also? It was base calumny. Aidan was the culprit in that one. If Kara had stolen it we would have found it with small toys in it under her bed or something and she would have said things like, "Aidan DID IT!" and "I don't KNOW how it got there!" Instead, we found it underneath the basement stairs, indicating a toy-under-stair-thrower of some skill. That's Aidan. Of course, she had stolen it before, which is why we assumed she did it the second time.


juliana - Jan 03, 2005 8:10:36 am PST #905 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Betsy, I saw that this morning. The horror! The horror!

Also, Julia is adorable and yet head-strong. Ai yi yi.....

My Secret Santa gift went out today, as well! Deena and I are as one in our disorganization, although her disorganization has two wee diabolical helpers. Mine is purely my fault.


Topic!Cindy - Jan 03, 2005 8:11:16 am PST #906 of 10002
What is even happening?

Ah, innocence.

Yeah. *sigh* How long 'til it's dashed?

As I was typing, she came over and said, "Oh, and I definitely *definitely* know for sure that Michael is in love me. Like, definitely."

"How do you know?"

"At rug time, he just kept staring at me, and it was written all over his face. I do NOT love Michael, though."

I actually think she's right about Michael in the kindergarten sense of "love", because he's like a puppy dog around her. He's completely sweet and adorable, so I don't confirm her suspicions about him often, because I don't want her to lord it over him. I've got to find a balance between building up enough earlier confidence--such that she can survive middle school with some of it still in tact, while not creating a Cordelia.

Ganked from Manolo's Shoe Blog:
Christmas again, already? What is that, Betsy? It's like the Picasso version of the bridesmaid butt bow.
If Kara had stolen it we would have found it with small toys in it under her bed or something and she would have said things like, "Aidan DID IT!" and "I don't KNOW how it got there!" Instead, we found it underneath the basement stairs, indicating a toy-under-stair-thrower of some skill. That's Aidan. Of course, she had stolen it before, which is why we assumed she did it the second time.
Deena, I love your detective skills.


§ ita § - Jan 03, 2005 8:13:07 am PST #907 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I did *not* know that Columbia had a football team.

They don't anymore.


Amy - Jan 03, 2005 8:18:57 am PST #908 of 10002
Because books.

It's like the Picasso version of the bridesmaid butt bow.

That's exactly it! It's horrifying, whatever it is.

"At rug time, he just kept staring at me, and it was written all over his face."

She said that?! Perceptive little thing, isn't she? (With an admirable vocabulary.) Oh, the boys have some trouble coming their way, I think.


Susan W. - Jan 03, 2005 8:22:18 am PST #909 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Lilty, backsent.


deborah grabien - Jan 03, 2005 8:24:10 am PST #910 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Ok, I had morning commentary, but everything went out of my head at the sight of the runway model.

Do they beam this stuff down from Mars, or what? I feel like posting that link up where my high-fashion daughter can see it, so that I listen to her point and snicker and say rude things.


Astarte - Jan 03, 2005 8:26:20 am PST #911 of 10002
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.

That's not a dress, it's walking Japanese rope bondage.

The fine line between haut couture and fashion victimhood has finally been completely obliterated.


Steph L. - Jan 03, 2005 8:40:21 am PST #912 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

SF-istas: you can take a taxidermy class at Paxton Gate. My favorite part of the description? "The fee is $60 and the mouse and kit are yours when you’re done."

Also, dig the punk-rock mouse!


Topic!Cindy - Jan 03, 2005 8:40:52 am PST #913 of 10002
What is even happening?

Heaven help me. Julia not only likes the bow dress, she is mad she doesn't have one. She is six. Fashion designers, please take note.

She said that?! Perceptive little thing, isn't she? (With an admirable vocabulary.) Oh, the boys have some trouble coming their way, I think.
Her father is already having heart failure, at the thought. Her vocab is something else. I don't know how little she was when she was using hypothetically correctly. A lot of times, I think she was born knowing everything. Both of my boys, however, are the youngest souls on record.