I have finished The Name of the Rose !

I pwn some of you.

Is there a way for kids Emmett's age to earn money these days (besides from you or his mom)?

Hmmm. Not really. He does do some chores for cash. Unfortunately, his Mom is Bad With Money and has undermined that whole working-for-cash-rewards paradigm.

I expect when Emmett gets into later middle school / early high school he'll be able to get some camp counselor type jobs at least. If he stays in baseball, he'd have a chance to umpire games for money when he gets to be about 15. But the whole lawn-mowing /babysitting circuit I had as a kid isn't as available. I guess there's still babysitting, but he's too young now.

I forgot to say how gorgeous Raq's haircut is! The hottitude knocked me out, clearly. And mom-ish? Not. At. All.

Never really had a super-scheduled summer because, pre-ADA, none of that kind of stuff ever felt the obligation to let me in and the ADA didn't kick in till I was sixteen and trying not to be curmudgeonly already. Went to crip camp a few times(this one time? At crip camp...) But I didn't really fit there either. I suspect I was already too old to be jazzed by campfire-type amusements. Always nice to know *how many* ways you can be ostracized, I suppose.

And mom-ish? Not. At. All.

Yeah, that's really not an issue. Except in a MILFy way.

How's your hair, AmyLiz? Are you slowly coaxing the bangs out?

this one time? At crip camp...

Bwah!

Are you slowly coaxing the bangs out?

I am indeed. I love how full it is in the back now, too. Seems much thicker, which is purely due to the cut.

Of course, growing bangs would be easier if I had some music to do it by. And, you know, to write by. ::blinks innocently::

Went to crip camp a few times(this one time? At crip camp...) But I didn't really fit there either. I suspect I was already too old to be jazzed by campfire-type amusements.

ex-GF went to Amputee Camp for a couple years in her early teens. That's where she had her first kiss. Seems like that should be a TAR episode or at least an After School Special.

(There is, of course, a great TAR episode about regular old camp.)

Of course, growing bangs would be easier if I had some music to do it by. And, you know, to write by. ::blinks innocently::

Speaking of incentive based systems...Well, I'm totally manipulable in that fashion. Let's take it to email and we'll figure out exactly what'll get your keyboard clacking.

Yeah...lots of people tell me that. I, however, was as popular as Ann Coulter in the natural-foods co-op. I brought books instead of lip gloss.ETA: Nobody knows about this...I never wanted to admit to my mother that as social advice, "Be yourself," total lie. Even Among The Damaged. They did laugh when I cracked on people though...the more things change...

I brought books instead of lip gloss.

Priorities, missy!