BWAHAHAHAHA!
(Oddly, I love that family.) Also, they are missing the newest baby. A girl, I think. I know they're up to 16 kids.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
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.
Aims - Aug 31, 2006 8:55:01 pm PDT #5557 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Theodosia - Sep 01, 2006 3:05:29 am PDT #5558 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Gronk.
Tom Scola - Sep 01, 2006 3:07:16 am PDT #5559 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
This morning I learned that "door jamb" is spelled with a "b". I never knew that before.
Sue - Sep 01, 2006 3:09:36 am PDT #5560 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Happy September everyone!
Megan E. - Sep 01, 2006 3:43:57 am PDT #5561 of 10001
September. *gronk*
Though I do have 2 weeks vacation this month!
Theodosia - Sep 01, 2006 3:46:33 am PDT #5562 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Oh that's right, the month clicked over. I'd better get out my new 'Charlie Card' so that I don't have to pay at the T....
Gudanov - Sep 01, 2006 3:54:52 am PDT #5563 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Gud, what are your other schooling options right now?
Well there is public school, which isn't too bad here (There's a brand new elementary school being built in our neighborhood as well). But home schooling is really important to my wife and an explosive subject. Academically, she's doing great right now and that's not entirely subjective as she is in a remote learning setup and gets graded by the remote school district. However, she is starting to slow down and I worry about social issues. OTOH my wife seems open to public school is the academics start to deteriorate. It's a tricky subject.
There is another aspect which I think about too. She has complained that her mother was too sheltering with her as a kid and I think she's carrying that even further. My wife also worries that Emaryn would just be wreck if she had to go to a regular school and it is certainly true that she would be very scared about that. I hate to say it because it sounds a bit cruel, but I think that's all the more reason why a regular school might be good. I think Emaryn needs to learn to not be scared of that.
In other words it's an area of conflict that won't be easily resolved.
amych - Sep 01, 2006 3:57:13 am PDT #5564 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I don't think that's at all cruel, Gud. Damned hard, but not cruel.
§ ita § - Sep 01, 2006 4:01:18 am PDT #5565 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Home schooling shouldn't be to protect the kid from the big bad world--school is a sliver of reality, and I don't think it's going to get easier to adjust as time goes by.
It's September. I'm going to write off my morning migraine as perfectly normal, and go into the month as if August never really happened, not like it did.
I may get to go to the premiere of a movie featuring one of the krav instructors tonight. Not a big movie, by any account, but there will be vampires and shirtlessness. I hope it all works out.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 01, 2006 4:04:41 am PDT #5566 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
The temptation of saying "Fuck you, I quit" is very strong, but I know in the long run it so isn't worth it.
Hm, if they don't compensate you accordingly, and you have the resources to do so, I would think that yes, it would be worth it.
When interviewing for another job, and they ask you why you left your other company, you can tell them the truth and let it be known up front that graveyard shifts are not acceptable for you. It's certainly a legitimate reason for someone to leave a job and look for another. If you were to be penalized for that by potential new companies, you probably wouldn't be happy working there anyway.