YAY?
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Spike's Bitches 32: I think I'm sobering up.
[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.
Lee - Sep 01, 2006 7:42:58 pm PDT #1524 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Cashmere - Sep 01, 2006 7:58:48 pm PDT #1525 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Bless the boy for throwing himself on the dairy time bomb!
(Actually, I have to write myself a note right now to take out the kitchen trash in the morning, b/c it has a diaper from Liv in it, and while there is no smell now, I don't want to leave it for a week.)
Good call.
::hugs diaper genie tightly::
Bwahahahaha.
WindSparrow - Sep 01, 2006 8:11:20 pm PDT #1526 of 10000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
They gave their baby's SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ON AN INVITATION? Are these people complete idiots????
I'm getting the idea that a really good dedication prezzie for the baby would be an identity theft protection plan. Or, ya know, a gift certificate to a lawyer who specializes in ID theft cases. Wouldn't that be a kick in the pants for the parents.
ETA: Oooh, oooh, ooh, how about Googling info on what to do in case of identity theft, and print it on some fancy paper. I'm all about the homemade gifts.
Cashmere - Sep 01, 2006 8:18:23 pm PDT #1527 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Even putting the baby's size on an invitation is an outright request for a qift and would piss me off to no end. The SS just capped it with utter stupidity. (I understand it's a request for savings bonds, etc. but PUHLEEZE--TACKY.)
SuziQ - Sep 01, 2006 9:05:25 pm PDT #1528 of 10000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
A's won.
Fireworks pretty.
Irish coffee strong.
Zenkitty's "friends" stoooooopid.
Volans - Sep 01, 2006 9:22:01 pm PDT #1529 of 10000
move out and draw fire
Googling info on what to do in case of identity theft, and print it on some fancy paper. I'm all about the homemade gifts.
See, I was thinking that actually doing some identity theft using the SSN would be the gift that keeps on giving.
libkitty - Sep 01, 2006 10:17:20 pm PDT #1530 of 10000
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Even putting the baby's size on an invitation is an outright request for a qift and would piss me off to no end.
This is so crass. Logically, even registering is a no-no (I think I read that in Miss Manners once, and it makes sense). I'm not sure why registering doesn't bother me, except that it's so widely practiced. This, however, squicks me something horrid. I don't recommend picking friends for what they can give you, but these seem like losable ones, Zenkitty.
Cass - Sep 01, 2006 10:34:48 pm PDT #1531 of 10000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
See, I was thinking that actually doing some identity theft using the SSN would be the gift that keeps on giving.Like a pregnant cat...
Logically, even registering is a no-noI get this but damn, sometimes, I am so happy about it. And I made P register before she even sent out announcements (it wasn't on the announce, but the info was easily available before they went out) because people always ask. We are far enough apart from those that we care about that we can't just *know* what she might need. I barely know what they need and I spent the first week with the baby there more than I was home. Still? I get it.
Just randomly hit the ex of an ex googling. It is so time to go to bed. Weird.
libkitty - Sep 01, 2006 11:41:43 pm PDT #1532 of 10000
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
I am so happy about it.
Me too. I have a friend who got married last year who wasn't planning to register until a bunch of her friends begged her to. I don't particularly like the idea of it, but I love the ease.
SailAweigh - Sep 02, 2006 3:23:41 am PDT #1533 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Wait a minute. What's wrong with registering for wedding gifts and baby shower and/or new baby gifts? At least with weddings, it's a time honored tradition. Everyone I know registers. It may not have been something much done by the middle class or below until places like Target came online with it, but I know darn well all the better department stores have had gift registries for yonks ages, even as far back as when my parents got married. I even encouraged my kids to register for the baby Jina was going to have (but didn't.) It sounds like Miss Manners might not like it, but I, personally, don't believe she is the be-all-end-all of manners as relates to customs and traditions. Registering was a way for folks to get complete china sets and the like. No one expected one guest to buy a complete set of china, so it was listed by complete place settings and a guest could buy just one. Hopefully, enough people would buy just one that the couple got a complete set. The same with silverware.