And it'd be good for Single Buffistas too. Do they really want kids or just cute Christmas card pictures? And, you know, it takes Buffista Island to raise a child. Minor peeve: The book group that I wrote back to, thanks to Robin, has now left it to me to select an accessible meeting place for some future date. Which is smart of them, but spot-putting to me, and I sort of suck at that game, considering my lifelong gimpiness.
Right. Piano. Because that's what we used to kill that big demon that one time. No, wait. That was a rocket launcher.
Xander ,'Touched'
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.
erikaj - Sep 09, 2006 10:36:17 am PDT #2355 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Topic!Cindy - Sep 09, 2006 10:38:22 am PDT #2356 of 10000
What is even happening?
Erin, what is a caver friend?
Laura, I've got nothing. I'm just reading and trying to retain, because learning-style-wise, my three children are so different, it's a little surprising they've even met, forget about being related and raised together.
esse - Sep 09, 2006 10:39:17 am PDT #2357 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
what is a caver friend?
I would imagine a friend who caves. t not sarcastic
brenda m - Sep 09, 2006 10:40:47 am PDT #2358 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Did my lack of innuendo give me away?
With your tag? Doubt that's it.
Weclome!
sj - Sep 09, 2006 10:40:51 am PDT #2359 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Brendon was classified by his gifted team last year as exceptional and unmotivated. He understands everything. He tops every test that comes his way. He doesn't study. He hears it or reads it once and he gets it. He absolutely does not care about anything.
This was me in school (still is in some ways) with a good amount of stubborn mixed in.
brenda m - Sep 09, 2006 10:41:20 am PDT #2360 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh yeah, totally me too.
Strix - Sep 09, 2006 10:46:07 am PDT #2361 of 10000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Yep, SA is right. I have a friend who is Heap Big Caver Dude (DON'T call 'em spelunkers! That's for amateurs.) He does all these amazing grueling cave expiditions, down and dirty, days in caves. Nothing I can do, but he is fabulous at it.
Laura - Sep 09, 2006 10:54:37 am PDT #2362 of 10000
Our wings are not tired.
This was me in school (still is in some ways) with a good amount of stubborn mixed in.
I don't have any solution for the lack of motivation. I can make him do the damn work, but I can't make him care. Frustrating, but I don't know any way that my mother could have made me care about HS. I can expose him to a variety of life experiences and I can force him to attend school and do the assignments. I don't know how to force another human to give a damn. And I hope for him to find some inspiration somewhere sometime.
I know what you are saying Cindy. My kids are totally different. My 3 sibs and I are totally different. Don't know why it happens that way. Keeps parents on their toes. You think you have something figured out and then the other kid blows the theory to hell.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 09, 2006 11:03:41 am PDT #2363 of 10000
What is even happening?
Yep, SA is right. I have a friend who is Heap Big Caver Dude (DON'T call 'em spelunkers! That's for amateurs.) He does all these amazing grueling cave expiditions, down and dirty, days in caves. Nothing I can do, but he is fabulous at it.
Thanks, SA and Erin. I figured, but I didn't want to assume, and there was the whole, "PAY ATTENTION," part, which I figured would matter to cavers who explore caves, but it was easier to ask.
I would love that, if I could walk down a well lit, clean hallway to the cave. /wimp
You think you have something figured out and then the other kid blows the theory to hell.Exactly, Laura. The most useful experience-based knowledge I feel is health/nutrition/illness related stuff, and baby-toddler stuff. My kids are still at the age too, where their teachers still have a lot of influence on them. They still want to please their teachers. The only difficult experience we've had to date was Ben's second grade year, and it was just a chemistry thing. She wasn't a bad teacher. She and Ben just didn't get each other. Julia has that same teacher this year, but I suspect Julia will excel with her (if only to get her brother's goat). Chris has the teacher Julia had last year. Her class is very busy, and was perfect for Julia, but I'm a little afraid Chris will spend all his time in his imaginary multiverse. We'll see.
Ben started middle school (they do it a year early in our town; and I think ten is way too damned young to be in middle school, but whatever) this week, and likes it so far. There's much more distance between the teachers and parents though, so it's taking me a while to get used to it.
DavidS - Sep 09, 2006 11:10:39 am PDT #2364 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ben started middle school (they do it a year early in our town; and I think ten is way too damned young to be in middle school, but whatever) this week, and likes it so far. There's much more distance between the teachers and parents though, so it's taking me a while to get used to it.
Emmett turns 10 in a few weeks, but won't be in middle school until next year. I'd think that was too early also.