Buffy ,'Get It Done'
[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.
Cars?
Speaking of which, tommyrot, I've been meaning to mention that Tom Waits has a song on his new collection titled "The Pontiac" that makes me think of you every time I hear it. It's up at the NPR website for All Things Considered so if you check out his last interview there (in Nov.) you should be able to hear the song for free.
Cars:
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EM has volunteered to babysit and she means it. She showed up at the tryouts today wearing Matilda in the front pack (which was a surprise). JZ's Mom and Dad will also offer babysitting services and I could also probably impose on Emmett's Godmother or the older Godsister for that matter.
Plus there are local Buffistas who who need to be abused would delight in Matilda's company, I'm sure.
Speaking of which, tommyrot, I've been meaning to mention that Tom Waits has a song on his new collection titled "The Pontiac" that makes me think of you every time I hear it. It's up at the NPR website for All Things Considered so if you check out his last interview there (in Nov.) you should be able to hear the song for free.
Hmm.... I have his new album but I've only listened to half of it. He often does mention big old American cars. One of his songs on the new album has words to the effect: "She had an old Lincoln - with suicide doors." I love the way he says "suicide" there. (Suicide doors are doors that open "backwards.")
God, I'm boring
'64 Galaxies are cool.
My car history is incredibly dull:
1987: Suburu Legacy
1995: Suburu Legacy which I am still driving.
I suspect the first one would have lasted longer if it had not been in a wreck.
DH's cousin owned a Plymouth Scamp about 10 years ago. Which was actually very cute. I don't know how reliable it was but it was right there on the back of the car--SCAMP!
Every time I see a Mitsubishi Galant, I think that they should also have a Mitsubishi Goofus.
Every time I see a Mitsubishi Galant, I think that they should also have a Mitsubishi Goofus.
"Galant is always fuel-efficient, because it knows our natural resources are limited. Goofus only gets 2 mpg, because it wants to look cool to all the SUVs and Hummers."
OK, all this parental-babysitting-guilt has made me post. TAKE THE OFFERS! I LOVE babysitting. Seriously. People don't make the offer unless they mean it. I've been privileged to be the first sitter at anywhere from 3 to 6 weeks for my friends here. I know it can be stressful for the parents, expecially for the first kid (record: calls every 15 minutes over the first 3 hours.) But honestly? For those of us who like kids but don't plan on having any, it's a few hours spent with someone so neat and new and we get to be the fun aunt or whatever.
Y'all need to just move closer. If it didn't end up taking over my life with poor pay and benefits I'd probably be happiest as a nanny (when I was one, I eventually ended up only going home to sleep, spending the remaining 16 hours with the family, which I really enjoyed, but.)