Sorry to go on and on, but I put a great man in the ground Wednesday, and wanted to tell y'all about it.
Hush. We want to hear about him. He sounds like a man we could use more of in the world.
Again, I'm so sorry.
Who died and made you Elvis?
Cordelia ,'Storyteller'
Spike's Bitches 33: Weeping, crawling, blaming everybody else
[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.
Maria - Jan 05, 2007 6:54:27 am PST #9083 of 10004
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Maria - Jan 05, 2007 6:57:25 am PST #9084 of 10004
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Rally girls- at least from what I remember were more like boosters. They don't perform at all, they are just there to bring goodies to the players, be their player's #1 fan basically.
Huh. You can tell I'm not from Texas either. The gall of different areas of the country having different names for the same thing....
(In my defense, in central PA, most dance teams are known as rally teams. Drill teams were affiliated with the band.)
SuziQ - Jan 05, 2007 7:10:13 am PST #9085 of 10004
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Gah - Southwest is $236 (but hey, no car rental or hotel)
eta - oh bless, that is each way too. Ok, forget it. sniff.
Sean K - Jan 05, 2007 7:17:15 am PST #9086 of 10004
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Think S would have time on Sunday to fit me into my dress? I'll bring all the stuff like sewing machine.
She has two sewing machines. Please, for the love of all things holy, don't bring another sewing machine over. Just bring a bunch of straight pins. She can probably help with the hem, too.
(Also - I'm kinda embarassed to let her see it. It looks great in pictures, but it looks very amatuer in person. Like, the back is all screwy. Screwy enough that I'm thinking of making a cape/train thing in the gold to cover up the back.)
Please do not worry about this. Also, she's already seen the pictures. She says you've done very well, especially for your first dress, but you should have stuck with you original plan and gotten her involved sooner (though she confesses that she might not have caught you making the improper cut until it was too late, either).
Screwy enough that I'm thinking of making a cape/train thing in the gold to cover up the back.
Aimee, my dear, while I'm not a professional, I've worked on costume crews. You've just described the whole secret of successful costuming.
That, and the judicious use of hot glue for emergency seam repair.
Yes. This is, in fact, true. Also the ten foot rule thing.
JZ - Jan 05, 2007 7:19:20 am PST #9087 of 10004
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
DJ, thank you for telling us everything about saying goodbye to your grandaddy -- so incredibly sad, but so full of love. What a thoroughly good, amazing man. I'm so sorry for your loss, and please don't apologize for going on about it. Every single story about him and everyone who adored him is very much of the good.
Daisy Jane - Jan 05, 2007 7:19:43 am PST #9088 of 10004
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I'm not sure they were called rally girls in Louisiana, but I recognize the type. I'm trying to 'splain the rivalry, but can't come up with a good analogy that doesn't make women sound like bitches or bimbos or both.
Aims - Jan 05, 2007 7:20:23 am PST #9089 of 10004
Shit's all sorts of different now.
She says you've done very well, especially for your first dress, but you should have stuck with you original plan and gotten her involved sooner (though she confesses that she might not have caught you making the improper cut until it was too late, either).
hangs head
juliana - Jan 05, 2007 7:20:53 am PST #9090 of 10004
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
(In my defense, in central PA, most dance teams are known as rally teams. Drill teams were affiliated with the band.)
We had no drill team, no flag corps, no dance squad, no rally girls. We just had cheerleaders - 2 squads: football & basketball (for both girls & boys teams), and hockey. The hockey squad was looked down upon by the football/basketball squad, because they didn't get to dance (well, they did cheers on the ice between the periods, but most of those girls couldn't skate to save their lives).
DavidS - Jan 05, 2007 7:21:01 am PST #9091 of 10004
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I was doing fairly well until as we passed by the casket, my cousin and I who'd spent so many summers, holidays, weekends- told me, "Ask him to come back. He'd do it for you."
Aww, jeez. t sniff
Aimee, that's a very impressive first dress. Gorgeous colors and nicely designed. I do think Sean's right that it'd look better if it were more fitted to your va-va-va-voom. Besides getting fitted by an expert seamstress will be a valuable learning experience if you want to continue sewing. I'm sure she'll have a lot of tips for you. Well done!
-t - Jan 05, 2007 7:22:42 am PST #9092 of 10004
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
What a lovely memorial to a lovely man, Daisy. Thank you for sharing him with us.
Aimee's dress = pretty. Aimee's dress on Aimee = fantastic! Well done, girl - that was an ambitious first project. I will not reveal how very long it would have taken me to finish that, but suffice it to say that I still have a dress I made as a Halloween costume in 2000 that isn't really finished.