Beej, is it possible that he wasn't as tired as you thought he was, and therefore he didn't feel the urgency. I mean, if I know someone is worried about me, I'm much more likely to remember to call than if it's a random "call me when you get home"
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2006: You're ON THE LIST!!!
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2006? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
Vortex - Jan 08, 2007 12:24:32 pm PST #363 of 513
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
beekaytee - Jan 08, 2007 12:28:55 pm PST #364 of 513
Compassionately intolerant
Vortex, he was way melodramatic about the tired, wobbling around and such. Plus, it was his suggestion to call. I expressed enough concern to suggest he not drive home. I've never done the random call me when you get there thing because I didn't want to come off as the worrying type. And seriously, if he hadn't been all droopy eyed, and it hadn't been raining, and he hadn't left his phone here, it wouldn't even have occured to me to worry at all.
That is the sticking point for me...I feel like my karmic mission today is to just let it go...but I'm not yet succeeding.
::Looks up at thread...oh! Away to Bitches!::
Laura - Jan 08, 2007 12:46:38 pm PST #365 of 513
Our wings are not tired.
Hee, well we can Bitch in this thread as long as it is 2006 at fault.
After fretting for a couple weeks, I received my package back, somewhat crunched from its travels. The address has been fixed and it is on its way again, but this time I was clever enough to print the label on line where I could get a tracking number. Post Office remains on The List!
beekaytee - Jan 08, 2007 12:53:30 pm PST #366 of 513
Compassionately intolerant
My whole relationship with Fela has been nearly contained by 2006...so I guess it applies.
I've deemed 2007 "The year for fun and profit!" It needs a perky smile and a pocket protector or summat.
Ginger - Jan 08, 2007 5:21:37 pm PST #367 of 513
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I got mine! I got mine!
The lovely Maria sent me a necklace, which I was wearing around the house this afternoon, even though it was a little fancy for a t-shirt and sweat pants. She also worked to help me solve my purse dilemma with with a convertible backpack purse.
As usual, she rocks.
Maria - Jan 08, 2007 5:52:45 pm PST #368 of 513
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
Hooray! I'm glad you liked it. The necklace is amber, though it doesn't have any bug parts. I tried, but was foiled time and time again. I hope the backpack purse is big enough to hold all of your stuff.
Were the chocolate pumpkin caramels and fuzzy Santa monkey in there? I couldn't resist the monkey. We can all use more monkey, especially one in a Santa suit.
edited because could does not equal couldn't
JZ - Jan 08, 2007 6:02:15 pm PST #369 of 513
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I sent mine out on the 29th, so hopefully it will arrive at the recipient's early this week.
It did indeed! I got a nicely themed little package: a big lovely Santa hat, but in more of a rich Ghost-Of-Christmas-Present russet than the stop-sign red most Santa hats come in, a little brass candlestick of just the sort that Jack most likely nimbly jumped over and also the sort that any number of Dickens characters carried as they tottered out in their nightclothes to investigate that mysterious moaning outside the door, a yummy scented candle that had me briefly searching the package for candy (and by whose light I am now typing this), and a gorgeous 1925 reprint of a 1914 edition of A Christmas Carol with watercolor illustrations by Honor Appleton (the linked image isn't actually in the book, but it's the most Christmas Carol-like bit of her art I could find online).
I love it all! I have so much Dickens, but somehow I never actually owned an illustrated copy of A Christmas Carol before, and this one is lovely! Go team Slacker Matt! Thank you!
Anne W. - Jan 08, 2007 6:13:17 pm PST #370 of 513
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Hm. I sent my package out on the 18th of December, but haven't heard if it's arrived.
worries
Ginger - Jan 08, 2007 6:28:04 pm PST #371 of 513
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yes, I got them too, Maria. It's a Christmas monkey, plus caramel, one of my favorite flavors. I just forgot to type them. I blame cleaning.
I have spent a lot of time looking for a really good bug in amber in jewelry. They exist, but their owners insist on being paid a lot of money for them. I have some pieces with bugs, but a gnat in amber really doesn't make much of a statement.
Vortex - Jan 08, 2007 7:43:01 pm PST #372 of 513
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Vortex, he was way melodramatic about the tired, wobbling around and such. Plus, it was his suggestion to call. I expressed enough concern to suggest he not drive home. I've never done the random call me when you get there thing because I didn't want to come off as the worrying type. And seriously, if he hadn't been all droopy eyed, and it hadn't been raining, and he hadn't left his phone here, it wouldn't even have occured to me to worry at all.
ah. sorry. tried to find a way to make him less of an asshat, alas.