Good, I'm glad the thread is still going to be open for a little while longer. I do have some thoughts to share on grumblegrumble 2006, but now is not the time.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
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.
Sean K - Jan 17, 2007 6:41:15 am PST #393 of 513
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Vortex - Jan 17, 2007 11:38:17 am PST #394 of 513
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I'm still waiting for two things to be delivered to me so that I can send them out to my Secret Santee. :(
me too! Well, only one thing. It shoudl be here by now!!
quester - Jan 17, 2007 2:23:48 pm PST #395 of 513
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
{{hugs B-5 reference}}
DCJensen - Jan 17, 2007 3:06:21 pm PST #396 of 513
All is well that ends in pizza.
It seemed appropriate.
t also decided to tag it at the moment he posted
Ouise - Jan 19, 2007 6:05:07 am PST #397 of 513
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Whee! Thank you, Hil. I am at home with a sick day and it was a lovely surprise to get a gift! (Especially since 90% of the time the doorbell rings it is careless friends of my downstairs neighbours who are apparently incapable of reading labels.)
The puzzle looks like lots of fun and is beautiful - nicely combining my interest in puzzles and in early music (the lute). The swirly pencils are also very nice.
I am no longer in karmic balance though and must get going with sending a gift to my Santee. But not, I think, today. t crawls back into bed
Hil R. - Jan 19, 2007 7:18:02 am PST #398 of 513
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm glad you like it, Ouise! (The pencils, btw, are from this teeny store in Florence that makes hand-marbled paper. At one of the museums in Florence, I saw similar paper on a telescope from the 1600s or 1700s.)
Hope you feel better soon.
Vortex - Jan 19, 2007 9:42:37 am PST #399 of 513
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
The final piece of my santee's gift finally arrived last night. I will mail it tomorrow!
Sean K - Jan 19, 2007 10:21:06 am PST #400 of 513
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
So. 2006. It was not, on the whole, a complete waste, by any stretch. There was much love, happiness, joy, and other pleasant words, had in 2006, but I still can't say I was sorry to see it go.
There was also a lot of pain, scary stuff, stress and sadness, both for myself and people I love. Pain and scariness nobody should have to go through. I certainly went through things that placed enormous strain on my relationship, and I and other loved ones were tested hard by events in the world and in their lives.
The world, which seemed to be spiraling out of control, maybe took a tiny step toward sanity, though the spiraling is still going.
I still live with the woman I love, and I coninue to be surrounded by beautiful friends and family. I am still managing to scrape out a living in a (vaguely defined) career I love, in a city that I love (one that can be capricious to people in my line of work).
2007 has already started to show some teeth, so it may have it's own ups and down, but I continue to hope it will treat us all better than 2006 did, in the balance of things.
Ouise - Jan 19, 2007 10:37:15 am PST #401 of 513
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
(The pencils, btw, are from this teeny store in Florence that makes hand-marbled paper. At one of the museums in Florence, I saw similar paper on a telescope from the 1600s or 1700s.)
Wow! That's so cool! That makes an excellent story for showing them off.
I just slept all afternoon and am moving to the lying-on-the-couch-with-tea-watching-dvds portion of my day. Thanks again!
Kate P. - Jan 19, 2007 10:41:52 pm PST #402 of 513
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
My santee's gift went out yesterday, at long last. I'm going to India tomorrow (er, make that today) and won't be back until the 31st, so, to my secret santa: no rush!