One of the girls from juvie hall went home since I was there last time! I'm so happy for her. She was a super sweet girl who loved Harry Potter. Yay! I book talked Ibsen and it went well. They all paid attention and someone took the book to read when we were done. It made me feel all teacherly like, which was a good feeling. I'm about to head over there again for another book talk. This time I'm doing We Have Always Lived In the Castle by Shirley Jackson.
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Spike's Bitches 35: We Got a History
[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.
Glamcookie - May 18, 2007 6:37:39 am PDT #9370 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Trudy Booth - May 18, 2007 6:39:52 am PDT #9371 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
GC, that is wonderful news.
Glamcookie - May 18, 2007 6:42:43 am PDT #9372 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Isn't it? I hope she is able to stay home and not end up back in trouble. It's hard to know so little about these girls. I'm sure it's for the best that we don't, but they make me so curious. How did they get here? Do they regret what they did? Will they get out? When?
DavidS - May 18, 2007 6:45:43 am PDT #9373 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This time I'm doing We Have Always Lived In the Castle by Shirley Jackson.
Ooooh! Great book, and excellent for discussion. I read it on my honeymoon in New Orleans while JZ and I were sitting around drinking cocktails off our bedroom balcony.
Merricat is such an excellent protogoth.
Topic!Cindy - May 18, 2007 6:50:29 am PDT #9374 of 10003
What is even happening?
Trudy, it's good to see you back, here.
Julia and Chris think Ellie is incredibly beautiful (which she is), but Ben doesn't talk like that about babies (they're all 'cute'). Everybody loves Matilda. I know I'm forgetting more babies. I pretty much show them everyone's babies. I should never list names. Noah and Grace are foremost in my mind because they get daily mentions from the kids.
The best part about the Buffista Baby Playgroup would be the other parents would be cool.
Oh, yeah.
Toddson - May 18, 2007 6:52:34 am PDT #9375 of 10003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Like the commercial, where the mothers sit around snacking while the babies snooze in their carriers ... only with more booze and corsets.
Volans - May 18, 2007 6:53:12 am PDT #9376 of 10003
move out and draw fire
Shirley Jackson, in many ways, was an excellent protogoth. She's certainly a gothmother.
GC's booktalking a book about a girl who kills her family to girls in juvie!
P.M. Marc - May 18, 2007 6:53:45 am PDT #9377 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
How tall is Ms Matilda? Says she who ought to Get Cracking and Mail the Box Already.
DavidS - May 18, 2007 7:00:21 am PDT #9378 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How tall is Ms Matilda? Says she who ought to Get Cracking and Mail the Box Already.
Most of her growing has been filling out rather than up. So she's still fairly wee. I don't have an actual measurement, but her sitting up in the grocery cart is still a little surprising to onlookers because she appears to be about half her actual age.
Trudy Booth - May 18, 2007 7:11:16 am PDT #9379 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Thanks, Cindy, its good to be back.
Gloom, its hard not to know. What you DO know is that, well, when she was in prison you visited her...
(which, whether an individual is into Jesus or not, is a fine thing for a human being to do. And it was good for her spirit -- not merely to be unforgotten, but for her life to be touched by you)