Jars, I think you're mom and mine must be sisters or something. I'm so sorry, but at least I seem to have found my long lost cousin! Oh, and I have serious just about everything to add to the pile of flesh heading towards your mom. I could stand to lose it, and it sounds like she needs it.
GC, what gorgeous pics. You two are so adorable together.
Javacat, I thought you were planning on giving me some notice to clean and then taking my futon. But if you want to come fast or want your own room, some of those listed are really B&Bs, and I don't really know about them, but of the hotels, the Alaskan is quirky and historical but probably a little bit seedy and noisy; the Driftwood Lodge is boring, but clean and inexpensive; you don't want the Juneau Hotel or anything in the valley. Actually, I just saw the Silverbow, and I would go with that one. It's nice. Interesting and comfortable and quirky, but also clean and not right over a rowdy bar. Instead, it's right over fresh bagels and really good coffee. Definitely, if not my place, then Silverbow.
I think we have Celebration this year, too, because it's every other year and online I thought I saw that the last one was 2006. It's a lot of fun. Or, come for Folk Fest. That's pretty great too, and it's earlier in the year so the weather's a bit iffy, but the airfare is a lot cheaper!
Chiming in with a mighty
Word!
to the hotness of GC and GF. Ignoring meara's cupcake talk. Hil, you've reminded me to cook cauliflower! I'm going to make it into a puree with some spring onions and coriander, I think, and make some gravy to go with. Mmmm...
Morning!
So class last night had a bit of a slap down. Coming from yours truly.
We have a girl in our class who is 17 and a senior in high school. She is extremely intelligent, has been taking college courses since she was 15, and is so effin obnoxious, I can't stand it. Most of the class rolls their eyes when she wants to interject in the discussion because she has this tone that is just whiny and put-upon. Her "bad reading experience" story was fifteen minutes on how she was forced to read
Animal Farm
in fifth grade (?!?!?) and, being a vegetarian, she found the book so offensive and didn't understand why her teacher would pick a satire on communism for a 5th grader to read and teachers are horrible when it comes to holding kids back from reading and blah blah blah. She just doesn't shut up.
Anyway, last night we were discussing
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
and I made the point that while there was no obvious moral to the tale as was the custom with children's stories of the time, it seemed to me that the Queen of Hearts represented Queen Victoria blah blah blah analytical cakes. The Obnoxious One says, "Well, maybe, but then who would the King of Hearts represent? He was just so quiet and didn't really do anything except pardon people the Queen condemned." I looked at her and said, "Prince Albert. Queen Victoria's husband. Who was quite like that." TOO then goes off on a rant about how much it must suck to be a king in England if it's always the Queen that are "bloody" and making all the decisions and tries to lecture *ME* on the British monarchy and succession. After she shut up I replied, "Prince Albert wasn't the King because the monarchy came down through Victoria. The current Queen's husband is also a Prince Consort because the royal line isn't his. However, when the current Queen dies, there will a King again and probably for the next long while. Unless something God Forbid happens. And as it stands right now, four people have to die before there will be a directly ascending Queen at which point England would have the first Supermodel Monarch." She just stared at me. And then our prof called break.
I feel kinda bad for slapping at the little girl, but she just pressed my buttons. She's a bratty little know-it-all who feels the need to spout all of her knowledge all over without a thought to the actual discussion at hand. I don't mind know-it-alls - hell, I *AM* one, but be a know-it-all about the discussion - not some random bullshit about your little brother's teacher and how you wished he was gifted like you.
May God grant us the ability to raise a daughter that won't be obnoxious.
May God grant us the ability to raise a daughter that won't be obnoxious.
Oh, yeah. We're well qualified to do that.
Well...at least she'll be pretty.
And she will deliver righteous smackdowns and make us all proud.
Hopefully time will mellow out the bratty know it all, Aimee. Don't feel bad about smacking her down. Sounds like she's been needing it for a long time.
My family used the same method to keep us from becoming obnoxious know-it-alls. It worked. Sort of. You just have to develop a thick skin and a sense of humor, which can only help you in the real world.
TV guys are coming today! I'll finally get my HD! Capt. Jack in HD!
Moi aussi. Must figure out how to get 7 guys who want to be building things sit down and read -- and then discuss! -- an article on engineering education. Blah.
