That's why kids need German fairytales.
My collection of the original Grimm/HCA stories is one of my cherished possessions. I got it when I was six, I think. I still pretty much live in fear, but nsm of witches and siblings.
Angel: I appreciate you guys looking out for Connor all summer. It's just—he's confused. He needs time. That's all. Fred: Right. Time, and some corporal punishment with a large heavy mallet. Not that I'm bitter.
'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bon bon - Apr 14, 2008 11:54:47 am PDT #1717 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
shrift - Apr 14, 2008 11:57:15 am PDT #1718 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
So, this is common, then? That sounds just like where she's from.
I guess other kids didn't grow up knowing how to make bombs out of common household items, but when you live out in the middle of nowhere, you have to make your own fun.
I mean, I also read the entire local library and collected fossils?
Trudy Booth - Apr 14, 2008 11:59:17 am PDT #1719 of 10001
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
My collection of the original Grimm/HCA stories is one of my cherished possessions. I got it when I was six, I think. I still pretty much live in fear, but nsm of witches and siblings.
Now you've done it, we're going to be inundated by the enraged cries of oppression from the sibling community.
shrift - Apr 14, 2008 11:59:31 am PDT #1720 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
OMGWTFCOUGAR: [link]
sumi - Apr 14, 2008 12:02:27 pm PDT #1721 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Cool!
sarameg - Apr 14, 2008 12:03:25 pm PDT #1722 of 10001
OMGWTFCOUGAR: [link]
Today would not be the day to try on that bacon bra.
Ginger - Apr 14, 2008 12:07:31 pm PDT #1723 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My dad totally blew stuff up. He made his own nitroglycerin at a shocking young age (he used to climb up on a ladder with a cap of it (!) and use an eyedropper to "bomb" toy cars.) . He filled his basement with chlorine gas, bleaching all the laundry my grandmother was drying down there. And burned down a cornfield.
My love for sarameg's dad grows and grows, as does my awe at his survival.
There was no big excitement in my walking to school by myself in suburban Chicago, because we lived across the street. My mother's rule was that we either told her where we were going or stayed within shouting range. From the time I was about 7, I walked five blocks away every week to spend my allowance on comic books and penny candy.
brenda m - Apr 14, 2008 12:09:18 pm PDT #1724 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Seriously. Also - the CTA goes out to Wilmette? Huh. Is that the Purple Line? I think Tom takes that train.
sumi - Apr 14, 2008 12:09:56 pm PDT #1725 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
It's part of the Evanston Express. . . whatever line that is.
sarameg - Apr 14, 2008 12:10:46 pm PDT #1726 of 10001
as does my awe at his survival.
Yeah, that too. Whenever I react with the omgcrazy face, he's like "It was experiments! I was really careful!" Yeahbut.