And then you want to kill something and spend the rest of the evening drinking moodily at the (cash) bar.
Do you speak from experience?
So far I've avoided going to all my reunions.
I'm sorry, dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk.
Simon ,'Safe'
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.
tommyrot - Apr 09, 2008 11:33:55 am PDT #709 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
lisah - Apr 09, 2008 11:34:23 am PDT #710 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
And when I was in third grade, I got a cow and named it after her. (She was not impressed.)
Hah! My great-grandfather named his cows (er...cattle?...wait? what's the difference?) after his daughters. It pissed them off!
sarameg - Apr 09, 2008 11:34:35 am PDT #711 of 10001
The idea isn't always to worry about how many you get crossed off.
Yeah, I was mostly bemoaning the crazy which has visited. Most weeks have not been this nuts. Frankly, I'd be twitching in a ball right now if I hadn't started up this week. I'm pretty close as it is.
I used to do this back in college. I still have the old notebooks somewhere, which can be interesting (though often deadly dull) to revisit.
lisah - Apr 09, 2008 11:35:52 am PDT #712 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
And then you want to kill something and spend the rest of the evening drinking moodily at the (cash) bar.
Or maybe you spend the rest of the night in fascinating conversation and fall in love and live happily ever after?! Signed, A. Romantic
(also my friend's mom & step-dad got together that way!)
Tom Scola - Apr 09, 2008 11:35:58 am PDT #713 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Huh. It's a weird day for Toms. A former coworker just emailed me wanting to set me up on a blind date with her sister.
Laga - Apr 09, 2008 11:36:23 am PDT #714 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
A while back I got an email from a girl who was one of my two best friends from third grade until we drifted apart in high school. I sent her a very newsy talky email. She sends me email forwards. One or two a day. No matter how many times I mark them as spam they still keep showing up in my inbox. Sometimes the past is better left in the past.
Vortex - Apr 09, 2008 11:40:07 am PDT #715 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I know of what you speak. I got back in touch with my BFF from 8th grade. She was on her second husband, who had spina bifida, she lived in West Virginia, and was horribly lonely. She would email or IM me several times a day. I finally blocked her on IM and then her husband started IMing me!!!! I am SO GLAD I never gave her my email address.
Scrappy - Apr 09, 2008 11:41:04 am PDT #716 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
A guy I work with is marrying a girl he went to school with from kindergarten up to 10 grade. They lost touch for many years, ran into each other at some alumni get together and now are very happily engaged.
Trudy Booth - Apr 09, 2008 11:42:16 am PDT #717 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
I went to a job fair yesterday at my alma mater and am sending off a follow-up resume. This is just the email that goes with it. Any thoughts before I send it off would be appreciated:
Dear Ms. M_____,
It was a pleasure getting to speak with you yesterday at the ____ Career Fair. I very much appreciate your insights on my desire to change career paths.
Attached please see the requested electronic version of my resume.
Kindly let me know if there is any further information I can provide.
Best regards,
Trudy Booth
Thanks, guys!
megan walker - Apr 09, 2008 11:49:10 am PDT #718 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
A guy I work with is marrying a girl he went to school with from kindergarten up to 10 grade. They lost touch for many years, ran into each other at some alumni get together and now are very happily engaged.
You never know. My father was engaged to someone when he was 24 and she was 17. 50 or so years later (and after my mom died), he ran into her sister at a reunion and decided to get in touch. They married soon after.