To all kids, what they experience is the normal.
This. Yep.
So, today was the last day of school. I'm home and getting ready for the end of the year party.
SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!
Whee!!!!!!
Xander: I do have Spaghetti-os. Set 'em on top of the dryer and you're a fluff cycle away from lukewarm goodness. Riley: I, uh, had dryer-food for lunch.
'Same Time, Same Place'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
ChiKat - Jun 02, 2008 12:06:49 pm PDT #1576 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Maria - Jun 02, 2008 12:06:49 pm PDT #1577 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Tep, I'm glad it doesn't appear to be serious.
So it looks like I will miss that adventure.
Heh. Trouble (the good kind) is more like it. I'm sorry I won't get the chance to meet you. Oh, and whatever Drew and Kristin say is completely false, unless it's flattering, in which case it's absolutely true.
edit: Yay, ChiKat!
Cashmere - Jun 02, 2008 12:10:41 pm PDT #1578 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!
The joy of every teacher and student. The dread of parents. Owen's finished on Thursday this week and I'm going to be counting the days until his summer program starts later this month.
Pix - Jun 02, 2008 12:15:21 pm PDT #1579 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Congratulations Stephanie and Lieutenant Colonel Joe! Go you!
Also, congrats to ChiKat for being done with school! I finished grading last night, so I am no longer bitter. We wave goodbye to the girls tomorrow and then I have to pack up my room, go to a few meetings, and sail into summer.
The joy of every teacher and student. The dread of parents.Yeah, that's very true. I am sorry for the parents...but not so sorry that I'm willing to stick around!
juliana - Jun 02, 2008 12:15:32 pm PDT #1580 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!
School's out forever
School's been blown to pieces
Daisy Jane - Jun 02, 2008 12:19:21 pm PDT #1581 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I can't think of many can't miss attractions. Most people come here for the shopping. Oh, and there's pretty decent food. We have celebrity chefs here and everything.
Vortex - Jun 02, 2008 12:19:56 pm PDT #1582 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I don't want Ellie and Frisco to eel like they aren't from anywhere
I'm an Army brat, and don't identify with anywhere as "home", but it's not a problem.
Laga - Jun 02, 2008 12:31:28 pm PDT #1583 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Congrats teachers on making it through another year!
Glamcookie - Jun 02, 2008 12:36:37 pm PDT #1584 of 10001
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
Congrats to Joe!
We moved a ton when I was a kid (my dad isn't in the service - he's in hospital administration). Never lived anywhere more than 3 years and that was a rarity. It was never a problem until we moved between my sophomore and junior years of high school. Terrible.
As for home, I always considered Greenville, SC home, but LA is my home now. I've been here longer than anywhere else.
JZ - Jun 02, 2008 12:36:47 pm PDT #1585 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Congratulations, Lt. Col. Joe! That's fantastic news!
San Francisco is my home. Or, it's Home. I was shocked, when the dot-com boom forced me to move to the East Bay, that Berkeley could also be a small-h home. And every time I've visited LA in the past decade or so, I've gotten a strong "Yeah, maybe not my first choice but I could definitely live here and be content" vibe. Considering the serious hate-on I have for the East Bay suburb I (resentfully) spent my childhood in, it appears that I'm not in general a California girl, but specifically a California city girl.
The only other places I've ever been that gave me a big HOME HERE feeling were Boston and Rome.
And, of course, wherever Hec and Matilda and Emmett are is home, but I suspect that we're all so bound to this city and this area that if we suddenly found ourselves in, say, Iowa, we'd feel very much like a family in exile.