I took your advice, Nora. now i'm waiting for my food and someone has free wireless. i love the metallipod.
It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.
Buffy ,'Empty Places'
Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!
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.
tiggy - Jun 16, 2008 9:26:11 am PDT #3400 of 10003
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
msbelle - Jun 16, 2008 9:27:49 am PDT #3401 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I was happy that mac's Kindergarten graduation last year was just an in-room thing.
Jesse - Jun 16, 2008 9:58:37 am PDT #3402 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My coworker was thrilled that her son's recent sixth-grade (?) graduation was a half-hour in the morning, including awards.
msbelle - Jun 16, 2008 10:01:09 am PDT #3403 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Well, I hope you all are happy. I am now sick from all the Gummi candy.
I have yet to hear if there will be a 1st grade graduation. I hope not.
Jessica - Jun 16, 2008 10:05:50 am PDT #3404 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And you thought Buffistas were pedantic about regional pizza:
From this summer onwards the Pizza Napolitana will be recognised by the European Union as a "regional speciality", with the same rank as French Champagne or German beer, which means anyone selling it in Europe under the official title, Pizza Napolitana, should theoretically be subject to strict inspections.
The rules published in the European Union's Official Journal were drawn up by the Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana (the True Neapolitan Pizza Association).
The new law states the pizza must be no more than 35cm (14in) in diameter and no thicker than a third of a centimetre at its centre, rising to 2cm at the crust.
The tomatoes must be the San Marzano variety grown in the fertile soil at Mount Vesuvius' base.
The oil: extra virgin; the cheese: buffalo mozzarella. All the ingredients must be from the Campania region.
The oven must be wood-fired, and the pizza must cook in less than two minutes.
The director of the Real Pizza Association, Antonio Pace, says his organisation will take restaurants to court if they advertise Pizza Napolitana and are not making it according to the agreed rules.
"We are protecting one of the most ancient and most important gastronomic traditions," he said.
Jessica - Jun 16, 2008 10:15:26 am PDT #3405 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jesse - Jun 16, 2008 10:25:17 am PDT #3406 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have yet to hear if there will be a 1st grade graduation. I hope not.
I do "get" having a ceremony at the big transitions on to first grade and out of elementary school. Although I could be wrong, but I don't think adults came to my eighth grade "graduation." It was still A Thing!
Edit: Oh, I forgot my point, which was: kindergarten gradutation is slightly ridiculous but cute, but a first grade graduation would be idiotic.
Jesse - Jun 16, 2008 10:26:14 am PDT #3407 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That pig is awesome!
sarameg - Jun 16, 2008 10:30:28 am PDT #3408 of 10003
I didn't have a graduation until I was 17.
§ ita § - Jun 16, 2008 10:33:38 am PDT #3409 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Prep school transition in Jamaica was pretty huge, but this was the deal for which they'd printed every student's results nationwide in all the papers. The ceremony itself was...well, I don't know. I didn't get to graduate, since they were trying to hold me back and my mother pulled me out of school instead.