We have parent-teacher open house that starts in...oh, now. I better go!
Oooh, we had one of those last night! And speaking of going - meep, nearly 7am, REALLY ought to get my arse out the door and get to work!
Simon: Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword. Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold.
'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?
[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.
Fay - Sep 16, 2008 3:03:51 pm PDT #5757 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Barb - Sep 16, 2008 3:11:54 pm PDT #5758 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Just came back from 6th grade open house. Took Nate with me and got to watch him turn admirable shades of red when the teachers would talk about assignments being written in their planners and I'd hit him with the hairy eye because, you know, I know him.
Ah, the little joys of parenthood.
Had Abby's open house last night and boy, can her teacher talk (and talk and talk and talk...)
Gadget_Girl - Sep 16, 2008 3:13:12 pm PDT #5759 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
We stopped having open house a few years ago when almost no parents came. We do an open house before school starts for new students and their families. I'm surprised DD doesn't try to have more things, he so loves a "dog and pony show".
Our mid-term grades come out on Thursday. I wonder how many of the Intensive English 3 parents I will hear from once they see their "little angel" is currently earning a D or an F in my class. At least 50% of both the classes aren't passing and, from what I understand, this is totally normal.
beth b - Sep 16, 2008 3:21:10 pm PDT #5760 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Toddoson,that sounds like a very bad place. I hope you can find a way out
Barb - Sep 16, 2008 3:22:51 pm PDT #5761 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Toddson, sounds like you've earned your wine and DVDs-- and maybe something exceedingly decadent, like a warm scone with Devon cream.
JenP - Sep 16, 2008 3:26:58 pm PDT #5762 of 10001
Oh, geez, Barb, I was just thinking I wanted something for dessert, but I have neither a scone nor Devon cream, and now that's all I want!
Toddson, I wish you a way to make that situation better, up to and including new job -ma.
Gadget_Girl - Sep 16, 2008 3:27:55 pm PDT #5763 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
Toddson, sounds like you've earned your wine and DVDs
Yet again, Barb has shown herself to be truly wise.
Barb - Sep 16, 2008 3:38:58 pm PDT #5764 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Oh, geez, Barb, I was just thinking I wanted something for dessert, but I have neither a scone nor Devon cream, and now that's all I want!
Umm... whoops?
JenP - Sep 16, 2008 3:40:04 pm PDT #5765 of 10001
I found a donut. SO not the same.
vw bug - Sep 16, 2008 3:44:20 pm PDT #5766 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Hang in there, Toddson!
Oy, Barb!
So, I have a totally informal survey. Who here distinguishes "proper usage" of who/whom?
Here's why I ask. So, in my history of the English language class last week, the prof said that "back in our grandparents time," they distinguished between who and whom, but no one does that anymore. And I thought, "Huh. I do. Maybe not always correctly, but I try." And then I thought, "I bet a lot of Buffistas do too."