although last year I had to explain to the teacher where he learned to whisper "Fuckity fuckity fuckity fuckity fuck!"
Ahahahaha!!!!
Maybe I've always been here.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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Steph L. - Sep 23, 2008 5:20:00 am PDT #6368 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
sj - Sep 23, 2008 5:21:39 am PDT #6369 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Happy Birthday, Emmett!!!
SailAweigh - Sep 23, 2008 5:21:45 am PDT #6370 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I'm glad to say I don't remember grade school being that angst-worthy. By 5th grade, yes, but first and second? I really feel for kids today. Clothes-wise, I suspect it's the fact they have so much choice! We didn't. It was dresses or skirts and nothing else. We could wear stretch pants under our dresses on the way to school, but they had to come off in the cloakroom. The one thing they might pick on was if you wore hand-me-downs, if they were obvious. I am sometimes inclined to believe all schools should go with uniforms, it just might cut down on some of the shit these kids have to go through.
brenda m - Sep 23, 2008 5:22:01 am PDT #6371 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
While decidedly not great, 2nd grade seems to be the time for kids to start picking out the sartorial differences amonst each other. I think it was around that age that the other girls on the playground started teasing me because I wore dresses every day.
Oh lord.
We moved from NYC when I was in first grade, and a year or two later came back for a visit and I saw my then best friend. Prior to leaving NY we were on a strict, Em-level SKIRTS ONLY regime. By the time I came back of course, I was up to PANTS PANTS PANTS NO SKIRTS NO HOW but to try to be nice or something, I dug a skirt out of my closet and wore it. And she was wearing pants and I was so betrayed and angsty and emo eleventy I can't even believe. Only inside, I didn't pitch a fit or anything, but I totally remember feeling like I'd been totally conned or something.
That may have been my first encounter with "you are not the center of the universe and other people don't go into stasis just because you're not around." Most memorable one, anyway.
Sparky1 - Sep 23, 2008 5:23:13 am PDT #6372 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
although last year I had to explain to the teacher where he learned to whisper "Fuckity fuckity fuckity fuckity fuck!"
Kara, right?
Deena, your children have excellent parents.
Tom Scola - Sep 23, 2008 5:23:51 am PDT #6373 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
"you are not the center of the universe and other people don't go into stasis just because you're not around."
They DON'T?
Fay - Sep 23, 2008 5:28:38 am PDT #6374 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Em is both cute like woah, and Startlingly Grownup!
Whew. Maybe more than anyone wanted to know.
In absolute sincerity, I've thoroughly enjoyed hearing your updates about your little 'uns. Sheesh, I remember the excitement of seeing you post the first photos of you and wee Aiden still in hospital - heck, further back when he was but a bump! And it's amazing to me that Kara's such a big girl now! Your post made me want to hug the hell out of the both of them, and wrap them up in cotton wool (...I suspect I'd be a terribly clingy parent). Bless.
Ginger - Sep 23, 2008 5:30:14 am PDT #6375 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Kara is, once again, me.
I don't remember the clothes torment beginning before the 5th grade. There was plenty of other torment, though.
sumi - Sep 23, 2008 5:38:59 am PDT #6376 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
What Fay said about Em.
Glamcookie - Sep 23, 2008 5:39:07 am PDT #6377 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
Em is too adorable! And so big!
ETA: Happy birthday to Emmett!!