A lot of people from high school have found me on Facebook. I don't really want to revisit the feelings I had when I was growing up, but I find all these people - some former friends and some who hated my guts for reasons that have never been clear - fascinating. Most have been trumpeting how hard they spent the last few weeks praying for a McCain win. Some of the women - who, like me, are in their mid-30s - have been planning a botox party where a doctor will pitch what botox can do for them. I feel like I grew up in a foreign country that's become stranger over time.
Saffron: I'll die. Mal: Well, as a courtesy, you might start getting busy on that, 'cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.
'Trash'
Natter 61*
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.
Hayden - Nov 05, 2008 6:09:51 pm PST #9623 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
quester - Nov 05, 2008 6:13:46 pm PST #9624 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
All the puppies escaped!
Barb - Nov 05, 2008 6:19:15 pm PST #9625 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
NE Florida is bad enough, thanks.
I was making the point to Lewis that even though we've lived in a myriad of places, including Nashville, we've always been around university communities, our circle of friends sort of naturally evolving from that proximity.
Jacksonville is the first place we haven't had that and it's the most isolated we've been and I HATE it. It's one of the most stultifying places I've ever lived. The one saving grace is that one of my best friends who is also a liberal/left-leaning writer type who has two kids very close in age to mine, lives less than a mile away.
Thank goodness, because otherwise, y'all might see me in a clock tower.
Kat - Nov 05, 2008 6:24:26 pm PST #9626 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I totally want to go to the inauguration. I wonder if I can call Close Up to see if they need Program Instructors for just that week.
Hayden - Nov 05, 2008 6:25:56 pm PST #9627 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
NE Florida is bad enough, thanks.
You could always take up Harry Crews novels. I imagine that living in Jacksonville would make them even funnier.
Kat - Nov 05, 2008 6:26:50 pm PST #9628 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The puppymistress is in with the puppies and they are crawling all over her. SO CUTE.
billytea - Nov 05, 2008 6:27:50 pm PST #9629 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Y'all don't know about the black belt? Billy, here. EDIT - link fixed, I hope.
Ah! Thanks for that, very interesting.
A very interesting article from The New Republic about this election as a realignment. [link]
erikaj - Nov 05, 2008 6:28:10 pm PST #9630 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Sad about Botox...women shooting for "young" and getting "God, what happened to her face?!"
sarameg - Nov 05, 2008 6:32:38 pm PST #9631 of 10001
Close Up was how I got to see the '92 inaugural for Clinton. All I really remember is Maya Angelou and a fleeting glimpse of Hillary during the parade.
And it was cold for a NMican!
Consuela - Nov 05, 2008 6:34:02 pm PST #9632 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It just occurred to me that my brother may get to go to the inauguration, cause he's friends with one of Obama's defense advisors. How cool would that be?