Faith: A kid. Angel's got a kid. Wesley: Connor. Faith: A teenage kid born last year. Wesley: I told you, he grew up in a hell dimension. Faith: Right. And what, Cordelia spent her last summer as… Wesley: A divine being. Faith: Uh-huh. Can I just ask--What the hell are you people doing?

'Why We Fight'


Natter 62: The 62nd Natter  

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.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 03, 2009 4:39:30 am PST #9227 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Happy Birthday Shrift!


Sparky1 - Jan 03, 2009 4:50:52 am PST #9228 of 10002
Librarian Warlord

claims that she can teach any kid who can walk to also skate.

My father used to take us all ice skating every Saturday morning through the winter to give my mom a break. I have really fond memories of this time with him, but I also remember how jealous I was because my friends there were allowed to use double runner skates, and my father didn't believe in things like that (no training wheels on bicycles, either!), so there was a few weeks of terror as he'd set me up on those two blades and give me a push. After that, I got to brag I could "really" skate and those on double-runners were "babies."

Huh, look at that. . . I wasn't a nice child.

eta: Happy Birthday, shrift!


Jesse - Jan 03, 2009 4:51:12 am PST #9229 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Happy birthday, shrift!!


SailAweigh - Jan 03, 2009 4:51:40 am PST #9230 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Happy Birthday, shrift!


Kat - Jan 03, 2009 4:55:11 am PST #9231 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

happy birthday, shrift!

'sokay, Sparky. you're a super nice adult. How are you feeling?

Man, oh man, I'm HUNGRY.


Sparky1 - Jan 03, 2009 5:01:05 am PST #9232 of 10002
Librarian Warlord

I feel pretty much like myself at this point, with no major complaints. The baby bump is just starting to matter in terms of sleeping positions, but not really interfering with my getting my Zzz.

I'm enjoying it while I can!


Laura - Jan 03, 2009 5:03:08 am PST #9233 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.

I was much better on ice skates than I ever was on roller skates. A friend's dad always made a rink in the backyard, but we skated down the streets too. It has been decades since I skated. If memory serves we were skating right after walking.

Yep, gravity is a harsh mistress throughout life.


Kat - Jan 03, 2009 5:04:26 am PST #9234 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I wish I could skate. I did as a kid but I haven't since. K is a marvel on skates.

Though all I have time for now is yoga. Or all I am trying to make time for is yoga.


Calli - Jan 03, 2009 5:05:26 am PST #9235 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Happy Birthday, shrift!


Ginger - Jan 03, 2009 5:23:58 am PST #9236 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Happy shriftday!

K claims that she can teach any kid who can walk to also skate.

You know how coordinated I am, and I could ice skate pretty well. I learned the same way Sparky did, except that it never occurred to my father to give my mother a break. Ice skating is much easier than roller skating, and I learned on frozen lakes and rivers, which are softer to fall on than concrete or ice over concrete. My main trauma was that my parents wouldn't buy me hockey skates. I really missed ice skating when we moved south.