As is "automobile." And both "heterosexual" and "homosexual."
Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance. Then we ate cookie dough, and talked about boys.
Giles ,'Get It Done'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2008: "...and the horse you rode in on."
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2008? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
Hil R. - Jan 03, 2009 10:18:00 am PST #197 of 381
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Laga - Jan 03, 2009 10:48:14 am PST #198 of 381
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
yay! I'm so glad. I love mixing un-mixy things.
Beverly - Jan 03, 2009 12:29:34 pm PST #199 of 381
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I don't recall if there was a big discussion. I seem to recall that we consensed, and it may have been because r_liz felt so adamantly about it. I just know I have a kneejerk "wrong!" now, when I see it used, which speaks, I'm sure, more to my suggestibility than to any correctness or incorrectness. I.E. I got no dog in this hunt. I merely recall and report.
After due diligence and cogitation, I can categorically state that I'm unable to discuss 2008, and further, I may never be. Suffice it to say, it's history. I'm looking forward.
libkitty - Jan 03, 2009 7:30:19 pm PST #200 of 381
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Wow.
Beverly - Jan 04, 2009 12:02:29 am PST #201 of 381
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Um, was that unduly harsh? I meant it as funny-stuffy. Like, you know, Wesley on Buffy, before he was cool on Angel. Sorry.
Theodosia - Jan 04, 2009 2:54:51 am PST #202 of 381
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I think "Buffistae" is cute, and wouldn't condemn anyone for using it, but the plural will always be BuffistaS in my heart.
Fay - Jan 04, 2009 3:48:08 am PST #203 of 381
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Oh dear...I'm starting to worry about whether or not the Secret Santa gift I posted to the States has got lost in the mail. I was a bit nervous, because I didn't send it by recorded delivery or whatever. Hmm. Still, I think I sent it around the 20th, so I'm not going to start freaking out yet, because that's only, what a fortnight or so.
But, possibly, I may need to send a second Secret Santa gift. We'll see. Wish me Postal Service -ma!
beth b - Jan 04, 2009 9:06:19 am PST #204 of 381
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
While I can't claim worst year ever, it was the best.
Bad:
My cat got sick , his illness took over my life in way i didn't understand, then we had to put him down. We still ache.
DH got into the oddest job situation ever , where he knew it was going to end, but he was still there for awhile . Messes with your head. He now has a new job, his severance from his old job is becoming a decent nest egg for us. Yet DH has still not recovered from the brain mess up.
Many friends spent too much time this year looking for a job
Good
we put in the dinning room and kitchen floors -- nothing like physical labor that improves the nest to help with the mental attitude.
Family -- all good. Matt's parents have given us some scares, but they seem to rally.
Most everyone that needed a job, had found something. Not everyone, but I have hope.
What I want most for the next year : A lessening of this economic fear. It causes paralysis on an individual basis,to businesses, to countries, and to the world. I spent the last 6 months of 2008 fearing. I can't do it anymore.
beth b - Jan 04, 2009 11:58:51 am PST #205 of 381
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Pix - Jan 04, 2009 8:22:20 pm PST #206 of 381
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I've been trying to come up with what to say about 2008. So far I got nothing.