last message before bed....
They want her to go to a "name-brand" school. She was told not to apply to any of the CSU system at all.
Again, boggled. Ah well.
Time for bed.
Wash: You want a slinky dress? I can buy you a slinky dress. Captain, can I have money for a slinky dress? Jayne: I'll chip in. Zoe: I can hurt you.
'Shindig'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Kat - Apr 30, 2009 8:00:51 pm PDT #17560 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
beth b - Apr 30, 2009 8:08:15 pm PDT #17561 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Well, I could follow, if not agree, up until that last bit. I t makes no sense.
Shir - Apr 30, 2009 8:50:26 pm PDT #17562 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
sara, I really like your kitchen.
Kat, I don't know what to say. And I'm not sure I understood the whole story. But I think it's best that if L is 18, the choice should be hers as much as possible.
David, I hope all went well.
Now, getting ready to go and see my new born cousin, Noam. I'd add a smiling emoticon if I didn't hate them, but you get the mood.
DavidS - Apr 30, 2009 9:21:42 pm PDT #17563 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Scruffy writer is sexy.
I hope so!
eta: David, I hope all went well.
It did!
They sold out an 80-seater for the movie. It was cool. I got a free beer and talked afterwards. Saw some friends from the world of Rock and Roll, and also a couple of JZ's friends from Faire came out. Also, I got an honorarium. Not in the range of pay-the-rent, but well more than gas-up-the-car.
Shir - Apr 30, 2009 9:35:39 pm PDT #17564 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Yay!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 01, 2009 12:55:21 am PDT #17565 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
DavidS, honorarirum? Cool!
(It is hrd for me to spel honororororororarium.)
Shir, new born cousin? Also cool! Noam is an adorable name.
Calli - May 01, 2009 1:48:00 am PDT #17566 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
While not impossible, saying "Later, losers," and taking off at 18 can be difficult. If Kat's coworker goes to a community college for two years, she can save some money, make some connections and still probably transfer to UC Berkeley for her last two years. People do that sort of thing in NC all the time (usually for money reasons or to get their GPA up).
Sparky1 - May 01, 2009 2:18:26 am PDT #17567 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
Kat, another argument for your student might be the state of the community colleges. My sister and husband are math and chemistry professors at Santa Monica, respectively. This past semester, my sister had 45 seats available in her Calculus section. On day 1, 44 of the 45 students signed up showed up, plus another 60+ asking to be added to the course. She got requests (and saw lots of begging and tears) for the next 2 weeks, but could only offer a lottery for the remaining seat. They anticipate things only getting worse with the economic downturn.
Sheryl - May 01, 2009 3:28:23 am PDT #17568 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I have a cat in my lap.
Barb - May 01, 2009 3:36:43 am PDT #17569 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Man, Kat, I feel for you, having to try to remain zen during something like that.
I wanted to go to Berkley in the worst way and got in, but ultimately, couldn't because I would have been out of state and it would have cost a shit ton of money. Also got into Indiana University's music program but couldn't go, again, because of the out-of-state issues. It wouldn't have been a big deal if my father had actually been putting money into my college fund like he was legally obliged to, but didn't.
So I wound up going to Florida State, which turned out to be pretty good (and five hundred miles from Miami), but man, I wanted to go out of state AWAY in the worst way.
I've never lived anywhere I've chosen completely voluntarily in my life-- I've told Lewis after the kids graduate high school, I'm picking somewhere for us to live.