Congratulations, bon!
And msbelle, poor Mac. He's very lucky to have you. May there be increasingly peaceful times ahead for you two.
Fingers crossed for you, java.
Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
Xander ,'Lessons'
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.
Beverly - May 15, 2009 7:14:15 pm PDT #19822 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Consuela - May 15, 2009 7:19:14 pm PDT #19823 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Wow, Java, that's awesome!
javachik - May 15, 2009 7:26:00 pm PDT #19824 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Thanks. I'm pretty low-key about it, mostly because I "snuck" in to my current position that usually requires a Master's - so I really don't want to draw attention to the lack of degree up until now. I've never lied on my CV (or in person) about my lack of degree; it's simply never come up. I assume because I am so old that bigwigs infer that I musta graduated a zillion years ago. I managed to drop out of two of the best schools that CA has to offer (UCLA, CAL) when I was in my 20's. I just didn't have focus or discipline then.
I found the focus in my 30s, I guess.
bon bon - May 15, 2009 7:46:03 pm PDT #19825 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Thanks, guys! Just returned from celebratory margaritas and fajitas and such.
Burrell - May 15, 2009 7:49:44 pm PDT #19826 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Congratulations bon bon! And javachik, that'll be hellacool, even if you aren't into royalty.
And now for an awkward transition: Ugh, msbelle. I am so sorry. I wish it were easier.
To avoid another one, I think I'll put off my last 5 years for another post. Although for me I think the crucial chunk of time would be the past 10 years.
beth b - May 15, 2009 7:56:19 pm PDT #19827 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
It is probably a good thing Loki is across the country from me.
billytea - May 15, 2009 8:02:33 pm PDT #19828 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Am I too late for this? Happy anniversary Zmayhem!
What's changed in your life in the last five years?
In the last five years I:
received the CFA charter
moved continents (moved between them, you understand, not... anyway)
had one last Christmas with my mother
got divorced after 12 years' marriage
moved in with my brother
started online dating
revisited America twice
remarried (in China)
built a new house (or rather paid other people to do it for me)
remarried in China
FAUNAPALOOZA! twice - Phillip Island (penguins!) and Tasmania (echidnas!)
got laid off after 14 years with the one company
created new life.
My 30s have not been dull.
Lee - May 15, 2009 8:16:00 pm PDT #19829 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Congratulations on passing the bar, bon bon!
billytea - May 15, 2009 8:38:44 pm PDT #19830 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Congrats bon bon!
Aimee, that's such good news.
Stephanie - May 15, 2009 10:50:56 pm PDT #19831 of 30000
Trust my rage
Wow, in the last five years, I
- graduated from law school
- had a baby (forever changing my identity and how I live my life)
- passed the bar
- moved twice (NC and PR)
- had another baby
- got a job, then quit that one and started working for myself
- watched Joe deploy to Iraq and come home a second time
- became a certified childbirth instructor
- greatly improved my Spanish