I just sent my baby off to her first day of middle school. Of course, the other middle schooler is currently still in his pajamas working on a SpongeBob typing program.
Please, fates and little fishes, let this year go smoothly.
Spike: I'm not a monster. Xander: Yes! You are a monster. Vampires are monsters! They make monster movies about them! Spike: Well, yeah. Got me there.
'Dirty Girls'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Barb - Aug 24, 2009 2:22:24 am PDT #5239 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
sumi - Aug 24, 2009 2:27:38 am PDT #5240 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
What flea said. . . because your post, ita, is the first that I've heard of any of that and I am listening to NPR right now and it's got NEWS and no reality contestants.
Barb - Aug 24, 2009 2:47:54 am PDT #5241 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
This is why I read my news online. I've gotten to a point where I don't want to hear it, don't really want to see it, unless I choose to.
Sparky1 - Aug 24, 2009 3:42:14 am PDT #5242 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Abby and Nate start early! Much middle school ~ma to them.
If anyone will be at the Old Time Fiddle Festival in Le Mans, Iowa over Labor Day weekend, my 17 year old nephew will be there with one of his bands. Very exciting for him since this is the first all-expenses paid gig he's done outside of the family band.
Also, blech! Monday!
§ ita § - Aug 24, 2009 4:37:11 am PDT #5243 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
All that news was gleaned from asd for news showos *and* I have TiVo so it was shat leaked in between fast forwarding. That's how everywhere it's been in LA news.
Gudanov - Aug 24, 2009 5:09:13 am PDT #5244 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
We had the first soccer games of the fall season this weekend. A tale of two games.
Emaryn's team got hammered. They played an experienced team and her team has several first season players, so it was a tough time. She also started off in goalie which is an interesting paradox. She loves to play goalie, but she's kinda terrible at it since she just wants to stand in front of the net and kick at the ball. Once she was on the field, she played much better and the team did better too, relatively speaking.
Leif's team hammered their opponent. They have a number of players who are pretty young for the division, but it doesn't seem to matter. The coach tries to never have all his best players in at once, but they have so many good players on the team, it's kinda hard to put in a lineup that isn't tough on the other team.
tommyrot - Aug 24, 2009 5:12:03 am PDT #5245 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
In general, how do kids handle it if their team gets beaten badly? Do you tell them it "builds character"?
Gudanov - Aug 24, 2009 5:16:40 am PDT #5246 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Emaryn doesn't seem to mind losing, or even having lots of balls go by her when playing goalie. She's not really into the score, she just enjoys playing.
Leif has never been on the losing side of a soccer game. This hasn't helped his massive ego.
Jesse - Aug 24, 2009 5:18:19 am PDT #5247 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
She loves to play goalie, but she's kinda terrible at it since she just wants to stand in front of the net and kick at the ball.
Sounds like she should be the sweeper?
Gudanov - Aug 24, 2009 5:25:59 am PDT #5248 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Sounds like she should be the sweeper?
That would be better for her. She's at her best at forward. It's a rec league so all the players switch off between positions. But she has fun at goalie somehow, so I suppose it's all good. It's just sort of painful to watch her play the position.