Thanks y'all. I was beating myself up for being jugdey about it last night, thinking maybe people think a Morgan funeral is weird what with the laughing and fish fry after.

But you guys confirmed it for me (I didn't really talk to any one there about it). Actually fucked up.

One of my cousins just announced she's getting married. She let everybody know yesterday that she's having an engagement party on Sunday. I kind of want to go, since I actually get along with this cousin, but I just can't justify going up to NY for the weekend on such short notice just for this. I'm hoping we'll have more advance notice about the actual wedding.

Actually fucked up.

I don't want to judge other people's grieving process...but, well, I guess I am. It sounds like the things that the MomShaman did were very likely to interfere with other people's grieving processes.

Obviously everyone grieves differently, but with a funeral, being that it's generally a group event, some sort of middle ground needs to be reached that will hopefully speak to most people's needs in some way.

IMO.

The descriptions of those horror-show memorials leave me utterly aghast.

Pictures of Ryan are definitely helping to improve my mood after reading so many posts on the BMI/obesity issue. Ryan is a glorious baby.

I dropped my house and car keys down between the steps up to the back door and the house itself. I can't reach them. Daniel is going to have to move the whole stair thingy. I don't get, now or ever, who designs a set external of stairs with a gap between the house and the top steps.

ChiKat, I get my eyelashes dyed every month or so. It doesn't do much to make them fuller, but it's the only way I've found to make them darker that doesn't end up coating the skin under my eyes. It's pretty painless, quick, and relatively inexpensive. And I should really make an appointment to have them redone.

My ground school class wireless is finally working. I may never learn another thing, damn it.

I don't want to judge other people's grieving process...but, well, I guess I am. It sounds like the things that the MomShaman did were very likely to interfere with other people's grieving processes.

I'm going to sit in the same judgy corner as Teppy.

And from mascara corner:

Erin, is there a specific Almay mascara that you like?

Tube mascaras: I've tried and they freak me out. I don't know why exactly, but I don't like 'em.

If the tubes freak you out, what are your feelings on having to use a specific remover versus just washing your face? Because Blinc is really the only one I've tried that never smudges and comes off without a remover.

I'm going to sit in the same judgy corner as Teppy.

Yeah, so am I, because that was VERY DISTURBINGLY WRONG.

Mascara: I really like Glam Eyes by Rimmel, and Doll Eyes by N.Y.C., and they've never smudged on me. However, they are designed to give you EYELASHES, so if you're going for a slightly more understated look, they are not the mascaras for you.

My lashes are straight as a stick. They are fairly thick, though. But, eyelash curlers scare me. My drag queen friend keeps threatening the "kidnap" me for a day of beauty where he teaches me all of the complicated shit.

All caught up. Back in TX. thanks for the inteview~ma. It went well. They said 1st round of interviews will be about 4 weeks. Then notify short list folks, who come back to meet co workers and tour facilities. Then 2 weeks until they make decision.

((( DJ ))). Sounds like the Grapevine Memorial was the true one. Block that other one from your memory.

Erin_O, those TSA folks clearly have vision problems. We have pics of you at a party where you looked smoking hot! Sean will back me up on this.

Shir, you are fabulous.

There was more. But tapping on iPhone in moving van is not easy. Love ya all. And cupcakes for thems that need it, since they should be given as freely as brackets.