And not a cat toy.
Which, for some reason, makes me ask - Hec, what did you sister send this year? It was your sister who sent Belinda, yes?
Dreg: Glory, Your Most Fresh-And-Cleanness. It's only a matter of time-- Glory: Ugh, everything always takes time! What about my time? Does anyone appreciate I'm on a schedule here?! Tick tock, Dreg! Tick freakin' tock!
'Sleeper'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2009: So long and thanks for all the fish.
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 2009? Don't think we've forgotten about you
SuziQ - Jan 12, 2010 6:01:30 am PST #401 of 549
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
DavidS - Jan 12, 2010 6:07:10 am PST #402 of 549
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, what did you sister send this year? It was your sister who sent Belinda, yes?
Shit tons of sutff! All of it from Wal-Mart I suspect.
Matilda got some dolls. Not creepy. They were talking dolls, though, so JZ performed a voice-boxectomy on them when Matilda wasn't looking.
Emmett got a remote control car. He also got a lot of stuff which I think of as typical presents from my sister. That is they sort of look good in theory but they're really the cheap-ass version of an expensive thing that will never work properly.
Like, he got excited because she sent him some kind of game system vaguely like a Wii. He already has a Wii at his mom's house and loves it. So he was psyched to have one here. Except the games on it are all a bare notch above 8-bit video games from 1978.
Also he got a telescope. Which looks cool - in theory. But it doesn't really work. You can't really focus on anything.
Le sigh. I wish she'd get the Good Version of the Cheaper Toy instead of the Cheap Lame Version of the Expensive Toy if you know what I mean.
Anyway, I don't mean to sound ungrateful. They had fun opening all their stuff. It's just the wooden dollhouse that EM got for Matilda is the kind of thing which will endure and engage her more.
smonster - Jan 12, 2010 6:25:34 am PST #403 of 549
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Hey Smonster, I forgot to ask if the ornament is handmade. It looks like it might be, in addition to being really cute.
I'm not sure! I got it at Cameron's which is this quirky little gift store in town, and it didn't even have a "made in" label, so maybe? I got myself a cute Santa head from the same display, and one for my parents, too.
Lee - Jan 12, 2010 6:36:05 am PST #404 of 549
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
And not a cat toy.
Errrr.
It was on the floor of the living room this morning, which I'm pretty sure is not where I left it last night.
so maybe?
Cool.
ChiKat - Jan 12, 2010 7:26:31 am PST #405 of 549
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Aren't all Christmas tree ornaments cat toys? If not, my cat did not get the message.
aurelia - Jan 12, 2010 7:38:02 am PST #406 of 549
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
This is why I haven't put up my tree the last 4 years.
megan walker - Jan 12, 2010 7:53:15 am PST #407 of 549
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
This is why I don't have cats.
juliana - Jan 12, 2010 7:59:23 am PST #408 of 549
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
That is why the good ornaments are carefully positioned away from cat-accessible areas, and the type of tree is selected for its ability to discourage climbing.
brenda m - Jan 12, 2010 8:01:45 am PST #409 of 549
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
aurelia, I have a reservation at Cafe des Architectes on Feb 26. Are you free to join me and Ellen?
smonster - Jan 12, 2010 8:08:14 am PST #410 of 549
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
That is why the good ornaments are carefully positioned away from cat-accessible areas, and the type of tree is selected for its ability to discourage climbing.
My parents tether theirs to the wall.
And since we're discussing cats, removing the Christmas tree does not seem to have stopped my roomie's cat. This morning the little fucker walked into my room (a first), sniffed at my cats' water and food bowls (right inside the door) and turned around and sprayed. In front of me. I yelled at him, but damn. Those Feliway plug-ins are starting to look more reasonable.
She'd give him another home, but who's going to take a deaf cat who sprays?