You guys, I HATE it when anyone tries to talk to me when I am in a stall. I do not want to have a conversation over the sound of biological functions. LEAVE ME ALONE. Thankfully I've only had to really say "can we talk about this later, when we're not in the bathroom?" a couple of times.
All right, yes, date and shop and hang out and go to school and save the world from unspeakable demons. You know, I wanna do girlie stuff!
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
javachik - Mar 29, 2010 9:15:03 am PDT #19603 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
SuziQ - Mar 29, 2010 9:15:51 am PDT #19604 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
In the future ALL restaurants will be Taco Bell!
But do you know the secret of the three seashells?
Pet peeve at work? People who refuse to do their job. Full stop. And they don't get fired.
Gudanov - Mar 29, 2010 9:16:43 am PDT #19605 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Ugh, good luck Hec, doesn't sound like fun. Sorry about all the stress.
Steph L. - Mar 29, 2010 9:16:50 am PDT #19606 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
What is your current stupid pet peeve about your job?
The "Language" selection from the "Tools" menu in Word is missing. Seriously. It was there last week, and now it's not. I can provide a screenshot.
Calli - Mar 29, 2010 9:17:08 am PDT #19607 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
What is your current stupid pet peeve about your job?
At the moment, the fact that I have to go back to it tomorrow if I want them to keep paying me. Seriously, I have gotten so much done over this 4-day weekend. But not getting paychecks would interfere with my future plans, so back I go.
javachik - Mar 29, 2010 9:17:44 am PDT #19608 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
So. Emmett won't even be going to school tomorrow. He's staying home with me and working on it all day. He's missing a baseball game on Tuesday night too.
My thinking is that this needs to ruin Emmett's good times a bit longer than just missing one baseball game? Otherwise you're maybe setting him up for a bit of "my lack of planning becomes your emergency and it's fine."
Sophia Brooks - Mar 29, 2010 9:20:34 am PDT #19609 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My goodness, that sounds awful, Hec.
I am also amazed that a) I swear my mother never checked with me about my homework (except band, because she had to sign that I practiced)and b) I always turned everything in on time and c) that seems like a HUGE project for 8th grade. The biggest thing I did for eighth grade was a 10 page handwritten paper on Rabies!
Laura - Mar 29, 2010 9:21:53 am PDT #19610 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Basically I will be spending the week working with him on this paper, typing it up and keeping him on task.
School is so much more work from the parent side of things than it ever was for me when I was in school.
Laura - Mar 29, 2010 9:24:13 am PDT #19611 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
c) that seems like a HUGE project for 8th grade.
Yes, this. My kids haven't had any projects this involved, including my HS senior.
Gudanov - Mar 29, 2010 9:26:53 am PDT #19612 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I remember the odd paradox when I was in high school. People a generation older would lament about how the public education system had really gone downhill since they were in school, but what I was doing in high school they had done in college. It seems like that now too, the education system is supposedly terrible, but kids do such sophisticated things in school. Maybe the education system is just more uneven than ever.