I get why businesses would want to use it to make a few bucks
This is actually my biggest gripe. Corporate holidays make me sad. Plus, legislating appreciation? Sigh.
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
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.
beekaytee - May 09, 2010 3:14:43 pm PDT #28445 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
megan walker - May 09, 2010 3:18:42 pm PDT #28446 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I definitely make a point of not going to restaurants or stores, that's for sure. I never really celebrated Hallmark holidays even when younger, so it's not really the holiday that bothers me so much as the bizarre tendency on this particular one for random strangers to bring it up.
§ ita § - May 09, 2010 3:25:15 pm PDT #28447 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't remember which Mother's Day Jamaica celebrates. But since I'm never going to remember when the British one is, I extend wishes to my mother on this one. Not that she's home right now.
I'm glad no one has ever wished me a happy mother's day. It would irritate me. Do they hand out stuff to every man on father's day?
megan walker - May 09, 2010 3:31:37 pm PDT #28448 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Of course, maybe I'm just bitter because I'm having my Gen X Midlife Crisis.
Polter-Cow - May 09, 2010 3:33:07 pm PDT #28449 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
megan, someone at the book reading last night was actually named Megan Walker. It was confusing.
megan walker - May 09, 2010 3:34:04 pm PDT #28450 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Maybe it was just me in disguise.
Jesse - May 09, 2010 3:35:39 pm PDT #28451 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm pretty sure no one's ever wished me a happy Mother's Day.
But since I'm never going to remember when the British one is, I extend wishes to my mother on this one.
It must be March-ish, because I remember being in London for Spring Break and freaking out that I had forgotten, due to all the signs there.
§ ita § - May 09, 2010 3:39:39 pm PDT #28452 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It must be March-ish, because I remember being in London for Spring Break and freaking out that I had forgotten, due to all the signs there.
How panic-inducing! Every year I have a mini-freakout because of my mother's phantom birthday, April 20th. It's what her birth certificate says, so it's lightly lodged in my memory as something to celebrate.
Zenkitty - May 09, 2010 3:44:35 pm PDT #28453 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm on the cusp between Baby Boomers and Gen X, and I'm not sure when my midlife crisis is supposed to be. Maybe I missed it.
Jesse - May 09, 2010 3:46:17 pm PDT #28454 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
How panic-inducing!
Indeed.