(Also? It's really touching that when Taylor introduced me to people as "Ms. Sara, my mentor" eyes would light up with recognition. The woman who made sure Taylor got into this program HUGGED ME. )
I got stupid. The money was too good.
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
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.
sarameg - Oct 13, 2010 5:09:09 pm PDT #29513 of 30001
Lee - Oct 13, 2010 5:10:33 pm PDT #29514 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Taylor and her mentor are both made of AWESOME.
Jesse - Oct 13, 2010 5:10:43 pm PDT #29515 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's awesome.
amych - Oct 13, 2010 5:18:45 pm PDT #29516 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
OMG WE GET INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING!!
lisah - Oct 13, 2010 5:31:29 pm PDT #29517 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
That's really great, sara.
And weehoo no thyroid cancer!!
Burrell - Oct 13, 2010 5:35:18 pm PDT #29518 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
sara's story made me sniffly.
Sorry Dana for the crappy day.
I am so tired. Gah. How come conferencing with students all day is so tiring?
sarameg - Oct 13, 2010 5:46:21 pm PDT #29519 of 30001
Honestly, I'd attributed a lot of Taylor's drive and focus to her dad. And he is responsible for a lot of it. But her mom is really the other half. She thanked me again for being a mother-figure in Taylor's life when she couldn't, but the thing is? She was. I'm more the auntie-figure.
I'm so grateful that Taylor's dad for some reason thought I was a teacher all those years ago and asked me to help her with stuff, even after I disabused him of that notion. If not for that, I'd not know her, and that would make me a poorer person.
flea - Oct 13, 2010 5:49:07 pm PDT #29520 of 30001
information libertarian
I just got home and mr. flea is upstairs snoring like a lumberjack. He's so loud I don't think I'll even be able to get to sleep on the couch. Ugh.
ION genealogy so fun, here is my great-grandmother when she was 3 or 4: [link]
Cass - Oct 13, 2010 6:01:02 pm PDT #29521 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I'm more the auntie-figure.
But that is still important and awesome. You really have helped shape Taylor into the amazing person she is and is still becoming.
Amy - Oct 13, 2010 6:02:06 pm PDT #29522 of 30001
Because books.
What Cass and the others said, sara. What you've done for her, and what she's done for you!, is a fantastic thing.