Jilli, what P-C said. It's customary in my family to give a sympathy card with some money if there has been a loss, especially if there has been a financial hardship. You're internet friends haven't had the opportunity to do that for you and your dad, so I think the paypal link is a great idea. I'm sorry your dad is in a difficult position.
You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles ,'Selfless'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Apr 11, 2011 10:32:44 am PDT #19539 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Atropa - Apr 11, 2011 10:40:44 am PDT #19540 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Okay, I made the post on LJ. Now to link it through my other social networking sites, and keep my fingers crossed that people don't think I'm an ass for doing this.
Shir - Apr 11, 2011 10:43:15 am PDT #19541 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Crossing fingers for you, Jilli.
And those who think you're an ass because of it, well, all I'm saying is that I might have to talk with them. Privately. With a knitting needle.
Laga - Apr 11, 2011 10:46:31 am PDT #19542 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Shir, I love your mearas and I wouldn't do this unless I'd heard you ask for English pointers in the past.
homely = not very pretty.
My sister did not know this. She's the 'girly' one in our family and one time after she'd spent a couple hours primping in the bathroom, my grandmother told her, "even after all that you still manange to look homely*" Meg thanked her quite sincerely and I think it was the best comeback any of us ever got at Mom's mom, even though we had to explain it to Meg later.
In cleansing news- 100% grapefruit juice is tasty! I shied away in the past because I thought grapefruit required sugar but this stuff is so good I had to double check the label.
*I know, grammas, right?
Shir - Apr 11, 2011 10:52:10 am PDT #19543 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Thanks, Laga - of course, I had no idea (sorry, Jilli, to crash my lack-of-English-experiments on you!).
So wait. What word would you use to describe something that feels like home to you? Domestic is the only one I can think of which is around, but it's really not it.
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2011 10:53:50 am PDT #19544 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Homey, maybe?
Shir - Apr 11, 2011 10:55:02 am PDT #19545 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I thought homey was referring to a person, not a place. Huh.
§ ita § - Apr 11, 2011 10:57:12 am PDT #19546 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a French Canadian friend who said his girlfriend looked middle-aged when he meant she looked medieval (it was her dress). She was 19 and didn't take it well, so it was pretty...okay, we shouldn't have laughed, but we did.
Of course, he's the same guy that when another girl asked him "Do I look fat in this?" his answer was "Not more than usual" so he was always a gold mine of the wrong thing to say to a chick.
Laga - Apr 11, 2011 10:57:13 am PDT #19547 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I feel like homey is a pretty recent addition to English but if I heard, "this place has a homey feel" I would understand they meant it felt like home.
Laga - Apr 11, 2011 10:58:14 am PDT #19548 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
French Canadian
Hey, that reminds me, Shir. Parlez-vous Francais?