I loved American Girl when I was a kid, but I haven't liked a lot of the branding that's been done and decisions that have been made since they got bought out by Mattel.
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
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.
Hil R. - Oct 04, 2010 4:34:40 pm PDT #5021 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Cass - Oct 04, 2010 4:34:46 pm PDT #5022 of 30000
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 just don't know how to motivate him. Or even effectively communicate with him about why it's actually really important to do things like pass your classes. And it's making me grrrr.
Laga - Oct 04, 2010 4:38:35 pm PDT #5023 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I must admit I had a great time visiting the American Girl store when my nieces were wee. We all dressed up and my grandma and my nieces brought their dolls with. We had a tea party & they even had special chairs for the dolls.
eta- this was at least 10 years ago.
Atropa - Oct 04, 2010 4:45:36 pm PDT #5024 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Or even effectively communicate with him about why it's actually really important to do things like pass your classes.
Because not passing your classes when you are perfectly capable of it makes you a giant tool. And makes you look dumber than you are, which is embarrassing for everyone.
(A paraphrasing of the talk Dad gave me, once the Semester Of No Math Homework caught up with me.)
DavidS - Oct 04, 2010 4:52:00 pm PDT #5025 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
(A paraphrasing of the talk Dad gave me, once the Semester Of No Math Homework caught up with me.)
Emmett's godsister skipped an entire year of homework in high school to write her Harry Potter fanfic novel.
It screwed her GPA and might've cost her going to an Ivy, but I still kind of admire her for that. (She's finishing up at a UC so it wasn't a total career ruiner.)
sj - Oct 04, 2010 4:52:29 pm PDT #5026 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
My nephew, who is so incredibly smart it's ridiculous, does not do his English homework because he really prefers Math and Science.
Cass - Oct 04, 2010 4:53:15 pm PDT #5027 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Because not passing your classes when you are perfectly capable of it makes you a giant tool. And makes you look dumber than you are, which is embarrassing for everyone.
I'll credit your dad when I give the talk. Or, as is more likely, send in the mail because I can say everything at once and he can read it without having to pretend not to care.
Thank you.
Laga - Oct 04, 2010 4:54:20 pm PDT #5028 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
The only class I did all my homework in was French because Madame Hines was so sweet that I couldn't bear to disappoint her.
Atropa - Oct 04, 2010 4:57:05 pm PDT #5029 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Emmett's godsister skipped an entire year of homework in high school to write her Harry Potter fanfic novel.
If only I'd had that sort of reason for that Semester of No Math Homework. No, I just didn't feel like doing it.
The other part of Dad's talk was how it was me breaking the "Do Not Get Caught" rule.
erikaj - Oct 04, 2010 5:01:36 pm PDT #5030 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I was just that bad at math and I did not want to face it.