Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.

'Serenity'


Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


billytea - Jan 03, 2011 12:43:56 pm PST #14411 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

My onerous task was getting up and going to work, something I hadn't yet managed all year. Do I feel good about it? Mostly I feel sleepy.

I've been doing well with onerous tasks of late. Apparently I find it easier to be the grown-up in the presence of a manifestly not-grown-up person. (It also seems to work around my brothers.) Next task - primary school application! For 2015. Insanity!

Ryan is going to be the oldest child in his class. His birthday falls exactly on the cut-off date, so he's set to be the youngest or the oldest. I told Wallybee that I'd been the youngest in my class; her reaction to this was fairly muted compared to my proffered corollary, "and I turned out alright". So, we reached agreement that Ryan will in fact be the oldest in his class (once she stopped laughing).


Kat - Jan 03, 2011 12:52:00 pm PST #14412 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Three more essays! Three more essays! Three more essays! Well, at least three more that were turned in correctly. Another two might be still floating out there.


Sue - Jan 03, 2011 12:53:54 pm PST #14413 of 30001
hip deep in pie

That pie sounds amazing David.

They make me happy to look at.

I know! The house always looks so desolate for the first few days after the tree is down. I think I am going to have to light some candles tonight.

I jsut bought a swack of silver ornaments for 75% off that I am going to use to make an ornament wreath. Unfortunately, the wreath forms seem to be sold out right now.


smonster - Jan 03, 2011 12:59:38 pm PST #14414 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

My old roommate showed up fortuitously, and is writing me a check. So I had no choice about that particular task, but it all worked out.


Steph L. - Jan 03, 2011 1:01:44 pm PST #14415 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I am for serious when I say that my life went way off the rails once people stopped giving me gold stars for doing stuff I was supposed to do already.

Oh, man. This is TOTALLY me. I'm almost 40 and still haven't gotten over the loss of gold stars for doing my chores.


erin_obscure - Jan 03, 2011 1:10:16 pm PST #14416 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

yay! my "certificate of wellness" or whatever the craxy terminology is came through fine and i'm getting paid for last week and this week. *phew*


msbelle - Jan 03, 2011 1:11:14 pm PST #14417 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

homework done.


billytea - Jan 03, 2011 1:11:51 pm PST #14418 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Oh, man. This is TOTALLY me. I'm almost 40 and still haven't gotten over the loss of gold stars for doing my chores.

The gold star economy goes in entirely the wrong direction. My income is now higher than when I was a kid, why has the supply of gold stars so woefully failed to keep pace? Hell, if it behaved the same way, by now I should have an entire bookcase of trophies engraved with "CLEANED ALL THE THINGS".

...Ok, a shelf at least.


Kat - Jan 03, 2011 1:12:33 pm PST #14419 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

YAY homework!

Also, I have finished grading all my long papers. Now I just have portfolios left and entering grades...


Ginger - Jan 03, 2011 1:13:26 pm PST #14420 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Now I'm wondering if it would help if I made up a chore chart and gave myself gold stars.