amyth, I'm so glad you have Calli right there.
Giles: I jump out of the circle, jump back in, and, and, shake my gourd. Buffy: Hey, I think I know this ritual. The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the Hokey-Pokey and to turn themselves around.
'Dirty Girls'
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.
Burrell - Jan 20, 2011 4:58:21 pm PST #17904 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Cass - Jan 20, 2011 4:58:35 pm PST #17905 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.
A Tale of Two Cats
I pulled the laser pointer out for Puppycat. She's annoying me, I want her to run off energy. She zooms after, loses and is dazzled by the red dot. All about the chase. In fact, she's still looking for it now and I'm, in fact, typing, thus not making the zoomy dot appear.
Kittenish noticed the movement, walked up to the dot on the floor, sniffed it and walked off. It wasn't prey, it was a dot of light.
Steph L. - Jan 20, 2011 5:01:05 pm PST #17906 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
At Christmas, we got a 9-month-old baby, who was just getting his crawling skills perfected, to chase a laser dot.
Is that wrong?
Because it made me want to have a kid, just so I could make it chase the laser dot. (And the whole world just thanked whatever they worship that I have an IUD.)
Burrell - Jan 20, 2011 5:04:40 pm PST #17907 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
On the one hand, there are worse reasons to have a baby, but on the other, they, well, they do grow out of the laser dot-chasing phase.
sarameg - Jan 20, 2011 5:10:01 pm PST #17908 of 30001
My brother was just finishing up his child development classes when his eldest was born. There were a lot of "experiments" practiced on that kid. And subsequent kid, because it was fun the first time.
Figure if you can't experiment on your own kids, who can you?
Kat - Jan 20, 2011 5:13:28 pm PST #17909 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh Jilli, I am so very sorry. Much love to you and your father.
§ ita § - Jan 20, 2011 5:13:43 pm PST #17910 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
if you can't experiment on your own kids, who can you?
Your sister.
sarameg - Jan 20, 2011 5:15:39 pm PST #17911 of 30001
If there is enough of an age difference. 3.5 years not enough.
Now I get my nephews. Because bro and SIL approve.
Steph L. - Jan 20, 2011 5:23:18 pm PST #17912 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
well, they do grow out of the laser dot-chasing phase.
I figure when they grow out of it, they'll be big enough I can put 'em to work in the fields, picking corn and shooting groundhogs.
(What? I never mentioned the family farm? Or that I'm really a balding farmer named Zeke?
Sorry about that. Gotta go shoot a groundhog.)
SuziQ - Jan 20, 2011 5:26:21 pm PST #17913 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I think my cat hides our laser pointers. We had three once upon a time and I can't find any of them.