You're making sure he's not in secret correspondence with MiracleMan, aren't you?
Hmmmm. They did hit it off at the F2F...
What'd you all order a dead guy for?
Jayne ,'The Message'
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.
DavidS - Jan 24, 2011 12:06:38 pm PST #18685 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
JZ - Jan 24, 2011 12:09:37 pm PST #18686 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I'm not too worried about Matilda's princess obsession. It's not like she's actively thinking about a Prince or even lots of servants. She just likes dressing up in girly stuff.
Although, ugh, when we went to the Booksmith on Saturday all she wanted to do was sit and have me read Disney princess happily-ever-after stories (there's now an ages 3-6 DP book about Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White and how they planned their weddings).
I balked after the first insipid story; Matilda made a pouty face and I said, "I don't want to read you stories about princesses getting married, I want to read you stories about princesses being brave and having adventures!" And a middle school girl sitting in the corner reading the latest edition of one of those giant Harry Potter imitator series looked up, gave me a thumbs-up and said, "Yeah!"
Matilda also wants me to draw her lots of pictures of me and Hec getting married, Emmett in his tuxedo holding the ring pillow. (When I did it the first time she said sternly, "No, Mommy, you did it wrong. He was holding a HEART pillow, not a SQUARE pillow.") Even as mild as her case of princess romance fever is, I'm plenty ready for it to be over.
Cashmere - Jan 24, 2011 12:11:28 pm PST #18687 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Liv never went through the Princessy-type stuff. She like the clothes, but she's equally excited to wield the sword and she doesn't even want to watch the Disney Princess movies. She's asking for Legos nearly as much as Owen rather than Polly Pockets.
Cashmere - Jan 24, 2011 12:12:53 pm PST #18688 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
And I'm glad I found her this at a derby bout.
Jesse - Jan 24, 2011 12:15:53 pm PST #18689 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I said, "I don't want to read you stories about princesses getting married, I want to read you stories about princesses being brave and having adventures!" And a middle school girl sitting in the corner reading the latest edition of one of those giant Harry Potter imitator series looked up, gave me a thumbs-up and said, "Yeah!"
That's awesome. I don't think the princess thing is bad for little girls, as long as the parents don't buy into the "sit still and look pretty" thing.
§ ita § - Jan 24, 2011 12:16:03 pm PST #18690 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
an ages 3-6 DP
So DP stands for something other than how I used it a few days ago, right?
StuntHusband - Jan 24, 2011 12:19:19 pm PST #18691 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
So DP stands for something other than how I used it a few days ago, right?
TOTALLY had a mouthful of coffee. Technically not a COMM moment, since I was able to exercise extreme self-control.
Jesse - Jan 24, 2011 12:20:17 pm PST #18692 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wait, you didn't mean Disney Princess??
msbelle - Jan 24, 2011 12:20:23 pm PST #18693 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
well I only got on job app completed, damn but the process is slow. I hate everyone and everything and am taking it as a personal victory if I get through the evening not yelling at mac.
Vortex - Jan 24, 2011 12:25:07 pm PST #18694 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Not quite Double Meat Palace, but was Joss prescient?