ita, can you tell them that mind-reading costs extra?
oyes I am being ever so helpful today in so many ways.
Harrow: You didn't have to wound that man. Mal: Yeah, I know, it was just funny.
'Shindig'
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.
hippocampus - Mar 07, 2011 8:32:36 am PST #26714 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
JZ - Mar 07, 2011 8:37:04 am PST #26715 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.
Great Moments in Parenting:
This morning as I was getting ready to leave, I snuzzled down with Matilda for a little bit of cuddling and bonding (she complains mightily if anybody walks out the door without paying the hugs-and-kisses toll). She patted my face, inspected my lipstick and proclaimed it sufficiently red (I had worn a subtle shimmery shade to juliana's play on Saturday, and Matilda Did Not Approve), and then put her hands on my cheeks and gazed into my eyes. Her pink little face, framed in muzzy bedhead curls, grew alight with an intense, delighted ardor, and my heart broke into a million helpless pieces.
"Mommy?" she said in tones of reverent, numinous delight.
"Yes, honeybug?"
"When I look at your eyes, I can see my own reflection!"
I've come to the conclusion that dealing with 4-year-olds carries many of the same pitfalls as dealing with cats and dogs; just like with my pets, I keep making the fatal mistake of anthropomorphizing - I receive some kind of feedback and erroneously attribute it to a recognizably human emotion. With a 4-year-old, just as with a cat or dog, this is almost always 100% completely wrong.
Polter-Cow - Mar 07, 2011 8:38:34 am PST #26716 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
JZ, you should write more.
Jesse - Mar 07, 2011 8:47:25 am PST #26717 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aw, Matilda. Aw, the narcissism of the very young.
JZ - Mar 07, 2011 8:47:33 am PST #26718 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.
Give me a Time-Turner and maybe I can squeeze it in.
Burrell - Mar 07, 2011 8:48:14 am PST #26719 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ha, JZ! I've had that exact same conversation with my little boy!
Zenkitty - Mar 07, 2011 8:49:11 am PST #26720 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
JZ, that's delightful, and
just like with my pets, I keep making the fatal mistake of anthropomorphizing - I receive some kind of feedback and erroneously attribute it to a recognizably human emotion. With a 4-year-old, just as with a cat or dog, this is almost always 100% completely wrong.
is funny as hell!
JZ - Mar 07, 2011 8:50:04 am PST #26721 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.
Oh, thank God, Burrell. It's at least comforting to know that it's not just my kid, that "dreamy little sociopath" is completely developmentally normal.
hippocampus - Mar 07, 2011 8:53:00 am PST #26722 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
that "dreamy little sociopath" is completely developmentally normal.
last time I checked, yup. Mine own occasionally turns into a chocolate volcano too.
JZ, you should write more.
also, yup.
sumi - Mar 07, 2011 8:59:36 am PST #26723 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
JZ, that is a great story.