(after finishing my second bowl of ice cream)
Ha! I was going to see if y'all might want to get one of them sno-cone thingies I've heard tell about, but I guess not today. Sounds delish.
You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
smonster - Jun 19, 2011 12:57:23 pm PDT #13273 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
msbelle - Jun 19, 2011 1:00:55 pm PDT #13274 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh, and hivemind? where do kids get the idea that adoption means not being wanted? I know kids are often just cruel for no reason, but where do they learn that saying someone is adopted somehow will be interpreted means they are second best or unwanted?
Hil R. - Jun 19, 2011 1:09:49 pm PDT #13275 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Father's Day here meant going to see Super 8 with my dad. That was fun. It's like Goonies + E.T. + a little bit of Jaws.
Trudy Booth - Jun 19, 2011 1:09:54 pm PDT #13276 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
oh, and hivemind? where do kids get the idea that adoption means not being wanted? I know kids are often just cruel for no reason, but where do they learn that saying someone is adopted somehow will be interpreted means they are second best or unwanted?
I think its some sort of primal fear sparked by the fact that parents could actually give a child away combined with being an evil little fuck.
It's like women blaming rape vicitms to make themselves feel safe.
Calli - Jun 19, 2011 2:49:03 pm PDT #13277 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy birthday, Plei!
Burrell - Jun 19, 2011 3:12:07 pm PDT #13278 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Happy birthday Plei! And happy dad day to all the daddies and father figures out there!
msbelle, I don't even know what to say. Can you have a talk with the parents of the other kids?
Cashmere - Jun 19, 2011 3:22:37 pm PDT #13279 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
In Cumberbatch news: Looks like he's been cast as the voice of Smaug in the Hobbit
According to TheOneRing.net.
Jesse - Jun 19, 2011 3:41:44 pm PDT #13280 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
msbelle has Nintendonitis, pass it on!
Heh.
I don't even know about kids. Definitely from a freaked-out place in their little heads.
Go, ita's cousin!
I walked to my parents' house, but didn't do nails or laundry. Ah well.
Cass - Jun 19, 2011 4:15:36 pm PDT #13281 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.
oh, and hivemind? where do kids get the idea that adoption means not being wanted? I know kids are often just cruel for no reason, but where do they learn that saying someone is adopted somehow will be interpreted means they are second best or unwanted?
I think it comes from fear. Either the fear of parents dying or the fear of parents abandoning them. That and kids can be just cruel for no real reason.
Amy - Jun 19, 2011 4:19:02 pm PDT #13282 of 30001
Because books.
Some kids also know instinctively how to poke at a sore spot. Some of it is just testing, and some of it might be that fear -- "MY parents would never give me away" -- and they have to make kids who have been adopted Other and Different so they can convince themselves they're safe.
Growing up is so hard. Give mac extra hugs.
ita's cousin at Wimbledon! That's awesome. Speaking of tennis, we caught part of a really good ESPN documentary about McEnroe and Borg the other night. Such an interesting story.