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.
Joyce: You don't think it's too obvious? I think I look like I have a cat on my head. Buffy: But a very well groomed cat. Joyce: Well that's a comfort.
'Bring On The Night'
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.
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
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.
sarameg - Jun 19, 2011 5:25:50 pm PDT #13283 of 30001
Oh, poor mac being on the receiving end of that. I think it's what they all said. Testing of social boundaries.
Impromptu winefest on the decks. A & B (sink source) and I. And Loki, who went back and forth and spent a lot of time in A's house. Goof. Anyway, we're totally trying to convince B to build a deck like ours, but connect it with a walkway to A's. Heh. And they were so adorable about telling me how happy they were that I bought this place. I'm so lucky. Oh and they LOVED the pea salad. As in, threatened to keep it all. Score for impulse no recipe salad making. Maybe I have some taste.
Kat - Jun 19, 2011 5:26:00 pm PDT #13284 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
And it's also because different families are hard for them to understand.
Today's been game day. Right now Noah and Grace are working on Very Hungry Caterpillar puzzle. We also played Candyland (twice) and Chutes and Ladders. Noah was working the puzzle mostly on his own and Grace was helping. She was disassembling the pieces he put together and I said, "Grace, don't do that." Noah turned and snapped at me saying, "You have to be nicer to my sister."