In the world of, did my family actually do that, here is the text message I got from my sister today.
Happy b day...btw aunt May died
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
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NoiseDesign - Apr 16, 2012 6:57:29 pm PDT #11529 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
Pix - Apr 16, 2012 6:58:07 pm PDT #11530 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
t facepalm
Strix - Apr 16, 2012 6:59:09 pm PDT #11531 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh.
Goodness.
Cass - Apr 16, 2012 7:00:32 pm PDT #11532 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.
In the world of, did my family actually do that
Stay classy, San Diego.
Atropa - Apr 16, 2012 7:01:00 pm PDT #11533 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I second Pix's t facepalm
DebetEsse - Apr 16, 2012 7:05:19 pm PDT #11534 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Good Lord.
In Elementary school we had computer class, which included typing (Mavis Beacon), as well as a shitton of Oregon Trail. As I told one of my instructors, I was right at the cusp of the "computers are everywhere" generation.
billytea - Apr 16, 2012 7:10:11 pm PDT #11535 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh dear lord.
meara - Apr 16, 2012 7:29:03 pm PDT #11536 of 30001
Good grief, ND. I hope she was not an aunt you were close to.
Once again my decision to not take typing as an elective in high school bites me in the ass.
My mom forced me to take typing and I hated it, but it did end up a very useful class, since now I touch-type like whoa.
Steph, I wish I had taken home-ec too--but I just signed up for a four-week sewing class at a local chain of fabric stores! I'm excited. There was a shorter one (each class is three hours) but I figured repetition would be helpful in getting it to stick. I took home-ec in middle school (we all had to) and at one point knew how to use my sewing machine, and now don't anymore. Oops.
Connie Neil - Apr 16, 2012 7:30:18 pm PDT #11537 of 30001
brillig
Most of my jobs can be directly traced back to the business typing course I took in high school. Mother had made her way as a secretary, and her kids weren't going to fake their way through school with some wimpy Basic Typewriting course. We got the full deal. At my height I typed 120 wpm, but arthritis has slowed me down to 90 (including backspaces to fix things). Still, I'm able to touchtype the backspacing, because I know when my fingers have gotten out of synch with my brain.
I also took Home Ec, though I've never really used anything I learned in cooking. I made a kickbutt pie crust, though, and my streudel was to die for. I thank 4-H for teaching me how to sew. All the country kids took 4-H, and since we weren't set up for raising calves or lambs, we all did sewing. I still have my blue ribbon from the county fair.
WindSparrow - Apr 16, 2012 7:37:36 pm PDT #11538 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
In the world of, did my family actually do that,
I... don't... even.... There's just nothing I can think of to make that make sense.
I'm sorry for your loss, and that you found out in such a cruddy way.