Yesterday, my ASL teacher brought two of her kids into class for a little while, because she had about half an hour or so with no babysitter available. The kids are both deaf, and both adopted from Ethiopia. Their mother tried to get them to sign with us. The nine-year-old girl told us her name, and that she's nine and a half, and that she was born in Addis Ababa, but then she got shy and started hiding behind her mother. The five-year-old boy had no interest in having a conversation with strangers, since spinning around in a chair was way more fun.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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. - Jul 26, 2012 5:15:42 pm PDT #15649 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Consuela - Jul 26, 2012 5:15:45 pm PDT #15650 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Go home, ita.
Me, I am at home before a three-day weekend during which I will cook meals for a dozen semi-strangers, and watch Foyle's War, and plot a story I signed up to write (as a pinch-hitter).
What should I do with a couple of pounds of freezer-burned tri-tip? I'm thinking bulgogi. Soy and sesame and ginger solve a multitude of evils...
-t - Jul 26, 2012 5:20:35 pm PDT #15651 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Spicy stew of some sort, maybe? I don't know if cooking a long time would help or hurt, but my instinct with questionable quality meat is to cook it forever.
Amy - Jul 26, 2012 5:22:24 pm PDT #15652 of 30001
Because books.
my instinct with questionable quality meat is to cook it forever.
Low and slow, I would think, right?
-t - Jul 26, 2012 5:23:46 pm PDT #15653 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Right.
bon bon - Jul 26, 2012 5:25:41 pm PDT #15654 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
sara, I take it Cherno Inferno is the FOAF? She was my MOH.
The reason for all the comments is breaking my arm! My first broken extremity, and my first (nondental) surgery is Monday. Typing is hard and the xray is kinda gruesome.
Zenkitty - Jul 26, 2012 5:26:44 pm PDT #15655 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Most of the time, I'm fine with eating gluten-free. But sometimes, like right now, I JUST WANT TOAST. There is no substitute for toast.
msbelle - Jul 26, 2012 5:28:01 pm PDT #15656 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
that is the tempo.
end result of the night is me wondering if I have some undiagnosed mental illness that may be the root cause of my instability. I am not on webmd yet, though. surely therapists over the last 10 years would have suspected something more than low-grade depression and anxiety, right?
Amy - Jul 26, 2012 5:30:59 pm PDT #15657 of 30001
Because books.
surely therapists over the last 10 years would have suspected something more than low-grade depression and anxiety, right?
You're a single parent with an often challenging child, who recently moved to a new (sort of) state after years in NYC, and you're working for an asshole who likes to be a bully. The stress alone has to be incredible. There is no secret mental illness hiding in there, seriously.
-t - Jul 26, 2012 5:31:04 pm PDT #15658 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think it's generally wiser to trust the experts that have met you and treated you over Dr. Google, yeah. Stuff that is out of our control happens. Kind of a lot, really.