I'd much prefer a package of steno pads and pretzel m&ms to a package of severed human heads.

Right? I was pretty happy when I opened it up. But then, pretty much anything I might actually receive has got to be better than severed heads. Illegitimate severed heads, because I have got no business receiving body parts of any kind.

I had someone in my class observing today and it was the day that the kids from the group home wanted to share about life in juvie. Sigh.

Ha. Isn't that always how it is?

The best part, it was during a focused socractic seminar. So when he decided to (over?)share, it was while he had the floor and it was on a discussion of the difference between punishment and revenge. So first he cursed and I had to shut that down. Then he had a million personal stories of how juvie isn't a deterrent how he still does drug and drinks alcohol and how kids like him should be locked away for life.

I couldn't figure out if it were posturing or what.

I handled it as best as I could, but honestly, all last semester he fell asleep in class Every Single Day so this is an improvement? Sort of.

ita,

Revenge:

it isn't clear to me that Nolan did lose a lot of $$. I thought he was bought out or had $$ squirreled away somewhere.

~ma to your mother and family, DCJ.

And now the conversation has me saying, "What's in the box?! WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!!!"

I am a bad person because I find that line funny by now. Possibly because the movie itself was actually scary and it's my coping method.

I couldn't figure out if it were posturing or what.

It sounds like it could be. Ugh.

Cass, except he is in foster care at a group home and I do know he's had two trips to Juvie.

Oh, I assumed he actually had been in Juvie and had a tough life. I read it as he was acting tougher than the experience - that if he said he was worthless then no one else saying it could hurt him.

I'm realizing now there might be a technical definition of posturing that I don't know.

And I know I am way over identifying your student with N (who can use Google and knows his nickname from me but probably won't be just reading) who seems to think if he lowers expectations enough and does enough "bad" things ... I don't know. I can't follow his logic. I just know that N is hurting his own life more than the rest of our family in the long term. And he's (N) an idiot because he's got so many opportunities. Plus in a few years he's going to be 18 and then he's going to end up screwed at this rate.

LeN, I feel like the great big bad thing that happened didn't seem to be that great big or bad--I mean he wants to fix it because that's his stuff but he's still going around bidding half a mil on wine so it's just another day...

I do hands down love him--he's the funniest hottest sweetest character on the show, but much of the impact to that plot point is lost on me. Maybe it was their leadin for Padma and the guy who pines for him? I'm sure they'll do something interesting soon.

Kat--DAMN. That is some poured-in leather. Someone give me a) money and b) half an excuse.... Which reminds me--I never gave you back your black spaghetti strap dress with the leather cutout overlay on the bodice, did I? I am so fucking bad with borrowing clothes...

who seems to think if he lowers expectations enough and does enough "bad" things ... I don't know. I can't follow his logic.

Once he becomes the person he thinks everyone expects him to be, then the suspense is over and he won't have to worry about waiting to disappoint them, it'll all be done.

Gah! Zulilly is finally have a sale of something (I think) I need, and now I can't work out if it's better than Bed Bath and Beyond, because I can't touch! And Zulilly doesn't have returns, and BBAB has 20% off...okay, maybe I talked myself into the returnable option.

But I have learnt that spice jars (or at least the replacement you can buy) seem to come in 3oz sizes--so that might be handy if you can find them in plastic to pour off some body rub, or facial cleanser, or whatever for you carry on luggage.

Happy not yet belated in my timezone birthday msbelle!