~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!

I am a bad person because I find that line funny by now.

Oh, me too. Partly because that was not the most traumatic part of the movie to me. The image of Sloth kept me awake the night I saw that movie.

Hi! So I woke up in the middle of the night completely panicked about the furnace and...it's working! It's 0 out, but I was able to make it kick on and heat came out. Yay heat. So I stoked the fire for good measure and came back to bed, but the dog is confused and thinks it's morning and of course I'm wide awake from adrenaline.

Much health~ma to your mother, DCJ.