I wondered if it was a king cake. I like your idea about hiding it inside a giant baby cake.
it was all lovely, smonster. I was thrown by the return address being North Carolina, you really had me fooled!
Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.
'Shindig'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2012: If the world doesn't end, I'm going to need a note
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. 2012--better luck next time.
quester - Jan 03, 2013 6:01:02 pm PST #227 of 274
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 03, 2013 6:10:27 pm PST #228 of 274
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
That is a wee plastic king cake. I suggest you hide it in a giant cake shaped like a baby.
Heh.
sumi - Jan 04, 2013 4:27:45 am PST #229 of 274
Art Crawl!!!
I suggest you hide it in a giant cake shaped like a baby.
That would be awesome and I want pictures. . .
msbelle - Jan 04, 2013 4:51:35 am PST #230 of 274
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Lee - I flaked out last night. maybe tonight.
Lee - Jan 04, 2013 5:14:14 am PST #231 of 274
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Okay!
smonster - Jan 04, 2013 11:46:38 am PST #232 of 274
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
That package road tripped with me from NOLA to NC - I had hoped to mail it earlier but things were just too hectic.
quester - Jan 04, 2013 5:12:50 pm PST #233 of 274
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
It was worth waiting for.
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2013 8:02:00 pm PST #234 of 274
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So--my wrapup. 2012 was a year where:
- I spent as much on medical care as I got paid in my first post-university job. As a programmer (I am going to be challenging some stuff--I need a msbelle, I think). Rating: :∧⊂ :∧⊂ :∧⊂
- My mother went into remission from cancer (sweet protector of all things tiny, so she did--she's better now, clearly, on the Christmas 6 months after her all clear than she was 10 months before her diagnosis. She's even seeing a physical therapist top help her general posture and strength, because she was drawing in on herself when she was ill, and physically as well as mentally. Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥
- My family came together--for different things. My mother's illness, my sister's 40th. Just, in gneneral. Rating: ♥♥♥
- My head still hurts and I'm faced with experimental surgery not even explicitly targeting the headaches, and it's invasive and scary and I don't want to hasten the singularity this way. Rating: :∧⊂ :∧⊂ :∧⊂ :∧⊂
- My job: I cannot have complained and exulted more about it. No, I have idea how to work the things that aren't in my job description, but they're letting me do more and more stuff, and every time I get yelled at, I go back in with a conciliatory business-related plan of some sort to make that not happen again. It's draining, but it's rewarding. Rating: ♥♥
- The closest around me seem on an even keel for love, jobs, and health. Rating: ♥♥♥
amyth - Jan 05, 2013 6:42:04 am PST #235 of 274
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
When I got home from work yesterday, there was a notice on my door that there was a package waiting for me at the Post Office. I just picked it up, and it was from my Secret Santa, Shir! Yay!
I got a lovely shawl (perfect for me, who is always freezing in my office), an adorable silver charm bracelet, a cookbook all about cuisine from Jerusalem (can't wait to try some of the recipes!), some coffee-flavored swirled halva, and some delicious-looking chocolates. Thank you so much, Shir!!!!
I'm a little worried about my Secret Santa package. I mailed it before Christmas, over three weeks ago, now. At the risk of outing myself, it did have a ways to travel, but I hope it's just in transit, and not Lost Forever. Giftee, I hope it gets to you, soon!
Shir - Jan 05, 2013 10:47:25 am PST #236 of 274
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh, yay! So glad it arrived!
The book is Jerusalem by Ottolenghi and Tamimi, and wow. I heard a lot about it, but the minute I saw it and read a bit I understood the hype and immidetly wanted to buy copies for all of my friends abroad. The way they write about the city through its cuisine is simply marvelous.
And a note for my secret Santa: the address I gave is my parents' address, and they didn't go to the post office since Monday (car broke down). It should have arrived, but most likely I just didn't get the notice about it. I hope I'll have it this week!