My whole life just flashed before my eyes! I gotta get me a life!

Xander ,'Dirty Girls'


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.


msbelle - Jan 06, 2013 6:48:36 pm PST #239 of 274
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Anyone in the regular exchange who did not yet receive a gift, please email me.


Shir - Jan 09, 2013 9:46:59 am PST #240 of 274
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

amyth! Awww, amyth. Thank you, so much. Such a wonderful package, and I'm only sorry it got me so long to get to it - it's been waiting for me for at least a week.

So amyth gave me a very appropriate merit badge, and a fantastic purple scarf. And a bigger-on-the-inside bag, and a beautiful bracelet. And a CD by an artist I'm not yet familiar with but will be soon, and a marvelous - absolutely marvelous wood bookmark, with an eighth note carved on it. Absolutely beautiful. Attached to all of these there was a beautiful card.

Thank you so much, amyth. I feel so lucky to have been introduced to this board almost five years ago. This gift exchange is only a small reminder to all of the things, in wisdom and and experiences I got from being here - and as much as these exchanges make me incredibly happy and grateful for knowing people from all over the world, I cherish the everyday of posting here, whenever I can post here regularly.

So as corny as it might sound, thank you for being yourselves.


Polter-Cow - Jan 09, 2013 9:55:05 am PST #241 of 274
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Shir, you know I've kept those candy tins on my windowsill and every time I look at them I think of you? Now you do.

(Okay, I also think of candy. But also you.)


Shir - Jan 09, 2013 10:05:39 am PST #242 of 274
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Aww, P-C. laughs. Thank you.

I really did get so much from here. And I love you all. And hi, that merit badge will get on my (newish) bag, right next to that snowflake I also got from here.


amyth - Jan 09, 2013 11:06:05 am PST #243 of 274
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Hooray, hooray! I'm so glad that you got the package, and that you liked the contents!!

I don't know if the musician is to your taste, but I know that music is very important to you, and it was recorded outdoors, just a few miles from my apartment. So it should give you an audio taste of North Carolina.

I love that you liked the merit badge. I saw it and I just had to buy it.


Tom Scola - Jan 09, 2013 11:08:26 am PST #244 of 274
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

What was the merit badge for?


Toddson - Jan 09, 2013 11:11:25 am PST #245 of 274
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Being Awesome? (if so, there should be a lot of them distributed around here)


DavidS - Jan 09, 2013 11:17:37 am PST #246 of 274
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Nerd Merit Badges.

I prefer these badges though because they've got one for Record Collecting and another for Yoga Farting.


DavidS - Jan 09, 2013 11:19:57 am PST #247 of 274
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Ooh, this place has a Dopamine badge, and a Surrealist badge.


Shir - Jan 09, 2013 11:23:15 am PST #248 of 274
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

It was this one: [link]