Debet, The Junk Food Science Blog is a good resource. If this [link] entry doesn't hit the point as hard as you wish, surely one of the others will.
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
WindSparrow - Aug 26, 2013 6:04:23 am PDT #3547 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Laura - Aug 26, 2013 6:15:51 am PDT #3548 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
mac is at junior high. everyone pray for everyone.
FWIW, I have heard the theory often that the earlier a person rebels the least destructive. As in better to get it out early because those that rebel late, like after college or worse yet in their 40s really do it up big time. So my theory is that mac got it out of his system early and junior high, high school and beyond will be easier.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
msbelle - Aug 26, 2013 6:17:39 am PDT #3549 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
(Junior fucking high!!)
this is what I am saying!
Also - he CARES ABOUT HOW HE LOOKS NOW. like, almost overnight. he spent time matching things this morning AND fixing his hair. HE NEVER FIXES HIS HAIR. (his jacket that matched last years' shoes perfectly completely clashed with his outfit this morning - he is in need of a new jacket).
§ ita § - Aug 26, 2013 6:20:19 am PDT #3550 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
those that rebel late, like after college or worse yet in their 40s really do it up big time
I like to think I'm doing it late, long, and slow.
Otherwise I haven't done it at all.
But my poor mother. She just wants a hetero-romantic kid who respects the gender binary. And who passes up the odd argument.
WindSparrow - Aug 26, 2013 6:29:00 am PDT #3551 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Meh, I did my time as a rebel in college. It took the form of Midnight Lilac Raids wherein I and my roommate would wander through town snipping one or two sprigs of blossoms off each lilac hedge lining the alleys we were walking past. Without. Asking. Permission.
Of course many of our fellow college rebels were rebelling with drugs and booze, so you may have a point.
le nubian - Aug 26, 2013 6:36:31 am PDT #3552 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
he CARES ABOUT HOW HE LOOKS NOW
is there a love interest around...?
Connie Neil - Aug 26, 2013 6:38:26 am PDT #3553 of 30000
brillig
I rebelled in college, then moved cross country. I suppose that's a kind of rebellion.
Burrell - Aug 26, 2013 6:49:21 am PDT #3554 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Also - he CARES ABOUT HOW HE LOOKS NOW.
You're the mother of a tween now. Good luck msbelle!
I have scheduled two doctor visits and am now ready to go teach. I am on fire! Or at least I'm not falling flat on my face -- YET!
DebetEsse - Aug 26, 2013 6:52:14 am PDT #3555 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Thanks, Andi.
Also, good luck to Mac. Remember, every year, dozens of tweens survive middle school.
msbelle - Aug 26, 2013 6:54:27 am PDT #3556 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
There is no girl interest yet, just general fit-in interest.