Dawn: Is that supposed to scare me? Spike: Little tremble wouldn't hurt.

'The Killer In 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.


meara - Sep 17, 2013 9:24:34 pm PDT #5596 of 30000

Sometimes I look at my last post and think of the person who used to make Top Ramen with frozen vegetables and an egg, and wonder how I got here.

See, and to me that sounds brilliant and kinda fancy. I mean...it's fancier than heating up a frozen dinner, which is what I do! I honestly think my cooking skills have probably regressed in the past few years, I cook so little.


Nilly - Sep 17, 2013 11:47:24 pm PDT #5597 of 30000
Swouncing

Skipping and ignoring again, because, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is erika j's birthday.

Happy birthday, erika! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!

Also, since I probably have minimal-to-none computer access during the holiday (Sukkot - sarameg, I always remember your description of it!), I'll already post that tomorrow, the 19th, will be lori's birthday; the following day, the 20th, will be Sue's birthday; the day after that, the 21st, will be Sophia Brooks' birthday; two days later, the 23rd, will be Emmett's birthday, and three days later, the 26th, will be Matilda's birthday (wow, Buffistas sure like the second half of September!).

Lots of early wishes all around!

Oh, and happy Sukkot, to those who celebrate it! And, you know what? Good days to everybody. I'll settle for simply good days.


Calli - Sep 18, 2013 1:55:59 am PDT #5598 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Awesome program, Steph!

Happy birthday, erikaj!

And Libra Buffistas represent!


Kat - Sep 18, 2013 2:56:50 am PDT #5599 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

do you have to use that prompt? He won't understand it, I don't think. Can you ask him to write an essay about a situation he misunderstood? that might be easier.

That's a good one to try. I think I ended up asking him to tell a story about himself that allowed the reader to know him better. Less complex all around. Anytime I give him a writing prompt, I find I have to explain around it more clearly. It's difficult to teach personal narrative and personal memoir to a kid for whom the emotional side of situations are entirely opaque.


Kat - Sep 18, 2013 2:57:35 am PDT #5600 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Entirely non related: Steph, the program is awesome! Beekeepers, in the plural! AWESOME.


Jesse - Sep 18, 2013 3:15:30 am PDT #5601 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Happy birthday, erika!


Jessica - Sep 18, 2013 3:31:03 am PDT #5602 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Tep, those programs are AWESOMESAUCE.


Theodosia - Sep 18, 2013 3:33:27 am PDT #5603 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

What Jessica Said.

If the beekeepers do a dance off, it has to involve a bunch of butt-wiggling (the twerking of the apian world).


Amy - Sep 18, 2013 3:34:52 am PDT #5604 of 30000
Because books.

Happy birthday, erika!


-t - Sep 18, 2013 3:47:21 am PDT #5605 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Many happy returns, erika!