I can't. The holidays are too overwhelming and too expensive for me, but thank you for keeping the tradition going, msbelle.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sj - Nov 05, 2019 8:40:04 am PST #13063 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
JZ - Nov 05, 2019 8:48:24 am PST #13064 of 30019
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
And everything just makes me so angry. And my old boss so angry. So we are just two very angry people who are Horton hears a Whoing it, pointing at an obvious problem that no one else wants to see.
I feel like my work must be adjacent to yours, and I feel you and your old boss, and I love "Horton hears a Whoing it."
msbelle - Nov 05, 2019 9:21:59 am PST #13065 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Thing I was thinking about for the exchange this year:
- ornament exchange 1 ornament only.
- book exchange, nothing new
- music exchange via Dropbox or similar
- Etsy or other online marketplace only for purchases, must find a seller near your giftee
- no exchange, instead choose a project as a group and make donations (possibly donors choose or a direct support need, or bail fund)
Steph L. - Nov 05, 2019 9:24:24 am PST #13066 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
no exchange, instead choose a project as a group and make donations (possibly donors choose or a direct support need, or bail fund)
I would definitely be in for this, because it's easy for me to send money, whereas shopping and then getting my butt to the post office is a task that gets disproportionately hard during the holidays.
Laura - Nov 05, 2019 9:31:37 am PST #13067 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
I like either the ornament or group project ideas.
Toddson - Nov 05, 2019 9:47:57 am PST #13068 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
May I offer a public service announcement? Don't drink and dance.
sj - Nov 05, 2019 9:50:55 am PST #13069 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I would be up to an alternate exchange that doesn't require a visit to the post office.
amyparker - Nov 05, 2019 10:02:38 am PST #13070 of 30019
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
In favor of the group project: my current place is half the size of the Salt Lake house and we've had to adopt a "one in, one out" attitude towards stuff, I don't do a tree, and Mount Tsundoku is never going to be scaled at this rate.
Jessica - Nov 05, 2019 10:04:51 am PST #13071 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
ornament exchange 1 ornament only
Seems a bit Christmas-only.
I like local Etsy or donations though.
Theodosia - Nov 05, 2019 10:11:47 am PST #13072 of 30019
'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"
I could manage an ornament, I think. I've whiffed on some previous exchanges. If I try concentrating on a very cute ornament instead of trying to tailor it obsessively to be the One Perfect Ornament That Will Change the Life of the Recipient, I could do it.
I am a gift-giving mess, generally.