Neither TCG nor I wake up happy. If ltc wakes up on her own, she’s ready to go and to talk nonstop for the next 12 hours. If we have to wake her up for any reason, she’s absolutely miserable and will snarl and whine.
Mal: Cut it out. Job's not done until we're back on Serenity. Zoe: Sorry, sir. Didn't mean to enjoy the moment.
'Ariel'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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 - Jan 05, 2021 12:01:19 pm PST #1948 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jessica - Jan 05, 2021 12:24:00 pm PST #1949 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
From Dylan I get a running TED Talk on video game history based on whatever YouTube video he just watched, and from Aeryn it's brick-by-brick descriptions of everything she's found or crafted in Minecraft that day. I really do miss the days when they were in school all day and could have these conversations with their peers.
sj - Jan 05, 2021 1:36:55 pm PST #1950 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Has anyone here used the Common app for submitting references?
Amy - Jan 05, 2021 2:10:59 pm PST #1951 of 30000
Because books.
Oh man, Jake was famous for that around 9 or 10. The entire plot of, like, SpongeBob episodes. Even now (he's 28) if he gets started on computer gaming I just have to nod and smile for a bit.
Sara was like ltc, sj, but always. Just nonstop talk, 24/7. Sometimes, especially in the car when she was 4 or 5, I would announced that it was time for Quiet Time. It only worked for a while. Even now, if she gets going, it's a barrage of details about her teachers, her friends, the dog, her shift at work...
Sheryl - Jan 05, 2021 3:45:23 pm PST #1952 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Gary is less of a morning person than I am. I'm not really a morning person, but years of getting up at 6:30 for work, plus hamster brain, means I'm usually up and out of bed when the alarm goes off.
Beverly - Jan 05, 2021 6:11:15 pm PST #1953 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I've been laughing in sympathy all the while I've been catching up.
I did make it a point from early to listen to hours upon hours of cartoon replays, playground play-by-plays, and Mighty Adventures of Spiff the Spaceman-equivalent when my sons were small to middle-sized. Which paid off when they were larger and had Actual Problems to talk about, or How Should I Feel about this social skill, or that common habit of What I Feel is abuse? The payoff was massive. And also unexpectedly brought with it random friends with their own troubles, dragged home with them because, "You really need to talk to my mom." With my own it was not unheard of to sit and make it safe for them to spill until, oh, 3 or 4 am and then try to grab a few hours' sleep before work. Regrettable in the moment, but overall worth it, I think.
-t - Jan 05, 2021 7:54:16 pm PST #1954 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ok, I shouldn’t just keep checking my phone for Georgia results, right?
JZ - Jan 05, 2021 8:19:42 pm PST #1955 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Ok, I shouldn’t just keep checking my phone for Georgia results, right?
No, you decidedly shouldn't. I shouldn't either. This is how I went temporarily insane in early November, and I refuse to go through that again. You should too; let's both not!
-t - Jan 05, 2021 8:20:57 pm PST #1956 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Deal!
JZ - Jan 05, 2021 8:37:55 pm PST #1957 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
My heart cannot take it otherwise.