It’s not like they are even rushing to leave they’re just standing around talking.
Just tryin' a little spicy talk.
Tara ,'Get It Done'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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 - May 06, 2024 6:30:37 pm PDT #175 of 3599
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
JenP - May 06, 2024 6:35:17 pm PDT #176 of 3599
So much for that thought, then. Just, ugh!
lisah - May 07, 2024 6:03:51 am PDT #177 of 3599
Punishingly Intricate
Those people are fucking rude, sj
DavidS - May 07, 2024 9:37:22 am PDT #178 of 3599
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How exciting, smonster! All the -ma!
Just got off the phone with the school counselor, as I wanted to check in with her on a variety of end of school issues with Matilda.
Matilda is just so done with the teen girl drama. One of the girls she has beef with officially Reported Matilda for "Unnecessary Eye Contact." This occurred in the bathroom while they were changing stalls.
Matilda had to see the Principal, and they both laughed about it. But the microagressions are a pile of suck.
eta: I told the counselor that Matilda was going to miss May 17th, the day before the Memorial. She noted that they have Awards Assembly that day and Matilda would want to be in attendance just for that part.
Also, Matilda's baseball coach said he was retiring her number.
Toddson - May 07, 2024 9:45:25 am PDT #179 of 3599
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I am so glad not to have to be a teenager ever again. It's like being one large exposed nerve.
DavidS - May 07, 2024 9:55:12 am PDT #180 of 3599
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I am so glad not to have to be a teenager ever again. It's like being one large exposed nerve.
Well put! I was just reading Zadie Smith's article yesterday about her teenage angst and it was both a funny look back with cool dispassion on her overwrought drama and a slightly harrowing portrait of...well, being one large exposed nerve.
In Zadie's case, her defiant awkward self obsessed period ended abruptly when she stole her mom's cigarettes, sat in the window to smoke them and promptly fell out of the window, surviving a 30 foot fall but breaking both her legs.
bennett - May 07, 2024 9:55:38 am PDT #181 of 3599
One of the girls she has beef with officially Reported Matilda for "Unnecessary Eye Contact." This occurred in the bathroom while they were changing stalls. Matilda had to see the Principal, and they both laughed about it.
There are times when the southernism "Bless her heart" is pretty much the only response.
erikaj - May 07, 2024 10:33:15 am PDT #182 of 3599
Always Anti-fascist!
sj, personally, I don't know which is worse: Not getting help when you could use it. Or someone offering something you don't really need and expecting to be treated like Citizen of The Year. For me, it's a toss-up.
Laura - May 07, 2024 1:12:00 pm PDT #183 of 3599
Our wings are not tired.
Sending all the ~ma, smonster. You would be a real asset to the organization.
-t - May 07, 2024 1:17:22 pm PDT #184 of 3599
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Job~ma, smonster!
sj, I am extra side-eying those parents because I have to assume at least some of them are the parents of ltc's teammates, you would think they would want to show some team parent solidarity or community or whatever
Aw for the number retirement. That's so cool!
I have to report that I got sushi and tempura for lunch that came with miso soup, which I had first. I just absent-mindedly drank the dipping sauce for the tempura. Before eating hardly any of the tempura, even. I don't who decided to let me out among the humans on my own, but they should maybe rethink that.