2008/09/21 @ 8:51 PM
Protected: My Lack of Proper Parenting Skillz, Let Me Show You Them
Kid: Why aren’t we assassins? You get to kill people. For money. Me: Well, that’s a career goal you could set. Kid: Okay, good. Just making sure you’d approve. Me: *shrug* I think goals are good. Kid: Because I think that would be a good job, and you don’t have to kill a person if you don’t agree that they should be killed. Me: Well… I mean there is a matter of work... read more
2008/07/12 @ 11:25 PM
My super power, let me show you it.
I am Worst Case Scenario Girl. Let me catch the slightest glimpse of any bit of anything, and I can immediately run it down the path to its worst possible conclusion. I don’t mean that I can just tell you things that could go wrong. Actually, I likely won’t say anything to you about i at all. I just fast forward be boop Be BoOP BE BOOP in my mind right through ALL the bad bits. I hear it.... read more
2007/06/29 @ 12:41 PM
Anyone have a taser I can borrow?
Me: teens are invading my house Me: well at least one is Me: and that feels a lot like way too many Friend: ew Me: it also means I have to put on pants Friend: if you stop buying pants Friend: eventually Friend: you won’t have any to put on Me: and then I could refuse to allow the teens over, for their sake, and legal reasons Me: teen is IMing me telling me he is heading over soon Me: guess he did... read more
2007/03/17 @ 8:04 PM
Weekend Update
There is a girl who lives nearby. We met her and her family almost immediately upon moving into this house and her and my daughter began hanging out. There have been times when they have spent more time together and times when they’ve spent less time together. I’ve never actively encouraged the friendship because I do not care for the parenting style of her parents. At the same time I have not... read more
2007/01/07 @ 2:30 PM
ill-mannered post
I am subscribed to various groups that I don’t enjoy being subscribed to, but do need the occasional bits of useful information that happen to get posted. Recently a “discussion” about manners has broken out on one. I decided to torture myself and read it. I do not always treat myself very well. This is a large group which meets in person regularly. I very rarely attend. The flurry of... read more
