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[Laurin]

Susan wrote: "He was into first names. He wanted his students to call him Danny. He also made us sit through readings of his self-published poetry. It was not a good time."

That sounds awful. I don't mind calling a professor by their first name, but there is a level of distance I like to keep. We're not supposed to be friends.

[Susan]

I agree. The worst part was the fact that my favorite professor recommended the class to me!

[[deleted user]]

At a baby shower...shoot me now!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Omg, I really hope no one is packing heat at a baby shower.

[[deleted user]]

Antares, because we don't get much cricket coverage in America. When I lived in England I used to watch it with my FIL.

[[deleted user]]

Where is the cricket thread Antares?

[Susan]

Amelia wrote: "At a baby shower...shoot me now!"

Did they make you eat baby food as a game? So gross.

[Laurin]

Amelia wrote: "At a baby shower...shoot me now!"

I hate baby showers. Oh so much.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I hate baby showers, wedding showers, the only kind of shower I will involve myself in is the kind where you are naked under a stream of water.

[Susan]

The only baby shower bearable is your own. Even then it is not fun.

What is with the cake pops? Not that they are bad just that I miss the frosting. I like the frosting. I feel cheated with just the hard coating of chocolate over cake. Frosting, please.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Cake pops are an idiotic fad which will soon vanish.

[Susan]

One can only hope.

[Laurin]

3 pages down, 2 to go. Plus preparing the presentation. Thanks for everyone's help, it's made this paper easy to write.

[[deleted user]]

It was torture, but I live to tell. Now off to bed. Tomorrow has its own hell in store for me...

I'll be glad when the next two weeks are over.

[evie]

I've never been to a baby shower or a hens night.

[Félix]

evie wrote: "I've never been to a baby shower or a hens night."

Nor have I.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Consider yourselves fortunate.

[Félix]

I almost always do.

[[deleted user]]

Amen! They make you play games like identifying the melted smashed chocolate bar in the baby diaper by sniffing it...or guessing how big around the mom-to-be is by cutting a piece of ribbon (I always offend)...or looking at a tray of baby crap for 10 seconds and remembering every single thing on the tray. Women take these games very seriously! Rarely are they gracious losers. There is usually some naff gift at stake, a candle or plant or something. You always have to write some "words of advice", which I hate. I'm not good "on demand", and besides that, everyone knows I don't have any kids! You usually don't know half of the people there and everyone talks about babies the whole time. I like 'em, but I don't have that much to say on the subject.

Now I am off to my sister's church Christmas program...an hour+ drive away...it has been a very long weekend. I'll be glad to get back to work.

[Susan]

Did they make you wrap the ribbon around the pregnant person?

Awful game.
::cringes::

[Laurin]

Susan wrote: "Did they make you wrap the ribbon around the pregnant person?

Awful game.
::cringes::"

You have to guesstimate how large she is. Then they wrap a ribbon around her, cut it to size, and measure everyone's ribbon from that.

I'm 20 years old, and have no children. What possible advice could I offer a mother-to-be?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

"Do not jaywalk into traffic with your baby in a stroller."

[Félix]

Don't let your kid stand up in the grocery cart.

[Susan]

"Warn your baby about the humiliations that are to come later in life."

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

"Teach your baby to tap dance in case another Great Depression hits."

[Laurin]

Did something happen to the Underwear thread? Goodreads says that the page doesn't exist...

[Susan]

I guess we know what everyone is wearing then...

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Laurin wrote: "Did something happen to the Underwear thread? Goodreads says that the page doesn't exist..."

Lots of threads are having problems. Check back with Underwear Monday or Tuesday.

[Félix]

Underwear doesn't exist. Check the url again or visit the homepage.

[Susan]

The compare books button is cool.

[Laurin]

Félix wrote: "Underwear doesn't exist. Check the url again or visit the homepage."

I was going right from the url on my goodreads homepage. Once you commented I could get to it.

[Félix]

I am here to serve.

[Jonathan]

...in that case, I'd like a ham and egg sandwich on a roll, please.

[Susan]

Just a cheese sandwich for me, please.

::dimple grins::

[Félix]

Coming right up.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Racking my brains trying to remember what stuff I lost off my hard drive. If I can remember what it was, I can try to find it somewheres.

[Laurin]

Félix wrote: "I am here to serve."

Will you finish my management paper for me? I'm exhausted.

[Félix]

No I'm really just good for finding underwear stuff. Sorry.

[evie]

Deciding who is going to clean up the dead rat that is on the back step. I did the last rat.

[Emily]

Is the cat bringing you early xmas pressies?

[evie]

Emily wrote: "Is the cat bringing you early xmas pressies?"

Yes, and making that creepy sound they do on the hunt.

[evie]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Racking my brains trying to remember what stuff I lost off my hard drive. If I can remember what it was, I can try to find it somewheres."

You mentioned your dream journal. I suppose you remembered that yourself.

[Desiree]

right now I'm trying to fix my relationship..

[[deleted user]]

evie wrote: "Deciding who is going to clean up the dead rat that is on the back step. I did the last rat."


We have a dedicated pair of salad tongs (that are no longer ever used for salad). We use those to fling the dead thing back out into the yard...it's less gross that way, and no one complains about doing it. :)

[[deleted user]]

Gonna pack up and call it a day!

[Susan]

I am no good around dead things. I am only slightly useful around certain bugs.

[Susan]

Hope you feel better, Bdubs.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

evie wrote: "You mentioned your dream journal. I suppose you remembered that yourself...."

Yes, thanks. Fortunately I didn't lose the entire thing, just the entries I hadn't backed up. Oh well, they're gone. I lost a bunch of photos, though, and if I can't remember which ones, I can't try to track them down.

[[deleted user]]

Getting ready to pack up and go back home.

[[deleted user]]

Feeling better, BW?