Because We Can Never Get Enough… It’s A Monty Python MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’m in a hetero relationship, and dealing with a lot of the weirdness of not quite fitting into the Wedding Industrial Complex mold right now, and a lot of those stem from not being all that interested in American traditions. Within the last two years, I’ve discovered that I intensely dislike buying jewelry because of the smarmy salespeople and the expectation that I “need” or “expect” something that’s unnecessary. I just find that a lot of the cultural expectations that many of my peers heap on jewelry is alien to me.

To me, a wedding is a party where we celebrate a commitment that two people have made to each other out of love for one another. They’re supposed to be fun and not stressful for those involved. How we got to these giant “you must do this or else your wedding will be a DISASTER/TACKY” modes I’ll never know.

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I like that method, says the person who lives with Complicated Roommate and WOWCrack Roommate.

Complicated: Used to be fiancee, now back to being good Just Friends
WOWCrack: Former co-worker of Complicated, has weekend custody of two sons who he is guiding in the ways of the WOWCrack

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Without looking, I’ll wager they’re Hanes tagless shirts? That line runs small. Or at least they seem to be sized for use as actual undershirts, rather than t-shirts.

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gotti, no matter how you decide to tie the knot, I suspect it will be one hell of a party! :slight_smile: Just go with whatever works best for you and don’t worry so much about what’s supposed to be “the proper way to do things”.

Then again, I’m not one to talk… I’ve been threatening for years that my wedding day will likely involve an elopement to Collingwood during Elvis Days with a select group of friends in tow, a midget Elvis impersonator to officiate, and a reception at the local pub on all-you-can-eat wings night. As you can see, I’m very very serious about making sure the Princess-Perfect Wedding Day I Deserve. :rolleyes:

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No, they’re American Apparel. They looked fine when I got them but the dryer shrunk them. I promise. :smiley:

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I’ve been threatening to dress up as an elf for my wedding. Or a vamipre. My friends are appalled, yet unsurprised. :smiley:

Seriously, as a child I dreamt of long trains and enough lace to clothe all of Victorian England, but now I think I’d rather just wear something fairly simple. (The Guy suggested I wear my Corpse Bride costume from last Halloween. That would be interesting - I spent the entire night trying to make sure I wouldn’t fall out of my bodice.)

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Three down
2 to go
Woo hoo!

Afraid that’s the extent of my haiku, folks. :stuck_out_tongue: Aww, LiLi, very cute vid of Nat; you definitely need to get one of those bouncers! Cute pics of Doggio’s pup and kitteh, too. Glad to see they are getting along now. :slight_smile:

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Ok, so how do I tell a coworker to get stuffed?

She calls me up (and mind you, this is one of the coworkers who likes me) and complains that our ass’t manager (the one who does the schedule) hasn’t assigned the days fairly. I’m a 2 day a week girl, sometimes a 3. 3 will be hard in the summer since #2 son is home all day. I’m already pushing DCFS guidelines by having him home after school alone one day a week for several hours.

The AM has given this woman 4 days a week, and me 2, sometimes 3, if there’s a vaca. There is one week where she is down for 5. I said I’d take one from her that one week (for the sake of peace). This woman’s kids are all married. She has worked 4 days a week before.

Her problem is not with me, but with the AM. I pointed that out to her. I think she wanted me to say, “Oh my goodness! Of course when the weather is great you want to be out and not at work. I’d be happy to work like a damned dog all summer and leave my 10 year home alone to boot! Sign me up now!”

But I didn’t. Please don’t mention summer camps and day camps etc–getting him to one and back again (the house would still be empty–the teens have very variable schedules) gets beyond complicated. I usually assign him work (academic or chores) and call him 3 or more times during the day. He can use the microwave.

I hate this. I hate being this kind of mom. It sucks. My son is being raised by wolves–actually worse, since wolves at least have a complex social system. He has nothing. My inlaws are no use–their lives revolve around my FIL’s chemo/radiation (I’m not saying it shouldn’t; I’m just saying they’re no longer available to help out with this). He’s too old for daycare. I also don’t want to work 4 days a week or even 3 every week.

I hate shit like this. what I need to do is finish my murder mystery and find an agent and then I will make gazillions, right?

Went from grumpy to ok to now angsty in one afternoon. Who needs amusement parks when I’ve got my moods?

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SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

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OK, I think I’m caught up.

Such cute kitty and Nelly pics!

Good thoughts for Nava’s cousin and nashi’s mom and Taters and anyone else who isn’t feeling well.

Yay on the resveltification, Bobbio.

And yay on the impending nuptials, gotti and DH. Hope the ruling stands.

Can your son get contacts through Lenscrafters or someone like that, rigs? Seems not too risky if he’s only going to wear them scuba diving. As to your co-worker, just be firm. I’m sure she’d love for you to volunteer to take some of her hours, but if you can’t, you can’t.

Lovely haikus, back there.

Hmmm…there was more, but I’ve forgotten. I should go forage for further food. (Look! Alliteration!)

Back after a bit…

GT

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Smokey on shoulder
damned sharp claws dig in to flesh
Good thing she’s so cute

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rigs, here is a video to cheer you up. You only need to watch the first 45 seconds.

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I’m finally able to post. I came home and did some laundry, made taxi’s brownies (haven’t tried any yet), talked with the kids, then we went out for Bad Chinese (I just couldn’t bring myself to cook today.) I just finished folding the last of the laundry, and now I’m in chill mode and able to post.

And I finally got my mid-year review with my boss. Have I ever mentioned that I love my boss? We talked about my assignments and my request for cross-training. Then when we were done and I signed the magic form, he yelled, loud enough for everyone to hear, “Now get out of my office and get back to work!!!” He cracks me up!!

So now that my chores are done, I think I need a brownie.

:smiley:

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You are excused from haikus due to the alliteration. #2 son “forgot” his cello at school again today. Grrrr. Anyway, #1 son’s eyes–I think that’s the way we are going to have to go here. I also hope they’re open on Memorial Day–the ONLY day he is off that isn’t a school day.

Daughter has some honors convocation thingie to go to soon–I’d go, but I went to the academic awards thingie Monday. I’m sending The Husband, since I am also going to the athletic awards banquet next week. And thank goodness I did delegate this–now #1 son needs to be picked up from the school right in the middle of the convocation tonight. I took him there straight from work (apparently these kids don’t need to eat).

I am very tired of May madness and am feeling it.

Re coworker–why would she call me? If she has problems with the schedule (yes, the dreaded phrase, “we need to make this fair!” arose), she should take it up with the AM. Seems straightforward to me. Also, she told me that she took the schedule off AM’s desk–a rather bold move, to walk into someone’s office and just take the not yet finalized schedule, no? :eek: Then she tells me, “don’t tell anyone you’ve got it.” Um, no, I’ll give it right back to AM tomorrow and tell her who took it. wth?

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Serendipity!
Look at what I’m wearing now
Click the link to see.

No kidding, it was the first random t shirt I pulled out of my pile of clean laundry when I got dressed today.

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Ok, I am skimming because my back allows me limited time in my chair. I remember trying to catch up last week, and wondering about Nat. Well, he is a gorgeous bouncing baby boy, to be sure! BBBobio’s foster kittehs are too cute, and now doggio has a too cute kitteh to keep! Yay for baby kittehs! I’m happy for the FairyChatParents on having their baby and a sil all graduated, married and moved to Merrielande. It was smartie with the great shedding malamute, right? I love them, but they are too big for me to handle now. However when my little dogs shed, I get mounds of fluff just like that. Not as copious, but still a lot of undercoat. Lovely dawg, btw! All my prayers and good thoughts to your mom nashiitashii, and you too. rigs I don’t have any answers for you, but I have been in a similar situation, and I understand the stress. Peaceful thoughts and a resolution to all of your troubles is what I wish for you.

I am so dang brain dead from meds, everyone I am forgetting, please forgive. As I read I send good thoughts, and then I can’t remember what I just read.

It’s 51 F, overcast with bursts of brief sunlight. It must have rained earlier, as I can see that the ground is damp. Have I mentioned that I have two crocus and one mystery flower (bulb) blooming? The rest of my bulbs and perennials are working on it, it has been another cold spring though, so I will have tulips in July again. Oh, speaking of tulips, when we moved here three years ago skiffman found a stray tulip bulb, and he just chucked it into a cinder block by the banya. For the last two years it has sent up leaves, but this year it looks like it is going to bloom!

I am jumping through the hoops with Social Security, and it sucks. Hello? A slew of doctors verify that I am disabled, look at the wheelchair and me in it, quit messing around with me. I have much grrrrrr.

Anyway, that’s about all I have time for now, so I’ll see ya when I see ya!

Five school days left, and Crab Festival is this weekend, yippee!

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rigs if you don’t have a sig line you should make this your sig line now! It’s one of the jakiest sig lines evah!

TagFree, funny thing… I also went bonkers when I discovered penises (penii?) :smiley:

I think I shall make dotty’s Mexican lasagna this weekend. I foresee this becomin’ a mumper favorite.

Muppet an all you can eat hot wing buffet weddin’ reception? If I weren’t gay…

gotti no chicken dance? Please tell me there will at least be a conga line. Y’all do what’s good for y’all. I hope the officiant does yell that loud enough for folks on the street to hear it. I think the idea of using those diamonds is wonderful. What a great way to honor the memory of DH’s mother.

Oh, taxi! MOOOOOOM said she made your brownies. I guess that means you can drop by anytime and pick 'em up. :stuck_out_tongue:

cb I encourage you to picture me nekkid. :wink:

pprgrl lovin’ the tshirt.

JoeDawg’s daddy will be home tomorrow. I hope he does not undo all I’ve done to discipline JoeDawg and unspoil him. Like right now… it’s mandatory sit with nanny in the recliner and get skritches time. I may even enforce treat time on him tonight. No sense in easin’ up just because he goes home tomorrow. Strick discipline until the end. That’s my motto!

ETA: Taters throw-uppiness is always a valid reason to stay home or not deal with family.

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Awesome.

:: a glass of wine for rigs ::

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Ta for the wine, Haze. You must be going slightly crazy yourself, with all the packing etc.

I wonder what this guy said after the flying penile projectile was shot down. Whatever it was, they all laughed. (they have to know who flew it, right? It can’t just appear…)

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swampy I encourage you to send me naked pictures! :stuck_out_tongue:

I’m still sitting at home whiling away my precious day off. Starting next week I get TWO days off every week. YAAAAAY!

Tonight I have an up-in-the-air date to go over to guy’s house that I’ve been talking about a bit and meet his parents/play dominoes. This is the first time I will have been over to his house when his parents are home. (He moved back at some point because his dad was having health problems.)

Still haven’t watched or returned Juno to the redbox machine, don’t really know what I’m going to do with it. My $1 rental has turned into a $4 rental, but I owe late fees at the one real video rental place in town. ::shrug::