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by starlooker
Fri Nov 08, 2013 9:22 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Random things that remind you of PWEB or people here
Replies: 481
Views: 183745

Re: Random things that remind you of PWEB or people here

That is too, too, too amazingly cute!

:love: :love: :love:
by starlooker
Fri Nov 08, 2013 9:06 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Things that I love
Replies: 2860
Views: 571140

Re: Things that I love

Today's Rorschach google doodle. OMG. I can't stop playing.
by starlooker
Thu Nov 07, 2013 1:23 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: How about that weather, then, eh?
Replies: 1034
Views: 300514

Re: How about that weather, then, eh?

I looked at the extended weather forecast in North Dakota in November. Here are the five stages I'm going through. Shock :gasp: Remembering I Moved Here On Purpose: :faceplant: Anger at Universe: :lecture: Anger at Everything: :bash: Bitching to Other People Dealing with This: :argue: Eventually I w...
by starlooker
Thu Nov 07, 2013 10:30 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Periodic Movie Review
Replies: 783
Views: 243572

Re: Periodic Movie Review

Seriously, you don't understand why, given the movie's publicity issues re: Card's stance on GLBT issues, they wouldn't want to use a word throughout the film that has a history of being derogatory towards gay men? Particularly using it to mean a creature that is the enemy of human existence as we k...
by starlooker
Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:45 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Periodic Movie Review
Replies: 783
Views: 243572

Re: Periodic Movie Review

It was a little weird that not once in the entire movie was the word "bugger" used though, I'd be curious to hear the reasoning for that. "Bugger" is a British slang term for anal sex, used particularly (as I understand it) to describe men having anal sex with one another. I cou...
by starlooker
Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:05 pm
Forum: Ender's Game Movie News and Discussion
Topic: PEOPLE: DROP IT WITH CARD'S VIEWS ON HOMOSEXUALITY PLEASE
Replies: 11
Views: 10911

Re: PEOPLE: DROP IT WITH CARD'S VIEWS ON HOMOSEXUALITY PLEAS

Third, please don't waste your typing in answering me. I don't care what you think. I just want cleaner air around here. But please contribute anything you want to the discussions on Ender! ;) Holy s***, the hubris. Well, golly gee jeepers, thanks SO much for your invitation to post in the communit...
by starlooker
Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:01 pm
Forum: Ender's Game Movie News and Discussion
Topic: PEOPLE: DROP IT WITH CARD'S VIEWS ON HOMOSEXUALITY PLEASE
Replies: 11
Views: 10911

Re: PEOPLE: DROP IT WITH CARD'S VIEWS ON HOMOSEXUALITY PLEAS

Scott, you're always welcome here. There's no need to hide behind an anonymous account.
:stamp:
by starlooker
Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:47 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Dear Diary/Journal/Bob 3.0
Replies: 4617
Views: 1426661

Re: Dear Diary/Journal/Bob 3.0

*hugs*

I'm so sorry. Thinking of you.
by starlooker
Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:56 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Guilty Pleasures and Irrational Irritations
Replies: 689
Views: 210438

Re: Guilty Pleasures and Irrational Irritations

I cannot get the stupid "Baby Signing Time" songs out of my head from the DVD we borrowed from the library. Oh my God. "Please, Thank You, Sorry" alternating with "Here I Go!" and occasionally, "One Sock." *whimper* Been stuck in my head for three days straigh...
by starlooker
Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:32 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Minor Things Which Make Me Irrationally Happy
Replies: 48
Views: 29377

Re: Minor Things Which Make Me Irrationally Happy

Counseling Psychology.
by starlooker
Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:30 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Minor Things Which Make Me Irrationally Happy
Replies: 48
Views: 29377

Re: Minor Things Which Make Me Irrationally Happy

Signing PhD after my name has yet to get old. I make a big loopy P, a small h whose stem is up through the P loop, and a nice assertive, yet casual, D. It's quite fun.
by starlooker
Fri Sep 27, 2013 1:39 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand
Replies: 1691
Views: 469402

Re: Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand

I am AWESOME!

Okay, actually I'm not awesome. I mean, I AM, but. Someone ELSE is awesome and I am so proud of them, and I had a hand in their letting their awesomeness show and that makes me very, very happy and proud-like.
by starlooker
Tue Aug 27, 2013 1:16 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Dear Diary/Journal/Bob 3.0
Replies: 4617
Views: 1426661

Re: Dear Diary/Journal/Bob 3.0

Thank you so much. I don't know if there's a specific fund for victims of the fire, but this is the "you can help" page of local group that sponsors and supports them: http://www.ewarm.org/pages/YouCanHelp I'll let you know if anything more specific is organized, but this isa good group. I...
by starlooker
Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:08 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Dear Diary/Journal/Bob 3.0
Replies: 4617
Views: 1426661

Re: Dear Diary/Journal/Bob 3.0

Dear Bob, I don't remember if I talked about this here before, but before we moved, Atty and I were meeting weekly with a refugee family from Burma that our church had sponsored. They have a little girl a few months older than Atty. Today I found out there was a fire that destroyed their apartment, ...
by starlooker
Sun Aug 18, 2013 2:22 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Dear You 2.0
Replies: 2616
Views: 727296

Re: Dear You 2.0

Dear You, Something that I thought might interest you. Demanding nothing less than perfection from the people you interact with while not adhering to those same standards because they couldn't possibly apply to you, you're special -- it's the hallmark of a narcissist. Just FYI. No special reason. Me
by starlooker
Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:30 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Brontosaurus Lays an Egg
Replies: 1169
Views: 242523

Re: Brontosaurus Lays an Egg

So glad to know things went well. She's amazing and gorgeous. Cannot tell you how happy I am for all three of you!
by starlooker
Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:51 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Brontosaurus Lays an Egg
Replies: 1169
Views: 242523

Re: Brontosaurus Lays an Egg

WOOT!!!!!! :D

SO EXCITED!!!
by starlooker
Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:16 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand
Replies: 1691
Views: 469402

Re: Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand

Our dishwasher broke today. All the same, I did the fancy dishes and they are neatly and prettily stacked in the cupboard.
by starlooker
Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:17 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Complete Randomness
Replies: 2889
Views: 619117

Re: Complete Randomness

Yeah. I said it to a nineteen year old who started giggling. "Oh my God, going out. I haven't heard that in SO LONG."
by starlooker
Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:38 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Complete Randomness
Replies: 2889
Views: 619117

Re: Complete Randomness

I'm freaking old and also dorky. Apparently saying people are "going out" has gone out. I did not know this.
by starlooker
Sun Aug 04, 2013 4:59 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Letting the softer side show...
Replies: 17
Views: 7351

Re: Letting the softer side show...

Wrote this a couple months ago: A mother packs: small snack bag of stale Cheerios, Extra shirt, pants, diapers, and a sweater (just in case) and a sunblock tube (just in case of that, instead). Wipes. Don't forget the wipes. Favorite board book, favorite bug toy, dirty and dangly. Animal crackers fo...
by starlooker
Sun Aug 04, 2013 11:29 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Brontosaurus Lays an Egg
Replies: 1169
Views: 242523

Re: Brontosaurus Lays an Egg

*hugs*

Soon! (I hope.)
by starlooker
Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:11 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Confessions of a 20-something mother
Replies: 3888
Views: 898476

Re: Confessions of a 20-something mother

Kirsten, I wish I had a planned induction! But I have no medical reason. Just discomfort and convenience ad that isn't good enough for me to ask. Hee. No, you really don't want one. Knowing when the end would be was the one bright spot in an otherwise miserable experience. God as my witness, I will...
by starlooker
Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:29 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Confessions of a 20-something mother
Replies: 3888
Views: 898476

Re: Confessions of a 20-something mother

38 Weeks?!?!?!?! ZOMG, SQUEEEEE!!!! SO CLOSE!!! Erm, sorry. Just, you know. Baby. :) And I hadn't realized you were so far. The one good thing about planned induction was knowing, "Okay, there is a definite end to this. I'm not going to be hanging around at 42 weeks going, 'Baby? Y U no coopera...
by starlooker
Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:45 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Dear You 2.0
Replies: 2616
Views: 727296

Re: Dear You 2.0

Dear You, I'm so sorry. I know you're expecting a baby and it would be helpful, but Bill Gates is not going to send you $5000 for sharing his picture. I know. I know that looks like a picture of him holding a paper saying he will, but he won't. It's a lie. Some mean person faked that picture to get ...
by starlooker
Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:53 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand
Replies: 1691
Views: 469402

Re: Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand

Congrats!

I'm at work on the weekend and am actually working, despite Internet access.
by starlooker
Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:33 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Pweb Kids
Replies: 322
Views: 120142

Re: Pweb Kids

The language fears are back since the last post. He soon quit saying those words. He'll spontaneously repeat a word we use or use a word -- once. Then not again. I'm not overly concerned, though. His receptive language is excellent, and he is jargoning all over the place. He babbles with inflection ...
by starlooker
Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:46 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Dear You 2.0
Replies: 2616
Views: 727296

Re: Dear You 2.0

Dear You: Public Service Announcement. THREE DETAILS FOR GETTING ALONG IN FIRST-WORLD CIVILIZATION: 1. If you use the last sheet of toilet paper, replace the roll. 2. If you do your laundry in a public facility, always clean your own lint trap. 3. If you use your office's Keurig machine and you use ...
by starlooker
Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:47 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand
Replies: 1691
Views: 469402

Re: Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand

I HAVE A PAYCHECK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by starlooker
Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:14 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Dear You 2.0
Replies: 2616
Views: 727296

Re: Dear You 2.0

Dear You, Let's start by noting that I'm not really mad at your grandson. Kids that age are impulsive, and for all I know he's younger than he looks or has some behavioral problems or whatever. He seems like a neat kid overall. And I'm not even mad that you gave him the stick. He and Atty had been b...
by starlooker
Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:15 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Random things that remind you of PWEB or people here
Replies: 481
Views: 183745

Re: Random things that remind you of PWEB or people here

Doing a google image search for "yarn bombing" has left me totally amazed. How did I not know this was a thing?
by starlooker
Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:17 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Pweb Kids
Replies: 322
Views: 120142

Re: Pweb Kids

Poor Nom. Atty was sincerely concerned for her. His own mother was horrible last night and tried to feed him delicious chicken he always liked before. It was terrible. So, he gets her suffering.
by starlooker
Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:06 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand
Replies: 1691
Views: 469402

Re: Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand

I was complimented for writing a concise report.

That has never. Ever. Ever. happened before. I am WORDY when I write. Any professor or supervisor of mine will be glad to tell you. It's so weird to be complimented on that, I'm struggling not to turn it into a criticism.

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