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Post by cookie on Mar 7, 2011 22:57:29 GMT -5
I will be so disappointed if he ever gets better at the spelling thing. Not only is it cute that he messes up so regularly, it gives me a good excuse when I mess up. My problem isn't that I can't spell. I have Adamspellingitis! Marilyn vos Savant, who writes the "Ask Marilyn" column in Parade magazine, says that research shows that the difference between bad spellers and good spellers is not how intelligent they are but how organized they are. People who are very organized tend to be good spellers. Given Adam's propensity for being late, I would guess that he's not terribly organized, and if that's true, it's not surprising that he doesn't spell very well. Really? OK then- nun of you are ever alowed to see my ofice. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2011 22:57:34 GMT -5
Yes! This time when Fox showed GNAFL in the AI promo they pimped Aftermath, and the Trevor Project! Nice vids of him, too! FOX is advertising Aftermath and the Trevor Project!!! I'm thinking that is huge! Q3??? |
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Post by cayman on Mar 7, 2011 22:58:00 GMT -5
Erm, how is woops spelled? whoops, or woops? ??? Ya, he misspelled Whoops, when tweeting about misspelling Page! How adorable is he!! No wonder he is sooooo lovable! |
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Post by elizalynn on Mar 7, 2011 22:59:06 GMT -5
One of the best lines ever on the Forum: " We are all mother hens with only one chick. " Can't recall who posted it, but I loved it. Wonder what it must feel like for GNAFL to be that chick with so many mother hens. He must just shake his head in disbelief...
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Post by wonderstruck on Mar 7, 2011 23:01:04 GMT -5
OT but I wanted to say I never dropped my daughter off and left her at parties for other children. No offense to the other parents but I wouldn't trust someone else with my daughter's safety, especially not at 4 years old.
I never expected the other parents to pay for my attendance but most of the time they were thankful for an extra set of hands.
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Post by glamnana on Mar 7, 2011 23:03:12 GMT -5
Yes! This time when Fox showed GNAFL in the AI promo they pimped Aftermath, and the Trevor Project! Nice vids of him, too! FOX is advertising Aftermath and the Trevor Project!!! I'm thinking that is huge! Q3???Well, our local station did. It was a segment on AI, top 13, but the lead story was his. Maybe all the local Fox stations will do the same thing. I hope so. ;D |
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Post by m45maia on Mar 7, 2011 23:03:59 GMT -5
How bout "oops". Spelling is out the window since texting and now Tweeten.
I think Ellen Page looks like Adam if he had been a girl. Jaw line, etc. She is beautiful.
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Post by tigerlily on Mar 7, 2011 23:04:45 GMT -5
Completely off topic, but venting for a sec.... OMG, what is with the 4-year old party circuit at my daughter's school??? Every kid invites every other kid and - I kid you not - every single parent shows up too. There are sixteen children in her class. That's almost **50** people and that's even before relatives and the neighborhood kids to boot. I'm just goggling at the logistics. And I can't even lie and do a super "seekrit" b-day b/c my daughter has happily been making her own invitations in art class and has been passing them out to her friends! I've already been asked by other parents about the date so they can put it on their calendars! Add that to the school's "no Shabbat (Fri/Sat) parties" request along with a slew of upcoming holidays and out-of-town committments and I'M ready to be committed! Plus the kid really doesn't need that many presents. We're already up to our ears in stuff. In all honesty, can I really deny her a birthday party? She's been to all her friends' parties and she's super, super excited about having her own. Its not like we can't afford it or have a real excuse not to. I just don't wanna deal..... :-/ LOL, I'm glad those days are far behind me. I've noticed that it seems like it's the norm now that an invite to a party includes the parents too. When did that start? When my kids were that age not all the adults hung out. I'd be on the hunt for a party location.... bowling anyone? ;D ;D Awwww...I wish I had those days back. I'm in the middle of the preparations for my daughter's high school graduation and then she's off to college. :( I remember those birthday parties. DD went to a small school in the K-6th grade and the parents went to all the parties. I knew the parents, grandparents, and the siblings of all her classmates. By the sixth grade, we were all like one, big family. My daughter and I both made lifelong friends during those years. The girls in the sixth grade class (and all their parents) had a reunion during the Christmas break, before they all head off to college. There is something special about those relationships that were formed during the time our children were so young and innocent. A time will come (much too soon) when the kids won't want their parents ANYWHERE NEAR one of their parties. Your child's friends will start driving and then your child will start driving, and you will be lucky if you even know the parents of all the kids they go places with. I suffered through Chucky Cheese hell and lived to tell about it. LOL Believe it or not, one day you may look back longingly at those silly parties! It all passes much too fast!  |
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Post by momtomany on Mar 7, 2011 23:05:40 GMT -5
I'm also from the 'liberal' Bay Area.
My neighbors of a quarter-century were gay.
They were my family. They shared Thanksgiving and Christmas and Fourth of July with me, my husband and our boys.
They also shared hockey games, back-to-school nights, BBQs, report cards, soccer and baseball games and swim meets, college applications (they wrote wonderful reference letters), pictures, recipes, iris bulbs, vegetable gardens, water volleyball, pets, music, summer nights, joys and sorrows and regrets - - and they held my youngest son when he was born - - even before I did. They were the parents, grandparents, and friends I longed for.
I loved them so - and I still do. What they gave to my sons - inspiration, advice, love, humor, acceptance - is reflected, every day, in how I see my boys, now living their lives with self-confidence, understanding and kindness; and a fierce defiance of anything that is not true.
Back in 1975, when we bought this bit of earth and built our home, our neighbors left for awhile. Later, I learned from them about their fears - that 'we would not accept them' - and, that somehow, if their orientation, their love became known, they would lose their employment and stature in the community. Amazingly, horribly, it did not surprise me at the time. At the time.
I wish they were still here, and we could sit under the manzanita awhile and talk about Adam - and what has happened - and what will be. One would be philosophical and borne to examine the voice and technique; one would be dancing and exuberant and ready to toast the next performance! They would honor and embrace my passion because it came from my heart; and they were always ready to love what I loved; support what I needed to believe in.
Their ashes nourish the soil by the kitchen; under that manzanita. No words will ever be able to express how they awakened and quickened me. They encouraged and fed and embraced and educated me and my family - just by being the beloved men across the driveway. In a way I want to apologize for how mundane this must read - - I cannot do this well. I wish I could; I wish I had the words. They deserve excellence. They were honest and were afraid for who would know.
What a crazy world. For far too long we have failed to recognize those among us who inspire perseverance and quiet, knowledgeable courage. Inspiration gives us reason to soar. We should have been flying long ago.
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Post by HoppersSkippersMiners on Mar 7, 2011 23:05:51 GMT -5
very strange, why in the world would parents want to come to your daughter's party unless they know her well? Have it at Chucky Cheese's, and tell the parents that if they want to stay for the party, they have to sit somewhere else, that the party table is for the children only! ETA: Saw your post about Chucky Cheese, actually I remember taking my son to a BD party there and the poor little kid, who was 5, was terrified of the big animals and the noise and cried the whole time. I did go to that party, but the mom was a good friend of mine. ... wait...do you want the responsibility of watching sixteen excited 4 year olds, all running around, yourself? I''d rather get a few more pizzas and have their parents deal with them.... as long as it is not in your house/apartment and the time for the party is limited - you'll be OK. It is hell regardless of where you have it, but at this age parents are a VERY necessary evil...seriously. I'm back. Sorry - was pulling half-melted Play-Doh creations out of the sink.  Yeah - that's pretty much it. This is a group of 3 going on 4 year-olds. They're considered old enough to go to a birthday party, but not old enough to really control themselves. They're generally ok, but huge bursts of tears occur if they get the wrong color frosting or if a balloon pops, or someone doesn't take turns "right". With the occasional kid who still wants to poke something into the nearest electrical outlet "to see what happens". Better to let each own parent keep an eye (and grip) on their own offspring than to handle that many on your own. At least for this year. Though it surprises me that BOTH parents always seem to come along for this group. Just got off the phone with another parent and she said she started kicking the parents out during the 6-year old parties.... |
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