McBadgere: If it makes you feel any better, having just come out of my teenage years as a mature, intelligent, extremely attractive young man who's modest to the point it almost being self-depricating (yeah right! ), all I'll say is that eventually she'll feel like the biggest idiot in the entire affair. In the meantime, all I'll say is put up with it, give her a bit of give as she gets older, and generally you'll look back on it all and laugh.

Also, in other news, I finished writing a story that's taken me just over eighteen months to complete and is a touch under 300,000 words. I both feel somewhat lost and somewhat awestruck by it all...

I'm glad that I don't have kids o.O.
But yea...sometimes kids, well tend to act/say something without thinking, blame the burst of hormones really.
I can't really put it better than what mALX said

Also congrats Arcry!

Thanks for that bit of heartening advice from such a modest young man, we truly appreciate your profound words.

My 10 year old appreciated it very much.....hahahahaha

Yes, Fawkes, I agree, mALX put it much more diplomatically than I, she is such an artist with words that one....

ROFL at the first paragraph - and a huge CONGRATS on the second !!! That is awesome news !!

That "somewhat lost" sensation is that you had a goal and now it is ended. The tremendous drive that pushed you on to finish that story now has no where to go.

The secret is to set another goal and give all that energy and purpose another focus and direction.

Congrats again, Wonderful News !!

Cheers all...

Glad to know I'm not the first to go through this... ...

Sadly, I kinda made light of what was said...Y'know that part of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves where Alan Rickman says that he'll cut his heart out with a spoon...

When she sits there and writes everything out, making sure to change colours when appropriate...*Shrug*...

I shall endeavour not to take it personally...But right now...

Mega congrats Mustard...*Applauds*...

GAAAAAH!!! Alan Rickman ... I wish they had made him the new Dr. Who !!!!


Yeah, I had to apologize to my children a few times for not "getting it" when they were being serious. Keep a lot of chocolate in the house for the next six years, it increases endorphin levels in the brains of females (a natural mild mood enhancer).

This post has been edited by mALX: Jan 11 2012, 04:46 AM

What mALX said but the flip side of that is don't take it personal when you are being serious and they make light of it, works both ways unfortunately.

Chocolate is good, sometimes being unconventional is good, and make sure to shine a bright light on the things she does well but don't highlight the things she doesn't.

But always, always, keep your sense of humor because even being in the throws of it myself right now I know this too shall pass. And the memories will be priceless not to mention really good blackmail material.

Thank you to whoever fixed the downed server !!

I had something wise to add, but then someone said Alan Rickman. (Color won't work? Pretend that's in pink.)

That’s tremendous, Colonel!!

Tonight in Grits world is one of those nights that’s pouring down rain but feels cold enough to be an ice storm. I finally found the Christmas tree Peeps and Terry's chocolate oranges that Santa was supposed to put in the stockings, so we are having a chocolate feast and watching Farscape. I just witnessed The Girl dipping her chocolate-covered marshmallow into her cocoa. That kid knows how to live.

Did someone mention Alan Rickman ???? (drool, drool...)

This post has been edited by mALX: Jan 12 2012, 02:09 AM

Dodging the Alan Rickman fest. Although not the chocolate--- mmmmm chocolate....

Sorry, where was I?

Oh- right then.

McB- speaking as a former teenager and one who seemed to spend most of his time between depression and undirected anger... and perhaps more to the point, having spent some time around girls of the same disposition.

Take heart from the fact that she is still willing to communicate. Even if the gist of the communication is "You are all making my life miserable- and I HATE you!"

Because- in the weird way of adolescents- what that really means is, "There is so much going on right now that I do NOT understand and YOU are supposed to FIX IT for me. BUT- I want you to FIX IT while at the SAME time LEAVING ME ALONE!"

Which is why- clever doggie that I am- I skipped right over parenthood and went directly to being a grandfather. Much safer all around.

Um, Trey, would the "girls" you are speaking of happen to include anyone I KNOW????

If he won't tell you I will, I was probably the one at the TOP of the list on that one.

***NOTE***
He knows what he's talking about, just take my word for it.

Except where he dodged mentioning Alan Rickman.


Lucky for me no one brought up Colin Firth (drool, slurp, drool)

Now you've done it!!

*Grits keels over*

Did you see him in Valmont? I haven't seen it in two years and still have dreams, lol. His Pride and Prejudice is my absolute fave of all time - and he actually takes his shirt off when he swims in the pond in it, too !!!

This post has been edited by mALX: Jan 12 2012, 03:41 AM

Maybe some of the adults are feral too

Just sayin

ROFL !!!

You like Colin Firth?...Go to Netflix and get the two St Trinnians movies...You will thank me for it...Yes you will... ...

David Tennant's in the second one too...David Tennant?...No?...He looks like Alan Rickman a bit...-Ish... ...

Ohhh Colin Firth is very sexy, I believe i first saw him in...er I think it was Pride and prejudice, watched it in one of my high school classes, It took around a whole week to finish the movie! Hehe... but I alas I must admit I have had a tiny crush on Harrison Ford ever since I was a kid , sure as a kid I will watch all these action movies and what not, but I watched them for the hot actors

I been playing Persona 3 Portable since forever now, and yes the sad parts still make me teary eyed, and I hate doing the Sun Social link...urgh it gets me depressed then the little music that they put.

They still don't put what books I'm going to need, but I'm cringing at what their prices are going to be

I just dropped $230 to get used books. That isn't all of them either. I'm holding off buying one book until the class actually starts to see if we actually USE the damn thing. I have a book from last semester that I never cracked open.