HL:
Attended a granddaughters birthday present opening and cake and ice cream followed by a viewing of "Totoro"...

LLL:
had a phone chat with my youngest son when I got home. sigh, he and his wife are splitting up and they have two kids together, plus his daughter from the b-day thing who lives with her mom and stepdad. The child is going to her dad's (my son) for a happy birthday party and a happy Christmas and then the news of the split-up,,, crappy ending to the visit.

Poor kid! just turning 10...

Nothing I can do about it but feel sad for all the kids involved... Including a daughter from the wife's previous relationship who has come to consider my son her dad....

dammit, nothing I can do but watch from the sidelines and profess my love for all concerned.

Sometimes it sucks to be a grandparent on the sidelines...

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That's hard. This is what makes youth so broken. Families are critical but they so often fail. I actually think its quite selfish of parents to do this when the children need stability and love until they become adults.

My wife and I knew our marriage was finished when our daughter was about 6 but we stuck it out and stayed together until she finished school when she was 18. Only then did we separate.

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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)

Saddles your Xmas sounds cozy

Husky, so many *hugs* I'm so sorry to hear that. My family is going through some tough times of a different sort and it's pretty heartbreaking when people close to you are hurting and you can't do much but hold their hands and let them cry.

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Thank you for your feelings and thoughts, Saddles and fen...

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i feel that people only realize it after they are old enough. When the time has already passed. and in many cases these children who go through it will also do it to their children. it is a endless loop of selfishness for one's own happiness. which i can never agree. to me it is not worth it if my decisions atleast does not make my close ones happy. i think we had a discussion on it once which made everyone feel sad. However @husky i hope the children will get over it soon

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Watch everything but only take the good things from it

Ask, think and learn. Because the more we know the more we grow.

Watching the wrong to happen is the same as commiting the wrong.

If it looks like things are forcing you to be creative, Then be creative.

its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi

Thank you, saviour...

On another note, saviour...
Didn't you at one time (wink, wink) tell me that you had a relative who was friends with Irving Berlin and living with him in Bangladesh when he wrote the words to the song "White Christmas"?

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On another note, saviour...
Didn't you at one time (wink, wink) tell me that you had a relative who was friends with Irving Berlin and living with him in Bangladesh when he wrote the words to the song "White Christmas"?

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i dont remember, is it a joke? if it is i dont get it

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Watch everything but only take the good things from it

Ask, think and learn. Because the more we know the more we grow.

Watching the wrong to happen is the same as commiting the wrong.

If it looks like things are forcing you to be creative, Then be creative.

its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi

Read my 12-15 post on the previous page

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Read my 12-15 post on the previous page

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oh WOW LOL i can not come everyday for work thats why i missed those

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Watch everything but only take the good things from it

Ask, think and learn. Because the more we know the more we grow.

Watching the wrong to happen is the same as commiting the wrong.

If it looks like things are forcing you to be creative, Then be creative.

its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi

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Arren! It has been a while. I'm going to be sticking around home. Got plenty of errands and chores, and then usual holiday cheer and fam time. Maybe get out of the city for a couple days.

What are everyone else's holiday plans??

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What are everyone else's holiday plans??

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Sounds nice! I'm in American for Christmas and New Year. I have to go back right after New Year though because work starts again on the 5th.

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New Jersey.

Related lowlight: I get such bad jetlag coming here

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Happy New Year to the Tavern! Its about 20 past 12 here and I'm watching fireworks and listening to the band at one of my local pubs and people are filling the street, drinking, talking, dancing. Its really cool. Hope you all have fun and stay safe.

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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)

Thank you, Saddles... and you as well...

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WL:

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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)

HL: we bought a couple of new fish for the tank today. ^.^ Two fancy guppies and a very pretty long-finned danio.

LL: deadlines loom. Lots more work to be done...

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Saddles: That is indeed weird Where did it come from???

Kaz: Used to have fish tanks at one time... Guppies; Zebras; Mollies... others that got along together. Even had a Tiger Oscar and a Pleicotomus (it was abt 6" long)... In a separate tank, of course... lol

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Yesterday HL: Had my JET interview yesterday! Felt like it went reasonably well so we'll wait and see what the result is in April....

Dang! That's a bummer that you have to wait that long to find out...

Hoping it all works out well...

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Yeah, all the waiting is not a fun part of the process.

Related highlight: I found another job advert relevant to me!

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