*stretches happily*

Yup, several hours of nearly uninterrupted sleep is exactly what the doctor would've ordered.

So, I've been reading the Meg Lanslow books by Donna Andrews. They're funny, but man is that girl stupid. In the first book, it takes her until the end of the book to realize that Michael isn't gay and, in fact, is seriously attracted to her. The guy takes her home when she gets food poisoning, stays with her, and holds her hair back and wipes her face when she throws up and she doesn't realize. He gives her flowers, she assumes they're for her mom. He drops these huge, 300 pound hints, and she just goes blithly by, ignoring them.

Then, in the most recent book, it takes her until the end of the book (again!) to figure out who the killer is, something I realized before he even killed anybody. I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, but I do not believe that a modern day blacksmith who doesn't even enjoy the profession and who professes to have nothing to do with geeky things like comic conventions would really be named Alaric Steele. And since the only person in that book with a motive for changing his name was the same guy with a motive for killing the victim....

They're fun books anyway, but... *sighs*

Of course, the one where the killer was the lawyer, that was pure gold. Didn't see that one coming.

Found from rainbow_goddess

I hate this country. I really, really, really do. I'd leave if I could pack up the entire city and take it with me.

So, I'm here babysitting

Ana and I went to the Children's Museum for a "Tot Block" thing. That was fun, Ana enjoyed it right up to the end, where they all did these group things, and Ana wasn't sure if she wanted to participate or not (or, indeed, what they were doing). Also, she was tired (she fell asleep before the bus even came, which took a surprisingly short time). She eventually wandered off, absconding with a soft block. I returned it after most of the kids left, and retrieved my book. I'm sure she'll enjoy it more when she's more used to it.

And the parents... some of them, Ana would go near a toy their kid was playing with, and then if she took it, start saying she "snatched" it (despite the fact that all the kids are under three, the kid in question isn't upset, and the toy wasn't even being played with at that moment, it was on the ground or somesuch). Others, anticipating this reaction, would get upset with their kids if the kids took a toy Ana had been playing with but started to consider leaving. "Don't you want to share, Lily?" No, sir, Lily doesn't want to share. Neither, to be fair, does Ana. They think the whole "sharing" concept is overrated. But thanks for getting her to give back that block, Ana is intent on hoarding up every toy in the area.

Thanks, griffen

I suppose this qualifies as "gay teasing" or something. Maybe.

Y'know, a while back I read an article on Spongebob/Buster

And the author mentioned that when he was growing up, a mom complained to him that "Sesame Street is just so horrible. I mean, it's teaching children Spanish".

Yeah. Guess that hasn't gone away yet.

Here's that article, if you're curious.

Post taken from kibbles

On felons and voting and whatnot.

That customers_suck post got me thinking about international Sesame Street.

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