random messages
Feb. 26th, 2012 10:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
castiron1. Dear self: You didn't write Friday; you wrote a minimal amount Saturday. So no, even though you have just gotten the notification of a new installment in a favorite fic, you may not read it yet. Write first. (Dear author of fic: Thank you for posting before midnight; it will not be your fault if I decide to stay up way too late reading it this time ;-).)
2. Dear older son: There are times I really wish (even more than usual) that you had communications skills appropriate to your age, because it would be *fascinating* to know what's going on in your head. Also, where did you pick up those Abba songs? I'm guessing school, since we rarely play CDs at home.
3. Dear younger son: There are limits to how many times your parents can tolerate The Love Bug. It is, however, very adorable that you call that red toy Volkswagen Bug "Herbie".
4. Dear both sons: That ball with the LEDs inside that flash when it's bounced off a hard surface? The minute it gives me a headache, it vanishes. (Dear ex: I know you meant well.)
5. Dear spouse: I'm not convinced that The Blues Brothers is appropriate viewing for a three-year-old, but I take your point that at least the swearing is done correctly and in appropriate contexts. And as the one who first decided that Top Gear is perfectly okay for him to watch as long as he doesn't start saying "oh, cock" (by which point the damage will have been done), I don't really have a leg to stand on. And at least we're agreed that either is more appropriate than Barney the Dinosaur.
2. Dear older son: There are times I really wish (even more than usual) that you had communications skills appropriate to your age, because it would be *fascinating* to know what's going on in your head. Also, where did you pick up those Abba songs? I'm guessing school, since we rarely play CDs at home.
3. Dear younger son: There are limits to how many times your parents can tolerate The Love Bug. It is, however, very adorable that you call that red toy Volkswagen Bug "Herbie".
4. Dear both sons: That ball with the LEDs inside that flash when it's bounced off a hard surface? The minute it gives me a headache, it vanishes. (Dear ex: I know you meant well.)
5. Dear spouse: I'm not convinced that The Blues Brothers is appropriate viewing for a three-year-old, but I take your point that at least the swearing is done correctly and in appropriate contexts. And as the one who first decided that Top Gear is perfectly okay for him to watch as long as he doesn't start saying "oh, cock" (by which point the damage will have been done), I don't really have a leg to stand on. And at least we're agreed that either is more appropriate than Barney the Dinosaur.