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Wait, what is this layer of tissue paper method? Is this where I pad out to a square shape? Footballs make crap presents.

yo Sara! final (and best?) episode of the Slug of Time is available!

http://freakytrigger.co.uk/slugoftime

It's the one called "Build Up Logically"

I've nailed this down to the point where I don't even need tape (wrapping paper is expensive and annoying and less recyclable). Alternate your tissue layers colour/white/colour/white or something else that matches well. Roll object up in it, twist ends as if this was yr childhood perception of wrapped hard candy. Secure with the kind of ribbon that can be tension-curled using the blade of a scissors.

I am always corralled into wrapping shitloads of Xmas presents for my mother and this is how I do them in 20 minutes.

I am REALLY doomed; no scotch tape and no tissue paper or ribbons, either. I am very sad now. But at some point I am going to give that method a try, suzy; thx for the suggestion.

Why are people wrapping presents? Am I doing that thing where I only talk to a few close friends who are equally flaky and miss some major holiday again?

Not a major holiday, just my husband's birthday. I don't think he's expecting you to remember, Nick.

Interestingly, A.'s father's birthday is June 4; A.'s is June 6, and our son 4l3x was born on June 8 (6 weeks early, but apparently he wanted to follow the pattern).

It's like crazy birthday-o-rama at my house right now.

Oh good.

We've got that cluster thing going in my family around Thanksgiving. Uncle's on the 23rd, brother's on the 24th, Mom's on the 27th, and then my cousin's on Dec. 3rd. Thanksgiving at Grandma's is like the Christmas rehearsal.

You must be exhausted by January!

xpost Tracer, I have marked that page so that I can check it out a.s.a.p. (I was afraid that if I didn't bookmark it, it would disappear into the middle of the thread, never to be found again...)

Everyone in my immediate family was born on the 19th of a month, except for my mom (18th).

My friends all seem to be aquarius/gemini/libra.

...with a smattering of sagittarius.

Hmmmmmm. The 19th is lucky for your family then!?

Am I remembering right that you are born on the cusp of Aquarius/Pisces suzy? (Me: Aquarius who is basically unable to keep track of any other sign other than Pisces for some reason.)

my mother and her brother have the same birthday, several years apart, which also happened to be their grandfather's birthday and their parents' wedding anniversary.

I'm Aquarius. I swear that the #1 reason I did not take to MySpace was because they identified me as a fucking Pisces (no 'fence to the fishies).

BTW 19th births my mom 'counts' currently include Genius Dog.

The weirdest one I've got is my aunt, who died on her birthday (I just checked the numerology on that for extra-creepola none phew) but I have a friend from a Croatian Roma family who overdoes the mumbo-jumbo and this *terrified* her.

lolz at your Mom counting that dog's birthday! That's awesome.

I swear that the #1 reason I did not take to MySpace was because they identified me as a fucking Pisces (no 'fence to the fishies).

Yeah, you.

Oh Ned, just because you don't want to be a Pisces doesn't mean that we don't all worship people who are.

Friday night cleaning: still boring.

<3 just cos

<3 cuz you all rock

laundry, lift weights, hang around with FIL... THIS IS MY PLAN

i had a dream last night that me and sara and jergins and lxy were on a big adventure! i can't remember what kind of adventure now :/

!!!!

9 hours??? where are all the ITRers??

word.

Sometimes we sleep. Now that THE PRIMARIES are over my sleep schedule already seems almost...normal.

I will miss the primaries thread. i never contributed but i have plagiarised it irl, the result being that i am now regarded, somewhat fraudulently, as the oracle of US politics amongst my friends. living there for a year helped too i spose.

I admit it: I went to sleep, too. HORRORS

Also, I was totally amused by the primaries thread on multiple occasions. I enjoyed picturing suzy's late night phone conversations with her mom in particular.

my parole officer says im not allowed to talk about the primaries threads anymore

Well if you follow his orders, it's pretty much just going to be discussion of the weather, though.

we should have a big adventure! src, you should come here when ruby does.

i had a gross dream last night, my day is all weird and full of guilt

aw remy. i think it will get better soon. i really do.

sex or violence remy?

"gross dream" does leave a lot to the imagination... which might be for the best!

xpost I WISH that I could come, lxy!!!! Cuz, I'm totally up for adventures, plus WEST COAST IS TEH AWESOMENESS

My mom waited for the HRC victory/concession speeches so she could mock hillaryclinton DOT COM. That is all. Sara you guys came about THIS close to meeting her at Bunny's. She lives there...

it was actually a church dream: i dreamed i was confessing a bunch of (really horrible) stuff (i haven't done in real life, including rape and murder), to somebody i believed was a priest. through the confession box. turns out, when the confession box was opened, that i was confessing all my sins live on national television to a studio audience who roared with laughter.

so youre essentially now feeling guilty about having a dream about feeling guilty about things you hadnt done because you were feeling guilty about things you have done

intriguing....

btw objectively speakign that is an awesome dream. mine are never that imaginative

That is clearly begging to be made into some kind of script, remy. Get on it! (Although apologies for my enthusiastic insensitivity to what probably was not a very pleasant dream to have...)

xpost She LIVES there?! So sad we missed her. (also lolz at "hillaryclinton DOT COM - god I'm inappropriate this morning)

Hullo hullo. I saw me the Mountain Goats last night, I did.

I always feel weird about praising J0hn on ilx, but fucking spectacular innit?

Indeed! Wait, were you there?

No no, I saw them a while back in Missouri.

my internet broked last night so i contributed nothing to the itr.

tehresa - so glad it's working again!

xpost I have to investigate the Mountain Goats further. I did buy "Dilaudid" after taking care of a patient who was taking it. LOVE IT

I want to help my friend's record label put J0hn on in Brighton when he comes over for festivals in the Autumn. Must see what I can do about that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUmJ2Wg_hR4

oh and hi i love you sweet bastards