Pretty much up for any interesting idea that does not cost the earth and basically remains anonymous.
#nztwittersecretsanta is then all those, interesting, cheap and anonymous.
Trouble is that you send something and there are a couple of outcomes
1.Recipient gets the gift and posts a thank you which is either (a)profuse or (b)polite
2.Recipient gets the gift and nothing - de nada, zilch, zip, which means either (a) they hate it or (b) they didn't get it.
Trouble ensues of course when they don't tweet about anything much, and when they do it's not about #nztwittersecretsanta.
The dilemma remains then - send again or guts it out ?
A life just as ordinary. Wherein I drink beer, and write badly
Monday, December 13, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Bigging it up
Ms16 has finished school for the yet, and is merrily hanging out like a "gangsta" - her words not mine.
Then she drops onto us that she's going to a party, on a Tuesday. "It's alcohol free' and not a lot of people will be going.
Firstly "alcohol free" was a bit worrying that this caveat had to be put on the event, although I do recall as a 16 year old going to party with a bottle of Bacardi - but that's another story altogether.
But wait, there's more. "Can I have a couple of my friends around before we go for a couple of 'drinks'"?
What to do?
We gave in, said yes, but her friends had to bring their own drink, I don't want to become the "easy" parent.
And we fed them. And made sure they weren't driving.
As a side note, MS16 is about 5' 6" - or thereabouts give or take - and I think she's tall. Her friend must have been 6 foot, but not gangly and ungainly. It's fair to say that tall women somehow intimidate me - but that's my phobia not yours.
Then she drops onto us that she's going to a party, on a Tuesday. "It's alcohol free' and not a lot of people will be going.
Firstly "alcohol free" was a bit worrying that this caveat had to be put on the event, although I do recall as a 16 year old going to party with a bottle of Bacardi - but that's another story altogether.
But wait, there's more. "Can I have a couple of my friends around before we go for a couple of 'drinks'"?
What to do?
We gave in, said yes, but her friends had to bring their own drink, I don't want to become the "easy" parent.
And we fed them. And made sure they weren't driving.
As a side note, MS16 is about 5' 6" - or thereabouts give or take - and I think she's tall. Her friend must have been 6 foot, but not gangly and ungainly. It's fair to say that tall women somehow intimidate me - but that's my phobia not yours.
Outrage as a defence
A feminist friend of mine constantly bangs on about how outraged she is about almost everything.
You can't pick anything she says as repeat it back to her since this then is just an attack.
Yet she is by her own admission insecure and unsure about many things.
Everything "sexualises" or "denigrates" women.
I'd stop caring but as a friend she's ok, I just wouldn't go to her for advice
You can't pick anything she says as repeat it back to her since this then is just an attack.
Yet she is by her own admission insecure and unsure about many things.
Everything "sexualises" or "denigrates" women.
I'd stop caring but as a friend she's ok, I just wouldn't go to her for advice
Bigging it up
Ms16 has finished school for the yet, and is merrily hanging out like a "gangsta" - her words not mine.
Then she drops onto us that she's going to a party, on a Tuesday. "It's alcohol free' and not a lot of people will be going.
Firstly "alcohol free" was a bit worrying that this caveat had to be put on the event, although I do recall as a 16 year old going to party with a bottle of Bacardi - but that's another story altogether.
But wait, there's more. "Can I have a couple of my friends around before we go for a couple of 'drinks'"?
What to do?
We gave in, said yes, but her friends had to bring their own drink, I don't want to become the "easy" parent.
And we fed them. And made sure they weren't driving.
As a side note, MS16 is about 5' 6" - or thereabouts give or take - and I think she's tall. Her friend must have been 6 foot, but not gangly and ungainly. It's fair to say that tall women somehow intimidate me - but that's my phobia not yours.
Then she drops onto us that she's going to a party, on a Tuesday. "It's alcohol free' and not a lot of people will be going.
Firstly "alcohol free" was a bit worrying that this caveat had to be put on the event, although I do recall as a 16 year old going to party with a bottle of Bacardi - but that's another story altogether.
But wait, there's more. "Can I have a couple of my friends around before we go for a couple of 'drinks'"?
What to do?
We gave in, said yes, but her friends had to bring their own drink, I don't want to become the "easy" parent.
And we fed them. And made sure they weren't driving.
As a side note, MS16 is about 5' 6" - or thereabouts give or take - and I think she's tall. Her friend must have been 6 foot, but not gangly and ungainly. It's fair to say that tall women somehow intimidate me - but that's my phobia not yours.
Outrage as a defence
A feminist friend of mine constantly bangs on about how outraged she is about almost everything.
You can't pick anything she says as repeat it back to her since this then is just an attack.
Yet she is by her own admission insecure and unsure about many things.
Everything "sexualises" or "denigrates" women.
I'd stop caring but as a friend she's ok, I just wouldn't go to her for advice
You can't pick anything she says as repeat it back to her since this then is just an attack.
Yet she is by her own admission insecure and unsure about many things.
Everything "sexualises" or "denigrates" women.
I'd stop caring but as a friend she's ok, I just wouldn't go to her for advice
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