Dalton
Blue Crack Addict
We saw U2 in Rome a few years ago. That was a lot of fun.
Dalton said:
I have a half sister that is 15. She's the reason why I don't know how to raise a daughter. She's gone crazy in the last 12 months.
phillyfan26 said:
I think everyone goes crazy to a certain extent in their teens. How bad has she been?
Varitek said:
I don't think anybody knows how to raise a teenage girl. Just do the best you can until then, cross your fingers, and then do the best you can after.
Varitek said:
polisci + peace and conflict + public policy
bosnia for the summer, then hopefully ghana and then liberia but we shall see. worst comes to worst if that falls through i'll just join the peace corp but that's a long time commitment.
Screwtape2 said:
How did you come to realize this interested you?
Dalton said:Drugs, terrible grades have been the outward issues, but she is SO angry all the time. That's my major concern. Thankfully she and I have always been pretty close, so she still lets me slap her around a bit and bring her back to her senses.
Varitek said:
kinda always has in one form or another. i'm specifically interested in post conflict development and refugee issues...always had an interest in conflict, really cemented during the last year of high school, and the refugee thing came when i worked in a camp in ghana (that i hope to go back to) 3 summers ago.
Dalton said:plus you used the phrase 'tuppeny fuck". There's that.
phillyfan26 said:
My brothers don't give a tuppeny fuck about what I have to say.
My 15-year-old brother and I have never gotten along very well. While he gets good grades and is remarkably clean, he's overly introverted and, I think, borderline depressed. He's very reactionary in everything he does: Nova loses a big game, his head's in the oven for the rest of the day. And he takes it out on everyone.
He resents me for acting too parental in my criticisms of him (which are generally reasonable, i.e.: stop being a dick to the younger brothers).
I don't know what this has to do with anything, but I guess I'm trying to say, it's good that you two are close and that she allows you to tell her what's what.
phillyfan26 said:
My 15-year-old brother and I have never gotten along very well. While he gets good grades and is remarkably clean, he's overly introverted and, I think, borderline depressed. He's very reactionary in everything he does: Nova loses a big game, his head's in the oven for the rest of the day. And he takes it out on everyone.
Dalton said:Because I fishhooked NSW?
Varitek said:my little sister and i don't get along either. we are polar opposites, and not in the me and screwtape way either. maybe some day we'll get along but lots of people said we would by this age and it still hasn't happened. whenever i'm home she resents my presence - competition for the tv, parents' attention, etc.
Screwtape2 said:He sounds like a tortured intellectual.
Varitek said:I have resorted to using chapstick on my nose. fucking cold
Varitek said:
my little sister and i don't get along either. we are polar opposites, and not in the me and screwtape way either. maybe some day we'll get along but lots of people said we would by this age and it still hasn't happened. whenever i'm home she resents my presence - competition for the tv, parents' attention, etc.
phillyfan26 said:
I'm outgoing, he's a recluse; I spend time playing music and hanging with friends, he spends it in his room watching basketball or doing homework; he's tall, I'm short; his hair's short, mine's long; he's a math and science guy, I'm an English and history guy.
We're pretty different.
Dalton said:
You do NOT want to compare sicknesses. I've consumed so many cough drops the last 8 weeks that I think I have permanently damaged my sense of taste.
Varitek said:
I'm cynnical and practical, she's a hypcondriac who exagerates everything and a drama queen, i like baseball, art museums, etc and she likes mtv/bet/pop culture. our television arguments are me wanting to watch sports or a good tv show and her wanting to watch a dvr'd vh1 music awards or somesuch. we can agree on the simpsons sometimes.
No spoken words said:My sister is a lesbian teacher, I am a Hetero sports television employee.
Dalton said:
Please, please, please, please, please tell me "lesbian teacher" means that she teaches women how to be lesbian. Please.
Dalton said:
Please, please, please, please, please tell me "lesbian teacher" means that she teaches women how to be lesbian. Please.
Dalton said:
ha ha ha ha ha
you're holding back. You didn't once talk about who's prettier. Me thinks that comes up in the arguments, no?