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I really liked Michael Moriarty on that show.
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
12 year old peppermints? Yum.
Interestingly, no.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health...than_fat_.html
...and the milk's in me.
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That was worded very poorly. I meant to say that I still keep peppermints in my car.
"Great" rendition of the National Anthem or "The Greatest" rendition of the National Anthem? By 11-year old "singer-songwriter" Harper Gruzins
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Guys and gals, please promise me that, as adults, when you have birthday parties, you don't open the presents in front of everybody before they leave.
Because that happened last night, and I could not believe it was happening. This girl is 27 years old, and she's acting like she's eight.
Please don't do that. It's insulting.
I do not give or receive presents at that age.
Neither do I. What he heck. I want presents now.
Just awful.
Adults have birthday parties where guests bring presents?!
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I can't tell if you're joking or not; it happens regularly with my domesticated friends.
The opening-gifts-during thing is pretty new, though. I wasn't expecting that.
I might bring a bottle of whiskey, but, Hell, its usually gone by the end of the night.
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We usually open presents straight away. It's polite to thank the guests immediately.
I wasn't. The birthday parties among friends I know of are at restaurants or bars, so presents come in the form of buying a drink. If it's at someone's place, then like Scar said, we bring a bottle for everybody to drink. Nobody brings actual presents unless they're super BFFs or significant others.
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My family members give gifts for birthdays, and we open them together. I wasn't aware of any etiquette rule stating otherwise. The nicest part of giving a present is seeing the person's face when they open it.
I usually send my friends a card, or maybe flowers or something if it's a significant birthday. Sometimes I take a friend out to dinner.
...and the milk's in me.
Ditto this.
Seeing that I don't drink... and my family doesn't drink and most of my friends don't drink... it always surprises me to find out how many social conventions are generally linked to alcohol. It would never occur to me to buy someone a drink as a birthday present.
...and the milk's in me.
This is my experience as well.
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
For milestone birthdays I have brought a gift. A good chunk of my buddies, for example, are turning 40, and I've brought a present along with the standard six pack or other adult beverage.
Losing is like fertilizer: it stinks for a while, then you get used to it. (Tony, Hibbing)
Family's a different situation, and I'm certainly not against gift-giving. I like to think I've got a handle on getting stuff I can afford that still holds some genuine value to the other person.
My friend had a variety of friends visiting, some more casual than others, so it bugs me to see my gift implicitly compared to more personal, expensive gifts she's receiving from others. I think that's inconsiderate on her part, the way it becomes this weird centerpiece presentation that shows the gap between inner and outer circles.
Oh, I see. That would be very awkward.
...and the milk's in me.
One of my newer social circles had something similar happen in regards to presents. I don't gift give unless it's like people have said with buying a drink or we might go out to eat and may buy their dinner or something like unto that. With family we're not big on presents but family is a different animal then friends.
Anyways in this newer social circle which is admittedly pretty odd there are two girls who have very little in the ways of social experience. The one which is less overpowering I have an alright time with but the girl that is very overpowering rubs me the wrong way a lot and apparently I can do the same to her sometimes especially in situations in which I do something which if she had more social experience would not be a problem but since she doesn't, it is. So she invites me to her birthday, I say, "sure, I'll try and make it." Then she suddenly gets stern and says, "Good, you're required to bring me a present to get in." From then on whenever she asked me about her party I said I couldn't go. The day of she sent me a text saying, "You should come, you don't have to bring a present." I still didn't go because everyone else had to bring a present and apparently there was also a list posted online by her roommate of her wishlist in regards to presents.
What.
...and the milk's in me.
The car temperature gauge Saturday and yesterday hit 117. A little cool-down from this heatwave would be nice for my ability to appreciate Oklahoma weather a bit more.
Having a back porch to go and read on in the mornings, though, is sublime. I've typically gone out and read from 6:30-7:30, which is only in the mid-eighties, and allows for fresh air and an array of bird calls and wildlife chirps. So relaxing.
The Boat People - 9
The Power of the Dog - 7.5
The King of Pigs - 7
I LOVE my Roku. On vacation, in less than three minutes I've got my whole Netflix queue at my fingertips.
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