Comments on: Life, three years later http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Tue, 12 May 2026 03:01:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179&cpage=1#comment-2688 girldetective Fri, 20 May 2005 20:38:18 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179#comment-2688 Oh, yes, let's waste more of our time on George Lucas generated dreck. NO THANK YOU, ERIK! Oh, yes, let’s waste more of our time on George Lucas generated dreck. NO THANK YOU, ERIK!

]]> By: Erik http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179&cpage=1#comment-2684 Erik Fri, 20 May 2005 13:30:57 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179#comment-2684 As I'm packing all my stuff, I hope to unearth my VHS copy of the "Star Wars Holiday Special." M.Giant and Trash will tell you -- if there's anything that proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Lucas didn't <i>become</i> a sloppy storyteller obsessed with cross-marketing, he always <i>was</i> one, that would be it. We should have a viewing, perhaps when I return over the holiday break later this year. As I’m packing all my stuff, I hope to unearth my VHS copy of the “Star Wars Holiday Special.” M.Giant and Trash will tell you — if there’s anything that proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Lucas didn’t become a sloppy storyteller obsessed with cross-marketing, he always was one, that would be it. We should have a viewing, perhaps when I return over the holiday break later this year.

]]> By: G. Grod http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179&cpage=1#comment-2683 G. Grod Fri, 20 May 2005 13:24:20 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179#comment-2683 Erik: OMG! You were right! Erik: OMG! You were right!

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179&cpage=1#comment-2681 girldetective Fri, 20 May 2005 03:39:27 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179#comment-2681 I'll never get those 70 minutes back. What's worse is that I'd seen about 30 minutes of it already, so my grand total of time wasted on Clone Wars approaches 100 minutes! Damn you, George Lucas, for infecting so many of our generation, including my husband, with an obsession for a franchise you were hell bent on doing so crappily. I’ll never get those 70 minutes back. What’s worse is that I’d seen about 30 minutes of it already, so my grand total of time wasted on Clone Wars approaches 100 minutes!

Damn you, George Lucas, for infecting so many of our generation, including my husband, with an obsession for a franchise you were hell bent on doing so crappily.

]]> By: Erik http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179&cpage=1#comment-2679 Erik Thu, 19 May 2005 18:44:23 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179#comment-2679 Dude? He totally TURNS INTO DARTH VADER! Dude?

He totally TURNS INTO DARTH VADER!

]]> By: G. Grod http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179&cpage=1#comment-2676 G. Grod Thu, 19 May 2005 16:28:47 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179#comment-2676 She didn't mention that she also makes my lunch to take with me for work, and she sat through ~70 minutes of Star Wars: Clone Wars because I'm getting ready for Revenge of the Sith. She didn’t mention that she also makes my lunch to take with me for work, and she sat through ~70 minutes of Star Wars: Clone Wars because I’m getting ready for Revenge of the Sith.

]]> By: Erik http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179&cpage=1#comment-2675 Erik Thu, 19 May 2005 15:35:07 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179#comment-2675 HAHAha. Hey, G.Grod -- p0wned! ...but seriously, thank you both; you both work hard to maintain a really wonderful family. You're an inspiration, and young Drake is clearly headed for a lively lifetime as a well-adjusted kid with loads of personality. HAHAha. Hey, G.Grod —

p0wned!

…but seriously, thank you both; you both work hard to maintain a really wonderful family. You’re an inspiration, and young Drake is clearly headed for a lively lifetime as a well-adjusted kid with loads of personality.

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179&cpage=1#comment-2674 girldetective Thu, 19 May 2005 12:45:16 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179#comment-2674 Actually, for dramatic purposes, I left out the three loads of laundry that followed the five from the day before; making breakfast, lunch and dinner; successfully coaxing toddler to partake thereof; washing, drying and putting away (no dishwasher but me) breakfast, lunch and dinner dishes; changing diapers, poopy and otherwise; screaming fits (Drake's, not mine); carrying screaming Drake half a block home from the park because he doesn't understand that cold rain is icky; sore muscle in my back from picking up ever-more-hefty toddler; wiping up puddles of pee from increased naked time for persistent diaper rash; sweeping kitchen floor; and sorting recycling into annoyingly particular categories (paper: news, plain and shiny). That was just yesterday. Stay-at-home motherhood is not bon-bons and Oprah. I'm just trying to focus on the good stuff. Actually, for dramatic purposes, I left out the three loads of laundry that followed the five from the day before; making breakfast, lunch and dinner; successfully coaxing toddler to partake thereof; washing, drying and putting away (no dishwasher but me) breakfast, lunch and dinner dishes; changing diapers, poopy and otherwise; screaming fits (Drake’s, not mine); carrying screaming Drake half a block home from the park because he doesn’t understand that cold rain is icky; sore muscle in my back from picking up ever-more-hefty toddler; wiping up puddles of pee from increased naked time for persistent diaper rash; sweeping kitchen floor; and sorting recycling into annoyingly particular categories (paper: news, plain and shiny). That was just yesterday.

Stay-at-home motherhood is not bon-bons and Oprah. I’m just trying to focus on the good stuff.

]]> By: duff. http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179&cpage=1#comment-2673 duff. Thu, 19 May 2005 12:11:59 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179#comment-2673 sounds like you're in the sweet spot. ;) [poor G. Grod! don't we all feel that way! :) ] sounds like you’re in the sweet spot. ;)

[poor G. Grod! don't we all feel that way! :) ]

]]> By: G. Grod http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179&cpage=1#comment-2672 G. Grod Wed, 18 May 2005 20:52:01 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=179#comment-2672 Yeah, but I still have to go to work. Yeah, but I still have to go to work.

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