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Apr. 11th, 2005 10:10 pmMonday night is lj etiquette hint day. Also grocery night.
First, the etiquette hint. If the author (that'd be me) posts a picture of a pony about whom she is glowingly enthusiastic, the audience (that'd be you) will say something nice about the pony. You don't have to know anything about ponies. I don't need conversations like "That's an English bridle, but the noseband is missing. What happened to it?" or "You've got keepers on your full-cheek snaffle. How's that working out?" or even "That looks like a gen-u-ine Parelli bareback pad. Do you like it?" I have people that I can have those conversations with, though they are the same people who have conversations with me that go as follows: Look, we know you think the horse is wonderful, but your standards are too low. The horse has not killed you on three successive rides. We are no longer impressed with her not killing you on regular rides. If you want us to be impressed with her wonderfulness next time, she had better have carried your unconcious body safely out of a forest fire and then directed the helicopter search-and-rescue team to the location of the imperiled boy scout hikers through clever use of her body language and inspired barking. Er. Whinneying. *sigh* Anyway, here, I'm looking for comments like Omigod, that is the best pony 3V4R!!!11!!. You can say that the pony is exceedingly cute. (She is. This is like one's own baby being "cute". One's baby may have a face like a frog that's been run over and persons saying the baby is "cute" will probably not be corrected no matter how incorrect they are. Comparing someone's baby to a road-killed amphibian... well... just in case you weren't aware, that isn't something you are supposed to say NO MATTER how much the baby looks like one.) You can say that the pony is lovely and appears to be good-natured. You can say that the pony is a pretty color. Anything complimentary will do just fine and originality isn't important. So, then, gentle readers. Make a mental note for the next time there is a picture of a pony alongside glowingly happy discussion of same... if I do that, you're supposed to say nice things about the pony.
Old grocery budget: $1588.69
Amount spent: 25.11
New grocery budget: $1563.58
The green this week was bok choy because everything else looked like shit. The bananas were way, way, way too green so I didn't get any. There was no hint of yellow on these bananas. They were solidly green, the green of granny smith apples, all over. That's too green for me. Maybe next week there will be acceptable bananas. I bought yams (still very cheap) and mangoes (not cheap but I like 'em) and three red pears and some frozen mixed berries to put in the blender with yogurt.
Right now I'm trying very hard to avoid the fact that I have all the ingredients to make no bake cookies.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
electroweak, this is your fault.
First, the etiquette hint. If the author (that'd be me) posts a picture of a pony about whom she is glowingly enthusiastic, the audience (that'd be you) will say something nice about the pony. You don't have to know anything about ponies. I don't need conversations like "That's an English bridle, but the noseband is missing. What happened to it?" or "You've got keepers on your full-cheek snaffle. How's that working out?" or even "That looks like a gen-u-ine Parelli bareback pad. Do you like it?" I have people that I can have those conversations with, though they are the same people who have conversations with me that go as follows: Look, we know you think the horse is wonderful, but your standards are too low. The horse has not killed you on three successive rides. We are no longer impressed with her not killing you on regular rides. If you want us to be impressed with her wonderfulness next time, she had better have carried your unconcious body safely out of a forest fire and then directed the helicopter search-and-rescue team to the location of the imperiled boy scout hikers through clever use of her body language and inspired barking. Er. Whinneying. *sigh* Anyway, here, I'm looking for comments like Omigod, that is the best pony 3V4R!!!11!!. You can say that the pony is exceedingly cute. (She is. This is like one's own baby being "cute". One's baby may have a face like a frog that's been run over and persons saying the baby is "cute" will probably not be corrected no matter how incorrect they are. Comparing someone's baby to a road-killed amphibian... well... just in case you weren't aware, that isn't something you are supposed to say NO MATTER how much the baby looks like one.) You can say that the pony is lovely and appears to be good-natured. You can say that the pony is a pretty color. Anything complimentary will do just fine and originality isn't important. So, then, gentle readers. Make a mental note for the next time there is a picture of a pony alongside glowingly happy discussion of same... if I do that, you're supposed to say nice things about the pony.
Old grocery budget: $1588.69
Amount spent: 25.11
New grocery budget: $1563.58
The green this week was bok choy because everything else looked like shit. The bananas were way, way, way too green so I didn't get any. There was no hint of yellow on these bananas. They were solidly green, the green of granny smith apples, all over. That's too green for me. Maybe next week there will be acceptable bananas. I bought yams (still very cheap) and mangoes (not cheap but I like 'em) and three red pears and some frozen mixed berries to put in the blender with yogurt.
Right now I'm trying very hard to avoid the fact that I have all the ingredients to make no bake cookies.
electroweak, this is your fault.
