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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 423750)

I like the ad where the young business guy has been entertaining some big wigs, and things obviously went very well, and he is driving them to the airport, and the old conservative big wig wants to check the scores and reaches for the radio, and death metal comes blasting out of the radio. It reminds me of a younger me, if I had ever listened to death metal when I was younger. Or entertained big wigs, or driven said big wigs around in my car.

This happens to me twice weekly.

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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 423750)

I like commercials with hot girls because I want to hump them.

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Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen (Post 423733)

I hate all Volkswagen commercials.

I also hate that they don't make more diesel models to sell in the US. Why only the Jetta and the minivan thing? Why, VW, why??

I suspect that Jetta wagon will be my next vehicle.

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Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen (Post 423733)

I also hate that they don't make more diesel models to sell in the US. Why only the Jetta and the minivan thing? Why, VW, why??

A relative (working mom with kids, if it matters) just got a diesel Jetta wagon and loves it. It's nicer than the Suburu wagon another relative has. The Suburu has always felt cramped inside to me.

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Originally Posted by notcasesensitive (Post 423751)

You seem to have a bit of a fixation. Apparently that toy is part of a Nick Jr. show -- Yo Gabba Gabba. Looks, uh, fascinating.

Sometimes I find DJ Lance endearing, but more often I want to punch him. Mostly, I want to punch the guys who thought it would be funny to create a childrens' show but make the target demographic 23 year old jobless hipster wannabes.

There is a repeating segment where a young child will announce his or her name and state that he or she likes to dance, apparently while under the influence of some sort of seizure-inducing drugs. These segments have been taken over by the YouTube video remix crowd, and thousands of variations of them exist all over the internet.

I actually quite enjoy this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EspGZxWPTUk

And this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwsjtLg-OfY

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Originally Posted by Sparklehorse (Post 423755)

A relative (working mom with kids, if it matters) just got a diesel Jetta wagon and loves it. It's nicer than the Suburu wagon another relative has. The Suburu has always felt cramped inside to me.

I couldn't decide between the diesel jetta wagon and the sedan. I got the sedan. Sometimes I wish I had a bigger car. And I would love a bigger sedan.

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Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen (Post 423757)

I couldn't decide between the diesel jetta wagon and the sedan. I got the sedan. Sometimes I wish I had a bigger car. And I would love a bigger sedan.

This is the attitude that got us that giant red dildo.

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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? (Post 423758)

This is the attitude that got us that giant red dildo.

See? At least someone understands me.

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Originally Posted by Gattigap (Post 423742)

The former.

The more impressive thing is the trinket community that's set up camp just outside of Graceland. It's probably the world's highest concentration of velvet-based art.

Indeed. I went to Graceland on the 10th anniversary of Elvis's death. It was my first real exposure to Americans who don't live in states bordering with Canada. The artistic tributes were something to behold.

Also, everyone talked funny.

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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? (Post 423758)

This is the attitude that got us that giant red dildo.

What do people in Chicago have against giant red dildos?

Biological clocks

So I get an e-mail from a friend of mine:

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A switch flipped for me yesterday, and I think I've decided to have a baby.

No shit. I am going to give things 6 months to be headed in the right direction financially (and will take that time to narrow my small list of potential sperm donors to 1), but I think that come October, I am going to try and get knocked up.

She's single, 38 years old, will be 39 in October, owns a development company that isn't quite off the ground yet, and she sort of has been living a gypsy life for the last two years while she tries to launch her business. She's had some success (an article in an upscale magazine last October, very good reception on a home tour in April 2009 to the building she and her former business partner built), but no real financial movement on the new company. I have no doubt that if she gave up on her own business and went to work selling other people's shit, she'd rake in a fortune. She's ridiculously persuasive. At the same time, I'm not convinced that she is particularly good at running her own business. She says she has a lot of leads, but no one has seen anything come of them.

I'm generally not really thrilled by the idea, but I sort of see her point in that given her age, finding, wooing, and catching a mate on a very accelerated time schedule would be difficult at best, and would likely scare the shit out of even the best of her prospects. I've seen at least two of her relationships fall apart in the last few years because of her wanting to move forward as quickly as possible.

On the other hand, holy shit, a kid? She's been solidly relying on friends for the last two years to house her. There is NO stability in her life, and running a company and raising a kid is hard enough with two parents in the mix. I know that I certainly couldn't choose do something like this without a small fortune amassed and an army of domestic help waiting in the wings.

I know generally that our friends who have heard about this think that this is a crazy stupid idea. At the same time, she tends to be a full steam ahead kind of person, and we do want to be supportive if she does go through with it. It's possible that this may be the motivation to actually stabilize her life a little, and maybe she wont scare the genuinely good guys she meets from now on if she's not looking at them as potential sperm donors first and foremost.

Does anyone know any women who have gone forward with a crazy idea like this one? Did it turn out relatively OK? Should I do everything in my power to talk her out of this?

Re: Biological clocks

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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 423763)

So I get an e-mail from a friend of mine:

She's single, 38 years old, will be 39 in October, owns a development company that isn't quite off the ground yet, and she sort of has been living a gypsy life for the last two years while she tries to launch her business. She's had some success (an article in an upscale magazine last October, very good reception on a home tour in April 2009 to the building she and her former business partner built), but no real financial movement on the new company. I have no doubt that if she gave up on her own business and went to work selling other people's shit, she'd rake in a fortune. She's ridiculously persuasive. At the same time, I'm not convinced that she is particularly good at running her own business. She says she has a lot of leads, but no one has seen anything come of them.

I'm generally not really thrilled by the idea, but I sort of see her point in that given her age, finding, wooing, and catching a mate on a very accelerated time schedule would be difficult at best, and would likely scare the shit out of even the best of her prospects. I've seen at least two of her relationships fall apart in the last few years because of her wanting to move forward as quickly as possible.

On the other hand, holy shit, a kid? She's been solidly relying on friends for the last two years to house her. There is NO stability in her life, and running a company and raising a kid is hard enough with two parents in the mix. I know that I certainly couldn't choose do something like this without a small fortune amassed and an army of domestic help waiting in the wings.

I know generally that our friends who have heard about this think that this is a crazy stupid idea. At the same time, she tends to be a full steam ahead kind of person, and we do want to be supportive if she does go through with it. It's possible that this may be the motivation to actually stabilize her life a little, and maybe she wont scare the genuinely good guys she meets from now on if she's not looking at them as potential sperm donors first and foremost.

Does anyone know any women who have gone forward with a crazy idea like this one? Did it turn out relatively OK? Should I do everything in my power to talk her out of this?

A former GF was a single mom. She basically started down the same thought-path, though a little earlier (early 30s I think). Then a casual BF got her pregnant, and was in the weird position of "keep the baby" or "get an abortion and wait a few months until I find a donor I like." She went with Plan A, and things turned out fine.

This was not a financially established person. She was an artist, dancer, relying on things like part-time bookkeeping gigs to pay the rent. On the other hand, she was in many ways a very practical person, so while she was never rich and often relied on friends for help I don't think she was ever looking to other people to house her, at least not after she had the kid. That said, she probably lived a gypsy-like life beforehand, at least to an extent.

I would not try to talk your friend out of it. I would try to talk to her about what she's in for, and how if she's going to do this then her focus in the 6 months she's giving herself should be on finding financial and personal stability. She doesn't have to be making a shit-ton of money, but she does need to be in a living situation that allows for a baby and that she has confidence she can maintain.

From your description it doesn't sound like her own business is the path to this sort of financial stability, but I don't know. However, if the means to getting her business really going is her working 15 hours a day (as it is with many start-up folks), then doing that while having a small baby is basically impossible, and doing it while pregnant and 39yo is downright dangerous.

Re: Biological clocks

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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 423763)

Does anyone know any women who have gone forward with a crazy idea like this one? Did it turn out relatively OK? Should I do everything in my power to talk her out of this?

I've known women who got knocked up and ended up raising their kids with no support of any kind after the father ran out, so yeah, I guess I do.

I'd stay out of it. If she wants support, give it to her, but be honest. "If this is what you want, go for it. But remember, this won't be easy and there are lots of expenses that come with babies. You think you'll have a place of your own with space for a baby in 6 months? Are you going to try to find a guy who will give you his sperm with the understanding that he won't be a part of your lives? Are you still going to do it if your business doesn't take off and if so, what will you do for money? If your business does take off, don't you think you'll be too busy? Etc."

The old, "there's not enough money to have a kid" bit is fiction. Almost everyone has the money to do it. You just end up going without in other areas of your life by default. That's just how it works.

TM

Re: Biological clocks

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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch (Post 423764)

Then a casual BF got her pregnant, and was in the weird position of "keep the baby" or "get an abortion and wait a few months until I find a donor I like." She went with Plan A, and things turned out fine.

How did things with casual BF go?