Halloween and other issues...
Oct. 26th, 2006 02:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
senoritafishAnother office sympathy card this morning, for a co-worker in another office - previous thoughts on those...
IT has been saying for a couple of months now that they are testing a new spam blocker; I hope they get it in place soon, because I'm getting a little weary of deleting 20 ads for "Re: VzlAGRA" and worse every morning (and whatever "middle bird" is). I have to laugh at some of the random "names" these are ostensibly from though - "Abbey entombed" and "Perhaps ominous" - really?
After the kids had done their portion of homework last night we went to Target for a bit to see what costumes were available. The sewing machine is busted, and I haven't had a chance to take it in for repair, so no homemade costumes this year. The place was pretty picked over - the aisle for adult costumes was completely empty and not much left for kids either. Avalon had requested to be a princess, but a glittery wand in the dollar section caught her eye, and she picked out a woodland fairy dress - which had me breathing a sigh of relief because at least it's not pink, well, a tiny bit of trim, but mostly dark red velvet and greeny-brown leaf trim. Nothing for Gareth.
Hmm, Gareth. Despite telling me last year he wanted to be Double D again (and he actually reiterated that up to about July), he's been getting very interested in planes and military things lately; I have a feeling it may have started with watching the Discovery launch on the 4th. Plus he often watches TV with Grandpa, who often watches the Wings or Military Channels. About a month ago he told me he wants to be an Army man. When I asked him why, he told me that he admired them and they protect our country and our freedom - it's a noble thing for him. When he puts it like that, I don't think I can forbid it - while I don't agree with the mindset the military tends to instill, I can grudgingly respect the need for them (It's the people giving them their orders I have a problem with). His grandfather and granduncle were in the Navy in WWII, and my cousin, now a pilot for UPS, also was a career Navy officer, so it's not like we've never had military in our family. But I have reservations about my little boy dressing up as one. Maybe I can give him a sign saying "Bring us home..." or "Will I have to go to Iraq?" Sigh. I tried to talk him into being a pilot, but he's pretty adamant.
Dammit. I shouldn't have to think about stuff like this for Halloween - it's supposed to be fun, not full of issues. And where did this come from in a six-year-old anyway?
IT has been saying for a couple of months now that they are testing a new spam blocker; I hope they get it in place soon, because I'm getting a little weary of deleting 20 ads for "Re: VzlAGRA" and worse every morning (and whatever "middle bird" is). I have to laugh at some of the random "names" these are ostensibly from though - "Abbey entombed" and "Perhaps ominous" - really?
After the kids had done their portion of homework last night we went to Target for a bit to see what costumes were available. The sewing machine is busted, and I haven't had a chance to take it in for repair, so no homemade costumes this year. The place was pretty picked over - the aisle for adult costumes was completely empty and not much left for kids either. Avalon had requested to be a princess, but a glittery wand in the dollar section caught her eye, and she picked out a woodland fairy dress - which had me breathing a sigh of relief because at least it's not pink, well, a tiny bit of trim, but mostly dark red velvet and greeny-brown leaf trim. Nothing for Gareth.
Hmm, Gareth. Despite telling me last year he wanted to be Double D again (and he actually reiterated that up to about July), he's been getting very interested in planes and military things lately; I have a feeling it may have started with watching the Discovery launch on the 4th. Plus he often watches TV with Grandpa, who often watches the Wings or Military Channels. About a month ago he told me he wants to be an Army man. When I asked him why, he told me that he admired them and they protect our country and our freedom - it's a noble thing for him. When he puts it like that, I don't think I can forbid it - while I don't agree with the mindset the military tends to instill, I can grudgingly respect the need for them (It's the people giving them their orders I have a problem with). His grandfather and granduncle were in the Navy in WWII, and my cousin, now a pilot for UPS, also was a career Navy officer, so it's not like we've never had military in our family. But I have reservations about my little boy dressing up as one. Maybe I can give him a sign saying "Bring us home..." or "Will I have to go to Iraq?" Sigh. I tried to talk him into being a pilot, but he's pretty adamant.
Dammit. I shouldn't have to think about stuff like this for Halloween - it's supposed to be fun, not full of issues. And where did this come from in a six-year-old anyway?
