Comments on: Lots and lots of fairies http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/27/lots-and-lots-of-fairies/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:53:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: yza http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/27/lots-and-lots-of-fairies/comment-page-1/#comment-73297 yza Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:17:41 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=2677#comment-73297 I would like a "Fixer of Teen-Aged Angst" fairy because I am a psychologist at an all girls school. Even though we have no boys here, we do have a lot of boy related angst. Try as I might to convince our young Buds o Promise that it is not the end of the world, and boys do grow up and get slightly less annoying and that age 13 really does not last forever, they frequently do not believe me. Instead I have the "wholly inappropriate dreams of wholly inappropriate people fairy". Said fairy showed up after my romantic life 'sploded rather spectacularly a few months ago. It was okay when I was dreaming of Professor Snape or Grant Hackett, but when I have problems meeting the morning bus driver's eyes without turning RED, it sort of becomes an issue! I may have to start driving again if this does not stop! I would like a “Fixer of Teen-Aged Angst” fairy because I am a psychologist at an all girls school. Even though we have no boys here, we do have a lot of boy related angst. Try as I might to convince our young Buds o Promise that it is not the end of the world, and boys do grow up and get slightly less annoying and that age 13 really does not last forever, they frequently do not believe me.

Instead I have the “wholly inappropriate dreams of wholly inappropriate people fairy”. Said fairy showed up after my romantic life ’sploded rather spectacularly a few months ago. It was okay when I was dreaming of Professor Snape or Grant Hackett, but when I have problems meeting the morning bus driver’s eyes without turning RED, it sort of becomes an issue! I may have to start driving again if this does not stop!

]]> By: emmaco http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/27/lots-and-lots-of-fairies/comment-page-1/#comment-73290 emmaco Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:25:40 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=2677#comment-73290 I have a no rain fairy. When I left Brisbane last year after months of drought it started pouring and they had the most rain in an August on record. It had been raining all summer in Britain but when I arrived it stopped for weeks. I walk to work nearly every day without it raining, and it hardly ever rains on holidays. I think my fairy and I could get work in holiday resorts, but of course we won't be welcome long term anywhere if we cause droughts... I have a no rain fairy. When I left Brisbane last year after months of drought it started pouring and they had the most rain in an August on record. It had been raining all summer in Britain but when I arrived it stopped for weeks. I walk to work nearly every day without it raining, and it hardly ever rains on holidays. I think my fairy and I could get work in holiday resorts, but of course we won’t be welcome long term anywhere if we cause droughts…

]]> By: Sarah W. http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/27/lots-and-lots-of-fairies/comment-page-1/#comment-73276 Sarah W. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:20:06 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=2677#comment-73276 I want a "I Will Make You the Next Doctor on Doctor Who Fairy", or a Book Finishing Fairy... NaNoWriMo is soon. I want a “I Will Make You the Next Doctor on Doctor Who Fairy”, or a Book Finishing Fairy… NaNoWriMo is soon.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/27/lots-and-lots-of-fairies/comment-page-1/#comment-73275 Justine Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:58:22 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=2677#comment-73275 Karen: I think the only way that's going to happen is if you become the 51st state. And no one wants to see Canada gobbled up by the US of A! Karen: I think the only way that’s going to happen is if you become the 51st state. And no one wants to see Canada gobbled up by the US of A!

]]> By: Karen http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/27/lots-and-lots-of-fairies/comment-page-1/#comment-73274 Karen Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:12:25 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=2677#comment-73274 I do hope that E. Lockhart is willing to share if she actually gets her anti-clutter fairy. Desperately needed. As for Canadians having our own elections, I think we should petition to be able to vote in the U.S. election. It's way too important to us to not be able to cast our ballots. I do hope that E. Lockhart is willing to share if she actually gets her anti-clutter fairy. Desperately needed.

As for Canadians having our own elections, I think we should petition to be able to vote in the U.S. election. It’s way too important to us to not be able to cast our ballots.

]]> By: Electric Landlady http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/27/lots-and-lots-of-fairies/comment-page-1/#comment-73273 Electric Landlady Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:41:20 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=2677#comment-73273 <i>I’m in Canada! They have their own election! Why are we still talking about the US one?</i> Yeah, but ours is over, and it was really boring anyway. Nothing like the US one! I’m in Canada! They have their own election! Why are we still talking about the US one?

Yeah, but ours is over, and it was really boring anyway. Nothing like the US one!

]]> By: Victoria http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/27/lots-and-lots-of-fairies/comment-page-1/#comment-73272 Victoria Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:33:07 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=2677#comment-73272 I have an "obsessively early to everything" fairy. It makes me believe that I need to leave my dorm half an hour before class starts, when, in reality, it takes fifteen minutes to walk to the class, and ten minutes to bike. It's sometimes useful, especially when I get times wrong, but, often, it's just annoying, as I have to sit outside in the extreme heat, waiting for the teacher to get to class and unlock the door. I would like a "chill out" fairy. This would a fairy that allows me to not believe that everything is life or death. Like political issues, or whether there's a hell or not (oops, that might actually be life or death). Every political argument I get into, I get really angry at the person that I'm debating, and it affects the way I treat them after we're not talking about politics anymore. I need a chill out fairy desperately. I have an “obsessively early to everything” fairy. It makes me believe that I need to leave my dorm half an hour before class starts, when, in reality, it takes fifteen minutes to walk to the class, and ten minutes to bike. It’s sometimes useful, especially when I get times wrong, but, often, it’s just annoying, as I have to sit outside in the extreme heat, waiting for the teacher to get to class and unlock the door.
I would like a “chill out” fairy. This would a fairy that allows me to not believe that everything is life or death. Like political issues, or whether there’s a hell or not (oops, that might actually be life or death). Every political argument I get into, I get really angry at the person that I’m debating, and it affects the way I treat them after we’re not talking about politics anymore. I need a chill out fairy desperately.

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