a throwback …

the bean has a girlfriend. [*sigh*] he also has a homecoming game coming up. with his injury [which, through therapy at the local high school ... omg, yes, they have a sports rehabilitation center], he probably won’t play, but he’s still jazzed about it. that’s thursday. friday is the homecoming dance. we went to hobby lobby and picked up an assortment of things to make a homecoming mum for his sweetheart.

aaaah, the good old days. i remember making my own in junior high. my parents were too poor to buy me one and i just couldn’t see spending over 40 dollars on something so silly. i probably spent about 8 dollars and made a cute little thing.

today we gathered up a number of things and i’ve started on it. [i really really should be working on other more pressing things, like, say, the lawndale day of the dead entry that i haven't even begun and is due this week, but i digress]. these things can become monstrous. i didn’t realize they were just a somewhat local thing. i wonder if other places besides texas and oklahoma get as involved with these things. and christ! some of things sell for upwards of $200!!!

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Published:: 10.07.08 / 1am

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shigella 10.07.08 / 10am

Wow. We don’t have that tradition in Minnesota. I’m kind of glad; I think they look awful!

Then again, wearing team colors to a game is considered ‘fanatical’ up here, so wearing a giant mum with school colors would be considered really obnoxious. Not so in Texas, where everything is BIG.

It’s nice of you to make one for your son’s girlfriend. That’s a very supportive-mom thing to do…and much better than spending $200 on a huge plastic flower.

six06 10.07.08 / 10am

it’s like hank said, “it’s a racket”.

i agree, they’re completely obnoxious, heh. that’s why mine was so little [plus, i didn't have much money]. well, i had fun with it and i hope it scores points for him.

jina 10.07.08 / 12pm

lol…… wow the bean is growing so fast….. well i remember i use to make them and sale them @ davis…but never had one of my own. i was just too tomboy for that! lol ok ok too busy making them for everyone else and i swear the materials are expensive!!!! i swear……….. well i like that you did that and i wish i could have help. cause you know i got skills like my momma….. lol you stick to the paper and let me have the flowers……..lol……..just kidding. send my love and omg i just realized you said HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND!!!!
HA! SO DOES MY BEAN! lol wow………. they grow fast

six06 10.07.08 / 4pm