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alexander is about to discover he is... ([info]lorddenethor) wrote in [info]doors,
@ 2013-01-30 17:20:00

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Entry tags:denethor, jekyll & hyde, joker moreau, kitty pryde, riddler, snow white

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Someone must know something about birthday presents for preteen girls. Is a tablet a good present to give a fourteen year old for her birthday or is that asking for trouble?


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[info]throughwalls
2013-01-30 10:24 pm UTC (link)
I totally hate to break it to you, but 14 = teenager.

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[info]lorddenethor
2013-01-30 10:26 pm UTC (link)
What! Surely not. She's just a kid still.

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[info]throughwalls
2013-01-30 10:27 pm UTC (link)
Fourteen <-First clue

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[info]fair
2013-01-30 10:38 pm UTC (link)
Well shit. I don't think I ever got anything that fancy when I was 14.

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[info]lorddenethor
2013-01-30 10:40 pm UTC (link)
I didn't either. I think for my 14th birthday I got a sweater. I'm afraid she'll break it. I'm not even sure why she wants it.

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[info]fair
2013-01-30 10:50 pm UTC (link)
You can't break a sweater. Well, not like a tablet.

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(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-30 10:56 pm UTC

[info]pesadilla
2013-01-30 11:01 pm UTC (link)
Tamagotchi. Trust me.

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[info]lorddenethor
2013-01-30 11:02 pm UTC (link)
...they still make those?

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[info]pesadilla
2013-01-30 11:03 pm UTC (link)
ayfkm? Duh. Of course they are!

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[info]pesadilla
2013-01-30 11:04 pm UTC (link)
Wait. Of course they DO.

Damn you, English!

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(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-30 11:08 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-30 11:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-30 11:49 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-30 11:54 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 12:15 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 12:16 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 12:23 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 12:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 01:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 01:01 am UTC

[info]riddlethem
2013-01-31 12:43 am UTC (link)
Tamagotchis are lame, btw.

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[info]pesadilla
2013-01-31 12:44 am UTC (link)
Yours obviously died.

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(no subject) - [info]riddlethem, 2013-01-31 12:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 12:45 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]riddlethem, 2013-01-31 12:49 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 12:51 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]riddlethem, 2013-01-31 12:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 01:01 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]riddlethem, 2013-01-31 01:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 01:05 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]riddlethem, 2013-01-31 01:07 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 01:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]riddlethem, 2013-01-31 01:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 01:38 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thedualman, 2013-01-31 02:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 05:54 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thedualman, 2013-01-31 05:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 06:03 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thedualman, 2013-01-31 06:11 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 06:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thedualman, 2013-01-31 06:23 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 06:23 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thedualman, 2013-01-31 06:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 06:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 06:26 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thedualman, 2013-01-31 06:27 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 06:29 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thedualman, 2013-01-31 06:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 06:36 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thedualman, 2013-01-31 06:41 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 06:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thedualman, 2013-01-31 06:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 06:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thedualman, 2013-01-31 06:52 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 07:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thedualman, 2013-01-31 07:17 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 07:27 am UTC

[info]chenille
2013-01-30 11:59 pm UTC (link)
Tablet?

Bit archaic, aren't you?

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[info]lorddenethor
2013-01-31 12:04 am UTC (link)
It's what she asked for. She's not allowed to have a smartphone until she's old enough to drive.

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[info]chenille
2013-01-31 12:06 am UTC (link)
[...]

Well, I'm sure she'll thank you when she has inscription on her list of talents for college applications.

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(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 12:17 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]chenille, 2013-01-31 12:21 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 12:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]chenille, 2013-01-31 12:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 12:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]chenille, 2013-01-31 12:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 12:36 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]chenille, 2013-01-31 12:40 am UTC

[info]stolenfairytale
2013-01-31 12:27 am UTC (link)
It...depends. Tablets have most the same functions as a computer and are less of a financial commitment than a laptop, but their size means they are more fragile and easier to lose.

They're wonderful for reading books when you're out and about, though. And iPad has interesting translation software if the girl you intend on purchasing it for is studying a language.

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[info]lorddenethor
2013-01-31 12:31 am UTC (link)
Hmm. She's a voracious reader, maybe one of those e-readers would please her.

I wish I could get her interested in learning a language! I want her to learn Russian to speak with her grandparents godparents but Russian is boring because the grown-ups speak it, or something.

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[info]stolenfairytale
2013-01-31 12:43 am UTC (link)
It is easier to carry around a Kindle than a pile of books. That isn't to say I'm a person who believes ebooks are the future and print is a dying industry! But a bag can only hold so many paperbacks.

It can be difficult language for English-speakers, but it's not a dull one.

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(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 12:45 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]stolenfairytale, 2013-01-31 12:52 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 12:57 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]stolenfairytale, 2013-01-31 01:29 am UTC

[info]riddlethem
2013-01-31 12:27 am UTC (link)
I got a laptop when I was 14.

And, then I was never heard from again.

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[info]lorddenethor
2013-01-31 12:33 am UTC (link)
That's mostly what I'm trying to avoid...

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(no subject) - [info]riddlethem, 2013-01-31 12:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 12:37 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]riddlethem, 2013-01-31 12:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 12:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]riddlethem, 2013-01-31 12:46 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 12:49 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]riddlethem, 2013-01-31 12:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 12:53 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]riddlethem, 2013-01-31 12:57 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 12:59 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]lorddenethor, 2013-01-31 01:04 am UTC

[info]winterhawk
2013-01-31 01:03 am UTC (link)
Can't really go wrong with electronics these days. When my younger brother was 14 I got him a E-reader, the 'rents said that they didn't quite lose him as deeply into the world of video games as they would've if I had bought him an XBox.

I should have got him the XBox though, I would've borrowed it.

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[info]lorddenethor
2013-01-31 01:07 am UTC (link)
That's the second suggestion of an e-reader... hmm, there might be some merit to it. It does seem like it might be a better gift for a kid who loves to read already. How much trouble can you get into with a kindle, anyway?

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(no subject) - [info]winterhawk, 2013-01-31 01:21 am UTC

[info]pesadilla
2013-01-31 06:18 am UTC (link)
Girl, you can borrow mine, if you ask nicely.

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(no subject) - [info]winterhawk, 2013-02-01 02:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-02-02 06:51 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]winterhawk, 2013-02-02 05:13 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-02-08 05:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]winterhawk, 2013-02-08 04:39 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-02-08 09:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]winterhawk, 2013-02-08 10:49 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-02-08 10:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]winterhawk, 2013-02-09 01:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-02-10 02:20 am UTC

[info]thedualman
2013-01-31 02:38 am UTC (link)
Fourteen-year-olds in general are sort of always asking for trouble. Especially girls. At least if you get her a tablet, you get to be the cool dad/uncle/sperm donor.

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[info]pesadilla
2013-01-31 06:18 am UTC (link)
Says the man who's never raised a whale.

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(no subject) - [info]thedualman, 2013-01-31 06:23 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pesadilla, 2013-01-31 06:24 am UTC

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