December 24
I woke up to birds chirping right outside which was nice. Plus I still had my head on Meghan's breast, which was also nice, and I couldn't decide if I should lift my head to look at the birds or just stay where I was.
Staying where I was won out, 'cause I thought that I'd probably seen all the birds before and anyways they were making happy bird chirps and not fighting, so everybody was getting a turn at the feeder.
I must have moved around more than I thought when I was listening to the birds, 'cause I'd woken up Meghan and she started scratching my ear and then leaned down and kissed me on the forehead, and I shifted around so that I could kiss her back and she asked me if I was looking forward to Christmas and I told her that I was. Plus I'd get to see where she lived.
She said that was going to be kind of disappointing but it was home and that was what mattered. And then she smiled and said that she'd never thought she'd get to spend Christmas with a pony and that all the years she'd wanted a pony for Christmas and now she had one, at least for a little bit longer.
And then she got kind of quiet and I think that maybe she was thinking about how I had to leave really soon and then I was thinking about it, too. And I didn't want that to make us sad during Christmas so I nuzzled her and said that we were gonna have fun together and then when she came to Equestria I'd show her everything and she sighed and said that she wasn't even sure that she'd ever get approved for a visa, 'cause there were lots of people who wanted to go and they probably had better reasons than she did. But she was going to hope for it anyways, and I said that I could ask Mister Salvatore and Miss Cherilyn and maybe they could help out.
That got me to thinking that they still had all my Christmas and Hearth's Warming presents, and I was gonna have to figure out a way to get them. I would have to call them and hope that they weren't already away with their families. I should have gotten them yesterday but I'd been so excited to be back with Aric and Meghan that I hadn't thought about it.
They'd be pretty mad if I called now, too, so I was gonna have to wait and hope it all turned out. And I guess if it didn't we could celebrate Christmas again a little bit late.
I tickled Meghan with my wing and asked her if she thought we should wake up Aric or let him sleep some more and she said that we could have some fun with each other and if he didn't wake up during that it was his own fault, and I thought that was fair. And I thought I was gonna be on top, 'cause I already was halfway on top, but Meghan grabbed me around the barrel and before I could react she had me on my back and then her hands were running down my belly and I didn't want to fight her so I leaned in for kisses whenever I could and she tried to avoid me at first and then Aric woke up and joined in and he took advantage of me being kinda pinned but I didn't mind at all. Sometimes it was fun to not be in control.
Plus I think that maybe both of them were feeling like I deserved some extra attention 'cause they'd had each other while I was gone, and even though they shouldn’t have thought that, I wasn't gonna complain.
We relaxed in bed a little bit after, and we'd kicked the sheets off 'cause everyone was too hot, but then Meghan got cold and so I moved so that she could be in the middle and she curled up against me and Aric cuddled against her back to keep her warm.
It would have been nice to stay in bed for longer, but we had to get ready to go to Meghan's house and Aric had to go to his house, so we got up and went into the shower and washed each other off and then went to make breakfast. Aric had gotten eggs and milk and cheese and waffle mix so we had plenty of food to cook and I couldn't decide what I wanted to make. Waffles were a little bit easier but if we made omelets we'd have more time to spend together, so that was what I picked, and me and Meghan made breakfast and she decided that we should let Aric help, too. She had to hit him with the spatula a couple of times 'cause he kept fondling her and she said that this was why boys shouldn't be allowed in the kitchen because they couldn't keep their hands off the chef. And so I got her with my wing and she hit me with the spatula, too, and then had to pick a mane-hair out of it, and after that I behaved and focused on actually cooking breakfast like I was supposed to be doing, and Aric mostly did too and only had to get hit with the spatula one more time.
Instead of eating in the living room, we ate in the kitchen 'cause it was warmer. I just sat on the counter and had to make sure to keep my tail away from the stove 'cause it was still hot, even though it didn't look like it was. It wasn't the best solution but unless we got a tall stool like the bars had I couldn't eat at the counter like Meghan and Aric did. If I was on my hind hooves, I'd wind up with an omelet in my nose and I didn't want that.
I wonder if there were some ponies who had had the counters in their apartments lowered so that they could use them better? Or maybe had boxes put in that they could stand on.
Aric and Meghan got dressed after breakfast, and then helped Aric carry things down to Winston. He had a big box full of presents for his family, which I took down the stairs on my back with Meghan helping me balance it—he'd said that he could take it on his own but I wanted to be helpful, and that way he only had to take one trip.
He started up Winston and I got in with him to keep him company. Meghan said that she didn't love him enough to freeze her butt off in his truck and kissed him then went back upstairs to the apartment to get the last of her things ready for the weekend.
It took a few minutes for Winston to warm up enough that the snow on the windshield started melting, and he sighed and said that he really didn't want to go but his parents would be really mad if he didn't come home for Christmas and so he didn't have too much of a choice. And he leaned over and kissed me and said that he'd be back for Boxing Day, which was the day after Christmas, and then he kissed me again and told me to have fun with Meghan and I said that I would. Then I asked if I could drive Winston to the end of the parking lot before I went back up to the apartment and he said that would be okay, so I got on his lap and put my hooves on the steering wheel and I had to back up first which was really hard and I wasn't too good at it. You couldn't see all that much with the top on and it had big mirrors on the side but it was kind of hard to judge where things were in them, and then I also had to be careful that the bow of Winston didn't swing out enough to catch the side of the car that was next to us, so it took me a few minutes to get it into the traffic lane but after that it was pretty easy.
We kissed one more time, and then he opened the driver's door for me and I hopped out and caught myself with my wings just before my hooves touched the pavement and flew back to my balcony.
Meghan really had to struggle with the door, 'cause of all the ice in its tracks, and she barely got it opened far enough for me to squeeze in. And she told me that I should pack up anything that I thought I'd need, which wasn't a lot, until she said that I should take my dress for a Christmas Eve church service.
That didn't really like fitting in my saddlebags without getting wrinkled, so we decided that we'd put it in her bag instead, and then we waited for her parents to come and get her.
While we were waiting I called Mister Salvatore and he said that he could come right by and so I asked Meghan how soon we were going to be leaving and she said that her parents had said that they'd be here at eleven and they were generally late so it probably wouldn't actually be until noon or so. Which was enough time for Mister Salvatore to come over, and so I told him to. And he asked if I thought it would ruin Christmas if he was late and I said that I didn't think it would, and he was kind of disappointed because he said that if I had said it would he could drive the Suburban really fast with the flashing lights on. And I heard Miss Cherilyn saying that Christmas was not an emergency and he said that sometimes it was, and told me he'd be over in a few minutes.
We watched out the front window and it took about twenty minutes for him to arrive and he was in Sienna and Miss Cherilyn got out of the driver's seat and he was sulking a little bit when he got up to my apartment, but he cheered up as soon as he saw me and he set the box down and gave me a hug. And he'd covered it over with a shirt, which he said was just in case there was a present for Meghan in there, and there was.
I wasn't sure if I should give it to her tomorrow or wait until Aric was back and I couldn't ask her so I asked Miss Cherilyn to come in with me so we could talk in secret and she said that if the three of us were going to have a late Christmas together than I ought to give it to her then but it might be nice if I had something else to give her when I was with her family and maybe I should have something for them, too. And I hadn't thought of that, so I was hoping that we'd have a chance to do a little bit more shopping. Maybe there were stores near Meghan's house.
We'd hardly finished talking when Meghan's telephone rang and then she knocked on the door and said that her parents were almost here so I needed to get ready and so I thanked Miss Cherilyn for her advice and the four of us waited until they arrived, which didn't take very long.
Mister Salvatore carried our bags for us and then I shook hands with Mister and Miss Wilson, who were her parents. They had a silvery-white car that was called Enclave which was pretty nice although not as roomy as a van.
While we were driving, both her parents had lots of questions about Equestria, and how I liked Michigan, and what I did for a living and what I was going to school for and they were kind of surprised that I liked math. And so I kind of lost track where we were on the road, and all of a sudden there were lots of lanes of traffic all around us and big bridges going overhead and it was very confusing to know where to go. It was kind of like being in Chicago and I was glad that they knew where they were going because I don't think I would have been able to figure it out.
We changed highways a couple of times and they kept having bigger numbers—we went from the 275 Highway to the 696 Highway and then had to go around a looping exit to get to Telegraph road, which didn't move very fast because there were a lot of cars and traffic lights that kept stopping everyone.
After we got towards the front of the pack, though, we could get through them all without stopping and we stayed on Telegraph for a few miles until we turned on Maple Road, and that took us to Birmingham where her parents house was.
It was called a condominium, which was like an apartment but fancier, and inside it was as big as a house. Plus it was right next to a bunch of stores which was really convenient.
So we didn't spend very much time at their home at first even though they wanted to give me a tour and I felt bad about that because it couldn't have taken that long but Meghan said that once her dad started talking it would be forever before he stopped again and if we were going to get some last-minute things now was the time to do it.
We did take a minute to go in the house so we could use the bathroom and set our things in her bedroom. It had a kind of disused look to it which I guess made sense 'cause she'd been in Kalamazoo most of the time. There was a big row of stuffed animals on a shelf and I recognized some of them 'cause they'd been in movies or I'd seen them at Walt Disney World, like Pooh and Eeyore.
There was a little round cushion on the floor, too, and when Meghan saw it she glared at her mom and said that I didn't sleep on the floor and even if I did she could have found something better than a dog bed for me, but I thought it looked kind of comfortable and I wouldn't have minded sleeping on it.
So she got to drive the Enclave and I sat in the front and I wasn't sure what I should get for them and she said that we could just get a card but I thought I should get something a little bit nicer and she said that her dad liked golf and her mom liked penguins, so we needed to find golf things and penguin things.
There was a golf store that wasn't very far away and if we'd had more time I would have liked to look around because I still didn't understand what the point of golf was and when I saw how much they wanted for just one golf bat, it was even more confusing to me. Aric hadn't spent that much money on Winston. So I got him some golf balls, 'cause she said that he lost them a lot. And then she said that we could go to Pier 1 next 'cause it was close and they always had interesting things, so we drove down there and there were lots of people in the store all trying to buy things at the very last minute, and we looked around but didn't see anything that looked like a good gift, and me and Meghan were getting a little bit stressed out by all the people and I had to be careful 'cause they weren't looking down and a couple of people almost tripped over me.
So she wanted to try a little out-of-the way place called The Treasure Trunk, and said that we could look there really quick and maybe we'd find something that was nice. It was a kind of run-down building but I did find a nice blue penguin statue that was really pretty, and so I had to buy it and I still couldn't think of what I should get Meghan, or how I was going to be sneaky about it. But I got lucky and she went off to look at the clothes since we were already here and so I had a chance to look around some more and I found a Judy Hopps stuffie that I thought she'd like. She was still distracted looking at blouses so I bought it and the penguin and the clerk put them in the bag for me so she couldn't see what I'd bought, and just in time 'cause she came around to the counter and asked if I was ready to go and I said that I was.
She said that we ought to have a little snack before we got home, and so we stopped at Panera Bread 'cause it was fast and they had good sandwiches and I got one with Mediterranean vegetables and she had a grilled cheese sandwich which also looked really good.
Then we went back to her condominium and once we'd brought our shopping in I got to meet Grandma and Grandpa Wilson who were Mister Wilson's parents. Miss Wilson's lived in Florida and didn't want to come up to visit because they said that they were too old for the cold and she was a little bit bitter about that.
And then I got to take the tour that Mister Wilson wanted to give me, and he showed me most of the rooms and it was kind of like a maze. He had a nice office that I liked, 'cause it had a balcony and none of the other rooms did. The living room had nice big windows but they weren't supposed to open and let you out, and they were mostly blocked with a big Christmas tree, which was very pretty. And it also had a big fireplace in it and it had a gas fire so you didn't have to bring in logs or anything, you could just turn it on and off when you wanted it.
While he was showing me around, Miss Wilson was making dinner and so his tour got interrupted by our meal. And I didn't want to be rude, 'cause she'd made a special salad just for me, so I ate it but it wasn't very good and I didn't think that you could make a salad wrong but you could. And when I'd finished she said that there was more if I wanted it, and I thanked her and said that I was full, and Mister Wilson said that I ate like a bird and started laughing.
We had to get ready for church right after dinner, 'cause we were going to a candlelight service, and Meghan helped me get in my dress. She didn't have any glitter to make my feathers sparkly which was too bad, but she did braid my mane and put in one of her scrunchies that was almost the same color as my coat, and she said she was sorry about dinner and her parents meant well but they didn't really know that much about ponies. She said that she hadn't thought that when she told her mom all the vegetables and grasses that I liked to eat that she'd put them all in one salad, and she said that she hadn't thought to tell her that I would want a proper bed and not a dog bed. But I could sleep with her so it didn't matter that I didn't have my own bed.
It was a little bit crowded with all of us in the Enclave together, and we had to climb over the seats to get in the very back which was hard for both me and Meghan since we were wearing dresses, and I wasn't looking forward to getting back out again. And when we got to the church it wasn't that far at all and we could have walked.
It was a lot bigger than Stetson Chapel, and all the stained glass windows in the sanctuary made it look like a palace. We got seats kind of in the middle and the ushers gave us little playbills and I asked Meghan if it was going to be like the Easter service and she said it would be kind of the same.
The whole inside was decorated for Christmas and people were standing around talking until the organ started to play and then everyone sat down and we had to get right back up to sing. Meghan offered to hold the hymnal so that I could sing along, and that was kind of hard 'cause I didn't know how to read human music. But it was the same every verse, so after I'd heard the first I joined in.
The pastor read us a passage from the Bible and then had a family come up to light the Christmas candles, and then we sang another hymn which I knew because they'd sung it at Disney. Then he told us about Joseph and Mary's struggle to find a place to rest and nobody wanted to give them a room even though she was pregnant until they finally were allowed to stay in a manger with the animals and the pastor was pretty upset about it, 'cause that was what the whole sermon was about.
Then after that they started to pass along candles that we could hold and it was a little bit awkward to hold pinched between my forehooves and so Meghan said she wasn't going to light it until very last.
And then they turned down the lights so there was only the Christmas tree and all the candles and Meghan lit mine and it was so beautiful, and we all sang O Holy Night together before we put out our candles and they turned the lights back up, and the pastor gave his benediction.
There was a reception afterwards in the fellowship hall and they had coffee and tea and cookies and so we went there and I met a lot more people who were all interested in me and I didn't get to eat too much 'cause I had to talk to everyone, and by the time we finally got back in the Enclave to go home I was pretty tired.
Meghan helped me get undressed and she put on her lounging clothes and I still had to wrap presents which was something that I was never very good at. The golf balls weren't too difficult because they were in a rectangular box but the penguin was hopeless and when Meghan was done laughing she offered to re-wrap it herself and so I let her.
I didn't want her to wrap her own present, though, so when she went to the bathroom I took it out of the bag and I did the best that I could, and it was even more difficult 'cause it kept squishing and tearing the paper and so I had to put a bunch of different layers around it and it wasn't all that neat but I didn't think that she'd mind.
I wished that I'd known that her grandparents were coming, though, 'cause I could have gotten them something, too.
She came in while I was still adding more tape to make sure that the wrapping didn't come apart and she asked who that was for and I said it was for her and she couldn't open it until tomorrow and she wasn't allowed to squeeze it and figure out what it was, and she promised that she wouldn't, and then she asked if I wanted to put things out tonight or if I'd rather wait until tomorrow, and I said that tomorrow was fine, so she got in bed and I was kind of disappointed that she was still wearing her clothes.
Meghan said that it didn't seem right to sleep naked at home and that seemed weird to me but I guess it was a human custom, so I snuggled up to her and pulled her shirt up just a little bit so I could rest my wing on her bare stomach, and she didn't stop me.
Yep, it is amazing that everyone makes a big deal out of Jesus's virgin birth when all my siblings & I were also virgin births. I know we were because it is clearly impossible for my parents to have ever had sex under any circumstances.
Seriously, with families it seems like you spend half your time trying to get them to pay attention to you & the rest of your time trying to hide what you are up to.
But pretty chefs deserves some attention.
"You gotta think of the ponies, girl!"
She should have had the cashier box it. =x
Don't want your parents walking in while you're naked, mang. D:
What are you talking about miss Cherilyn? Christmas is about friends and family. Wich are both very important. Therefore, Christmas is important. Therefore making sure it is not ruined is more then just an emergency!
Haven't you watched any christmas special? Shouldn't you had learn that important lesson yet?
7979471 We spend the first year begging for them to talk, and the rest of our lives hoping they'll shut up. Yep, I know the feeling.
Mister Salvatore is best mysterious federal agent.
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I worked as an electronics technician for more than 20 years. Now there's no jobs for that skill-set, so I learned enough about computers to get a CompTIA A+ and Network+ certificate on top of the electronics skills. There's no jobs for that either. Trust me on this... Things like Ohm's Law, or knowing that inductive reactance and capacitive reactance are equal at resonance, won't get you anything these days. <I Be Ranting!)
The Wilson's car changed from an Enclave to a Traverse during the church service. It's a Christmas miracle!
Aww, Mr. S is best helper.
Wow, I know Chevy likes re-badging but to swap it while the owner was in church is a bit extreme.
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I wish I could say my company was hiring. Those are a couple of certs we look for when hiring Helpdesk Ops and On-site PC Tech positions.
Wow, Meghan's mom didn't do this well. I think that she should have figured out not to make a salad with everything in it. Not to mention the dog bed.
I thought it was an Enclave?
7979863 hehehe you noticed too?
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I was riding last summer for a short time (paso-fino) but it was a Indore arena witch is not a bade thing but I want to go out for a few hours.
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But you forget.
The thing about Seaponies is.
They Swim. :Pratchett::Discord:
Oops. late reading the chapter.
Why would Silver be botheres with happy Blue Tits outside when she got a very happy Great Tit right there?
Poor Mr Salvatore, all set to clear the roads with Blues and Two Suburban, and he doesnt even get to drive the rollerskake instead.
Dont mention the horse riding. I may have mentioning it but I think I got away with it.
Aww, no Penguin Golf? fun for all the family, until the head comes off and you have Lawn Darts.
As long as Meghans mum didnt add ham and bacon bits, pepperoni slices, then set fire to the lot, its not the worst salad.
Silver is going to have a real problem when going back to Equestria with being so spoiled on Earth. Currently the only bipedal entity with dextrous maniple digits who comes close to human, is Spike. Minotaurs are large, dragons and griffons are ego predators, currently, Diamond Dogs seem to have dietry and social enforced mental limitations, and thorax and co no longer need to run the massage parlours.
I'm surprised the author didn't take the opportunity for a large TV to pretend
to be a fireplace for the people who didn't have one.
I play the Birch wood fireplace on Netflix when I'm reading.
The dog bed sounds comfortable for watching TV.
Meanwhile in Equestria the families hosting Human exchange students
are struggling to copy Earth Christmas.
7979644 Oh please. You people here are crazy. What you are practically saying is that Feminism, political correctness, identity politics, Islamophilia, open borders mass immigration, over spending taxes on vanity projects, being pro-Communism, and anti-Free Speech is a normal and natural part of Left wing politics now and there is no room for Classical Liberalism and even Libertarianism since Trudeau is the status quo there. (He's pretty corrupt as well.) It's no wonder people are becoming more Right wing in droves these days.
7980289 Dude, dog beds are awesome when you are a kid and don't care. They are like a big fluffed pillow. That smelled badly of dog hair.
Ponies are so nice ^^
She should try to tell her, ponies have a way that people can't be upset about her.
Also she should show them how she eats tuna ... that should give enought of a wake-up call.
7980328 You never really had political science class do you? Classical liberalism and libertianism are political current that mainly uses idea from the rigth.
With how complex political movement are, a simple left-rigth axis don't suffise to categorise them. At the very least, we use two axis nowadays. The left-rigth one serves do describe economical alignment.
Trudeau is with many of his politics from the rigth, but since he do borrow (mainly by elecctoralism, judging by how much he follow is own platform now that he have the power), he is what we call a center-right politician.
Left start with social-democracy, while moderate leftist who borrow ideas from the right are from the center-left.
Never minding that, the fact is that Trudeau is certainly not what is considered an extremist.
Also, pro communism? Anti-freedom of speech? Where the hell did you get that in Trudeau?
7980729 Classical liberalism and libertianism are usually more around the Center here in the US than elsewhere in the world from what I've seen. And I did need a simple 2 dimensional scale in order to try and understand what axis people are talking about. (Its also been many years since high school.) There seems to be a bias as to what people are talking about though. Fuck it, lets throw out the dimensions or any concept of sides and stay with facts.
Getting real cozy with China with Free Trade deals, allowing Chinese investor takeover's of technology firms connected to the Canadian military, says good things about China's dictatorship despite asian people around him saying China is a horrible country to be in, and hailing many praises to the late Fidel Castro. It's either that or he's just really really stupid. What makes me curious and a little fearful is how there are many people today who are very pro-Socialism in America than it was in the past. (It explains one reason why Bernie was a major candidate and had a lot of support from regular people.)
Canadian politicians currently allowing a Blasphemy law in favor of Islam and Ontario has a real Social Justice Tribunal that is used to arrest or financially harm people who don't use political correctness or hurt someone's feelings. Me being pro-free speech, that level of authoritarianism is fucking terrifying to see in a nearby country, and it says a lot about Trudeau himself for not calling it out.
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7980852 Don't worry to much about that graph. It is a good tool to understand some very basic concpet in political science, but if you get thorough and nuanced, it goes out the windows very quickly.
Being friedly with China is not being pro communist. It simply mean he wan't to do a lot of trades with a powerful economy. Nothing more and nothing less.
The Castro part is a bit more ticky, but I guess that in the states you did not hear about it for a whole week like I did. Mainly, there is the part where Castro did freed his country from a worse dictator, Batista. And Canada have a long tradition of keeping good relation with Cuba despite the American embargo.
Lastly, the exact words used weren't praise for communism, but just saying that Castro was a great man in history and that yes, he did good things too, not just bad.
The part about anti-speech freedom just sound very mis-informed to me. SJTO and equivalent in other province is in charge of making ruling over non-ciminal affair. It is not a tool of repression.
Canadian law do include part against blasphemy, libel and in general prommoting hatred and violence. Being for it does not making you anti-freedom of speech. It makes you againts the use of verbal violence.
Is it at the cost of some freedom of speech? Yes. But as long as you keep it private, you can say whatever you wan't.
It's like saying that an interdiction of killing is an anti-freedom law. Yes it does reduce your freedom, but it is considered a freedom you don't need in a peacful society.
Is there abuse of these law? I guess so. But you can take care of these abuse by reducing grey zones rather then just trashing copletly theses laws.
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How?
HOW are we still debating politics in this comment section? Staaaahhhp it!
7980941 I'm not sure if it counts as debating since we are not trying to compare opinion, but rather analyse a political situation and how it should be labelled.
We are doing science!
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probably not. I didn't get proper lab finals until junior level classes.
glad I could be of assistance
in my high school someone tried putting an entire paper as a quote.
hmm, I thought colic was just gas buildup in the intestinal track. I might be thinking of something else.
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The problem I have with Free Trade deals is that while it can make products cheaper, it also costs the jobs of local markets by exporting jobs to say China, where people there will work for dollars or pennies a day with no benefits in a factory. There's no growth in local economies when the jobs are outsourced, especially to China. That's a big reason why Brexit and Trump happened. And while being "friendly" with China is not pro-communist, yes, his quote from that Q&A where he admires their "basic dictatorship" is a bit of a pro-communist stance.
This is usually the part where someone would bring up "Cuba's health care is the best in the world" or something to try to muddy the waters saying how good Castro\Cuba was. Letting his people live in impoverishment with dirty hospitals (that Moore's documentary, Sicko, conveniently ignores) while his net worth was over $900 million. The only good thing I can think was that he overthrew a US lead puppet president\dictator that stopped the US in the 50's from ruling the country unjustly.
How are you not jailing\executing Atheists yet? Seriously though, you Canadians are fucked since you don't seem to understand the concept of free speech. (At least what I think is common here in the US.) It sounds like your people are so entrenched with wanting to be politically correct, you do actually believe words cause physical harm. Libel and promoting violence is one thing and I can agree with that, but blasphemy and "hatred"? Blasphemy is obvious, but "hatred" can have a double meaning depending on how PC\double-think you are. It can mean criticism like criticizing the "religion of peace", or inciting to violence and total intolerance, and I can see you really are trying to blur the lines between the two right there with words and action. That is some real authoritarian garbage meant to clamp down on free speech and criticism from what I can see.
7980941 Err uhh, yes! For science! Wish I had a real social media network to be on. ~.~
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Not something I will disagree with you on.
I am not advocating Trudeau's economic stance. I'm just saying that is attitude thoward china is mostly a way to appeal to chinese elite and get trade deal with them.
Heh.
Yes, I agree with you, the exact meaning of blasphemy and hatred is unclear and there is a grey zone. How we deal with it is up to debate. But I think being againts the concept of limiting a freedom to protect people isn't a bad concept itself and does not make you completly against any form of freedom.
In this case, words can hurt physically in indirect way. As an exemple, depression is a sickness and too much hurtful words can lead to it. Prommoting hathred can brings unstable people to commit hateful crimes. So the difference is not how we understand or not the freedom of speech but rather how much we think it is important compared to maintaining "peace".
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Not quite:
The irrational number would still be irrational but round:
Let us suppose that we use base e. The representation of 0 is still 0. The representation for 1 is still 1. The representation for e is 10, which is a round but irrational number. A nice round 10 would be e.
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Welp Meghan's mom,
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Meghan is the luckiest human.
"And what are your intentions toward our daughter?" didn't make the list, I suspect.
her dad
Hopps
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I know. Funny how that works. As you get older, you start to care less what your parents know, because you realize that they probably knew most of it all along. At least that's been my experience.
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Yes, they do.
Exactly! Sometimes, Christmas is an emergency.
That would have been a really good idea. Although how good is Silver Glow gonna be with hooves, anyways?
Especially not when you're sharing a bed with a pony. That might lead to some interesting (and in this case, quite on-point) questions.
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Mister Salvatore wanted an excuse to come over with lights and siren. Miss Cherilyn thinks that they can drive at a normal speed, following traffic laws. Clearly, she's wrong.
Mister Salvatore's ideal Christmas gift is yelling at that guy from Denny's. Or hugging a pony, but he wouldn't admit that.
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What was it Twain said? Put them in a barrel with a hole to feed them, and when they become teenagers, put a cork in the barrel.
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He is.
I'm lucky, 'cause I work on cars, and that's a field that's experiencing a shortage, especially of experienced techs. A lot of the older guys aren't good with the electronics, but I've been keeping current on it, which is good.
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Heh, oops. Correction made!
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He is, isn't he? He really likes Silver.
I fixed it, thanks!
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Points for trying, though. She just doesn't really understand the whole 'sapient pony' thing. Or salads.
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It was. Oops. Damn GM and their rebadged cars. I always get them mixed up at work, too: Acadias and Outlooks and Traverses and Enclaves and if there were still Pontiacs there'd probably be a G7 or something silly like that.
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I'm embarrassed that I got a car model wrong like that.
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There's people around here who rent horses to ride on a local trail and I think that I should do that this year. I haven't been on horseback in too many years.
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Call on the seaponies when you're in distress!
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Or when you just want to have some fun in the ocean
Two great tits!
Heh, Miss Wilson would hate that.
She could have made a taco salad with beans instead of meat, and Silver would have loved it. No one else in the house would have, though.
Yeah, it's not going to feel right to not have a human preening her wings. Or having a nice breast to sleep on.
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I've never done that myself, although there have been winter days where it's been tempting.
Silver wouldn't have minded it. Even Princess Celestia relaxes on an oversized dog bed sometimes. Ponies are totally into floor pillows.
Hopefully not too many of them are trying too hard.
When my GF was in Australia, I went to visit her over Thanksgiving and they tried to have a US-style Thanksgiving dinner, but there were some things that you couldn't get in Australia (canned cranberry jelly, for one), and stuff that nobody knew how to cook. This was back before the internet was big, so nobody tried to look things up online.
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They do seem like they'd be pretty comfortable. And at least Miss Wilson got a new one, rather than an old, shedded-upon one.
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Yeah, she probably could have. But she's just too nice to.
If only they'd had a whole tuna fillet. Or a can of anchovies. Or some sand crabs she could step on and then eat.
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probably not. I didn't get proper lab finals until junior level classes.
That's going a bit too far.
I think to a vet, there are probably specific ailments, but to a horse owner it's generally just 'colic.' Sort of like any short-lived stomach bug is 'the flu.'
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Trying counts for something, right? I mean, at least her parents let her stay at their house, with Meghan.
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She is, isn't she?
No, because Meghan sure as hell hasn't told them. "Hey, Mom and Dad, is now a good time to come out as bi? Oh, and also as a xenophile as well."
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Mrs. Wilson: Meghan Wilson, what the heck are you doing?!
Silver Glow: *Buries her face into Meghan's chest* Mmmmmm...
Meghan: ... Cuddling?
Mrs. Wilson: Naked?!
Meghan: Umm... it's not what it looks like?
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Mrs. Wilson: Your father was right! This is what we get for sending you to an expensive private college!
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Silver Glow: *Nuzzles Meghan's boobs* I miss Eric... We should , and when we return to my [cloudhome]...
*Meghan and Mrs. Wilson turns beet red*
Mrs. Wilson: And a boy too?!
Meghan: Oh god...
RIP Meghan.
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Death by parents who don't want you to have snu-snu.
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No, like Bender from Futurama, you should always make these kinds of things as memorable as possible.
Confess at church during the reception!
I wouldn't blame Silver if she climbed into the dog bed just to try it whilst they weren't looking.
Now I have this persistent image of Silver being the dog of the family and piling in the back with them.
Pluralise 'room'.
And the pastor poured out some into a dish for me but I didn't think it was very funny...
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I'll admit, they do look comfy, as long as you can fit in it.
More cat-like, I'd say. But certainly with dog-like behaviors.
Silver isn't against a pony pile, even if it's a one-mare pony pile.
Correction made; thank you!
Well, that depends on how hoof-friendly the coffee cups are, now doesn't it? A bowl might be the best thing.
She's probably used to human cups by now, though.
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Hmmmm, but is she bi, or does the Ponysexual part override any other preferences?
Unless you are on ship, then it's always VGE (Viral Gastroenteritis). At least according to medical, which yeah is the catchall term for any kind of stomach issue. And, when it's a case of a few people in berthing getting sick, then the next day a few more, then a few more etc... yeah that's a bit of VGE going around. But, when about a third to half the crew all get sick within a few hours of each other, and it's a few hours after chow time,.. Nope still a stomach bug, the galley has NEVER, not ONCE served any food at all that ever made anyone sick, nope, it's always VGE.
The team responsible for arranging everything for a visit from her, going down the list, seeing ponies are more comfortable on large cushions on the floor then chairs (at least any chairs that humans made). They end up getting the biggest dog bed they can find for Celestia, and take vows of silence on ever bringing up where it came from.
Hopefully things work out soon and ponies can start importing their own personal human servants to Equestria.
"I'm just helping her feel more relaxed and at ease by following her social customs."
Besides, it's not like he tried to get a helicopter to pick them up and fly the presents to her.
Birdies chirping outside and your head on a boob pillow, best pega wake up.
Feeder Police sees all is well at the feeder.
This does give a whole new take on the "I want a pony for Christmas" cliche. And best Meghan Christmas ever.
And yet, happy times keep getting brought up short by sad thoughts of pony being gone soon.... And yet, Silver keeps things focused on happy times, and that Meghan is going to get to Ponyland eventually.
Can't hurt to have some feds backing up what a good pony servant you are. Between that and a few good words from the bolts on getting some human wing preeners over to Equestria, Meghan's getting there.
Cute pony all worried about interrupting helpers holiday. They just got a week long Disney vacation, they are more then happy to help you out a bit before Christmas.
Yeah, Silver is totaly finding out she's got a bunch of fetishes she never even knew about. She is so ending up in CTS.
Pony priorities, pick food by what gives you more time to spend with friends.
No hit the furry pone with the cooking tools!
But but, pony with omelette on her muzzle would be so cuuuute.
Such a good helpful pack mule.
Yeah, can't avoid doing the family thing during the holiday.
Who the hell actually calls it 'Boxing Day' outside of England?
Pony just has to have one last bit of proving she's in control. Now let her drive!
Pffff, Bow of the car, such a nautical pone.
Ohhh bring the fancy pretty pony dress. Meghan just wants an excuse to play dress up with the pony.
Of course servant is ready to come right over when Pony calls.
Pony needing a perfect Christmas is totally an emergency, forget putting on the lights, call in the helicopter! But no, Miss Cherilyn has to be a killjoy.
But ponies make things better and make sad become happy.
Time for secret mare talk!
Ponies love giving presents, they really are like Hobbits.
When have you ever met a human who didn't have a ton of questions about being a pony?
Pony no like being lost and not knowing where to go or how to get back.
Condo are fancier apartments.... you are not wrong.
And her parents left the room just as she left it, yay.
D'awwwwww lots of cute plushies for Meghan
Okay, that dog bed... so perfect. It did take some thought, shows they are trying, and yet they just don't understand really. Yet at the same time, looking at it practically, it really is a perfect bed for a visiting pony. Just, have to ignore the idea of what it's meant to be.
See, Pony likes it!
Pony no skimp on gifts and just get card, Ponies good gift givers.. well except for RD.
Silver, no one really understand the point of golf.
"Golf Bat" Pfffffffff.. but yeah they are ridiculously expensive.
People not used to having smol pones walking around at trip height.
Must activate ninja pone mode and get that gift pass without Meghan seeing.
Ohhh nice gift choice.
All pony notices the declares if a room is nice or not, can I immediately exit this place and start flying.
See, like those silly teasing windows that are more then big enough, but don't open to let pony go flying.
Polite Pony eats the ucky food to be polite.
See, when they made the eat like a bird comment, should have broke out a tin of anchovies and shown him that includes sea birds.
No sparkly glitter pony this time.
At least your parents are trying Meghan, even if they aren't quite getting it right.
Pony perspective, why waste time in car when walking is fine and its close?
Trying to hold up candles. #ponyproblems
Yeah, that does sound like a beautiful set up for the service.
Having to spend so much time talking to curious people you can't eat up all the nummy snacks. #ponyproblems
Authentic pony wrapping tradition, just toss paper and tape onto it till it's covered.
Yeah, soft stuff is so hard to wrap right, but at least it makes it harder to guess what it is.
Pony wants her slave naked!
And, not so much a human custom as Meghan just being jittery and worried about trying to explain "I fuck a pony multiple times a day" to her parents.