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flea

10-15-2002, 05:01 PM

veow- am a fence sitter too. i dont understand how anyone can have very strong opinions about anything.

i've never done the finger in the butt. i told my husband about the poll and he said that the men must be latent homosexuals. he must not realize the prostate is a sexual organ.

i dont think he would have a good reaction- but he likes his butt sqeezed. i wouldnt do the finger in fear of what he would do- and how my finger would smell. my husband lasts only about 10 minutes max in bed so i dont want to give him an extra reason to get off sooner.

happy b-day katiekat!

i don't like kids. reason- i dont know anyone with kids. i held a baby for the first time a month ago and it cried. i think kids are very self centered little shits. i dont mind hearing about the cute things they do, though.

i don't like PDA's. they make me uncomfortable. when i see a couple making out on the street my first thought is they must not know each other very long.

i'm not a bush fan. i think he is riding this whole terror thing and its the best thing that could ever have happened to him. my father was at an anti war rally in NYC last week and was quoted by the village voice as saying the bush is an "idiot". i'm proud of my dad.

i am also a nudist. the second i walk in the door after work- suddenly my cloths feel very uncomfortable. i take them off immediatly. i'm always paranois people can see me through the blinds. i hate bras. i have to wear them but they are the first to come off.

i dont have the "no one really likes me" thing as much as i have the "noone should like me because i am (pick a reason) thing. i am a bad friend. i dont call anyone. i dont ask to hang out with anyone. i stopped writing everyone.

i can't say that i have ever had a bf turn gay because i married my first bf. only have had sex with one man.

i, too, have kissed a girl. i bit more then that too. i felt bad afterwards. i was drunk (the all purpose excuse) but i wanted it to happen just to close the curiosity in my head. my husband is very affeminate. that is my happy medium.

1. i often think i am not pretty enough and therefor invalid as a peron. much of this could be attributed to popular culture. have you ever noticed most every talented female singer could also be a model? most every talented actress could also be a model? makes me think that average looking people like myselfare somehow incapible of being smart/ talented/ and such because my DNA is not good enough to have made me photogenic. i know its all bullshit. sex sells records. sex sells movies. it;s hard to get the public interested unless they feel attracted to their icon. its easier for male icons. we are soo much more forgiving to them.

i like the smell of a man's sweat. i ahte cologne.

3. i belong to no religious sect. i know a lot of pagans and i myself had a pagan influenced ceremony. the preistess was uniterian. i choose her to throw my lutheran mother- in law a bone. i believe there has to be a creator because we are here and you cannot make something out of nothing. it defy's science. therefor there must be something that is spiritual. i do not believe anything anyone tells me about god. what do humans know about the nature of god anyway? i feel very detached from the christian god because from what i can tell- - god stopped talking to us 2000 years ago. i have felt this way since i was 5. and with our scientific world we live in- i think maybe we cannot hear god if god is talking. i dont believe god can be found in a church- but rather in a state of mind. maybe god is our conscious. i dont know. i feel i would be a hpacrite to ever say "god thinks this...." . so with this view that god cannot be known but perhalps felt- i feel its possible inappropriate to preach. you might think "well- you can preach what we do know about the bible" but i think the bible can be lost in interpretation. i also feel that you cant use the bible as the word of god because the christian god is the same god that the hindu's believe in, the muslims, and everyone else who feels it. knowing that- and knowing the interpretation changes- i cannot commit to one sect or another. it just feels wrong to me.

how's that for fence sitting?

eenie

10-15-2002, 05:12 PM

happy birthday, my katie girl.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. i refer to bush as "president" bush (when i'm speaking, i make quotation marks with my fingers), because al gore is my president.. and lover.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

2. my nickname in high school was "flirt."

3. i've never done drugs, and never plan to do drugs.

Katiekat

10-15-2002, 05:46 PM

Thank you eenie & flea for birfday wishes... and a huge thank you to GUINEABABY!! I just got my card in the mail tonight -- you are too sweet. That really made my day! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. I'm right in the middle of re-arranging/redecorating my room. 3 walls have paint, and now I have to move all the crap around again so I can get to the last wall.

2. I've also only had sex with one man, my guy Chris. My opinion (since I was like 15) has always been that you don't have to be married to have sex, but you do need to be in a committed, trusting relationship with someone you love & respect. When I met Chris, I knew he was *the one.*

3. I've done 3 illegal drugs in my life -- pot, lsd, and x. The pot still happens occasionally (but hasn't for awhile), the lsd was during high school when I thought i didn't have anything better to do (i admit, though -- it was fun), and the x was from being badly influenced (see last post about druggie friends). I did have a bad reaction to whatever bullshit was in it, and I hate to admit to myself that I could've died because of drugs. *gives thanks to guardian angel*

DreamGirl

10-15-2002, 05:55 PM

Hey Momma.....I still remember the "Judds" thing....whenever you wanna go record that demo just let me know! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

hmmm.....ok 3 more things about me....

1.) I'm addicted to coffee, Marlboro lights & Excedrin Migraine....I need at least 2 of each before being able to function in the mornings....

2.) I have a 4 year old dog who I love like a daughter

3.) I just got a new car last week ! Yeah, finally! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

eenie

10-15-2002, 06:03 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Katiekat @ Oct. 15 2002,17:46)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">2. I've also only had sex with one man, my guy Chris. My opinion (since I was like 15) has always been that you don't have to be married to have sex, but you do need to be in a committed, trusting relationship with someone you love & respect. When I met Chris, I knew he was *the one.*[/b][/quote]
i feel exactly the same. i've only had sex (::sigh:: *consensual* sex) with one man, shane, of course. i knew that he was the one i'd be with for the rest of my life. i never intended on keeping my virginity until i was married, but i did intend on keeping it until i was *sure*

1. i can be insecure walking into a room full of people. to combat this, i usually pull out my cell phone and pretend to be dialing a number. i know it's stupid, but it's how i am.

2. sometimes i think i'm pretty and other times i think i'm ugly. i wish i could see how i looked through other's eyes.

3. i love children. i can't wait to have children. i think it is the most beautiful, fascinating process.

Bugitha

10-15-2002, 06:07 PM

1. Some clothes make me uncomfortable too, but I'm not a nudist--I'm a pajama-ist. I have almost as many jammies, lounge pants, etc, as I do street clothes and wear them pretty much all the time when I'm at home. (Ah, the joys of living alone!). Very embarrassing when the doorbell rings at 4 pm and I'm in my p.j.s though. Usually try to do a quick change before answering the door. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif And I never ever wear shoes around the house. Thats just crazy talk.

2. I got three pieces of nervous mail today and NO bills! A very very good mail day.

3.My downstairs neighbor started feeding stray cats and they are multiplying rapidly. It's starting to become a problem. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

eenie

10-15-2002, 06:15 PM

1. despite my nude tendencies, i live with my parents, so i'm covered up most of the time.. as a result, i'm a pajama fiend too. i have so many pairs of cutesy pajamas. i don't know what i'll do with them all when i move out, because i much prefer sleeping naked.

2. i love to slow dance, but i hate fast dancing. i'm terrible at it.. white girls just cannot dance.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

3. i would never get plastic surgery, but i do wish my breasts were bigger.

evelynhoney

10-15-2002, 06:31 PM

Three more things. And I've read every post too. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

cieart
1. I know why Drakkar is so eighth grade. Its because that is about the same time guys started wearing cologne. I admitI ask every guy I think about going out with two things: do they/could they wear boxers and would they be adverse to wearing drakkar. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

flea
2. I am a Unitarian. I really love the whole thing about loving everyone and everyone can be saved. This also means that the sermons tend to have a very left politcal bent - or at least against bush and his axis of evil. Why doesn't he think the chinese are evil for what they do to Falun Gong members?

eenie
3. I used to be a nudist (at least while I was alone or with an SO), but I live with my mom and my nephews so have to wear clothes. My mother doesn't even like me to wear a towel around while i am gathering up what I am going to wear for the day out of three or four different places. Since the house is so small my hang up clothes are in my mothers closet, in the dirty clothes basket with the clean clothes, in the washing machine room or my very own one drawer in the dresser that my nephews keep their clothes in. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

evelynhoney

10-15-2002, 06:35 PM

Some more http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

1. The thumb rear end thing: I have done this before but am convinced that that particular ex is really gay. My ex-husband is bi; another ex entered the army after a weird thing happened with a male shop teacher; and the most effeminate thing a guy has ever done in my presence is that hair flipping thing. Now, while I like effeminate guys, that was just too much.

2. I wish I had a smaller stomach. I don't really care about the rest of my size 24 body. I just want my stomach the way it was when I actually had a six pack!

3. I have heard that if you shave before a date, that means that you want to get some. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

JustSu

10-15-2002, 06:42 PM

erin, i don't know who made you think you're a horrible friend, but whoever it was, kick his/her ass for me! you are a wonderful friend!!!!

drat. three more, eh?

does anyone else feel like we're at a big slumber party, only without the cheese puffs?

1. you who have said so aren't the only ones to have kissed a girl. or more. long time ago, when i was a hippie and thought genitalia were immaterial to love (and in some ways, that's true, but i meant sexual love then).

2. the strangest drug i ever did was opium. smoked some lovely stuff and later just sort of faded out of consciousness while having sex. faded back in hours later, still having sex, different position, different room. same person. if it had been readily available and cheap, i'd have died in a slough of my own excrement, only moving to bring the pipe to my lips and back. very scary. (boy, am i glad those days are way long gone! most of y'all weren't even a gleam in your fathers' eyes then)

3. i got two magazines (expressions and rosie), a catalog (scottish lion) nervous mail (soap from eenie, two birthday cards, and an lmao) in the mail today and i failed to make the PO run AGAIN due to work.

JustSu

10-15-2002, 06:52 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Posted on Oct. 15 2002,20:03

i feel exactly the same. i've only had sex (::sigh:: *consensual* sex) with one man, shane, of course. i knew that he was the one i'd be with for the rest of my life. i never intended on keeping my virginity until i was married, but i did intend on keeping it until i was *sure*[/b][/quote]

eenie, you've only had sex with one man. what you had at the hands of the fiend wasn't sex. it was violence.

1. i think rapists should be castrated. slowly. with a very dull, notched utility knife and tons of rubbing alcohol. and then skinned, in one inch squares with kosher salt rubbed in for good measure. and then pilloried in the town square (on the internet?). and maybe more after that.

2. i'm not actually violent, but i think i could really do the above to the bastard who hurt eenie.

3. i have no boobs. i don't mean i'm flat-chested - i'm not. i just have no boobs because they were both removed a year and nine months ago due to pre-cancerous conditions in both. implants don't sag. and finally getting the nipples reconstructed last october made me feel like a mammal again.

gryhare

10-15-2002, 07:08 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (JustSu @ Oct. 15 2002,21:42)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">2. the strangest drug i ever did was opium. ....<snippage> if it had been readily available and cheap, i'd have died in a slough of my own excrement, only moving to bring the pipe to my lips and back. very scary. (boy, am i glad those days are way long gone! most of y'all weren't even a gleam in your fathers' eyes then)[/b][/quote]
Su, I'd have been right there with you squabbling over the opium pipe... gods, what wonderful stuff.

1. I once had a friend who's brother mailed him opium in a box full of Pink Floyd CDs. He was at my house when he opened his mail. I was in another room, at the far side of the house. I smelled the opium. I also virtually teleported into the room where it was.

2. I once had a rabbit who screwed a bassett hound. I'm not kidding, and sadly, didn't get video. However, there were several witnesses, not all of them on opium. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

3. I definitely have the capability to be extremely violent if the circumstances call for it. I once made every effort to kill an attempted rapist -- but all the blood shed that day was his, not mine. I did have to burn my clothes though. I suppose in a way I'm perversely proud of that fact.

K.

Katiekat

10-15-2002, 07:21 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"> i love children. i can't wait to have children. i think it is the most beautiful, fascinating process.[/b][/quote]

e-babe, I couldn't agree more.

evelynhoney ~I just love guys in those boxer briefs...ooh, yummy! Tighty-whities make me laugh.

I don't find effeminant men attractive. I like my guys manly. But they gotta be sweet & loving. None of that watch tv, drink beer, grunt stuff all the time.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">does anyone else feel like we're at a big slumber party, only without the cheese puffs?[/b][/quote]

Ha! Totally, Su!! See, this is why the idea of the Nervousness convention sounded so cool to me. I pictured us all sitting around, talking like this, AND eating cheese puffs!

Dang, ok:

1. I have bad posture, & tend to slouch at the computer.
2. I pay all my credit card bills in full, every month.
3. My best friend Lana just called me! I'm talking to her right now!! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

eenie

10-15-2002, 07:33 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (JustSu @ Oct. 15 2002,18:52)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">eenie, you've only had sex with one man. what you had at the hands of the fiend wasn't sex. it was violence. [/b][/quote]
i wish you could see how much i'm crying right now (Thankful tears).. i would pay a million dollars just to give you a hug for that.

1. i have a bad habit of biting the inside of my lips when i'm nervous.

2. like katie, i'm a burt's bees addict.. i wish i had known katie's birthday in advance, so i could have spoiled her with burt's bees! anyway, i love everything burt's bees and almost every "beauty" product i use is burt's bees.

3. i think sigmund freud was full of crap (inspired by an essay i wrote tonight using freud's theories--a forced essay, as i'd never use him voluntarily).

thunderstorm_19

10-15-2002, 07:35 PM

I can't resist adding again...

1. I HATE being home alone, especially after dark. I'm 20 and it still bothers me.

2. I don't like Ovaltine in warm drink form, but I do like it in cold milk, and I LOOOOVE eating Ovaltine powder straight from the tin with a spoon.

3. I eat limes like most people eat oranges. I don't usually do this with lemons.

thunderstorm_19

10-15-2002, 07:39 PM

I want another turn... ehehe.

1. I am delaying doing work, again, as usual. I have two assignments due by friday.

2. I am obsessed with the movie Drop Dead Fred. It's playing now (one of my housemates is watching it).

3. My background is mostly English, with some Scottish, French and Spanish. I have red hair, which came from my father's side, but the Scots is on my mom's side. I have the Scottish colouring, but I have dark brown (Spanish) eyes.

Wombat

10-15-2002, 07:40 PM

What is or are 'Burts Bees'?!

eenie

10-15-2002, 07:42 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">What is or are 'Burts Bees'?![/b][/quote]
ooh, burt's bees is an awesome line of natural health/beauty products, which you can see at http://www.burtsbees.com

oops, i think we cheated, wombat.: ) ::hurriedly posts three facts before anyone notices::

1. i am a pack rat. i'm afraid to throw stuff away.

2. i love toy stores. i think they're so much fun.

3. the weight i am right now is the most i've ever weighed.

thunderstorm_19

10-15-2002, 07:44 PM

wombat you forgot to add 3 facts to the bottom of your post! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

1. I have a livejournal. http://www.livejournal.com/users/mystic_orca/

2. My highschool (meaning the one i went to) is the Regional Art School in the area. I was a Visual Art Major.

3. I flunked grade 11 advanced math twice. yes, twice.

thunderstorm_19

10-15-2002, 07:49 PM

ooh this is fun.

1. I'm hooked on art supplies stores, and bookstores (new and used!).

2. I jobshadowed once at the Metro Toronto Zoo, and I've got pictures to prove it. Including one of me holding a snake longer than I am tall (it was about 7 feet)... a boa constrictor.

thunderstorm_19

10-15-2002, 07:51 PM

- - i noticed, eenie. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif but i've goofed myself now!

3. I hit the button without thinking after I typed number two, so my number three is that I forgot about number three.

mejaka

10-15-2002, 07:55 PM

Wombat, Burt's Bees is a brand of bath products made with a generous helping of beeswax and other bee by-products, and you now owe three facts!!!

1. I love Abba, John Denver, and all the songs by Starland Vocal Band *except* "Afternoon Delight," which is stupid.
2. I'm descended from the sister of the man who shot President Garfield. His trial is in legal textbooks, being the first time American courts were faced with a defense of hereditary insanity. My sister discovered this ancestor when she was looking for evidence that she was eligible to be a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. She needed the evidence because a very good friend of hers asked her to sing at a function, but in order to sing she had to be eligible for membership. Both my sister and I find it far more interesting that we are descended from the family of the assassin who claimed hereditary insanity, than that we are eligible to be DUPs.
3. I love bell peppers, especially yellow and orange ones. I eat them out of hand like an apple.

Wombat

10-15-2002, 08:02 PM

Eenie, thanks for the link to burts bees - I'll check it out.

Sorry about missing the three new posts - guess I have to do six now! Let's see...

1. I flunked grade 11 physics twice.

2. I love ballroom dancing.

3. When it comes to politics, ethics, etc, I usually have an opinion, though I always try to see all sides of an issue before coming to a decision.

4. I work for a non-profit organisation because I couldn't live with myself if I worked for a large, multinational company.

5. I have had a lifelong love of reading and books. Consequently, I haven't done any book altering LMAOs because I'd feel as if I were doing something terrible.

6. I have been learning Italian for several years and hope to be fluent one day.

Wombat

10-15-2002, 08:06 PM

Thanks Mejaka!

1. When I was a kid, my siblings and I would give Abba concerts to our dad and grandparents. We knew all their songs.

2. My grandfather used to tell us he was a sea monster from Tasmania and if you pressed his belly button, he would revert to his monster self.

3. As a teenager, Kiss was my favourite band. I was really disappointed when Peter Chris announced his departure from the band before they came to Australia.

jaydestarr

10-15-2002, 08:29 PM

I'm learning a lot about other people here in the forums and about life in general. I'm glad. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1) This (http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pubimage.asp?id_=845371) is what my hair currently looks like. About an 1.5 hours ago it was three colors because the woman who did my hair today had never done a bleach job before. I've (apparently) fixed it. And I like it dammit.

2) I'm addicted to my digital camera. I love taking pictures with it, mostly of urban nature and stuff.

3) My (new) doctor finally realized The Pill wasn't helping to alleviate my pain, so now I'm on The Patch. It's weird. It's... a patch. After this month is over, I'll mention how it's working. I'm definitely not going on Depo, though. That stuff scares me after that other thread...

thunderstorm_19

10-15-2002, 08:38 PM

i have to know jadestar, what did you use for the purple (or are they blue) streaks? is it a permanent colour?

1. i'm tired.

2. i'm going to have hot chocolate, even tho i've already had tea.

3. the movie just finished, and i've read about 2 pages. gee, i'm a hard worker. lol

jaydestarr

10-15-2002, 08:55 PM

Dammit I accidentally posted before responding to a few things.

Flea - You rock. Your posts kick a s s. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif (I like reading what everyone else says, too, but I always get a kick out of reading what Flea has to say http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif But yes, I like you all.)

Eenie - You're not a terrible friend and I agree with JustSu on the fact that you've only had sex with one man. :: nods ::

JustSu - While I absolutely hate rapists and other sexual predators, I don't know about castrating them. I mean, their urge and their desire to harm people in one of the cruelest fashions would still be there. I think it's something in their mind, not their body. I'm not sure exactly what their punishment should be, but it should be even more severe than what they did. Just not castration. Maybe a forced lobotomy or something. On a lighter note, I feel like this is a big, epic slumber party, too. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Melbernai - I went into a sex shop with my friend Alex and was looking at whips (not to actually use, mind you, but because I like whips). The girl behind the counter suggested I try it on Alex, so I did. Or at least I tried to - I somehow managed to smack myself in the forehead with it! I was SO embarassed!

Wombat - I didn't know about Burt's Bees either.

thunderstorm_19 - Are you bored? http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif Oh, I use Raw Color (http://www.hottopic.com/store/product.asp?W=2132&LS=0&M=1623093988&ITEM=119540&RN=192) for the "oddball" colors I dye my hair. And it's going over bleached hair, so it's bound to come out more vibrantly than usual. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Bugitha, et al - I'm a PJ freak, too. This in addition to my aforementioned obsession with buying undies. Also, there's a big reason I don't have a webcam: I tend to air dry after baths and, well, I don't want any of that on camera and, knowing me, I'd forget to turn it off. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

Flea - I hate seeing/hearing about animals being tortured, too. I agree - it's worse than when a person is tortured. :: sigh :: When I was about 8, I kicked the neighborhood bully's ass because he was torturing a baby bird with a broken wing. I just lost it. I screamed at him when he was hurting a cat a few years later. I honestly think that ####### is going to grow up to be a violent criminal. Other than torturing small animals, he's had other warning signs. Oh, and I like men in fishnets, makeup, (long) skirts, tall boots, etc. too. Mmmm... :: thinks about Brian Molko from Placebo ::

[on politics] - I don't affiliate myself with any party. I'm liberal on issues of marriage, sex, and sexuality. I'm against the current state of welfare in Virginia (loooong story). I'm with Wombat on part of this: I have my opinions (many of them unpopular at the moment), but I do try to see all sides of the issue.

[on kids] - Debbie doesn't do kids. In fact, my aversion to kids almost borders on fear. As long as they're not near me, I'm okay. Otherwise... well... :: shudders ::

...I'm getting tired of typing now, so here's my next three facts...

1) Since I moved to VA when I was 2 years old, I haven't been off the east cost of the US.

2) My hair smells like grape Dimetap in the front. Why is it that purple ALWAYS smells like grape?

3) I sincerely doubt that I will ever be at a point in my life where I will be able to support a child mentally or emotionally. Hence, I'm choosing to be childfree. It's my choice, I have to live with it.

Bugitha

10-15-2002, 08:58 PM

Drop Dead Fred. Drop Dead Fred. Drop Dead Fred. . . I haven't thought of that movie in years. I'll have to rent it.

1. I grew up with a fear of defacing books. But then when I started a college a million years ago (well, 12 years ago), I got sick of carrying those heavy literature anthologies on the subway so I started tearing out the stories or chapters I planned to read. Once the ripping began there was no stopping me--I tear, write, doodle, color, fold, spindle and mutilate with reckless abandon and with any kind of book now. Many of my books are just covers with stray pages tucked inside them. Its no way to live really, but this is how I interact with books now. I blame college.

2. I will probably be addicted to this thread long after everyone else has dropped out and I'm replying only to myself http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3. I have a terrible craving for oatmeal raisen cookies right now.

3.

roastparsnip

10-15-2002, 09:02 PM

gosh i can't believe there are 29 pages to this post! i've been reading everyone's random facts, it's been very entertaining! i'm feeling a bit slow off the mark, better contribute now while i'm on....

1. i recently discovered that my great great grandfather was a romani gypsy, and when he arrived in england, changed his name to west (i'm first generation australian)
2. i shaved my head for about 7 years on clipper number 1.
3. i'm a volunteer dog walker for disadvantaged people in my local area

GuineaBaby

10-15-2002, 09:40 PM

I, too, think boxer briefs are better on a guy than any other underwear.

1. We might be related to President Arthur, my mom's dad's name. My mom is in the process of researching that. My mom's Mom comes from Ireland and her last name is Antrim and there is a County Antrim. Aside from that, Dawn likes to think we're related to someone who worked or who was on the Titanic.

2. I've got a drawer full of underwear, but they're not anything special, just from ShopKo and Costco. Can't afford to have any pretties. I want more bras, but it's really hard to find my size around here because most people who live here are small (they're of Mexcian and Philipino decent) so I end up shopping in Redding when I visit my grandparents. I have a lot of cute pj bottoms, though. ^_^ I don't have a lot of different tops because I just wear my tank tops to bed since I don't like having anything on my arms, but my middle has to be covered by something other than the blanket.

3. I just got my English final back and I got a 78. I never do that bad. I've always been good in English. What's even worse is Dawn got a 90, which, of course, makes me feel like the stupid twin because everyone always asks "Which one's smarter?" I've cried, but I don't know how to cry anymore since I hold it back all the time. I need a really good cry. One day something is going to set me off and nothing will be able to stop me! I'm going to cry again so I'll just post this...

jaydestarr

10-15-2002, 09:52 PM

GuineaBaby - Don't feel too badly about the 78. We all have our off days. The test day was probably one of yours. :: hug :: You'll do fine on the rest. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Also, hit Victoria's Secret during their semiannual sale. Seriously, they have some awesome deals. After discounts and everything, I got one $40 bra for $15 (not including tax and the rest of my purchases, of course http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif)

Bugitha - I'll be on this thread with you. We can just keep replying to each other. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

roastparsnip - That's awesome that you have a Romani gypsy in your family tree.

[on boxers/briefs/boxer briefs] - I like boxers... both on my boyfriend and on me. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif I'm a diehard fan of them, especially for lounging around. Soooo comfortable...

Now for more facts...

1) On my mom's side, we have Italian gypsies; on my dad's, we have Irish Druids. Of course, you have to go back a few generations.

2) My paternal grandmother ran guns for the IRA during the early years of the Irish Rebellion. Then she was sent here to the US. The rest of the family gradually moved to Canada and England... :: sigh ::

3) I recently found out from a cousin that we have a branch of my paternal family in Australia. According to the relation she found, they've been there since the days that Australia was a penal colony. Dammit, now I've got to go email my cousin to find out what the name was... I don't know if it was the same or different than my surname.

veow

10-15-2002, 09:58 PM

1. I'm going to have a mug of hot chocolate before going to bed.

2. "Drugs" I've experienced: alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, cannabis, LSD, shrooms, ecstacy, cocaine, opium, and a variety of prescription meds., inc. Dexedrine, valium, xanax, and more.

3. Of all those listed above, I do nicotine, caffeine, and cannabis on a daily basis. I think the nicotine is the worst thing for me. And of all those listed above (other than nicotine), only the ecstacy became problematic for me.

veow

10-15-2002, 10:04 PM

jadestar and Bugitha -- I'll keep reading and posting to this thread as long as you guys do! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

1. My dad broke my nose when I was seven years old -- he was mad because I was cheating on a Rubik's Cube.

2. I have a half-sister who is six and a half years younger than me.

3. I have a half-brother who is nine years younger than me to the day. (Anyone else have their birthday swept away by a younger sibling?)

GuineaBaby

10-15-2002, 10:06 PM

jadestar-It's worse than I made it sound. It was take home and I had three weeks to do it with the teacher intercepting at one point for a rough draft. I'm sure I'll get over it. I just have to sulk for a while.

1. I'm going to have hot chocolate because everyone keeps mentioning it and now i'm craving it (plus i'm freezing!).

2. I just got a nasty reply from someone on eBay. I wrote and asked if they could reduce shipping (cause you know, some peeps will) because it was a 2003 ELijah Wood calendar and shipping was $5 and I got this big ol' long rant and in the end he said "I hate to give negatives for non paying bidders but I will, don't bid if you don't intend on paying in the first place". I was like sheesh! I didn't even bid and I was just asking a generic question. I told him he lost my business because of the high shipping and the rude way he dealt with me. Too bad you can't turn people in for being rude. It would serve him right. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif

3. I wish I could be handed my college diploma and move on with real life.

GuineaBaby

10-15-2002, 10:12 PM

veow, jadestar and Bugitha - I'll reply as long as ya'll do, too! The facts would most definately get more interesting.

1. I like the fact I share a birthday because it diverts part of the attention. I hate to be the center and would open gifts in private if I could (or not get them at all). I'm not as expressive as I should be (I get told this by my mother every year). It takes me a while to figure out how really cool or whatever it really is.

2. **edit**

3. I hate class presentations. I get shake like two hours before and two hours after, my face gets really red and hot, my voice shakes, and I have to stop myself from crying. And I've got an English one coming up in a couple weeks too! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

veow

10-15-2002, 10:12 PM

GuineaBaby-- don't be in too big a hurry to get your real life started!!! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif It's all real life, ya know?

1. I've been having very vivid, usually upsetting dreams just recently -- I've heard it could be the Zoloft I'm on. Any ideas, anyone?

2. I dropped out of high school... twice.

3. I've dropped out of college... severaL times.

jaydestarr

10-15-2002, 10:31 PM

1) I am sick of the BS going on at my university. Later today we'll find out what dept's and prof's are going to be cut to reduce spending (as mandated by the governor of this wonderful state). At least the cuts aren't as much as they *could* be...

2) This past summer, a certain high-priced coffeeshop in a mall denied me a job on the basis that my hair was blonde in the front, brown in the back. (I had recently had my roots done, too, and it wasn't THAT "weird" looking.) A few days later, I was hired as a mall security dispatcher. I got joked about my hair from time to time, but they didn't care that it was two colors. Heh. And yeah, I could have raised h e l l over the denial of the job, but it was only a summer job and not really worth the effort. Besides, I still love their products.

3) I'm going to work in security dispatch again this holiday season, but I may also try to work at Hot Topic (http://www.hottopic.com) or House of Usher (http://www.house-of-usher.com) a couple of days per week. (the latter is the one I'm considering offering website services for... if I can ever learn more about encryption, etc)

veow

10-15-2002, 10:41 PM

Okay. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif Once more before sleepytime. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. My bf and I share a king-size bed, and now that it's cooler weather, all four of our cats sleep in bed with us throughout the night. It's nice for me when I wake up and look around and am surrounded by all this warm, fuzzy love.

2. I am continually surprised by the fact that I'm still alive at age 29 (I never expected to make it past 18, then 21, then 25, and now I'm pretty sure I'll be dead by age 35.)

3. I've been in and out of hospital always. Accident-prone, foolish, victimized, or depressed, from getting stitches in my head because of my mean old dad to nearly dying from eating a poisonous mushroom to a tubal pregnancy, and more and more. And I'd be happiest if I never had to set foot in another freakin hospital -- I hate it.

GuineaBaby

10-15-2002, 10:48 PM

I know I shouldn't, but I'm so disappointed with the education system I just want out.

1. I just sprayed a THCIK line of ants going into my garbage for something non-existant because I've been very good at not sticking anything in there that would attract them. The line developed while I was at school for three hours. I will now feel like ants are crawling over me until tomorrow.

2. My guinea pigs have a new happy home in Dawn's room until it clears up because they always show up near their cage and I"m afraid they might get sick from the fumes.

3. **edit**

flea

10-15-2002, 11:11 PM

hey thanks jadestar for the compliment on my posts.

1. my fish is dead. i'm not supprised because he did stop eating and slowly lost color. i'm bad- because i'm thinking "yay- one less thing i have to do everyday (feed him). i guess i'm just not a fish person.

2. drug use? 2 most common plus a bit of a fungus. i am the kind of geek that refuses pot all the time. usually i'm the only one in the room who does. it makes me sleepy. as for the paper drug- i like it but i think i'm done with it because you just cant trust people these days. you never know what they are mixing in. back in college after 24 hours of being awake off it- i would find that my husband has drifted off to sleep and there i was- soo tired but unable to sleep- crying because i have a pencil holder but the pencils are strewn all over the house. my revelations about my failure to be neat and orgazized would hit me- and i could see every speck of dirt. i would then scrub the bathtub and clean and i was so sad because that was the only time i had a ton energy and felt sane. yes- felt sane.

3. i have never been raped but i have to admit i have a rape fantasy. it's actually very common in women. problem is- its a totally null and void thing because it has consentual stipulations. it couldnt be a nasty guy. it couldnt be too violent. and, of course, i would have to look different. i find sexual tension to be- well- very sexual. in reality, though, rape is not appealing. it's downright repulsive. i think the fantasy has somthing to do with a loss of control... but in a good way.

jaydestarr

10-15-2002, 11:26 PM

1) I had a betta fish "commit suicide" once. I barely left the lid on its tank open and, well, he jumped out. I felt really bad. I still do.

2) I'm addicted to caffeine and chocolate. I'm seriously considering driving to Harris Teeter to get some ice cream even though it's 2:30 AM.

3) I'm frustrated with most of humanity. I mean, humans can think of some of the sickest, most deranged things to do to each other. :: sigh :: It's pathetic. (of course, the argument could be made that the Earth *is* overpopulated, but still...)

kittie_naughty

10-15-2002, 11:47 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. i have never been raped but i have to admit i have a rape fantasy.[/b][/quote]
oh, i totally agree! it's a very common fantasy! i have always gotten off on the thought. my favourite fantasy is a gang-bang type of rape- me getting it nasty and hard from at least six guys http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

mel: thanks for inquiring. today is day # 10 without a fag. i won't say "yay" b/c being a non-smoker is so fuckin boring!

three random human nature facts:

1. i've had sex with so many men i couldn't possibly count them. when i'm single i only have one-night stands or screw with my male buddies. and i've wound up in bed with so many homosexual men, i couldn't count them either. but the best sex i have is when i'm in a relationship and we've gotten to know each other's bods and reactions.

2. i've been an anal sex fanatic since i was a teenager. vaginal sex is simply cute foreplay in my book.

3. i rather belong to the the four-finger-up-the-bottom fraction, and have yet to meet a guy who didn't love it http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

GuineaBaby

10-16-2002, 12:20 AM

1. I'm in watching sister sister on tv and am taking a break right now

2. my mom just read a book in two days...something she hasn't been able to accomplish for years!

3. this just reminded me i have hot water sitting in the kitchen!

Helquin

10-16-2002, 12:34 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (GuineaBaby @ Oct. 15 2002,22:06)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. I wish I could be handed my college diploma and move on with real life.[/b][/quote]
Oh d a m n ... was I supposed to start my real life? http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif I knew I forgot something!

I'm amazed at the number of people who don't like fresh tomatoes. I totally agree with whoever said that those waxy red things at the supermarket don't count: ya gotta have the real deal, right out of the dirt in someone's garden. Fresh tomatoes are one of my favorite things about Summer.

While I usually wear boxer-briefs during the day, boxers are best for just loungin' around the house. Don't think I've ever tried Drakkar Noir (I'm an Acqua di Gio man), but I'm gonna have to check it out after all the comments.

1. I have a weird (& embarrassing!) fascination with Pamela Anderson -- but VIP Pam, not Baywatch Pam.

2. I've been wanting to get a cat lately, but after 6 years of pet-free living I'm reluctant to share my home again with something that sheds.

3. I'm currently reading May Sarton's [I]Journal of a Solitude (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393309282/)[I] and I am just blown away by it. I never thought I'd like reading a memoir, but this book has captivated me so far.

Death_Or_Aldona

10-16-2002, 01:38 AM

I hated tomatoes...HATED them. I hated the smell of them, the texture, the taste, even the way they look. About 2 years ago the creepy insane lady (who also happened to be a fanatic christian) gave me and my roomates 2 plastic shopping bags full of toms from her garden. I watched in horror as my friend gobbled them down. We were sooo broke. The toms were the only food in the house...so...i ate and i loved! Now i'm hooked. There is such a huge difference in garden and store bought tomatoes. Mmmm...wish I had some now http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
geesh...it's late and i'm very blabbery...sorry http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

as if THAT wasn't enough...here are 3 more things about boring, pathetic 'ole me:
1)As far as sex is concerned, I'm down with whatever. I like it all. I would like to play with bondage a little more. I'm always the one being tied down. omg did i just say that (keep going don't look back, it will all be fine, its late...they'll understand...)

2) so um...yeah...I'm going to decorate my porch for Halloween today...well, after I sleep...if I sleep (sleep is for the weak!)

3) There are few drugs I haven't tried...there are a few more I would like to try http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif my studies in this area are nearly complete. I enjoy not feeling "normal" sometimes. I don't really like myself, so It's nice to take a break every now and again.

eenie

10-16-2002, 05:50 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Melbernai - I went into a sex shop with my friend Alex and was looking at whips (not to actually use, mind you, but because I like whips). The girl behind the counter suggested I try it on Alex, so I did. Or at least I tried to - I somehow managed to smack myself in the forehead with it! I was SO embarassed![/b][/quote]

1. i went into one sex shop when i was 16 in germany.. i saw a gigantic purple dildo on the wall, and turned and ran out of the shop.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif i get embarassed too easily.. i get embarassed if i'm shopping for lingerie alone. i was at frederick's of hollywood buying something yesterday, and i felt so stupid. i just feel weird buying something when the sales person knows i'm going to go have sex with it. i'm such a dork.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
speaking of lingerie and embarassing, the first time that shane went to buy me lingerie by himself, he ran into one of his older female colleagues, also shopping for lingerie.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

2. i am a grammar witch. i will correct grammar like nobody's business. thank goodness that my boyfriend is an english teacher, or else i don't know how he'd put up with me.: )

3. i talk on my cell phone way too much. every month i go through my 350 anytime minutes, and i make a pretty sizeable dent on my 2150 night and weekend minutes. so, if anyone from nervousness ever wants a phone call...

veow

10-16-2002, 06:02 AM

1. I like sex shops. A friend of mine was in Japan for a year and never went to any of the sex shops!!! That would have been one of the first things I did! The whole sex industry thing is endlessly puzzling/fascinating to me.

2. I used to have a count of how many men I've slept with, but then I started forgetting people and losing track, so screw it. I've slept with a lot of men. Like kittie_naughty, tho, I find the best sex comes from being with someone over time and learning about their responses, and your own, etc.

3. If something went wrong in my relationship and I was suddenly single again, I don't think I'd have sex with anyone for a very long time. If there were an interested (and interesting) party, I would make them woo and court me quite a while. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

kittie_naughty

10-16-2002, 06:19 AM

1. i'm cooking a creme of leek and potatoe soup right now. i put a lot of horseradish in it. it's delicious and i make it a lot in winter.

2. i'm translating a text about dutch roller coasters in china right now, too. i had to research the english roller coaster terminology on the net. i didn't realise it was so specific... camelbacks, twisters, side-rolls, etc. i'm getting dizzy.

3. tomorrow one year ago i met my boyfriend. it was the first time in my life i've had the "love at first sight" experience. we met in a club my friends were playing in. my friends were actually friends of his friends too, but somehow our paths had never crossed. he's a few years younger than me and the sweetest soul i ever met. i luv him lots and am very happy with him *gush* oh yeah, and i think he's gorgeous. and he's very effeminate, too.

Penster

10-16-2002, 07:10 AM

I would love to make individual comments about all your great posts, but it would take me a day and a half and I have to work all day again today. I can't keep up with you guys!!!

1. I am scared of live chickens.

2. I love onions, garlic and fried green tomatoes.

3. I am a cat person. I love them. We have 3 and I would have more if my living arrangements were different. I'm convinced I was a cat in a previous life and if there is an afterlife somewhere (I'm still undecided about this....) I'm sure I will be a cat there too. I was told once that I have 7 guardians and one of them is a cat.

Bugitha

10-16-2002, 07:50 AM

Just woke up and had to check the boards again. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. I LOVE tomatoes! For me they are an absolute staple. I must have some in the house at all times. If push comes to shove, I'll even get those red things from the supermarket though they certaintly can't hold a cabdle to fresh out of the garden. I eat em like apples, on sandwiches, or chopped up and put on just about anything.

2. I guess my tastes haven't matured much because I only like alchohol if it 1.) tastes like a slurpee--daquaries, pina coladas, frozen mudslides etc, 2.) tastes like juice--dequila sunrise, sex on the beach, etc or 3.) is champagne. I'm *not* a big drinker which is probably a good thing since alchoholism runs in my family. I have a bottle of Khalua in my cupboard I got two years ago as a Christmas present. Its still half full. Does that stuff go bad? should I toss it?

3. All those posts about hot chocolate make me crave it for breakfast this morning.

naughtymonkey

10-16-2002, 08:09 AM

1) I'm in my school library right now. I'm here from study hall.

2) I'm going to Bill Gray's after school and meeting some friends.

3) I am endlessly fascinated by the REJECTED video featuring such hilarious lines as, "My spoon is too big." "For the love of God and all that is holy, MY ANUS IS BLEEDING!!!" "I live in a giant bucket."

sistasmell

10-16-2002, 08:26 AM

Oh, how I love tomatoes! Do you all have those vine-ripened ones in your supermarkets? They even smell like real tomatoes. I am just a teensy bit sick of them at the moment- my garden produced way too many this year. I ate them every day.

1. I had a really enourmous black goldfish once, and he committed suicide by jumping out of his tank. We had people over and I saw this fish, about the size of a man's fist, just go flying through the air and land behind the couch. He was covered in dustbunnies when I finally fished him out. He lived only a few days after that. Dogs are so much easier to keep alive than fish. I am a convert to mammal-keeping.
2. I have a fully stocked bar (18 bottles) in my office. I'm not a big drinker, but I like to drink and LOVE the accoutrements. The bar contains 4 sets of glasses, 3 cocktail shakers, and a load of other stuff, yet I can't remember the last time I made a drink.
3. I can count the guys I've slept with, but not on one hand.

mejaka

10-16-2002, 08:48 AM

1. I think that leek-and-horseradish soup sounds heavenly.
2. I'm going over to visit the wife of the missing man today. His car has been found, but he has not. It has been cold at night here and he had no food with him. I don't think the news is going to be good when it comes. He is 61.
3. I got in trouble in third grade for writing mean notes about my teacher in tiny upside-down letters across the bottom of my papers. My second-grade teacher never acknowledged them in any way, and I loved her as often as not. But my third-grade teacher...she told my parents. And after taking a close look at my papers--math papers with elaborate drawings of dragons and half the problems unfinished--my Dad was *really* mad...

Z'anne

10-16-2002, 09:35 AM

The little grape tomatoes are the best in salads. I love it when they go SQUISH between my teeth. (That's just to freak the people who hate tomatoes).

1. Since it is another warm and weird day here, I'll be making paper after I work on a few LMAO's.

2. I have read every post and every page of this thread. Wow, we are a wild and craaazzzyyy bunch!

3. I've had an even two dozen men. The last being my current husband. AAAHHH, the 70's, before AIDS.

jaydestarr

10-16-2002, 09:46 AM

1) It finally feels like autumn here in VA. It's about d a m n time!

2) I got my winter clothing from my house last night and all of it smells like my dad's cigarette smoke. He smokes a cheap brand, too. :: sigh :: I'll be doing laundry forever.

3) Our washing machine fits half the clothing that a regular washing machine does, yet the housing office expects that we will all only do one load of laundry per week. Considering bedding alone takes up three loads, we're going to go over our water limitations quite easily.

lobster-girl

10-16-2002, 10:33 AM

six pages later and i wanted to reply to everyone! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif i too am a pajama-file...i roll up the bottoms with a coordinating tank and i keep 'em in 2 drawers. i have something like 19 pairs!!! lastnight i wore black bottoms with ghosts and a white tank top. hey! it's october!

1. i have been single for 4 years now. had a few dates but haven't had sex let alone a godd snog in as many years...yeah, i miss it!

2. paul stanley once hit on me at a "rocker" party. i was 17.

3. i just bought a big batch o hot chocolate, i think i will go mix myself up a mug!

(if i fall asleep first, please don't stick my hand in warm water or put mustardon my mouth!!!!!)

ezerd

10-16-2002, 11:20 AM

1.) growing up 3/4 of our rather large yard was a beautiful well-tended garden - with many tomato plants - and i still hate them - all kinds! i do like some sauces and ketchup though!

2.) i rescued my fish, miles, from the dead. i came home one afternoon to find him on the floor. dan had been painting right next to him and heard him hit the floor, but couldn't figure out what the noise was, so just kept on painting. i suspect it was the other fish that chased him out of the tank - they always tended to pick on him. miles had been out of the water for really long time. i picked him up, cupped him in the water, and massaged him for quite a while. finally he came to and started breathing on his own. it took about a day for him to fully recover. that was in '97. he's still kicking today - LONG after all his brothers and sister have died!

3.) i'm addicted to rice balls made with shiso. they're so good and so pretty! i just made some for lunch - yummy!

paperdream

10-16-2002, 01:29 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (kittie_naughty @ Oct. 16 2002,06:19)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1. i'm cooking a creme of leek and potatoe soup right now. i put a lot of horseradish in it. it's delicious and i make it a lot in winter.[/b][/quote]
kitty_naughty - I'm making leek & potato soup right now too! How weird! I love making it in the winter, it's so warming and yummy and comforting. I make it really really thick with lots of butter and creme fraiche. Mmmmmm......

As for tomatoes, I sooooo love them! I don't like the pulpy pap you sometimes get at supermarkets or in cheap sandwiches, but my favourites are baby plum tomatoes, vine-ripened plum tomatoes, and the lovely teeny yellow ones my love's grandparents grow. I would love to grow heirloom tomatoes but can't keep plants alive for long. With the exception of a Basil plant that's been going strong for SIX MONTHS now on my kitchen windowsil.

Also, on the topic of PDAs.... you must all hate me. I'm very sickeningly lovey with my special babe. Always huggling and kissing and generally being gross and pathetic. Honestly, not to annoy people. It's just how we are and we tend not to change too much when we're in public. Although there's (slightly) less groping and dirty talk. Heh.

We've been together almost four years.

Now, should I just go back and bung numbers 1, 2, 3 in that? Nah, it's fun thinking of more!

1. I subscribe to mslexia magazine (for women who write) but I just can't seem to write anything anymore. I used to write a lot (had 3 poems published) but the words just don't come anymore...

2. I love to eat those jelly diamonds cake decorations. They taste like nothing else in the world - weirdy weirdy artificial flavours, but oddly moreish.

3. I miss computer games that you could obsess over. Like Quake I - I played it right the way through on all 4 skill settings, found all the secrets, killed all the beasties, and carried on playing! And Magic Pockets on the Atari - same there, found all the secrets, found out how to warp, all the cool little hidden features... never finished it though - I always died a few inches from the final exit. Seriously, inches.... Although I have started to get a little obsessive with The Sims. I'm one of those dreaded people who has each of the million or so add-on packs. For anyone who's not bored to death yet, right now I am also playing Unreal Tournament 2003 and Silent Hill 2.

~Erica

Katiekat

10-16-2002, 01:31 PM

1. I just tried on like 20 outfits trying to decide what to wear tonight, and I finally settled on one...but it was really hard, seeing as i have no idea where we're going or what we're doing.

2. I am thirsty right now, but I don't know what for.

3. I hope wherever we go tonight has champagne, cuz that sounds good.

thunderstorm_19

10-16-2002, 01:36 PM

1. i'm using every excuse i can to delay writing my assignments.

2. i do that alot.

3. i'm going to a pub tonight, and i'm likely going to have a Guiness.

GuineaBaby

10-16-2002, 01:43 PM

1. I take or leave tomatoes. When they're there, I eat them, when they're not, I don't. My guinea pigs love them, though. It's hiliarous when genovia eats them cause she has the longest fur and it clumps and looks like a little beard.

2. I got a bra fitting about a year ago. The lady kept refering to my boobs as "flesh" and poked and prodded me. I'm still convinced she was either gay or bi. I think she fondled them way more than she had to. It was very devestating for me and my mom didn't realize how much it would effect me like that.

3. **edit**

Katiekat

10-16-2002, 01:44 PM

Ha! Paperdream, they can be annoyed by me, too. I love being cuddly and touchy with my guy, and being in public doesn't stop me either. Just this morning, we were in the car, stopped at a red light, and we were kissing and tickling each other, crackin up like crazy, and i imagined the person in the car behind us rolling their eyes and saying "oh good god..."

1. That said, i am a very tactile person. I like to touch things when I'm shopping -- clothes, food, stationary, everything.

2. I still need to shave my legs and go to Osco before 5 pm.

3. I love surprises -- i never sneakily opened Christmas presents early, I never snooped when i knew where birthday presents were...i'd rather be genuinely wow'ed.

mejaka

10-16-2002, 01:52 PM

1. I love good French baguette bread with the crackly surface and the chewy inside...mmmmmm...

2. I got no-reason-at-all mail today from lobster-girl--the first Nness mail in a while and WO! It was two Helen Oxenbury prints, one of which was SIGNED! Jek, baby, you ROCK!

3. When we had been married less than a month, Brett took me by complete surprise one evening by grabbing my boobs from behind as we were crossing the Gart Sports parking lot. The store faced one of the main roads in town, so I suspect he shocked a few other people. I KNOW he shocked the wife in the elderly couple walking along the sidewalk. She stared, totally stunned, and then cracked up...and I suspect she had a hard time telling her husband what she was laughing about. (Brett is normally the background type, not prone to shocking behavior...and he looked completely blank years later when his own grandfather suggested that eggs were good for the libido. Through the laughter of various family members, Grandpa told Brett to ask *me* later what it meant...)

4. I don't like to see other people groping or making out in public, but I love seeing people walking hand in hand, hugging each other, and even kissing if it's a kiss that says, "I'd do anything for you," and not one that says, "I'd do anything WITH you and the sooner the better."

paperdream

10-16-2002, 02:57 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (mejaka @ Oct. 16 2002,13:52)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">4. I don't like to see other people groping or making out in public, but I love seeing people walking hand in hand, hugging each other, and even kissing if it's a kiss that says, "I'd do anything for you," and not one that says, "I'd do anything WITH you and the sooner the better."[/b][/quote]
I like that distinction http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

We probably do a fair bit of both... I'm trying to be a little less tactile in front of his grandparents, but... when you're comfortable in a situation I think you start behaving in a different, much less guarded way. Or something.

1. I keep getting really inspired and having wonderful creative semi-ideas... and then not being able to carry them off. Part of the problem is extremes in confidence - to start with I'm excited and planning wonderful things... and then I feel like it's implausible and I'd only ruin it and I'd better stop before I make myself really miserable by failing in what I try to do.

2. It's way past bedtime. I so should not be here.

3. I'm going to bed.

~Erica (who did not cop out with 2 and 3. Oh no.)

naughtymonkey

10-16-2002, 03:13 PM

1) I have pins and needles in both my feet right now but it's going away.

2) I am 4 degrees removed from Abe Lincoln: my dad's ex-coworker interviewed a Civil War vet back in the '50s who knew my old buddy Abe. That makes you all 5 degrees away!

3) I think my dad just dropped something upstairs in the kitchen and it made a loud RACKET. Hmmmm.. He's doing the dishes.

mejaka

10-16-2002, 04:03 PM

1. My husband's brother's wife's father is descended from Abraham Lincoln...so her kids told my kids...I've never checked up.
2. paperdream--two years ago I conceived of an idea and just grabbed that baby and didn't let go until I'd done it. I painted my daughter's nursery *exactly* as I wanted--oil paint, wall murals, no modifications for time or cost. It was the first time in forever that I had seen a project through to the end without changing it into a weak shadow of itself before I got done. When I put my signature on the wall (in oil paint pen) it felt SO GREAT! (Then we moved...)
3. I bought three new bras this year...the first bras that have fit me in 15 years. (I read that the average woman buys three bras *every* year! Could that be true?) I have never spent so much on bras, but I'm hard to fit, and for once I knew that no pregnancy/baby/nursing was going to come along to ruin things...so I just went out and tried them on until I found one that fit, then bought three of it and hang the price. (Oh...want to know how many it took? 54 bras. FIFTY FOUR. And three separate shopping trips.)

WitchDust

10-16-2002, 04:43 PM

Tomato=so so for me, ok in salads or on a burger sliced super thin please. My daughter once woke up before me when she was 2 & had them strewn all over the kitchen with one or two bites taken out of each one.

I've also read every post on this thread.

1. Whenever I get home after a shopping trip I always yell out "Momma's home!" so my puppy ChiChi & cat Salem will come running to greet me. They're my babies!

2. I call my daughters ShitZu, Shelby, my "grandpuppy girl" and puppysit when she goes out of town. I even send e-mails to her & ask her if she wants to come visit her "granny".

3. My nickname used to be "Blondie" when I had blonde hair & later it was "Hot Stuff" ( hence the tat mentioned in an earlier post). These days it's "The Witch".

GuineaBaby

10-16-2002, 05:05 PM

1. Whenever we come home and there are messages, we say "someone loves us!" and when there are none we say "no one loves us."

2. My aunt calls her son's dog her granddogger

3. I'm making ATCs right now...and I got ahold of GLITTER GLUE! mwahahahaha!

Bugitha

10-16-2002, 05:45 PM

I'm procrastinating again--this thread is just great for that.

I've read all the posts, too!

When I come home, my little cat is always at the door to greet me. I call her silly names and pick her up to give her a little hug and I swear she rolls her eyes! But she puts up with it--I think she likes this little ritual, too. (cat-haters feel free to gag here).

So now I will tell you. . .

1. As if my cat's name weren't silly enough (its June Bug), one of the silly names I call her is Bugitha~which I guess stuck in my head when I needed a screen name.

2. I once spent $8 for a half-pound box of turkish delight simply because that's what the White Witch fed Edmund in the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe to keep him in Narnia. Curiosity often gets the better of me and my money. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

3. I'm gonna go write a proposal for a class project now. No really, I am. I swear. Yup. Here I go. Really.

eenie

10-16-2002, 05:45 PM

ooh, katie and paperdream, my boy and i are bad about the PDA's too.: ) nothing past cutesy stuff in public...we're always holding hands, cuddling, giving each other little kisses.. shane's dad once asked us if we could seperate long enough to eat dinner.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

1. i tend to mail out all of my pen pal letters at once, and then get frustrated when everyone writes back en masse.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif today i mailed out 7 letters. if we write to each other, expect one.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

2. i played the trumpet for 6 years.

3. it seems like everyone i know is getting married. i'd better be next.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

GuineaBaby

10-16-2002, 06:07 PM

1. I'm trying to find more venues to let out my craftiness in. Lately i've got tons of projects strewn around my room which lay there half finished, but I do get them done!

2. i'm still working on ATCs. I've got 200 of them to make (well, less than since a couple people offered me their wonderful help and I've made 24 just now, but all mine are unique)

3. livejournal is pissing me off at the moment because it seems to be having problems

eenie

10-16-2002, 06:39 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (GuineaBaby @ Oct. 16 2002,18:07)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. livejournal is pissing me off at the moment because it seems to be having problems[/b][/quote]
ditto. i can't get the freaking page to load for anything.

1. i love hot tea. i drink at least a cup every day.

2. i make lists of everything. i love to make lists, it makes me feel accomplished to cross things off.

3. maya angelou is my favourite author.. i saw her speak two years ago from the second row, and i almost fainted i was so excited.

sistasmell

10-16-2002, 07:00 PM

1. I prefer to sit on the floor.
2. I can do absolutely anything as long as I have a set of instructions. My husband can't follow directions for shite, so he's very lucky to have me.
3. I knit two scarves today.

Night night everyone! Off to watch Law and Order in bed.
I, too, have read every dern post.

GuineaBaby

10-16-2002, 07:29 PM

1. I cried when I received signed books by Homer Hickam from my parents last Christmas I was so happy. My mother, of course, started crying as well.

2. My guinea pig, Genovia, is horny.

3. I exhausted my ATC imagination for tonight.

Melbernai

10-16-2002, 07:40 PM

I'm gonna post more then 3 things cuz i just like to break rules and don't feel like making multiple posts.

1) Once a guy I was hanging out with asked me to put a finger up his butt, and he liked it a lil too much I think. He asked for more, and I just kinda bugged out and stopped.

2) I've had sex with 10 people. All you one-person-sexers kinda make me feel liek a mega-slut.

3) I usually shave before i go on a "date" so i guess that means i'm usually looking to get some.

4) I have only smoked pot a few times, but strangely enough I usually either didn't feel the effects or ended up hallucinating. One time I hallucinated that there were black cats all over my apartment, climbing on my head, on the ceiling, on the walls, and yet, i don't eevn have one cat.

5) I think the perfect male for me is 6'3," stocky, dirty blonde hair, and is a computer geek by day, but knows how to fix my shitty car by night.

6) I am french, spanish, polish, russian, german, irish and czech. All of those go back to my great grandparents. My grandparents and parents were all born in America.

7) There is a 20 year age difference between the sibs in my family. My brother is 34 and my sister is 14.

8) One time I was moving my fish from the tank to the container I was bringing them to college in, and I dropped my zebra danio on the desk lamp, and he kinda sizzled on the lightbulb. I had a hard time getting him off cuz it was so hot, but when I put him back in the water he went back to swimming. He lived for about 4 years after that.

9) I really wanna get a kitty.

10) I am a chronic note-passer. It started probably when I was about in 2nd grade and it carried on through highschool and college. I was even passing notes at the faculty meeting on tuesday.

11) Last time I had sex was 3 months ago. I'm feeling deprived.

~Meli

ezerd

10-16-2002, 07:54 PM

I've read every post too!

1.) I kneel a lot...at the table, at the computer desk, everywhere. I don't even notice, it's just comfortable. My husband will say, 'why don't you just use a chair?!?' I even scoot across the room on my knees sometimes.

2.) There is no limit on the number of dogs you can own in my area. I have a neighbor who has 11 dogs. Right now they are all barking. It's loud. It happens a lot - we live near (practically in) an old apple orchard, so a lot of little critters come through here and stir the dogs up.

3.) I get caught dancing. The little radio in my head never shuts off, so often times I'll unconsciously be doing little jiggly jigs. People will stop in the middle of their sentence and say things like, 'Just what you doing there?'. I got caught in a critique once - the instructor saw me, smiled and joined me in my little dance, soon everyone was laughing at me.

flea

10-16-2002, 08:01 PM

woo hoo! i am now the proud owner of a $675 dollar statue of a nude bather!

1. i guess i am one rewmoved from abe lincoln because i've been in his house before and live in the town he grew up in. i am not impressed by this fact. i am so sick of lincoln.

2. i don't think anyone is a slut who has slept with more then one person. i have this feeling i will die only have having sex with just one person. sometimes i think i should have gotten more experience in while i had a chance- but then again i dont see the point. i'm not a social person and having sex with multiple people would mean i would have to be social.

3. i almost had sex with a 26 year old when i was 15. i got drunk at a party and i had only a glimpse of this guy before he led me into a dark bedroom. from the glimpse- i didn't find him attractive in the least. he made me touch his member (which was tiny) and i refued the sex part. we pasesed out and then i made him take me home. my breasts were black and blue. i refused to see him after that. he started dating a friend of my sisters. she got pissed at him once and jammed a hair chopstick up his dick. 2 weeks ago i found out he's getting married now. after all that i became very cautious about men.

4. my sisters highschool boyfriend and her had an open relationship. he was constantly trying to screw me. i would go over to his parents house with my sister and they would have sex in the room i was in while i was playing nintendo. on one such occasion his mother walked in. after my sister dumped him- he started to date my best friend for 5 years. it took me a total of about 10 years to get him out of my life.

thunderstorm_19

10-16-2002, 08:03 PM

1. i prefer the floor during large lectures in lieu of sitting in a chair.

2. i have class at 9 am tomorrow.

3. i had 2 cups of hot chocolate today, one toffee flavoured, and one white chocolate.

ezerd

10-16-2002, 08:13 PM

Melbernai - your poor little fishie! oh, my!

1.) There's a 18 year difference in age between my parents and a 14 year difference between my oldest and youngest siblings.

2.) I've never done any illegal drugs - very much to the amazement of my acquaintances, apparently... One day a bunch of my college classmates got together - a kind of conference of sorts - and then approached me with their 'analysis'. They said, 'We've decided that if you ever want to try drugs, that you should just start out with heroin, because, man, nothin' else is gonna even touch you.'

3.) My husband loves peanut butter and pickle sandwiches. This totally freaks me out. I tried it once, just to see - ick... I don't know how he does it...then again, I like lots of stuff that he doesn't like...

veow

10-16-2002, 08:14 PM

1. I'm sleepy, hungry, and depressed.

2. I'm screwing everything up.

3. I wanna get outta here, but there's nowhere to go.

JustSu

10-16-2002, 08:25 PM

i've read 'em all, too. totally hooked. i could easily do this all day if my boss would pay me! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. i'm finding that just about my favorite art form at the moment is altering books.

2. i know people who would think i'm going to #### if they knew that i number a person named WitchDust among my dear friends.

3. i found an lmao i didn't even remember i had - at the bottom of a laundry basket full of stuff i had to take outdoors and clean when i had ants all over my art workspace 3 weeks ago. i'm mortified.

mejaka

10-16-2002, 08:43 PM

1. I'm concerned about you, veow. {:^ (

2. I have been tickled by all the postings about Homer Hickam, and am recommitting myself to finding and reading the books because I *know* _October Sky_ didn't tell it all or tell it right. (I saw Hickam interviewed some time ago...a great interview.)

3. I'm absurdly excited about the fact that there is a women's lunch tomorrow. (It's a casual thing, started aeons ago by a couple of friends, grew to a group, kept on going, now any time someone is sociality-deprived they call five or six people and say, "Lunch, 11:30, my house, spread the word"--and 30 women show up with food.) I've missed the last two and I am feeling *deprived!*

Death_Or_Aldona

10-16-2002, 08:46 PM

1) Right now I'm compiling episodes for a Futurama tape http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

2) I have a yucky cold *sniff sniff*

3) I'm going to be Bette Davis in Whatever Happened To Baby Jane for Halloween (yep...still obsessed with her http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif )

I have also read ever post...I just love this thread!

veow

10-16-2002, 09:13 PM

mejaka -- i'm worried about me, too. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

ezerd -- I LOVE peanut butter and pickle sandwiches! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. I just had to tell two people I wouldn't be sending ATCs for their LMAOs.

2. I'm almost out of dog food and cat food -- Eek!

3. I'm a woman on the verge of bad eggdom (and it has little to do with finances, much to do with... ?what? I dunno.)

GuineaBaby

10-16-2002, 09:34 PM

1. I got majorly excited when I got the Homer Hickam newsletter and it said: By the way, the rescue cage and system used to bring up the nine trapped miners was designed and tested by my dad, Homer Hickam Sr. way back in 1951! How cool is that?!?

2. I read three online comics religiously:

Life's So Rad (http://radcomics.com/), Real Life (http://www.reallifecomics.com/), and College Roomies From H e l l (http://www.crfh.net/)

3. AIM just performed an illegal operation and I didn't do anything! I swear!

evelynhoney

10-16-2002, 09:48 PM

veow - the blah bug has got me too. I keep looking at my LMAOs and wondering when the due dates are when I know they aren't for a couple of weeks yet.

that said, I DID send out 4 things today. And received one gorgeous Dalai Lama LMAO. Maybe it will get me back into the swing of things.

Katiekat - tighty whitys. argh A guy friend recently wrote me that he was writing me my email in his underwear. And said it was kinky. I wrote him back asking what was so kinky about WHITE fruit of the looms?!?

Just Su - have you ever heard of the Century Project (http://century.conknet.com/)? It is nude photography of women of different ages. Truly inspiring. The reason I mention this to you is many of them have gone through breast cancer and such.

eenie - i just bought a sampling of burt's bees lipstick. I don't know what i am going to do when it runs out!

bugitha - I call my nephew that I watch buja when is good chuga when he is bad. And I don't know why i made them up either. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif And I also like frou frou drinks. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

wombat - did you see the HARRY POTTER LMAO? I can alter random cheap books but I don't know about HP.

guinea - I stopped liking kissing when a boyfriend of mine had chronic haliotosis that was uncurable. I didn't like it again until 2 years after I divorced my husband, we did the ol pretending to get back together thing and kissed. If he kissed then the way he kisses now, maybe him cheating on me wouldn't have been so bad! But maybe he's had extra practice. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

*on sex* - I feel like a slut too. I have slept with 13 guys, although I really can't tell anybody that. I have to say 12 because one of them was a personal friend of the family. As far as rape scenarios, I think as long as they are controlled they are ok. There is a BIG difference between roleplaying and real rape. I am so nervous about sex lately because I don't hang around places that aren't vanilla and i don't know about going out with a vanilla guy and actually finding out that he really IS vanilla.

Three more things eh. ok

1. I went to a taping of From The Top, the "most listened to classical show" in America. Someone gave me the ticket. I went in part because a guy i know was on a semi date with a gal and i was semi jealous. And he did that thing where he saw me and then didn't say anything. And she is the one that ended up telling me hello and beckoning me over there. Although i shouldn't have gone over there. And she doesn't KNOW why i would be jealous. SHE doesn't know I like him. And I wasn't stalking them. And my hands must be tired from typing all of this down.

2. Tomorrow i am going with my brother to go hear the guy that wrote "kiss before dying" speak. I found out that that same girl asked the guy out again to this thing. And their seating is going to be right next to mine. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

3. On a different note, I am wearing that mud stuff on my face and have been for the past hour reading all of the stuff on this board. I need to go wash it off now.

GuineaBaby

10-16-2002, 09:55 PM

evelyn-I saw the HP thing and I was shocked. I was like "how could you?!?" I love harry potter, never read the books though I want to, and I can't fathom anyone wanting to alter it. It's like someone wanting to alter the wizard of oz. you just...don't. lol

1. I'm so cold I have goosebumps

2. I just hot hit with heartburn and must find rolaids...

3. I'm constantly organizing and reorganzing my belongings, but never to my satisfaction

kittie_naughty

10-17-2002, 12:08 AM

evelynhoney- what does "vanilla guy" mean? i don't understand this term.

veow- if i was in morgantown i would take you and your dog for a walk and a coffee. that would be nice http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. there have been so many freaky fish stories in this thread, that i wound up subconsciously doing a piece of tag art with a fish theme last night. i thought that was funny. i also have a freaky fish story (i never realised how common it is!): i won a goldfish at the school fair when i was in the fifth grade. fred, the fish, didn't live that long. one morning he was floating in his little fish bowl, so i scooped him out and flushed him down the toilet. about a day-and-a-half later, i went to the toilet for a pee, opened the lid, and there was fred swimming around in the toilet bowl. my mouth fell open in astonishment, fred gave me a very dirty look and would've tossed me the finger if he had had any, and then he quickly disappeared down the toilet.
i never heard from him again.

2. i've only done cocaine once, and all it did to me was make me have a bowel movement within ten minutes. i went and ordered a beer afterward.

3. i don't get along with women very well at all in real life.

WitchDust

10-17-2002, 12:53 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (JustSu @ Oct. 16 2002,22:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">2. i know people who would think i'm going to #### if they knew that i number a person named WitchDust among my dear friends.[/b][/quote]
ROTFLOL...I almost fell off my chair when I read that! Look on the bright side, if you do go *there* I'll be at the door to greet you with some ice water! (((hugs)))

Will I ever run out of just 3 more things?....

1. I'm 6 years older than my present hubby.

2. One time I slashed a guys tires & car seats because he wouldn't pay me & my friend the $400 he owed us. He blamed her & even when I admitted it to him he thought I was covering for her. 20 years later he still thinks she did it & refuses to accept I would do such an evil deed...hehehe.

3. When I was 16 I stole 3 thousand dollars from my moms purse so I could run away to Vegas & be a showgirl. I got as far as the bus stop & purchased my ticket (to the nearest town with a large airport 100 miles away) before she discovered it was missing. If my parents had not decided to purchase prize bull sperm from England that day I would have been on my way to Vegas. Must have been some good shit to cost that much!

sistasmell

10-17-2002, 06:17 AM

My little brother used to have a peanut butter and sweet pickle sannie for lunch every day. blech! I'm one to talk though, since I like cheddar cheese, honey, and wheat germ sannies.

1. Heehee! I slashed my grandfather's tires when I was about 5. It was more of a poke, really, with my pocket knife. What a sh-itstorm that created!

2. I once attempted to flush a living, but, we thought, near death goldfish when I was a little kid. It barely had any fins left due to some fin-rot disease. After swimming successfully against the current for 3 or 4 flushes, I put him back in the tank, where he lived happily for quite some time.

3. For summer entertainment, I got the notion to buy my dog a kiddie pool and put a bunch of teeny goldfish (feeders) in it and let him at it. I think it's the most fun he's ever had in his life, but the neighbors thought I was nuts.

evelynhoney

10-17-2002, 06:25 AM

vanilla guy. well people say vanilla sex in the BDSM world (which I am not a part of but know some people who are). Vanilla sex is plain missionary, normal. I am not truly kinky but would not like it if a guy i went out with was not kinky at all. aka a vanilla guy. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. I accidentally got up late this morning because my clock had been messed up by my nephews. I actually had to be domestic and drive them to school today. Usually one takes the bus and then I take the other one to day care at a reasonable time.

2. I have to work alone today. Three more weeks until the girl i work with gets off of maternity leave.

3. my mother is currently asleep next to the computer so i am trying to type quietly. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

mejaka

10-17-2002, 08:44 AM

1. I find it somewhat disconcerting that I knew the term "vanilla" used in the way it was used above. I only learned it recently and from something I read (I can see it on the page in my memory), and now I can't remember WHAT I would have been reading that would have explained that, but whatever it was it wasn't fit for me to read. This is going to BUG me.

2. I am right now making spicy pepper-cheese bread.

3. I always comment when I think the school is not doing something right--I hate the way they teach typing, for example, and have complained about it to Brett, and discussed with my middle-schooler how to circumvent the poor teaching method so he can be a riptide typist like his mom. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif However, today when my 5th grader said that Dad told him they were teaching viola incorrectly (Brett played the violin), I was rather annoyed and told Braden to just trust the teacher, she must have something she's trying to help them learn. I am really ashamed of myself for this double standard and intend to fix it beginning immediately.

thunderstorm_19

10-17-2002, 09:17 AM

1. I actually made it to class this morning.

2. It's sunny, but freakin' cold! (no, not all canadians like the cold winters!)

3. We (my class) got given an extension on our essays until Wednesday.

4. This coming week is Reading Week, so there are no classes and I'm going home. That means I'll have to MAIL my essay in if I don't finish it by Friday. She said that's ok as long as it's postmarked by Wednesday.

5. I hate it when profs put due dates in the middle of one of your weeks off when most people go home!

thunderstorm_19

10-17-2002, 09:19 AM

oh yes and one more:

6. I'm hungry. Therefore, I am having more homemade chicken casserole for lunch momentarily. Then I'm going up to campus to read.

Katiekat

10-17-2002, 09:57 AM

1. I did a shot of Ouzo last night -- even though I hate black licorice, which is exactly what Ouzo tastes like. Blecch!!

2. I am so very tired. Chris & I stayed up way too late, and when I actually did try to go to sleep, drunken Chris wouldn't stop singing (loudly) to me (but they were love songs, so that's sweet). Earlier in the night, while putting the moves on me, he smacked his head on the headboard. Even though it hurt him, i laughed my ass off. (He's fine.)

3. What I want, right now, is to be at home, wrapped in my down comforter, sleeping.

lobster-girl

10-17-2002, 10:18 AM

i too read every post. i swear!

1. last night i had a momemtary freak out thinking this morning was friday and i hadn't readied all my lmao's & exchanges to go out! but thankfully i realized that it would be thrusday. TOMORROW is friday (yipes!)

2. i just finished medox's voodoo bot and am now stitching away (in between typing & reading) sistasmell's bot pillows!

3. i once won a goldfish at a school fair. we named it lucky and it lived for 7 years. even though it flipped out of the bowl twice. a cat got to it once. it fell down the still spinning albeit slowly, garbage disposal and an earthquake knocked it's bowl over...we had a bnch of other fish but lucky ate tehm. our last two remaining fish were put into their own bowl. they were named fric & frac.

i like peanut butter and JELLY, not pickles... http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

kittie_naughty

10-17-2002, 10:25 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (evelynhoney @ Oct. 17 2002,12:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">vanilla guy. well people say vanilla sex in the BDSM world (which I am not a part of but know some people who are). Vanilla sex is plain missionary, normal. I am not truly kinky but would not like it if a guy i went out with was not kinky at all. aka a vanilla guy. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif[/b][/quote]
ah- ok, gotcha. it's exactly the same in German ("Vanille-Sex"). I didn't think it was that easy. heck, it was eight in the morning when i read it and i was wondering if you were referring to white guys. i wasn't awake! *embarrassed* http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

JustSu

10-17-2002, 11:10 AM

WitchDust - don't worry - i'm not. i seriously doubt i'll end up in h e l l, and if i do, it won't be because of sweet you! i was just pondering the silliness of fundamentalism in any flavor. (today i'm ill with the terrorists and if i get started on that, will soon degenerate into a foaming-mouth rant) struck me as totally stupid, the notion that christians shouldn't hang around with wiccans. i dunno for sure, but from what i do know, i doubt wiccans promote a similar reciprocal attitude. and when you get to heaven, i'll be there to fluff your wings. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. i'm supposed to be populating a database with deliverables.

2. i'm not.

3. in my art workspace at home, i have 83 pens, mostly gel.

GuineaBaby

10-17-2002, 12:00 PM

JustSu-You count your pens? I've got TONS of pens around my deskspace. Pens, markers, pencils, highlighters, gelpens... I've even got one of thost packs of 64 different kinds of gel pens at my feet. When I want a regular pen, I have trouble finding them. I need to buy more lol

1. I'm doing a couple exchanges for homemade postcards. I'm worried mine won't be good enough because I've never tried my hand at it until a couple days ago.

2. Whenever I sneeze, it's never a single sneeze. It's always in twos or threes (or more!)

3. I think the guinea pigs might be permenantly in Dawn's room. I love the space in my room and Dawn loves the company

Katiekat

10-17-2002, 12:06 PM

1. I wish someone would either tickle my back or play with my hair right now.

2. I get to eat Thai food for dinner tonight! Check out my favorite (& birthday dinner destination) restaurant, Thai Place (http://www.kcthaiplace.com). ooh yum.

3. I still really, really, really, want a nap.

4. The ex-boyfriend of mine that realized he was gay pierced his, ahem, t'aint without telling me, and i accidentally discovered it while going down on him. This pissed me off, and added to my lack-of-trust issue.

jaydestarr

10-17-2002, 12:51 PM

Wow... interesting posts, guys. It really does grow almost exponentially whenever I don't check it, um, hourly. :: hangs head ::

Veow, I'm concerned about you too, but I'll wait to read the thread you started before saying more. I'll comment over there, by the way.

1) I caught part of the 700 Club this morning (it was on whatever channel my boyfriend was watching last night) and remembered more reasons I dislike certain people in the Virginia Beach area.

2) On my agenda for the week: write a letter of commendation to the univ. pres. and the budget advisory committee, write letters to as many legislators as is possible, finish writing penpal letters and send them out, send out a crapload of postards.

3) I'm hungry and I have to pee.

4) I miss my boyfriend and I wish we could both just effing relax for once and be able to enjoy our Alone Time more. :: sigh ::

5) I'm still fuming about a lot of the idiots who came out to the budget meeting last night. I'll post about it in my LJ later.

6) This weekend I will officially start learning Perl. I'm borrowing a couple of books from my boyfriend and I plan on buying another one (the llama book (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0596001320/qid=1034884265/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-9429627-8684643?v=glance&n=507846)).

7) The jets from, well, one of the bases around here are doing flyovers. I think it's funny when people who are new to the area wince at the noise they make. I've grown up with it and rarely even notice it anymore.

8) I think I'm going to make pasta when I finish adding stuff to this list.

9) By the end of this semester, I plan on writing my own program and having it up on the internet for people to use.

Katiekat

10-17-2002, 01:25 PM

1. I want more of this thread! I am totally addicted and get really excited when a new post is added.

2. My brother once tickled me until i threw up. It freaked him out and I laughed.

3. He also used to "turn me off" with the TV remote. I was about 5, he was 11. He'd push the mute or power button while aiming the remote at me, then ignore me no matter what I did (the only time I could hit, bite, and climb on him w/o repercussions). The situation always ended with me in tears, begging for him to turn me back on. And when he wouldn't, my mom had to make him aim the remote at me & push the on button, then acknowledge my presence.

4. This is the most bored I've ever been while at work. I wish I had some lmao's here to work on.

littlest-bee

10-17-2002, 02:22 PM

I love reading everyone's crazy facts! I'm going away for a week tomorrow and I dread to think how many pages of facts there will be when I get back!

La la la...

1. I am currently listening to Ella Fitzgerald's "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"

2. Today I was talking about my favourite flag at work and we got into a massive debate because people couldn't understand why I like the Japanese flag rather than the good old Union Jack - they were only thinking patriotically not stylistically! I love the simple elegance of the Japanese flag...ramble...ramble...ramble....

3. I was working with glitter last night for an LMAO and I was sleepy so I rubbed my eyes and got them full of glitter - I wish I could say it was cute like being sprinkled with fairy dust but really it was just gritty and annoying!

GuineaBaby

10-17-2002, 02:29 PM

1. I forgot my rings and bracelets at home. Now my hands feel naked. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

2. My hair feels really soft right now. ^_^

3. I have to stay after class to have the teacher help me to understand something I have no concept of (some audo hertz recording something or other)

mejaka

10-17-2002, 02:40 PM

1. Kids at school used to mistake my younger brother for my boyfriend. We walked hand in hand, or he'd put his arm around me, and always opened doors and stuff.

2. Kids at school used to mistake my father for my boyfriend. We walked hand in hand or he would put his arm around me, and we laughed a lot and he would sometimes skip with me or other goofy stuff.

3. A few years ago, I had one of Brett's co-workers arrange with her daughter to lure Brett to the parking lot of Denny's ("Brett, Katie's got my car, she's had a fender-bender, she's terrified to drive because of the accident she was in last month, can you take me to get her?") on our anniversary. Katie then claimed to have left her VISA in Denny's by the phone, would Brett go get it--and of course I was waiting inside with his favorite order and all...The funny thing is, when his co-worker asked her daughter to help kidnap him for our 10th anniversary, she said, "They're MARRIED? No WAY! They can't have been married ten years--I thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend!" Her reasoning--we held hands and stuff.......

Bugitha

10-17-2002, 03:14 PM

veow, doonnn't go! I, too, am concerned about you. Any way I can help?

Peanut butter and pickles??? Um, no thanks. I like peanut butter and honey.

1. Speaking of honey, I used to collect the honey bears the stuff comes in. Isn't that just the cutest packaging?

2. I tried to post earlier from the computer lab at school when I was "working on my thesis" yeah. right. But it didn't work.

3. Since eggs, dill pickles, and diet pepsi are the ONLY things in my fridge, I'm thinking its gonna be an interesting night, dinner-wise.

BreezyK

10-17-2002, 03:27 PM

Oh my geez! I didn't begin to tackle this thread until today (at work, mind you), and I've spent 2/3 of my work day reading these posts! Aren't I just a good little workerbee? And I have to confess that I skipped pages 22-30 or so, because it was all just too much! I think I missed a lot of good sex talk, though. Okay, first I need to catch up on some responses. (I took notes- how pathetic is that?!)

Death_or_Aldona: The Jerk is #1 on my list of all time best comedies. Z'anne: Young Frankenstein is #2. "These movies... these are all I need. I don't need anything else. Oh, except for The Commitments. I need the Commitments. Just The Jerk, Young Frankenstein and The Commitments. That's all I need..."
Oh, also I *love* to sneeze! It's almost orgasmic! The anticipation, the buildup, the release! The sun makes me sneeze.

Katie_kat: Ahh! Burt's Bees and Lush! Burt's Bees lipstick is a miracle! First they come out with the best chapstick in the world, then they add it to a lipstick that's smoother than Mac. Lovely! And Lush!!!! Have you ever tried the Butterball bath bomb? Filled w/ little chunks of cocao butter and looks like a fatty sausage frying when it desolves. Leaves a greasy coat on your skin that absorbs right after you dry off & leaves you feeling and smelling amazing! Do I sound like an infomercial yet?

Oh, and veow: I was involved in your Movie Poster LMAO, so of course had to look through your page. Just wanted you to know I think you're beautiful. Hang in there. And don't get down about being down. If it's how you feel, it's okay. We've all been there at times. Take care.

Wow, well that's all I'll respond to for now. I'm not one of you crazies trying to write a novel in a month! So my 1st 3 facts:

1. My beau is 18 years my senior (chronologically only). We've been together for 7 years, living together for 5, and no, we're not engaged. (My choice-- just don't wanna right now). And yes, I was 'legal' the whole time!

2. I passionately enjoy following ant trails, hunting down the colonies and anhilating them. I didn't used to like to kill any little creature, but a month ago they invaded my kitchen en force, and now nothing satisfies me more than wiping them out whenever I can find them. (hehe, I guess you don't wanna get on my bad side. kidding).

3. Back to the finding porn: When I was middleschooler looking for XMas gifts in my parents' bedroom, I found my dad's 'secret' drawer. It contained a Penthouse magazine from **1976** (a year before I was born), and a hand-knit little number that I can only describe as a 'penis sock,' or maybe 'mitten.' What the *&*^?

mejaka

10-17-2002, 04:22 PM

1. I read once that the reason sunlight makes most people sneeze is a biological protection. When you sneeze, you close your eyes; sneezing gives you a chance to adjust to bright light; sneezing is therefore a protection for your vision.
I don't know if this is true.

2. My family has a hide-and-seek journal. It's a black tape-bound notebook (no spirals) that has a red label that says "TOP SECRET FAMILY LOGBOOK." Inside it says "Find it--read it--write in it--hide it." We've been doing this for a couple of years and it's such a kick... :^ ) Currently nobody but my husband knows where it is, but the boys have been actively searching because they each have something they want to write in it.

3. I caught a scorpion for my high school bug collection. I didn't even know there were scorpions in Idaho. My friend Joanie found it, but was too scared to touch it. I told her that if I caught it it was mine, and she said, "Go ahead!" So...I did. I got a very good grade...

cieart

10-17-2002, 04:33 PM

1. I've posted everyday except yesturday...and i've read every post.

2. I check nervousness at work every day...i use the internet 3/4 of the day at work as well....trying to cut down but i'm too addicted to this thread

3. I'm bored out of my wits

BreezyK

10-17-2002, 04:34 PM

Ich! Scorpions!

1. My father sat on a nest of baby scorpians. He was sick for about two weeks, but never deathly ill.

On Fears:
2. I'm one of the few people here that never developed a fear of malicious beings hiding under my bed. I do always peek underneath and inside my car when entering at night, though.

3. I have a physical fear of heights. When I first see how high I am, I get this sudden 'whoosh' feeling like my body is trying to fall toward the height, and it's very hard to keep balance. If there isn't something to hold onto, I have to crouch down, so I don't lose my balance and fall over.

BreezyK

10-17-2002, 04:48 PM

Already, I'm posting again because I, too, am that bored.
Fect not having to do with me: As of the previous post, there were 365 posts in this thread. If you read one post every day, it would take you a year to get through them.

1. I have what should be a very stimulating job (Art Director, Publishing Co.), but I am utterly bored by it. I'm also peeved right now because I just unwittingly screwed over an artist because no one bothered to communicateto me a very important change regarding our royalty payments.

2. I once glued goat hair to my face with a hot glue gun, and my best friend from high school delights in telling anyone she can about this story.

3. I love tomatoes, but I can't stand red sauce, never could. I was a pain in the butt as a kid I wouldn't eat at the pizza parties. I've grown out of all of my childhood food dislikes except for: red sauce, bell peppers, and sloppy joes.

thunderstorm_19

10-17-2002, 04:53 PM

1. I went to my friend Matt's room in res today, and gave him the trifle my mom made for him on the weekend.

2. I just had dinner, fries and stir fry veggies, with a soy-and-other-things sauce of my own invention.

3. I burnt the fries.

4. I'm drinking beer.

5. I'm not really hungry anymore, but I want garlic bread, then ice cream.

6. There isn't any ice cream.

thunderstorm_19

10-17-2002, 05:00 PM

1. I want to know exactly how many facts are posted in this chain.

2. I have alot of reading to do.

3. I hate the following foods: olives (EWWWWWW!!!), liver, raw plain run of the mill mushrooms (i like the fancy ones, like portobellos) - esp when served on their own, black licorice, kidney (they're ok in steak and kidney pie), ordinary cheap crappy white bread, campari liquor, cottage cheese.......

lobster-girl

10-17-2002, 05:02 PM

see, i LIKE red sauce! just not raw tomoatos. i used to hate cooked carrots but loved raw carrots so much that all i ate were raw carrots in high school and one day i woke up and i was orange!

1. went to the market on my lunch hour with the intended budget of $30 but somehow spent $70...i need to mail stuff out and put gas in my car and then i will be officially broke until next payday which is on halloween. (bugitha, if you lived near me, you cold come over for dinner!)

2. i'm currently trying to convince myself that i can indeed get a job at a party planning place. i just need some advice on how to make my resume look swank. any ideas?

3. i really want to paint my bedroom this weekend. i still havn't decided on a color but it will be either some kind of limey green or an aqua-y turquoise blue, any input? (i have a lot of that indian pink floating about)

thunderstorm_19

10-17-2002, 05:06 PM

1... i loooove: red licorice, guiness, ribs, stir fry, shrimp (!!!!!), mussels(!!), and just about any seafood, trifle, coffee, chocolate (esp dark), turkish delight, cashews, banana bread...

2. I am mildly allergic to melons. Also raw peaches, raw carrots, and some other things.

3. I want turkey pie, and strawberry and rhubarb pie. Soon.

Melbernai

10-17-2002, 06:10 PM

1) When I was in about 4th grade, I was on a Girl Scouts camping trip and we had a pet frog. We thought it died so we burried it and held a funeral, and then one of the girls said that she thought she saw it breathing as we put dirt over it, so we dug it up and tried to clean all the dirt out of it's mouth and eyeballs, but it was definately dead.

2) I make notes while I read this thread so that I don't forgot any of the ideas I want to post with.

3) The Jamie Kennedy show cracks me up.

~Meli

Bugitha

10-17-2002, 06:11 PM

Lobster-girl, thanks for the dinner invite! I did go to the store and get milk so at least I can properly scramble an egg. Don't like 'em fried or boiled. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

I love love love black olives! But can live w/o green ones. I never outgrew my childhood aversion to sloppy joes either--yuck. Kiwi fruit make the inside of my mouth itch. Black licorice is OK but I'm a huge fan of Red Vines ( but not twizlers) and this yummy australian red licorice from Trader Joes. Hmm. . .kinda hungry, I better go scramble that egg!

My father once gave my mom a brooch made from a real scorpion dipped in silver. My mother was horrified. My father's feelings were hurt--he really thought she'd love it.

Okay, three more things:

1. I bought a T.V. cart with wheels thinking I could wheel the set from one room to another. My apt. is very small--just two small rooms. I never wheeled it anywhere. It seems like too much trouble.

2. My landlord asked me today if I minded him "renting" out the one extra parking space in front of our building where our guests park. There is never extra parking on the street, so I was like, yeah, I do mind.

3. One of my pet peeves is people who speed through parking lots.

These are really boring new things about me. Could the well be running dry? http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

jaydestarr

10-17-2002, 06:56 PM

You guys crack me up. Really. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1) on porn: My older sisters told me to go into a certain drawer in my parents room. It was the "special drawer." I don't think there is any better form of birth control than seeing that kind of stuff in your parents' room. Well, until the nightmares stopped...

2) That pasta I was going to make before never happened. I was too lazy. Instead, I had a peanut butter sandwich. I'm out of jelly.

3) According to the Myers-Briggs Personality Test (http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp), I am split between being an INFP and an INFJ. It's strange, before I started college I was a rather strong ENFP, but I suppose the things I've learned and experienced here at college have changed me. I'll always be a proud NF, though. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

4) The other day I realized just how insane I am for participating in NaNoWriMo. (or is it the NaNoWriMo?)

5) I should be studying for my Gender Comm test tomorrow, but I don't want to.

6) I think I had my meat allowance for the week at dinner tonight. I had a REALLY big burger. I'm slowly becoming a semi-vegetarian.

Yeah, it's more than three, but it's divisible by three. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

JustSu

10-17-2002, 07:02 PM

anybody know what the record is for number of posts to a single thread?

man, i gotta have my random facts fix, y'know?

i don't normally count my pens, guineababy - just happen to have done so recently. and that wasn't the pens in sets. that was the pens in the dollar store vases i use for tools holders (got one for brushes, three for pens, one for sharp stuff, etc.).

1. i have a very long scar on my right foot - from the right side top around almost to halfway across the bottom. stepped on a broken bottle in a creek when i was 10 and felt this flappy thing on my foot. reached down and pulled it off before i realized it was a hunk of flesh. my dad wrapped my foot in a towel, put me in the car, drove me home and put me in the tub with cold water running on my foot. i nearly bled to death before my mother got home and tore to the doc's with me where i had 23 stitches. i lost flesh in a strip 2 inches wide and an inch deep, severed the tendon to my little toe. the doctor wouldn't let me see the wound, though i wanted to badly, since at that time i was planning to become a doctor myself. my dad was too cheap to buy crutches, so i hopped on one foot for six weeks, and yes, school was still in session.

2. i was a crack shot when i was younger (haven't fired off a round in a decade - don't know if i could hit the proverbial broadside of a barn now) and could make bullets before i could cook.

3. i had a screwed-up childhood. which should be obvious. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

queenfisher

10-17-2002, 07:33 PM

having 38 pages of posts should easily make this the longest thread - EVER ;-)

i didn't take notes like some of you did, so by the time i click reply and want to also leave a comment or two i can't think of them one by one.

1 - i broke the ox figure on my signature stamp just now - hopefully the UHU glue i put would be enough to fix it *sniff*

2 - on sandwiches - my current favourite is wholemeal bread with chunky peanut butter and cheese spread with alfalfa - moo!

3 - on snakes - reptile that freaks me out the most. the fact that i am always the one who finds or discovers snakes in the rubber or oil palm plantation houses that we've stayed at freaks me out even more. it's a love-hate situation i guess - i hate them, they love me? uhhh gives me goosebumps just typing that. when we used to go into the jungle to do wildlife studies there was no problem at all to find out what kind of snakes there are in a certain area - hey, just make shafina walk in front. i once made my friends catch a cobra though because how the heck was i to know it was a cobra? i ran after i spotted it for my friends to go and get it. and the worst snake story of all - i was in my bathroom, sitting on the toilet in this house (http://www.queenfisher.net/daily/image/2002/01/08/) we were staying in at the time; when i turned to the right i came face to face with a cobra standing in between me and the wall, with its hood already open. space to the wall was just about 1 foot. luckily i didn't close the nearby door and could get out of there in just one jump and close the door behind me. the of course i screamed for my mommy but she couldn't find the snake anywhere. i refused to use the bathroom for months after.

okay okay, gotta get ready to go out.

;-)

/shafina

GuineaBaby

10-17-2002, 07:52 PM

1. I got scared when I noticed this said 19 pages. I thought someone had started another one and I would have to read through it all. What happened to the pages???

2. I got a free webcam in the mail. Whoo hoo! ^_^ Ca is exempt from some sort of thing so I've gotten a free CD player, a george forman grill, a cheap pda (the only thing that sucked), and a little chopper thing.

3. friends is on soon! aaaggghhh! I can't wait! ^_^ And ooooh! good morning miami, too! I love that show! and i saw joey (matt le blanc) on leno last night. come to think of it...last night was the first time i liked all three guests hehe

JustSu

10-17-2002, 08:02 PM

guineababy, stephen just set the pages to show more posts per page - everything is still here, just on fewer pages. scared me, too, so i looked.

shafina, a cobra in the toidy of that house? ? ? good grief! if it had been me, i would likely have left a trail behind me getting the h e l l out of there! (note to self: mention as low priority but an eventual fix to stephen - the crazy filter thing)

1. i have two cats, one dumb and beautiful, the other smart and soft. they're mother and daughter, in that order.

2. i'm eating popcorn with cinnamon and equal (aspartame sweetner).

3. there is very little i'm not curious about. given money and help around the house, i would go to college and get a degree in every field there is, except economics and higher math (algebra makes me literally dizzy).

Wombat

10-17-2002, 08:31 PM

Gee, I go away for one day and this thread gains several more pages!!!

EvelynHoney - No I didn't see the Harry Potter LMAO but will check it out. However, I did go to the century project website - it's amazing! Some of the stories are beautiful; I felt quite emotional after reading them.

1. My all time favourite topping for bread (especially crusty bread) is still Vegemite; you just can't beat it. When I was working as a camp counsellor in Washington State several years ago, I set up an cultural exchange with some of my fellow counsellors - I made them Vegemite sandwhiches and they made me a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich - none of us particularly enjoyed the experience!

2. I'm participating in the GayGames in Sydney in two weeks time - I'm scared and excited at the same time. I've entered in ballroom dancing.

3. After the Games I'm having a short holiday in Broken Hill which is a city in outback New South Wales that has earned quite a reputation for being an art centre, particularly indigenous art.

eenie

10-17-2002, 08:34 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">katiekat:
Earlier in the night, while putting the moves on me, he smacked his head on the headboard. Even though it hurt him, i laughed my ass off. (He's fine.)[/b][/quote]

::grin:: i just laughed my ass off, because i did the same thing tonight.. only i don't have the excuse of being drunk.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif let's just say that i'm not the most coordinated human being.

1. i know how to fence. i'm not very good at it, but i took a semester of fencing my freshman year. i was the only girl in the class, so i lost every match and got hit on a lot. i also learned that females have to wear plastic breast protectors (which fit WAY lower than my breasts).

2. i don't judge people on how many sex partners they have.. what's right for me isn't right for everyone. the only time i ever frown is when it's a 13 year old girl who's slept with double digits.. i think kids grow up way too fast.

3. i have a friend who thinks i'm going to ####, because although i am a Christian, i'm not a pentecostal Christian like she is. attitudes like that and like what su mentioned make me want to scream.

mejaka

10-17-2002, 09:02 PM

1. If I had EVER lived where I could come face to face with a cobra while sitting on the john, I would be afraid of snakes today. (The only poisonous snake in Idaho is the rattler, who kindly lets you know when he's around).

2. I have never taken a class I hated, outside of math, and most classes I've loved. I'd love to be a professional student. I'd love to just work my way through the catalog and earn degrees one by one.

3. I just finished watching a video of the Christmas program my family and I did at the upscale home of a friend of my mom's in 1991. I was pregnant, so I didn't get to sing much and they decided I should emcee (Dad's job) so I wouldn't feel left out. I felt stupid instead. Tonight, watching my sister's three children harmonizing together at 11, 9, and 7, I felt sort of double-cheated. First, I was the least musically talented of a musically talented family, and only got to participate in shows like that because John and Leslie were around and upon seeing them home for Christmas, everyone thought immediately, "Oh, let's have the Mauldins over to sing!" And second...only one of my three boys is musically inclined, and my husband has a hard time spending money on the kinds of lessons he got free as a kid, so that one became a 13-year-old drummer before I could figure out a way to respond to his wish to be a boy soprano. This year my sister's kids are all living nearby and she has a quartet to go caroling with; her 15-year-old has suddenly discovered the piano and is already playing the Rachmaninoff piece generally recognized to be the most difficult ever written. My other sister and my brother both play piano and guitar. I don't play anything, which means I can't just sit my kids down and say, "Let's learn these songs..." I will probably never go caroling with them either. Sigh. My chance to not be the hanger-on and shirttail to my talented sibs, and somebody blew it by sending me kids who sing with great enthusiasm, but tonelessly and almost tunelessly...

Bugitha

10-17-2002, 09:58 PM

If I even just saw a cobra a foot away form me I would likely have died of fright.

eenie, I've been told I'm goin to H*** too. Or at least its been implied. One day I was talking about religion to a girl in my Anthropology of Religion class about our religious beliefs. She looked very startled when I said I hadn't quite made up my mind yet. The next day she brought me one of the books from the Left Behind series. I've heard these are good stories but I didn't appreciate the way in which it was given to me. Another time in a religion class (my minor is in religious studies), I had a girl tell me that I was going to H*** because some pages had been torn out of my copy of the Bible. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif Whatever.

1. Speaking of which, Im writing a paper this weekend comparing the concepts of the Brahman-Atmen and God for a world religion philosophy class. Not looking forward to it really.
Philosophy ain't my bag.

2. I would love to stay a student forever, too. But I *finally*graduate in December and need to start paying off my massive student loans.

3. I have only put 3500 miles on my car in the last year.

eenie

10-17-2002, 10:11 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Bugitha @ Oct. 17 2002,21:58)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">eenie, I've been told I'm goin to H*** too. Or at least its been implied. One day I was talking about religion to a girl in my Anthropology of Religion class about our religious beliefs. She looked very startled when I said I hadn't quite made up my mind yet. The next day she brought me one of the books from the Left Behind series. I've heard these are good stories but I didn't appreciate the way in which it was given to me. Another time in a religion class (my minor is in religious studies), I had a girl tell me that I was going to H*** because some pages had been torn out of my copy of the Bible. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif Whatever.[/b][/quote]
that's horrible. i detest people like that. i really, truly do. yes, i'm Christian, but i would never, ever tell anyone they were going to h e l l. the Bible clearly states that Jesus is the final judge of the quick and the dead, not his followers.:-p i just get so annoyed with the hypocrisy that follows Christianity, and in some ways, it makes me almost embarrased to associate myself with those sort of people.

1. vijaycee was my first friend on nervousness, and for that she'll always hold a special place in my heart. plus, she rocks my world.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

2. my house was built in 1840

3. i've been to four european countries--germany, austria, liechtenstein, and switzerland. i'd love to go back.

Penster

10-17-2002, 10:28 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">a hand-knit little number that I can only describe as a 'penis sock,' or maybe 'mitten.' What the *&*^? [/b][/quote]

The name they are known by in eastern Canada is "Peter Heater". I think every male member in my family eventually became the proud owner of one....not that they could use it or anything....

I could not believe so many posts had been made in a 14 hour period, but I read them all http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

1. I am addicted to caffeine - coffee before noon, Diet Coke afternoon, and chocolate any time of the day, but especially before bed (it has been said to be an aphrodesiac http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif ).

2. I have a 20 year old son. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3. I figure I own between 200-300 Kinder Toys. I'm also addicted to them......the toys and the chocolate. I've been collecting them for roughly 8 years.....hard little buggers to dust too.

I don't think I can get much more random than that.....

http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

eenie

10-17-2002, 10:55 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Penster @ Oct. 17 2002,22:28)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. I figure I own between 200-300 Kinder Toys. I'm also addicted to them......the toys and the chocolate. I've been collecting them for roughly 8 years.....hard little buggers to dust too.[/b][/quote]
wow! that's a lot. i really wish we could buy them in the states. : ) i brought the toys you sent me into my ceramics professor and he went nuts over how cool they were.

i really don't want to type 3 more things, but i wanted to comment.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

1. i wear thongs/g-strings more than any other kind of underwear. i really don't own any plain cotton undies.

2. i wear very little jewelry. i have an emerald ring i always wear, my two earrings and a bellybutton ring. occasionally, i'll wear the diamond necklace shane gave me, but that's it.

3. i don't spend much time on my appearance (though i do dress nicely). i never wear makeup, the most i do to my hair on a daily basis is blowdry and brush, though i sometimes do hot rollers before church.

jaydestarr

10-17-2002, 11:03 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">[/b][/quote]
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">One day I was talking about religion to a girl in my Anthropology of Religion class about our religious beliefs. She looked very startled when I said I hadn't quite made up my mind yet. The next day she brought me one of the books from the Left Behind series. [/b][/quote]

Please tell me she knows they're religious fiction, right? I know certain members of my ultra-religious sister's church take them as prophecy. :: sigh :: Also, people on this campus are really mad at a few prof's because the prof's teach about religions other than Christianity. Those people are the reason I have never (and will never) take Comparitive Religion or Mythology.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1. i wear thongs/g-strings more than any other kind of underwear. i really don't own any plain cotton undies.[/b][/quote]

Yup. I'm guilty there, too. They're just so much more comfortable!

1) I, too, am going to h e l l because I use birth control, I have sex, I was Catholic (but now am not affiliated with any religion in particular), I don't find anything wrong with any sexuality, and because I dislike Pat Robertson. It's not as bad as my Gender Comm prof, though. She might not be saved because :: gasp :: she kept her maiden name after she got married! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

2) I kind of studied for that Gender Comm test that I mentioned before. I think I'll do fine, even though I'm being a complete slacker. I mean, it's all rote memorization of facts for the multiple choice and t/f sections, and I can give opinions and such in the essay sections.

3) I think I may have an idea or two for my NaNoWriMo story. I just know, however, that I'll have to put a few disclaimers on my work. I really don't feel like dealing with idiots asking me stupid questions, you know? "Oh, what's wrong with you?" "Nothing. It's a story. It's fiction. Deal with it." :: sigh ::

Yes, someone is cranky. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

JustSu

10-17-2002, 11:04 PM

eenie, bugitha, it's nuts, really, isn't it what christians will think about others? (i'm a christian, too, as eenie knows) makes me ill sometimes. i mean, i can understand a christian saying that *someone* (not an individual, just in general) is going to h e l l if they hate god, but judging a specific person's heart is beyond mortals. we can't even rightly judge our flippin' own hearts for heaven's sake!

penster, what are kinder toys?

1. i have a crockery inkwell with a hand-trimmed goose quill dip pen in it.

2. i'm a sucker for fountain and dip pens.

3. i always wanted to live underground. used to fantasize about it when i was a kid. had floorplans drawn and everything.

GuineaBaby

10-17-2002, 11:50 PM

1. I've never worn a thong/g-string, nor have I ever tried. I don't know if I'd want to...

2. i have a glass pen to dip in ink...very cool. the only reason my aunt gave it to me for christmas (leslie and dawn got one too) was because the tip was broken and it kind of scratches the paper, so I'm sure she got them on discount. I love them none the less!

3. I can't carry a tune in a bucket and my computer teacher has me singing for the next project! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif luckily only she (along with my sis and parents) will be the only ones hearing it!

Helquin

10-18-2002, 12:28 AM

Yikes, ya miss a day of this thread & it takes forever to catch up again! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

BreezyK: I also take notes while reading this thread and I love the feeling of a good sneeze. Bright sunlight makes me sneeze, too. Good thing I'm a night owl by nature. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Penster: I thought I'd seen it all, but I've never come across one of these "peter heaters" before! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Ummm... is it used for health, comfort, or pleasure? Talk about a hoot & a half!

Jadestar: I'm also doubting my sanity now that I've signed up for NaNoWriMo. When in the heck do I have time to write a novel?! And in November -- when holidays start to become a major distraction. Oy!

1. Regarding the Myers-Briggs personality types, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool INTJ.

2. Since I joined Nervousness, my art supplies are in a royal mess. Normally I'm a fairly organized person... but every time I start to organize this mess I remember another project I need to complete. Two hours later I've multiplied the chaos. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

3. I'm leaving for Florida on Sunday, but I'm neither prepared for nor enthusiastic about the trip. Normally I'd appreciate the warmer weather & sunshine (it's been damned cold & dreary here lately) but this isn't a "vacation." I gotta clean out my old house down there & get it ready for sale. A lot to accomplish in only a few days... and no computer! Needless to say, I'm freakin' out about missing my online fix.

victoria

10-18-2002, 12:56 AM

Wow - I can't believe all that has gone on, I have a lot of catching up... eenie, thank you! I'm so lucky to have eenie as a friend, thank nervousness!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The name they are known by in eastern Canada is "Peter Heater". I think every male member...[/b][/quote]

I cannot stop laughing. Having seen the Red Hot Chili Peppers perform in nothing but strategic socks, we really could have used that word.

Okay, three more...

1) I love to snorkel, but the thought of scuba-diving scares me.
2) I once won a pet snake - ball python - in a dart game.
3) One of my unfulfilled goals is to learn to drive a motorcycle.

GuineaBaby

10-18-2002, 01:13 AM

1. victoria, no matter what, I can't figure out your icon for the life of me! I try, but to no advail. I come up with a different answer each time. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif What is it?

2. I just hit my funny bone

3. 150 more ATCs to go and I'm through!

evelynhoney

10-18-2002, 06:15 AM

1. I am relying on the fact that my novel for NaNoWriMo can and probably will be for the most part crap. I love writing short stories and poems but haven't written anything longer than 10 pages with is about 2,000 words. I am going to survive by having huevos. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

2. My brother and I went last night to hear Ernest Gaines speak and he almost fell asleep during the lecture. And we were VERY close up front. :\

3. I adore philosophy and like others wish I could have stayed in school forever. I am still trying to find the opportunity to jump back in. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

queenfisher

10-18-2002, 06:24 AM

when i clicked 'reply' to type my previous post, there were 38 pages for this thread, but after clicking 'add reply', there were 19!!! man, what a shock that was - first thing i thought was '#### snake curse'. but i was in such a hurry to go out i didn't have time to think too much about it.

Penster - wow!

JustSu - well we've had snakes come in just about every plantation house we've stayed in. you just kinda hope it's not a cobra every time.

1 - the most beautiful snake i've ever seen in the wild was a viper - gorgeous. yes they freak me out but that doesn't mean i don't know how to appreciate them ;-)

2 - oh please please please no snake nightmares tonight, thanks.

3 - i am browsing the creatures in my head (http://www.creaturesinmyhead.com/) in another browser window.

;-)

/shafina

jaydestarr

10-18-2002, 06:44 AM

1) I haven't had a night of good sleep (not to mention more than 3 hours of sleep) since last weekend.

2) I am taking a nap when I get home from class. I think.

3) If I say something that makes absolutely no sense, see #1.

Katiekat

10-18-2002, 07:19 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. i've been to four european countries--germany, austria, liechtenstein, and switzerland. i'd love to go back.
[/b][/quote]

Eenie, I'm with you! Let's plan a trip and go wander around Europe for awhile. (But you know we'd have to bring our guys, since we're so PDA-addicted. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif )

1. I cannot stand the feeling of chalk dust, dirt, etc, on my hands.

2. Foods I hate: olives, pork chops, green peppers, ham & beans, beets. A food I thought I hated, but now I know I LOVE: Sweet potatoes. Yum.

3. My best friend and my sister-in-law have very similar handwriting, and I love the way it looks. I'm a mite jealous and wish I wrote like that too.

sistasmell

10-18-2002, 07:35 AM

I am so excited this thread is still going strong. It is my absolute favorite thing to do in the morning.
queenfisher- I cannot imagine coming face to face with a cobra. I came face to face with a deer once in the pitch dark. That about scared me to death- and deer are cute!

1. When I was little, I was such a tomboy that the neighbors I'd lived two houses down from for 12 years thought I was a boy. They gave my brother two packs of gum one day and told him to give one to his brother. Yikes! And I spend half of every summer running around in a swimsuit.

2. Once in awhile, someone still askes me if I'm a man or a woman, when it is extremely plain that I am a buxom, foxy girl with a shaved head. I cracked myself up recently when a guy at the video store called me Sir and I retorted "That's Ma'am!" Ma'am? Where the heck did that come from?

3. I haven't been without sex for more than a month for 16 years.

eenie

10-18-2002, 07:40 AM

guineababy--</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">. i have a glass pen to dip in ink...very cool. the only reason my aunt gave it to me for christmas (leslie and dawn got one too) was because the tip was broken and it kind of scratches the paper, so I'm sure she got them on discount. I love them none the less![/b][/quote]
i have one of those too, only mine isn't broken.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif i know they're very expensive.. the only reason i have one is because my friend worked for waterford crystal, so she got a discount. so i can pretend i'm all swanky because of the few waterford crystal things she's given me.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

vikki--</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Wow - I can't believe all that has gone on, I have a lot of catching up... eenie, thank you! I'm so lucky to have eenie as a friend, thank nervousness![/b][/quote]
i need to get out to new york so i can give you a hug. even if you're not a hugging person (which maybe you are, i don't know http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif).

katie--</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Eenie, I'm with you! Let's plan a trip and go wander around Europe for awhile. (But you know we'd have to bring our guys, since we're so PDA-addicted. )[/b][/quote]
oh, definitely! you know we would have the best time together.. especially with our boys. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

sistasmell-</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I came face to face with a deer once in the pitch dark. That about scared me to death- and deer are cute![/b][/quote]
that's funny! deer are so gentle.. a few months ago, my dad had a deer come up to him in our backyard and lick his hand.

1. i hate some of the foods that katie hates.. olives, beets, beans, but also corned beef and cabbage (i'm such a bad irish girl), and mushrooms. i CANNOT eat fungi.

2. i think david sedaris is one of the funniest people alive. if you haven't read a book of his, you should. i wanted to see him speak in chicago last weekend, but it sold out so quickly.

3. i feel like i'm old for 20. i was talking to a friend from high school last night and she asked what my future plans were. i said, finish college, teach, get married, have children (all those white picket fence dreams). i asked her about her plans.. i figured they were like mine, because she was always a really straight arrow in high school, really religious, etc. and she said, move to columbia, travel the world, but probably not get married.

subatomiczoo

10-18-2002, 08:32 AM

evelynhoney: you said you adore

philosophy

do you adore adorno?

i know i do

z00

"there is no x that doesn't have some y in it"

mejaka

10-18-2002, 08:59 AM

Uh-oh, sub...that was only one fact. So you still owe two. :^ )

1. I own two glass pens. The blue one has a glass tip, the red one is fitted with a metal tip. They came beautifully packaged in little paper-covered boxes, one with a pen rest included, for about $15 each. I also own about twenty metal nibs that fit into several plastic handles, and around ten bottles of ink in different colors. And a few fountain pens, most cheap, one moderately priced (a gift from my husband, among my favorite gifts because he spent a good deal of money on something he didn't really understand the worth of, simply because he knew I would).

2. I will be getting all of the above out later so that I can finish some favorite-quote ATCs.

3. When I was a kid (early gradeschool) I drew maps and dream-house plans all the time. The most elaborate included an entire underground estate--horse-training area and stables, swimming pool, living quarters, long passageways carpeted in plushy carpet on all surfaces. I was too young to know there were serious problems with keeping a stable of horses underground, and it never occurred to me that I would die in the absence of light. I also wrote a series of stories about the same time, about a woman who lived next door to the main character, in a house entirely painted black, inside and outside, and furnished in black, and accessorized in black, so black that even in daylight you found yourself straining to see where you were going....

victoria

10-18-2002, 09:23 AM

GuineaBaby - my little icon is Pokemon pasta, made in a digital art workshop for young kids. The scan came from a fan-site and we played with the colours. Is that anything close to what it looks like?

Eenie - there is a huge hug waiting for you in New York! Or I'll meet you in Chicago the next time David Sedaris comes around. If we can't get into the show, we could try stalking, maybe he'd put us in a book http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1) I did my first year of grad school on-line.
2) I love the TV show Crossing Over, and wish he'd do more celebrity readings.
3) I've always hated chocolate covered cherries, but the only ice cream I really love is Cherry Garcia.

eenie

10-18-2002, 09:31 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (victoria @ Oct. 18 2002,09:23)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Eenie - there is a huge hug waiting for you in New York! Or I'll meet you in Chicago the next time David Sedaris comes around. If we can't get into the show, we could try stalking, maybe he'd put us in a book http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif[/b][/quote]
::lol:: i would love to see our chapter.. i hope he would describe us as richly as he described his Ya-ya.

i keep forgetting to comment on the peter heaters. i was laughing my ass off. frederick's of hollywood has elephant codpieces that make me laugh to no end every time i see them.

1. i don't like medication and try to avoid it at all costs. i do take birth control, though i hate submitting my body to hormones, but is a necessary evil.

2. i think that day old, reheated cheese pizza is an awesome breakfast food.

3. i am desperately wishing that i had taken photography instead of ceramics. the photography class meets inside the ceramics studio and i always want to throw my clay down and run into their room.

Bugitha

10-18-2002, 09:55 AM

Mornin' everyone.

eenie, justsu, et. al--I find that the vast majority of Christians I know are not as. . .um, judgemental as these few exceptional folks whom I have come in contact with in the context of religion classes. It really has not colored my perception of Christianity at all. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

jadestar--I hope that girl knows the Left Behind book is just fiction, but who knows. I avoided talking to her after that. Despite these experiences, I LOVE comparative religion and mythology. I would definitely pursue a degree in that were it practical for me to be a professional student. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

I WANNA GLASS PEN!!! Those look so cool. One of these days. . .I LOVE fantastic writing instruments. I'm a huge fan of fountain and dip pens, too.

I also love David Sedaris. Get the books, but get them on tape. It's a million times more entertaining when you hear him read his stuff. The first time I heard Holidays on Ice I collapsed in laughter. Literally. I was on the floor. And it was during work. Yeah, that took some explaining.

1. I currently have 41 books checked out from the library.

2. I will be mailing out two nervousness projects today.

3. I have four teenage nephews to shop for this Christmas and I have no idea what to get them. (Girls are so much easier to shop for).

BreezyK

10-18-2002, 10:11 AM

Penster, thanks so much for demistifying my dad's... err... Peter Heater. Though it's still somewhat traumatic for me to remember! (BTW, I had to check about a year ago, and after practically 15 years, he still has that Penthouse from '76!).... I wonder what it is about that one.

1. Thongs: Used to despise the idea, but I had such a problem with undies going up my bum, that I decided to give into the monster and buy thongs. Knowing that the undies are supposed to be up my bum is much more comforting! The key is to buy the thong w/ the least amount of material.

2. I'm in the minority who is happy to be out of school. After college I was just burned out. Was a Fine Art Major in a tiny school that only saw one way of doing things as correct (crappy for any subject manner, but even worse for art) . After that I just wanted to do my own thing. I still take classes, but in theatre & improv, and that more play than school!

3. I love fruit, and I'm passionate about chocolate. But I can't stand to have my fruit and chocolate mixed.

lobster-girl

10-18-2002, 01:04 PM

katiekat, i too, LOVE sweet potatos! only, i don't like em baked or mashed and i love them as french fries or steamed with some parmesan and black pepper...they also taste fab fried up with black beens, green onion and pasta!

1. i own 2 sets of Day of the Week undies. today i AM wearing my friday's. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

2. i am walking with a friend of mine in the los angeles aidswalk this sunday

3. i was up until 12:30 last night wrapping up nervous projects. (i usually fall asleep by 1o. i am big on slumber)

GuineaBaby

10-18-2002, 01:46 PM

victoria-pokemon never crossed my mind. I came up with strawberries, a weird sea creature, etc, but not that lol.

1. I wasn't big on tv until this season. Now I watch: Crossing Jordan, Friends, Good Morning Miami, Will and Grace, Ed, Monarch of the Glen...see? Now I'm a tv nut! Along with these, I watch forensic shows and what have you.

2. The night before last I saw a show on Jeffery Dahmner and a quick commercial for a disney game with the nightmare before christmas characters in it. What do you know, the nightmare characters are the ones that gave me a nightmare!

3. I am visiting my Uncle today with my mom to pick up shirts for Monika and while I'm there, I'm going to dig around for Grandpa Arthur's wallet because I don't want anyone in the family getting it (Grandma's in a home) because my family is very unappreciative (except for three branches out of seven, but it depends on what it is...ya know?)

jaydestarr

10-18-2002, 03:42 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">What do you know, the nightmare characters are the ones that gave me a nightmare![/b][/quote]

O_o That is one of my all-time favorite movies!!! It wasn't scary! Now the It's a Small World ride at Disney World, however, IS scary!!! :: shudders ::

1) For Halloween, my boyfriend and I went as Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas last year.

2) This year I am considering either going as Rogue (http://roguetoruin.mizkit.com/evo/wall/r20-640.jpg) from X-Men Evolution (large picture) or Death (http://www.stwing.org/~lgardner/images/deathcaf.jpg) from Neil Gaiman's graphic novels. Either way, it's really not THAT far off from how I'm normally dressed. It's all a matter of hair (and the swoosh in the case of Death).

3) I wish I knew more about the roots of Halloween, but I'm not sure how much I trust info online and there is little to no info in our university library. :: sigh ::

stephen

10-18-2002, 03:57 PM

1. When I was a child, I was so enchanted by the "It's a Small World" ride that I nearly exploded when my parents suggested we were going home and we hadn't been on it. We had to take a special last-minute trip to the park so I could go on it.

2. My parents later bought me as a Christmas present an "It's a Small World" music box as a present. By this time childhood amnesia had set in and I had forgotten my fascination with the ride. However, I had never seen a music box before and took it apart to figure out how it worked. My mom walked into my room and thought that I had broken the toy (she was secretly happy because she found the tune annoying). However, I demonstrated how to put it back together, and explained to my dad (who, bemused, listened to me patiently) how it worked. I was mortified to discover when I turned it on, however, that it didn't play nearly the right tune. I didn't know it at the time, but I had placed the spindle into it backwards. I was distraught and thought that I had broken it. My parents 'replaced' it by taking it away for a few days, flipping the spindle around, and gluing it shut so I wouldn't break it again.

3. The next time I wanted to open it, I had to use a hammer.

Melbernai

10-18-2002, 05:09 PM

Su: I have two kitties also who are mother and daughter, but they live with my parents. They are both black, and one is skinny and lanky and the other is really really really monstrously fat. The skinny one is a pain in the ass and likes to sit on the chair to irene's computer. She won't get off, even if you turn the chair upside down. She just holds on for dear life. I've tried sitting on her and that doesn't work either. But if you pick her up, she throws a hairy canary and screams like a mad-woman. She's the daughter.

Her Momma, Cocoa, (aka fat-cat) is a total mush, and happens to be very large. She steals Rosie's food and rolls around, showing off her belly, flirting with people and trying to get them to pet her. She lvoes to be held, and just today wandered into the kitchen (which is my dog's terretory, my dog flips out and tries to eat her) since she saw that I was eating a string-cheese and she wanted one. Eventually I ended up picking her up to make Pebbles (the dog) jealous, and she climbed up and layed on my boobs. Hahha, no hands. She just layed there for a while until she turned around, stuck her butt in my face, and I flipped out and made her get off of me.

eenie - if you ever wanna come to NY, you can stay with me! YIPPIE!

thoughts on h e l l - my mom always tells me that I'm going to #### since i've never been to confession. she begs me to go to church, but i think i'd set on fire the minute i walked inside. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

1) I talk a lot.

2) I have no idea what Kinder Toys are, but I'd like to find out.

3) Today is my Nan's Birthday. She'd have been 80 years old today, had she not passed away on this past August 11th. I miss her more then I could put into words.

4) I am walking a 3 mile walk for Crohn's Disease (http://ccfa.org) this weekend and Blydenburg State Park, which is very nice this time of year with all the leaves changing color. My Mom has had Crohn's Disease for about 13 years. She lost 85+ lbs within her first year of having the disease. Not many people know about it, but it can be very serious.

5) I like to set more then 3 random facts about me. Sorry if it bugs you.

~Meli

mejaka

10-18-2002, 05:27 PM

Stephen, I loved the bit about the music box. I have three sons, and stuff like that is what I love about being the mom of boys (and of course Miss Anna too but she's such a frippin girlie-girl so far--eep).

1. Today I had a very busy to-do list...and then I went to a meeting and it doubled. I was a bit disheartened.

2. When I got home from the meeting there was a message from my husband on the machine. The shop had called; his car was ready; did I want to meet him for lunch and then drop him off to pick it up? We had a nice lunch. :^ )

3. After lunch I went to the grocery store, and when I came out there was a rose on the seat of my car.

eenie

10-18-2002, 05:33 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Melbernai @ Oct. 18 2002,17:09)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">4) I am walking a 3 mile walk for Crohn's Disease (http://ccfa.org) this weekend and Blydenburg State Park, which is very nice this time of year with all the leaves changing color. My Mom has had Crohn's Disease for about 13 years. She lost 85+ lbs within her first year of having the disease. Not many people know about it, but it can be very serious.[/b][/quote]
my boyfriend's grandpa has crohn's disease. that's awesome that you're doing a walk for it.
ooh, and meli, if i'm ever in new york, you, me and vikki will have to hang out and do crafts.: )

1. one of my professors (who is also a state representative) has a court trial coming up, in which he could go to jail. sadly, my only thought was "huh. i wonder if that means we'd be exempt from the final?"

2. i am notorious for putting my foot in my mouth. for example, i'll often be saying "so-and-so is such a complete moron" at which point, said person will suddenly materialize in a doorway. it only ever happens with teachers or professors.

3. i've done several walks for breast cancer, and protest marches for rape awareness. sometimes i think i was born in the wrong decade.. i want so badly to have peace protests and sit-ins. although with bush in office, there will be a lot of war to protest.. but it just doesn't seem like most people my age care too much (aside from gas prices going up).

Bugitha

10-18-2002, 05:38 PM

I love The Nighmare before Christmas and have always wanted to go as Sally for Halloween-but I've only dressed up once in the last ten years so who knows if I'll ever do it.

1. I'm feeling blue today.

2. Foods I bought at the grocery store today that have been mentioned in previous posts to this thread: peanut butter, apples, marshmellow mateys, tomatoes, cheese, tea, and onions.

3. I am slowly weening myself off T.V. by not watching any new shows, just watching the ones I've watched for a while already, like The Practice, Friends, and Frasier. Looks like Friends and Frasier might not last much longer so I see my evenings freeing up. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif I'm inexplicably drawn to court shows during the day (Judge Judy, Peoples Court, etc.) but I imagine getting a day job after graduating will fix that.

moonmama

10-18-2002, 05:45 PM

this is a hoot!

1. i have tasted the cold innards of a sea slug
2. i am an arachnophobe
3. i live in my studio, my studio is a sanctuary and fonly a select few are invited in

Katiekat

10-18-2002, 06:26 PM

Hooray! Welcome Stephen! Glad you posted. I too, have a little "It's a Small World" music thingie. It's not a box, it's just a little wooden merry-go-round statue-type thing that you wind up with the key in the bottom, and it plays that song. I both love it ('cause I've had it forever) and loathe it (that song drives me nuts!!).

1. I think the number 4 is funny.
2. Once, when I was about 3, I bit my brother on his back...removing a large chuck of skin. It was an unprovoked attack, but I like to think that it was in retaliation for something (probably the whole remote thing).
3. I love accents. Especially Scottish (think Trainspotting), New Zealand-ish (is that a word?), and South African.

jaydestarr

10-18-2002, 10:38 PM

Wow... I was wondering if you'd join in this insanity, Stephen. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1) I have never bitten anyone in an unprovoked attack, nor out of anger.

2) I'm going to be a volunteer at the ACM (http://www.acm.org/) programming competition next month. I think it should be fun... a whole day hanging out with the geeks on campus. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3) I'm a geek in training.

GuineaBaby

10-18-2002, 11:03 PM

1. I'm doing my English essay on "The Yellow Wallpaper" and we have to find three critical essays to integrate into it. It's hard to find essays when all the sites make you pay for them!

2. I got bit by a yellowjacket once

3. i made brownies. ^_^

Helquin

10-19-2002, 03:40 AM

A belated welcome to Stephen! Your recent work on Nervousness totally rocks & I'm happy to see one of you behind-the-scenes folks come out on stage. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

1. I got up at 3am today to finish getting ready for my trip tomorrow. Normally I'm not a "morning person" ... but being up at 3am is almost like my regular night-owl schedule.

2. I love learning but I hate school/college/university. I'm rarely in a class where I feel the teacher/prof knows more than I do (!) and I get impatient with the slow pace of other students. The only exception: when I took drafting & technical drawing classes in the late 1980s. It was totally new to me, I didn't know bupkus, and I loved the subject.

3. I've been singing that *@#! "It's a Small World" song to myself since I read Stephen's post over 3 hours ago. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif It's like an evil musical virus!

queenfisher

10-19-2002, 03:57 AM

1 - i love to laugh. i get so easily amused and the littlest thing can crack me up. sometimes i laugh so hard my knees get all weak and i fall to the floor - and this can happen anywhere.

2 - i tend to smile for no reason too. sometimes i catch myself with a new smile for every breath, i just feel like smacking myself ;-)

3 - i was walking with my sister yesterday, and this little girl was walking towards us with her mom. as she passed us, she winked at me and gave out a fake sneeze. of course i had to laugh out loud - it was all too funny and cute, even though i didn't get what it was all about.

;-)

/shafina

evelynhoney

10-19-2002, 06:37 AM

1. I had never read Adorno yesterday. I was big on feminist philosopher type things, education, and religion. But what I did read was pretty awesome.

2. My mother in the past couple of weeks has become a fan of the sex pistols. Its kind of weird.

3. We were going to go to an early halloween party, but it is raining pretty heavy and i wasn't really sure where it was anyways. *sigh* We are my nephews: 2, 6, and 7 and I. I take care of the youngest and oldest. My mom watches them at night while I work. And it isn't because my sister is dead, she is around, just more interested in another boyfriend than the guys she already has. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

Melbernai

10-19-2002, 07:57 AM

1) I think lightening is very exciting.

2) I had a strange dream that I was having sex with Eminem last night.

3) I paid my rent yesterday. It was 18 days late.

~Meli

thunderstorm_19

10-19-2002, 08:06 AM

1. I LIKE last night's pizza that's been in the fridge all night for breakfast. cold.

2. I'll eat leftovers for breakfast any day over breakfast foods like eggs, bacon, etc.

3. I didn't get any mail at school this week. If there's any at home I don't know, but I'll find out today, I'm goin home this afternoon.

sistasmell

10-19-2002, 01:18 PM

1. The main reason I went on a first date with my now husband was because he had such a good accent (Irish).
2. Sadly after 9 years with him, I don't even notice the accent anymore.
3. I finally stopped biting my nails about 8 months ago. I had bitten them since age 5.

GuineaBaby

10-19-2002, 01:42 PM

1. I found my Celtic music CD that I slept to and I have going now. Very soothing. ^_^

2. I hate those sites where you're supposed to be looking at a picture for something and then this thing comes out and screams at you. If I see another one of those, I'm going to have a heart attack, no joke. And my nightmare frequency has gone through the roof since those came out.

3. I can't find any great craft idea sites and I'm getting very frustrated. I want something similar to getcrafty and it's just not happening. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

JustSu

10-19-2002, 02:16 PM

guineababy - try here (http://karenswhimsy.com/). i'm so loving altered books! maybe you wouldn't, but looking at this woman's incredible art (and best of all, she tells you how she did it and what screwed up and how she fixed it!) might inspire you in other ways.

have i told you lately that your keychain you sent me is gorgeous! if i send you the beaded collar in the same color but larger beads, could you take it apart and make me a lanyard/badge necklace from them, to match?

1. sitting in my computer chair, if you look around my monitor, you'll see:
an incense burner
a shrine to Mary
a shrine to the Mother of Perpetual Help
a shrine to the Sacred Heart
5 batik stamps
a lady of guadalupe rosary
a pippi longstocking keychain (decorative only)
a sailboat scented wax melter thingy
three canles
an izone camera
a loofa sponge
Frou-Frou and Fanny Frog
a stationery tin with three cats on it
various dover books
a coffe cup
a father christmas figure
two more candles
a bud vase that belonged to my gran
two origami swans
a picture of my grandbaby
a "salt blue" looking crockery inkwell with a white goose feather quill in it
various cds
diet coke cans (some empty)
a telephone
a candle lighter
a mary engelbreit tea tin
my paint rag
paper piles (various)
a large pink plastic bowl with the remnants of cinnamon popcorn in it
a blob of electric ocean blue thinking putty
a small tin of vicks vapo-rub

2. i won't bore you with what's on my worktable! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

3. my dratted hip hurts. warning to you younger types - avoid arthritis, k? it sux.

GuineaBaby

10-19-2002, 04:24 PM

justsu-I most likely can make it, just as long as you send me a drawing of what exactly you want and the measurement of the necklace. I'd be glad to try my hand at it! I'm definately checking out that site!

1. I just rearranged half my room. I was cleaning and it needed the sewing machine from out of the middle of my room.

2. at 6:15 I'm going baby sitting with Hilary so we can hang out. I'm bringing a camera so we can take pictures for the scrapbook I want to make her for christmas

3. I've gotten no email in the last hour. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

Wombat

10-19-2002, 04:34 PM

Jadestar - Halloween is a corruption of the pagan celebration known in Wiccan circles as Shamain (I know it's spelt wrong but my mind refuses to come up with the correct way). It is the day when the veil separating the living and the dead is at its thinnest.

I can't remember who asked about kinder toys but they are little plastic figures found in choclate eggs. Kinder is the name of the company which makes these eggs. In Australia we also have yowies, which are fictional chocolate 'animals' that have plastic Australian animals inside them.

1. It's early Sunday morning and I'm at work.

2. After work, I'm going to have home-baked muffins and freshly brewed coffee with my friend for brunch.

3. Then I'm having a restful afternoon at home!!

Dalmaney

10-19-2002, 04:52 PM

I tried to catch up on this, but I'm hopelessly far behind. Very entertaining what I did read, though.

1.I have visited holland, italy, and egypt, but never been east of my home province. That leaves well over half of Canada I've seen nothing of. And my next trip will most likely be to Scotland and South Africa...

2. I usually have a cartoon obsession. In the past few years, I've been obsessed by Gargoyles, Batman Beyond, X-men, Cybersix, X-men Evolution, and classic Batman. Mostly one at a time. Right now all I watch is Pelswick, which is a Canadian show that is really pretty lame. But I don't have cable, so it's a 2 channel world for me.

3. My TV time has plummeted in the last six months since cable went away. All I'm currently obsessed with is Survivor. This is down from a whole whack of shows from the last few years: Friends, Will and Grace, Everybody Loves Raymond, Angel, Buffy... there were more I think. I don't miss them at all.

amylyn

10-19-2002, 05:33 PM

1) I went back to school at the age of thirty.
2) I am obssesive about everything.
3) I am addicted to diet pepsi.

Bugitha

10-19-2002, 06:32 PM

Guineababy, what is "Yellow Wallpaper" about? It sounds familiar.

Cold pizza is the best breakfast ever. Beats Wheaties!

1. I just had my first sip of eggnog this season.

2. Being the cry-baby I am (as you know from previous posts), I wept for about 6 hours off and on today due to a major family crisis. Somewhat better now and partially resolved, happy to say. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3. No nervousness mail today. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

thunderstorm_19

10-19-2002, 07:28 PM

1. i did indeed have mail waiting for me at home when i got back earlier today for my reading week.

2. i have to manage a bunch of reading and the writing of an essay by wednesday.

3. my buddy erik is taking me out to dinner on thursday because he feels so bad about not showing up to my birthday party last weekend.

Penster

10-19-2002, 07:36 PM

Eenie - Would you like to set up another exchange for a couple more kinder eggs? The 2003 ones are out now! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Su & Melbernai - Kinder Eggs (http://kindereggs.netfirms.com/index.html) Check out this site http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Helquin - I've never actually saw anyone wearing a "Peter Heater", and if I did, I'm sure I could not contain the laughter! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif Typically, they were given as "gag" gifts at Christmas parties and birthdays. How to Make a Peter Heater (Willie Warmer) (http://hearthwench.tripod.com/cwillie.html) I've located the instructions for anyone who crochets and would like to give one as a lovely gift http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Victoria - strategic socks??? Do you place it on strategically, or what?

Shafina - Exactly what are you "wow"ing at? http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

BreezyK - I'm not sure why he would want to keep that particular copy of Penthouse around.....maybe he likes the Centrefold! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Melbernai - I know 2 people who have Crohn's Disease, both of whom have had parts of their bowels removed. Despite the pain and meds, they have both had successful pregnancies http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Su - Only your hip hurts?http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif? My entire body has gone for a shit.....

1. In the early 90's I successfully completed a correspondence course in Journalism & Short Story Writing.

2. I've had one article published in my home town newspaper.

3. I've been involved in a protest against hospital closures and health care cutbacks.

mejaka

10-19-2002, 08:05 PM

1. Right after high school I got a temp job as a relief reporter for my hometown newspaper. (I remember showing the ad to my Mom and saying, "Who's going to apply for this--bored housewives?" My mom was, at the time, a full-time mom and homemaker...<blush>) Anyway, I applied and got the job. I wrote pieces on pari-mutual racing, motocross, school board meetings, a couple of guys from England who were flying a two-seater plane the length of the Oregon Trail, the annual Moonlight Madness sales...I suggested a feature on training racehorses and got to do that one too, spending all day at the farm of a kid who was a couple years ahead of me in school, watching him care for his horses. I did all my own photography with a Pentax K-1000 and if I knew who at Pentax decided to take those out of production before I could afford to buy one, I'd black his eye.

2. Tonight I improvised a chicken dish with mustard seeds, onion, and a creamy sauce, and it was REALLY good.

3. I loved reading what was on JustSu's computer desk.

Bugitha

10-19-2002, 08:33 PM

mejaka--I wish my improvised dishes would turn out so well. Tonight I altered a recipe I've made a lot and although its edible, it turned out pretty bad. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif The worse part is I'll be eating it for a few days as I am on a tight budget right now and can't afford to throw out a bunch of food. Ah. . .the life of a student.

1. After this post, I'm hanging it up and going to bed. At 8:30. On a Saturday. Geesh, what a life.

2.I'm tired of dusty old Nevada. I long to move to the coast.

3. I've had the umpah umpah song from Charlie and the chocolate factory in my head all day.

eenie

10-19-2002, 09:11 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Penster @ Oct. 19 2002,19:36)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Eenie - Would you like to set up another exchange for a couple more kinder eggs? The 2003 ones are out now! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif[/b][/quote]
do you even have to ask? i would love to get some new toys (oh, who am i kidding? i love the chocolate too). is there anything you'd like, my dear?

1. i don't watch very much tv. i have to watch ER, but anything else i can take or leave.

2. i spent a lot of time crying tonight too.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

3. on my computer desk i have:
computer and mouse
a jar of pens
a stuffed elephant
lamp
my cell phone+charger
a crystal butterfly
willow tree angel of freedom
3 stuffed bears
a framed picture of shane and i
the spring semester schedule of classes
2 lmaos
birthcontrol
a little holder of quotes
a dictionary of dream symbols (Which told me that my dream of spiders meant that i'm afraid of having sex with my mother.. oh, how i hate freud).

JustSu

10-19-2002, 10:25 PM

eenie, i'm afraid of having sex with your mother, too! with anyone's mother!

sorry - it was such a perfect line, i couldn't resist.

penster, the rest of me hurts, too - my hip just wins the what hurts the worst contest today. fibromyalgia isn't fun either.

1. i think freud is perfectly fine as long as one remembers that he was analyzing crazy people! with normal folks, he sux. (maybe that's his problem? no normal sex?)

2. i'd love to be on trading spaces, if we had friends to trade houses with.

3. i like classical and celtic music, especially when i'm doing art stuff.

queenfisher

10-19-2002, 11:05 PM

trading spaces? is that a tv show?

Penster - yes i shall learn to completely write what's in my head next time. i meant wow for having that many kinder toys. i have seen the kinder toys websites but don't really know anyone who has as many as you :-P

1 - i had a heavy breakfast of cold rice and an assortment of yummy dishes today. my sister went to a party with loads of food last night and i called her in the middle of it and suggested that she should ask the hostess to pack some food to bring home (to me!). i am such an embarrasment sometimes haha, but i get a kick out of making my sis do things that she wouldn't normally do. hey quit thinking i'm a bully, we do little favours for each other all the time ;-P

2 - the last time i drove was in march 2000 when i took my driving test and passed. i can't drive, really. my driving instructor was really shocked that i actually passed on my second try. i was probably his worst student - we argued a lot too. one time i refused to believe him that i should step on the accelerator to get the car moving over a bump. the engine went dead, we argued again and all this while the line of cars behind was getting longer and longer. another time, a pedestrian was crossing the road in front of me so i stuck my head out the window and calmy said 'excuse me!'.

shafina's driving instructor : why didn't you use the horn?
shafina : what? that would be so loud and embarrassing!
shafina's driving instructor : *sigh*

3 - i am a big supporter of public transportation. and no, not just because of fact #2.

;-)

/shafina

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10-20-2002, 12:10 AM

i can't believe i've just sat here for several hours and actually read all of this. it's strangely exhilirating!

jadestar - you can get mushroom powder (and a mushroom 'catsup' that 's more like worcestershire sauce) just check out any good polish grocery.

su - reading your list made me take a closer look at my own and realize just how odd it is, hence:

1. things on my computer table
too many computer games suitable for a 7 year old
my old underwood noiseless typewriter
a golden porcelain seashell filled with odd things
a shrine to st. vidian of the cathode ray
an old mary & jesus card
several virgin of guadalupe mini shrines
a unicef trick or treat box
a small box of foreign coins and currency
a bottle of cough syrup
a cup of hot chocolate

GuineaBaby

10-20-2002, 12:31 AM

"The Yellow Wallpaper" is about this woman who's husband is a doctor and prescribes that she spend time out in the country, unstimulated and she eventually goes crazy because the only thing she has to occupy her time is the design on the yellow wallpaper.

justsu-I would love to be on trading spaces, too! We have two people we'd trade with, except one has so much clutter in her house it'd be impossible and the other is too anal and most likely would hate it.

1. Because everyone else is listing what's on their desk, I shall to, but first mention that my "desk" is a big plastic table from Costco:
few half skiens of yarn
a coffee can full of keys
scissors
my jewelry i just took off
tv
my gift box (box for wrapped presents so i don't lose them)
digital scale
costumes for guinea pigs and my dog
5 things of wall border
labels
mini electric fan
cds
3 glass swans (that I can't seem to get rid of)
jewelry case
glass dolphin i just traded for
stickers
tape
tons of pens
perfume
calculator
box full of "principla secret" make up stuff to sell for my mom
keychain
mini wishbone dressed as romeo (dog caracter)
LOTR pin signed by elijah wood (*sighs dreamily* he touched it!)
double screw driver
and more that i won't bore you with!

2. I wanna know who is "." unregestered

3. i got a necklace in the mail that was to help me balance my chaukra or something like that...dawn got one too. They're cool, except they have virgin mary pendents on them...so now i have two virgin mary pendents to trade. anyone interested?

Z'anne

10-20-2002, 12:34 AM

I've been away from this thread for a couple of days and am amazed it's still going. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif Don't have the time to read back through everything now. Wow, fun stuff!

1. After a dream I had 2 night ago, I've got the theme from Hawaii Five O, stuck in my head. FOR TWO DAYS!!!! This dream had Mel Gibson in it, so I guess two days of Hawaii Five O is ok.

2. I remember when I could jump out of bed in the morning and not have anything hurt. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif OW!

3. I'm listening to Coast to Coast with Barbara Simpson. She is talking with a lady about the Lost Dutchman Mine and a lot of Arizona history from the area. Some of it is very interesting and some is very gory. The gory stuff is from accounts from indian attacks on settlers. Glad I'm not back 100 years ago.

sensewerks

10-20-2002, 12:34 AM

i can't believe i've just sat here for several hours and actually read all of this. it's strangely exhilarating!

jadestar - you can get mushroom powder (and a mushroom 'catsup' that's more like worcestershire sauce) just check out any good polish grocery.

on the briggs meyer test i'm a ISTP

su - if you lived next door i'd love to do trading spaces with you (but only if i can have vern for my room!) and reading your list made me take a closer look at my own computer desk and realize just how odd it is, hence:

1. things on my computer table ~
too many computer games suitable for a 7 year old
my old underwood noiseless typewriter
a golden porcelain seashell filled with odd things
a unicef trick or treat box
a small box of foreign coins and currency
a bottle of cough syrup
a cup of hot chocolate
a large stack of various papers including postcard x cards to send, cartoons (zippy, tom tomorrow, helen), & a beeswax book my daughter made
a shrine to st. vidian of the cathode ray
an old mary & jesus card
several virgin of guadalupe mini-shrines

2. i'm an atheist

3. i've had an odd craving for pastitio and a big greek salad with lots of calamata olives and feta lately and since the closest greek restaurant is 2 hours away, guess i'll have to cook (####!)

please forgive the previous imcomplete post - i'm up way past my (hated) bedtime. if i had my druthers, i'd gladly stay up all night and sleep all day.

ox, jane

JustSu

10-20-2002, 03:36 AM

aha! it's jane! i was going to list the "i wanna know who '.' is" too, guineababy. and while i'm talking to you, (gb) - the badge necklace is basically identical to the keychain, only longer. i'll measure how long i want it and send that with the beads. and yes, i'll trade the BVM pendant for something, too. what would you like, besides large amounts of cash which i don't have but if i did, i'd pass around like candy.

jane, who's moving so we can do the trading spaces, you or me? http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif and, dear, i gotta know about the beeswax book your daughter made!

shafina, trading spaces is indeed a tv show. neighbors or close friends trade houses for 2 days during which time they completely redo one room in each other's house. the owner picks the room that's getting redone, and can make requests, but has absolutely no say in what goes on and can't even see his/her own house until the time is up. the trading spaces crew comes in with a designer for each house, a shared carpenter, the hostess, and $1000US for each room. some of the designers are really wacked out and stubborn - doug for instance can be a real pain in the sitter - he will often do things the owners have said specifically they didn't want done -- so it can get really interesting. there's a similar show, while you were out, that does basically the same thing, only it's just one family/homeowner set, and one person is lured away on a ruse for two days while the other(s) and the crew (designer, two carpenters, hostess) do their thing. the idea comes from the BBC program changing rooms. the brits seem to be more honest - i've seen people come back and actually say they hated what was done, but i've never seen that on trading spaces. if i did get on it, it would be my luck to get doug and he'd decide to go industrial or something.

1. if i could redo one room in my house, it would be the room i'm in now - the "family room", at the top of the stairs, nice sized room, but it has four doors (hall which leads to the two girls' rooms, master bedroom, laundry room, jon's bedroom, storage closet) and the extra wide opening to the stairs, and a large window, so using space is a challenge. it's my art workspace and a major traffic flowthrough. i have ideas, but my dh thinks i'm nuts when i talk about taking the bookshelves and nailing them to the walls at ceiling height (14 foot ceiling in here) and building in banquettes with storage underneath along the walls where the bookshelves are now. we wouldn't be able to get to the books, he says. true enough, but we don't have time to flippin' read anyway!

2. i'd like to have a bermed studio with a skylight and natural light lamps, with real moss floors and walls. (there would be a barrier of some sort against water, bugs, snakes, and moles behind and under the moss and soil) (oh, yeah, worms too. i know they're good for the soil, but i don't want one plopping into my coke by accident!)

3. i've had a chest cold for more than a week and i'm tired of hacking up green stuff.

3.

GuineaBaby

10-20-2002, 03:53 AM

justsu-I'm sorry to hear about your chest cold. I hope it goes away soon! For trade, I can't think of anything except beads or dental floss at the moment...I've got a headache that won't go away. Just initate an exchange for anything with me and we'll barter till it's right. I've got a list of things up i'm looking for, so you might see something there. We'll come up with an agreement eventually. ^_^

1. Like I said, I have a headache. I think it's related to stress because the last two nights I've hunkered down and checked out my essay assignment and gotten it two hours before I started that. either that or there is something in the food at hte chinese place and in and out burger (yuck!)

2. i hate inandout burger. when they first opened, their fries were too greasy. tonight was the second time i ate there, but only because my friend's family decided to eat there after we baby sat (adn they went a symphony). the burger meat was thin and it only cover 75% of the bread and the fries were dry and grey looking, like in the KFC commercials. I was good and didn't complain

3. i think i've finally figured out a way to work on my essay wihtout crying over the thesis statement. I wrote down points i want to make and i'm going to write a seperate paragraph for each thing. then i'm going to figure out in what order to place them, add sentences connecting them, then when my essay is all typed up, spend three hours on figuring out my thesis statement and when that fails, get dawn to help! lol

veow

10-20-2002, 07:50 AM

GuineaBaby -- the Chinese food may be giving you headaches. You should find out if they use MSG (monosodium glutamate) in their dishes. It's a fairly popular "spice" in Chinese food. It's also an excitotoxin, like aspartame, and should be avoided. Especially if you find yourself experiencing headaches after consumption. Both of these things, as excitotoxins, excite certain neural cells in your brain. A lot of people are addicted to aspartame and don't even know it -- they end up craving the mind boost. The trouble is that, especially with frequent, long-term use, these substances can excite neural cells to death. They fire so hard and so rapidly they just fizzle out. So the consumer ends up with holes in the brain -- not good.

1. Yes, I realize that smoking cigarettes while preaching about harmful food additives is somewhat absurd.

2. I'm having a hard time getting my nervousness shite together, but i am still working on things.

3. I have fibromyalgia, and when it gets really bad, when I hurt a lot, like now, I sometimes have evil fantasies of making my doctor have the disease, too. I want that man to hurt. Hurt. Yep.

sensewerks

10-20-2002, 08:02 AM

su dear - got a triple shot hot toddy here for you, guaranteed to help your hip and cold. if i thought dh could stand the humidity we'd be in huntsville in a flash. summed up in 2 words - SPACE CAMP! sylvie would be in hog heaven. as for her beeswax book, she made it during a class at our art museum. it's basically cut up brown paper bag drenched with what seems to be both beeswax and candle wax. what's interesting is that it was sprinkled with sand before the wax dried. surprisingly, the book doesn't seem at all greasy and isn't rubbing off on anything else. of course, it's almost desert-dry here...

mmmmm... three facts...

1. i must be absolutely insane to be sitting here at the computer again, back's killing me!

2. i suspect subatomiczoo is really lemony snicket

3. i have read all of the harry potter books at least a half dozen times, adore them all, and am cheerfully looking forward to altering the heck out of one!

ox

mejaka

10-20-2002, 08:15 AM

GuineaBaby...costumes for guinea pigs? (I'm headed over to see what your exchange list says, because I'm thinking those toy/chocolate things would be cool to sneak in at Christmas...)

subatomiczoo=lemony snicket made me laugh so loud Brett asked what was so funny. It was just so...unexpected...Zoo, do you know who Lemony Snicket is?

1. I loved all the Snicket books (I'm ready for #9!) and if I dare I might buy one to alter once JustSu helps me learn how.

2. I woke up twice last night with words running through my head, and the concern that if I am the first person on an ATC jam and I use calligraphy and words, I will restrict the themes of the cards too much and make it stressful for everyone.

3. On my desk:
Two packs of paper: one plain and one for resumes (but I keep stealing pieces of it for calligraphy)
A sheet of paper with notes about this topic that I scribbled a few days ago
A box of Christmas stamps from the Met and a royal blue stamp pad
A bottle of lotion
A CD my friend Holly made of her legal workbook for families
A roll of packaging tape
Two more ink pads: crimson and chocolate brown
A school pencils box full of eraser stamps I carved
A packet of mint hot chocolate mix
The digital camera
Two pages of budget notes in Brett's handwriting
Three pens
One pencil
Brett's laptop
Dust

Dalmaney

10-20-2002, 08:31 AM

1. I would love to have a single room that looks like everything belongs. With furniture of a common theme, and matching accents *sigh* . For now, my look is more "seventies cast off". Not that I'm stuck on the material or anything.

2. I think I'll set up an exchange for Kinder Suprise eggs. I had no idea rest of the world lived in such a dull place.

3. I have to go call my Little Sister before she calls me and thus wakes up my roommate.

naughtymonkey

10-20-2002, 08:38 AM

1* I'm going to see My Big Fat Greek Wedding later today with my mom

2* My friend Linnea and I made T-shirts that say "Because the Goddess of Nea said so" on the front and on the back either NEA or MINION (I'm the cute lil minion) and "We often feel guilty monopolizing the amount of beauty we are in posession of." (from Gilmore Girls.) Yes, I spelled possession wrong. I was in a hurry.

3* I am an athiest despite my parents' most valiant efforts... I went to Catholic elementary school and followed them obligingly to church for about 12 years. Then I decided I was sick of being bored out of my freakin' mind and now sleep through church. Or watch MTV which is what I did today. It really pisses them off and I feel bad that I sort of disappoint them, but there isn't really anything I can do about it. It's like trying to make a gay person straight.

Bugitha

10-20-2002, 08:49 AM

Guineababy, I think you have an excellent plan for writing your essay. Several of my best papers were written just that way--wrote it all out, looked at it and said "What did I prove here?" and then wrote the thesis statement last. One of these went over so well the professor told me she loved it and made a photocopy of it to keep. It was the only paper I got the comment, "perfect" on.

Hoping everyone with aches and pains and colds and whatnot feels better fast. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. Since I have more or less ignored schoolwork the past 3 days, I have A LOT to do today.

2. I love paper, pens etc so much I get all trembly upon entering a stationary store.

3. I have three desks/workspaces in my two room apartment! So you see where my priorities lie. On my computer desk:

--2 framed black and white photos of my mom: one of her as a teenager walking up a trail. And one of her with her mother at her first wedding.
--a wooden stamp box
--a painted wooden letter organized overflowing with cards to send out, stickers, address labels, receipts, letters I've received and a 5"X7" american flag sticker I don't know what to do with (does any one want the flag sticker? I'll just mail it to ya. Let me know.)
--a bottle of Aromatherapy Grapefruit Pepperment lotion
--a yellow handmade candle from a friend in PA.
--a tiffany-style dragonfly desk lamp.
--A small basket full post it notes, computer disks and notepads.
--a journal I sometimes actually remember to write in.
--a tiny picture of me and my mom at picnic when I was about 7 years old.
--a stapler and a calculator
--a big old bunch pens and pencils in a blue and white planter.
--a tin of Badger Cinnamon Bay lip balm that I bought 'cause the tin was so cute. But the lip balm ain't bad either.
--a phone, computer monitor, mouse and mousepad, keyboard
--John Steinbeck's East of Eden in paperback.
--A pile of papers including printouts of the most recent lmao I created, an application for a research grant (due the 14th of this month--guess I'll toss it), and some print outs from the national park service website on historic preservation law.

mejaka

10-20-2002, 11:08 AM

GuineaBaby, not only is that an excellent plan for writing an essay--it's actually the *right* way to approach an essay. (I'm an English teacher and it frustrates the crap out of me that the schools aren't teaching essay structure any more).

1. I can get pony beads and dental floss, but don't understand why someone who wants pony beads and dental floss doesn't just buy them... ?? Guinea, if I send some, am I really helping you out? Those chocolate toy things can't be cheaper than beads and floss...

2. I'm going to go to church today with lots of colorful ink on my hands...and I will be leading the music.

3. When I'm nervous I pick at my lips. They are quite sore at the momen.

jaydestarr

10-20-2002, 11:39 AM

:: sigh :: What I learned about Sahmain (sp?) in high school was wrong. We learned that it was an adaptation (which, in my eyes, is different than a bastardization) of the holiday. Now I feel bad. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif Perhaps if/when I find out how it is meant to be celebrated I can incorporate that into my life. I mean, I do believe in a spirit realm that is close to us all the time, but closer at some times than at others. :: shrugs :: I don't know if that made much sense or not.

I'm sorry you're sick, JustSu. GET BETTER!!! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

GuineaBaby, it really might be MSG causing your headaches. I can't have it for just that reason.

1) I'm having a rough day. I'm just feeling really, really sad. It's probably because it's very close to the seven year anniversary of when a friend of mine died. I was 13, she was 12. I just want to cuddle with my boyfriend and my kitty, neither of which are possible at the moment. :: sigh :: Seven years and it still hurts this much... it's scary...

2) On my desk: my monitor, an "organizer" for my writing, art, and sticky supplies, a coffee cup, a bottle of the drink Rain, my phone, my digicam, my black nailpolish, remotes for my TV and DVD player, assorted knicknacks and stuffed animals, a photo of my sisters and I, a photo of my boyfriend, and a photo (in a Tigger frame) of my cat.

3) On my monitor: a magazine picture of a guy in a hotdog costume brandishing a big stick, a cardboard bus (from Geoff's door last year), a sail boat with my first name and middle name on it (from my door last year, and Geoff wrote my middle name on it because I hate my middle name), an "I Voted" sticker from the last presidential election, a magazine cutout that says "slack, but with passion," assorted Chinese fortune cookie fortunes, a Mike Wazowski clock, a plush Mike Wazowski, a pooping monkey (without poop), a mini beanie baby (speedy the blue jay), a piece of masking tape that says "Happy" on it (Geoff gave it to me), and Patrick the Little Green Bunny.

GuineaBaby

10-20-2002, 01:20 PM

veow-you know, my mom said it could be that. Some people just can't handle it...my sister started defending the place right away saying I should call them before I make assumptions. I was like What? Just because she doesn't get a headache doesn't mean it doesn't happen, you know?

mejaka-yup! and they're so cute, too! I made Thistle (dog) a costume cause I had left over fabric from what I did to my curtain and I thought what the heck. She looks adorable. So we decided to use her for a school project and make the guinea babies ones too. They have more than shown here (http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=1047678&uid=648905) because I didn't get the chance to upload the others yet.

naughty-We were going to go see that movie too! We were gonna go at 12, but the bbq we're going to was moved up to 2, so we couldn't.

bugitha-John steinbeck? I tried reading his work, but it's not my style. Too bad I can't get away from it...lol. Because we don't know when we're moving, I want to go around town and snap shots of different things so I have my own steinbeck scrapbook. I think it's kinda cool he's so famous, but he just seems like a local person that everytime i see something on tv about him I'm blown away.

mejaka-I used to write an essay really well. My freshman and sophomore teachers didn't teach me anything, so my jr. teacher taught me everything (my first year in honors too). My sr. honors teacher screwed up the entire class just to prove the way the school suggested teaching wouldn't work. She took everything too literal and now we have to pay the price.

Not pony beads, seed beads. I wish I could just buy dental floss, but I don't have any money. The last couple batches I've sent out I've had to use stamps from the family "pot". I don't want much from justsu anyway.

I'll give six items later since i gotta go to the bbq now!

Bugitha

10-20-2002, 02:40 PM

I love the movie My Big fat Greek Wedding. I saw it twice this summer.

Guineababy, Steinbeck is an all time fave of mine, but I know others like you who just can't get into his work. I read his more obscure stuff before I read Grapes of Wrath, or Of Mice and Men. Oddly, I didn't much care for Grapes. My most favorites are To a God Unknown and East of Eden. I have never actually been assigned to read him in school. But why am I goin on like this? http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Is it me, or is participation in this thread starting to dwindle? http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

1. One of my biggest pet peeves is people who speed through parking lots.

2. I dropped some letters and nervousness stuff in a mailbox today and only then realized it was for express, next day delivery stuff only. Oops! I'm sure it will get sorted out but there might be a delay. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

3. I can't help but giggle when I here someone asking to "biggie size" their orders at Wendy's. The word Biggie gets me eveytime. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

lakelady

10-20-2002, 02:44 PM

Yikes...haven't been around much in a while and got totally sucked in to these 23 pages! Note to self: check daily...no...hourly http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

1. I want to kidnap Vern from Trading Spaces and have him "do" my house.

2. I'm finally destressing after my mother-in-law's visit. Hate is a strong word but...She finally left on Friday.

3. It's raining and I'm glad because it means I can procrastinate about putting the garden to bed for winter.

Oh, and on my desk...

Desktop computer, notebook computer, external CD R-W, digicam;
old pottery jar filled with pens and pencils, half of which no longer work but I hate throwing out old pens;
small buddha statue;
small balsa-wood turtle I bought on the Galapagos Islands;
a rainbow-colored wire "orb" that twists into different shapes;
a sand-filled hourglass encased with a gold telephone in an acrylic box that I've had since I was a teenager...it takes 3 minutes for the sand to run through;
my moon and stars coffee mug, half-full;
a large green glass for water ;
various sticky notes on monitor reminding me of important things to do, research etc...some are months old;
my reading glasses;
cigs and lighter...yep, I'm one of [i]those;
a stack of Cds, classical, jazz and celtic;
my "ideas" notebook;
lots of dust in the few spaces left.

You don't want to know about my art table http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

Caryl

thunderstorm_19

10-20-2002, 02:52 PM

eenie, you may be relieved to hear that dreams of spiders are actually often harbingers of good luck. no matter how much you may hate spiders when awake, dreaming of them denotes some kind of good fortune coming your way. the bigger the spiders the better. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

what were the dominant colours in the dream, if you can remember? different colours mean different things.

1. i used to keep a dream journal, and have 2 or 3 dream interpretation books

2. i'm hungry. again. but i don't want to eat because i feel fat and bloated today.

3. i should keep my mouth shut about my weight. i'm a size one. i'm 5 feet short and weight about 95 pounds. i am not fat. yet, i still feel that way sometimes.

eenie

10-20-2002, 03:30 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (thunderstorm_19 @ Oct. 20 2002,14:52)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">eenie, you may be relieved to hear that dreams of spiders are actually often harbingers of good luck. no matter how much you may hate spiders when awake, dreaming of them denotes some kind of good fortune coming your way. the bigger the spiders the better. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

what were the dominant colours in the dream, if you can remember? different colours mean different things.[/b][/quote]
that is definitely good to hear! red was a dominant colour in the dream, if i recall. i was driving a red car.

guineababy-</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">bugitha-John steinbeck? I tried reading his work, but it's not my style. Too bad I can't get away from it...lol. Because we don't know when we're moving, I want to go around town and snap shots of different things so I have my own steinbeck scrapbook. I think it's kinda cool he's so famous, but he just seems like a local person that everytime i see something on tv about him I'm blown away.[/b][/quote]
i love steinbeck, and was so jealous when i saw that you live in salinas. i think i sent your sister a random act of mailing just because she lived in salinas (i'm such a dork http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif).

bugitha--steinbeck is my all time favourite male author. i think my favourite book of his (though it's hard to choose!) is in dubious battle.

jaydestarr

10-20-2002, 04:09 PM

Gah! This thread can't dwindle!!! Anyway, I like John Steinbeck, too, but he isn't my favorite male author. I <3 Neil Gaiman!!! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif I'm a fantasy dork, okay? http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

I've also heard that dreams about spiders represent a forthcoming change in life. :: shrugs :: I'm no expert, though. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

thunderstorm_19, I sometimes feel fat, too, even though I'm a little underweight. It's just that I have a big butt. Really, I do. I admit it. I don't like it, but I'm too d a m n lazy to excercise it off. I know it's the least of my problems, and it's really not that much of a problem, so I don't complain too much. The last time I did, one of my roommates threw a muffin at me. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

1) I have abnormally low blood pressure. It's usually about 90/60-ish. When it is normal (about 120/whatever), that's when I worry. No one knows why it's that low (especially when I worry over everything), but it is. No one knows how to fix it, either. Ah well. I'm not dead, and that's what matters.

2) My cat talked to me on the phone before. I love that kitty. I think he told me about the birds he watched over the past week and asked me to come home. Oh, and I think he called me a bitch for leaving him. He was really talkative, though. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3) Every year since I began living in campus-owned housing, I have lived with someone with an extreme love of cabbage. I, however, despise it. Especially the smell. Like eenie, I'm a bad Irish girl. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

GuineaBaby

10-20-2002, 06:35 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Bugitha @ Oct. 20 2002,14:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Guineababy, Steinbeck is an all time fave of mine, but I know others like you who just can't get into his work. I read his more obscure stuff before I read Grapes of Wrath, or Of Mice and Men. Oddly, I didn't much care for Grapes. My most favorites are To a God Unknown and East of Eden. I have never actually been assigned to read him in school. But why am I goin on like this? http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif[/b][/quote]
If you'd like, when I take pictures for my scrapbook, I can send you copies? I don't know when this will be, but we have a digital camera so I can send you pics of like the sign pointing to his grave, the steinbeck center, or whatever. If I come across any steinbeck postcards I can pick up a couple for you. If you'd like, of course, but I'm assuming that would be okay since he's an all time fav?

eenie-I remember dawn was tickled that she got a RAOK from that. If you'd like, I can do the same thing for you that I offered?

1. How do you get your mother give in to getting a hamster? It's a cute little thing! The people at the bbq today want to give it to us, but my mom said no. I'm sure there's a way to convince her. We keep telling her that I have the guinea pigs and she has the dog and so dawn needs something.

2. i brought my essay to work on, but didn't have the chance, so I'm going to work on it tonight. I figure three hours tonight and two tomorrow and it should be an okay rough draft. Also thinking two hours of computer stuff tonight and three tomorrow, just to even things out and that should be done, too.

3. I *really* want to take a nap, but can't afford it.

4. I despise Sundays because I get no mail.

5. I told my mom and sis that I'm going to marry Elijah Wood whether he's gay (uncle said he heard that, but it's not true) or not. SHe said "oh no!" and now thinks i'm nuts

6. I was in the same sign lmao as Mejaka...it sucks you didn't get one! I got mine from the lovely Jade and sent mine to vespertine I think it was...

eenie

10-20-2002, 06:56 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (GuineaBaby @ Oct. 20 2002,18:35)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">eenie-I remember dawn was tickled that she got a RAOK from that. If you'd like, I can do the same thing for you that I offered?[/b][/quote]
ooh! ::pounce:: i would love you so much for that! no one cool is from indiana, or else i'd counter offer with something fun.. but let me know if there's anything i can send you in return.

1. i brush my teeth a lot (at least three times a day), but still get cavities. i have really soft teeth, so i'm screwed no matter how much i brush.

2. i like to play chess, but i'm too impatient to really study the board and i often end up making stupid moves and losing pieces.

3. i drive a red truck

Bugitha

10-20-2002, 07:05 PM

Guineababy, I would adore any steinbeck related pics! I would love it if you kept me in mind when you do your scrapbook. It has long been a goal of mine to get down there, after all, I'm not too terribly far away (In Reno). But I just haven't had the cash or time to do it. I would love to live vicariously through your pictures. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Hmm. 3 more things. . .

1. I have a ton of beautiful or whimsical bookmarks but I usually mark my place with scraps of paper or little post-it notes.

2. I wish I could afford a housekeeper. I wait till the floor feels crunchy before vaccuuming it. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

3. I'm torn between watching movies on T.V. and reading for my thesis.

lobster-girl

10-20-2002, 07:36 PM

too many posts to catch up with, i fergit all my commetns. i can get kinder eggs out by me. gosh but they cost more than a candy bar, but they are fun!

1. today i spent 3 hours in the emrgency animal hospital. i am cat sitting my best friend's (roomie) cat and he started hacking and his breathing got all funky. i rushed him to the hospital and now he's in an oxygen tank thing. poor kitty! poor roomie! send good vibes please! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

2. when i was 5 years old i attempted to drink from a discarded soda can and found myself with a mouthful of red ants! yikes! i ran all the way home clutching my throat rasping "fire!" "fire!" it felt gritty. no flavor.

3. my brother gave me a new cabinet that he built. he built it awhile ago and i have been coveting it FOREVER! it's really cool and has a "day of the dead" theme.

i like the randomness of the "on my computer table" posts...here's mine:

a picture of me & roomie at our friend's photo showing
my fave pic of me and my bro from 1975
3 different photobooth pics of my mom and sibs (in b&w)
a dragonfly candle holder w/cast iron puppets in it
a pee-wee icon candle
an ed grimley doll sitting in a mexican doll's chair
a fish shaped lamp
a wind up monkey that plys the cymbals
2 more dragonfly candle holders (with candles!)
my computer's speakers
a tape dispenser
stuffed "weenie" dog from cartoon "Oswald"
a stack of pulp novels
a stack of library books
a stray wet n wild lipstick
a cluster of color chips (i'm painting my room!)
the newest issue of living room magazine

and if you look up you would be looking out the window. my window is framed with mini lights.! mini lights with plastic bats, wire spiders and floral chineses lanterns! i love mini lights! and now, time for a sandwich!

BreezyK

10-20-2002, 08:39 PM

lobster-girl, I hope everything works out with your roomie's kitty. Sending thoughts your way-- keep us posted.

1. I would love for Vern or Laurie to redo my room. Though I adore Frank as a person, I wouldn't let him touch my room with a 10-foot pole. Oh, and Hilda is a conceited, talentless, person who only cares about her ego and could care less about making people happy (imho).

2. I'm an INTP, on the cusp of an ISTP.

3. Though, I'm definitely a heterosexual, I have a gigantic crush on Nicole Kidman.

evelynhoney

10-20-2002, 08:56 PM

lakelady if you love trading spaces then i think you would love changing rooms. sadly in the states it is only on BBC America. ANd they play it all the time. I won't watch trading spaces because i don't think they ripped off my show well enough. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Frank is a cutey though. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. Signed up for an LMAO AFTER I promised myself not to. And have actually done part of it when I haven't done some other ones. But Dave McKean tarot cards are on my wish list and I couldn't dare having a chance to see other people interpret the assignment.

2. My mother got upset because I put a naked woman on the empress tarot card.

3. My glasses broke yesterday and everybody thought i had contacts on. and I really can't go get a new script tomorrow because my left eye has decided to swell up and I don't want them giving me the wrong prescription. *sigh*

Bugitha

10-20-2002, 09:23 PM

Oh No! Poor Kitty! Lobster-girl, lots of positive vibes going out to the feline.

Once, when we were kids, my brother decided to finish the soda he had left out from the night before. It, too, was full of ants. When I asked how they tasted, he said "crunchy."

eenie--I have the same problem with my teeth. I take care of them obsessively but still get cavities. I have at least one filling in every tooth except one. My dentist says I'm just prone to them. Lucky me. Or lucky him--I think I put his kid through college with all the work he's done on me. For a while he had this "patient of the month program." I don't know how he picked these people (I never won) but he'd send them a gift basket of cookies! I always thought that sugary treats were against the denists' creed or something. Maybe he was trying to drum up more business.

Good gracious. . .three more things.

1. I think my neighbor has designs on my apartment. She keeps trying to encourage me to move to a bigger place.

2. I prefer waffles to pancakes or french toast.

3. I live right next to a freeway on-ramp. Very scenic.

GuineaBaby

10-20-2002, 09:55 PM

Okay! I will keep both of you in mind and in fact, I am going to write it down now...Bugitha, my Uncle takes a lot of trips to go gambling. we wish he'd just stay there, lol. He was a lot of "help" into keeping Grandma in her home (he wouldn't fix the shower or toilets so eventually she had to go into a nursing home).

1. I FINISHED MY ESSAY! WHOO HOO! ^_^ Anyone wanna proof it? It sucks as my first draft, but I just spent almost three hours on it so it's fine for now.

2. my toes are frozen...I have poor circulation, but when I take vitamins and minerals, they're toasty warm all the time. Lack of funds has me not taking these now (and for quite a while).

3. have a bruise on my hand from when I wacked it on the doorway yesterday really hard

mejaka

10-20-2002, 10:09 PM

Guinea, I'll proof it. :^ )

1. I have a zit on my cheek. I am 36 years old. When does this end?!

2. I have a big bunch of stuff to mail tomorrow...but sadly forgot to mail my brother a birthday card.

3. Between Christmas and New Years' last year we went to Wolf Lodge Bay on the big lake and saw 9 raptors--at least four were bald eagles, and one of those was sitting on a log not far out into a small inlet area. I can't wait to go again this year.

Wombat

10-20-2002, 10:29 PM

Mejaka, one of the biggest myths we're told is that zits disappear when we're adults! I'm 37 and still get them and blackheads...perhaps we're not adults yet?!

Must fly. I promise to add 3 more random facts tomorrow.

Z'anne

10-20-2002, 10:36 PM

And it still keeps going!

Mejaka - no, they never stop. I'm 49 and still get zits. Geez, I started getting them at 10. You would think that after this long I'd be able to have a clear complexion. Maybe when I get through menopause I'll have the most beautiful, textured skin. *LOL*

OH, three things, hmmm -

1. Because of where I live, with lots of tall trees, I have well over one hundred crows gather at my house every evening. They don't stay, but make our house the gathering place, then fly south-southeast. This has been going on for the last 4 years. Really cool.

2. Speaking of birds - I have counted approximately 24 different species that winter over, live here in the summer, just visit, fly over or prey on those who stay.

3. More birds - I live in the woods, sometimes there are stupid people with guns out here. Last year I think someone poached an elk because I had 16, yes 16, turkey vultures in my trees. It's very disconcerting to go out on the deck and look up in the trees to see these HUGE birds looking down at you. (Hmmm, lunch...) They stayed around for 4 days, then all, one by one, caught an updraft and headed north. *shiver up my spine*

BreezyK

10-20-2002, 10:37 PM

GuineaBaby, I'd be happy to take a look at it too. I was a English/Writing minor in college, not that it matters that much! I forget if you mentioned when it was due, 'cause I may not be able to look at it until tomorrow eve (depending on how much work I actually do).

Mejaka, so funny you should mention the zit and age thing... that was going to be my next fact! 25 here, and I still have very troubled skin. Every medication, prescription or otherwise, seems to work for about 2 weeks and then just fails again. Right now I'm wearing a Burt's Bee's complection mask. It's loaded w/ peppermint, and it's so cool stings.

1. I registered my domain name (okayko.com) several months ago, but I'm so nervous about picking a design and sticking with it (it seems like such an crucial decision), that I haven't worked on it at all.

2. I take horrible care of my teeth and I have only had one cavity. However, I haven't been to the dentist in about 3 years, and I have a feeling I'm in for a big surprise http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif . I do have major problems w/ thin/receding gums. I had to have a surgery where they scraped tissue of the roof of my mouth and grafted it to the gums on my bottom teeth. It was awful.

3. Men driving Mazda Miatas annoy the crap out of me.

Mermaid

10-20-2002, 10:42 PM

1. I had cats as pets until I got married.
2. I have loved letter-writing since I was about 7, when it was mainly interstate grandparents who received my letters, which they described as 'newsy'.
3. I still don't know what I want to be (if and) when I 'grow up'

GuineaBaby

10-20-2002, 10:55 PM

breezyk, mejaka-Thank you both for your offer! I've emailed you both a copy. I need all the help I can get! It's only a rough draft and it's due Tuesday. We get to trade it in for two other student's papers (ugh) and proofread them (we are talking full of stuff you should have learned in middle school) then those are due the following week...anyway, the final is due two weeks from Tuesday.

1. Crows freak me out. They didn't show up here until a couple years ago. THey're so freakin huge. I'm just waiting for them to peck out my eyes!

2. After this post, I am going to go make notes for '1984' for my English class (more homework, phooey!).

3. i just loaned my sister my screw driver so she can install her webcam (to put batteries in it)

queenfisher

10-20-2002, 11:20 PM

ooohh loving the bird reports. our current house is really boring when it comes to birds. but i enjoy trips to the city because of the highway - sometimes lots to see all the way.

GuineaBaby - good for you with the essay, hope you get the highest grade for it.

BreezyK - wow, you've got some really great stuff in your portfolio ;-) what does your domain name mean though?

shoot, some hard thinking for 3 more...

1 - one day when i was 7 my oldest cousin was riding his bike and i insisted on sitting at the back. we were going down this slope and i must've thought how cool it was and probably forgot to hold on to anything that i flew off the bike and landed smack on the gravel road. i've still got the scar on my left elbow.

2 - when i was 10 i stuck the middle finger of my left hand above the spinning wheel of an exercise bicycle and nearly cut off the tip of that finger. the nail has since grown at an odd angel and of course the scar from the stitching that goes more than halfway around the finger will always be there.

3 - one day when i was 20 something at the place where i used to work, i got up and walked away from my desk forgetting that i had the bottom drawer opened, and didn't realise that i've scratched myself at the corner until i saw the blood. i don't think the long thin scar on my left leg will ever go away.

:-P

/shafina

Z'anne

10-20-2002, 11:51 PM

GuineaBaby - don't worry, the crows won't attack. Unless, of course, you see Alfred Hitchcock hanging around. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif It sounds like you may have ravens, instead. You can tell by the configuration of the tails. Ravens have a pointed tail and crows have one that is straight across. In many cultures, crows and ravens are good luck and messengers. It is VERY BAD LUCK to harm a crow or raven. Good luck with your paper! When I was in high school I was in the play "1984". Gawd, the whole cast was depressed for over a month after it was over. Orwell was a great writer, but that story scares me.

BreezyK and everybody else - Zits are not only hormonal, but can be caused by what we eat. And no chocolate doesn't cause zits. Take my word on this. Mostly, it's milk products. And a possible food allergy. Change you diet to see what works/what doesn't. I don't like using drugs to clear up my skin, it's just too "poison" feeling.

1. Last summer our road inherited a peacock. He was so big and beautiful. Especially when he would display. But since he didn't have a peahen to display for, he would do it for the neighbor's chickens. So funny. He disappeared late spring or early summer this year. I miss him. Hope a coyote didn't get him.

2. When I went down the road to get the mail yesterday, I saw a very big redtailed hawk in the trees. They are sooo beautiful.

3. More bird stuff. After putting the dog out earlier tonight, I walked out on the deck and heard an owl hooting. This is nice, because my owls didn't come back this summer. And this guy is new to the area. (not a hoot I recognize)
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GuineaBaby

10-21-2002, 01:06 AM

I will definately check out the tails and get back to you on that. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

1. My cousin taught me how to ride a bike. We always hung out when we were little and since he's more daring than me, he learned first then taught me on a tiny bike. They got rid of it before Dawn learned.

2. it's still freezing cold in my room.

3. I saw Angel. Next week is gonna be odd...

sistasmell

10-21-2002, 05:41 AM

1. I took that personality test thingy, too. I can't remember what letters I was, but I'm The Protector. It said I'd make a great doctor. I guess I forgot to mention in the test what happens when I see blood. My man cut his finger off last year and I still have nightmares.
2. I did the great summer/winter clothes switcheroo this weekend, including two trips to Old Navy for tshirts and jammies and about 10 loads of laundry. I'm back at work feeling like I didn't have a weekend at all.
3. When I was a kid I had some experimental plastic coating put on my teeth by my dentist. It was supposed to prevent cavities for 14 years, and it did. Now that the 14 years are up, I've gotten a couple, but I always go for the tooth-colored fillings, so you can't tell by looking.

veow

10-21-2002, 07:59 AM

Geez, turn my back for a day or two and the thread leaves me in the dust! I have so much I want to respond to -- too much to remember. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif But I do hope the kitty is okay!!! Positive vibes from me and all my kitties!

1. I think cars are evil. I can drive, I have a license, I have owned vehicles. We own one now, even, but never got it inspected or anything. It just sits there because my bf hates cars even more than I do. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Sometimes I drive Death_Or_Aldona's car. I'm really a very good driver. But driving totally stresses me out, especially at night, because I can't see as well and it's even more likely at night some critter's going to step out of nowhere, ending its life and breaking my heart. I'm veeerrrrryyy soft that way. And whenever I'm in a car, I swear I look over or up or whatever just in time to see every slain critter on the asphalt or roadside. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

2. The only animal I've run over while driving a car was a raccoon. I had to pull over and cry for quite a while... like 45 minutes or so http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif. And it was a long trip too! I was giving a friend a lift clear across Ohio, it was quite late, but she just patted my shoulder and said nice things all the while. She was very patient. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif But I don't know her anymore.

3. My desk is a freaking mess, and how!:

*3 wadded up paper towels
*a nearly empty soft pack of Camel Lights
*the keyboard
*the monitor
*the pc tower
*digicam
*a children's book with most the pages ripped out
*a small ball of aluminum foil
*a nearly empty pack of Gauloises Caporal rolling tobacco - yum
*Two of Death_Or_Aldona's audio Cds - "You EEdiot!" - ren & Stimpy and "Death Rides A Pale Cow" - The Dead Milkmen
*my scanner, buried under some of the things mentioned above
*some packaging with three stale saltines in it
*an insect stamper from a swap with the fantabulous Neosho
*A flocked dinosaur with a bobbing head
*A handful of little stretched out rubber bands from taking my braids out last night
*my track ball
*measuring tape
*a failed sesame st envie
*a black plastic headband that gives me headaches when i wear it
*a pile of little zip-close baggies, courtesy of Death_Or_Aldona
*a really pretty postcard from Cheri
*gum wrappers
*a burnt match
*power strip with six outlets -- one vacant
*an empty paper towel tube
*some computery thing and another computery thing which looks like a drive? the other thing looks like a hub? these belong to the bf
* another power strip, six outlets, none vacant
* a Hello Kitty-shaped bottle of Hello Kitty body glitter spray
* 4 homies
* a small naked rubber baby
* lots more stuff and things

geez. I'm a freaking slob. I just stopped because that was getting too tedious and starting to shame me a bit. But i'm going to be in a pleasant mood today, dammit. I don't need to be happy... just pleasant. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

And I need to clean my desk. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

Katiekat

10-21-2002, 08:43 AM

1. My upper right wisdom tooth is coming in, and it hurts.
2. I have 2 scars, one on the inside of my left ankle, from an intense game of tag with my best friend when we were 7. She reached out to grab my leg/tag me just as I leapt up onto the couch. Her fingernail scratched me good. The other scar is on the outside of my right ankle, and i got it from a nasty shaving incident.
3. When I'm pms'ing, I lose all patience with people. I can be very snappish and bitchy. I don't try to contain it, though, or it just makes me worse. But I always apologize afterwards.

mejaka

10-21-2002, 08:54 AM

1. A partial list of birds I have seen since moving to N. Idaho:
--bald eagles
--golden eagles
--osprey (including a baby the size of a basketball removed from a nest and tagged during the annual Osprey Cruise on Lake Coeur d'Alene)
--Some kind of large crane/egret sitting on the dock one morning
--coots
--common mergansers
--various tame and semi-tame ducks and geese
--Canada geese
--mallards
--chickadees (both mountain and black-capped)
--titmice (including a bunch of babies being given bark-pecking lessons by their mother)
--flickers
--downy woodpeckers
--some kind of thrush, very similar to a robin but with a mask; can't recall the name right now
--robins, in huge flocks; they come to eat the ash berries and I've never seen them in flocks like that, only singles and pairs
--crows
--ravens
--pheasants; one cock named Floyd is a longtime resident of my neighborhood
--quail: California, which suprised no one, and Gambel's, which has the Audubon Society's radar up

2. My 10-year-old son recognized a pattern in square numbers that his teacher has never come across in 50 years of education/study. He's being referred to a high school teacher to discuss the theory/pattern. I can't believe I may be the mother of an actual mathematician (he figured out what multiplication was when he was 7).

3. All four of my wisdom teeth came in just like normal teeth, and I had them for years before one decayed enough that the dentist said it needed to come out. No surgery, but he cracked my bone and there were lots of capsules (tangled tooth and gum tissue) and when I think about the fact that, without that tooth to counter it, the lower tooth will erupt and need to be pulled, I get slightly sick.

BreezyK

10-21-2002, 09:05 AM

GuineaBaby, I'm proofing your essay right now. As if anyone thought I'd actually be working at work http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif !

queenfisher - my domain name stands for O.K. K.O., (O.K. and my intials (KO)). It's how I've always signed off on things I approved at work, and people seem to think it's funny. okko.com was taken, so I had to spell out the okay part. Thanks for the compliment on my portfolio http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif .

Z'anne - I never heard about the milk products thing & zits. I'm hopeless if that's my problem, because I drink *so* much milk, and I really don't wanna stop! Honestly, though, for me, I think it's hormonal... given that I'm really messed up in that area to begin with!

1. One of my pupils is larger than the other (or one is smaller). No, I'm not it a state of perpetual shock.

2. I'm involved in theatre and improv; mostly improv as of late.

3. I died my hair red yesterday. I try to die my hair red all of the time, and it never turns out all that different because I have medium brown hair and I'm to chicken to lighten it before coloring it.

lobster-girl

10-21-2002, 09:06 AM

thank you all for the kitty vibes. he is still in an oxygen tank and they are going to do more tests today. roomie will be home in a few hours. i took the day off work to be available if needed. i think i will work on the lmao's that i didn't get to yesterday.

1. when i was 7 years old my 5 year old cousin said to me, "bet i can give you a black eye" and i, of course said, "bet you can't" when POW! little cousin whipped out a fist and punched me in the eye! brat!!

2. i have met the ever mysterious Lemony Snickett, only he pretended to be someone else. he played the accordion and sang songs about the baudelaire kids...i have automatic crushes on guys who play accordions, xylophones and/or wear buddy holly glasses.

3. my kitty "witch baby" is sitting at the front screen door making that chirpy noise that kitties make when they see something they want to pounce on. it looks like a blue jay but i wouldn't know. i live in hollywood/l.a. and the birds i mostly see are pigeons. wrens & crows. though i did once see a hawk at a mcdonalds...i think he lived on the hamburgers. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

lakelady

10-21-2002, 09:18 AM

Evelynhoney...never heard of Trading Rooms...only in Britain, you say?
Z'anne...birds, yes. I'm totally in tune with them. Both being in the "Pac.NW" [I'm on Vanc. Island] we probably have many of the same species. I even called my [now defunct] co. Crow Publishing...partly because my initials are CAW and partly because they and ravens are smart, curious and incredible communicators. I live on a lake and right now we're between bird seasons...the winter crews are just starting to show up...mergansers, cormorants, mallards, herons, eagles... Even have a whole flock of quail who are eating me out of seed!

3 more things...
1. I can't wait for the New Year so I can get a dog [my 13-yr-old Golden died three months ago and I feel lost without a canine companion]
2. We're going away for Christmas and I don't want to but have to because of a reunion thing with my in-laws
3. I'm actually glad summer is over; I find the soft, misty weather now much more inspirational.

Ok...now to art

Caryl

jaydestarr

10-21-2002, 09:19 AM

positive thoughts to everyone who's having problems, kitties included!

there's just WAY too much to comment on! sheesh!

1) Saturday night I was looking at the sale books at Booksamillion and accidentally stumbled into the Bible section. Talk about outrageous prices! I was a bit confused by one thing: The Bible For Men and The Bible For Women. They were all sealed, so I couldn't look at them. I asked my Gender Comm prof about it this morning and she set me straight. (she's a liberal Christian and thought it was funny that I was really, really confused.) She wondered the same thing when she saw them at her church and looked at them. See, the one for men talks about being strong, successful, and manly. The one for women talks about bringing up kids, making a good home, and maintaining relationships. Makes sense, doesn't it? She said be thankful I was brought up as a liberal Catholic and now don't really affiliate myself with anyone. There are some freaky people out there.

2) It's FINALLY getting cold outside. It's about damned time. I've been anxiously awaiting autumn.

3) Autumn & winter are my favorite seasons.

Bugitha

10-21-2002, 10:07 AM

I like the bird reports too, I don't see too many here at the corner of downtown and the freeway but once in awhile a few alight on the roof of the single story house next door and amuse my cat who looks down on them from our second story apartment.

BreezyK, I'm jealous of your cavity resistent teeth, though the gum promblem sounds like it really sucks. I have a friend who never even went to the dentist until she was 21 and she only had one cavity, too! And for a while in her adolescence, she didn't even ever brush her teeth because she had this theory that doing so "removes the natural protective enzymes on your teeth." lol. Two of my wisdom teeth grew in right (and yes, they too, have fillings) the other two are tweeked-- my X-rays are a riot--but they don't bother me so until they do they stay put--especially considering that I don't have dental insurance right now. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

Mermaid, I'm a born letter writer, too and started writing my Grandpa at 7 or 8. Unfortunately, this trait is a complete aberration in my family, and for every 100 letters I've written, I've maybe gotten back 5.

1. A friend of mine buys birdseed and pours it on her patio to attract the birds for the entertainment of her inside-only kitties. They go nuts on the other side of the patio doors trying to get to the birds. I think this is a form of torture for the cats and the birds are the only ones amused. But my friend insists its for the cats' amusement.

2. I put flannel sheets on the bed this weekend. I LOVE those cold autumn nights!

3. I'd love to stay on Nervousness/ the internet all day but I gotta go get ready for my medieval art class. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

kittie_naughty

10-21-2002, 10:11 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (mejaka @ Oct. 19 2002,02:05)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I did all my own photography with a Pentax K-1000 and if I knew who at Pentax decided to take those out of production before I could afford to buy one, I'd black his eye.[/b][/quote]
the k-1000 wasn't taken out of production, it is still widely available in its unchanged, mechanical beauty.

----------------
1. haven't smoked in 15 days
2. am overworked
3. have rings under my eyes that go down to my knees. or something like that.

BreezyK

10-21-2002, 10:51 AM

GuineaBaby - Proof has been e-mailed back to you.

Bugitha - that birdseed thing does sound like torture for the cats!

lakelady - Changing Rooms is the original British version of Trading Spaces. It's on BBC America in the states. Trading Spaces is on TLC where I live. Ohh-so-addicting!

1. I think I've had 10-12 teeth pulled, and I wore full-on headgear in 5th grade. I have Juila Roberts-sized teeth, and they would not all fit in my mouth!

2. I live on a marina, so I'm blessed with seagulls (I love their call), ducks, geese, egrets, these other little birds that look like ducks, sandpipers, and these little birds that sound like really loud bats. Oh, also lots of doves.

3. I saw Tiny Tim at an airport many years ago. He was even carrying a tiny ukelayle (sp?) case w/ bumper stickers, and he was very pastey. We just stared in befuddlement. I don't think I'd choose any different person to see at an airport if I could... it's just too odd.

thunderstorm_19

10-21-2002, 11:17 AM

1. i got mail from thori and dystatic today (thank you both).

2. i hate cold weather. i like having snow over christmas, but after the holidays are over i'm more than ready to get back to summer, which never happens. january and february are often worse for bad weather than november and december here.

3. i still haven't started my essay, i'm still doing the readings. I have to mail in the essay postmarked by wednesday.

paperdream

10-21-2002, 11:55 AM

BreezyK - I second that your portfolio is incredible. I am now very scared of your APC LMAO....

1. My feet are freezing right now. Sometimes I think my feet are heatsinks - they can make everything cold and never get warm.

2. I bought a scanner this weekend, and tried to set it up today. But the power lead is missing...

3. I just tidied my desk up. I have room to move again!

My (tidy) desk now has:

- monitor, mousemat, mouse, keyboard, speakers
- bottle opener & corkscrew
- handmade book
- one penny
- a purple phone
- an ancient sticky drinks mat
- an origami crane
- stuffed Winnie The Pooh & Piglet & Eeyore
- clear soap in a plastic bag, with a toy fishie in it (he's called Percy)
- spooky found poetry collage by lakelady
- two bookcrossing books
- 2 dolls made by cosmicxx
- a million little glass, erm, thingumys
- a whole pile of Euro coins
- pretty antiquey card from amylyn
- Royal Mail Easyweigh
- Paua Pieces from Heartwindow
- Mythic Tarot cards
- a Dreamcast watch
- about six billion CDs
- two envelope books
- 8 pencils made from recycled vending cups
- - - hmm... maybe I should stop now? I've only done half of the desk... and this is when it's TIDY http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

~Erica

g3d

10-21-2002, 01:07 PM

I read this ENTIRE THREAD (I've just been on the forum for a few days, and finally had to see what so many of you were posting about). WOW!

FLEA-I've had the same gym dream many times.....and I also often find that I'm far more compassionate when it comes to animals (vs. humans)

KIMR-I've also had the teeth falling out dream many times. UGH.

GUINEABABY-I've been to Coalwood many, many times (my parents went to the same high school as Homer Hickam, and they are from War, WV....Coalwood is a "suburb".....you aren't missing anything.

DEATH_OR_ALDONA-My husband and I make up songs for the dogs all the time.

MEJAKA-That Family Log Book thing sounds so neat!

OK, my three.....

1. I am obsessed with the fear that my dogs will die.

2. I absolutely despise cooked carrots and not only won't eat them, but I won't eat anything on a plate with them (the juice gets into everything). I like raw carrots though.

3. I have spent about $230 in nervousness postage in the past two and a half weeks.....I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this up!

mejaka

10-21-2002, 01:23 PM

1. I have been told by two camera repairmen and at least three salesmen over the past six years or so that the K-1000 is no longer available. Acc. to their responses to my inquiry, it was out of production around 1987, then came back for a while, then went away again. I will have to check some more.

2. I don't trust dream-interpretation books. I believe psychological symbolism is partly cultural and partly individual. I'm often asked to interpret peoples' dreams, but it's a question-and-answer process of sorting out their own perceptions, prejudices, associations, etc. Like a combination of anthropology and literary analysis. :^ )

3. When I was little I fell on a boat trailer at my grandpa's cabin, and knocked out some teeth.

4. From two separate sources in the last three days, I have heard about the reproductive process of the green spoon worm. I had never heard this before. Quite interesting.

GuineaBaby

10-21-2002, 01:46 PM

g3d-Suburb or not, I think it would be enthralling to walk through and see everything and whatnot. I am dying to meet him. I'll check his site every once in a while to see if he's coming to Monterey Bay. I emailed him once and got an email back and he said sometimes he comes over here, so I've been making sure I'm not going to miss it.

1. I woke up freezing, showered freezing, and now I'm still freezing. What is up with my house? I'm going to get frostbite soon!

2. My celtic CD annoys my mom. I stick it on repeat when I sleep and she can only hear so much so she thinks it all sounds the same (and the night before last I had only one song playing over and over, but that was an accident).

3. Thank you Breezyk for the wonderful help with my essay! It's great to finally have some help where someone knows what they're doing! ^_^

Z'anne

10-21-2002, 01:56 PM

Welcome Erin! Be careful, this IS VERY addicting.

Caryl, I love my Pacific Northwest. Been here since 1966 and get VERY cranky if it doesn't rain. The weather down here is has been abynormal. With warmer temps and just a bit of misty wetness. I want to see sheets of water falling out of the sky. I'm jealous of you guys living so close to the water.
Living in the woods, and away from a major water source, I miss out on the great water birds. I get a lot of the smaller woodland ones, though. Such pretties http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

BreezyK - I know the milk thing is HARD to give up. Try to go without for 2 weeks. It's a long time, but if it works you know the cause for your zits. I'm speaking from experience. I was milk fiend. My sister and I could go through a gallon a day when we were younger. And my acne was TERRIBLE. PizzaFace doesn't even apply here. So I gave it all up. ALL, includes butter, ice cream, cheese (the worst), everything. Gawd, I miss the yogurt the most. But, remember, cow's milk is supposed to be just for baby cows. Just try the experiment and see how it goes.

1. While going out to feed my birds this morning I spotted a juvenile Red Tailed Hawk in one of the neighbor's trees. Geez, he was huge! Made sure the cats were inside until he flew off.

2. When I came back toward the house I heard a knocking sound and looked over the fence, into the pasture, and saw a pilated woodpecker really going at a stump. I went in the house real quick, got my camera and hopefully got a good picture of him. As a matter of fact, he was so engrossed with what he was doing, he didn't even see me, the dog or the cats watching him. So pretty and so cool!

3. And now for something completely different - I had my last wisdom tooth pulled out this summer. I had the other three pulled when I was in my mid-twenties. Big teeth, small mouth. This stupid tooth wouldn't come up all the way and had crooked roots, which means major surgery. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif Finally, it came up. Didn't bother me for years until it got a very good cavity then I did the oral surgeon thing. OUCH!! But it's feeling MUCH better now and funny thing, I still have a small hole in my jaw. It's closing up but really slow.

jaydestarr

10-21-2002, 02:19 PM

Welcome g3d! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif I am obsessed with the same fear you are - I worry over my cat, my boyfriend's dog, and my sister and her husband's animals constantly. I love them all and would hate to see them die! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif I spent an hour on the phone with my other sister last night outlining just how she should care for my cat while I'm at college and my parents are out of town. She thought I was insane. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif

Mejaka, I want to hear about the green spoon worm. I like random trivia! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

GuineaBaby, if you still need proofing on your paper, I'm up for it. I can do it tonight after 10 pm.

1) I officially have the highest grade out of two sections of Newswriting and Reporting, and I'm quite proud of that fact.

2) I've finally made a dent in the letters that need responses. It's about darned time!

3) My roommate fielded a call for me today. I have a package. The caller said it was at the East Campus office. We went over there, and they said they sent it to the campus housing office, which is also on the East Side. We went there to try and retrieve it. The girl asked what my name was, and I told her. She said, "Oh, okay. From the CNU Apartments. I sent that over to the James River Store about an hour ago." Um, the James River Store is on the West Side of the campus. Why on earth would she send it there? I wonder what it is, though. I would imagine that the object I'm expecting would come via the USPS and, therefore, would mean I would get a pickup slip in my mailbox. Also, it was just sent on the 18th. I sincerely doubt the USPS is that efficient. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif Ah well. I'll find out when I go over to the campus later today. I have a class at 7. :: shrugs ::

4) I am in a much better mood today. That is a very good thing. And thanks again, Veow, for the nice message you sent me. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

5) This is my 300th post. Scary.

6) I am very bored and talkative. That's not necessarily a good combination. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

BreezyK

10-21-2002, 02:23 PM

Oops. Double post. So I'm posting 3 more facts.

1. My boss just gave us all lovely little boxes w/ little handmade blank journals inside to remind us to "think outside the box."

2. I just spent almost $50 at Target when all I went there for was to do market research.

3. I had a dream last night that I was in my bedroom in my childhood home and a 13-year-old boy with a skateboard ejected from an airplane and landed outside my window. I was going to call someone, but he didn't want to be identified and he disapeared. Then I was going to meet my carpool buddy, but I thought she didn't want to carpool because her identity was stolen, but she actually did want to carpool.

I have many, many dreams about things coming from the sky outside that bedroom window. I think I must have been abducted by alians when I lived in that room.

BreezyK

10-21-2002, 02:27 PM

paperdream - thanks for the compliment, but oh my geez, don't be silly about the APC's! I was a wreck sending them to you all-- they were the first actuall art-related thing I've really participated in since I started here, and the stuff I'm used to doing (like in my portfolio) is so, er, suburban-bland compared to everything people do here.

mejaka- Again, you bring up something I've been meaning to write about -- the dream interpretations. I agree. I think dream dictionaries are useless, as the same thing can symbolize many things to many people. I think only the person who dreamed the dream can really interpret it. Though, there is something to be said for the Collective Unconcious, but then again, that could come into interpretting your own dream! I also have the tooth falling out dreams. I also have reoccuring dreams about discovering new rooms in my home, or new clothes in my closet. Haven't taken the time to figure out those completely, but the can only be something encouraging!

guineababy- glad I could help! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Z'anne - You're talking crazy talk now!!! There's absolutely no way I can give up milk, butter *and* cheese! My life would be pointless! I will keep my pimple face and continue to gorge. I couldn't even imagine goin 2 weeks, let alone a lifetime if it works! Oh, I have no willpower. But CHEESE? Come on! It depresses me just thinking about it.

1. I, like paperdream, bought a new scanner just recently. Then I had an awful ant invasion (see earlier post by me!). When I went to scan something last week, the picture popped up on my screen and there were ants on it! I thought they were just on the scanner bed, but they were actually crawling around in the inside of my scanner, under the glass! They went in and couldn't figure out how to get back out. I couldn't open up the scanner and remove them or I'd void the waranty. Now they've all died and fallen to the bottom of the scanner, so they don't scan anymore.

2. I hate ants. I love to see them die. (sorry, this is redundant from a previous post. It just needed to be restated).

3. I like Irish music, but not all the new-agey stuff. I like classic reels and folk rock -- Chieftans, Pogues, Oysterband, Black 47 (remember Funky Kaylee?), etc. A friend who owns a record company just told me about Flogging Molly (irish punk). Looking forward to hearing their music.

mejaka

10-21-2002, 02:35 PM

1. If ants got into my scanner, I would scan tons and tons of things and make interesting accidental ant art.

2. This is what I know about the spoon worm. It is born female, and if it lands on the ocean floor it gets to stay female. If it lands on a female spoon worm (or encounters one in the first few days of its life) it has to be male. A male spoonworm is 200,000X smaller than the female (like a man the size of a pencil eraser), and will be sucked into her and live out his life in her guts, snacking on her half-digested stomach contents and spewing sperm from his mouth so she can make baby spoon worms.

3. I also have dreams about finding new rooms in my house. Usually when we are looking for a home or have moved to a new home.

GuineaBaby

10-21-2002, 03:03 PM

1. interesting information about the spoonworm. Never heard anything like it.

2. I'm talking to Melbernai's sis on aim right now

3. I have yet to work on my computer homework

4. i can't figure out how to use my digital camera as a webcam

5. i have to pee really badly

6. my uncle came to visit and he's lost a bit over 200 lbs

paperdream

10-21-2002, 03:05 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (BreezyK @ Oct. 20 2002,14:27)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I like Irish music, but not all the new-agey stuff. I like classic reels and folk rock -- Chieftans, Pogues, Oysterband, Black 47 (remember Funky Kaylee?), etc. [/b][/quote]
Have you heard of Scarlet Heights? I went to see them last year on St Patrick's day. I remember enjoying it, but my Dylan tells me that I got bored and left part way through.... sometimes I don't trust my memory at all.

1. America sounds like it's completely infested with insects. Blech. And how do you get rid of them??

2. That said, I have woodlice in my kitchen. Again, how do you get rid of them?!?

3. It's my dad's 50th birthday tomorrow! Earlier this year he started going to Karate lessons with my brother. He decided to make it his goal to get his green belt by the time he was 50. He did really well, got all the other belts in the timescale he planned... and then 20 days ago, he ruptured his achilles tendon http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

I really need to take a week off work to do nervousness things. There's a million other projects I want to get working on too... and then I get distracted by this thread!

~Erica

GuineaBaby

10-21-2002, 03:13 PM

1. You get rid of bugs by screaming "die! die! die!" and they shrivel up and die. I'm just kidding lol. I use ant spray cause that's most of the bugs we get here.

2. I should mention I'm talking to melbernai, too. ^_^

3. I want to skip Japanese class today, but I can't cause then I'll be even more lost than I was last week. I think we're getting into whole conversations now. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

Melbernai

10-21-2002, 03:13 PM

1) I've never ever had a cavity. I did have braces, since my adult eye tooth was on the roof of my mouth instead of on top of the baby tooth like it should be. My braces were on from December 6th through December 5th, during my 11th and 12th grades in HS.

2) I drive a dork-mobile. A green Ford Taurus Wagon. It was free. My ex-bf used to call it the "Granny getter." I call it "Blue."

3) I overslept this morning. Eep.

~Meli

Bugitha

10-21-2002, 03:15 PM

Fascinating about the spoon worm. I love stuff like that, too.

I have a scanner and no clue how to use it. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif My whole computer set up has been handed down to me from my best friends hubby who replaces his system every two years or so. So I have all this stuff, but no idea how to use it. They just ship it from PA but without any instructions. Sorry to say I'm not very computer savvy and don't have the time or patience to sit around experimenting with it. Next time my friends visit I'll have to get a tutorial. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1.Today I'm planning to walk in the park for the sole purpose of shuffling through the leaves that have fallen.

2. Most days my mail doesn't come till around 4:30 or 5:00 and I hate the waiting.

3.My apartment is freezing right now, but I think I'll bake something to warm up the front room instead of turning on the furnace.