Three random facts:

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

I am listening to kate bush right now.

I have so much good music it is hard to choose what to listen to.

I think i may watch an episode of six feet under.

[Cuilanië]

- I just finished my work day. That's over 10 hours of work today. :o

- I don't like having such short evenings, feels like I've done nothing worthwhile all day. <_<

- The one worthwhile thing about all this overtime is the time off it earns me... that's worth a LOT, come to think of it. :)

[Cuilanië]

- Just thinking about a week's vacation is enough to burn away fatigue and moodiness. :)

- Sometimes when I'm this tired, I make more typos than usual - reversing letters, typing one vowel for another, doubling the wrong letter in a word...

- I think my fingers are a little dyslexic. They do have a mind of their own, and don't seem to agree with standard English spelling.

[Cuilanië]

- Suddenly, I find myself thinking out loud to this thread.

- This can go on for a long time.

- I've eaten a cereal bar for breakfast, a bit of pasta with ham in a cream sauce for lunch, and I expect to have vegetable soup for dinner.

[Cuilanië]

- I realise that last fact should have gone into "What's on the menu?", but I can't be bothered to change screens and hunt it down.

- I also ate most of a Toblerone bar (I shared with my co-workers, though) and a lot of cookies.

- I had too much coffee today.

[Cuilanië]

- The forums automatically translate the word "coffee" into coffee, regardless of whether you put the colons around it. :huh:

- I'm suddenly very very bouncy

- The soup can wait...

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by freckledcutie@Feb 17 2004, 06:53 PM


Blue, how old is sick daughter...still at the age that you have to do lots of mommy stuff?


Fiona is 12 -- kind of right on the edge of me being able to leave her here alone, but not quite there yet. I did go in and tutor this morning for 90 minutes, and then came back home...

Mommy stuff -- yikes.

sometimes I forget I'm mommy when I look at myself in the mirror!

[kittymao]

Uhm. Crap... Oh. Mail Day. Things go out. In week or so, things come in. Yaay things.

Oh- that Quiznos Commercial. Quiznos did NOT think that up. I'll show you.The Moon Song. (http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/)

I did a crapload of decos last night. I love decos. I made a book too. I like makin' books. Uhm... need to make some ATC's. Also fun.
Nervousness Rocks.

[sarahkate]

1. I just had my first sip of liquid for the first time all day. It's 3:40 PM. I am very bad about keeping myself hydrated. Bad, bad me.

2. I am surprised that bluecrayon's daughter is 12 years old! :o I imagined her children to be younger, maybe between the ages of 6 and 8.

3. Usually my boyfriend cooks dinner for me, but tonight I'm the chef. I'm making french toast and potatoes. Yum.

[freckledcutie]

I brought a lean cuisine for lunch today...santa fe style rice and beans

I ate the cafeteria's mac and cheese, fish, and turnip green instead

I left my will power at home

[Jennyblue]

1. Can a human (me) join the space monkey special forces? sounds cool. :D

2. I am grateful people responded to my question about God. I like hearing people's views on that topic as I am seeking to learn. :)

3. I'm drinking Diet Chocolate Soda. Sounds digsusting but sooo yummy. :P

[gwensmom]

I'm wondering how Jennyblue's foot is feeling.

I'm almost finished with this hilarious book Jenny sent me for a pif.

In it, the author said she can only walk two of her four dogs at a time because walking all four at once was like water skiing behind the space shuttle. :lol:

[medeous]

today in the mail i got a new linoleum cutter and 5 blades. yay me! i had lost my old one.

by "lost" i mean someone stole it from my room at school.

i frequently "lose" things that way and it makes me not want to share with the kids.

[Curlita]

1. Jenny's chocolate soda is making me think of the chocolate coke I had at Johnny Rockets diner on Friday night.

2. I'm also thinking about the bacon smothered turkey burger and onion rings I had, too. Mmmmmm.

3. Food is becoming a larger and larger part of my life. I am blaming being pregnant.

[nymphette]

1: we are home

2: i am exhausted and done in

3: it took me over half an hour to catch up on 3 random facts and my headche won't let me stay to play now

4: i wanna come tomorrow

5: my house is a wreck

6: i missed everyone

[bluecrayon]

I want you to come, Nymphette -- my door is always unlocked.

I received a most wonderful ATC from freckledcutie -- it is beautiful, indeed and I am wondering if she sent some ATCs to Paul???? She should.... :)

I might go play risk with the captain...

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Originally posted by Jennyblue@Feb 17 2004, 05:38 PM
1. Can a human (me) join the space monkey special forces? sounds cool. :D
No one can JOIN the space monkey special forces, one must be selected.

The space monkey special forces are always actively recruiting.

are YOU a candidate?

[medeous]

1. i am in the midst of making something pretty and sparkly and dainty
2. i say in the midst, but not really, i'm on hiatus...or it could be a really superlong midst
3. because i don't have an integral part of aforementioned pretty and sparkly and dainty thing and thus am unable to complete it at this time

[Dalmaney]

1. I just spent an hour and a half doing three questions of a twelve question assignmet... and I cheated and got most of the answers from some lecture notes from MIT.

2. If MIT students don't have to derive that stupid equations, why should I?

3. At least the rest of the equations are practical instead of theory.

[bluecrayon]

I have been long distance loving for half a year today...

Does anyone here think it's time he came to find me???

I want something pretty from medeous...

I am skeptical of the monkeys, but it doesn't mean I'm not interested...

[timeittook]

-i got a new book today. it's called "A People's History Of The United States" by howard zinn. i love american history and from what i heard this is a pretty different version of it. i'll start on it tomorrow.
-i get to do a puzzle piece for krystal's project. i'll do it pretty.:)
-i'm going to quit wasting time spinning around when i'm supposed to be studying and start getting all my work done faster.

[Sirius]

1. I often marvel over how when you are happy with someone their quirks are cute, and when you are annoyed with them, their quirks, are, well...annoying.

2. Dry skin is yucky.


3. I am not interested in Spring Training.

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Skeptics are most welcome within the ranks of the space monkey special forces.

I think it's time, but impatient is how I am.

Cryptaesia wants to have peace talks after waging massive war against me.

[medeous]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Feb 17 2004, 10:44 PM
I want something pretty from medeous...

1. that's good because what i'm making is for you.

2. i have to go to my grandma's 99883th birthday party this weekend.

3. i don't know what to get a cantankerous old lady who's been around longer than god.

[cryptaesia]

i fart alot

i smell like cheese

oreo is a cookie

[cryptaesia]

ever get the feeling you've been impersonated

risk again

the captians ship sunk though

[bluecrayon]

I don't think the captain has a clue...

he needs to find a life...

records and cds are really not the map of life...

[medeous]

that totally does not sound like blue

i think it's a pod person

however, wonky's impersonation of cryptaesia was right on the money

[timeittook]

-my glasses seem to be on their last leg. they're super bent up and i need a new pair. but hey, i don't drive so if they break who cares?:)
-i'm thinking about cutting my intake of nilla wafers down to 20 a day. they're too good not to eat.
-my arm is elbow is hurting tonight and if i take medicine to ease it a little i'll never get up on time. what to do, what to do.

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

i do good impressions :)

robin williams does better impressions

the capt. is coming.

[medeous]

robin williams is quite hirsute
i shaved my legs this morning
a wasted effort, since i wore knee socks and trousers ( i could've said pants but i just wanted to say trousers because it sounds funny)

[bluecrayon]

ooh! I'm putting on my striped socks for the captain....

I am adjusting my posture...

I am ready to defend Led Zeppelin to the death...

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Feb 18 2004, 12:30 AM
I don't think the captain has a clue...

he needs to find a life...

records and cds are really not the map of life...
This is the Captain.

Three random facts...
1) Any opinions about me are not valid, as no one on this forum knows me personally outside of the people whose computer I happen to be on. Who out there is so righteous to pass judgement.
2) Records and cds are not my map of life. However, people have hobbies, random crap that they're amused by. I'd rather be into music as apposed to T.V., or hockey (Leafs suck!), or other random crap that people are intitled to do.
3) You don't know anything about me for fact, other than what I've stated, which doesn't sum up my existance or my opinions. Therfore it should not be three random facts but three random opinions (for a person you believes I need to get a life, I come up as a quasi-common discussed individual).

[bluecrayon]

heh heh --

captain! I'm smiling at you.

I think you are smiling back...

I'm looking for my own life, too. ;)

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

join us JOIN US JOIN US

come on give us a call bauhaus is on and im not normal

this is the crypt speakin

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

This is the Captain...

5 years back, I was put in a position were not going through chemo was a bonus. I was ill since I was about 12 or 13. I dealt with a lot of crazy shit. All of the years are now BONUS. I have also realized I have absolutely NO obligation to anyone whatsoever. However, since I am not religous, I have not god to absolve me of anything. Therefore, I live my life as my morals and ideals dictate. I can not ask anyone else to live by my morals, so I by them myself. My main goal in life is to able to say I was the best person I could possibly be, and I do it for myself.

[kittymao]

captain needs two more facts. Or idioms. Or SOMETHING.

the Captain scares me.

Sometimes I scare myself.

[kittymao]

I've done the litterbox.

I should be in bed.

Guess where I am?

[kittymao]

you know, I keep getting Timeittook and Cryptaesia all confused, even though tehy have different names and one has a piccie and one doesn't.

When i grow up, I think I want to be bluecrayon.

Except I think it's too late for that and I'm Kittymao.

[bluecrayon]

guess where I am, too???

and should definitely be in bed...

I am afraid, it seems, of surrender..

[kittymao]

sometimes when I'm cold or tired I clamp my jaws together so hard my teeh ache. Uhm, like now.

My canine teeth can be used as scissors for string-cutting.

Why am I not in bed?

[kittymao]

I am being bombarded by Idiot bombs. I should become a lurker.

it's not like anyone gives a crap about me anyway.

I mean... my daddy's right when he said when I was 7 that I liked to hear myself talk. Except I hate the sound of my voice.

[bluecrayon]

I am restless

I miss infatuation guy

I hate shutting down...

[kittymao]

snarf.

the beginnings of depression are upon me.

this may be a good thing. A depression usually leads to art. But- who likes depressed people? I mean, other than goths? Cause I don't like many goths.

What am I saying? I don't like many people.

[bluecrayon]

I live in depression...

I just wear different colored socks to hide it...

I have to get up at 530am but still I dance on the edge...

[kittymao]

Okay. I'm going.

for real this time.

We think the combination of tiredness, sugarcrash, and our unchecked ranting has caused us to even dislike ouselves for the time being. We shall hope this subsides by the morning.

[kittymao]

aw, BC.

I wants ta give ya's a hug.

oo, jaw-clamp headache. must bail NOW.

[bluecrayon]

Okay.

I'm followingmy friend Kittymao out the door...

I just think I'm just tired.

[VeronicasLovebug]

1. i have a tendency to chew on bottlecaps after i get done drinking whatever was in the bottle

2. i have a tendency to chew on whatever happens to be in my mouth actually :P lol

3. my side is hurting

[littlest-bee]

I'm going to do some more reverse shopping today

With the money I get back I'm going to buy striped and spotted socks

I feel like doing a jigsaw puzzle

[freckledcutie]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Feb 18 2004, 03:31 AM

I have to get up at 530am but still I dance on the edge...
Do you ever sleep longer than 2 hours a night?

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by freckledcutie+Feb 18 2004, 02:20 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (freckledcutie @ Feb 18 2004, 02:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-bluecrayon@Feb 18 2004, 03:31 AM

I have to get up at 530am but still I dance on the edge...
Do you ever sleep longer than 2 hours a night?[/b][/quote]



not last night, I didn't -- daughter was up all night and I am beat as heck today!

but I'm lacing up my hightops and pedaling off to school to do my tutoring...

I may be back again later...

[Ishba]

1) I a--identally spilled so-e shards of rat bones in -y keyboard and now the only keys in the botto- row that work are b n shift and / 2) -y return (enter) key isn't working either 3) this su-ks royally

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by Insipid@Feb 18 2004, 11:00 AM
1) I a--identally spilled so-e shards of rat bones in -y keyboard and now the only keys in the botto- row that work are b n shift and / 2) -y return (enter) key isn't working either 3) this su-ks royally
1. oh no!! Maybe you need one of those keyboard vaccum things. Or you could probably score a cheap keyboard at a thrift shop.

2. I have lots of mystery crumbs in my keyboard. Once in a while I turn my keyboard upside down and shake it then crumbs and dirt come raining down all over my desk. Gross.

3. Totally unrelated to keyboards, but I realized last night when I was looking at Death-or-Aldona's amazon wishlist that I always spell her name wrong. I have been writing "Jamie" when referring to her on the forums. She must want to kill me because it's "Jaime." That's like when people spell my name "sara" and that's frustrating, so I know how she feels. Sorry Jaime!! :)

[stargal1998]

1. I have an ebay obsession.

2. Dvds are a lot bigger obsession, though.

3. I'm debating on shopping online again right now... aggh!

[freckledcutie]

When I tried to look at DorA's wishlist on amazon it was empty

I wonder why that was

I'm hungry

[gwensmom]

I just found out that a friend's 16 year old daughter took her own life last night.

I don't know how she did it.

I feel like I want to stop breathing.

[sarahkate]

1. Try this link (http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/registry.html/103-3742491-0668666?%5Fencoding=UTF8&id=WP305PLDHFAB) for D-O-A's Amazon wishlist. The first time I tried to view it when Chunkymonkey left a link it looked blank and I don't remember what I did but then the list appeared.

2. I tried doing a few sit-ups and push-ups the other day. That was comical.

3. I need some new pens. I hate the ones that I have.

[thunderstorm_19]

oh *hugs* gwensmom that is so awful.

1 - tiiiiiiiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhd.

2 - i'm really hating PMS.

3 - there are so many ideas in my head i can't settle down to do any of them properly.

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Feb 18 2004, 12:32 PM
I just found out that a friend's 16 year old daughter took her own life last night.

I don't know how she did it.

I feel like I want to stop breathing.
:'( That's so sad. I'm so sorry Sarah. :(

It's horrible that a teenager can feel there is nothing to live for, when really their life hasn't even begun yet. Though, when I was a teenager there were many times when it seemed like my life would never get better, so I guess I can understand how some of them feel. It's just such a shame that some of these kids decided their life is over before they even really became an independent person, and realized that their life could be different, better, one day.

:(

[Lilac]

Oh Gwensmomn! What terrible news! I'm so, so sorry!

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Feb 18 2004, 05:32 PM
I just found out that a friend's 16 year old daughter took her own life last night.

I don't know how she did it.

I feel like I want to stop breathing.


aw, gwensmom -- I am so sorry to hear this.

I am hugging you across the miles and the screens that separate us.

I am telling you to keep breathing -- this girl's mom is going to need your hug.

yikes. I feel like crying for young girls in so much pain.

[Cuilanië]

(((((Sarah))))) That's horrible.

I'm terribly sorry to hear that...

If I wasn't so brain-dead tired, I could find words for it.

[freckledcutie]

Sarah, I'm sorry about your friend's daughter...I'm hoping for peace for you and her family

I found a great link for art-o-mat...it's art that you buy in vending machines (old, cigarette machines)
http://www.artomat.org/home.html

I think that I'm depressed but I don't feel depressed...I feel normal...happy even...I've just been eating a lot and I've been very angry at myself for not going to the gym the past few days...Last night, I was upset that Kendra had the scan key to the gym when I wanted to go and she was in the middle of a high school basketball game (I missed the first 45 minutes due to work...I'm not a bad mom) and so I ate a big Kit Kat instead...then, I ate some chips and dip...today, I ate and apple when I wanted a candy bar but came home and ate some instant pancakes...I hate me right now!

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

i have no words for comfoting people.

i'm clincially depressed or something like that- whatever, i just think i'm a realist and reality bites

the first thing that pops in my mind when i hear about a suicide is "wow, they had balls.". i am tooo scared to die, it's rather torment myself by living a meaningless existence.

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by WonkyWalkingShoe@Feb 18 2004, 10:48 PM
i have no words for comfoting people.



pockets full of words and sometimes they are just impotent sounds floating on the breeze. ...

but sewn together with good intention and love, they serve to hit the mark...

say "I love you" to someone enough times, they will begin to believe it.

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Feb 18 2004, 05:02 PM
pockets full of words and sometimes they are just impotent sounds floating on the breeze. ...

but sewn together with good intention and love, they serve to hit the mark...


cb, this is lovely.

This girl's mother was Gwen's home therapist for two years and they go to my church.

The girl used to come with her mom sometimes. She was beautiful, graceful, intelligent, articulate, compassionate and utterly curious about everything. A very gentle soul. If Gwen were a normally developing child, I would want her to be like Erin.

[Sirius]

:thewave:

:thewave::thewave:

:thewave::thewave::thewave:

[medeous]

1. my dog suddenly thinks it's a good idea to wake up and bark-bark-bark to go out at 5:00am

2. i don't get up until 5:45am

3. i had weird school dreams...i hate those

[bluecrayon]

This morning is the first one I can recall when I have gotten up and trundled over here to mind bend a bit before I have to pedal off to school, to find that NOONE has bumped up anything here since 11ish last night when I went to bed!

Hmm... so what's it mean?

I guess I'm going to have to bump myself! ;)

[cindi1023]

1. I experienced Sleep Paralysis again last night. This is a recently-developed symptom of my neurological nastyness. The first couple of times it happened, it scared the crap out of me, but I'm growing more accustomed to it. It's definitely an unusual feeling. :wacko:

2. The hardest word for me to spell is "definitely." I can NEVER get it right, and most of the time it's so wrong, spell-check doesn't even know what I'm talking about.

3. I'm feeling a little better about myself, nervousness-wise. I'm finally getting some long overdue obligations completed & mailed. :)

[stargal1998]

1. I had the freakiest dream I've had in a long time last night/this morning.

2. I watched "Working Girl" last night and it made me happy.

3. Today is payday, which means a yarn spree, dinner at panera (black bean soup and a turkey sandwich--yum!) and grocery shopping (lots of yougurt-y goodness).

[sarahkate]

1. That's funny Cindi because when it comes to the word "definitely" I am the complete opposite! That is one of those frequently misspelled words that I always remember. I think it's because one of my teachers in ninth grade told us to always remember the word has 2 "E"s on the outsides and two "I"s on the insides, and the word "nite" is part of the word.

2. "Separate" on the other hand is a word I can never remember how to spell correctly. I think I usually start to write "seperate" instead.

3. I have a stupid meeting to go to at 10:00. I hope it doesn't last long.

[bluecrayon]

I misspelled totally and raisins for YEARS!

Just last night I had to look up sincerely in the dictionary...

and definitely definitely fries my brain... :D

[cindi1023]

Originally posted by sarahkate@Feb 19 2004, 09:39 AM
1. That's funny Cindi because when it comes to the word "definitely" I am the complete opposite! That is one of those frequently misspelled words that I always remember. I think it's because one of my teachers in ninth grade told us to always remember the word has 2 "E"s on the outsides and two "I"s on the insides, and the word "nite" is part of the word.

Thanks SK! I just might remember how to spell it, now! :D

[timeittook]

-i get to go to the doctor today. i get to get an x-ray of my arm and be told that i need yet another surgery(#7 i believe). woo hoo! yay for me.
-since i'll be over in norfolk anyway maybe i can convince my parents to get me a new book or two.
-i got some pages from naviv the other day and i can't stop playing with them. so far my favorite page is a poem that starts off "Da jeg kom til meg selv" or "As I arrived at myself". i really like it.

[bluecrayon]

I am hoping there is no #7 for timeittook

[timeittook]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Feb 19 2004, 11:11 AM
I am hoping there is no #7 for timeittook
-#7 and probably #8 are unavoidable. just whether it's bone surgery or tendon surgery is the question. i know the last one i get will be scar removal.
-i found some books in my room i forgot i had. i wonder what i shall do with them.
-i'm watching maury without my glasses on. i can't make out the tv screen too well.:)

*bonus*-my little puppy is sitting in his pen acting like a king. i'm going to get a picture of him sitting on his crate one day and post it.

[Ishba]

1) I remember how to spell definitely because it's just the word finitely in it :P

2) I still misspell necessary and successful on a regular basis. I put too many c's in necessary and too few in successful.

3) I'm very behind in letting people know things have gotten here. I'll have to PM lots of people today.

[medeous]

i am not a flag-waver by any means

i am tired of snide, stereo-typical comments about america

when i feel the word "american" is being used in a derogatory manner, perhaps it's time i concentrate on the main site and forego the forums. :mellow:

[sarahkate]

1. Nooooo medeous you can't forego the forums! The forums love you!!!

2. I don't consider myself very patriotic either but I feel the same as you sometimes. All americans aren't greedy wasteful assholes. This is the country I was born in, this is the country I live in. If I was born in France or Russia or China or Egypt would that make me a better person? Different probably, but better (or worse)?? I think not!

3. Hmpf!

[stargal1998]

Originally posted by medeous@Feb 19 2004, 12:28 PM
i am not a flag-waver by any means

i am tired of snide, stereo-typical comments about america

when i feel the word "american" is being used in a derogatory manner, perhaps it's time i concentrate on the main site and forego the forums. :mellow:
I understand totally what you mean...and whom you are referring to.

1. I want Wendy's for lunch, but I had it for dinner, so I'm probably just getting subway.

2. I'm going to buy lots of yougurt tonight... yay!

3. I really want black beans and rice...

[Seusomon]

1. Someone who hasn't spoken to me in two months called Monday night.

2. I bought an old, hopefully reliable car for $2500 cash.

3. The days are getting longer again.

[littlest-bee]

Originally posted by Seusomon@Feb 19 2004, 04:57 PM
3. The days are getting longer again.
1. I noticed this too for the first time today.

2. I'm craving chips for my tea but I will probably eat a very sensible baked potato instead

3. This weekend will be the first time in months that I haven't gone away to visit friends or family.

[tanagee]

1. I got my first nomination. I told myself I wasn't going to care...or check the nomination thread. Still, it is nice to be recognized. :blush:

2. I have trouble spelling a lot of words. Refridgerator is one of them (it is probably spelt wrong there, but I am too lazy to check)

3. I have my auto-correct in Word set to catch and correct my commonly misspelt words, but I sometimes spell them 'differently wrong' so it doesn't correct it.

[sarahkate]

1. I just checked your spelling tanagee, because I wasn't even sure myself and it's actually "refrigerator" with no d. I think I usually stick a D in there too. Oops!

2. My boyfriend gets annoyed with me because I call it the "frigerator" as in "Can you get the ketchup out of the frigerator for me?" I don't know why I say it like that, but I do!

3. I need to make some ATCs for the Zeitgeist show. I can't believe I have put it off so long, but everytime I try to make some ATCs I get complete "artist block" and I can't come up with any good ideas.

[cryptaesia]

some info on how caring the american military is

82nd Airborne soldier leaves his post, seeks asylum in Canada
12:26 PM EST Feb 19
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division who says he had "a romantic vision" of military life has left his post and is living in Canada, where he has sought refuge as a conscientious objector.

Jeremy Hinzman, a member of the 2nd Battalion of the 504th Brigade Parachute Infantry Regiment, could be prosecuted as a deserter if he is caught inside the United States.

He'll be listed on a national database and could be arrested, but the army won't go looking for him, said Sgt. Pam Smith, a spokeswoman for the 82nd Airborne, based at Fort Bragg.

"We don't have time to go and track down people who go AWOL," she said. "We're fighting a war."

Hinzman, who grew up in Rapid City, S.D., joined the army in January 2001. He and his wife and baby fled last month to Toronto.

Hinzman told the Fayetteville Observer by phone that the socialist structure of the military appealed to him - he liked the subsidized housing and groceries and, at the end of his service, the money for college.

"It seemed like a good financial decision," he said, adding, "I had a romantic vision of what the army was."

But he was horrified from the start of basic training, by the chanting about blood and killing during marches, by the shooting at targets without faces and by what he called the dehumanization of the enemy.

"It's like watching some kind of scary movie, except I was in it," he said. "People would just walk around saying things like, 'Oh, I want to kill somebody."'

Hinzman said he turned in his first application to be a conscientious objector in August 2002, saying he wanted to fulfil his service obligation but not to participate in combat.

He said army officials told him his six-page explanation was lost. But later, when he was doing clerical work, he was handed a file that included the application.

He reapplied, but by that time his unit was on track to go to Afghanistan and he left with it. With the application still pending, he was kept off patrol and worked as a dishwasher.

Hinzman said his application was denied while he was in Afghanistan.

He returned to Fayetteville in July and talked things over with his wife, Nga Nguyen. They figured it was only a matter of time before his unit would be sent to Iraq. He said he felt the war there was unjust and was being fought over oil interests.

On Dec. 20, Hinzman found out that his unit would be deployed to Iraq. On Jan. 2 - a Friday, the start of a four-day weekend - he packed his wife and 14-month-old son, Liam, into their car for the 18-hour drive to Canada.

His absence was noticed that Monday and he was declared absent without leave the following day.

Hinzman said he has received much support from Quakers in Toronto and Fayetteville, where he joined the Friends Meeting when he couldn't find a place to practise Buddhism, his preferred faith.

Ann Ashford, recording clerk at the Fayetteville Friends Meeting, said Hinzman and his wife were faithful attendees. She said the community supports Hinzman, though no one knew of his plan to desert.

During the Vietnam War, an estimated 30,000 Americans sought refuge in Canada to avoid compulsory military service.

Hinzman's chances of receiving refugee status are slim: Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board said none of the 268 American applicants last year was accepted.

Those who are denied refugee status may be granted permission to stay in Canada under other provisions, said Charles Hawkins, a spokesman for the board.

Hinzman said he knows the decision will take a while. He said the hardest part has been leaving the people in his unit, which is now in Iraq.

"I didn't do this out of animosity toward them," he said, "but toward the situation we were in."


from cbc today

[freckledcutie]

Originally posted by medeous@Feb 19 2004, 11:28 AM
i am tired of snide, stereo-typical comments about america


I don't know what you're talking about but there have been times I felt ashamed to be an American because of a post I read or something

I'm NOT ashamed to be an American...I personally love being an American

I love you, too...please don't go!

[freckledcutie]

Originally posted by Seusomon@Feb 19 2004, 11:57 AM
1. Someone who hasn't spoken to me in two months called Monday night.

Is this the same person you thought was gone?

I guess our love affair is over before it starts

I'll be okay :violin:

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Originally posted by stargal1998+Feb 19 2004, 11:42 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (stargal1998 @ Feb 19 2004, 11:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-medeous@Feb 19 2004, 12:28 PM
i am not a flag-waver by any means

i am tired of snide, stereo-typical comments about america

when i feel the word "american" is being used in a derogatory manner, perhaps it's time i concentrate on the main site and forego the forums. :mellow:
I understand totally what you mean...and whom you are referring to. [/b][/quote]
I don't know who you are referring to.
Meh, I guess there are some things I just miss altogether on the forums here.

I have floaters in my eye, they make it hard to see, they are supposed to go away but they aren't going anywhere. I don't know how they are caused or what I could do on my own to treat them. I've even taken an injection of steriods in my EYE!!!!! to get rid of these mofos but to no avail and I am so sick of it.

I am having a hard time coming up with one more random fact.

[silvertiger]

1. I'm very sick
2. I'm going to the health center this afternoon
3. I hope I'm well by tomorrow so I can go to the swing party

[nymphette]

Originally posted by WonkyWalkingShoe@Feb 19 2004, 12:46 PM
I have floaters in my eye, they make it hard to see, they are supposed to go away but they aren't going anywhere. I don't know how they are caused or what I could do on my own to treat them. I've even taken an injection of steriods in my EYE!!!!! to get rid of these mofos but to no avail and I am so sick of it.
1: chris says to get to the optometrist or the hospital because it can be retinal detachment.... it can quickly deterioriate your vision!!!

2: he's going to ask the doctors what else it could be.. ..... they said that it can be caused by changes in your diet, plus some kinds of medication....

3: if you are getting a 'veil' over your eyesight, get thee to a hospital!!!!!!

[Seusomon]

Originally posted by freckledcutie+Feb 19 2004, 11:36 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (freckledcutie @ Feb 19 2004, 11:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Seusomon@Feb 19 2004, 11:57 AM
1. Someone who hasn't spoken to me in two months called Monday night.

Is this the same person you thought was gone?

I guess our love affair is over before it starts

I'll be okay :violin: [/b][/quote]
1. She is gone, geographically.

2. We're still coming to terms with what that means, because we haven't stopped loving each other.

3. Which is not to say that outrageous propositions from exciting nervousness people aren't welcome. :lol:

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

i am trying to complie a list of songs worth putting on a mix cd to share with someone.

i have sooo much music it's hard for me to decide.

i think i am going to go off my meds......... i dont like ssri drugs

[Dalmaney]

1. I'm afraid I have a hard time using the word "American" in anything but a negative context.

2. That doesn't mean I hate Americans, as induvidual people. I hate bigger ideals and practises and governments. And even there, "hate" is more frustrations and discontent.

3. You can please some of the people some of the time, but sitcks and stones will break my bones and names will never hurt me.

[cryptaesia]

Originally posted by medeous@Feb 19 2004, 11:28 AM
i am not a flag-waver by any means

i am tired of snide, stereo-typical comments about america

when i feel the word "american" is being used in a derogatory manner, perhaps it's time i concentrate on the main site and forego the forums. :mellow:
i hope its not me thats causing some to think im anti american because that would be the wrong assumption.

i may SEEM anti american, however, i would like to point out that any american bashing i may be in on is directed at the man who stole the white house and waged an illegal war and his money grabbing earth destroying corporate backers.

i personally love the american people, a group without peers whens it comes to caring, getting together and sticking together. americans stand by their friends and try hard to entertain the rest of the world, and generally, the american people are non violent and love freedom for everyone. this is not how the so called 'patriot act' works and it is not how mr bush works, the with us or against us mentallity of the current regime in power has been damaging to the american people across the planet and now we need to help the americans heal and move on to a new leader in 2004.

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Originally posted by nymphette+Feb 19 2004, 02:17 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (nymphette @ Feb 19 2004, 02:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-WonkyWalkingShoe@Feb 19 2004, 12:46 PM
I have floaters in my eye, they make it hard to see, they are supposed to go away but they aren't going anywhere. I don't know how they are caused or what I could do on my own to treat them. I've even taken an injection of steriods in my EYE!!!!! to get rid of these mofos but to no avail and I am so sick of it.
1: chris says to get to the optometrist or the hospital because it can be retinal detachment.... it can quickly deterioriate your vision!!!

2: he's going to ask the doctors what else it could be.. ..... they said that it can be caused by changes in your diet, plus some kinds of medication....

3: if you are getting a 'veil' over your eyesight, get thee to a hospital!!!!!! [/b][/quote]
These floaters have been an ongoing problem for two years now.
I have been to my specialist, he sent me to the "best" specialist, who gave me the steriod injection that basically did bubkis.
Then I was prescribed glasses with a corrective lense..... whatever.

Speaking of which I have to call my opthamologsit right now.

[gwensmom]

It wasn't you cryptaesaia.

The person who did it says a lot of outrageous things.

It says more about that person than anything else.

[stargal1998]

Originally posted by cryptaesia@Feb 19 2004, 03:47 PM
i may SEEM anti american, however, i would like to point out that any american bashing i may be in on is directed at the man who stole the white house and waged an illegal war and his money grabbing earth destroying corporate backers.

Dude, I don't like the puppet we call president, either, and I am sure other people disagree with me. But it's a different story.

1. Having an opinion different than others about America doesn't make you evil or mean or anything, but the way you phrase them DOES.

2. Especially when you say/start conversations that turn negative and then leave when you're called on it.

3. I think that everyone who enjoys the three random facts thread is cool. For the most part we're light and uber-cool... :-) I love you guys and gals!

:wub:

[cryptaesia]

Originally posted by stargal1998+Feb 19 2004, 03:45 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (stargal1998 @ Feb 19 2004, 03:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-cryptaesia@Feb 19 2004, 03:47 PM
i may SEEM anti american, however, i would like to point out that any american bashing i may be in on is directed at the man who stole the white house and waged an illegal war and his money grabbing earth destroying corporate backers.

Dude, I don't like the puppet we call president, either, and I am sure other people disagree with me. But it's a different story.

1. Having an opinion different than others about America doesn't make you evil or mean or anything, but the way you phrase them DOES.

2. Especially when you say/start conversations that turn negative and then leave when you're called on it.

3. I think that everyone who enjoys the three random facts thread is cool. For the most part we're light and uber-cool... :-) I love you guys and gals!

:wub: [/b][/quote]
i agree with you totally, if your gonna remark, be prepared to back your shit up. dont run and hide like a politician, talk the debate out

im always willing to hear the otherside, whether i agree with it or not, and i feel sometimes i can come across as a little hard on american politics, but rest assured, if the american leader hadn't done things like met with the binbladens on sept 11 2001, or gave haliburton, dick cheneys old company, billions in oil projects in the middle east BEFORE war was ever declared in iraq a second time, i probably wouldn't be so hard on him.


and i LOVE all you peoples here at nervousness and would wish only the best for you all.....

[stargal1998]

Originally posted by cryptaesia@Feb 19 2004, 05:01 PM
if the american leader hadn't done things like met with the binbladens on sept 11 2001, or gave haliburton, dick cheneys old company, billions in oil projects in the middle east BEFORE war was ever declared in iraq a second time, i probably wouldn't be so hard on him.

1. I have to get "Dude, Where's my country?" and finish it.

2. I think I'm going to watch "The Best Lil' Whorehouse in Texas" or "Free to be, you and Me" tonight, after survivor and CSI, of course.

3. I have a sign in my cubicle that's from the san diego zoo/wild animal park that says:
http://www.shopzoo.com/images_thumbs/0000027.jpg

[Dalmaney]

1. I think I'm switching one of my project topics from "AIDS and the Gay Community" to "Gays and Lesbians in the American Military".

2. I really don't care about either... but I have to do the research on something, so I'm going to choose the easiest topic I can.

3. No offense that I don't care, anyone, but I would have been much more interested in one of the other chapters. But random assignment is easiest for the prof, so all I can do is make the best of it.

[cryptaesia]

we have that exact same sing in our office stargal1998

wonky's cousin is a student jane goodall

i like stuff

[Cuilanië]

I'm still at work because my boss couldn't get her act together earlier and now were're running so late behind schedule it's not even funny.

By the time this is finished, I'll have done two weeks worth of work in one.

She better give me that week off, or she'll discover just how insanely angry I can get... <_<

[Cuilanië]

I called the university I applied to, to tell them they sent me a convocation for the French exam by mistake. :rolleyes:

That test is normally compulsory for all foreigners, except when French is their mother tongue. This happens to be my case.

Can't blame them, though - they moved offices just when they had to start processing the applications, and must've been a little swamped...

[Cuilanië]

- I'm exhausted
- I can't think anymore
- I have to finish this draft tonight, because I sure as hell won't be able to finish it tomorrow morning before my boss comes in to work...

Bonus - My brain doesn't function too well in the morning...

[nymphette]

1: i used to love heated debate and arguing and being stubborn about my point and defending my view vehemently (ve hem ent ly :P ).... i was well known in high school for my ... er... debating skills... (i was just stubborn and bull headed!!! ;))

2: i usually just state my point quietly and try to be inoffensive now- and leave it at that.... i know what my opininon is and once i share it, if i do, then that is that... because it isn't up to me to change other people's minds, though it is up to me to state my own POV, if i choose...

3: but~

if someone were to make an anti-semitic remark here, or a remark against blacks, or asians, native americans, etc, everyone would be all over it.... it gets ignored, okayed, seconded, 'let go', defended- when it is an anti- american statement.... bigotry is bigotry in my opinion.

you dont' have to agree with it. but if you don't, don't call me a stupid canadian, what does she know, probably lives in an igloo and drives a dogsled, eh??? noo doot aboot it!!! :P

<sigh>

i dont think i want to read what will be commented on my remarks... but if it offends me then it is my right to ignore it... and we all have that right- we dont' have to comment on other people's remarks and opinions.... and we dont' have to listen to what other people say...

i should have quit while i was ahead... i dont' know what i am trying to say anymore..... :(

[cryptaesia]

your absolutely right nymphette

[nymphette]

Originally posted by cryptaesia@Feb 19 2004, 03:35 PM
your absolutely right nymphette
that i should have quit while i was ahead???? :lol: :) :unsure: :blink: :(

[Seusomon]

1. I still haven't found the infamous Anti-American comment, but haven't been looking really hard.

2. I've felt pretty tired for a week or so now.

3. It was snowing this morning, but it's sunny now.

[cryptaesia]

no, dont quit, keep on

your right about

'if someone were to make an anti-semitic remark here, or a remark against blacks, or asians, native americans, etc, everyone would be all over it.... it gets ignored, okayed, seconded, 'let go', defended- when it is an anti- american statement.... bigotry is bigotry in my opinion.'

[Cuilanië]

I tend to agree, too.
Just don't call us stupid Canadians, eh?
;)

<edited for brainless mistake>

[stargal1998]

Originally posted by nymphette@Feb 19 2004, 05:30 PM
if someone were to make an anti-semitic remark here, or a remark against blacks, or asians, native americans, etc, everyone would be all over it.... it gets ignored, okayed, seconded, 'let go', defended- when it is an anti- american statement.... bigotry is bigotry in my opinion.

you dont' have to agree with it. but if you don't, don't call me a stupid canadian, what does she know, probably lives in an igloo and drives a dogsled, eh??? noo doot aboot it!!! :P
..... :(
Don't forget all that clean air that makes you crazy, eh? :rolleyes:

1. I think we're all agreeing that it's okay to have a differing opinion. I've just always been taught to be responsible for what you say. And I know enough about you to know that you listen to others, so you're cool in my book.

2. I want the workday to be over so I can go to dinner and read "The Once and Future King."

3. This is funny... Link (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=797&e=1&u=/eo/20040219/en_tv_eo/13531)

[nymphette]

1: that story was funny..... reality tv is a mind sucking brain numbing ADDICTIVE thing!!!! :o:P i 'had' tv for a week while we were kicked out for the renos and i watched my big fat obnoxious fiance, survivor and something called 'airline' or 'airports' or something... when it came on my sister and i were making fun of it (we were sitting in the living at the the kitchen table (pulled out of the dining room...) :P and after five minutes i was like 'this is pretty interesting' and she said 'i like it... that's bad'.... heh heh.... it was about this airline and the problems they have, just another reality tv exploit!!!!!

2: i have to go to my sister's house next monday evening to watch my big fat obnoxious fiance... ;)

3: i want the link to the penguin again.. who has it!???!!??? it cracked me up!!!!

[nymphette]

1: i am making chicken for super, even after watching the link to that animal slaughtering peta video.... and it is still going to taste good....

2: julian wanted to give harrison a taste of his lemon drop because 'mommy, lemon is deeeelishus!!!!' i told him harrison doesnt' eat with his mouth, you know that, everything goes in through his tube in his tummy!!! and he said 'mommy, put lemon IN tube.. harrison eat deeeelishus!!!!'... :) he's so sweet to his brother!!!!

3: i made lemon drops today and am making a pan of penuche for my mommy... she had a severe meniere's attack on tuesday morning and couldn't fly- she was supposed to go to see my brother in B.C. for a week, but she was completely incapacitated... :( she's pretty depressed about it and upset that the attack hit her that bad and couldn't be controlled by her meds... i have informed her of an operation that may help- her doctor has never mentioned it to her!!!!! :o

4: i have been having bad dizzy spells today, i think they must be sympathy vertigo for her.... <_< i will likely be diagnosed with meniere's in the next couple of years- all the women in my family have it and my dizzy spells are becoming a bit more frequent so is time to check it out... :( ah well, it can be dealt with, that's the good part...

[medeous]

1. i actually wasn't referring to any one person in particular.
2. i actually wasn't referring to any one comment in particular.
3. it was just one more thing said by just one more person and it was finally enough for me. (but now i'm wanting to search the forums and find the one that everyone thinks i'm referring to...even though it'll make me agitated again if i find it.)

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by nymphette@Feb 19 2004, 03:30 PM
if someone were to make an anti-semitic remark here, or a remark against blacks, or asians, native americans, etc, everyone would be all over it.... it gets ignored, okayed, seconded, 'let go', defended- when it is an anti- american statement.... bigotry is bigotry in my opinion.



Thjis is absolutely right

I have noticed that it does seem ok on nervousness to lump all children into one group and issue blanket condemnations against them

That is bigotry too

[bluecrayon]

hmmm -- if someone wants to bash George Bush, I have no problem with that.

he is not my king -- and in reality, he is not my elected president, either.

My government is not me.

therefore, I don't take anti-American criticism personally.

and our government has been doing some questionable things of late.

maybe it deserves to be criticised...

america is an amorphous umbrella term that means a lot of things...

it is not the same as Jewish, Arab, blind, female, or any other moniker people use to separate themselves from one another...

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

i am already getting sleepy

i have a hunk of the white cliffs of dover on my desk

there are many shoes on people's feet

[Ishba]

Originally posted by WonkyWalkingShoe@Feb 19 2004, 09:10 PM
there are many shoes on people's feet
not on mine! :o
http://gallery.cybertarp.com/albums/userpics/13156/ATC-Feet.jpg

I'm finally getting my room organized.

mmm... Röyksopp :)

[timeittook]

Originally posted by nymphette@Feb 19 2004, 06:37 PM
2: julian wanted to give harrison a taste of his lemon drop because 'mommy, lemon is deeeelishus!!!!' i told him harrison doesnt' eat with his mouth, you know that, everything goes in through his tube in his tummy!!! and he said 'mommy, put lemon IN tube.. harrison eat deeeelishus!!!!'... :) he's so sweet to his brother!!!!

-i think that is cute.
-does julian like lemonade? if so, does he like pink lemonade?
-i have pink lemonade.

[medeous]

My government is not me.
therefore, I don't take anti-American criticism personally

i wouldn't take the criticism personally, either...if it were always directed or addressed towards the government instead of america or americans in general, as it usually is.


america is an amorphous umbrella term that means a lot of things...
it is not the same as Jewish, Arab, blind, female, or any other moniker people use to separate themselves from one another...

even more reason not to lump us all together and let prejudice run away with one's typing fingers.

this is an issue where no one is likely to be swayed from their opinions and those that feel attacked by my remarks will likely label me american. <shrug> so be it, i'm finished with this topic of conversation.

[Ishba]

Originally posted by nymphette@Feb 19 2004, 06:37 PM
i will likely be diagnosed with meniere's in the next couple of years- all the women in my family have it and my dizzy spells are becoming a bit more frequent so is time to check it out...
oh I hope you aren't! vertigo is the most awful feeling... I get motion sick just reading about somebody spinning around... it's terrible.

The recent medical problems my step-mother's dog was having turned out to be a canine form of meniere's

I've been reading up on the disease and I'm motionsick now. bleck. I hope I don't have it :o

[freckledcutie]

Okay, guys...I've never received anything back from a LMAO yet so I have no idea what to compare my work to

I also don't want to make anyone mad by posting in the wrong place but I'll go for it until you tell me you're mad

I did these for the paisley ATC...are they okay? Like I said, I have no idea what to compare myself to and I don't want to create shoddy stuff.

http://nervousness.org/images/uploaded/freckledcutie_138765.jpg

[nymphette]

1: i have two aunts who whenever they read about and share with each other, information about a 'new' disease- they both get it..... ;)

2: i am making banana bread... well, i started to make it and couldn't find my recipe... so here i am in the guise of looking for a recipe and actually popping on for a fix....

3: i am making banana bread now....

p.s. julian loves lemonade!!!!! :)

[Ishba]

Originally posted by freckledcutie@Feb 19 2004, 10:54 PM
I did these for the paisley ATC...are they okay? Like I said, I have no idea what to compare myself to and I don't want to create shoddy stuff.

1) they're boodyfull =)

2) I love lemon too... I even have tea called "I Love Lemon"

3) I feel like doing some sort of lemon LMAO... like a travelling box of lemon recipes, lemon decos, lemon tea, etc... but something tells me not many people are as enthusiastic about lemon as I am. Maybe Julian would work on a lemon deco for me :P

[timeittook]

-a monteggia(sp?) fracture is one of the most painful fractures in the world. if i remember it's dislocation of the radius at the elbow and breaking of the ulna. i don't remember if thats the way or if it's reversed.
-bones don't usually heal in the absence of blood and muscle.
-you can take up to 3200mg of ibprofin(sp?) a day.

[bluecrayon]

I am so left of the general population I don't even know where I am...

but I am in this country called America...

I am a child of this country through and through...

[hammerquill]

I had an annoying, aggravating day, trying to fix a simple problem with my car, when it would have been nice to be working and earning money.

Then it got worse: I discovered all I'd done went for nothing, then had a setback that means I'm even behind where I began.

I'm considering banging my head against the wall for a bit...

bonus fact: I lost my mailbox key.

[Christine_0701]

Originally posted by hammerquill@Feb 19 2004, 08:43 PM
I had an annoying, aggravating day, trying to fix a simple problem with my car, when it would have been nice to be working and earning money.

Then it got worse: I discovered all I'd done went for nothing, then had a setback that means I'm even behind where I began.

I'm considering banging my head against the wall for a bit...

bonus fact: I lost my mailbox key.
sounds like your Friday the 13th happened a bit late ;)

[hammerquill]

Originally posted by Christine_0701@Feb 19 2004, 08:53 PM

sounds like your Friday the 13th happened a bit late ;)
1. It's bad enough when Friday the Thirteenth comes on a Thursday (Raise your hand if you love Pogo! - oops, wrong thread). It's absolutely no fair having Friday the Thirteenth lie in wait and spring on you on the Nineteenth!

2. My back hurts worse than usual today, too.

3. This fact (#3) is not a complaint. (I felt obliged to include one non-complaint.)

[hammerquill]

Originally posted by medeous@Feb 19 2004, 08:28 AM
perhaps it's time i concentrate on the main site and forego the forums. :mellow:
Noooo!

The forums don't have enough sock monkeys as is is!

I decided to have breakfast for dinner, on the theory of restarting the day and trying to get it right this time.

I burnt the toast.

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by freckledcutie@Feb 19 2004, 10:54 PM
Okay, guys...I've never received anything back from a LMAO yet so I have no idea what to compare my work to

I also don't want to make anyone mad by posting in the wrong place but I'll go for it until you tell me you're mad

I did these for the paisley ATC...are they okay? Like I said, I have no idea what to compare myself to and I don't want to create shoddy stuff.

http://nervousness.org/images/uploaded/freckledcutie_138765.jpg
1. Those are much better than OK - they are awesome ATCs! Great job Kelly!

2. I love all of them, but I think my most favorite out of the bunch is the one in the upper left hand corner. :)

3. I look at everyone's ATCs & think- why can't I do that? When I sit down to try to make ATCs I just draw a complete blank. I'm not good at drawing or painting so that makes it tough. I think I'm going to try to make some digital ones today.

[cindi1023]

2. I love all of them, but I think my most favorite out of the bunch is the one in the upper left hand corner.


1. That's my favorite one, too

3.....I'm not good at drawing or painting so that makes it tough. ......

2. I'm the same way.... my drawing skills are close to that of a preschooler... whenever I try to draw an animal when playing pictionary, it comes out looking like a deformed cat.

3. Sarahkate doesn't have any exchanges set up on her user page. *hrumph*

[stargal1998]

1. You're atcs are great! Good job!

2. I made 2 scarves last night.

3. A woman decided she wanted it differently after I did it, even though I made sure to ask her and try to persuade her to order it a different way. Now she wants it that way... <_<

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by cindi1023@Feb 20 2004, 09:37 AM
3. Sarahkate doesn't have any exchanges set up on her user page. *hrumph*
1. I have actually never set up an exchange of my own on the main page. I don't know why. I guess I just don't have anything fun to exchange :P

2. I have been thinking about listing some stuff recently though. When I catch up with all of my overdue LMAOs & forum exchanges I think I might start working on some stuff to list there. I really want to sew something, like one of those creepy/cute stuffed things that I have seen around here. I don't know how to sew though, so this ought to be an adventure.

3. There are a lot of things I have never tried when it comes to arts/crafts. I'm eager to learn :)

[Dalmaney]

1. I already have my doubts that going to Calgary is a wise plan.

2. I'm going to arrive at about 4 and have to entertain myself downtown until around 8 when my friend gets off work.

3. I have already spoken to the Boy... we'll probably have coffee or something this afternoon before he goes to work... depending when I get to Calgary.

[bluecrayon]

Kelly's ATCs are great!

I love the one she sent me...

She is an artist, for sure! :)


I am wishing Dalmaney well with Boy. (I have one of those, too! ;) )

[timeittook]

-i just went to a class and spent 30 minutes discussing the race relations in this country. it made me feel bad because the class kept talking and people were getting angry and emotional. talking about important matters is great to a point. but telling the class that in northampton(sp?) county there are still people who have the body parts of nat turner is wrong.
-i am waiting for a spanish class today. not that i signed up for spanish on monday and wednesday because i only wanted one class on fridays. no couldn't be.:)
-i just bit my tongue and it really hurts.

[Dalmaney]

1. My Boy is, unfortunately, in this case technically my Ex-Boy... but we're working out how to still be friends.

2. This will be the first time I've seen him since we were "together". He is now "together" with someone else...

3. I have been spending quite a bit of time with the Boy's best friend. :o I'm pretty sure rumors will ensue... but for now it's innocent.

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by Dalmaney@Feb 20 2004, 03:06 PM
1. My Boy is, unfortunately, in this case technically my Ex-Boy... but we're working out how to still be friends.

2. This will be the first time I've seen him since we were "together". He is now "together" with someone else...





aw, sorry I am... :(

I have never successfully remained friends with my ex's...

and that is ultimately, for me, a sad thing...

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by timeittook@Feb 20 2004, 02:58 PM
but telling the class that in northampton(sp?) county there are still people who have the body parts of nat turner is wrong.




Yikes, timeittook! This is my image to ponder as I ride my bike off to work soon...

[Dalmaney]

1. I am actually pretty optimistic about our being friends... mostly because we were friends for about two years, and went out for about a week. I expect a period of weirdness slowly reverting to something like what we had... only with less flirting.

2. I am really not a flirt. I'm not good at it or comfortable with it.

3. The only exception is when a pro is flirting with me.

[stargal1998]

1. We're leaving for lunch in about 1 hour.

2. I'm trying to convince 2 of the other girls in our 'group' to go. The guy and I are totally okay with going.

3. I bought everyone little presents in order to bribe them to go...

[Jennyblue]

1. I love my dog, Molly, so much. I can't imaging having found a sweeter, nicer, most womderful doggy in the whole world. Hmm..can you image what I'll be like when I actually have a child? ....

2. I'm driving to Piermont, New York today (2 hours)

3. A bit of self promotion and yet...still a fact! ;) I started a new LMAO for people who have zines and want to publicize them..If you are interested you can see it **H E R E** (http://nervousness.org/lmao/index.cgi?id=13715)

[littlest-bee]

Originally posted by stargal1998@Feb 20 2004, 03:55 PM
1. We're leaving for lunch in about 1 hour.

2. I'm trying to convince 2 of the other girls in our 'group' to go. The guy and I are totally okay with going.

3. I bought everyone little presents in order to bribe them to go...
I would come out for lunch with you even if you didn't buy me little presents! How cute are you!

This afternoon I am printing CDs for a conference we're running next week.

I just spoke to someone lovely on the phone and it made me really happy.

[Jennyblue]

1. I am actually pretty optimistic about our being friends... mostly because we were friends for about two years, and went out for about a week. I expect a period of weirdness slowly reverting to something like what we had... only with less flirting.

1. I totally think that it is possible to stay friends with someone you had a romantic relationship with. One of my closest best friends is a man I dated for some time. Like you said, it will take some time to get over the awkwardness but I think it evolves eventually. Good luck ^_^

2. I've driven from Sacramento to Las vegas, through the mojave desert....and I was scared to death because it was nightime and there are no freaking lights out there and my friend decided it would be a good time to take a long nap.

3. My 2nd grade teacher wrote a book about her teaching experiences and included stuff about me and how I was so shy.

[freckledcutie]

Thanks for saying nice things about my cards...I'm so new to this and don't mean to sound so insecure...still learning

I had a bizarre dream last night about my daughter and I no longer had our identities, house, job, etc. In my purse was a business card with my new name and an address of an apt. that I lived in...the only other thing on the card was Sirius' phone number. I called her and she answered the phone, "Russ-teal", which is not at all how I pronounce it so I was taken aback for a second. I didn't know how to tell her that I was a Nness friend and I was no longer who I thought I was and I needed help. I assumed her number was on there for a reason, though. I just sat in silence while she kept saying hello...I kept thinking she was going to think I was some psycho internet person and wouldn't help me...LOL

Then, I woke up!

[cindi1023]

Originally posted by sarahkate@Feb 20 2004, 09:49 AM
1. I have actually never set up an exchange of my own on the main page. I don't know why. I guess I just don't have anything fun to exchange :P

1. My exchanges aren't anything very interesting or exciting.... the main one is just an ATC swap....

2. I forgot to bring my leftovers from dinner out last night.... *pout* Now I'll have to eat a stupid Lean Cuisine...

3. That's probably better for me... especially considering I had c-o-f-f-e-e and a chocolate bar for breakfast

[nymphette]

Originally posted by Insipid@Feb 19 2004, 10:01 PM
3) I feel like doing some sort of lemon LMAO... like a travelling box of lemon recipes, lemon decos, lemon tea, etc... but something tells me not many people are as enthusiastic about lemon as I am. Maybe Julian would work on a lemon deco for me :P
1: i would be in for sure!!!!! :D

2: for supper i had chicken with lemon, lime, orange juice, olive oil, red wine vinegar, oregano, roasted garlic and pepper- marinated all day and then roasted.... very yummy lemony citrusy.... mmmm

3: had to cancel harrison's MMR immunization because of his cold... and i am going into the city with my mom to go thrift store shopping and (of course, with julian and harrison) i feel like i am playing hooky and am truant becuse i had to cancel, yet am venturing out... not the same becuse you can't GET an immunization when you are sick, so that was why we cancelled.... yet... still a lingering guilty feeling.... <_<

[sarahkate]

1. I'm thinking of starting a new Nervousness thread where everyone could post their how-to instructions or links to all kinds of art & craft projects.

2. I run out of ideas for things to make, or there are things I want to make or do but I just don't know how, and I assume there are other people who feel the same. I would love to see instructions & project ideas even for things that seem really simple to some people, like very good descriptions of various ATC making techniques, altered book techniques, how to make decos, how to sew a bag, how to make a duct tape wallet, how to alter an aol tin, etc.

3. My problem is that I can't think of a name for the thread. I know that seems unimportant & I could call it anything - but I want it to be something that people will remember, maybe something catchy and something that is descriptive of what the thread is all about. I'm hoping it will catch on so people will add new ideas everyday. So, does anyone have any ideas for a thread title?

[Sirius]

1. Good idea sarahkate.

2. I am here posting because sarahkate has made me feel guilty for not posting more often.

3. this post was created especially for sarahkate

[stargal1998]

Originally posted by sarahkate@Feb 20 2004, 12:36 PM
1. I'm thinking of starting a new Nervousness thread where everyone could post their how-to instructions or links to all kinds of art & craft projects.

2. I run out of ideas for things to make, or there are things I want to make or do but I just don't know how, and I assume there are other people who feel the same. I would love to see instructions & project ideas even for things that seem really simple to some people, like very good descriptions of various ATC making techniques, altered book techniques, how to make decos, how to sew a bag, how to make a duct tape wallet, how to alter an aol tin, etc.

3. My problem is that I can't think of a name for the thread. I know that seems unimportant & I could call it anything - but I want it to be something that people will remember, maybe something catchy and something that is descriptive of what the thread is all about. I'm hoping it will catch on so people will add new ideas everyday. So, does anyone have any ideas for a thread title?
You could always make that an LMAO... :-P

1. I watched 2 episodes of "Once and Again" while knitting last night.

2. I also watched "Free to Be You and Me."

3. Now, FTBYAM was cool when I was a kid but, WHOA! That explains a lot about my character, if I loved that movie. You could tell it was the 70s, that's all I'm saying... :wacko:

[nymphette]

1: "NERVOUS GOODNESS a how-to thread for YOUR ideas"

2: that sounds silly now but it sounded good in my head... :P

3: i hear cackling laughter, i left the boys alone for a minute to grab a recipe for nut crunch type candy (like rainforest crunch- anyone got one???) and popped on here thinking it ws okay for a few... oh, i dont' know what they are doing but i guess it is funny......

[Sirius]

1. How about something simple like "Art and Craft Ideas" subtitled 'Share Instructions and Inspiration"

2. My mommy is bringing me lunch today.

3. I got As in both of my classes that I finished last week.

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by Sirius@Feb 20 2004, 11:39 AM
1. Good idea sarahkate.

2. I am here posting because sarahkate has made me feel guilty for not posting more often.

3. this post was created especially for sarahkate
1. Aww Sirius love!! :wub: Didn't mean to make you feel guilty ..but I'm kinda glad I did since it somehow convinced you to post :P

2. I could make it an LMAO too, that would be a good idea Stargal. Though, that would limit the number of ideas that are shared, and limit the number of people who have access to the ideas. Maybe if I do make the thread & there is enough interest I will compile my favorites & turn it into a zine or something similar.

3. I like that name Nymphette! Good idea! :)

Edited for:

3a. That's a good idea too Sirustell! :)

3b. I might just have to put these ideas in a hat & pick one at random! I knew you guys would have great ideas.

[Sirius]

1. I tried to find a rainforest crunch recipe. No luck. Sorry.

2. As this is my first weekend in six weeks (since I've been at school 9-5 on both Saturday and Sunday every week) I am looking forward to it, and today is CRAWLING. It is only 9:48am. Must be productive and distract myself from the clock.

3. Why does someone keep replacing the bag (the 3 pound bag) of M&M's in my desk drawer? They are going to have to start widening the doors for me to get out of the building.

[gwensmom]

I want to go to lunch with Stargal too!

Congratulations to Rustell for the good grades

Kelly's paisley ATC's are pretty

[cryptaesia]

i read 400 pages of 3 random facts yesterday

i found this on the news today and thought some of you might find it funny (others might find that their fav shows suck ass)

Friday, February 20, 2004


TV's worst of all times
By KEVIN WILLIAMSON -- Calgary Sun
A man learns his dead mother has been reincarnated as his car. Hijinks ensue. ("Hey, your mom has junk in her trunk!")

After humanity is wiped out in a nuclear holocaust, six survivors face gigantic killer insects. Did I mention it's a sitcom?

On daytime TV, a talk show rakes in ratings gold thanks to an arsenal of sleaze that includes teen prostitutes, white supremacists and polygamists.

Just more creatively-vapid fare for the fall season? Further evidence of television in decline -- teetering on the brink of critical mass, as some contend?

Actually, the first describes My Mother The Car, which ran in 1965.

The second is Woops! which lasted a nano-second in 1992.

And the third? That would be Oprah Winfrey -- before she could afford to turn her self-righteous nose up at the slimy antics that made her rich and famous.

The truth is, television has always been lousy, the good stuff the exception, not the rule. But with shows such as The Littlest Groom out there, we thought it would be the perfect time for a little perspective.

As bad as things are, they could be worse, as the following 25 shows prove.

Some are old, some are still on the air. All of them are awful, some intentionally so, others not. There are cop shows and sitcoms and the forebearers to reality-TV. They are the worst of the worst. And they should all be remembered so that, like all mistakes, they are never repeated.

1. The Jerry Springer Show (1991-present): There was cocaine before crack. Just like there was trash TV before there was The Jerry Springer Show. But Springer took the sleaziest aspects of the daytime talk show circus -- started, as mentioned above, by Winfrey before she got all holier-than-thou -- and purified them all into a revolting, addictive concoction that glorified the most appalling traits of humanity. Guests flew into white-trash rages, audiences hollered in fits of slobbering delight, and, presiding over it all, was Springer himself, who ended each episode with an absurdly-pretentious bit of homespun wisdom.

2. Baby Bob (2001-02): The My Mother The Car of the modern-era, Baby Bob, actually began with the caption "based on the commercial" -- a portent of evil that ranked somewhere between the birth of the anti-Christ and Christopher Walken smiling. Bob was an infant with a voice and a personality befitting a Soprano. Basing a sitcom around a former Pampers-clad pitchman proved that, in reaching for a high concept, you can achieve a new low.

3. Who Wants To Marry A Multimillionaire (2000): This people-cheapening stunt saw a bevy of lovely prostit -- er, ladies, that is, vie for the hand of a tuxedo-clad millionaire. As the bride selected, Darva Conger hacked out a career path for countless others to follow: act like a gold-digging floozy, proclaim how you were duped, and then shed your clothes for Playboy. Her groom, Rick Rockwell, meanwhile, signalled the rough waters future reality-TV contestants would face under media scrutiny. For one thing, Rockwell wasn't a millionaire but a lowlife standup comic.

4. Seeing Things (1981-87): You can't go swimming without getting wet. And you can't compile a list like this without talking about Canadian TV. As every Canadian knows hockey and maple syrup, we also know its entertainment programming sucks. I selected Seeing Things, about a leisure-suit-wearing psychic, as merely an example. Exhibit A, if you will. Don't make me show you exhibits B to H.

5 Cop Rock: (1990-90): Absolute power corrupts absolutely. For example, if I had absolute power, I could make everyone in the Sun newsroom burst into song. I could make sure all the songs were crappy rock tunes even Chad Kroeger wouldn't put his name on. And I could make sure we all had plenty of overblown dramas and tragedies to contend with, and maybe we could all carry guns and shoot people, too. And that's why I should never have absolute power. And neither -- as this cop musical proved when it lived about as long as a gnat in the early '90s -- should TV mogul Steven Bochco.

6. Manimal (1983-83): The early '80s were a bizarre time for crime-fighters. They drove talking cars, wore mohawks and/or moustaches, and zoomed around in pink helicopters. But none of them could do what the man called "Manimal" could do. Yes, as you've probably already guessed, this outlandish Cat People ripoff was about a do-gooder who could turn himself into any animal, whenever he wanted, for any occasion. No horse jokes, please.

7. Celebrity Boxing (2002): True, talentless has-been celebrities rich and famous for being famous (ie: Kato Kaelin), deserve to be pummeled into cash-strapped bloody heaps. But I don't deserve having to sit there and watch it happen.

8. After M*A*S*H (1983-84): Because Hollywood Squares wasn't good enough for them, Jamie Farr, Harry Morgan and some other second-tier stars of the long-running titan M*A*S*H decided to star in this insipid, clearly-desperate spinoff. Are you listening, Matt LeBlanc?

9. Baywatch (1989-2001): Some attempt to achieve greatness and fail. Others just put Pamela Anderson in a swimsuit and bathe in cash. Begrudging star and executive producer David Hasselhoff of the tens of millions he made off this syndicated smash would be pointless and a little misguided. Unlike many producers whose financial success is far greater than their artistic ambition, Hasselhoff knew he was making trash. By the same token, though, just because it was trash everybody and their 12-year-old brother lapped up doesn't make it good.

10. Hogan's Heroes (1965-71): This knee-slapper of a sitcom about U.S. soldiers in a Nazi Po W camp fulfils all the requirements of terrible TV. Bad acting, offensive premise, the complete absence of logic and utter contempt for the audience's intelligence. Star Bob Krane was later murdered and revealed to be a sleazy film-making sex fiend. Sounds like a comedy to me!

11. Small Wonder (1985-89): This creepy, awful show was about an engineer who brings home a project that he's been working on: a robot in the shape of a 10-year-old girl.

12. Trista and Ryan's Wedding (2003): Reality-TV's royal couple ties the knot and ... no, wait, that's it. Really. There's nothing else. What's worse than titillating trash? Dull trash. Stay tuned for next season's Trista and Ryan's Baby Photos three-parter.

13. World Idol/Canadian Idol (2003): They both had Ryan Malcolm in them. Enough said.

14. The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-85): Imagine a cheeky TV version of Deliverance told from the hillbillies' point of view and you begin to fathom this '70s hit about fast cars, good ol' boys, corrupt small-town sheriffs and Daisy Duke, who I would have gladly watched reading the phone book. At least the dialogue would've been better.

15. Joanie Loves Chachi (1983-83): Garry Marshall successfully used his hit Happy Days as a launch pad for both Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy. But his luck ran out in the early '80s with this attempt to base a sitcom around Joanie Cunningham (Erin Moran) and Fonzie's cousin, Chachi (Scott Baio). The two quickly returned to Happy Days after viewers told them to "sit on it."

16. The Powers of Matthew Star (1982-83): You think the Oscars are a big deal? Tell that to Lou Gossitt Jr., who picked up an Academy Award for An Officer and a Gentleman only to find himself playing an Obi-Wan-like mentor to this silly sci-fi show's titular brooding alien teen hunk. (He had to flee his home planet of Quadris when his father -- the planet's ruler -- was overthrown.) The "powers" the title refers to involved telekinesis and ESP. Too bad none of the producers could foresee just how bad this would be.

17. Woops! (1992-92): After earth is destroyed in a nuclear holocaust, a scattering of survivors face gigantic mutated bugs. Laughing yet? No? Neither were audiences at this blink-and-you-missed-it Fox sitcom. Coincidentally "Woops" was also the last thing heard from the executive who greenlit this unmitigated disaster.

18. The Ropers (1979-80): The greedy masterminds behind Three's Company spun the forever-bickering landlords into their own show. But when The Ropers was cancelled, the actors -- Norman Fell and Audra Lindley -- weren't invited back to their original home, even after they tried to convince the producers it was just a misunderstanding.

19. The Anna Nicole Show (2001-present): Anna Nicole Smith has been losing a lot of weight lately. Hopefully enough to make her disappear.

20. Fastlane (2001-01): With '80s-retro all the rage, it was only a matter of time before someone decided to make a Miami Vice for the 21st century. That someone was McG, the hack director responsible for the Charlie's Angels "films," who made a flashy cop show about as hard-hitting as a Sugar Ray music video.

21. The XFL (2001-01): The only ones on the field who didn't look like they belonged in a high school practice were the stripper-esque cheerleaders.

22. Holmes and Yoyo (1976-76): Det. Holmes is such a loose cannon, his partners keep dying. Yet the police force doesn't fire him -- they just build a robot, named Yoyo, to work with him. Technology was impressive even in the '70s, since the producers managed to create a robot that looked just like a middle-aged actor stunned in disbelief by what his career had become.

23. Mr. Smith (1983-83): A run-of-the-mill orangutan gains the power of speech and an IQ of 256, and moves to Washington to work for the government. It was the ludicrous premise that sunk the show -- no one believed anyone in Washington could have an IQ over 50.

24. Dallas (1978-91): This -- along with Dynasty -- ruled over the glitzy, primetime soap operas that dominated the '80s. But for sheer tackiness, Dallas beats Dynasty by a nose -- or nose job, anyway. Why? There was the "Who Shot J.R.?" cliffhanger that became a cultural phenomenon. But, worse, was the now-infamous plotline that saw Patrick Duffy's character, Bobby, return from the grave and pronounce that the season past -- in which he was "dead" -- was just a dream.

25. ANYTHING WITH GERALDO RIVERA: Geraldo Rivera is in a category all his own. Sort of like ebola. Ever since he broke ranks from ABC News in the '80s, he's embarrassed himself time and again. There was the opening of Al Capone's vault (empty) and most recently, his broadcast during the Iraq war that idiotically alerted enemy soldiers to the Americans' position. But it is his role in the decline of the daytime talk show with which Riveria had the most scandalous, impact. No, I'm not referring to the time he hosted his show from a topless doughnut shop, but rather, the episode in which a brawl broke out and Riveria's nose was broken by a flying chair. That simple shattering of cartilage would herald every Jerry Springer-staged brouhaha to follow.

[sarahkate]

1. I decided to combine the names that Sirius & Nymphette suggested for my thread. Introducing - Nervous-Art & Craft-Goodness (http://nervousness.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=8276&hl=). Ta Da! I hope it will catch on because I want to learn some new stuff :)

2. I used to watch Small Wonder. That crazy robot girl with the red dress with little white polka dots if my memory serves me correctly.

3. I am also ashamed to admit I watched Baby Bob. I thought it was kinda funny in a really cheesy stupid sort of way.

[Sirius]

1. I am happy to report to SarahKate that I am not only posting, I have created a LMAO (bookring), joined LMAOS, and am participating in a few PIFs. Purely for your happiness and joy of course!

2. Purely for your happiness and joy of course! That was an opporunity for me to use the word natch! Purely for your happiness and joy, natch!

3. I'm doing a lousy job of working that into my vocabulary. I did read the Stephen King article in Entertainment Weekly a couple weeks ago in which he used the word natch. He must have had the same plan as me!

[sarahkate]

1. Fantastical! :lol: (I love that "word" as much as Rustell loves "natch") I am glad that you are keeping up the forum post count just for me Ms. Sirius!

2. Hmm...all of that talk about "natch" and trying to find a sentence to put it in reminds me of the movie Super Troopers. :lol:

3. I might go to the movies this weekend! Yay! I haven't been to the theater since Identity was released. So that tells you how long that's been.

[Cuilanië]

- Siia says it might rain a lot in March in the San Francisco Bay Area.

- She thinks the residents of the area ought to be a little forewarned.

- She still doesn't know which week will be the most rainy, though.



:ph34r:

[Cuilanië]

- I work in a madhouse masquerading as a language school.

- While discussing our completely crazy boss this morning, one of my co-workers said that the boss was raised by the monkeys.

- That might explain it.

[Cuilanië]

- Still at work...

- Will be working this weekend...

- The madness never ends...

[Cuilanië]

- I almost walked out on my boss this morning.

- She must've sensed she'd gone too far, because she was real nice to me afterwards.

- She's always nice when she needs something from you.

[Cuilanië]

- I'm addicted to chain-posting on this thread.

- I should be working so that I can go home sooner.

- I ate lots of veggies and fruit today, and no cookies.

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

I am trying to leave feedback for all the people I owe feedback to, this is hard.

I have to find some way to organise my exchanges and what I owe to whom.

People should poke reminder sticks in me.

[Cuilanië]

- I had a big blueberry muffin instead.

- One of those delicious North American-style muffins

- There's a place right around the corner which makes them...

[Cuilanië]

- If I knew how to make voodoo dolls, I'd send Wonky one full of pins, so she'd never forget. ;)

- Don't worry, I don't know how to make them.

- Don't believe in them either... <_< :P :lol:

[Cuilanië]

- 3420 is a good post count.

- I think I'll quit talking to myself and leave it at that.

- Three months ago, my life became strange and wonderful beyond words...

[Sirius]

Medeous is good at poking people with sticks, maybe she could remind you of things.

I have not been productive work-wise today, undoubtedly because I am jonesing for my weekend.

That was my first time using the word jonesing. Am I spelling it right? What is the history behind the term? Where did it come from?

[Cuilanië]

- Oh, one more thing: I'm told there's a package waiting for me at my apartment.

- Yes, I called to find out.

- Can't wait to get home and open it...

[Cuilanië]

- The above is another reason I should knock it off and get back to work.

- Thinking in three random thoughts... My thanks to Siriustell for making that phrase part of my vocabulary! :) ;)

- I'm going to pull a Dorothy (my boss) on you all... "OK, goodbye!"

[Sirius]

1. From http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmtv/feature...humpdaydigest/- (http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmtv/features/humpdaydigest/-)

Ah, now HERE's something we can be bitter and cynical about. One of the other big flicks we were looking forward to in 2005 was a fourth Indiana Jones adventure, scheduled to be a big summer blockbuster under the guiding hand of Steven Spielberg. The script, written by the excellent Frank Darabont, was apparently loved by the Oscar-winning director, and production was going to start later this year. And then...and then...and then...and then along came George. The estimable Mr. Lucas, who is the producer of the whole effort, has apparently put the brakes on and decided that HE, not one of the industry's most respected screenwriters, knows what's best. He's going to rework the story and script himself. Now, George Lucas is many, many things - technical visionary, shrewd businessman, bearded wonder - but one thing he is NOT is a great writer. Need proof? Exhibit A: The Phantom Menace, in which "Yippee!" was probably the best line of dialogue. Exhibit B: Attack of the Clones, in which the moment one character falls in love with another is when the latter admits he just slaughtered an entire village of sandpeople. THIS guy is going to improve on Frank Darabont's work? It'd be funny if it didn't make us want to throw up in our mouth. Meanwhile, the changes will also be pushing the release of the movie back into 2006, meaning Harrison Ford will be just that much more geriatric when time comes to roll film. Here's an idea, George: Throw us the idol, and we'll throw you the whip.

2. Too Many M&Ms.

3. 4 1/2 hours left....

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

George Lucas is a big wanker then.

I like the word wanker.

One of my favorite sayings these days when something goes wrong is "BALLS!!"

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by WonkyWalkingShoe@Feb 20 2004, 02:30 PM
One of my favorite sayings these days when something goes wrong is "BALLS!!"
1. I tell someone they are "the balls" if they do something great. Like when my boyfriend goes grocery shopping alone and brings home green tea for me without me having to ask for it I say "you are THE BALLS." I like to use words in ways they aren't meant to be used sometimes. :)

2. This afternoon seems to be going especially slow.

3. I'm so anxious to finish my past due & currently due LMAOs & exchanges so I can sign up for some new things. EEEEEE. I'm bursting at the seams, I'm so anxious. Hopefully I will be cau