Three random facts:

[bluecrayon]

I make an awesome mud cake.

I should make one for Wonky.

Can I send a cake to Canada???

[nymphette]

1: i craved fruits and veggies when pregnant with both of my boys!!! :)

2: i "knew" they were both boys....

3: i am jealous of alienspy's maybe-baby-girl... :) though... the hormone thing is a real stretch, when they start to hit puberty!!!! my sister and her daughter are constantly 'at it' as she says.... ;)

then again, there is something to be said about the sex who doesnt' think 'fart' and 'poop' are the height of humor!!!!!!! :P

[Lilac]

My dog vomited in my bed last night.

I know I shoud be in bed by now, but I'm grossed out over the vomiting incident (even though I cleaned it up and flipped the mattress.)

I think I may sleep on the sofa.

[Sirius]

1. I find this creepy...
http://www.lynnguide.net/random/images/monkeycheese.jpg

2. But, I wonder if one of "us" created it.

3. I know how we got to cheese and monkeys, but who woulda thunk others would do they same. My mom always does the who woulda thunk, instead of who would have thought, i get a kick out of it....

[Sirius]

1. http://www.downs-art.com/mmc2d1.jpg

2. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john-bye/saycheese.jpg

3. Oh. Hm... okay, I was trying to figure out the whole cheese and monkey thing and I stubbled across all of this stuff, like the images above, with references to, "references to the French as "Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys". Apparently it is a line from "The Simpsons" which Jonah Goldberg, of National Review proudly claims credit for popularising. It has also been aired on Fox News and in other mass media." and "But who can take seriously a wave of anti-French sentiment in which the catchphrase comes from Bart Simpson? Unfortunately the origin of the “cheese-eating surrender-monkeys” line is already lost in history but is being repeated as if it referred to the current spat. I heard Axel Krause, a German-American journalist in Paris, use it again last week and try to translate it into French: “Consommateurs de fromage, et singes capitulards.” It sounds even funnier in French, and the TV panel on which he was speaking broke up over it."

Did anyone else know of the corruption of our cheese and monkey fascination?

[tanagee]

I was lying on my couch looking towards my fireplace mantel and I realized I have never told you all that I own a copy of a book entitled
Tana and the Useless Monkey

I went to Amazon to see if they had an image of the book so I could post it, but they don't.

I have yet to read the book, however it is about a girl (Tana) who is trying to show that her little monkey (Pepito) is useful so that he can be brought to the church for the Blessing of the Animals.

In addition I discovered 3 facts about the book
1. It is out of print
2. I have a first edition
3. I paid WAAAAYYY too much for it. They have some used for $2.99 I think I paid $16 bucks used.

[Lilac]

I finally got all my engineering sofware installed in this new computer so I can work from home a lot...well...hopefully! (Like I am today! Yippeeeee! I don't have to drive 70 minutes to the office!!)

I'm still working on the overseas stuff and I don't think it will ever be done! (Quite honestly, I think this stuff may be a little out of my league!) *Having severe doubts about my abitities* :wacko:

I probably shouldnt be messing about on the internet! I have too much I need to work on! :(

[timeittook]

-i just got a paper back from my english teacher that i thought i really messed up on. except for including unimportant information i did great.
-i might go get new glasses today. the ones i have now are all bent up and really not that pretty. i didn't pick the ones i have out either. my parents went when i was incompasitated(sp?) and got them because i had no glasses to be found other than sunglasses.
-i'm going to go try to give blood for the red cross now.

[stargal1998]

1. This week is a big mail week. I have a bunch to send out.

2. I not mad AT anyone, but I'm angry WITH everyone... think I'm just cranky for no good reason, LOL.

3. I want to go home.

[timeittook]

-i was turned away for giving blood. i can't believe they didn't even at least interview me! i guess the blood supply is good then.
-i have to go to norfolk tomorrow. i hate the trip over there. stupid people from portsmouth won't let you hardly get over at the berkley bridge. traffic is always messed up downtown. and i don't have any cash to go buy any new records at skinnies or camp zama.
-i want to go through norfolk taking photos. i want to take one with all 31(i think) mermaids. i want to take some in ghent. i want to take some from my old hospital room which had the most beautiful view of old norfolk i've ever seen. also i want to go to the oceanfront in va beach and take countless pictures. and i want to take some at the zoo.

[Jennyblue]

I had to literally beg an old employer for a recommendation for grad school today :ph34r:

I Put a soda bottle in my jacket pocket and it opened up while I was browsing the music section in Barnes & Noble. I think i was "leaking" for a while before I even noticed it.

I wish the day was over.

[cryptaesia]

listening to the cure

gusgus is fat and covered in fur

lucretia has a serious pushpin addiction

[stargal1998]

1. We're running a promotion for free freight next month, and I put up train tracks as a border, a train and some clever wording (thank you for choo-choosing us). And my boss isn't so sure.

2. We have a lot of female customers, but we always make the site pretty, even though we have male customers. I wanted to try something different to strike a cord with the men.

3. Call me :wacko:, but I just saw a scarf the exact same as the ones I make. A coworker made it for the head of human resources, after said coworker got the specifics of how to make them from me... What a meanie! :yell: :middle:

[Anastasia576]

Originally posted by timeittook@Feb 23 2004, 10:26 AM

-i want to go through norfolk taking photos. i want to take one with all 31(i think) mermaids. i want to take some in ghent. i want to take some from my old hospital room which had the most beautiful view of old norfolk i've ever seen. also i want to go to the oceanfront in va beach and take countless pictures. and i want to take some at the zoo.
1. I live in the oceanview area of Norfolk.
2. Two mermaids are right down the street from me.
3. Seeing someone from my area but not knowing them makes me feel lonely!

[freckledcutie]

oogie

oogie, oogie

oogie, oogie, oogie

[stargal1998]

Originally posted by freckledcutie@Feb 23 2004, 05:40 PM
oogie


boogie--Oh wait, this isn't the free association thread.

1. I think I should check on my 401K.

2. My head hurts.

3. I really don't want to deal with people today...But I did get some mail that made me smile, so I guess Nnessers are okay... :-)

[Anastasia576]

1. My son is teething and it is driving me insane
2. I wish I had a maid.
3. I just burned my dinner. :(

[Cuilanië]

- freckledcutie seems to be having a bad day...

- waving at all of you! I miss hanging out here like I used to...

- that's what happens when I can't post from work anymore... :(

[Cuilanië]

- the tone of that last post might be a little misleading

- I'm actually in quite a good mood

But..
- I've worked nine days in a row now.

[DoriKaters]

I love learning random things about people Ive never met!

(There are GIANT cockroaches in Japan - the house I lived in there also housed a particularly grotesque community of roaches) - When I was little I accidently locked myself in a closet with roaches (or I convinced myself there were some) The point is to this day I absolutely FREAK if even a butterfly lands on me.

i have money to pay my bills - and live a block away from the postoffice - but can't quite seem to ever pay them on time. Honestly, its a chronic problem......

I eat ketchup on my pizza

[Anastasia576]

Originally posted by DoriKaters@Feb 23 2004, 05:43 PM

I eat ketchup on my pizza
I don't particularly like ketchup.

My husband puts ketchup in his chili.

I put ranch dressing on my pizza.

[cindi1023]

1. I'm wondering if Freckledcutie's "oogie"s are of the I'm-being-silly variety, or of the this-day-couldn't-possibly-get-any-worse variety....

2. I've got 4 Phren-heads on my users page, but somehow am not freaking out about it... I got a lot accomplished this weekend, so that might account for some of my newfound mellowness. ^_^

3. I don't think I'll be doing another hot-oil treatment on my hair for a while.... I did one this morning (don't ask me why!) before work, and my hair looked all greasy today... Not the best look for me! :P

[cindi1023]

1. I haven't serial-posted here in a while, so I guess I'll make up for lost time! :P

2. I wish there were a smiley that had one eyebrow raised. I'd use that much more than :P, because I rarely stick out my tongue in real life, but often raise one eyebrow at people.

3. I've really got to get my craft room organized. There are envies full of goodies EVERYWHERE! I can't find anything any more!

[cindi1023]

1. For some reason, both of my upper arms are achy today. I haven't done anything strenuous, so maybe I've just got a tumor or something....

2. I'm just kidding -- I'm not hypocondriac! <----- Did I spell that right?!?!

3. I hear the garage door going up -- Hubs must be home! :D

[Charliesangelschick]

I have brown hair.
I have a sister.
I'm 5'4".

[Anastasia576]

I always thought this was the one eyebrow raised smilie: :huh:

I love the new smilies especially this one: :poke: although I can't use it very often.

I can't wait for Fear Factor to come on. It's so discusting that it's amusing.

[Anastasia576]

1. Hypochondriac is spelled like that. hehe.

2. My husband says I'm a hypochondriac.

3. When I read about symptoms, sometimes I can actually start to feel like I have them. :blink:

[freckledcutie]

oogie is my word for ugh so translated it was:

ugh

ugh, ugh

ugh, ugh, ugh

I think I was probably stressing...the teacher I share a classroom with (it's a huge classroom separated by a long row of 8 foot bookcases) decided to give her class free time today so they kept coming over and disturbing my class...hence the ughs and the stress...oogie was all I could get out but I was being silly, too...but, she's my friend and we're very laid back so I maybe wasn't stressing that much...just sensory overload

[cindi1023]

1. ((((((freckledcutie))))))) Sending you stress-free vibes....

2. My achyness has now spread to my legs, too. What could that be a sympton of, Anastasia? ;)

3. I saw a little old lady today who looked sort-of like my grandma. Made me sad, because I miss my Mimi.... She's been living in Houston with my uncle for the last 2 years.... and is in the advanced stages of Altzhimers (forgive my spelling). So I can't really talk to her on the phone, and she rarely responds back to my letters. My uncle is also a royal jackass, so that doesn't help the communication process. :( I need to round up a big envie full of goodies to send her.....

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Feb 22 2004, 10:47 PM
I make an awesome mud cake.

I should make one for Wonky.

Can I send a cake to Canada???
yes, i want cake........now!!!

I hate looking for recipes because I have my "favorites" that I like to make and none of the ones I find are anywhere near as good. And If I fail at finding a recipe then I have to call my mom or go visit or something and have her find my old recipes (my mom is not a baker).

I have a funny picture of my sister I am considering scanning in and posting but I think it would make her mad if she found out, the problem is she'd NEVER find out and then what would the point of doing it be?

[medeous]

Originally posted by DoriKaters@Feb 23 2004, 04:43 PM
i have money to pay my bills - and live a block away from the postoffice - but can't quite seem to ever pay them on time. Honestly, its a chronic problem......

i suffer from this malady, too.

sometimes, when the pile of bills gets too high, i put them in my chair and sit on them.

i've asked and no one i trust is willing to let me sign my entire paycheck over to them so that they can pay all my bill and give me an allowance...although my mom was tempted mightily.

[Anastasia576]

1. I am very sad right now.

2. My rope fish jumped from his tank and died.

3. I think he was looking for adventure.

[Dalmaney]

1. I'm back from Calgary.

2. I'm avoiding studying, as usual.

3. A week was not a long enough break at all.

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

I am making a list of favorite songs to put on a cd to represent "me" this is hard work, let me tell you.

Cryptaesia is the PRO at making mixed tapes and cds, and i am a perfectionist hence the difficulty i have. I want to top crypt but i can't.

I am living in the world of "meh" lately and i can't decide what is worse, depression or "meh"...... meh

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

one of my favorite lines EVER is "time is money, and money is time so i keep 7 o'clock in the bank and gain interest in the hour of god i'm saving to buy my freedom.

sooo hard to make a mixed cd of FAVORITES i have so many

i took ballet, tap and jazz as a child.

[gwensmom]

I am reading a book called At the River I Stand. It is about the 1968 sanitation workers strike and shooting of MLK in Memphis.

It is a very exciting story. A lot of the people in it are parents of my friends.

I was only 6 when all this happened and i have vague memories of my mom and dad worrying about riots. And people saying that MLK caused trouble wherever he went. I was afraid that a bunch of people were going to come to my house and break out all the windows.

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

woohoo!!!!!! I finally finished picking my songs, now to decide on the order.

OY VAY!!!!

YAY, crypt will help me.

[bluecrayon]

I really LIKE the guy I love...

I am close to moving toward him...

Yikes, I'm eating too much chocolate!

[Dalmaney]

1. I should go to bed, but I'm not tired because I slept all afternoon.

2. I just burned CDs for my brother and now have to mail them to him.

3. I talk to my brother more on msn than in person or on the phone.

[nymphette]

1: i never get to play here for long any more..... i miss the silly fun.....

2: we leave in five days.... and i still havent' convinced myself that i am going on a holiday.... i just can't wrap my head around the fact that it is all starting to happen....

3: i was so cold and chilled that i was shivering last night, from being stressed out about this whole thing!!!! stupid stupid stupid!!! i mean, we are just going for the assessment!!! what is going to happen to me if/when he goes for the transplant if i can't even handle the first step???

4: that sounded selfish....

5: i dont' care... i am scared about this whole situation and am having trouble trying to decided what to do based on what is 'best' for harrison, and not on which choice has the least possibilities of problems or death....

6: i have been playing ostrich but can't any more... i have too much to do before we go and just haven't done it because i hoped it would all either go away or resolve itself... and it hasn't.....


on a lighter note- things for the sale are coming along well!!!! we have a box full of necklaces, a whole crap load of marble magnets, earrings earrings and more earrings!!!! :) thanks again to freckledcutie and gwensmom for some fantastic contributions!!!!!!!!! :wub: :wub: :wub:

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by nymphette@Feb 24 2004, 06:39 AM


3: i was so cold and chilled that i was shivering last night, from being stressed out about this whole thing!!!! stupid stupid stupid!!! i mean, we are just going for the assessment!!! what is going to happen to me if/when he goes for the transplant if i can't even handle the first step???

4: that sounded selfish....

[QUOTE][QUOTE]

aw, not selfish, Robyn -- just human!

I am wishing you well.

I complain sometimes internally about my life, but I do not know how I would dance if I had to deal with such major issues concening my beloved son...

I am sending tons of love your way... :wub:

[Lilac]

I took my son to Pizza Hut for dinner last night (against my wishes...I really hate to eat that stuff...way too salty and fattening) and our waiter had a "gansta-style" headband cocked around his Pizza Hut regulation baseball cap. I know the poor kid was probably only trying to express his individuality amongst the clone-like environment of working at a chain restaraunt...but for some reason this little thing really disturbed me. I didn't leave him as big of a tip as I might have because of it.
(and that disturbes me, too.) Why?

I also snuck into the restaraunt where my Mother and two of her friends were dining and anonomously paid their bill! Hehe heh! I like being the good kind of sneaky!

I stopped at WalMart and bought a 40 pound bag of dog food. My son was determined to "prove himself a man" and convinced me to let him carry it out to the car. In the parking lot, he dropped it, the bag slpit open and dog food went all over the the place. Oh well.

[freckledcutie]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Feb 23 2004, 11:42 PM
I am close to moving toward him...


I'd do it in a heartbeat!

I'd move to another country for love

As long as it wasn't a country like North Korea or something

[sarahkate]

1. I called in "sick" to work yesterday.

2. I wasn't really sick, but I had a lot of stuff to get done at home that I wouldn't have finished if I had to work all day.

3. I ended up getting quite a bit done so that makes me happy. :)

[stargal1998]

1. I support Grey Tuesday (http://greytuesday.org/).

2. I do not support Bush's new anti gay legislation.

3. I totally want Nader in the White house, but I'd settle for any non-Bush candidate for the time being...

[Lilac]

1. I totally agree with Stargal on her numbers 2 and 3. However, I don't know what grey Tuesday is. (I'll have to click the link and see what it's all about.)

2. I finally got an MP3 player, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to use it. :blink:

3. If my boss knoew I was wasting the day away on the Internet, he'd never allow me to do work from home!

[timeittook]

-i want old ralph to be president. he'd make this country a better place. too bad his running will probably hurt kerry.
-i hate bush for talking about clinton's marriage protection act and how he wants to define marriage. i'm all for the definition going either human to human or man to woman(i just want it to be decided so it can make things less hectic eventually) but interupting dr. phil really pissed me off.
-i'm considering if i don't go to school this summer or get a job this summer and if i can drive going to washington dc, toronto, various other east coast cities, and montreal. i really want to get out of the country for a few days.

[sarahkate]

1. Speaking of Tuesday, today is Fat Tuesday. It is Tuesday, and I'm feeling quite fat today. How ironic. :huh:

2. I have always wanted to go to New Orleans, whether it's during Mardi Gras or not. I hope someday I will be able to.

3. I had a grilled cheese sandwich with pickles on italian bread last night for dinner. I wish I could have another one right now.

[nymphette]

1: i still havent' mailed out my packages for harrison's scrappin' lmao!!! i cant' find christmas or his birthday pics!!!:O :( :'(

2: i have my latest PIF to send out and a package for the NERAOK to go too.... gotta go into the city tomorrow!!!

3: julian and i are having fruit salad.... and he keeps looking through it to find the lettuce... ;)

[AlienSpy]

1. I've been eating a lot of tomato sandwiches, lettuce sandwiches and cucumber sandwiches lately. I ate a tomato sandwich about 2 hours ago and now I'm craving a cucumber sandwich. And we have the best whole wheat bread...

2. When I spend a few hours away from home I usually miss my dogs.

3. I love CB (creative beginnings) glitter but I have to order it online from the USA so it ends up being very expensive for a few small bottles!

[Lilac]

1. I have my vacation planned, booked and paid for for this summer!

2. I think my new computer is going to turn out to be a piece of crap.

3. I've been wearing my glasses all day (something I very rarely do) and they are giving me a headache.

[freckledcutie]

I have a headache, too

I've only been drinking water

I needed a diet dr. pepper so I had one and it looks like my head is going to stop hurting after all

[gwensmom]

It must be headache day because mine huts too. :(

I have had two cokes and some tylenol with little relief

I think it is related to the weather and continuing propblems with my upper back and shoulders.

[nymphette]

1: hugs and ibuprofen to all who have headaches and back aches!!!! :( i can totally sympathize....

2: i had a five minute nap... i'd say HURRAH! but then i spent 15 minutes trying to get nail polish out of my rug..... :angry: those little 3 1/2 year old boys are quick i tell you!!!!! literally, within the five minutes i 'dozed' off sitting up on the couch while reading my book, the little sneak found some (WHERE??? :o) created a large piece of enamel/mirror art, plus a deco's cardboard box and a carpet makeover... he's ever so creative....

3: i was mad but it was my fault for stealing five minutes for myself.... yes, that was sarcasm.... :P

[freckledcutie]

Originally posted by nymphette@Feb 24 2004, 04:12 PM
3: i was mad but it was my fault for stealing five minutes for myself.... yes, that was sarcasm.... :P
You, as a mother, should know better than to try and have 5 minutes for yourself

shame on you

this is my sarcasm here

[stargal1998]

1. You should know not to plan for some "me time" until they're sullen teens.

2. I think more dogs should wear halter tops.

3. I think my cat needs a pair of boxers.

[Cuilanië]

Originally posted by freckledcutie+Feb 24 2004, 03:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (freckledcutie @ Feb 24 2004, 03:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-bluecrayon@Feb 23 2004, 11:42 PM
I am close to moving toward him...


I'd do it in a heartbeat!

I'd move to another country for love

As long as it wasn't a country like North Korea or something [/b][/quote]
- ditto that

- My boss had a fit today - not at me - and slammed out of the office early.

- I had crème of chicken for dinner tonight. :)

[kittymao]

Yaay! I paint today! How fun!

There is fudge cake in the fridge.

I need to rent a movie, and go to the post office.

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by freckledcutie@Feb 24 2004, 02:37 PM




I'd move to another country for love



I'm move off the planet!!! :D

[kittymao]

*sigh* Love. what a thing it is, yes? I Love love.

STooped Rudy shoold have called by now.

spanish rice fer dinner, big yummers.

[DoriKaters]

1. So its 6:10 - my client should have been here at 6 - I don't think she will show up. I just looked in my book and she didn't show up last time either :angry:

2. I turned down a client in need of an emergancy massage to stop a migraine today becuase I was booked to the ears ***UGH**** but now I can't find her number :(

3. UGH what is it with these people!!!!! :angry: :angry:

[Anastasia576]

I miss my mom.

We were going to move closer to her but now my husband is getting a promotion, so we're staying here.

I like Kansas better.

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by Anastasia576@Feb 25 2004, 12:38 AM


I like Kansas better.


not better than love or chocolate, I hope!!!! :D

[Bugitha]

1. I am now fifteen pages behind in reading this thread. But I am determined to catch up because I didn't read 490 pages for nothin.'

2. It is utterly amazing the things one finds when cleaning under her bed for the first time in over a year.

3. I'm making chicken in wine sauce for dinner. Yumm-yyy.

[thunderstorm_19]

1 - i updated my signature again today

2 - i spent alot of time at the comp today, and am a bit bug-eyed, but i feel like i actually did some useful things

3 - i haven't checked the top posters list in at least a week (but now that i've said that, i'm bound to look at it tonight)

[Dalmaney]

1. I made far too much soup for supper, and now we'll have to eat it for a few days. It's homemade chickpea-tomato-shell pasta, and it is yummy.

2. I almost invited someone over for supper... again... but I'm not sure I want him getting ideas.

3. Even if they are very fun ideas to have, now and then.

[Anastasia576]

1. I'm eating Oreos with milk and the milk is better than the oreos.

2. I'm feeling blah tonight.

3. I need to be working on somethings.

[Anastasia576]

Originally posted by bluecrayon+Feb 24 2004, 07:48 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (bluecrayon @ Feb 24 2004, 07:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Anastasia576@Feb 25 2004, 12:38 AM


I like Kansas better.


not better than love or chocolate, I hope!!!! :D [/b][/quote]
Well not better than love :wub:

but

maybe

just maybe

better than chocolate :P

[Curlita]

1. I feel like I haven't been here in forever, although it's probably only been a few days.

2. I've been feeling tired and lethargic and somehow hitting "reply" and then typing things has just seemed like too much work.

3. I'm having a yummy tofu salad and some cheese toast for dinner.

[timeittook]

Originally posted by Anastasia576@Feb 24 2004, 07:38 PM
I like Kansas better.
-i agree. norfolk sucks. too much traffic, no parking, and doctors.
-i'm eating potato sticks that i didn't finish off earlier today.
-it was supposed to rain today but it hasn't yet. i wish it would. i like rain.

[freckledcutie]

I'm thinking about having sex in a few weeks (yep, I have to think about it)

boy is coming from Europe for 2 weeks and it just so happens to be during my spring break (his parents live here so it's not like he is coming just to see me)

I made a decision not to add anymore partners before I had another serious relationship so I'm trying to convince myself that being with someone I've been with before isn't really adding to anyone (I'm not sure I want a serious relationship with him)

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by freckledcutie@Feb 25 2004, 03:46 AM
I'm thinking about having sex in a few weeks (yep, I have to think about it)




gosh, I'm also thinking about sex in two weeks, too, because I am going to see infatuation guy right about then...

heh heh.... I have to think about it, too.

I also am closing myself off to other possibilities -- I think this is the guy.

[nymphette]

1: i had a dream that i was pregnant and the baby got sick and died.... :( :'( this was during a twenty minute nap after supper when i locked myself in my bedroom to regroup from my day...

2: i have stopped drinking water in case it's the nervousness baby water.... ;)

3: i told chris to get a vasectomy... and now.... i wonder if you have to pay to have it done if you have the possibility of passing a genetic disorder on... they'll probably just tell us we dont have to ahve sex, so they wont' pay!!!! :angry:

[mejaka]

1. I haven't been here in WEEKS!

2. I'm flying to Boise day after tomorrow, because my sister has the title role in _The Merry Widow,_ and my brother is playing opposite! (How cool is that?)

3. Someone hacked into my Nness profile. Actually, someone's hacked into the site or something. Either that or the Heads have really poor taste, which I really don't believe. But when I looked at my page today, in place of no listing at all since I have no website, a porn site was listed. When I went into edit profile to delete it, all it did was change. I had to put in a fake URL to stop this.

[medeous]

Originally posted by bluecrayon+Feb 24 2004, 10:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (bluecrayon @ Feb 24 2004, 10:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-freckledcutie@Feb 25 2004, 03:46 AM
I'm thinking about having sex in a few weeks (yep, I have to think about it)




gosh, I'm also thinking about sex in two weeks, too [/b][/quote]
1. dammit, i'm so bad at keeping up with trends.

2. i had to check my calendar to see if it would be feasible for me to be having sex in two weeks.

3. it is not...but three and half might be doable.

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

i think bush is a retard, and i think that there should be no QUESTION to the rights of any group, despite how some might feel about it equal rights are deserved by all. period. and what in the heck is the point of a constitution if you can go ahead and ammend it to quash a group from getting fair treatment.

i don't get it, the world confuses me.

i guess my moral standards differ from the norm, but they seem so basic to me.

[medeous]

i only have two checks left
i ordered more last night
late payments again, oh well

[thunderstorm_19]

i sometimes wish i could press a button and download information into my brain instead of having to read enormous amounts of things to learn about something

i do enjoy reading (novels, magazines and non-fiction topics of interest to me), but when i am looking for particular information, reading loads of things to find it becomes tedious

i hate trying to accomplish 10 things at once and not being able to focus on any one... multitasking is one thing, but there comes a point...

[bluecrayon]

I never went back to the beginning of this thread before and was surprised to see contributions from some of my old nness friends like Z'anne and Dawn on this thread!

That really underscores, for me, the cyclical nature of hanging in this neighborhood.

My "gang" here seems to have dispersed and wandered off for a bit.

I am coming here early in the morning when I wake up to find so little activity.

I am thinking I am wandering off now, too.

but I had such fun here for the longest time!!!

and I will still wander back to see who's around...

and I know this is more than 3 facts. :D

[thunderstorm_19]

Originally posted by medeous@Feb 25 2004, 08:40 AM
i only have two checks left
i have quite a number of cheques ATM, and am not using many since i'm not away at school and paying bills this year... but i would like to get rid of these cheques cuz they're boring

i'm thinking about ordering greenpeace or OSPCA/humane society cheques when i'm closer to running out of the boring ones i got straight from the bank

this reminds me of a certain little issue with my former landlord i need to deal with

[stargal1998]

1. My friend E is back at work today, she's one of the artists and she's really tried to help me get this scarf thing off the ground.

2. I like having someone encourage me other than my parents and nick.

3. I picked up an issue of "Somerset Studio" over the weekend and I love it--I even made an atc out of an ad and it's the coolest ATC I've ever made, in my humble opinion.

[Anastasia576]

1. I HATE Sentara Norfolk General.

2. Oliver has been waiting to get a prescriptionm filled that people no longer carry and the doctor won't call the pharmacy back.

3. Oliver was supposed to have a hearing test for his right ear. They said they would call back. They did, yesterday, to say he had an appointment today!!!!!!!! So I missed it.

Bonus.

4. I feel like cursing.

[timeittook]

-i got a credit card bill yesterday for $15.66. my minimum payment is $15. gee. i wonder if i should pay the whole thing or not. i mean 66 cent is a lot.:)
-i found out yesterday that my nerves are healing in my arm. after almost a year(well 11 months) they are starting to work again. even though they aren't coming back like they are supposed to i have some feeling.
-i need to get together a few addresses and make some envelopes to send stuff out. one package to poland, one to chile, one to finland, and one to california. i love using the 80 cent stamps!
:)

[sarahkate]

1. I worked on some ATCs last night. I am not completely satisfied with how they came out, but I am sending them off to Paul for the Zeitgeist show anyway. I am still a beginner at the whole ATC thing, so for now I think my end results are really the best I can do. I just hope my work improves with time and practice.

2. I am wearing a turtleneck sweater today that I haven't worn in over a year. I didn't realize until I got to work how itchy it is. I feel like I'm going to rip my neck open because I keep scratching it so much. Only 7 hours until I can get home and take this horrid thing off. :angry:

3. Anyone out there not really like yogurt but want to eat it just because it's good for you? Well I had Yoplait Whips - pina colada flavor this morning and it is GOOD! It's not like yogurt at all. It's kind of like pina colada flavored cool whip. :) It's not fat free but at least it doesn't have nasty aspartame in it.

[timeittook]

Originally posted by Anastasia576@Feb 25 2004, 10:17 AM
1. I HATE Sentara Norfolk General.

-SNGH is a horrible place for waiting for the doctors to get to you. but they are probably the best around here.
-cursing solves nothing there. i've tried.

[stargal1998]

Originally posted by sarahkate@Feb 25 2004, 11:20 AM
It's not fat free but at least it doesn't have nasty aspartame in it.
Aspartame can grow on you. Now whenever I am hungry at work I pop open a yoplait light.

1. I wish I would crack open the jello when I get hungry at home.

2. I have a habit of picking the no sugar added fudge pops instead.

3. I wonder if I've lost any weight...I seem to be eating more, but things that are healthier...well except for wendy's last night, LOL.

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by stargal1998@Feb 25 2004, 10:27 AM
2. I have a habit of picking the no sugar added fudge pops instead.

1. Me too! I don't buy these because of the sugar free thing though, I usually pick them because of the shape. For some reason only the sugar free kinds are flat and wide, and that's the way fudgesicles should be! The ones with sugar are always skinny and narrow. ^_^

2. Still, aspartame, NutraSweet, sugar free stuff just creeps me out, and it usually tastes like chemicals. Bleck! Icky!

3. I need to force myself to get some excercise. I really NEVER excercise. I don't even take my poor dog for a walk anymore because of the cold weather. Bad, bad me.

[Lilac]

1. Sugar free Nestle quick (for chocolate mild) is really, really good! To me, it tastes like the real stuff!

2. I buy this "ultra" skim milk...I'm not sure exactly what it's called (hold on, let me go look in my fridge)...Skim Choice Fat-Free milk...anyhow, it tastes like 2 percent milk. Yum!

3. That milk, combined with the sugar free Nestle quick is a delicious, low calorie, lowfat treat!

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Feb 25 2004, 07:53 AM
I am thinking I am wandering off now, too.


Noooooooooooo! Don't go away cb! OK you can go see infatuation guy, but come back or I will send you evil french monkey post cards every day!

-i found out yesterday that my nerves are healing in my arm.
Yay this is great news!

My (Presbyterian) church doesn't have a 12:00 Ash Wednesday service today so I am going to the Episcopal cathedral for a high church experience.

[AlienSpy]

1. Anastasia576 and timeittook, I love Norfolk! Maybe I wouldn't love it as much if I lived there, but there are some nice stores there and I went on a cruise last summer to visit the naval base and I had a lot of fun! So maybe it's a great city for tourists but not for people who live there all year long...

2. I prefer Virginia Beach though. I miss the ocean, I miss the beach! But I have to admit that I wasn't impressed by most stores and most restaurants though. The only place I loved was Captain George's Seafood Buffet (I think that's what it was called). Crab legs, yum!

3. I want to go back to Virginia Beach next summer, but I don't think going on a 17 hour road trip with a newborn is such a good idea! :o

[sarahkate]

1. Look - a beaded sock monkey! (http://www.craftster.org/yabbse/index.php?board=14;action=display;threadid=45) :lol:

2. I have lots of junk in my house and I need to sell it so I can have some extra money. I keep telling myself to list some stuff on ebay, but I have never sold anything on ebay before so I'm scared and I talk myself out of it everytime :P

3. I want to go to the library. I haven't been to one in years. Growing up I lived on the same street as the town library, so many of my days were spent walking down the road to load up on books. I spent hours and hours at the library. It was in a big old brick building with creeky wood floors. It was great.

[stargal1998]

Originally posted by sarahkate@Feb 25 2004, 01:48 PM
2. I have lots of junk in my house and I need to sell it so I can have some extra money. I keep telling myself to list some stuff on ebay, but I have never sold anything on ebay before so I'm scared and I talk myself out of it everytime :P

The more I get to know you, the more I think we were seperated at birth. I've been waiting to sell my clarinet for 4 months.

1. I picked up the girl scout cookies and ate 2 pinatas.

2. They're oatmeal, caramel and similar to a strawberry tart, but they leave a nasty aftertaste in your mouth.

3. I'm on an ATC kick...uh oh!

[cryptaesia]

i keep dreaming about dead friends

it doesnt help me get the proper sleep i need

it doesnt help my mood either

[stargal1998]

Originally posted by cryptaesia@Feb 25 2004, 02:30 PM
i keep dreaming about dead friends

My mom told me that when you dream about the dead, it means they're thinking/watching out of/for you.

1. The above was comforting a few months ago when I had a disturbing dream where my great aunt and uncle were alive and young, this was about 2 and 1 year(s), respectively, after their deaths. I woke up thinking they were alive and that I wanted to call them.

2. I hate saying goodbye to people, it hurts so much, but even if you fought with them, they did care about you.

3. My sinuses are bothering me!!!

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by stargal1998+Feb 25 2004, 01:27 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (stargal1998 @ Feb 25 2004, 01:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-sarahkate@Feb 25 2004, 01:48 PM
2. I have lots of junk in my house and I need to sell it so I can have some extra money. I keep telling myself to list some stuff on ebay, but I have never sold anything on ebay before so I'm scared and I talk myself out of it everytime :P

The more I get to know you, the more I think we were seperated at birth. I've been waiting to sell my clarinet for 4 months.
[/b][/quote]
:lol:

1. I think we need a support group to convince us to go ahead and put our stuff up for auction! And if we actually go ahead with it then our support group can reward us with......candy or cake or money or something equally as fun :lol:

2. I was walking out of a store the other day when two little girls asked if I wanted to buy girl scout cookies. I felt like such a rotten person when I had to say "no thank you." We already ordered some cookies from a friend's niece, so I really can't go buying more cookies. That would be a bad thing to do for the sake of my wallet and my thighs.

3. Tonight I will be mailing off the last of my past due/currently due LMAOs and then I am all caught up! YAY!!!! I am so damn happy about that. I know it's going to feel like a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. Now I can start working on some new stuff! Yipeeee!

[Curlita]

1. Mmmmm, Girl Scout cookies. I ordered some from a volunteer, and she is due to come in today. Maybe she will have my cookies with her!

2. I am more tired than I ever thought possible after 8 hours of sleep.

3. Why, oh why, did I wear this itchy sweater?

[Sirius]

1. Ironically I do not like doing Ebay because I don't like packing up the stuff and taking it to the post office. This is ironic because I enjoy doing this for nervousness. With the Ebay, I am afraid that I will not pack it well enough and stuf will break, or that I will back it too well and end up loosing money on the cost of postage.

2. Time for lunch. Mmmmmm.


3. Today my job includes using Sharpies for a long period of time.

[Sirius]

Originally posted by Insipid@Feb 22 2004, 12:07 PM
I was going to tell sirius that I think of her all the time because ...
1. I wonder how Insipid would feel knowing that everytime I see a rat (which is usually only when they are involved with Fear Factor) I think of her. Also hot coco.

2. I think I watch Fear Factor and In A Fix now, even though I don't feel like I do. Brian calls me into the room so much with either laughter or "Hey hun, look what they are doing now!" that I end up seeing most of the shows.

3. For some reason television is much funnier to him when I am not around. I never hear him laugh out loud when we watch things together, but I can be upstairs in the office and hear him cracking up at something on the tv downstairs all the time.

[sarahkate]

1. That's one of the big worries I have about Ebay - the packing & mailing. I don't understand how people know exactly how much something is going to cost to mail, unless you take it to the PO and have them tell you and then bring the box back home and the bring it back to the PO when the auction is over which just seems crazy. For example, I have a ton of clothes that I want to get rid of, along with a ton of clothes I told my sister I would try to sell on ebay for her. Those clothes are going to weigh a lot, even if seperated into small lots, so the shipping costs must be insane.

2. I am afraid of going to the post office. I'm such a weirdo. I just always feel flustered and confused. In all of these months of being an N'ness member I really don't know that much about mailing and the best way to ship things. I usually bring my packages to the clerk and tell them 1st Class and that's that. I don't know what the hell is going on when it comes to all of this "flat rate" "media rate" mumbo jumbo. :huh:

3. Botox may aid in chronic neck, back pain. Really! I just read that headline on Yahoo news. (Yeah, I couldn't think of a 3rd fact)

[Sirius]

1. My latest favorite time waster...Hangoroo (http://www.collegemix.com/content.php?q=2&id=373)

2. Yesterday, the homepage for my work email (starband.net) read "Bush supports gay marriage..." I was baffled.

3. I clicked on the link, and apparently either someone was not paying attention, or thought they were being ammusing, because it was just cutoff, "Bush supports gay marriage bans. " was the complete sentence.

[Curlita]

1. I just got a call from my girl scout volunteers mother. She will not be here today, but my cookies will be in next week!

2. I'm going to run errands. On the way back I will stop at the deli and buy a yummy sandwich.

3. I have to work late tonight. I have to go to a meeting to help decide the name of three parks. Bleh.

[hammerquill]

1. This morning I walked through four-inch-deep water to get to my car, and got it out of the garage less than half an hour before the flood would have been deep enough to damage it.

2. Probably nothing else got damaged this time, though, since the garage was better arranged for floods than last time.

3. I have written a letter of complaint to one of the rain goddesses.

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Feb 25 2004, 11:59 AM
Noooooooooooo! Don't go away cb! OK you can go see infatuation guy, but come back or I will send you evil french monkey post cards every day!

Why don't I have any evil french monkey postcards from you!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I love monkeys.

I was born in the year of the monkey, and it IS the years of the monkey and I am the LEADER of the elite SPACE MONKEY SPECIAL FORCES!!!

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

I received brass monkeys in the mail today from rockinghorse.

I left a few of them on random doors in my building.

I do silly things sometimes for no real reason other than it sounds good at the time.

[stargal1998]

Originally posted by hammerquill@Feb 25 2004, 03:22 PM
3. I have written a letter of complaint to one of the rain goddesses.
That rocks, Hammerquil. However, I am sorry for the flooding.

1. A samoa by any other name Does taste as sweet, they're called caramel delights now. And one of the packages I bought, all the caramel is leaking out.

2. If I file a complaint about the runny caramel oozing out of the bottom of the cookies, do you think I'd get a free box?

3. I'm a bad girl.

[hammerquill]

Originally posted by WonkyWalkingShoe@Feb 25 2004, 11:33 AM
I am the LEADER of the elite SPACE MONKEY SPECIAL FORCES!!!
1. I am concerned. Now that Wonky has told us this, won't she have to kill us?

2. I should probably get down to work now.

3. The dog is trying to tell us whe wants to go out into the rain again.

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

I won't have to kill anyone, sheesh. Space-monkeys do no harm. They just create mischeif and mayham!! Not death. *gasp* The very idea.

I am working on creating an army of cats though, they might do some killing. So far I only have 4 and they purr too much for murder. Except maybe George, she's crazy enough, and vicious enough when she needs to be...... but than again she won't bend to my will.

Maybe I should try pigmy goats.

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by timeittook@Feb 25 2004, 03:18 PM

-i found out yesterday that my nerves are healing in my arm. after almost a year(well 11 months) they are starting to work again. even though they aren't coming back like they are supposed to i have some feeling.

:)


Hey, timeittook!!!! This rocks my socks! Even though I am work right now, I just had to jump in and smile at you!

Yay for you!!!!

Gwensmom -- as you can see, it will take a landslide to keep me away! :D

hammerquill, I love this rain and stuff. I just rode my bike in it.

cryptaesia -- I, too, dream of dead friends. I'm thinking it keeps them alive in my soul.

back I go under the radar and to my classroom!

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Originally posted by stargal1998@Feb 25 2004, 02:39 PM
2. If I file a complaint about the runny caramel oozing out of the bottom of the cookies, do you think I'd get a free box?
I do a lot of complaining to 1-800 lines and I get free stuff. Once I called nestle up and complained beacuse the side of the box said and I QUOTE "guaranteed to make you smile all over" and you know what? - I didn'DIDN'T smile all over. I grinned a bit, but no SMILING. Geez, they promised smiles and happiness and they didn't deliver!!!!!!

They gave me $5.00 in coupons, begrudgingly I might add (something about the guarentee not being literal- but then WHY GUARANTEE IT??!?!, you shouldn't make promises in writing you can't keep, even if it's only supposed to be a catching marketing slogan I WANTED TO SMILE ALL OVER!!!!!) I don't think companies shouldn make GUARANTEES that are impossible, it just gives false hope. I mean really. Smile all over? puh-leeeeese

I am rather silly sometimes.

[freckledcutie]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Feb 25 2004, 08:53 AM


I am thinking I am wandering off now, too.

but I had such fun here for the longest time!!!


Ahhhh...this makes me sad

I try to keep the chains going for you but sometimes life gets in the way

see, though, for me and so many other people here, you are the one we've been use to always seeing and if you leave then we are in the same boat as you

[kittymao]

having personal knoweldge and relationships with pygmy goats, I have to say that only one in ten would make a decent recruit for murderous goat forces. They're not too fast and like to chew on things. They don't even have murderous teeth!

Or Geese. Yes. GEESE. Murderous felons they are- they bite and honk and are extremely territorial. An army of vicious Geese. *shivers*

postey-mailey0goodness in the macy's today and pizza! yummers.

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

geese frighten me. an army of geese would never do.

i had a nanny goat once, she liked to eat maple leaves the best. she never ate grass, but she loved weeds, and maple leaves.

i have to go make coffee

[timeittook]

-i want pizza. bacon and cheese pizza from pizza hut makes me smile but is noty good for me.
-alienspy, va beach is fun and the shops aren't nearly as good as they were before it became a "family environment" and they started the anti-immorality rules(no fighting, cursing, spitting, nudity, etc.). and before i stopped eating seafood, Capt. George's was great! only thing(other than the witch of pungo's house) in pungo worth going to.
-i'm obsessed with tagalongs. i'm about to eat the rest of the box krystal's uncle bought before he decided atkins diet was his friend.

[kittymao]

Originally posted by WonkyWalkingShoe@Feb 25 2004, 12:15 PM
geese frighten me. an army of geese would never do.

that's why.
Maybe, you can be like a Goose Commander, and I can be a Goose Captain- that way you give all the commands but don't need ta be anywhere near them.

I can see it how- me in drab greens and a frag-helmet with a crooked herding stick... "Listen up you honking christmas dinners! You take over the world or we're having the lot of you for dinner!"

Or chickens. Chickens rock.

[sarahkate]

1. :lol: Wonky & kittymao crack me up! I wish you two lived near me so you could amuse me all day!

2. I wish lots of you N'ness people lived near me.

3. Why don't we all chip in our money and buy a town together? Like one of those run down old ghost towns. We can call it Phrenville or something? Weeeeeee

[stargal1998]

Originally posted by sarahkate@Feb 25 2004, 04:31 PM

3. Why don't we all chip in our money and buy a town together? Like one of those run down old ghost towns. We can call it Phrenville or something? Weeeeeee
Totally...

1. I had a half dream, half thought last night. If I ever won the lottery, I would put as much money into a fund and all we 'good eggs' could meet and congregate for a week.

2. Of course, it would probably be in America, so I doubt many internationals would come.

3. I miss Nick. :wacko: Yeah, you can tell my hormones are making me all clingy.

[Anastasia576]

I'm trying to clean but I'm only making things messier by pulling things out and putting them into piles-I'm organizing-this could take awhile.

I'm out of soda! sob, cry, whine.

I just found THREE boxes of crayons in my craft drawer(this is why organizing is good!!)

[Curlita]

1. My GS cookie of choice has always been the thin mint. Sure, I had my tagalong phase and those caramel delights draw me in with their coconutty goodness. But it's the thin mint I keep coming back to, year after year.

2. My favorite cafe/deli/bakery here in ISSQ is closing this week. I'm very sad. I ordered a dozen of their chocolate-dipped chocolate chip cookies to store in my freezer for emergencies.

3. Today I have been moderately productive at work AND have been dinking here in the forums. What a perfectly balanced day!

[stargal1998]

Originally posted by Curlita@Feb 25 2004, 05:03 PM
1. My GS cookie of choice has always been the thin mint. Sure, I had my tagalong phase and those caramel delights draw me in with their coconutty goodness. But it's the thin mint I keep coming back to, year after year.
thin mints are the best, but u can buy grasshoppers year round if you need the fix, LOL.

1. Thin mints, since they make your breath smell nice, have no calories.

2. And since caramel delights have coconut on them (something healthy for you), they have more calories, but still under 50.

3. I drizzled some caramel, by accident, on my desk blotter calendar. Good thing I get to change months on monday.

[nymphette]

1: i just got off the phone with a social worker in toronto.... she says expenses post TX will be at least $1000 a month... not counting donor's (my mom) expenses....

2: she says most funding agencies 'cap off' at around $2000 a year.... :(

3: we'll have to sell a lot of stuff at the sale to help pay!!!! attn: posse- if he gets the transplant, is anyone adverse to the pocketchem fund (he wont' have to have ammonia testing done anymore IF he is transplanted...) going toward the transplant expense fund???????

that is, IF he gets the tx.. which they can still say no to... and may yet, since they didn't even want to assess becuase he's so 'healthy'..... <sigh>

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by nymphette@Feb 25 2004, 04:39 PM
3: we'll have to sell a lot of stuff at the sale to help pay!!!! attn: posse- if he gets the transplant, is anyone adverse to the pocketchem fund (he wont' have to have ammonia testing done anymore IF he is transplanted...) going toward the transplant expense fund???????

that is, IF he gets the tx.. which they can still say no to... and may yet, since they didn't even want to assess becuase he's so 'healthy'..... <sigh>
I am certain that no one would be offended by that idea! We all want what's best for you and Harrison! :wub:

[nymphette]

3 non depressing facts:

1: i got excellent happy mail yesterday- my 'fish bait' lmao treat from gwensmom, the coolest little fishy earrings, with pretty beads... they are wonderful!!! as chris said 'tell her they kick A$$!!!!'... :D

2: our kitchen looks very nice indeed... the floor is a pale terracotta orange, to match the border (a swirly terracotta/beigy/olive green pretty thing) and the oil painting my mom did for me of 4 types of olives, all terracotta'y with black and green olives on it .... the actual focal point and idea behind the kitchen was the painiting!!!! the bottom half of the walls are olive green venetian plaster, and the border is half way up, and the top half is a marbley green/off white wall paper.... i :wub: my kitchen!!!!!!!! just needs floorboards...

3: because we got them to pay us out for the flooring, instead of having aprofessional do it, we bought cheaper flooring so we could get wallpaper/paint too!!! i'll have to take a picture before i get everything back into my kitchen andpost our handywork... :)

[Dalmaney]

1. I couldn't decide between a nap and coffee, so I've had both.

2. I had coffee with the (Ex)Boy in Calgary, and it was good. He's started a blog, though, which I started reading yesterday and it's really really hard to listen to him being so bloody happy with someone else.

3. I miss him, am mad at him, love talking to him, and hate thinking about him all at once.

[nymphette]

1: i really should think about packing.... :o we leave in less than 3 days and i haven't thought about anything as practiacal as packing!!! though i did re-order all his meds so i can take a full supply, just in case... as for just in case what, i dont know... but just in case.... (ever the worst case scenario-ist!!!)

2: i am wondering how we'll do at the airport with all our white baggies of powder (formula), our gram scale and all the syringes we'll have.... :o they'll think we're coke dealers!!!!!! :D note to self- get doctor's note tomorrow for meds... ;)

3: my mommy is coming over for supper and i am making pineapple teriyaki chicken and jasmine rice with stir fried veggies.... okay, stir fried mushrooms, with a couple of bean sprouts, red peppers and onions... ;)

[Curlita]

1. Robyn, is this the big TX trip already that you are leaving for?? If so, good luck and you and Harrison will be in my thoughts!!!

2. Ugh, Dalmaney! How long since you broke up? Try to resist the blog-reading urge. It sounds painful.

3. I am tired. Only five more hours until I can go home.

[Dalmaney]

1. It's been almost two months... but we were very short-lived as a couple and I really do want to keep him as a friend.

2. I should probably resist the blog reading. I think I'm using it as a desensitization tool instead. If I get used to the idea of them, the reality won't be as bad. Although I really don't have to deal with the reality when they are an seven hour drive from here.

3. It is still distinctly possible I will be working with the (Ex)Boy all summer, so I'm working through all this stuff for multiple reasons, all of which are really for my own good. He had his interview a week or so ago and I've already accepted my job...

4. Why do I post all these things here? I guess it's less threatening than talking to people that know him... which is everyone I know...

[hammerquill]

Originally posted by nymphette@Feb 25 2004, 01:39 PM
attn: posse- if he gets the transplant, is anyone adverse to the pocketchem fund (he wont' have to have ammonia testing done anymore IF he is transplanted...) going toward the transplant expense fund???????

Of course not. The transplant would be far better, n'est-ce pas? Fingers are crossed.

1. I'm going to dinner with my mother tonight or tomorrow night.

2. I get to tell her something that'll surprise her.

3. I'm at work now, so I should get off the forum, and off the phoneline, and maybe actually do some work.

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by Dalmaney@Feb 25 2004, 10:03 PM


3. I miss him, am mad at him, love talking to him, and hate thinking about him all at once.


aw, heck, Dalmaney -- love is tough sometimes.

and this is exactly how I feel even though I am still entwined with my Him...

time WILL spin you into someone else's orbit -- just keep your heart open.

[nymphette]

1: curlita- this is only the assessment... i say only like only only isn't only..... it IS the assessment... it's scary enough, what hte heck will the actual tx be like???? :o

2: i am craving pineapple but resisting eating it all befor ei make supper with it!!!!

3: mmmmmm... pineapple salsa and coconut shrimp.... who cares about chicken... iw ant shrimp!!!!!

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by hammerquill@Feb 25 2004, 04:38 PM
1. I'm going to dinner with my mother tonight or tomorrow night.

2. I get to tell her something that'll surprise her.


What, are you pregnant too, Reed?

You are supposed to tell us about it BEFORE you tell your mother

I am very glad Lilac is back. Her posts have been entertaining me all day!
Now we need to resurrect D_O_A.

[Curlita]

1. Robyn, I'll be praying for you! Good luck!

2. Gwensmom, you totally cracked me up!

3. Craving a sugary soda. Considering walking to the store.

Bonus 4. Very tired. So very tired. Baby is only the size of lima bean and sapping all energy. Zzzzzzgrmphmmmmmmmm....

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Feb 25 2004, 11:32 PM


I am very glad Lilac is back. Her posts have been entertaining me all day!
Now we need to resurrect D_O_A.


and drag Tom back, too!

I miss people when they disappear...

I am remembering being pregnant and not with fondness!!! :D

[Curlita]

1. I am sort of proud that I am one of today's top ten posters.

2. I highly doubt that my employers would feel the same way.

3. Ow. )*%#& carpal tunnel.

[tanagee]

I was responsible for bringing 'parent snack' for my parent-child class today and I planned on making banana bread for like 2 weeks, however I forgot until 12:30 last night (or morning). So I was up at 1 am making banana bread. I make very yummy banana bread.

I have not had a piece of banana bread since I developed a food sensitivity to bananas about 8 years ago.

Ironically my nickname, one I am not fond of, is Tana Banana.

(I think that is the most I have used the word banana in a long time)

[kittymao]

banana ban nana nana ba nana nannerbananner. Fo sho.

Ak, I think the 3d lab is getting to mee. My eyes are all wiggy and my toes are wet and I wanna go outside, and eat food...
Hm. I wonder if ANY of that made sense.

Wasreedgoinasay? whyainehtelluzyet? Iwanakno! TELLMEEE!

[Anastasia576]

i'm feeling very alone right now.(Daniel is at work)

I've finished everything I signed up for on nervousness(besides the traveling LMAOs that have yet to reach me) and I wish I could find more things.

My first attempt at an ATC is rather pathetic.

[nymphette]

1: i had to pass up my turn (but will get one at the end) for an LMAO becuase i'llbeout of town and dont want it stalled at me.... i can't wait to get it though, i was looking forward to working on it.....

2: i have a pile of mailing stuff for tomorrow... alas.... still no christmas pictures for harrison's LMAO, or birthday ones.... so will be mailing without i guess... :'(

3: i need a vacation..i decided that thursday afternoon until we come home saturday afternoon is my vacation... we are done with appts on thursday morning and had to book a full week, so............... what's good to do in downtown toronto guys?????? like, right by the courtyard mariott???????? because i am not cabbing it in this ever so expensive city.... <_<

[Sirius]

1. For GWLS.... http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/aktion/action-smiley-045.gif

2. For the Star Wars geeks, er, um, me: http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/aktion/action-smiley-043.gif

3. For medeous: http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/aktion/action-smiley-054.gif

[Anastasia576]

those smilies are pretty nifty

:huh: Where'd they come from?

I'm incredibly BORED.

[Sirius]

Originally posted by Sirius@Feb 25 2004, 08:23 PM
1. For GWLS.... http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/aktion/action-smiley-045.gif

2. For the Star Wars geeks, er, um, me: http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/aktion/action-smiley-043.gif

3. For medeous: http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/aktion/action-smiley-054.gif
Had to go to Germany for them...

http://www.click-smilies.de

[medeous]

1. i want cute smilies
2. i don't speak german...or read it, either
3. look ma, i'm dancin'! http://www.my-smileys.de/smileys_1/dancing_geek.gif

[nymphette]

1: i just found out an acquaintance's husband just passed away of cancer.. he was 31 and has been sick for about four years....

2: they have a little boy who is about 2 years old.... i am sad for them....

3: they got married right after they found out that scott was terminal... he survived a lot longer than they thought though... :(

4: i feel really bad for jodie.... i can't even imagine.... i have to go and hug my husband now.....

[medeous]

1. i was complimented monday and tuesday of this week on my appearance.

2. today, i myself was not complimented, but my sweater was.

3. therefore, this sweater is going to live with my sister...i can't take the competition.

[medeous]

1. i don't feel daisy-fresh today.
2. i'm not grubby and i don't think i'm stinky.
3. it must be the sweater, sabotaging me.

[medeous]

1. i have to get up early enough to wash my hair in the morning.
2. i have a whole lot of hair and i don't wash it every day.
3. if i wash it at night and sleep with it wet, it's mostly still wet in the morning and the parts that aren't wet are just plain funny looking.

[medeous]

1. i really miss D_o_A
2. i hope she's okay
3. this is not a fact (but stating that it isn't, is: does anyone know, is she doing that thing she talked about doing a month or so ago and maybe that's why she isn't around at the moment?

[medeous]

1. you can no longer just buy allergy medicine off the shelf here.
2. you have to tell the cashier what you want and they go get it from behind the counter for you.
3. i think missouri may be the meth-making capital of the world.

[bluecrayon]

I had a migraine with auras today and my head swam into the light...

I still have some pain but I am bending into it...

there is lightening flashing as I type this and my heart is racing with it...

[hammerquill]

Originally posted by gwensmom+Feb 25 2004, 03:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (gwensmom @ Feb 25 2004, 03:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-hammerquill@Feb 25 2004, 04:38 PM
1. I'm going to dinner with my mother tonight or tomorrow night.

2. I get to tell her something that'll surprise her.


What, are you pregnant too, Reed?

You are supposed to tell us about it BEFORE you tell your mother
[/b][/quote]
:huh:

Ahem. No.

1. I got to tell her about my long distance love affair. Which I have already mentioned here, well before I told her.

2. It went well.

3. They promised us thunderstorms; usually they don't deliver, but tonight we've sure enough got thunder and lightning! (yes, I'm seeing the same lightning bluecrayon just mentioned.)

4. I love thunderstorms.

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by hammerquill@Feb 26 2004, 06:15 AM


1. I got to tell her about my long distance love affair.



I still have told no one, except you guys, about mine...

In a few weeks I am going to see him...

still my secret life around my surface life...

sigh.

[stargal1998]

1. Oooh, we're like confidants on this thread.

2. Not nearly enough people recognize the amount of work that goes on behind promotions.

3. Is it too early to go home yet??

[thunderstorm_19]

1. I created a new yahoo group, for past and present girl guides/scouts/leaders (any of the groups within that international organization).
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/guiding_globally/

2. my yahoo group book group (Read and Trade) is finally organizing our first reading circle, hopefully to become a regular feature.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/read_and_trade/

3. yes, I know those were shameless plugs, but if one can't plug around friends, where can one plug?! :)

[cryptaesia]

Originally posted by medeous@Feb 26 2004, 12:39 AM
1. i really miss D_o_A
2. i hope she's okay
3. this is not a fact (but stating that it isn't, is: does anyone know, is she doing that thing she talked about doing a month or so ago and maybe that's why she isn't around at the moment?
i miss d-o-a too
gonna send some more happiness her way
maybe listen to some of her fav's to psychically call her back

[bluecrayon]

we should collectively send kindness to d_o_A --

I am lacing up my black high tops...

I am zipping myself into my other life now...

[Anastasia576]

I feel the overwhelming need to bother Daniel until he wakes up, only because he told me specifically that he wanted to sleep in.

My mail should be here in about a half an hour!!!!! yay! highlight of my day!


Today I am going shopping for fishies! hoorah!

[Christine_0701]

10,000 posts WOOHOOO

I think you can safely say now, that I need help :P

I'm going to see penny tomorrow :D

[thunderstorm_19]

Originally posted by Christine_0701@Feb 26 2004, 10:34 AM
10,000 posts WOOHOOO
gee... i thought i was cool when i looked the other day and realised i'd gone over 2,000 posts... haha...

i'm hungry

i've got chores to do

i'm not sure what else to add

[potat1556]

i just got your book Christine..looks good will read it soon
I am starting to pack to go home
I am so excited about attending the wedding

[stargal1998]

1. I'm wearing insanely high heels today.
2. I want to go home.
3. I'm secretly hoping Nick takes me out to dinner tonight.

[nymphette]

1: jaime may be gone there..... someone (cant' remember!!!) said that she would be without internet access for a month (week?) a while back.... so whether that means she doesn't have it for some reason anymore at home, or she's somewhere where she just doesn't have it........

2: oh.... i hate it when i know hwat i am trying to say and then i look back at my post and it doesn't even make sense.....

3: i am not changing the post to try to make it clearer.... it won't help anyhow!!!! ;)

[Anastasia576]

I just went and woke up Daniel and he got mad at me. Now, he's back asleep.

I can't resist the temptation to annoy him.

He's a night person and I'm an early riser.

[timeittook]

-i've been at school only 20 minutes and i've already knocked out a simple online class assignment.
-i think krystal's mommy is going to cook us lunch today. i LOVE her cooking!
-tomorrow i return to physical therapy to my favorite canadian, kathy.:) she's really going to hurt my hand i can already tell.

[shelleym]

I'm taking the day off tomorrow (yay!)

I plan to spend the day alternating between the craft room and the Big Bed.

It's my husband's birthday tomorrow and I don't have anything planned :o

[nymphette]

1: harrison has to get a mantoux 5 TU PPD today.... the only reason i know that is a TB test is my mom gets them and she told me..... i am just glad it wasn't the skin biopsy- all they said was 'harrison must get a skin test done before he comes'..... :o

2: if i could i would take all his tests and pokes and needles and operations for him... i wish i could....

3: i really want to get some new clothes (or at least a nice bathing suit!!!) before we go... alas, finding clothes that a: i like and b: that fit nicely and c: don' cost an arm or a leg and d: aren't either too old (frumpy) or young (so i feel like an imposter!) for me....

what caters to the i'm-30-and-feel-like-it crowd???? everything at walmart is that funky bellbottoms, sheer peasant blouse type of clothes.... :( i like peasant blouses... i'm just too old to be showing my underwear through my clothes!!!

[timeittook]

-my favorite canadian has just changed. it is no longer kathy the physical therapist. now it is nymphette's kids. i just remembered her saying a few days ago julian saying that harrison needed lemon and think that is so cute.
-i have no homework left for nearly a week except silly poetry writing.
-i want a soda but am too broke to get one right now. maybe later.

[freckledcutie]

Originally posted by nymphette@Feb 26 2004, 11:50 AM
what caters to the i'm-30-and-feel-like-it crowd???? everything at walmart is that funky bellbottoms, sheer peasant blouse type of clothes.... :( i like peasant blouses... i'm just too old to be showing my underwear through my clothes!!!
Do you have Target? I bought Kendra the cutest, coolest bathing suit there the other day. It's a 2-piece and it's pink with brown flowers (one of my fave color combos) each piece was 14.99

Last year, I paid 80 dollars for one of her new bathing suits

My sister has an inground pool so Kendra always wants lots of bathing suits to get through the summer as my sis only lives 3 miles from my house

[Lilac]

:P

[timeittook]

-i want a nice slab of beef right now. or any other type of meat because i'm hungry. i ate 3 tagalongs for breakfast and now i'm starving.
-today everything sounds foreign to me. i keep hearing people speak and it is just coming out in some language i can't speak or understand really.
-tonight i'm starting to study for my world civilization mid-term that is next week. my how time is just flying by. it'll be may before i know it.

[Dalmaney]

1. I should be studying, but I'm starting to hit that point where I don't believe I can really learn anything I don't already know in time for it to be any good.

2. My brain works completely differently from most of the other girls in my Women and Gender Studies class... I think I've been masculinized by the world of science and my hick upbringing.

3. I'm considering making a bingo game for that class, where the cards will have words like "binary" and "gender" and "ecocrisis" on them, and when you get a row, you have to yell "bingo!" and leave... but it's a very small class and she'd actually know who we were when we left.

[Cuilanië]

- bounce

- bounce bounce

- bounce bounce bounce

[Cuilanië]

- I'm not entirely sure my feet are actually touching the ground

- I might not have to work this weekend

- I might, however, have to work late tomorrow in order to achieve this

Bonus - I think it's sort of appalling that I've come to consider a whole weekend a luxury... <_<

Still... I'm bouncin'. :D

[freckledcutie]

Do you think it's possible with the millions of people in the world that someone has walked in my shoes per say? Like had the exact same experiences as I have but just not in the same place or with the exact same people?

one of my favorite words is urbanbeachcombing...okay, that's 3 words I put together to make one

I smelled some things today that I could have done without smelling and I'm NOT a better person because it

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by freckledcutie@Feb 26 2004, 09:23 PM
Do you think it's possible with the millions of people in the world that someone has walked in my shoes per say? Like had the exact same experiences as I have but just not in the same place or with the exact same people?




YES!!!!! Just with different subtleties...

I believe time is bouncing back at us from every moment of existence...

I keep getting bits of time from the 1800s...

[hammerquill]

Originally posted by bluecrayon+Feb 26 2004, 02:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (bluecrayon @ Feb 26 2004, 02:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-freckledcutie@Feb 26 2004, 09:23 PM
Do you think it's possible with the millions of people in the world that someone has walked in my shoes per say? Like had the exact same experiences as I have but just not in the same place or with the exact same people?



YES!!!!! Just with different subtleties...
[/b][/quote]
I first read that as "Just with different subtitles" :lol:

I think I like it better that way, actually.

The U.S. administration seems to be stuck in the sixteenth century...

[Cuilanië]

- Late... I should go to bed.

- I wonder if I can sleep... :)

- It's already Friday here... ^_^

[Lilac]

I was hit on today by a very attractive teenage boy. :P Hmmmm...maybe I should be like Demi Moore and get myself a little "boytoy."

I'm glad to see Culainie on the boards! I havent seen her in a while! *waves*

I slipped and fell on the ice in my drive way and my hip is sore. :(

[medeous]

Originally posted by hammerquill+Feb 26 2004, 04:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (hammerquill @ Feb 26 2004, 04:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by bluecrayon@Feb 26 2004, 02:24 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-freckledcutie@Feb 26 2004, 09:23 PM
Do you think it's possible with the millions of people in the world that someone has walked in my shoes per say?  Like had the exact same experiences as I have but just not in the same place or with the exact same people?



YES!!!!! Just with different subtleties...

I first read that as "Just with different subtitles" :lol:

I think I like it better that way, actually.

[/b][/quote]
that is, word for word, what i was going to say.

1. my mother, a devout roman catholic, still somehow believes she has been reincarnated.

2. she says it's the only way she can explain her vague feelings of dissatisfaction and delusions of grandeur.

3. my mom is my biggest fan, my number one supporter and i'd be lost without her.

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

I got a canvas from kittymao yesterday, it's ready to be painted on now

im in a dark mood artisically i hop ekitty mao likes dark art

gus guys likes to wrestle

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Feb 26 2004, 10:12 AM
we should collectively send kindness to d_o_A --

we (me and crypt) are way ahead of you on that! haha :P

although the first thing i sent her is STILL on it's way while the other stuff HAS been received. i dislike the postal system for being confusing.

i am soooo broke.

[cindi1023]

Originally posted by sarahkate@Feb 25 2004, 12:48 PM
2. I have lots of junk in my house and I need to sell it so I can have some extra money. I keep telling myself to list some stuff on ebay, but I have never sold anything on ebay before so I'm scared and I talk myself out of it everytime :P

Don't be afriad, Sarahkate, it's not that hard! In fact, Ebay now has software that makes it much easier to list auctions! :D If I can do it, anyone can! ;)

1. That's one of the big worries I have about Ebay - the packing & mailing. I don't understand how people know exactly how much something is going to cost to mail, unless you take it to the PO and have them tell you and then bring the box back home and the bring it back to the PO when the auction is over which just seems crazy. For example, I have a ton of clothes that I want to get rid of, along with a ton of clothes I told my sister I would try to sell on ebay for her. Those clothes are going to weigh a lot, even if seperated into small lots, so the shipping costs must be insane.

When I started selling stuff on ebay, I signed up for a stamps.com account, so I could buy postage online and print it out on my printer. As part of signing up, I got a 5 pound postage scale. And the post office's website gives a Postage Calculator (http://www.usps.com/tools/calculatepostage/welcome.htm?from=home&page=0061calculatepostage) that's really easy to use. It goes step-by-step through all the options you have to ship something... Very helpful!

I'm just now catching up with 3 days worth of random facts...

I was completely at a loss for a good idea for JosieGellar's My First Art Doll LMAO. I told Hubs about it, and he came up with a great idea! Now I have a moral dilema.... does he now get co-creater credit??? :unsure:

[bluecrayon]

Entering day 2 of my headache...

it kind of makes things look lavender

it kind of makes me trippy in my skin...

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

the large amount of rice i just inhaled would disgust you atkiners.
but rice is delicious, yummmmmmmmmmm rice.

carbs are not my enemy.

yummmmm carbs

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

in fact i love carbs so much i just might go eat some pure white refined sugar by the spoonful..... just like i did when i was a kid, before i was allowed to drink coffee.

i find it funny that kids are not allowed coffee but are allowed cola.

i want cola now.

[timeittook]

-i have a song from the movie "gummo" stuck in my head. silly song about roosters make me smile.

-i'm going to watch Salo when i can find the disc in my room. either that or 28 Days Later for the 617th time.

-i need a job so i can buy new records, dvds, cd-rs, art supplies, shipping supplies, books, and soda. i LOVE dvds and soda! that and drive around the country throwing stuffed animals at ghetto children. they need love too.

*bonus* - i'm snuggled up in bed with buh-bear my big st. patty's day beanie bear. he loves me.

*bad bonus*- my parents think my gender confused bird hurt it's foot. it's limping around it's cage and being angry. hopefully he'll feel better tomorrow.

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

hehe gummo, white trash people are funny

i want soda so bad right now, i just had a pretzel (more delcious carbs) so the salty goodness needs cola to match.

maybe i could blow bubbles in a sugar water drink (aka kool-aid aka food colouring and sugar) yummmm not soda. I mean i don';t want soda, i want POP. I'm Canadian and I drink POP!!!!

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by WonkyWalkingShoe@Feb 27 2004, 03:44 AM
hehe gummo, white trash people are funny




hey!!! being, as I am, 100% mongrel, these might be my people you're laughing at!!!

am I kidding???

only around the edges....

[timeittook]

Originally posted by WonkyWalkingShoe@Feb 26 2004, 10:44 PM
hehe gummo, white trash people are funny

maybe i could blow bubbles in a sugar water drink (aka kool-aid aka food colouring and sugar) yummmm not soda. I mean i don';t want soda, i want POP. I'm Canadian and I drink POP!!!!
-maybe i'll watch gummo.

-i try not to call soda coke..

-my buh-bear is a homosexual beanie bear. he has a lover named nuts and he's a tiny little squirrel. i told my mom this and she thought i was strange. i just want them both to have love.
:P

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

well i am just one step beyond white trash

wooo

what a sad race i belong to.

[Anastasia576]

1. ^_^

2. <_<

3. :'(

[bluecrayon]

sad compared to what???

blue against pink ...

what if there is nothing worth winning???

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

i don't think there is anything worth winning really, except maybe the lottery.

my race is also happy, furry, small, big, skinny, overweight, hairy, poor, rich, sick, speedy, famous.......

i can't come to terms with myself

[nymphette]

Originally posted by timeittook@Feb 26 2004, 10:58 AM
-my favorite canadian has just changed. it is no longer kathy the physical therapist. now it is nymphette's kids. i just remembered her saying a few days ago julian saying that harrison needed lemon and think that is so cute.
1: yay!!! i feel like i wont the lottery because of this!!! ;) my kids are my favorite canadians too.... i think..... :P

2: i am ready to go to toronto.... i even bought a new bathing suit... MF cost me 40 bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <grumble grumble> course, that 's a bette rprice than the 89 dollar ones i saw earlier today...... hm... :angry: i am all shopped out...... whew....

3: harrison didnt get his tb test today and it was an entire dya of runarounds!!!!!!!!! gggrrr!!!!! his dr. coulnd't even do it in his office visit and i had asked his receptionist if he could and she was her ever vague old self and just got the appt made....... and sent us to the tb clinic at the hospital and we waited there forever and they said they cant' do it becaus eit's a 48-72 hour period after to check for results... and so they said 'it should be fine' and sent us off with 'if they want to do it there, they can, otherwise tell them we'll do it tuesday after you get back....'............. sigh.... ah, well... hopefully one day i wont' have to deal with them anymore...... what a gong show that place is.....

[nymphette]

Originally posted by hammerquill@Feb 26 2004, 04:34 PM



YES!!!!! Just with different subtleties...
[/QUOTE]
I first read that as "Just with different subtitles" :lol:
[/quote]
1: so did i!!! :P

2: i bought a pair of blue jeans, some kind of stretchy black jeans, a black shirt with white collar, a gray tank top, new underwear and a navy, kind of dressy compared to everything else sleeveless top..... that's the most clothes i have bought in ten years........ oh, and a bathing suit- black and a fringe of beads at the neckline...

3: i will probably take half of it back to the store tomorrow.... <sigh> i always end up returning and then spending the money on someone else....

[Anastasia576]

I'm going to regret staying up tomorrow.

I want oreos.

My neck hurts(I need a back/neck rub).

[bluecrayon]

I am going to bed...

I am not waiting anymore for him to show up on my email

My headache is singing now...

[bluecrayon]

almost 6am...

drinking my tea and contemplating the art class I have to teach later today...

noticing how very quiet it has been here since I left last night!

day #3 with headache. sigh.

[thunderstorm_19]

Originally posted by WonkyWalkingShoe@Feb 26 2004, 10:36 PM
in fact i love carbs so much i just might go eat some pure white refined sugar by the spoonful..... just like i did when i was a kid, before i was allowed to drink coffee.

i find it funny that kids are not allowed coffee but are allowed cola.

i want cola now.
hehe...

yea...

i like to eat brown sugar b