Three random facts:

[OHPossum]

the gas man came to hook up our new gas range

we have no gas lines accessible

so i am stuck with our shitty old stove and i feel crazy and psycho with rage and then i feel silly and laugh-y that I am sucvh a brat.

[thunderstorm_19]

oooh the gas man cometh... (hehehe)

1 anyone (probably many people, since the music is from the 50s...) who doesn't know why 'the gas man cometh' is funny should, if you can, look up that song (that's the title) by flanders and swann.

2 i think i get souvlaki for dinner... yumyumyum

3 i need (ok, i want) 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch safety pins

[kittymao]

I went to the zoo. I saw tigers mating. It was... um. weird.

Due to my School wanting to fire a teacher without making a big scene about it (looong story...) they have refunded my tuition for that class and I'll still be able to take it and recieve credits. Bwa ha ha!

Uhm. I need to go to 180. Like. NOW.

[tanagee]

I received a saddening e-mail from my bestest friend since 8th grade. (see my thread in "topics that don't seem to fit anywhere else" if you want to know about it, maybe you can help.)

I am drinking a Coors Light...and I rarely drink.

Took Megan to the mall today to get 2nd b-day/easter photo's done and it was a huge disaster.

[Dalmaney]

1. I also had a Coors Light tonight, and I rarely drink.

2. *sigh* Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is getting out of his car to come in to sleep.

3. It's the most wonderful difficult thing I've had to deal with in a loooong time.

[Cuilanië]

- Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is getting off the phone to let him sleep...

- I need to get off the net right this minute and go out to face the real world. I jave a job to hunt for.

- It's funny-strange to be considering so many seemingly conflicting options at the same time...

[OHPossum]

i am afraid for eve and reed's phone bills

i am awake way too early because the dogs were whining

i am finally finished with the creative moments lmao

[adrienne]

[1] i'm supposed to have a job interview today, but nobody has contacted me.

[2] if i don't hear from that place, i will need to call my old boss to see if i can get my old job back.

[3] i was forced into quitting said old job only to find out that what i what i was told, the deciding factor in quitting, was a total lie just to get me to quit so i wouldn't be a threat to the other girl i worked with

[Larrissa]

1. my mom will support me if i go to school.

2. my cat got back from the vet visit for neutering, and his sister won't go near him without hissing violently. i dont understand it.

3. i believe i haven't taken on too much to do, even though it could look like i have.

[Lilac]

Here I am..another boring, dreary day at the office.

Today in general is dreary, and it depresses me. It's rainy and very grey outside.

I think I have seasonal affection disorder.

*edited to say that I miss Larrissa's old avatar! I almost didnt recongnize her with the new one!*

*Anybody else get like that? You know...you automatically look at a person's avatar and know who it is...not paying attention to the name?*

[Larrissa]

i certainly think the avatar is important, i guess i will go make another one. looking at that is quicker than reading the name.

condaleeza rice's hearing is on the radio

priority isnt something i consider much, i just do what i do

[Lilac]

Oh, no,no, no Larrissa! Don't do that! I'll get used to the new one! I'm one to talk...I just changed my avatar, too...and was planning on changing it again after easter!!!! (I'm such a hypocrite :wacko: )

[bluecrayon]

face pressed to the window watching the beginning fingers of the sunrise slowly stretching toward me...

I am having trouble acting my "age"

I don't know what age means...

[Larrissa]

hey thats not three random facts!!

this condaleeza is damn good at talking

the beauty shop motherinlaw goes to is full of very artificial people, i sit in the car and read while shes in there

[Lilac]

Originally posted by Larrissa@Apr 8 2004, 01:26 PM
the beauty shop motherinlaw goes to is full of very artificial people, i sit in the car and read while shes in there
All beauty shops, in my opinion, are full of fake people! I hate going to them. I suppose that can explain for my lack of a "hairstyle".

I think that the world is full of fake people. Any time I meet someone who I think is "true"...I feel like celebrating.

That's why I come here all the time. Everybody here is who they are and I love you guys for it!

[bluecrayon]

sometimes I post these facts in between the banter of others

I think that pretty much sums up my tendency to hide my true self between the cracks

I am really battling myself lately and I don't know which part of me is winning...


as far as posing on these threads (I think it was OHPossum who brought this up on the things you've always wondered about other nnessers thread), I can only say that in a virtual world it is easy to spin into only one part of yourself -- I don't know if not showing the rest of yourself constitutes deception or not. We must, all of us, be far more complicated than we are revealing ourselves to be here...

Oh, I do have the blues lately...

and I'm going toward someone who may or may not welcome me...

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Apr 8 2004, 10:06 AM
We must, all of us, be far more complicated than we are revealing ourselves to be here...
1. Absolutely! I for one, am a bundle of complication so I imagine I'm not the only one. I don't think I'm in any way fake online, I am just more talkative than I would be if we were all to meet face to face. So basically you all see the more friendly side of me, but I try not to delve to deep into the other side of myself, the gloomy and bashful side, when I'm here.

2. I'm having Cherry Coke for breakfast. Yum.

3. I want to meet an N'ness person in real life so I can watch them create things. I want to SEE someone creating an ATC or an altered book or a postcard. I am in awe of all of the amazing things that N'ness people create, but I always wonder exactly how they went about making their art. I wonder if anyone would mind if I just sat there and stared over their shoulder? :unsure:

[thunderstorm_19]

1 i'm so fidgety today!

2 my mum had a friend of hers over for c-o-f-f-e-e last night and we got into talking about the Climb - she thinks i'm nuts.

3 i probably am.

[Lilac]

Originally posted by sarahkate@Apr 8 2004, 02:19 PM
1. Absolutely! I for one, am a bundle of complication so I imagine I'm not the only one. I don't think I'm in any way fake online, I am just more talkative than I would be if we were all to meet face to face. So basically you all see the more friendly side of me, but I try not to delve to deep into the other side of myself, the gloomy and bashful side, when I'm here.


Oh, yes...me too. I am actually kind of shy "in real life." I think that since we're online, we can be more open with each other. And we can hide our gloominess, sadness, fears....

Like you, Sarahkate...I don't feel that I'm being fake online...but sometimes I can appear somewhat cheerful when actually I might be on the verge of tears or ready to pull my hair out with frustration.

I would love to meet every one of you, though...

[Larrissa]

i find bluecrayon to be quite mysterious and poetical in her posts

when i started posting a month ago, i was tossing words into a void, hoping to be heard

now the forums are filled with people, and i love it here!

[Dalmaney]

1. I should have left the machine to get my phone at eight in the morning.

2. Instead, I had a half hour conversation with my boss about my feelings about working with the Ass.

3. On six hours of sleep. I'm going back to bed and if I can sleep, I see napping in my future.

[Lilac]

I am seriously addicted to this forum.

I need to get off and get some work done.

I'd be fired if my boss knew how long I've been "playing" on company time!!!! :eek:

[Larrissa]

1. when my cats bring in an animal, i take advantage of its situation and inspect them closely before replacing them outside

2. in 10 minutes i will be picked up, but ive been on the internet and have yet to get ready.

3. i took some pictures of myself to show to all of you in the picture thread, but my server aint working.

[gwensmom]

Lots o' facts and a question:

Larrissa, your cat's sister is hissing because the cat that has been to the vet doesn't smell right anymore and she doesn't recognize him. Give it a day or two.

I got a gigantic paycheck today. Since Gwensdad is not working he has taken over the child care so I can work more. I will get another big paycheck before he goes back to work and I cut down to part time again. Woo hoo I'm in the $$$$.

I am going to sneak off and go to a movie this afternoon while Gwensdad thinks I am at work. I know it is bad but I am doing it anyway. This was my supervisors idea and she said she would cover for me if she has to.

should I see The Ladykillers or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

[OHPossum]

i am pretty much an open book IRL just as I am here

i think i am probably easier to deal with here because you can shut me off by clicking to a new page

sometimes I get so hyper and center-of-attention-y that kathryn wants to shut me off, but she is so loving when she does it it doesn't hurt my feelers.

i am pretty much ok with who i am though.

ooh that's 4, and they aren't random, and they might not be facts.

[thunderstorm_19]

1 gwensmom said what i was thinking WRT larissa's cats

2 gwensmom should go see eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, and take me with her, cuz i really wanna see that movie

3 ok i give up, i'm getting lunch ready now, cuz i'm hungry!

[timeittook]

-i spent yesterday on a trip from my house to raleigh for a funeral and then back. 199 miles there, 197 back (not sure how on that either). 4 hours there, 2 hours and 45 minutes back. full of unequal times/distances.

-i saw my step aunts and uncles yesterday and it was fun. i hadn't seen my step uncle richie in over 15 years.

-my step grandma looked nothing like herself in her coffin and it was sad. i couldn't stay in the room. my grandpa had the same problem. it broke my heart when he said to the family "things happen, but if any of you can walk on water or raise her then please do it" then started sobbing.

[nymphette]

1: <HUGS> to timeittook and his grampa!!! how sad it is when you've been with your love for so long to have to let them go.... :( :'(

2: i am jealous of gwensmom and her movie going!!! :D

3: i haven't been to a movie in two years...... :o

[Lilac]

More Hugs for timeittook and his Gramps. I'm so sorry!

I wish I would never have viewed my own grandad in his coffin, because now when I think of him...the first picture I get in my mind is him lying in that casket.

That is why, when I go...I want the funeral to be closed casket. I don't want my son to remember me that way.

[kittymao]

Hm. I like to think that I'm way simpler here than anywhere else. I mean- hm. How to explain...
I guess I'm like a Tree, with branches extending outward into the world and otehr things. But the pieces you all see are the canopy- all these exposed, cheery, lively living endings of my self that are completely unconnected until one gets lower into the tree. Not until you get deeper into the tree do you see the bare trunks and branches that have never been exposed to light, and the source of the lively points of me.
Wo. Okay I need something more chipper.

Oh! The train! Going on teh train again! Yaay!

Uhm... and I'm almost done with my BF's bro's Lady's baby present. I need to finish painting it.

[sarahkate]

1. I think Kittymao is more poetic and profound than she realizes :)

2. I just realized how disgusting my hands are. My skin is so pale that you can clearly make out my veins from my wrists all the way through my palms and up into my fingers. Sometimes you can even make them out through the top side of my hand too. My skin is practically clear. Ugh.

3. I want to ride on a train.

[Cuilanië]

- How on earth did it get to be 9pm already??? I could've sworn it was 7:30 ten minutes ago!!! :wacko:

- It's still cold here. Especially in the evenings. I've turned up the heat, because my fingers are getting stiff from the cold.

- I had a snack around 6:30, but haven't had dinner yet. I'm sort of hungry-but-not-really. :rolleyes: So what else is new... ^_^

[chunkymonkey]

If I have to ask one more person to update their comments in one of my lmaos I am going to explode into a million billion screaming little pieces that will look a lot like pissed off little monkeys. :yell:

I vote for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind cause it looks like lots of fun. AND mark ruffalo is easy on the eyes.

I'm funnier in real life, more opinionated, and much more intense.

[Dalmaney]

1. I'm up and showered and fed; time to get to work.

2. I also chatted with the Boy...

3. My life is beautiful and scary sometimes.

[Lilac]

I'm going home in 45 minutes!!!!! Yipeeeeeee!!!! And NO work tomorrow!!!!!

I cant wait to get my son's Easter basket all set up. He doesnt get a lot of candy. I (I mean, "The Easter Bunny") fills the basket up with exotic fruit, books, seeds, bulbs and few other little trinkets. Then the "Easter Bunny" hides plastic eggs around the house that tells clues about where his "big" presents are hidden! It's so much fun watching him search and seeing his little look of delight!!!!

His big presents are School Of Rock DVD, tickets to an upcoming Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game and a new Gamecube game.

[tanagee]

I am so addicted to the internet, reading peoples blogs, the forums, checking out links that I have to make bargains with myself. Unload the dishwasher and you can get on the computer, change the sheets etc...

I am pretty much the same on the internet as IRL but only after my shyness has worn off and I am more comfortable with someone.

I was just yelling "stop stop stop!" at my washing machine, it does this thing every so many loads where it will not stop filling until it gets right to the top so soapy water spills out and leaks out from under the machine. The last time it happened the dog got blamed for peeing in the rug in the laundry room.

[Lilac]

I posted a pic of Shad (when he was 1 yr old) on the picture thread. It's a yucky, coffee stained old photo...but I can't get my scanner to work right...I can't size pictures up or down...so i just found an old pic that fit the screen perfectly.

When i get a new scanner I'll post some more pics!

Hope everyone has a nice Easter!

[sarahkate]

1. Ok, I'm feeling sorry for myself at the moment. I think I'm being punished for something. Though I guess I deserve it because I have done plenty of things in my life that deserve punishment but anyway...

2. First, as I said yesterday I found out that one of my favorite bands is not coming to the area for a concert afterall, and I was so excited to go....

3. And now I just found out that one of my most favorite tv shows, Wonderfalls, is being cancelled. Aghhh. (this is the 3rd thread I have complained about this in! ha!)

[OHPossum]

we just bought a new truck

two days ago we bought a new fridge and dishwasher

for a couple who wants to start a family we aren't acting like it.

[chunkymonkey]

awww sarahkate :hug:

I'm having a hard time thinking of what pet to use for my final pet asylum atc. I'm trying to draw a hamster but it ain't working. Perhaps a bird or a fish.

I'm frustrated today that everyone in my life seems utterly incapable of asserting their own needs. Maybe I am just too self serving and they are normal. Think I'll go file my nails. <_<

[Dalmaney]

1. One of my bestest friends is coming to town next week!

2. I feel better about work this summer now that I've had the whole heart-to-heart with the boss.

3. I hate studying.

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by chunkymonkey@Apr 8 2004, 04:29 PM
awww sarahkate :hug:

I'm having a hard time thinking of what pet to use for my final pet asylum atc. I'm trying to draw a hamster but it ain't working. Perhaps a bird or a fish.

1. Thanks for the hug ;) Hmm.... and what about a monkey? Or.... a ferret?? :)

we just bought a new truck

2. Is there room in that truck for a baby?!!

3. I love buying things. I hate spending my money, but I love getting new things. Yes, I am a greedy, materialistic American bastard. So sue me!

[chunkymonkey]

A monkey would be fantastic. I'm horrible at drawing animals is my problem I guess. Maybe a pig... those seem simple enough.

While trying to get myself into insane asylum mode this morning to make the atcs I visited many cool sites. I want to visit some abandoned mental hospitals now. They are hauntingly beautiful.

Working mental hospitals are a different story. I get very anxious inside of those.

lol edited to say that my mom is bi polar so I've visited many mental hospitals because of that, not for me personally.

[sarahkate]

1. Yeah, that's true, Monkeys aren't the easiest thing to draw. A pig would be cute. Ha! A crazy pig.

2. Oooh or a sheep! That would be fairly easy to draw too- it's just a big curly puffball with eyes. :P

3. Speaking of animals, this reminds me of when I found out what veal was. I had eaten it several times before. I think I probably cried when I found out (I was probably 10 or 11 at the time). I think that's when I realized I didn't really like eating meat very much. :wacko:

[siafu]

i'm back from my interview. i think it went swimmingly. she was telling me what to expect from the second interview.

tonight is the seder. i'm excited.

i'm not sure what to lunch upon.

[Cuilanië]

- I miss him.

- It's raining a cold winter rain.

- I hate being unemployed.

[thunderstorm_19]

1 uuuuuuuughhh

2 boy no phone. boy bum. no like.

3 that's about all the intelligence i can muster.

[Cuilanië]

- That was rather self-pitiful... *Edited to add - I meant my own last three facts!!!*

- I'm feeling better already. -_-

- I skipped dinner yet again tonight. Might account for part of my present mood swings.

[thunderstorm_19]

1 hungry

2 bored

3 tired of emotional fuckwittage

[thunderstorm_19]

1 *hugs* cuilanie, she sounds lonely and down

2 hmmm...wonder how fast i could wash my hair

3 salmon for dinner... mmm...

[Cuilanië]

- Hugs to Alison... *and thanks* ^_^

- I should now go fix myself something to eat, but it's past midnight already.

- I don't want to sleep.

[tanagee]

a mom in my mom's group sent me a link of a BBC news article under the heading and we thought our childbirth experiences were bad! read this: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3606845.stm)

Another friend of mine sent me an e-mail with pictures of Japanese women in these really skimpy bathing suits, I sent it to my old boss because he has "Yellow Fever".

I saw some darling little bunnies at the mall pet store yesterday and all I could think was about the horrible life ahead for some of them once their novelty and cuteness wore off.

[OHPossum]

sarahkate, yes, we bought the new truck because the old truck didn't have a back seat, this one is a double cab. K feel very butch driving around in it.

tanagee's post about bunnies made me sad for a minute

but i have my laptop at my fave wine bar and a few more sips of this shiraz will help me move on.

[OHPossum]

look at that I've moved on

k looks so cute across from me writing up her autopsy report

because of her i know more about dead people than any goth around

[thunderstorm_19]

1 i'm depressed and yet mildly accepting of the concept that he won't call

2 i keep thinking about happy things/times between us

3 i just got an email... off to find out what it is... probably boring junk

[gwensmom]

Three facts about Death_or_Aldona:

She has bad news and good news.

The bad news is that her father in law had a tumor removed from his lung and has been in the hospital for over a month with complications. Her grandmother who has breast cancer had a heart attack. Her kitty has been sick and ran up a big vet bill.

The good news is that they are moving away from the town she hates and will stay with her MIL for a month where she will be online! Maybe even before May.

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by Cuilanië@Apr 8 2004, 10:19 PM
- I miss him.



I miss my him, too.

distance and uncertainty add all kinds of dimensions to love...

I am glad Death_or_Aldona is coming back; (for a moment, I thought Tom was back -- alas, I guess I was wrong)

[nymphette]

1: i can' wait for DOA to come back!!!
2: i miss everyone when they disappear, even for bit.... and lways wonder/hope they are okay....
3: nobody can miss me, because i wont' go away..... ;)

[siafu]

i'm too tired to compose three good facts. it just kind of hit me when i sat down. <_<

the woman who interviewed me chewed green gum the whole time. it matched her green suit. :huh:

the bar association sent me an application for a bar grant. that would be so sweet. :o

[bluecrayon]

siafu, I am rooting for you, sister!

You are going to get where you want to go.

and I will probably be up there soon wanting to come over for dinner! :D

[siafu]

bluecrayon, you are in the best luck: i am awesome at making rice and beans.

there are chicken breasts in my purse. i should go put them in the fridge.

i met two women who go to the michigan womyn's music festival. that was kind of cool. i didn't know that about them before tonight.

[Dalmaney]

1. One of my friends from graphic art school has come back to my church; we've never gone there at the same time.

2. I need to sleep... just waiting for the good-night buzz to wear down.

3. We have been completely incapable of short goodbyes this last week.

[cheshire-cat]

1. My boyfriend's dad had another heart attack recently and had some stents put in yesterday to try to increase the bloodflow.

2.The procedure lasted two and a half hours longer than they expected because they found more veins to open up when they got in there.

3. He's recovering from the procedure in the ICU because his blood pressure was dropping so they want to keep a close eye on him but he's doing well.

[cheshire-cat]

Oh, what the heck. Here's some more. :)

1. I really enjoyed working on Penny's coffee c0ffee (c0ffee c0ffee c0ffee! That emoticon drives me crazy! :blink:) and Tea Rebrewed deco a few hours ago. That was so much fun. :)

2. Who knew that sandwiches made with veggie salami and thousand island dressing are actually edible. In fact they were more than edible, they were pretty freaking good!

3. I'm stressed out but when I try to relax I end up even more worked up. How is that possible? *lol*

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

can't sleep, not yet

much to do, it's a holiday

can't wait...... I'll pass out soon enough

[rabidgirl]

1. 5:30am and i havent seen sleep yet... but i sure got alot done!

2. i emptied out the old briefcase my uncle gave me as a kid when i was obsessed wth office supplies and business. it will be my new traveling art case!

3. sometimes i dream about being a professional organizer.

[chunkymonkey]

good news about DOA :) Gwensmom did you get the new address? I want to send her some mail love.

Today seems so full of possibility.

My number one reason for can't waiting till I move is that I can get a doggie. :P

[bluecrayon]

travelling up the strip of road that separates my life here from his life there tomorrow morning...

I want to drive like a demon through all the darkness of resistance and arrive with the sun outside his door...

I wonder always how old my feelings are -- everything about me seems disconnected.

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by chunkymonkey@Apr 9 2004, 08:41 AM
good news about DOA :) Gwensmom did you get the new address? I want to send her some mail love.


1. Me too! I have been meaning to send her an RAoK package for a loooooong time but I just haven't yet. She will be back online by the time I send it :P

2. I just found out that my little sister was hired for her first job ever last night! Wahooo. She will be a cashier at a grocery store, the same grocery store where I got MY first job. :lol:

3. I had a little mini-nervousness disaster. I just "finished" my puzzle for Cindi's Puzzle Gram Mix-Up (http://nervousness.org/lmao/index.cgi?id=13839) the other day. I had been practicing what I would do on junk puzzle pieces previously and finally decided what I wanted to do to decorate the blank pieces for the LMAO. So I wasn't really happy with the results because I used nail polish and tape transfers of text and then another layer of nail polish so you could still see the text through the polish. I guess it looked ok, so I planned on mailing it yesterday, but then I thought - no this is too boring, I need to do something else with it- so stupid me tries to draw stars on it with a big black marker, they looked horrible so I thought maybe if I covered it with another coat of nail polish they would look a little better, well even though the ink seemed dry it smudged as I put the polish on. Ugh. So then I freaked because I have to have it postmarked by tomorrow and I ruined all of the puzzle pieces. So I went to Michael's last night to see if I could find the same blank puzzle pieces for sale (because I knew that's where Cindi said she bought them). We looked all over the store and just after I gave up thinking I would never find them, and we were looking for something else to use to cover my mistakes we found the blanks afterall! They appeared to be the exact same thing. So I bought them and went home all happy. So I set up all of my art supplies, full of ideas, and I start painting away on the new pieces. Then I look at them more carefully and realize that the new blank pieces are cut just slightly different than the ones Cindi sent out. They were definitely the same brand and the pieces were all shaped basically the same, but some were cut at slightly different angles so they wouldn't have been interchangeable with other people's pieces which was the whole point of the LMAO (we will all get one piece of everyone else's puzzle plus one of our own back) ....so.... then I was screwed and it was already like 10:00 PM. I ended up using a big black marker and coloring over my original screwed up pieces, then I used some weird milky markers and some more nail polish. The end results were kind of....strange....but passable I guess. So...yeah...that was my adventure in puzzle making.

Why did I post this in 3 random facts? That was about 100 facts jumbled into one post. But....I think I maybe I do win for longest 3RF post EVER!!!!!

[sarahkate]

1. Wow. I don't think I have ever seen so few people signed onto N'ness! Only 4 members (and GoogleBot!) at the moment.

2. That's probably because for most people it's a holiday, a day off of school, or work. For me it isn't though, it's just another work day.

3. Ho-hum-la-dee-da. I predict that this is going to be a boring day.

[Dalmaney]

1. I need to learn a whole lot about fluid behaviour today.

2. My life is stressin' me out: finals, need house to live in, need car to buy, meeting Boy's family on Sunday, LMAO that should run itself turning complicated, yada yada yada.

3. And I'm not helping by increasing my caffiene dosage to "max" and wasting time online. *sigh*

[sarahkate]

1. Disney stamps (http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/browse_content/stampReleaseDisplay.jsp?OID=8534) are being released by the USPS on June 23rd. So cute! I love the Bambi & Lion King stamps.

2. Isamu Noguchi stamps (http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/browse_content/stampReleaseDisplay.jsp?OID=8512) to be released on May 18th. Those are pretty cool!

3. Oooh and cloud stamps (http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/browse_content/stampReleaseDisplay.jsp?OID=8522) October 1st!! I love new stamps.

[thunderstorm_19]

1. i've been outside gardening all morning.

2. i'm going to try doing indoor stuff this afternoon.

3. it's beautiful and yet not quite warm enough for my taste.

[tanagee]

I have a theory that the growth hormones given to cows and chickens are a contributing factor to childhood obesity and girls having larger breasts than they seemed to have had when I was a teenager.

If they ever invent clothes dryers that fold your clothes I will be the first one in line to buy them. I like DOING the laundry, I just hate folding it.

Dora the Explorer is so annoying!

[chunkymonkey]

what a slow day this is.

I'm catching up with all the music sitting on my desk.

I want to start altering this beautiful copy of the old man and the sea I have but a start off point is eluding me. I'll just sit her and stare at it for awhile... something will come to me.

[siafu]

tana: when we lived in puerto rico, my mom wouldn't let me eat eggs or drink milk that were not from the states. i thought it was dumb, but there were 10 year olds in my class who had size D breasts. i guess i could see her point.

i keep thinking i'm getting a puppy any day now. it's going to be at least a couple of months, i reckon. this (http://www.crazyladieschihuahuas.com/puppies.html) is the site of the lady i'd like to buy a puppy from.

i need to go get ready.

[Larrissa]

1. today i am just worn out.

2. the cats are still being unfriendly to each other. they better get over it because a stranger is going to take them away to a new home. i dont know who yet, the ad runs in a few days.

3. i am going to miss all the birds and plants of texas.

[tanagee]

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[sarahkate]

1. Hi Megan! :wave:

2. I changed my avatar because seeing my face over & over again was bothering me.

3. Now it's a teeny tiny lil' Jones soda bottle. I think I will change it again soon though because...well...just because. :)

[bluecrayon]

home for a minute to lay in a sunspot and think about him

I am already feeling giddy down my bones thinking about knocking on his door...

I have to go back and do my art class soon -- I am having the kids make pinch pots.

bonus fact:

I just am all over the emotional map, but for now I have landed on happy. Yikes...

[tanagee]

I was at the park once and there was a young Redtail Hawk trying to catch a Squirrel, but the Squirrel was to quick and crafty for him. He would dive down and the Squirrel would jump or run and he'd act as if he was afraid of it. I was facinated to see if he ever succeded, but was horrified of actually seeing him kill it. :o

I called my hubby to see if he was actually serious when he said he didn't want to have meat for dinner tonight, because it is not as if we have been good this year and not eaten meat any other friday night during lent. He said yes so I suggested pasta. He said "NO! PIZZA!"

I'M not Catholic so I am going to order that new 4 for all from pizza hut and get me my own little meat lovers pizza. ;)

[kittymao]

Ha- weird! I was going to comment about lent and worried if I would look like a psycho, but now that Tanagee has, I'm not psycho!

anyway. That wasn't a fact.

THE FACTS!

Not only have I not eaten meat every friday since lent started, there's a tradition among my BF's family that from Passover on, no meat will be consumed. So I haven't been eating meat since Wednesday.

Hm- my BF and I have made a new drink- we're not sure what to call it. I like calling it a Dirty Smoothie, he want's to call it Rudy's Rocket Sauce. Mind you we were drunk when we were coming up with names. We weren't drunk when we made it so it DOES taste good.


Okay- here it is, makes two large servings.

two servings of vanilla ice cream (we used sugar free!)
1 cup ice
1 cup milk
three shots Kahlua
two shots Amaretto
one shot Jagermeister
one shot butterscotch schnapps
One shot irish cream

blend in blender. texture should be fluffy and rich. Add milk or Ice cream to taste.
if you wanna get smashed FAST, have two shots of jager beforehand and sip drink in jacuzzi.

[bluecrayon]

whoa, kittymao -- my head is swimming just reading the ingredients in your crazy drink!

I think I've got a contact buzz going now! :D

I laughed at you guys using sugar free ice cream; there's so much sugar in all that liquor I don't think taking it out of the ice cream makes a dent!

[thunderstorm_19]

i want to curl up in bed

this feeling sux

my sister's here

[OHPossum]

i need a vacation from my vacation because K is a task master

scooter got his shots today

i spent my michaels coupon on new magic markers.

[Larrissa]

who can have c-offee with out sugar? i took a no-doze instead.

its strange - i hardly ever feel numb ... wheres my characteristic mood rampages of PMS?

work to do work to do work i must go do right now

[thunderstorm_19]

Originally posted by Larrissa@Apr 9 2004, 06:04 PM
who can have c-offee with out sugar? i took a no-doze instead.
1. well, just to answer that Q, me. I drink my c-offee black. ;)

2. how do you look up a postal code? and can you send something, COD (cash on delivery) from the post office, or where would i have to send it from? (the fact that goes with this is that that is so that i can send him his stuff back without paying for it myself or having to see him).

3. there was a pair of ducks in my neighbour's pool this morning.

[OHPossum]

i love my coff-ee black and I love it with cream. don't do sugar

i LOATHE the icon for coff-ee, and that it looks like i'm being cute using an icon when I don;t feel the least bit cute

i just ate a delicioso frozen flatbread pizza

[chunkymonkey]

Is it wrong to secretly love when people get in fights through questions on the main page? Well I don't love it... but I'm watching it like a soap opera. :ph34r:

I too hate the caw fee icon. <_<

I'm off to take a relaxing bath.

[Larrissa]

1. when i hiccup, its very loud and high pitched, like a bird scream. i cant not do it.

2. when i was 4 years old my favorite foods were nalley mayo sandwiches (bread and a thick layer of mayo) and what i called water salads (lettuce and carrot cut up in a bowl of water.

3. started on the garage mess - damn ive been a slob for the last year

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

I give up on fashion
I spit on it
PAKTOOEY!

I want fresh food

I need to become disiplined

[Dalmaney]

1. I have almost contemplated fluid behaviours long enough that I can switch gears to racism for a while.

2. I am making hamburger helper for supper. I have my suspicions that the ground beef is actually ground deer.

3. I recycled around twenty pounds of paper today.

[bluecrayon]

What's "fluid behavior"?

Where's "the boy"

and wouldn't deer meat taste different than beef?

okay, not facts -- but, in fact, 3 things I'm curious about! ;)

[Dalmaney]

Three Answers:

Fluid behaviour is my two-word synopsis for the course that I have a final in on Monday. It's stuff with pressure and different types of flow and friction. It bends my brain.

The Boy is at his house, studying for his vitally important math final. We know better than to study in the same place. We've got movie plans later, if we're both done studying. So we'll both be done studying by nine.

Deer does taste a bit stronger than beef, but I grew up on it and rather like it. Plus, it's antibiotic and hormone free, and definitly free-range meat. Oh, and free. I like free. It's my favorite price.

[Larrissa]

1. bath and nap pending

2. it makes me happy when i hear what i sent out was well recieved

3. the trees leafed out so quickly, when i go outside its nothing but green and birdsong

[kmfdmchick]

i just figured out on the toilet that im always tired cuz i spend my energy up being nervous.

im gettin back into my nondepressive state.

time to take my birth control.

[siafu]

i know OP must have had markers before these. so, i feel faaaaaaaaaaaabulous that someone else is buying--what?! more markers--markers.

i must look like a bum today. the girl in fashion bug was reluctant to show me a suit that i was asking about because she said it was too expensive. she was like, oh, this grey one is cheaper. and i said, no. grey is not hardass enough. must be black. weird. anyway, if i buy both pieces, i get 50% of the bottoms and $10 off the total. not so bad.

the small bus was taking me around and around and around, so i'm kind of bus queasy. but i'm still trying to get to church tonight. there is some kind of solemn pre-easter thing that i've never tried before. roll down to the description of Good Friday (http://www.hcumc.org/main.shtml) if you want to read about Tennebrae.

[gwensmom]

Oooh Theresa, watch out for that Tenebrae service. It is intense. I had a major "religious experience" during the first one I went to and I have been scared to go to another one ever since!

My books on Amazon are selling well! I listed 16 items on Thurs, have shipped one already and have 4 more ready to go out tomorrow. Whoever it was that gave the advice to always underbid the lowest price by a penny was right. Was that you Sarakate?

I'm with Wonky- I give up on fashion and spit on it too.

bonus: I worked like a slave today. My Cindrella journal entry is impressive.

[Dalmaney]

1. I'm done with fluids and reskimmed some racism articles. I need to write eight pages before Thursday afternoon.

2. Only an hour until I can start harassing the Boy to come entertain me.

3. I could do my dishes. That'll take at least ten minutes.

[Dalmaney]

1. Dishes are done.

2. I need an article my roommate has at her parents.

3. I wish is was May.

[Larrissa]

money being more important than helping someone is ... just ... bad

i wonder how i can love this other species so much ... do my cats consider me mom?

celebrity worship seems to be getting worse in this country ... undignified and obscene

[nymphette]

1: my tag art doll hasn't shown up yet for an LMAO... she is pretty and her name is sky and i am worried about her now.... she was sent on the 26th or 27th, and may take ten days to get to the states, so i hope she's not lost... :(

2: i left an art doll and different supplies (beads, fibres, needles, felt, new scissors :( etc) at the library a few weeks ago... i was just about ready to stuff her and sew her up too... i left her on the couch when julian started acting up and went to get him from the kids area, came back over to the couch, got harrison in his stroller, and left... i went back an hour leter when i realized i had left my bag there... and it ws gone.... of course... and nobody's turned it in... of course....

3: bad luck comes in threes.. what will disapper next??? :( :unsure:

[siafu]

your bad luck of course. what a punk, that luck.

-my knee hurts. hey, when i get a new job i can buy cool sneaks that pretty much match my suits and act like everyone else should be doing it too.

-tennebrae left me thinking about deep stuff. i am here because i am putting off writing it down.

-i don't have to leave the house anymore today.

[Bugitha]

1. Sadly, I have had to give up on keeping up with this thread. (I read every post of the first 612 pages!) Just no time all of a sudden.

2. I have another interview on Tuesday . . . must learn to keep my nerves under control this time.

3. I am experimenting with watercolors this weekend.

[tanagee]

Hubby came home and decided he would rather go somewhere and have fish tacos...yeaaa! I had yummy shrimp tacos :wub:

We went for ice cream afterward :wub:

and then to the grocery store to pick up green beans and french fried onions for green bean casserole on Sunday...39 dollars, a 12 pack of Corona and a bag of pretzels later we came home.

[Larrissa]

i just realized i have 20 more books to sort and pack that are being used under the computer monitor as a stand

being able to move around freely by public bus is going to be completely awesome

the word that comes to mind obsessively when i attempt to think is gyrate

[rabidgirl]

1. i FINALLY got a haircut today and my superpowers have indeed been restored!

2. tomorrow im going to buy new clothes.

3. i cant remember the last time i actually bought new clothes. i hope my stepping into a mall doesnt set off the space/time continuum.

[luckyturtle]

1. I got to go out to our favorite thai restaurant tonight

2. Everything we ate was something we'd never had before (i'm a rut-type person. once I've discovered something I like, I stick to it, even if other stuff looks good. so this was kinda big for me.)

3. My new favorite yummy food is Phat Woon Sen. Drooool.

[bluecrayon]

my heart seems to have made the choice for my feet

my feet seem to be moving despite my head...

the door is wide open and smiling...


I'm going.

[bluecrayon]

I'll be back in a week

I will smile at everyone when I arrive...

or I will be crying.

life's minor chords....

[tanagee]

I can't sleep.

My mind has it's own agenda.

I am exhausted.

[tanagee]

as of right now I OWN quizzes and questions!

hopefully I will be able to fall asleep soon...please?

I hate not sleeping because; Megan does not give me a day off.

[gwensmom]

Gwen kept me up the whole freakin night! I haven't slept at all.

She couldn't help it. She is very congested and has a urinary tract infection.

I can test for a UTI at home now with these snazzy test strips. I just pressed it into her wet diaper and it turned purple.

I hope her Dr. will just call in some antibiotics instead of making her come in.

That is Gwensdads problem because I am going to sleep as soon as he gets back from walking his dog.

When I get this tired I feel like this: :yell: :spank: :angry:

Then after a few hours of sleep I will feel more like this :blink: :wacko:

[thunderstorm_19]

1 poor gwen! and poor gwensmom!

2 i hate missing him like this

3 have a good week bluecrayon!

[Dalmaney]

1. c0ffee is good. it is my friend. it will pull me through this morning.

2. Tomorrow is Easter. That means celebration, ham, and a truckload of Boy relatives.

3. I'm a little nervous, but happy to meet 'em as well. I think they're more worried about impressing me than I am about impressing them.

[Cuilanië]

- smiling at bluecrayon

- a hug for gwensmom

- thumbs up to Dalmaney

[Cuilanië]

- headache

- aspirin and tea

- shouldn't be sitting here

[Cuilanië]

- sort of bored because headache keeps me from concentrating on things like reading, drawing, or making dinner (not that I need an excuse for the latter)

- so I'm defaulting to chain games, and no one's around to play with me

- I think I'll go make myself some more tea...

[Cuilanië]

- the tea's almost nailed the headache.

- still bumping around all by myself, though I've seen some people peeking in...

- tomorrow, instead of celebrating an occasion I no longer really believe in, I'll start - er, continue (again) - the monstrous task of setting my papers in some kind of order...

[thunderstorm_19]

- peeks in and says hi to eve

- he's not going to call, i just know it

- i planted carrots!

[Cuilanië]

- hi Alison! :wave: phooey to the boy who won't call. Not worth it.
(btw - sending things COD can be done from the post office, but I think you have to go to a real one, not the counters they have at Shopper's Drugmart and such... not sure.)

- Mmmm - carrots fresh from the garden... ^_^ Those are the best.

- Still haven't found the will to go make dinner. :rolleyes:

[tanagee]

I have read 17 of the the The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000 (http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm). More if you concider the whole Harry Potter series and the 3 Sleeping Beauty books by Anne Rice are challenged as a series.

I have placed holds on a few of the others from the library just to see what all the fuss is.

when I finally went back to bed at 4:30am I thought I heard my psycho cat lady neighbor yell 'harder, harder'. I didn't want to get that visual stuck in my head so I chalked it up to being punch drunk.

[chunkymonkey]

in here with nothing to say

should be doing several things sitting in a pile on my desk

can't believe it is only mid afternoon

[chunkymonkey]

I've got 19 in on that list (looked closer. lol)

I'm a little puzzled at why some of those books are on the list. And the order is kinda funky too. Of mice and men being above go ask alice seems a little weird. A wrinkle in time? I read that in like 5th grade. Oh oh I'm so corrupted! :rolleyes: I'd love to know what people's problem with James and the Giant Peach is.

Thanks for the list tangee... I need to read some of these books.

[Cuilanië]

- I'm amazed at some of the titles on that list. :blink:

- I wonder who the 'Anonymous User' is?

- I didn't win the lottery. Would've been nice... :P

[Cuilanië]

- I've strapped on my ankle brace in anticipation of standing a lot while I make dinner.

- I'm not convinced I don't want to get Chinese take-out instead.

- But that would mean going out and having to climb the five storeys when I come back.

[thunderstorm_19]

Originally posted by Cuilanië@Apr 10 2004, 02:03 PM
- hi Alison! :wave: phooey to the boy who won't call. Not worth it.
(btw - sending things COD can be done from the post office, but I think you have to go to a real one, not the counters they have at Shopper's Drugmart and such... not sure.)

- Mmmm - carrots fresh from the garden... ^_^ Those are the best.

- Still haven't found the will to go make dinner. :rolleyes:
- thanks eve! (the P.O. nearest me is, luckily enough, a 'real' one, so that works out beautifully).

- yeah i love home grown veggies!

- i have to find somewhere to plant some tomatoes!

[thunderstorm_19]

1 i would take a disturbingly great deal of pleasure in calling his mother and seeing if she is aware of the fact that he's thinking about going back to his ex (which is, in short, most of what started this. he asked my opinion. i don't like her. so i said so. i don't think he liked that.) his mother does NOT like his ex.

2 i won't do that. but the thought amuses me.

3. i need something to drink.

[hammerquill]

I only own eleven of the books on that list, but I have read at least sixteen or seventeen. Then, a lot of those are recent and a lot are children's books.

I should go get c0ffee.

I have to sit around on hold on the phone for awhile first. I wish I could hang out on the forums at the same time.

[Dalmaney]

1. I have read 8 of those books (more if you count Harry Potter as 5).

2. I am perplexed by some of them... I remember loving "A Wrinkle In Time", although I don't remember what it was about.

3. I think I am done studying fluids today, which means I should write part of my paper.

[Bugitha]

1. I have read 19 of those most challenged books. One of them I have read probably 20 times. Another I have read maybe ten times.

2. Today I was at a scrapbooking store and was amused to see a box full of receipts near the register with a sign that said, "IF YOU NEED A LOWER RECEIPT TO SHOW YOUR HUSBAND, PLEASE TAKE ONE" :lol:

3. I do not recommend cotton jersey sheets for those living with cats who still have their claws. Especially if said cats like to "help" make up the beds.

[tanagee]

(I can't take credit for the list, I got it from a link in manada's signature)

7 of the books I have only seen the movie.

I read The Outsiders at least once a year between the ages of 11 and 18 and considered it my favorite book for a long time.

What cracks me up is Where's Waldo?. I did a yahoo search to find out if it was indeed the Waldo I was thinking it was and I found this (http://www.solonor.com/bannedbooks/archives/001808.html).

[nymphette]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Apr 10 2004, 04:46 AM
Gwen kept me up the whole freakin night! I haven't slept at all.

She couldn't help it. She is very congested and has a urinary tract infection.

I can test for a UTI at home now with these snazzy test strips. I just pressed it into her wet diaper and it turned purple.

I hope her Dr. will just call in some antibiotics instead of making her come in.

That is Gwensdads problem because I am going to sleep as soon as he gets back from walking his dog.

When I get this tired I feel like this: :yell: :spank: :angry:

Then after a few hours of sleep I will feel more like this :blink: :wacko:
1: hugs to gwen and gwensmom!!! hope she feel sbetter soon so you can get some sleep.... i know how you feel sarah- harrison's been up all night two nights in row.... cant' test him for what is wrong though because we never figure it out, it's just his usual, every once in a while, allnighters!!!!! !:O

2: i love it when the doctor believes you and phones you RX in and you can just get it and skip the trip to the doctor's office or ER!!!!!! simple things make me happy, oh yeah!!! i hope your dr. did it for gwen!!!

3: i think it is cool all the things you can get tests for now!!!! yay for technology!!! :D

[nymphette]

Originally posted by tanagee@Apr 10 2004, 12:08 PM
I have read 17 of the the The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000 (http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm). More if you concider the whole Harry Potter series and the 3 Sleeping Beauty books by Anne Rice are challenged as a series.

1: i've read 31 of them (more because the earth's children series is five books so far, and the sleeping beauty ones too...).... not sure what could be wrong with how to eat fried worms.... ;)

2: crazy world we live in when people take the same offense to 'are you there god it's me margaret' and 'the new joy of gay sex'..... <_<

3: <shrug> i'm not meant to understand other people...... i can barely keep up with myself!!! :o :lol:

[tanagee]

James and the Giant Peach
AUTHOR: Roald Dahl
Plot Summary: Another Dahl children's classic, wherein James escapes mistreatment at the hands of his two, evil aunts by running away with insects in a giant peach.
Complaints: Language, drugs, inappropriate for age
Challenged at the Deep Creek Elementary School in Charlotte Harbor, Fla. (1991) because it is "not appropriate reading material for young children." Challenged at the Pederson Elementary School in Altoona, Wis. (1991) and at the Morton Elementary School library in Brooksville, Fla. (1992) because the book contains the word "ass" and "promotes" the use of drugs (tobacco, snuff) and whiskey. Removed from classrooms in Stafford County, Va. Schools (1995) and placed in restricted access in the library because the story contains crude language and encourages children to disobey their parents and other adults.

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
AUTHOR: Judy Blume
Plot Summary: A monologue from a half-Jewish, half-gentile 11-year-old who is wrestling with her understanding of God.
Complaints: Sexual themes, immorality
Challenged in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, because the book is "sexually offensive and amoral."

How To Eat Fried Worms
AUTHOR: Thomas Rockwell
Plot Summary: A kids book about two boys that make a silly bet about eating 15 worms in 15 days.
Complaints: Inappropriate to age

[chunkymonkey]

Originally posted by tanagee@Apr 10 2004, 04:38 PM
What cracks me up is Where's Waldo?. I did a yahoo search to find out if it was indeed the Waldo I was thinking it was and I found this (http://www.solonor.com/bannedbooks/archives/001808.html).
you gotta be kidding! I thought it was a different sort of waldo.

I'd love to be in a room with some of the people that filed the challenges. That would be a great debate.

Funny cause I don't remember what a wrinkle in time was about either. Did't the characters have weird names and lived under ground or something? I have to go do a search cause it will drive me nuts.

[nymphette]

Originally posted by Bugitha@Apr 10 2004, 02:51 PM
2. Today I was at a scrapbooking store and was amused to see a box full of receipts near the register with a sign that said, "IF YOU NEED A LOWER RECEIPT TO SHOW YOUR HUSBAND, PLEASE TAKE ONE" :lol:
1: :D this cracks me up!!!! tee hee!!! it's like when you go to a pampered chef party and the pampered chef rep tells you 'if you want to buy all the stoneware and the this and that, we can take part of the payment csh, part by cheque and part off your credit card, so your husband will never know how much you spent'!!!.... yeah, i know men are simple (:D) but come on, i think he'll add two and two together when youc ome home with a complete set of stoneware and there's a hundred out of your chequing account, a hundred or so on your credit card statement, and you are OUT OF MONEY for the month!!!!

2: at least that is why i STILL don't have a stoneware set... :P

3: i think i need to get our scrap booking store to implement the lower receipt plan though.... but i guess if chris ever sees my customer card with my amounts punched into it, it'll be all over anyhow!!!!! :rofl:

[nymphette]

1: veronica- a wrinkle in time was about the family who's dad is a scientist and figured out how to fold time (a wrinkle or tesseract) to travel through it...and the son is a nerdy smart kid and the daughter is the main character.... and the dad disappears....

2: why isnt' "a wind in the door" on the list???? if they are doing series's, then they should include that one....

3: i dont' remember anythign that would be something to challenge in that one... hm

[nymphette]

"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
AUTHOR: Judy Blume
Plot Summary: A monologue from a half-Jewish, half-gentile 11-year-old who is wrestling with her understanding of God.
Complaints: Sexual themes, immorality
Challenged in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, because the book is "sexually offensive and amoral."

1: all i can say is good god

2: what is amoral and sexually offensive about a girl going through puberty and wondering what religion is right for her????

3: sigh

4: the book burning will be at my house this week folks..... <sarcasm> make sure to bring your ramona quimby books!!! <more sarcasm>

[tanagee]

The Outsiders
AUTHOR: S.E. Hinton
Plot Summary: Narrated by Ponyboy Curtis, it tells the story of rival gangs from different sides of the tracks--the greasers and the socials. Everyone considers the greasers to be outsiders. Even when they save some kids from a burning church, the papers say: "Juvenile Delinquents Turn Hero."
Complaints: Violence, offensive language
"Virtually all the characters are from broken homes."

A Wrinkle in Time
AUTHOR: Madeleine L'Engle
Plot Summary: Meg and Charles journey through space with their friend, Calvin, to rescue their father, who disappeared while working on a wrinkle in time.
Complaints: Offensive language, undermines religious beliefs
Challenged at the Polk City, Fla. Elementary School (1985) by a parent who believed that the story promotes witchcraft, crystal balls, and demons. Challenged in the Anniston Ala. schools (1990). The complainant objected to the book's listing the name of Jesus Christ together with the names of great artists, philosophers, scientists, and religious leaders when referring to those who defend earth against evil.

My 9th grade english teacher would read The Color Purple aloud to us for 10-15 before the end of class each day. When the parents found out WHOO BOY was there a rukus!
The Color Purple
AUTHOR: Alice Walker
Plot Summary: Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the life of a black woman and her self-realization after years of abuse and neglect.
Complaints: Violence, sexual themes, offensive language
Considered inappropriate because of its "troubling ideas about race relations, man's relationship to God, African history and human sexuality." Challenged by Oakland, California, high school honors class, 1984; rejected for purchase by Hayward, California, school trustees. Banned from high schools in Pennsylvania and West Virginia in the 1990s as “X-rated smut”.

[chunkymonkey]

Originally posted by nymphette@Apr 10 2004, 05:05 PM
1: veronica- a wrinkle in time was about the family who's dad is a scientist and figured out how to fold time (a wrinkle or tesseract) to travel through it...and the son is a nerdy smart kid and the daughter is the main character.... and the dad disappears....
ah yes coming back to me now. What am I thinking of then? It was a similar science fiction type book I read around the same time. There were groups of people that lived above ground and below ground and they had weird names kinda like brave new world. Help! :wacko:

I never really enjoyed science fiction except for the more classic books that we read in school.

I don't have any credit cards. :)

[tanagee]

I am so curious to see if there is any objections to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time . Oh my god Animal Cruelty, the exploitation and abuse of the Mentally Challenged!

I did my Political Science paper on Violence in the Media and sited examples fromAmerican Psycho which I happened to be reading at the time of the Rodney King beatings.

I'll bring my hardbound collections of Winnie the Pooh and Harry Potter to start the fire Nymphette! :evil:

[gwensmom]

I have read a ton of those challenged books when I was a childrens' bookseller

Parents didnt like How to Eat Fried Worms because it had the word "bitch" or "bastard" ( cant remember) in it. One time a woman came in the store and shook the book in my face and said "Do you know what word is in here?" I replied, Yes, I do. It's on p. 65".

Chunkymonkey- I think the book you are talking about is The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. The people that lived underground were the Morlocks.

[chunkymonkey]

How come the bible isn't on their list? :ph34r:

I can remember every other book I read that year in school... chronicles of narnia, the forgotten door, blah blah blah but not that one. :angry:

Having noodles for dinner... back to my low carb greatness on monday.

[chunkymonkey]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Apr 10 2004, 05:25 PM
Chunkymonkey- I think the book you are talking about is The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. The people that lived underground were the Morlocks.
:yay: :kiss:

[Curlita]

1. It feels like its been forever since I've been here, although its only been a few days.

2. I've been busy training my new assistant and being really productive here at work! Go me!

3. I've read 29 of the most challenged books, MANY of them in high school. I hate the idea of book banning. I'm surprised that Fahrenheit 451 wasn't on the list.

Bonus 4. I pulled a muscle in my right butt cheek and now I have a sad-looking limp.

[nymphette]

1: curlita- i hope it's just a pulled muscle... :P when i was pg with julian (not so much with harrison, but a bit) i had such bad ligament pain 'down there' that i thought i pulle d something!!! that, with the darned sciatica, made me limp along for MONTHS!!!! :o

2: i hate it when i cn't think of the right word..... or remember where i saw a guy in a movie from.... or who sings that song or what it's called.....

3: sadly, this happens more and more with me lately.... sigh...

[tanagee]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Apr 10 2004, 03:25 PM
Parents didnt like How to Eat Fried Worms because it had the word "bitch" or "bastard" ( cant remember) in it. One time a women came in the store and shook the book in my face and said "Do you know what word is in here?" I replied, Yes, I do. It's on p. 65".


I thought it might have been because they thought it would influence their kids to eat bugs. :)

I saw a interview with some kids about the issues with Harry Potter and one of them said "Duh It's a BOOK, I know it's not real"

I read at an advanced level for my age all through school and I probably read a lot of things I shouldn't have, but I turned out okay :wacko:

[joliejoliebobolie]

Reading that list makes me want to settle in with a good book; I should go to the library next week.

My neighbor has been behaving since I've started beating on the wall.

I just spotted 2 guys out in the parking lot - maybe new neighbors? - I thought they were fighting first, standing head to head, 3 inches between their noses, one cussing & yelling at the other..then I realized he's either a fraternity brother harassing the new guy (what are they called?), or a guy whose maybe trying to break in his friend whose getting ready to go to boot camp? There's always something going on around here...

bonus: My job interview is in 2 days!

[tanagee]

I want to know what people think is my lie in 2 truths and a lie.

Yes I sometimes like to think it IS all about Me.

I have a pile of clean laundry in need of folding, covering my entire bed, calling to me...

[gwensmom]

Why the heck would anyone want to ban The Stupids by Henry Allard? Those books are hilarious. My mom brought one home once and my dad and I read it and laughed ourselves silly.

My mom complained to my school that we had to read Light In August by William Faulkner.

Gwen did not have to go to the Dr. today. They called in a prescription. Yay for AZO strips!

[Dalmaney]

1. I just had a great girl-talk phone conversation.

2. Sometimes things just make more sense when I say them out loud to another person.

3. I should get to work on my paper.

[Cuilanië]

I've read maybe a dozen of the books (counting HP as one) on the most-challenged list. Not bad for someone who spent her teens in a French-speaking area with rather limited access to books in English. To be fair, some of those I read translated. Seeing Where's Waldo? - my favourite lap desk (I used to study sitting cross-legged on my bed, or the floor, with a large flat book on my lap as a desk - and still draw or write that way) because it was larger than the average comic book or binder - on the list had me roflmao. :rofl:

Dinner took about two hours to prepare - and less than 20 minutes to eat. Frustrating. Was good, though. Haven't done the dishes yet, and I think I'll leave them for tomorrow.

My headache came back. Eating didn't make it go away. Had to take another painkiller. <_<

[hammerquill]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Apr 10 2004, 03:52 PM
My mom complained to my school that we had to read Light In August by Willam Faulkner.

:huh: Why? For the unwed pregnancy and attendant circumstances or because it's all so abstruse and hard to read? (Not my favorite Faulkner, though my favorites are even abstruser and harder to read.)

People will object to anything.

exempli gratia: A few days ago I was in Berkeley wandering around in the background at a bookstore as an author's reading was winding up. It was a political book, and they finished with a call to everyone to do what they could to defeat Bush, et cetera. Afterwards, the first question/comment from the audience was: "Thank you for your message, but you should really eliminate from your vocabulary the phrase 'To fall on deaf ears' because the hearing impaired community is very important within the Progressive movement, and that phase is quite hurtful."

I love Berkeley. And I love when people live up to stereotype.

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by hammerquill+Apr 10 2004, 06:18 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (hammerquill @ Apr 10 2004, 06:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-gwensmom@Apr 10 2004, 03:52 PM
My mom complained to my school that we had to read Light In August by Willam Faulkner.

:huh: Why? For the unwed pregnancy and attendant circumstances or because it's all so abstruse and hard to read? (Not my favorite Faulkner, though my favorites are even abstruser and harder to read.)

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It was a drag to read, but I think the objection was mainly because of the guy getting castrated by a bunch of vigilantes.

I want Gwensdad to take me out for ice cream. I always tell him I married him because the very first thing he bought me was ice cream.

I just realized I havent checked the mail yet today. *runs to mailbox*

[tanagee]

My Mailman still hasn't shown up.

I got a call saying that my favorite aunt (who is closer to my sister than an aunt) will not be coming to dinner tomorrow because she has to work. I wish I would have had a post partum nurse as cool as her when I had Megan on Easter.

She also told my my mom to tell me not to feel so bad about how crappy I felt after having Meg. Debra Messing (Will & Grace) is one of her patients and she is on lots of main meds and antidepressants after a normal vag birth...off to the tabloids :ph34r:

[OHPossum]

yay for banned book discussions

if you go to the american library assoc web page there is a TON of info on the stuff (www.ala.org)

i have a wicked headache and I am lethargic and k said, "it must be bad you haven't even been on Nervous all day!"

on nervous. i love that!

[Larrissa]

1. that book list is so absurd, i read half that list in elementary school, though i dont remember what a single one was about ...

2. today my mail was two striped envelopes and no ads or junk.

3. quite nervous about a pickup/dropoff with another nnesser that lives 10 mintutes away

[Dalmaney]

1. I'm going to Easter Vigil tonight.

2. I'll probably go to the morning service of my church tomorrow.

3. I bought the Boy some malted milk chocolate eggs for Easter.

[Lilac]

This is the first I've been on N'ness for TWO WHOLE DAYS!!!!

I told myself that I could'nt get on here until I got the stables cleaned, rototilled the garden, did a bunch of lawn work...and a bunch of other things.

I finally got everything done...but now I don't feel like playing. :( Why?

[timeittook]

-me and krystal are going to get fishies soon. since we bought a 2 and a half gallon tank we can get only goldfish. i'm getting a black moor goldfish which krystal has already named Othello. she's getting a grey-blue goldfish who is unnamed as of yet.

-the water we filled the tank with is too akiline so we have to see if it improves on its own soon. i mean it's only been filtered for a day already.

-i saw the perfect Othello today. he was looking at us and doing a monologue from his tank. no one better buy him before us!

bonus: i'm going to post pictures of our fishies soon. after i get my computer fixed.

[Dalmaney]

1. Mass was nice... it was like going home, which I can't do this Easter.

2. I love the way he makes me feel...

3. Long goodbyes feel like they will be the death of me.

[hammerquill]

I just saw Christine on the Online Users list.

I've been wondering where she's been.

She just disappeared again.

[Cuilanië]

- I think Christine's got finals, and then she's going home.

- I'm awake, breakfasted and c0ffee'd, and I wish I wasn't.

- At this rate, my day's not going to be very productive.

[Cuilanië]

- I'm feeling the first inkling of "that" time of the month. Might explain yesterday's weird mood.

- Another reason why I don't like to cook in this apartment: the cooking smells linger long after the meal's been eaten.

- I opened all the windows to get rid of the smell, and determined that even though it's quite sunny out there, it's also cold because of a strongish wind.

[Cuilanië]

Three cheerful facts to counterbalance those...


- Today is a bright, sunny day.

- I've been eating chocolate.

- I think I'll spend the day doing arty/crafty stuff instead of boring old paper-filing.

^_^

[adrienne]

[1] i woke up at 4am covered in sweat because someone had the furnace set to 85
[2] fall is my favorite time of year
[3] 2 out of the past 3 years i've missed the perseid meteor shower because of intense fog, i'm keeping my fingers crossed for this year

on a related note (to #3), has anyone watched the perseid shower? when i first saw it 3 years ago i was absolutely amazed. about an hour after i started watching, the sky went nuts on me! rippling waves of blue and green with hints of red/orange - the northern lights (which is so rare for this area). it was the single most wonderful thing i've ever seen happening. (-:

happy easter! :)

[Cuilanië]

- I've seen the Perseids. ^_^

- For a while there, around 2pm my time, I was the only person logged on here. :blink:

- I'm going outside for a walk, and maybe a Sunday-afternoon beer. :)

[Bugitha]

1. Because my family was not at all religious, I grew up thinking Easter was just about the easter bunny, and dressing up, and ham for dinner. I was only vaguely aware of any religious conotations.

2. I knew Christmas was about the birth of Christ, but had little idea who that even was.

3. This dearth of information probably sparked my interest in religion, which was my minor in college, though I prefer studying comparative religion than one specific faith.

[zanna]

1. the easter bunny did not come last night.

2. i have nothing planned to do on this easter sunday.

3. just planning to waste my time on the boards and watch though the windows as my neighbors have their various easter dinners.

[chunkymonkey]

I've spent the last 2 hours browsing sights about tongue thrusting. Holy crap I have to go see a dentist! This explains all the headaches and weird muscle aches. I noticed I was doing it a few months ago but I had no idea it effects so much of the body. I'm relieved and nervous all at once.

Relieved because the dentist is the one doctor I can handle going to.

Nervous because I don't have medical insurance. :unsure:

[Dalmaney]

1. Happy Easter, everyone! I wish I could hide you all some Lilliput eggs all over your house.

2. I am having c0ffee for breakfast. That'll probably take me to lunch.

3. I don't want to work on school today, but I really have to.

[nymphette]

1: easter is fun again, now that i have my own kids!!!

2: i dyed my carton of eggs last night (with vinegar and food dye, cold, because the eggs were raw) and when i went to make easter brunch, told julian to get the eggs out of the fridge carefully... then we opened the carton and surprise! they were all green and yellow and pink... :) he was quite pleased that the easter bunny left him easter eggs to have for breakfast...

3: this was after his chocolate breakfast, mind you... he didn't eat a lot... <_<

[Sirius]

1. Hi Nymphette!

2. Happy Easter everyone!

3. Happy April 11th to those not acknowledging Easter.

[nymphette]

1: we miss you rustell!!! hope everything is going great down in the sun!!!

2: i want to go for a sunday afternoon beer with cuilainie...

3: company's coming though....

[Cuilanië]

- I actually talked to my mother this evening (as opposed to listening to her do all the talking) when she called.

- I guess I ought to go do the dishes now.

- Sunset. Time to turn on the lights and turn the heat up...

[Sirius]

1. Will be in Vegas July 23-25...anyone else?

2. I've been popping on now and again, picking up snippets of Nervous conversations.

3. Making Easter dinner now...

[Dalmaney]

1. My attention span seems to be topping out at twenty minutes.

2. I only really have to manage for another two hours, then I'll go for Easter supper.

3. I should stop eating so I'm hungry. No one likes a girl that doesn't eat.

[tanagee]

Megan had so much fun finding eggs at her Easter party that I have re-filled the eggs with some of her small toys, bracelettes and goldfish and will 'hide' them in my mom's backyard so she can find them.

I have not gotten any candy for Easter since my mom deemed me too fat to 'need' it.

I gave Megan the Little People Zoo (http://www.fisher-price.com/us/littlepeople/products/default.asp?section=any&id=9948) she recieved for Christmas as an Easter present. We gave it to her on Xmas to unwrap but we wanted to space out the actual opening of the toys.

[Larrissa]

christine! come back!

she left angry, threatening messages yesterday because we werent answering the phone, but a few minutes before, we called her to tell her we were locked out of the house.

i hope my momma decides i can keep just one kitty ... i need my sweet elvis

[Dalmaney]

1. I'm still hoping my new house will allow cats.

2. I'm so sick of differential equations. They are the devil.

3. My hair doesn't want to play nice today, so it is in it's standard half-pony tail.

[rubymaye]

[3] 2 out of the past 3 years i've missed the perseid meteor shower because of intense fog, i'm keeping my fingers crossed for this year


maybe you should plan a trip out west to view these, they might be really good this year because there is supposed to be no moonlight. i'm looking forward to them too!

and then there's these:

LYRIDS (maximum April 22, ~4hUT [April 21, 9pm PDT])
The Lyrids are active from April 16-25, but only qualify as a major shower for about a day centered around their maximum. While the peak is predicted for the early evening of April 21, watches should probably begin around midnight when the Moon has set and the radiant is higher. Observers may be rewarded with 5-10 Lyrids and a similar number of sporadics each hour on the morning of Thursday, April 22

major meteor showers 2004 (http://skytour.homestead.com/met2004.html)

2. sophie's strep has kept us homebound all week so easter goodies consisted of jelly beans that came weeks ago in a package from the grandparents, sunspire chocolate drops (like m&ms but with natural dyes instead of over-the-moon ones), and a fluffly orange and yellow duck i bought at the flea market a couple of weeks ago then decided that the bill creeped me out so i hid it in the attic and thought i'd have time to replace it. alas.

3. i really wanted to have an easter egg hunt today but no one was up for it.

[zanna]

i've listened to my new cat stevens album three times straight so far today.

i've just attempted to make some blueberry muffins for the first time ever. i guess i'll see if they turned out alright in a few minutes.

i'm planning on doing something very risky tonight, something dangerous and exciting. i'm ready for it!

[zanna]

oh well, the muffins did not come out very nice.

they are all burnt on the bottom.

and the tops that look pretty don't taste very good at all.

[thunderstorm_19]

1 am caught up on earth month daily posts :)

2 am eager for easter dinner

3 mum and i made simnel cake and it is yummy

[Larrissa]

i still love some music from when i was 15 and this makes me a little embarrassed, but i love this music

when someone i know pays too much for something, it upsets me just like any other waste upsets me

i have lied to two people about my pending move so that its easier on them. i usually never knowingly lie.

[siafu]

hey rustell, where do you and brian like to eat in vegas?

i skipped church because i stayed up til five.

it was a dumb day to skip. i don't feel guilty, but i feel like i missed out.

[Lilac]

I'm beginning to dread going to church. I'm questioning my belief.

Today I felt as if the preacher KNEW that I was feeling doubt...

There's a woman who goes to my church who I do not like. She's a nebbish gossip and she must have just found out about my kidney transplant (which I had in Jan. 03). She cornered me while the kids were hunting Easter eggs and acted all sympathetic and concerned...all the while fishing for details...asking how I could work after such a thing...am I in a relationship...and oh, so much more bullshit!

[zanna]

i don't like church.

but i do like the church.

i'm speaking of the awesome band who sings 'under the milky way' of course.

[Larrissa]

i found airfare for may 11th, 150.00 one way, buying it tommorrow

if i had a credit card, i would be in monstrous debt

whenever i use markers i somehow get them all over my hands and have ever since i can remember

[Bugitha]

1. My brother is making Easter dinner and I am invited. He is cooking ham, and grilling steak and shrimp. Good gracious, thats a lota meat.

2. I am going to break my "nothing under the bed rule" and start keeping art supplies there. *sigh* My rule with clothes is that if it doesn't fit in my closet or dresser I don't need it. Too bad I can't hold myself to that rule with art and craft supplies.

3. I don't want to go to work tomorrow. <_<

[gwensmom]

I question my belief all the time. But my church is a place you can do that.

Lilac, dont tell that gossipy b**** anything. Just give vague evasive answers. It will drive her crazy. Or just tell her to back off because its none of her business!

There is a girl from my high school class that keeps telling my mom to have me call her because she is a special ed teacher and can "help" me. I'm not calling her because she was and is still a nosy gossip and all she wants is information. Thank goodness my sister and I have drilled it into our mothers head that she may NOT give out our phone numbers!

[zanna]

i'm starting to feel panicky.

i've got less than an hour before i have to go face the object of my panic.

and i'm really nervous as hell.

[Lilac]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Apr 12 2004, 12:57 AM
I question my belief all the time. But my church is a place you can do that.

Lilac, dont tell that gossipy b**** anything. Just give vague evasive answers. It will drive her crazy. Or just tell her to back off because its none of her business!

There is a girl from my high school class that keeps telling my mom to have me call her because she is a special ed teacher and can "help" me. I'm not calling her because she was and is still a nosy gossip and all she wants is information. Thank goodness my sister and I have drilled it into our mothers head that she may NOT give out our phone numbers!
Thanks Gwensmom! I feel better knowing I'm not the only one questioning my religion.

And thank you for knowing how I feel about that gossipy b*tch!

Sometimes I hate people in my community!

[Dalmaney]

1. I'm home from Easter supper.

2. It was good. Plus, the Boy's Grandma gave me a little baggie of high quality chocolate.

3. I think he was concerned I'd be freaked out by his "weird" family. Wait til he meets mine...

[Lilac]

My son broke my scanner today. :yell:

I've eaten too much chocolate and have a sick belly.

I wonder where the rabbit is?

[siafu]

i have a surprise for tana.

i ruined some pie filling and i gotta start over. :wacko:

i can't wait to have ham and cheesy potatoes.

[Cuilanië]

- I woke at nine, went back to sleep, and woke again at eleven.

- It's now noon, and I haven't had c0ffee yet.

- After breakfast, I'm going to do the dishes (yes, I actually believe that) and then got out for a walk.

[OHPossum]

i have a bad head cold and my ears are plugged up

my head hurts if i move it too suddenly

it's been like this for 3 days, and I haven't had any c0ffee bc I haven't felt like it and so I am considering this God's way of getting me off the stuff pre-pregnancy.

[thunderstorm_19]

1 i like easter... and the easter bunny was nice to me

2 i got cadbury creme eggs, a kinder surprise egg, and Lindt chocolate bunny... and a tank top and a *brilliant* nightshirt, that has funky animals on it

3 i think i'll spend more time doing yard work outside this morning then do stuff indoors later... or maybe the other way around...

[gwensmom]

I hope zanna is not panicking any more.

I can't believe what jmhcreativesolutions has to put up with.

I am going to a funeral today and another one tomorrow. :( :'(

[thunderstorm_19]

1 two funerals in one week... poor gwensmom!

2 been in pajamas too long... must... get... dressed...

3 i need printer ink... both black, and colour... hrmgh

[Lilac]

Woooo Hoooooo!!! I just got a new washer and dryer delivered and installed today!!!!!!

Needless to say...I'm not at the office!! Yeay!!!!

I don't have to go in until Wednesday!

[chunkymonkey]

I was called out in fight club. Better get my :yell: :middle: on.

Ten bucks says it takes me an hour to craft a response that's even half as great as the ones in there.

busy morning... hugs to everyone :hug:

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Apr 9 2004, 09:54 PM
My books on Amazon are selling well! I listed 16 items on Thurs, have shipped one already and have 4 more ready to go out tomorrow. Whoever it was that gave the advice to always underbid the lowest price by a penny was right. Was that you Sarakate?

1. Wasn't me! Though I wish I could take credit for giving such good advice! :)

2. I'm in a sleuth-like mood today, so I tracked down the giver of good advice and it turns out it was yardenxanthe in the ebay or amazon thread (http://nervousness.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=8680&hl=amazon)!

3. Off I go to read more 3RF posted since Friday when I last signed onto N'ness. I had a busy weekend so I diddn't get a chance to sign on at all on Saturday or Sunday.

[sarahkate]

1. I'm all caught up on 3RF now. :)

2. I must change my avatar again.

3. My boyfriend is seriously talking about learning to ride his dad's motorcycle. This scares me because I think he will really end up hurting himself. Cory is one of those guys who thinks he is invincible, so he will no doubt drive to fast and try to do stupid stunts if he gets a chance to ride a motorcycle. <_<

[freckledcutie]

I can't stop creating ATCs...I'm addicted to making them!

I boycotted Easter dinner after having a super bad day and getting cussed out by my oldest sister

I think my life might be in a downward spiral, but I'm PMS, so I'm sure it's hormonal

[Dalmaney]

1. I overslept by ninety minutes because my alarm got set on pm instead of am.

2. Fortunately, I don't have to be anywhere until 2.

3. I should get my butt in gear and study for a couple hours for my exam this afternoon.

[picasso]

it's monday and i'm still tired from the weekend

i saw my nieces and nephews this week and they are so cute

i'm wearing a baseball cap for the first time in years today...shhhh no one knows it's me! :ph34r:

[namelessgirl]

i built a desk for myself this weekend. using a drill is fun!

i've been really naughty on the forums lately :ph34r:

we ate at a hibachi grill saturday nite and it was delicious!!

[nymphette]

Originally posted by Larrissa@Apr 11 2004, 04:18 PM
i still love some music from when i was 15 and this makes me a little embarrassed, but i love this music
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