Three random facts:

[zanna]

1. Make up disgusting parodies of populars songs, using words such as: "fart", "poop", "toilet", "stink", "bum", "turd", etc...

..that sounds like the same things boys of my age do :D but i love the list lilac!

well, the car wash went better than i had expected and it was fun in the process! as we were packing everything up and getting ready to leave, my guy called and asked if i could meet him for a little bit (we absolutely have the worst time finding time to be able to spend together) but today was, well, let's just say i'm beaming! we had the most wonderful um, hour and a half together :D

i'll tell you what ..with the realtionship i'm in now with my guy, it sure makes me realize how much you should really cherish your time with someone ..out of one week we maybe get to see each other perhaps 2 or 3 times and only in very short amounts. so when i go for a long period of time without getting to see or talk to him ..you'll most likely see me moping around on the boards posting in the games and making romance-laced sentances and associating words with a mix of depression and longing. but i'm glad i've got these boards ..they save me a thousand times over when i'm in my throws of confusion and emotion :)

woohoo. long-'ol random facts!

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by zanna@May 15 2004, 10:14 PM



i'll tell you what ..with the realtionship i'm in now with my guy, it sure makes me realize how much you should really cherish your time with someone ..out of one week we maybe get to see each other perhaps 2 or 3 times and only in very short amounts. so when i go for a long period of time without getting to see or talk to him ..you'll most likely see me moping around on the boards posting in the games and making romance-laced sentances and associating words with a mix of depression and longing. but i'm glad i've got these boards ..they save me a thousand times over when i'm in my throws of confusion and emotion :)



chain games are where I come to sublimate all kinds of love feelings for the guy I get to see maybe every other month! :(

I feel sometimes like I am part of the telephone...

and his voice is part of my head...

[zanna]

Originally posted by zanna@May 12 2004, 10:38 AM
bluecrayon ..when i read a lot of the things you post here about him, it reminds me a lot of what is happening to me.

i can always relate to what you type. :)

and i've noticed most of the sentences you make up in some of the games are geared toward him and you ..your such a romantic ..i'm always wishing you luck and hoping that everything works out for you! :D
bluecrayon : i posted this a while back ..not sure if you ever saw it, but yeah, i do believe our situations are somewhat similiar.

that sucks a whole lot you only get to see your guy maybe every other month :(

my situation has a little bit more to it than us just being too busy to find time to see each other, ok, well a lot more, but i've never felt it right to go into detail of it here on the boards ..i could write a whole novel on it and still have some left over. :)

[Curlita]

I ate the chocolate. A king-sized bac of M&Ms, no less.

I noticed that my ankles are swollen today. Ugh.

I am grumpy because our computer systems here are sick and I need to take work things home over the weekend to scan for a Crabby McGrumperman who thinks that I exist to facilitate his project. I don't like working on the weekend, even if I am at home.

[Lilac]

Got to go pick up my son.

No more quiet time for me. :'(

Going to eat that pepsi/ketchup chicken.

Bye!

[Cuilanië]

- I was writing in my newly begun art journal (thanks to whoever mentioned such a thing and gave me the idea), and caught myself about to talk to myself in the second person (e.g. 'you need to do such-and-such...') :wacko:

- I've made ATCs to try out some ideas, and they suck... No, really, they suck. I don't like them at all. I like the ideas, though.

- The transfers didn't turn out either.

Bonus -- a big hug from me to anyone with a complicated love life... Mine's not so complicated, but the distance is very, very long...

[bluecrayon]

I don't know, Eve -- can love ever NOT be complicated???

Zanna, I've often felt we are soul sisters wandering around the landscape of love's loose ends and blue chords and ephemeral joys...

Curlita sounds so "normal" to me, I feel like I live on the moon sometimes! :lol:
(and I mean that in an awe-struck kind of way... )

[zanna]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@May 15 2004, 06:55 PM
Zanna, I've often felt we are soul sisters wandering around the landscape of love's loose ends and blue chords and ephemeral joys...

:) yeah. that made me smile :)

well i've got to go get ready ..my ex-boyfriend is back in town for a few weeks (he joined the army last year) so i've got to entertain him while he's here :(

he called and wants me to go with him and his friend to this car racing track like 40 minutes away ..let's wave bye bye to my saturday evening :middle: humph.

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by Lilac@May 15 2004, 04:44 PM
10 year old boys:

1. Make up disgusting parodies of populars songs, using words such as: "fart", "poop", "toilet", "stink", "bum", "turd", etc...


Sounds like the fight club thread to me!

I ate unhealthy food today.

Here I go to a movie I don't want to see.... :(

[Dalmaney]

1. I do want to see Troy. And Harry Potter. But especially Spiderman 2.

2. I haven't been to even a cheap movie in weeks... and I somehow don't seem to see much of the videos I've rented lately.

3. Tonight I am going to mass... it's been awhile... and it will be long, as I think it's First Communion.

[thunderstorm_19]

Originally posted by zanna@May 15 2004, 07:02 PM
well i've got to go get ready ..my ex-boyfriend is back in town for a few weeks (he joined the army last year) so i've got to entertain him while he's here :(
so invite him over and sit him down in front of a succession of chick-flicks. :)

1 it's bloody cold down here

2 2/3 of this chair is taken up by Gully

3 i just ate alot of chinese food

[Curlita]

*Curlita ponders the possibility that she is normal, and not, as she has long suspected, somewhat weird.*

*Curlita wonders if bluecrayon posted this before or after getting in on the crotch toupee conversation going on in the circumciscion poll.*

*Curlita giggles once again at her own wit over having come up with the whole crotch toupee concept.*

Bonus: Curlita likes talking about herself in the third person, much as Eve dislikes talking about herself in the second-persoin.

[Curlita]

I've figured it out - I seem normal because I'm on large doses of Zoloft!

I don't really have a second or third fact, so now I need to wing it.

I'm torn between walking the dog when I get home (those M&Ms and the Thai food) or sitting on the sofa and having my husband rub my feet (swollen ankles).

[Joan Nice Girl Rivers]

Penster RAOK'd me today!

I have a new perfume coming out.

You know you miss me!

[Sirius]

How can we miss you when you keep popping back up?

1. School is done for the semester. Yeah!

2. My photo printer died today.

3. Post-it notes are addictive.

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by Curlita@May 16 2004, 12:07 AM


*Curlita giggles once again at her own wit over having come up with the whole crotch toupee concept.*



bluecrayon giggled, too!

and thought, wow, Curlita's not normal! She's a "freak" like me...

heh heh -- but at the end of the day, I don't think Curlita wants to be in my parade!

tangles and thorns and enigmas and too much crazy hair on top of it all! That's me. :)

[Sirius]

Random facts 1 thru 3:

I had a moment in which I embarrassed myself today. Being that I was in a graduate level class, and I am 30...the professor was discussing how movies can be used in classrooms for their educational purposes not for a "reward" and he brought up the new movie Troy. He asked who was playing the guy who steals the girl. As a whole the class responded "Brad Pitt." Then I said Orlando Bloom. (he plays Paris, Brad Pitt plays Achilles.) So, then my explaination of Orlando Bloom came across as if I was a sixteen year old girl with a crush.

Then again, I was the only one who knew that Jones was the philospher who brought Bell Work to the educational world, so that was at least redeeming.

Class is over.

[Sirius]

my apologies to all sixteen year old girls with crushes who will be offended by the above post...

i recieved tanagee's puzzle pieces today. i figure this is as good a place as any to update as she checks TRF regularly.

often, i do a search on my name (even spelled wrong) just incase I have missed conversation attempts people may have tried on nervousness...

[siafu]

congratulations, sirius! :thewave:

i'm doing bar study, so i type, listen, and chain game.

it's gross to me. <_<

[Sirius]

it is not my turn in any of the scrabble games i am playing. hmph.

there are 11 of us here, yet i am talking to myself in TRF.

i had to have brian get the lids off of the paints for me today. i am not pleased when i cannot be self-sufficient.

[Sirius]

i cannot determine what is gross to siafu

i am glad siafu is communicating with me in TRF

i hope her bar studying is pleasant. yea, that's a big hope, but i hope it none the less.

[Death_Or_Aldona]

1. ARRRR. I'm only online for a sec...I'm at a friend's house. friend's are angry because I'm ignoring them.

2. I wanted to pop in and say hi :) GOD I MISS YOU ALL!!! Life without nness is dull. I don't know when I'll be back online for good...hopefully within a month.

3. I wish I could stay on all night...grrrrr....MISS YOU ALL!!!!! :wub:

[Sirius]

hello doa - glad you could pop on for a second

doa should have a good evening with her "live" friends

we'll be here

[tanagee]

I had to check out the crotch toupee discussion...

And of course add my own input...

My hubby is in "lovely" Bakersfield with the 'other woman' tonight.

[siafu]

it's the bar study that's gross.

whenever i get to studying, i picture the bar examiners as those two grumpy old men muppets in the balcony.

when i pass, it will be OK.

[Sirius]

my friend keven made a cd for me...the grumpy old muppet men have a cameo on it....

i'm becoming an escrabble addict

i will be going to best buy tomorrow

[siafu]

what is at best buy?

the chicken i'm baking will be ready in 11 minutes. it seems like chicken takes for-evah to bake.

i'm taking my lunch tomorrow.

[Sirius]

My printer died today.

the warranty expires june 11th.

so, probably a hassle awaits me at best buy.

[siafu]

aw man. good luck.

i have no lettuce.

and she wants salad.

[chunkymonkey]

and of course I miss DOA's online pop in.

the triplets of belleville and several bowls of mint chocolate chip ice cream have kept me company tonight.

I need to make new friends

[hammerquill]

D_o_A!

I hope she comes back soon.

It somehow got very late again.

It's fun lurking here and watching our two local certified extraterrestrials dance the forums.

[thunderstorm_19]

1 so, on my travels yesterday i bought at garage sales: 3 books, 1 monty python CD (for 25 cents!), a set of notecards (for $1, and found 6 46 cent stamps in there!)...

2 i am drinking tea, not coffee, right now

3 off to get some breakfast!

[Larrissa]

only did searches for my own name when i was anxiously waiting to be nominated

i was in a huge spelling bee in fifth grade, and the word mispelled was "anxious" i havent got it wrong since

this whole "new life" is confounding me

[Larrissa]

todays goals:

1 make a latte and drink it while playing chain games with myself
2 introduce the cat to the inside of the house
3 clean out a kitchen cupboard or two

[Larrissa]

nixed the chain games, will play with monkey logo in PSP

macaroni and cheese + latte = breakfast

stupid one person on at a time internet account, have to go

[bluecrayon]

Sunday is sprinkled like sugar all over my fingers and I'm eagerly licking all the memories of him off them...

dawn came up and settled over me like a soft blanket and still we were connected on the phone...

I'm tired but love is all over my fatigue... :)

[hammerquill]

I hadn't intended to go to the bookstore today, but they were having a sale in their parking lot.

So I got four hardback books for $4.

Despite the fact I have no money and therefore should not be spending any, this is a good thing, because it's a cheap way to get my book-buying fix for the week.

[zanna]

slept in til about noon.

went and and posed for a picture my friend needed for class.

missing him a ton, and wondering when the next time he'll get a chance to talk to me will be ..

[chunkymonkey]

library book sale is tomorrow :yay:

my first art doll coming along nicely... can't wait to make one with my own theme

We are already half way through May :blink:

[Cuilanië]

- I did the laundry today, and one of the machines didn't wash my clothes after I put the money in, so the load is still in there. The owner said he'd have the machine cycle tonight and I could get my clothes tomorrow.

- I went for a walk with my roommate who was having a major panic attack; I'm out of shape. I need to walk more.

- The weather today was beautiful: sunny, warm, neither too humid nor too dry. The evening was nice and cool, around 15°C.

[Cuilanië]

- I'm glad DOA may be coming back soon. :D

- I want a beer, but of course it's too late now to get one. Unless I go back downstairs to the convenience store...

- ... but I've climbed those five flights of stairs five times already today, and that's quite enough.

[zanna]

- I want a beer, but of course it's too late now to get one. Unless I go back downstairs to the convenience store...

that reminded me of the no sale of alcohol on sundays here in georgia :angry:

i've got my laundry in the washing machine now ..

i don't have anything else planned for the rest of the evening. perhaps i'll just try to get some minimal cleaning done and chill out with some music and television watching ..

[hammerquill]

I just finished reading the Dave Eggers book.

Now I have to figure out what to read next.

My body seems to have gotten the idea that not merely its left thumb and index finger, but also its left big toe is also an allowable target for inadvertent self-destruction.

[medeous]

1. i had a lovely time and now i'm back
2. the subjects were broached and met with some trepidation + "i need time to think about this"
3. not exactly what i wanted to hear, but just exactly what i expected to hear. everything proceeding according to plan.

[hammerquill]

I'm glad everything went according to plan, if not necessarily according to wildest dreams for medeous.

I saw a dog today that was a dead ringer for medeous's avatar dog.

There's a whole group of little kids playing just out front; that hasn't happened since the people in the building with little kids of their own moved out last year. Must be grandkids and such of the next-door people (plus friends - I think it's a birthday party).

[bluecrayon]

I wonder what Dave Eggers book Hammerquill just finished reading...

I am happy to see medeous back -- I always miss her :)

sometimes I'm just plain wrong about things -- I admit it.

[Curlita]

Had a lovely, sunny walk with a friend, and then lunch at a deli.

Sleepy now, and I need to start working on dinner.

My knee hurts. :( Stupid knee.

[Skilyne]

I sometimes enjoy taking a drive for no reason other than to have a chance to be alone and sing.

I am TERRIFIED of snakes...if I see one, I typically hyperventilate.

I had over 30 surgeries in a 5 year period when I was 13-18 because I have Crohns Disease...not a good time.

[Lilac]

I went to a family barbeque today and had a good time.

Even though I've had an intense headache from the moment I woke up.

I skipped church because of this headache, but somehow made it to the barbeque. ;)

[gwensmom]

This is Gwen's last week of school.

The week after that, I will be home with her all day every day.

I think we are about to start having babysitter scheduling problems again, too.

[chunkymonkey]

sometimes I'm just plain wrong about things -- I admit it.
aren't we all? ;)


meatloaf for dinner

$25 worth of po stuff ready to go

weekend to do list almost all crossed off :D

[siafu]

hey lilac, how did the diet coke chicken turn out?

sorry about the sitter stuff, gwensmom

rustell is a winner!

[Sirius]

whenever you want to play again, let me know.....

i am an escrabble addict

but now, larrissa will be glad to know I am at 15 wins and 5 losses...i lost three in a row!

[siafu]

i don't think i've ever won. but somehow, i still love scrabble. i don't know what that means other than i really love spelling stuff.

i have a really good atc i'm looking to place in a good home.

i should probably take its picture.

[Sirius]

i have a good home

and i don't think i have any siafu atcs

perhaps an exchange can be arranged

[siafu]

that would be super sweet! i'll trade if you will.

i hate drinking plain water, but i will drink unlimited amounts if it has a squeeze of lemon or lime. when we were in costa rica, my uncle thought this was the weirdest.

i have done atkins diet for two days now. the thing i miss most at this point: york peppermint patties. twelve days left.

[Sirius]

siafu, when you get a chance pm me with a theme any theme for me to make your ATC on...

i am antsy and i don't know why...

can't stop tapping my foot

[Larrissa]

i had eight espresso shots today, sleep is not in the forecast

saw the othersister today, it was cool

this sister is watching an AFI dvd and the lead singer, im ashamed to admit, is pretty hot

[Sirius]

I saw a magazine that I wanted to buy today.

Unfortunately, it was YM so there was no way in h*** i was going to buy it

Maybe I could ask one of my nieces to get it for me

[Sirius]

The American Film Institute has a lead singer?

Crap. AFI must be a band I am not familiar with.

That always makes me feel old.

[Sirius]

i haven't been able to bring myself to read the circumcission thread. even though the toupee bit intrigued me...

i finished the puzzle pieces for tanagee...they turned out much better than my puzzle for cindi. (i used the cheap paints and brushes at work for those and the bristles went in opposite directions than i intended)

8am tomorrow cleaning at the dentist...mmmmm

[yardenxanthe]

My eyes feel like sandpaper is rubbing them.

I can see the animated smileys right now (usually I can't).

I'm trolling the internet for updates to forums.

[Larrissa]

*i lost it again

[Sirius]

did you have to say penis cutting? WTF?

yeah, that was as close as i was getting.

go play your scrabble word and quit picking on my delecate reading eyes!

[siafu]

that last post made me giggle.

maybe i'm twelve.

i often think clothes are overrated.

[Larrissa]

sorry ive lost it tonight (and was too lazy to ctrl+c+v the long c word)

what the hell am i gonna do all night??? sleep is out of the question and theres people SLEEPING all over the place, in every room, even the backyard!

ice cream sounds delicious, though it makes no sound

[Sirius]

No doubt siafu, Clothes are overrated.

Giggling is a fantastic thing.

I need more water.

[hammerquill]

I saw this license plate today on one of the most unmonstrous cars possible (a teeny sky-blue Ford Escort): http://www.davidmbowman.com/RCB/Nervousness/RAAAAAA.jpg

I thought people here might like that.

In addition to a sprig of fir on the front grill, the car also had a great collection of bumperstickers, with Burning Man emblems unsurprisingly prominent among them.

Edited to add: my mother's similarly mild-mannered and unassuming (not to say toy-like) Sprint (same as Geo Metro) instantly got named Atilla for what we assume to be its hidden true nature.

[medeous]

1. 12 days of work left

2. i "let" my daughter buy teenybopper magazines and then take all the quizzes after she's in bed. i probably have whatever YM magazine sirius wants.

3. a fitted t-shirt with a v-neck and shorter sleeves is, not surprisingly, much more flattering than a man's 2xl crew neck with a pocket on the boob.

[zanna]

i can feel it already ..i'm in a quite depressed mood today.

i've already began to mope around ..my whole day at school and even afterwards will be the same. :(

i hate it i let things get me down so. grrr.

[sarahkate]

~I spent most of my weekend in my yard. Unfortunately it's not because I was relaxing in a lounge chair, sipping a fruity drink and reading a book. Instead I was dragging around and piling up huge branches from our very spikey hawthorne trees. Or, former trees I should say.

~Our new neighbor, yes, the ghetto fabulous one, decided to cut down two of our trees that were in our front yard while Cory was at work on Saturday morning. The night before Cory was talking to him in the driveway and the guy asked him if he liked the trees, so he said "no, not really, we have been thinking about getting rid of them" so this guy took it upon himself to take them down for us. Oh, and this was about 2 minutes after he tore down about 3 sections of our fence that separated our driveways.

~It looked like a tornado tore through our yard and we were left to clean up the mess. We still have piles and piles of branches to cut up and get rid of. I guess the guy just thought he was helping, but he did the easy part - tearing the stuff down, and left us to clean it all up. :angry:

[sarahkate]

~With the sections of fence missing we now have a lovely view of neighbor's big ass, ugly Caddy and his garbage cans. Oh yay.

~Neighbor's youngest son (he is in 3rd grade) asked if I "wanted him to bring his mom's laundry over for me to wash since he has no clean socks and they have to go to the laundromat." Ummm.....no!

~On the plus side we went to a barbeque last night at Cory's aunt's house where I got to play with a baby Pug named Willy! He likes goldfish (the crackers) :lol:

[Lilac]

I'm at the office. Just got into an argument with my boss. Unethical bastard.

I wore my hair down today and it's driving me insane. However, I did use it to give a "diva-like" hair flip for added emphasis when I spun and walked out of my boss' office.

I wish I could start my own environmental firm.

[Curlita]

Running late for yoga class. Yikes.

Going to buy new bras today. I just bought a bunch 6 weeks ago and now they don't fit so well.

Also going to get my camera repaired. :( My friend's 8-year old son wasfiddling with it and the lens cover broke. I saw him do it, anddidn't feel comfortable saying anything. Now my reticence will cost me $100.

[littlest-bee]

. I have a new block of post-its in shades of pink and a new highlighter pen, also pink. These things make me sillily happy.

.. I am rediscovering the joys of Rich Tea biscuits.

... According to my window-sucker-thermometer it is 24 degrees centigrade outside - how is that possible?! It's May

[zanna]

i'm sad.

i'm procrastinating.

i'm tired of caring.

[Cuilanië]

- Weather here today was around 30°C in direct sunlight. The summer's not going to be pleasant.

- I cut up a whole bunch of veggies to eat with dinner tonight. Good Eve.

- I still haven't finished putting away the laundry I did yesterday. Bad Eve.

[sarahkate]

~I'm really worried now - Nymphette hasn't posted since the 11th. That was almost a week ago!!! Where are you Robyn??! I hope everything is ok :'(

~I worry a lot.

~I went home at lunch and found out that two of the neighbor boys are home from school because they had been suspended. One was brought home by cops in handcuffs because he got into a fight and beat the crap out of some kid, and the youngest boy was caught playing with a pocket knife that someone gave to him on his bus. Agh. :(

[tanagee]

I am feeling very apathetic today

I am supposed to be doing some important stuff for my Hubby but I just can't muster the courage to do it...

In addition to social anxiety I have a huge fear of talking to people on the phone...hell just talking to people in general gets my anxiety up.

[Kittyprin]

Reading Zanna's random facts makes me reconsider my wish to be a teenager again (knowing what I know now, of course).

I have the same social and phone anxiety thing as tanagee. I've had it all my life. I'm just starting to get over it... it helps me to totally focus on the other person and what they're saying and not think about myself at all. I used to worry about saying something goofy. Now I say goofy things all the time! I just had to accept that I'm a goofy girl and that's the way I'm always going to be. If they don't like it, they can "go jump" (as my 9th grade algebra teacher used to say).

OK, if I really COULD go back to when I was a teenager I guess I would still do it. :lol: I would: still dye my hair fuschia. I would get my mom to buy Wal Mart and Microsoft stock. I'd be typing on a solid gold keyboard now. I would still pick my same SO (I met him at age 19, we're still together almost 20 years later!). :wub: Man, that's almost half my life! Yikes!!! :blink:

[zanna]

yes, yes ..i'm just all filled with teenage angst and stuff. :P

i have my moments though ..good and bad.

i know people say to enjoy being young while you can, and i'll probably be one of those people saying the same thing when i'm older. but hell, some days i just wish i was already 37 and got all this crap over with. heh. :)

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by zanna@May 17 2004, 10:54 PM
yes, yes ..i'm just all filled with teenage angst and stuff. :P




and I am way past being a teenager -- AND I am still filled with angst and stuff.

I am spiralling around in a triangle of sorts and the points are pretty sharp...

I feel close to tears often...

[Dalmaney]

1. I have returned to the city.

2. I am wearing a short skirt... I never wear skirts, let alone short skirts.

3. I think I will go home and make supper.

[Curlita]

I think that angst, like acne, is not something that necessarily goes away when we're past being a teenager.

I bought three new bras today. I assumed that I was now a 38 D and I learned that I am actually a 40 or 42 B. I now own four different sizes of bras.

I'm going to walk the dog now.

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by Curlita@May 17 2004, 11:13 PM
I think that angst, like acne, is not something that necessarily goes away when we're past being a teenager.




I wouldn't even equate angst with being a teenager --

I equate it with being human in a crowded demanding world...

if you're not feeling angst and stuff over something, you're just not alive.

[thunderstorm_19]

- i just subbed to a magazine

- i was outside reading / taking pictures of a baby bird today, and was sitting under a tree at the time, and a bird pooped on the book

- i went online to renew library books only to discover they were due back yesterday

[nymphette]

1: hello, i am here and alive

2: been a long week and a lot of stuff to take in but wanted to say hi and i'll be back later again

3: life is overwhelming me lately but i think things are getting under control a bit now

[siafu]

i have discovered that the translations on my fabric marker are really bad.

i just ate a really hot pepper. it was low in carbs, but, dang, it made my nose run and everything.

i had a gross dream last night and i'm not completely over the feeling of revulsion.

[chunkymonkey]

she makes me tick

awesome mail day so I'm drowning my sorrows in artistic goodness

I have no 3rd fact. That's the kind of day it's been.

[Sirius]

i always only see the top half of chunkymonkeys avatar

the thing i remember being significantly different between being a teenager and now is how melodramatic things were. the tiniest things meant the world.

i forgot to make an important phone call today. blaming it on the migraine.

[chunkymonkey]

i always only see the top half of chunkymonkeys avatar

lol that's all there is ;)


violent femmes are the most perfect band tonight
I predict I will make a mess of my art area tonight
chocolate will be eaten tonight

[medeous]

i made a tiny beautiful book for my dear one
i filled it with tiny beautiful paintings
i'm infatuated with tiny beautiful things

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by medeous@May 18 2004, 01:12 AM
i made a tiny beautiful book for my dear one



the dear one is a lucky one, indeed! :)

I LOVE the violent femmes! chunkymonkey is my sister!

she doesn't make me tick, but HE does... I'm sure everyone all around me can hear it!

[gwensmom]

An air national guard pilot was killed in a mid-air collision during a training mission today (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4102291,00.html)

The pilot's wife is Gwensdad's first cousin.

They have two young children and are expecting another one in September.

When Gwen was 6 months old, they agreed to be her guardians in case something happened to us.

I was wondering when war was going to get someone I knew.

:'(

[zanna]

i found a violent femmes album at goodwill the other day for .99! what a wonderful find it was!

i just trimmed my hair so it will look all nice and properly 'mangled' for graduation. heh.

oh yeah ..i cut my own hair, have done so for the past 4 years and won't let anyone else touch it. i'm so anal. :D

[bluecrayon]

Oh, god, gwensmom!

I'm sorry.

this all sucks and if I had the power I would erase this damn knowledge of war from our human vocabulary.

this tear rolling down my cheek is for your cousin...

[siafu]

oh gwensmom, i'm very sorry for your loss.

it's very sad.

i'll be thinking of you and your family.

[Larrissa]

wonky and cryptaestia have rocked my world. what a box!!! :yay:

miss theresa, its called "frey's syndrome" when spicy food makes you all runny. i like this because it happens to me, miss frey :D

now if i only had someone with which to share this horny goat weed :lol:

[bluecrayon]

I like wonky and cryptaesia -- a lot! :)

[Larrissa]

thats what i get for posting before reading the next page of missed facts ... :huh:

lots of people over for dinner, radios and tvs on throughout the house

my kitty hasnt been seen for 24 hours. i have hope

[Cuilanië]

- Sarah-Gwensmom, I'm sorry... what a stupid, tragic accident.

- Good thoughts for Robyn and her overwhelming life... and for Larrissa's kitty...

- The axe fell. My roommate's bf broke up with him tonight after taking five days to make up his mind.

[thunderstorm_19]

1 *hugs* for gwensmom and everyone else who needs one

2 dad's back and gully's already getting in his way

3 my eyes ache

[thunderstorm_19]

1 ugh i miss him really badly tonight

2 i have a tension headache

3 i am wearing "Glow" (trial size i got) and it smells (on me at least) a bit too much like soap

[bluecrayon]

stunned I am at the consequences of war...

I want to yell at the world to get it's act together

this war in Iraq is a heartbreaking mess of a crime... :(

[Lilac]

Oh Gwensmom - I'm so sorry!

I hate this this war!

My Dad's best friend is being shipped to Iraq next week. :(

[Lilac]

I'm bored and I'm going to playing with my avatars for a bit here, so excuse any strange things that happen to pop up!

I'm dead tired bodily, but my mind is fully alert.

I know if I tried to go to bed I'd just lay there and think of things....

[Lilac]

Well, I was trying to get a pic of one of my dogs up here, but it wouldnt take...so back to boring old me.

I wish I had a cool avatar like some of you people!

How do you get that South Park person?

[ninerfan_11]

1. It's raining and thundering outside right this minute at 12:54 a.m.

2. I'm desperately looking for a job right now, but no one seems to want to hire me.

3. I ate hamburgers and baked beans for dinner today.

[siafu]

http://southparkstudios.com/games/create.html

there's the link for a southpark character.

southpark was a rerun last night.

it was the one where cartman fakes being handicapped so he can be in the special olympics with jimmy and timmy and jimmy is taking steroids.

[zanna]

well looky looky ..

i seem to have bumped up like everything i could get my hands on.

*walks off whistling* i think my job here is done.

[Sirius]

zanna has become quite the aggressive poster

perhaps she is looking to revive the top-poster competition

I am sure Christine will come out of the wood-work to defend her title


side note: it isn't quite 6am yet, and i still have yesterday's headache, as a result spelling and typing seem to be quite a challenge this morning.

[littlest-bee]

It's another glorious sunny day in Bristol

I really feel like having a barbeque

I ate honey and sunflower bread for my lunch

[Sirius]

I just reviewed the Bottom 10 (Worst) Album Covers (http://porktornado.diaryland.com/albumcover.html) and found it amusing.

I am going to remember to make the phone call, but have to wait until the rest of the state gets up and gets to work (it is 6am).

something smells funny. is that ever a good sentence?

[thunderstorm_19]

1 i was awakened by some quite impressive thunder last night... i love that

2 i am drinking coffee, but less than "usual"

3 the cat woke me by snuggling right up to be on the bed and purring this morning... he's so cute

[sarahkate]

~I'm so sorry to hear of gwensmom & gwensdad's loss. :( :( :(

~I am relieved to see that Robyn posted! Phew!

~I went to bed at 9:30 last night (that's way early for me) and I didn't get up until 8:00 AM, and for some reason I'm still tired. Maybe I got too much sleep.

[zanna]

well, see ..it's too much boredom and excessive free time i'm experiencing at school that makes me go, ahem, a little bonkers sometimes when i'm posting. :wacko:

thats mainly it. i'm required to continue to come to school for the whole day, even though i only have to actually go to one class. so i spend the other 5 periods in the photography/graphics room where there are always open computers ..and nervousness calls when i can't find anything else 'productive' to do.

also, i don't know. i joined back in '01, but really haven't started posting until this year, so i suppose i'm just trying to catch up on all my 'missed' posting opportunities. ha. :)

[littlest-bee]

I can smell bonfires

I can hear scaffolding being put up

I can taste my icky tea breath!

[Sirius]

1. Actor Tony Randall dies: Tony Randall, the comic actor best known for playing fastidious photographer Felix Unger on ''The Odd Couple,'' has died. He was 84.

2. Three random facts are neither questions, nor quizzes, yet, here they are in the Questions and Quizzes forum. Suspicious.

3. I'm not very comfortable posting silly facts in the same post as a death notice, but I only have silly facts floating in my gray* matter, so I will leave it at this.


*Or Grey for those who only like one or the other variation of the spelling.

[Astabeth]

* I wish I had excessive free time.

* I study medieval textiles - I wonder what hammerquill studies...

* Lorelei is not going to let me get ANYTHING done today :(

Astabeth

[Lilac]

I've trying to talk my father into taking the horses Zinny and George over to his place. It's so much work to take care of them..with just me alone. He has three horses over there and my little sister and brother still live there and can help out...so I think it's a good idea. Plus, I just really havent been riding all that much. I don't know. Maybe I just have to light a fire under my son's rear end to get HIM to help out more with them here!

I went fishing with Dad last night and we had this discussion. He said if he took them, I'd be sad and would be wanting them back within the month. He is probably right.

I just get so overwhelmed with all the work that needs done around my place! I sometimes feel like I live on the Green Acres farm. Something is always going wrong or breaking!


*Thanks Siafu for the South Park site! I'm going to play with that later!

[Larrissa]

(i cant just leave here for hours without some random facts)

to do list printed (i may have my priorities a bit skewed ... listening to nahkoda and making atcs at the top :rolleyes:)

i dont have any craft glue and its killing me. went to hobby lobby with my sister forgetting they are closed on sunday (for worship!! f*@#kin s*it%s) yeah now its tuesday but apparently i devoloped an anxiety issue about going out by myself. oops.

nagchampa is awesome stuff. saves me from the smell of the family's cigarrettes. i dont mind stinking if its a nagchampa stink :lol:

[Sirius]

I've never thought of myself as someone who is easily influenced.

Yet, everytime someone mentions a song in a thread it embeds itself in my wittle head.

Hmph.

Green acres is the place to be
Farm living is the life for me

[thunderstorm_19]

1 i wish he'd go to counselling

2 i'm going to have to make lunch soon

3 it's very grey and humid... it looks like it will tip with rain

[Sirius]

I think I remember reading a thread about people being annoyed when people are posting instead of getting LMAOs out of their possession.

I haven't pondered this, but whenever I see Larrissa in TRF I think "Isn't it her turn in scrabble?!?!?!"

Of course, right now e-scrabble isn't cooperating.....so I couldn't play even if it was my turn. <_<

[Larrissa]

phoo.

phoo to you.

and double phoo to having to do stuff because thats how i am supposed to live.

[Larrissa]

i told you about those tamponsuckers at hotmail ... i hate them.

yep. my shoulders hurt. chair is too tall.

why must i find myself so hilarious? im sure no one else does. theyre missing out i tell you.

[Lilac]

Well...Trish and I are off to lunch! We're thinking Middle Eastern for today.

Actually, I'm thinking Middle Eastern.

Trish is thinking Kentucky Fried Chicken but I WILL PREVAIL!!!!

[Larrissa]

go lilac!

my belly pudge is a bit too big for this shirt

my sister keeps telling everyone i dont wear underwear

*and an extra! i never considered the strangers reading these forums ... i wonder how many people visit once and run for their lives :lol:

[Astabeth]

She's finally quiet, and I'm in 3RF instead of doing anything...

I printed my to do list. Now that I'm back from Atlanta, I need to get to work.

Green Acres is one of the worst to get stuck in your head. Worse than Yellow Submarine.

Astabeth

[sarahkate]

~ My boyfriend's sister wants to move in with us. I don't think that is such a great idea. I don't what to do about this situation.

~ I wonder why Larrissa's signature says "made in Great Britain." Perhaps Larrissa was made in Great Britain? :unsure:

~ I bought some Vinca plants (http://www.monrovia.com/PlantInf.nsf/0/59bef5d85452b58c8825684d00726ad6?OpenDocument) on Sunday. They are a really nice magenta color. I can't wait to plant them.

[Astabeth]

I want a new avatar.

I like sarahkate's avatar.

I am going to go work now. No, really, I am.

Astabeth

[sarahkate]

~ Thanks Astabeth! :) My avatar is Zzeezz the Bed Bug from the Parasite Pals (http://www.parasitepals.com) site.

~ I'm hungry. I think I will make my lunch now.

~ I have some dill pickle flavored potato chips for a snack. I can't wait to eat them.

[hammerquill]

2. Three random facts are neither questions, nor quizzes, yet, here they are in the Questions and Quizzes forum. Suspicious.

Of course, 3RF predates the Quizzes and Questions forum. It used to be in Topics That Don't Seem To Fit Anywhere Else.

I mean pre-dates, not preys upon.

The Treasury couldn't figure out how to deposit my tax refund directly to my account. They claim they couldn't read the numbers, so they have to send me a check... Eventually.

[Larrissa]

just because im a dork and have been changing my signature a couple times a day to things laying around the desk :D i apologize

now i have to change it again damnit

the universal questions of life:
why are we here?
do you love me?
and who let the dogs out?

:lol: i love that, cant remember where i heard it

[Cuilanië]

- I'm wearing my glasses, tiredness, and emotional drain, after spending half the night talking with my roommate and the other half not sleeping...

- I'm envious of the pigeon couple on the edge of the roof across from my window.

- I was once jealous of a truck.

[thunderstorm_19]

1 i feel like hell

2 "his new girlfriend"... i hate those words

3 i feel sick

[Lilac]

I did prevail on the lunch issue!

Falafal sandwich!

So much for my diet!

[zanna]

eh, i was actually a bit more productive today at school than i normally am. yep yep.

i've got to go find some room after school so i can go buy a stupid senior tshirt ..they make them so hard to find ..

um, no plans for the evening except most likely just watching season two of 'friends' which i rented from the video store yesterday. :)

[tanagee]

I check into TRF constantly...

I read everyones facts since my last visit...

My mind goes blank or I feel like my facts aren't good, funny, scintilating enough and I leave.

[tanagee]

BTW:

Thanks to everyone who comiserated with me re: my dumb egg...at least I had a good time trying ;)

:hug: to everyone who needs them

and I am still apathetic about life in general (sigh)

[Lilac]

Poo! I have to get going soon and NOW everyone shows up!

It figures.

:spank:

[gwensmom]

LILAC stop! That hurts!

I had so much to do today that I had to put on my hair color and then go shampoo my carpet while I waited for the dye to finish.

Then I went and got my hair cut and my stylist made it flip up. I am 42 and look totally ridiculous with my hair flipping up.

[bluecrayon]

I was still awake at 530 when my alarm went off...

I think I had too much to talk and not enough to dream

I feel a lack of clarity in my spirit, too much clarity in my thoughts...

[Curlita]

I had to chuckle at the thought of gwensmom vacuuming while coloring her hair. That sounds like something I would do.

Multi-tasking can be taken to extremes. It's hard to feed the cats while brushing your teeth.

My belly is suddenly protruding even more. I feel like a boa constrictor that swallowed a snake.

[Astabeth]

I did something! Everything due in May is ready to mail!

I can't wait to get something in my mailbox.

I'm gonna go find something else to join...

Astabeth

[tanagee]

I have this 'thing' where I will stand and watch the clothes agitating in the washer for a little bit to make sure the water level is good, theres enough soap, the clothes are moving around well etc...

This one time I was watching my hubbys work pants sloshing back and forth when this little tiny lizard floated to the top and started trying to swim to the edge. I scooped him up and put him outside.

It was one of those times I was glad I watched cuz I would have felt really sad if I had found a drowned lizard in the washing machine...or worse yet crispy in the dryer.

[Lilac]

Originally posted by tanagee@May 18 2004, 10:37 PM
I have this 'thing' where I will stand and watch the clothes agitating in the washer for a little bit to make sure the water level is good, theres enough soap, the clothes are moving around well etc...


I do this too, Tana...except I've never found a lizard! :lol:

I ended up going swimming at my Mom's house tonight...but not for long because it started storming.

I bought Boca burgers for the first time in my life.

[gwensmom]

They haven't made funeral arrangements yet for Gwensdad's cousin's husband who was killed in plane crash during air national guard training.

This is because they haven't found all the body parts yet.

I just about died when I heard this.

[Skilyne]

I am very sorry to hear about Gwensdad's cousin's husband.

My brother is in the Marine Corps and currently serving in Iraq.

He has a 5 month old son back home who he has only seen twice.

[Astabeth]

I, too, am very sorry to hear about Gwensdad's cousin's husband.

I, too, have recently bought boca burgers for the first time in my life.

They're still in the freezer - I'm afraid of them...

Astabeth

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by Astabeth@May 19 2004, 02:12 AM


I, too, have recently bought boca burgers for the first time in my life.

They're still in the freezer - I'm afraid of them...



:lol:

still, no one ever got mad veggie disease from eating one of these things!

zipping up my bass violin and getting ready for my weekly screech...

I am glad to see Gwensmom here... I thought about her husband's cousin's family all night. :(

[Cuilanië]

- It's past four and I can't sleep.

- I eat too much comfort food and not nearly enough real food.

- Feeling the time difference in my bones...

[Cuilanië]

- The lizard story should have made me laugh.

- The veggie burger story almost made me laugh.

- The war stories, otoh, damn near made me cry.

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by Skilyne@May 18 2004, 08:48 PM
He has a 5 month old son back home who he has only seen twice.
This is insane!

Boca burgers are actually pretty tasty. Don't be afraid of them!

Curlita will find out in a few months that sometimes, multi-tasking must be taken to extremes. You will get very good at doing things with one hand.

Today my sadness was alleviated by a visit with twin baby girls that I have not seen since they were tiny infants. Their fuzzy heads and drooly grins lifted my spirits.

[zanna]

veggie burgers are very tasty! ;)

morning star is the best brand that puts out any kind of tofu burgers/hot dogs/whatever.

i've been eating them since i became a vegetarian ..oh some 6 years ago. :)

[hammerquill]

My best friends, who now live in Boston, dropped by the studio unexpectedly today.

Their son, who starts kindergarten this fall, just read the first Harry Potter. In three days.

I got a postcard from my grandfather today from Bora Bora. But he mailed it from Hawaii. <_<

[zanna]

i'm really sorry for your loss gwensmom .. :(

it's freezing in my house tonight ..i'm literally shivering with tremors.

i think i should try to get to bed early tonight, but i also really want to watch the rest of the 'friends' disk i'm on. hmm.

[Larrissa]

i should sleep more

i should go turn off the glue gun

i should not feel this way so often, its useless

[ambergem]

I'm up too late.

Tomorrow will be boring compared today.

I should heat up my glue gun and get some ATCs done!

[Astabeth]

I have been on the computer too long today. :(

I am neglecting my family. :unsure:

I have become a Nervousness addict in such a short time! :lol:

Astabeth

[medeous]

WARNING: TMI below
i have to potty
not so badly that i'll get up and go, though
i prefer to wait until it's more urgent, i'm just that lazy.

[Larrissa]

my time playing here is more important that than the bathroom :lol: i wait until i have to i have to run to make it on time

sister is a internet vulture. and i am so letting her play longer than she should, parental controls kick her off at 9:30, but i sign on and hand it over. we are bad.

i have a bit of kind bud from my momma, mmm hmmm

[Sirius]

the silly doctor advised less time at the computer to help with the migraines...

i just looked at him funny and said, "and the other options are?"

guess i'll just become an Aleve ™ junkie.

[Sirius]

siafu is lurking in TRF...maybe if I wave she'll say hi ;)


wave wave wave


i am pondering keeping all the non-valuable crap in my purse (discount cards, post it notes, etc) in my car so i can carry a smaller purse

[siafu]

you guys are all full of interesting things to say.

(gwensmom, just enjoy the flip for a bit. i bet it looks nice.)

i am going to the po tomorrow, so i'm making stuff instead of web flinging.

i'm so stoked about the link meika found me for the voicebox for a talking doll. whee!

[Sirius]

Originally posted by medeous@May 18 2004, 08:44 PM
WARNING: TMI below
i have to potty
not so badly that i'll get up and go, though
i prefer to wait until it's more urgent, i'm just that lazy.
i think i knew that about you

it's probably a very common nervous(ness) trait

i need to get the mail together to take with me tomorrow.

[Sirius]

i don't think i am ready to attempt making a three dimensional doll, but next time a paper doll lmao comes up, someone let me know...

i think i could vastly approve upon the ones i made when i was 8...

i hope... <_<

[chunkymonkey]

fly me to the moon... seriously

in other words... don't want to be where I am tonight

you are all I long for... that and the power to rule the world

[medeous]

hey rustell look, there's a paper doll LMAO.
i like paper dolls
i like tiny books, too.

[Sirius]

crap, i let it intimidate me....

i don't think for my very first paper doll outing i should sign up for something with exquisite in the title.

Especially since I have fallen all over myself at FairySparkles work in the past...

[medeous]

er. c'mon, don't let me be the only non-exquisite player.
i didn't know fairysparkles was intimidating.
i still have to potty.

[Sirius]

go potty now, i'll wait....

go on...


go, scoot, don't make a mess






(those were not facts)

[medeous]

nope, i'm the boss of my bladder, dammit.
you should make a friendship bracelet, you pending people.
you should make a tiny book, you official but FB-less people.

[Sirius]

i thought i was supposed to be the bossy one...

oh, listen, can you hear that waterfall, the constant flow of the water cresting over the top....

hm...is my faucent leaking, i hear a drip.drip.drip.drip. ;)

[Sirius]

Meika lives 582.98 miles from me.

BlueCrayon lives 758.71 miles away.

Medeous is a whopping 1503.16 miles away.

it's not creepy that I have those as facts is it? :huh:

[medeous]

never go to a sleepover at sirius' house
sign up for my stuff
i'm going to bed.

[bluecrayon]

midnight at my house

I just hung up after talking to him for a few hours...

I am suddenly wide awake!

[bluecrayon]

love makes me hungry.

I am up here in my kitchen scrounging for comfort...

settling for a baked tofu sandwich and a glass of milk...

:) :wub: :ph34r: :)

[bluecrayon]

tomorrow morning is cat scan day...

I am only sort of nervous

I am all alone here and I can hear my feet echoing!

[chunkymonkey]

hoping cb's scan goes good and that she gets some answers

I don't want to be online but I don't want to do anything else

I wish I could my rent with cotton balls :P

[siafu]

hi rustell!

your doctor doesn't sound very creative :)

at least once a week, i hope i can hang out with you in las vegas in july, but since i am the closest thing to a hippie bum---without the freakin body odor---i don't think i'll make it.

[littlest-bee]

I am having a very unproductive work day but a very productive nervousness day.

Does anyone know a good way to send chocolate overseas making sure it doesn't melt?

I love Andy Warhol's cat drawings

[medeous]

i have eaten too much meat recently.
i can tell this by the horrible leaden feeling in my tummy.
salad for lunch, then.

[medeous]

don't want to go to work
don't want to wear grown up clothes
don't want to ...eh, that's about all i have to do that i don't want to do...oh wait, don't want to make conversation that won't be thought odd

[medeous]

ofentimes, i wish i could absorb the pain of those around me because i secretly think it would be easier to go through what they're going through than to watch them go through it.

i made a genuine effort to be nice to someone who is not particularly well-liked and the effort was met with happy surprise, which makes me feel like a complete bitch for not doing it earlier and more often.

8 days with kids after this one, but one of those is field day and i stay inside with the ones who were kicked out, so that doesn't count.

[zanna]

i'm overwhelmed ..things have just snuck up on me and i don't know where i should start!

i feel like i'm getting nothing done, but i have a million things to do.

today i'm being pulled in like twenty different directions, and i can't even get one minimal task done because i'm thinking about the next. :(

[thunderstorm_19]

1 we (my parents and i) somehow got into a conversation about spiders last night at dinner.

2 it started cuz mum was talking about her bridge partner who was bitten twice by a spider on sunday night (she's fine now, it just caused nasty itching).

3 this led to talking about friends of mum's in australia, and how someone they know was bitten by a spider in her garden... and mum described the reaction she had and i was trying to make an educated guess about what bit her, but i couldn't remember the name of it... i remember it now.

[bluecrayon]

I have bumped myself into a frenzy once again!

It is a good way to deal with my nervousness about my neck situation...

this thing is right against my jugular vein and the problem seems how to remove it...

sigh. Good morning, everyone. :)

[ibiddy_boo]

Goodmorning bluecrayon :)

i don't often play in here

i didn't know siafu was a hippie bum :P

[littlest-bee]

I ate hummus and bread for lunch, it was good.

I am procrastinating wildly today. Not so good.

I need to push myself more.

[ibiddy_boo]

i'm on my 3rd cup of coffee

2 of my kidlets are coming here for the weekend :)

i go back to GA in 8 more days :(

[chunkymonkey]

somehow I am still awake from yesterday.

going to try to fall asleep watching cheesy reruns of dawson's creek

the 9/11 hearings are majorly boring.

[sarahkate]

~ Hi Granny Cindy! It's strange, but very nice seeing you in this thread :) You should play here more often!

~ I received a super awesome package o' pink from my Package Pal LMAO partner, beja. She is great! :) I tasted my first Pocky (strawberry) last night thanks to her. Yum!

~ Dawson's Creek is one of my guilty pleasures. I love Pacey. :blush:

[Cuilanië]

- I barely slept last night and talked to him this morning until I slept... :wub:

- This results in a rather unproductive day, since I got up only three hours ago.

- I'm going to the Opéra tonight. My roommate was inviting his then-bf there for said bf's birthday... but he just called and I get to go. Yay! :D

[Cuilanië]

- This sudden invitation brings up the question of what to wear...

- I'm thinking long skirt (I only have long skirts anyway... ;) ) and a nice top. It's not like I have a huge range of choices... :lol:

- Tomorrow's a holiday. No mail.

[ibiddy_boo]

Waving hello's back at ya Sarahkate! :)

i'm craving chocolate (again).

i'm going to help the folks plant their garden today.

[zanna]

i'm on lunch break now.

no one here to play ..

la de da de da .. ^_^

[thunderstorm_19]

he called this morning.

i have a whole lot of things going thru my mind about it. need to talk to him about things.

i love ibbidy's avatar

[Curlita]

I had insomnia from 2 AM until 5 AM. The worst part was that our DSL was down so I couldn't even come play here!

Now I am very tired.

We had Hawaian (SP? that cannot be right) Bocas for dinner last night - teriyaki sauce and pineapple. Mmmm. Fear not the Boca.

[sarahkate]

~ I had a Boca burger for dinner last night too! Mine was with cheese, ketchup and sweet pickle relish. Curlita's version sounds very good. I will have to try that out sometime. Maybe tonight!

~ I just spent my lunch hour running errands. I'm starving. Finally, it's time to eat.

~ I feel like making some ATCs.

[sarahkate]

~ cherry coke + peanut M&Ms + Quizzes & Questions threads = pure bliss. :wub:

~ I think a combination of Spring weather and school coming to an end for many people is contributing to the forums being very quiet. Why can't everyone else have a boring job where they are stuck in a cubicle all day so they have nothing else to do but play on the forums with me ??

~ I hate the word "belch" *cringe* Ughhh.

[Curlita]

Indeed it is quiet here. I think it may be a more global situation than we thought; I'm getting fewer phone calls and e-mails than usual.

I'm trying to craft an e-mail telling my volunteers that I will be bringing my dog to work to scare away dope-smoking teenagers who have been hanging around in our yard. It is difficult to outline this plan without sounding deranged.

I don't have a problem with pot, but I don't feel like they are appropriately appreciating history while they do it. My assistant saw one of them pee on our historic coal car.

[bluecrayon]

kind of rattled I am and showed up a week early for my CAT scan! :wacko:

and scheduled a substitute for my class so I could do this thing today!

and feel like a total pretzel head which is not unusual for me, I admit! :D

[Skilyne]

I'm glad tommorow is payday.

I am STRESSED OUT to the max at work...and someone may end up hurt :unsure:

They might deserve it.

[Sirius]

oh i really want some peanut m&m's now

can we make a rule about not posting about food? so not fair.

i have to go to the store and get m&m's now...

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by Skilyne@May 19 2004, 07:47 PM


I am STRESSED OUT to the max at work...and someone may end up hurt :unsure:



Yikes, Skilyne! Keep breathing and knowing you will not forever be in this place!

and just come hang with me on Funny Sentences...

and eat a bunch of chocolate -- that always helps me!!!

[sarahkate]

~ Ahhh.... the power of suggestion. :rolleyes:

~ It will be hard, but I will do my best to refrain from mentioning food so as not to tempt anyone, but my life is usually rather boring so candy tends to be the highlight of my day.

~ Poor bluecrayon! Now you have to wait a whole week?! Ugh. That must be frustrating.

[Curlita]

I, too, have succumbed to the temptation of M&Ms, although I opted for the plain rather than peanut variety.

I just bought a laptop for work. I'm not sure why I'm excited about it, since it is for work.

It's been a quiet day. I needed that.

[gwensmom]

Just got back from Gwen's the semi-annual visit to the spasticity clinic at the children's hospital.

Nothing drastic was suggested. Whew!

Gwen and I have matching S-curves in our spines.

[Larrissa]

my mom told me she has had 9 pregnancies, but she only has 3 children :huh: the stories made me cry

its pretty sad when connecting at 26,000 bytes is a good thing

i am supposed to do stuff all time but just end up doing what gets done. like that makes sense.

[zanna]

this whole college thing is hard.

there's all these dates and registrations and stuff ..i think i've got them all mixed up and i just know i'm going to miss a deadline ..if i already haven't!

i feel so unprepared for the world. :unsure:

[gwensmom]

I found out the arrangements for Gwendad's cousin's husband's funeral.

It will be a military funeral in a church with a flyover.

We will be celebrating war, the very thing that killed him. In a CHURCH for God's sake.


This is just so sick.

[Sirius]

I am terribly sorry to hear about the loss of life in Gwensmoms family.

That being said, did he not want to be in the military? Since we are not obligated to being drafted, I figure it was something he wanted....

Thus...even though he did not choose to die, didn't he choose to put his life on the line for the country, and want to be part of the military, so it is a thing of respect and honor for him for him to be given the military services that he most likely would have wanted. Being that he died for "us" shouldn't he be honored in a hero's way by the entity he chose to belong to?

If you have mentioned that he was part of the military for reasons other than him choosing that life style then I apologize for my false assumptions....

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by gwensmom@May 19 2004, 10:27 PM


We will be celebrating war, the very thing that killed him. In a CHURCH for God's sake.


This is just so sick.


aw, Sarah! :(

[Skilyne]

I am feeling much better about the stress at work...yippee for Funny Sentences and chocolate!

I am sitting here under my open window and the fresh air is making me happy.

I got a new avatar for my posts!

[medeous]

Originally posted by Sirius@May 19 2004, 04:35 PM
Thus...even though he did not choose to die, didn't he choose to put his life on the line for the country, and want to be part of the military, so it is a thing of respect and honor for him for him to be given the military services that he most likely would have wanted. Being that he died for "us" shouldn't he be honored in a hero's way by the entity he chose to belong to?


that's a very thoughtful and well-constructed comment.

i opened up 5 extra slots in my handmade book thingy, go forth and fill 'em.

a light burned out in my grungy windowless classroom two days ago and it requires a work-order and a team of two technicians to come change the bulb...seriously. it might be done by the time school starts up again in august.

[Curlita]

I can't speak for gwensmom, but I can understand feeling disgusted and bitter about the profession that took away a loved one, in a war that one may not personally believe in. Even though it's something that may have been a calling for that individual, it's still easy to be angry when you did not believe in his cause of death. Does that make sense?

Now I'm going to end up working late b/c Super Volunteer is here working on our computers. And how can I complain about that?

And I need to do laundry when I get home.

[bluecrayon]

all wars are useless to the dead...

I'm sorry -- I just hate what is going on in Iraq.

I can't even dissect a simple surface let alone understand this...

[siafu]

i'm too tired to go to church. when i was at the dollar store, i saw the bus and thought it was leaving. so i ran as fast as i could :lol: but then i found a shopping cart on the way. so i ran behind the shopping cart. heh. it made me wheeze. but dangit, i caught up to the driver. she wasn't leaving. so i had to go back to the store i was in. i had thrown two bucks and my stuff on the counter. they *briliantly* rang it up in my absence. and the bus driver drove back around. that is why i am too tired to go anywhere. but i am kind of thoughtful about having run even a short distance.

the postal worker liked none of my mail. the handmade envelopes were too small. the postcard was too big. issues. but he gave me a handy dandy sheet to measure by.

i need to study.

[Sirius]

Originally posted by Curlita@May 19 2004, 05:00 PM
I can't speak for gwensmom, but I can understand feeling disgusted and bitter about the profession that took away a loved one, in a war that one may not personally believe in. Even though it's something that may have been a calling for that individual, it's still easy to be angry when you did not believe in his cause of death. Does that make sense?

I can understand that completely.

And I think Gwensmom is a brilliant woman, who makes good choices, however, there is just this nagging bit of me that is uncomfortable with the negativity she is expressing, and hopes she keeps that for us and not for his grieving family.

If/when she attends the services it will undoubtedly be with his family who supported his choice of careers (for the sake of their family I hope it was a family decision that he took on such a career), and his friends who are in that career as well. When they are grieving the loss of one of their own, and are showing him the respect via the honors and traditions of a man (or woman) who choose to serve their country, it would be disheartening to have some one expressing that their honor of him in that manner was sick and wrong.

Geez..it is difficult to express an opposing viewpoint when not wanting to offend or upset further someone you think is super-duper and who is going through a rough experience...

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by Sirius@May 19 2004, 08:02 PM
hopes she keeps that for us and not for his grieving family.

Oh, God no! They all think this is a wonderful thing, and if it comforts them, then I am glad they are doing it. Even if were to say something they would not know what I was talking about.

The thing is, the military is about war and war is about aggression, murder, dehumanization and destruction.

Jesus was not about these things, so there should be no place for glorifying them in a church. There is a story that when the emperor Constantine was baptized, he would not let his sword arm go under the water.

These were my opinions before this happened. I know that many people disagree, and I thoroughly and absolutely respect everyone's right to differ.

[Sirius]

Originally posted by gwensmom@May 19 2004, 06:34 PM
Oh, God no! They all think this is a wonderful thing, and if it comforts them, then I am glad they are doing it. Even if were to say something they would not know what I was talking about.
Whew. I thought you'd see that, but from your posts I had a bit o'doubt.

Okay, I can go back to happy-go-lucky posting now....


weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Lilac]

I hate all this talk of war and death. I just want to stick my fingers in my ears and sing LA LA LA LA LA LA LA and make it go away.

If only it were that easy.












I had the Boca burgers for dinner tonight. I was afraid of them at first, too...but they turned out to be quite tasty!

[bluecrayon]

I am eating udon noodles with plum sauce and avocado...

I am pondering the phrase "Hard Laughter" -- what does that mean, exactly???

I'm listening to Fats Waller and thinking NOT of war, but of bugs and how beautiful they are in their singlemindedness -- I could probably take a lesson from them! :D

[Skilyne]

I am listening to Chris Isaak.

I'm thinking about war against my better judgement, and it is making me miss my brother.

I found a picture of him online the other day and it made me happy! I printed it out for his girlfriend and son.

[Astabeth]

My headache is slowly going away.

I will be brave.

I will make the Boca Burgers tomorrow night. I plan to grill them on a gas grill - do I need to do something special to them? Marinate them or something? I guess I need to defrost them first - I better get them out of the freezer.


Astabeth

[Lilac]

I'm going to have to go gather my garbage and haul it down to the road. I forgot to take it out last week so I have an extra large load.

Hey - that rhymes!

Kind of sounds Dr Seuss-ish.

[chunkymonkey]

I am taking our thing more serious than her and I had no idea... feeling like a fool.

there is always a slight paranoia that I'm imagining what she feels and all the subtext, and in truth I am. How can I not? My imagination is much closer to me than her.

I'm lazy. <_<

[littlest-bee]

I'm lazy too.

I watched Waking Life last night after reading about it on Nervousness.

This morning I saw a car crash when I was out running.

[medeous]

i have The Myth of Laziness out in the trunk of my car. it's been there a while, unread. ;)

i hate the way i feel after i eat beef. maybe that's a sign.

i'm calling a lawyer today.

[Cuilanië]

- The sun is really hot again today, but there's a cool breeze. B)

- I've got clothes drying/airing in my window, in the sun... :D

- Six months today... :wub:

[thunderstorm_19]

ugh... busy day begins once i've gotten showered and dressed (yes as usual, am in my jammies)

i think i'm going off coffee... :huh: :blink: :( probably a temporary glitch. hehe

i had 6 spam emails in my bulk folder this morning, and no "real" emails :(

[bluecrayon]

Originally posted by Cuilanië@May 20 2004, 12:46 PM


- Six months today... :wub:


8 months here, but it might as well be measured in years or only microseconds it is so totally embracing and so ephemeral at the same time...

the blues are always right behind the pinks and flip around the other way, too...

I am pink today and have him on a shelf so I can dust off some other thoughts...

[Lilac]

I've just been informed that I have to go to Philadelphia next Tuesday for a meeting. Wonderful. <_<

I have to leave in a bit here to go to a site. Again...wonderful. <_<

I'm in an ambivilant mood today. <_< (even though I can't spell.)

[sarahkate]

~ I'm extremely bummed. I feel defeated and let down. Once again something good has to be ruined by a few complaints and the government. Burning cds might not be legal, but then again 50 years ago it was illegal for a black person to enter certain buildings or drink out of certain water fountains. What if Rosa Parks gave up her seat on the bus that day? Sometimes you have to take your chances in order to make some advancements.

~ I shouldn't be surprised though. I really shouldn't.

~ I feel like I should do something. Take action of some sort. Maybe I could be the Rosa Parks of the 2000s. Maybe I could help to knock the govenment and the music industry down a few notches. Probably not, but I could try.

[Larrissa]

good morning everyone! :hug:

the new music stance sucks, but i understand

i now have my 15 year old sister hooked on iced espresso thingies

[Cuilanië]

- I understand about the 'burning and trading a whole album' issue, but not about mixes. I don't think putting one song from a given album on a mix infringes copyright; this should be covered by the 'fair use' provision (or whatever they're called). And I do think the music industry is shooting itself in the foot with this. Both feet. I hope.

- However, I can't honestly disagree with the BoD for protecting the site and its users, the crazy way things are going.

- The majors are just too lazy to change their business models and adapt.

I'll get off the soapbox now.

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by Lilac@May 20 2004, 08:28 AM
I've just been informed that I have to go to Philadelphia next Tuesday for a meeting. Wonderful. <_<

I have to leave in a bit here to go to a site. Again...wonderful. <_<


Please tell your boss that your friends at nervousness object to this as it keeps you from posting.

I have to go teach a class on Judaism now. Like I am some kind of expert- HA! But I know more about it than most of the others in the class, so I got the assignment. Last month I had to teach about Episcopalians because I went to an Episcopal school.

My ballet class didn't meet last night so I went to yoga instead. My back feels so good now!

[chunkymonkey]

I'm downright pissed about the banning of mixes because I'm sure that mix cd's are not illegal. I'm too tired to prove it right now.

mispronunciation of words annoys me. soemtimes it's funny, for instance my mother refers to oprah as opie windfield, but usually it annoys me.

posting in the Q & Q thread makes me feel like I am sitting at the cool kids table at lunch. B)

[Cuilanië]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@May 20 2004, 03:10 PM
8 months here, but it might as well be measured in years or only microseconds it is so totally embracing and so ephemeral at the same time...
- Perception of time is a very subjective thing... sometimes it feels like it was yesterday, and sometimes like forever...

- I need to drink coffee now. I haven't made any yet.

- I haven't eaten anything yet either.

[zanna]

i was in my first wreck this morning.

it was horrible ..i can't take stressful things like that. i had a series of panic attacks and it didn't help that the girl i hit jumped right on calling me every cuss word in the book and threatened to 'kick my ass'.

god. i really don't need all this crap right now. i've got so much going on ..we hit head on and i was charged with being at fault. i feel like so much shit ..all i can see is dollar signs floating in front of my face. i really needed to save the money i have for college in the fall but i guess i'm out of luck in that department now. :( i just feel like crying, not like i haven't already done so a few times already though this morning ..

[ibiddy_boo]

Big :hug: for zanna....thank goodness no one was hurt.

i went to school with a girl we called zanna

she was my best friend til i moved away.

[littlest-bee]

Ah Zanna. That sucks. I saw a prang this morning and the women involved were both so shaken and upset, it was awful. I hope you're okay.

All this talk of coffee. Want some!

Time for my daily trip to the post box.

[sarahkate]

~ Awww zanna! That must have been scary. I'm glad you weren't hurt though. I am sure that girl will regret flipping out on you, I think car accidents probably just do that to some people because they are caught off guard and the first reaction is anger, not that it's an excuse for her to be so mean. She will eventually realize that it as an ACCIDENT, it's not like you WANTED it to happen. :(

~ My little sister just got her first car last night. I'm scared that she will get into an accident. I told her to drive just EXPECTING that you are going to get into an accident. That has worked for me since I started driving, it has made me much more aware of other vehicles and I haven't been in an accident yet *knock on wood* Not to say that there weren't any close calls. Being in a car accident is one of my biggest fears.

~ The season finale of Smallville was crazy. Lex, Chloe and Mr. Kent can't die! No way! I can't believe I have to wait months and months and months to find out what happens. I hate that tv has such control over me!

[siafu]

heidi has the second interview today for a good job. but the recruiter didn't call to tell her what building to go to until after she'd left. however, she's very smart and will probably figure it out on her how. she don't need no stinkin late recruiter.

everybody think LEFT TRAILER and DAVE with me

i'm so worried. i really wanted to call out said lame, late recruiter, but i didn't have a basis for it other than she may have cost heidi this cool job.

[siafu]

zanna, i'm really sorry about your wreck. everything will get better.

i'm super tired because i took blue tylenol last night. but i wanted to come and post about the job interview.

now i can go back to bed for a while.

[Larrissa]

*its the left trailer, and you have to see some lateness infested dude named dave*

*i will still trade music, just not here*

*i think you all rock supremely*

[Skilyne]

Zanna, I hope everything works out for you.

I am reading the book "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris.

It literally makes me laugh out loud...my neighbors might think I've lost it.

[sarahkate]

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~ Do you know who those stats belong to? Oh yes indeed it's the lovely miss siafu! I just noticed that I missed Theresa's one year N'ness anniversary yesterday! Happy 1st N'ness bday siafu!!!

~ It's lunch time. I think I will go home and let the dog out and try to find something to eat.

~ I have a plan. Yes.......a plan. A top secret mail plan. Oooh so sneaky. So illegal. ooooh yaaaaah. :ph34r:

[Astabeth]

Zanna - I'm sorry about your wreck - that other person must have a really petty, miserable, friendless life if that's how she responds to things. Threatening to kick someone's ass over an accident, really! She must not handle life well if that's her first response to a situation.

Don't stress out about the $ until you find out what is going to happen - maybe it will work out okay. :hug:

I missed my 10 minute window to get anything done while Lorelei was napping. Don't babies need more sleep than that?!? :confused:

Astabeth