Three random facts:

[Skilyne]

My Mom LOVES doing laundry...do not ask me why.

I typically have a days turnaround on my dirty clothes.

In the basket today...wear again tommorow!

[Skilyne]

Tagalog is the official language of the Philippines.

I'm studying it because my Mom grew up there, and I have been speaking bits and pieces of it my whole life...and just really wanting a fluency in it...plus, I love languages.

The NYPD is also looking for people who speak more unique languages...and so I suspect that learning it fully could better my chances there.

[Lilac]

I've been stripping the beds and washing the sheets and all the bedding.

I want to come home to everything fresh and clean.

I'll be scrubbing the shower in awhile.

[Lilac]

Originally posted by Skilyne@Sep 3 2004, 03:00 AM
Tagalog is the official language of the Philippines.

I'm studying it because my Mom grew up there, and I have been speaking bits and pieces of it my whole life...and just really wanting a fluency in it...plus, I love languages.

The NYPD is also looking for people who speak more unique languages...and so I suspect that learning it fully could better my chances there.
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Oh, very cool, Skilyne!

[Skilyne]

Thanks Lilac! :)

Mahilig akong mag-aral ng mga wika. (I enjoy studying languages)

Masaya ho ako. (I'm happy)

Abogasiya ho ang pinagaaralan ko. (I'm studying law)

[hammerquill]

I burnt the @#$!@! almonds.

I was looking forward to them, too.

I also burnt my fingers today. And my tongue this evening.

[bluecrayon]

aw, Hammerquill! Yikes...

thinking about your metal ATCs for some reason tonight...

thinking of that reddish color you create... :)

[bluecrayon]

serious phone talking and dancing today...

sliding across the words to some point of repose...

I am feeling okay.

close enough to fine to smile around it.

these emotional knots are like knives sliding through tangled feelings.

and the third fact is I guess I wouldn't change it.

[Helquin]

A local man fell asleep at the wheel in the early early hours before dawn today and crashed through a fence, killing a pregnant Appaloosa horse. He fled the scene on foot and was apprehended like miles away on another country road.

I thought that sounded like a great beginning for some Hillbilly Gothic novel. Maybe a short story.

I'm impressed with Lilac's dedication to cleaning. :lol:

[Lilac]

Originally posted by Helquin@Sep 3 2004, 03:58 AM

I'm impressed with Lilac's dedication to cleaning. :lol:
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I'm manic about it tonight, Helquin...a woman possessed! :lol:

I feel so bad for the owners of that horse! I'd want to kill if she were mine! :angry:

I hate when I hear things like that. I always worry about my animals!

[kamoke]

when I start to clean, it gets a little out of hand.
at one point I recall breaking out the silvo and polishing the knobs on the stove and the chain on the sink plug..

marge is probably the most interesting person in this town but everyone thinks she's a crazy old liar.. I think she's sweet and adventurous!

I like to scare all the older women that work with me... it's so easy :rolleyes:

[Lilac]

Shame on you, Kamoke! :lol:

How do you scare those poor women?

Do they think you're insane?

[kamoke]

I creep up behind them...and hide in the fashion racks after the store closes :ph34r:

but I'm probably the most liked person there :D

this man came through the cash tonight and I was really surprised by how handsome he was.. you know, that rugged type, with a bit of a scruff

:lol:

[tanagee]

Originally posted by Curlita+Sep 2 2004, 04:08 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Curlita @ Sep 2 2004, 04:08 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>I've been crowing to everyone about how lucky I am that, even though I have had acid-reflux in the past, I have not had heartburn yet while pregnant. Now I need to eat my words (and some Tums).
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I had to sleep sitting up, surrounded by pillows on the chaise part of our couch at least 5 days a week the last month of my pregnancy.

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when I start to clean, it gets a little out of hand.
at one point I recall breaking out the silvo and polishing the knobs on the stove and the chain on the sink plug..
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I broke the knob on my oven at 5 pm the evening before Thanksgiving cleaning because my uncle is an anal clean freak and I didn't want him to see the crud.

I couldn't turn my oven off and it was stuck on broil. :o Luckily my hubby got it to turn off, but we had to move the dinner to my mommy's instead.

[Gingersmack]

Listening to Pretty Graves Make Graves for the first time.
My sister gave me the cd.
Happy to be home from the hospital with my littlest cherub, finally. She is sleeping comfortably.

[zanna]

ha. no classes tomorrow.

so i'm pretty drunk.

i met a new friend named mason, he's really nifty.

[Helquin]

Welcome back, Gingersmack! :wave:

If that's the Smiths' "Pretty Girls Make Graves," I love that song!

I'm thinking of rearranging my office.

This may be a subconscious excuse to avoid responsibilities. :lol:

[Cuilanië]

I don't have any family reasons to pick languages to learn: they're all French Canadians...

Must keep hands away from that scab on my forehead. Don't touch.

I woke up at nine thinking it was ten. I was miffed to be waking up so late, but when I found out it was only nine I got all tired and sleepy again... strange.

[stale_laughter]

i'm watching full house right now.
i failed my road test yesterday:(
i want to take a nap right now!

[zanna]

i slept in til noon today until i was awoken by that goddamn sonofabitch emergency alarm that goes off at least every other day ..most of the time after 1 am.

everyone has to exit the building or get fined, how lovely.

i thought i'd be the only one going down in pjs ..turns out like half the kids from our building had a good time like me last night, as they were all still half clothed; one girl only came down in a tshirt. :o

[zanna]

ahhhh!!

i'm watching full house as well!!

about to go jump in the shower though ..

[siafu]

i am hung over

H is proposing this restaurant for when i get my results

http://heathmanlodge.com/hudsons/default_frame.htm

eh. i hope i passed

[gwensmom]

I bought three more sweaters in our thrift store today for .58 each. Someone stop me, I am out of control :o .

My sister has got to sit through another damn hurricane. This time it will hit the other side of the state, but it still makes me a nervous wreck.

I am getting a Kerry yard sign today. And I saw another Kerry sign in the neighborhood so I will not be the only one.

[kamoke]

oh no.. work in two hours is not what I want to do with my day

blah blah blah

lay back

[Larrissa]

silly love

sore throat

chocolate ice cream for breakfast

[Skilyne]

Sucky day.

Threw up 3 times at work.

I think it's the medicine for the UTI.

[Cuilanië]

Get better soon, Skilyne!

I had dumplings and hot sauce for dinner.

Now I'm going to have fruit.

I could have chocolate ice cream, but I'm being good.

[Cuilanië]

Hurricanes in Florida usually mean Montréal gets spectacular thunderstorms.

I'm knitting myself another headband. The first one I made is too wide for the current length of my hair.

12.

[Larrissa]

blah

blah

blah

[Larrissa]

bored

day off

"wasting" time

[Helquin]

Bah! Enough is enough.

I'm giving up on this weird, warped day.

At the sound of the tone, I officially begin my Labor Day weekend.

Beep

[Skilyne]

Tally it...up to the 4th time throwing up today.

I seem to get sick so often, but I suspect that has to do with my lowered immune system...and this time of course because of the medicines.

My Mom is making me homemade macaroni and cheese and I'm drinking tea.

[kamoke]

Work!! ;)

[Helquin]

Sympathetic hugs to Skilyne. :hug:

Motorcycles are roaring down Water Street. <_<

This is the weekend of the big "Grand Nationals" for the Easyriders Rodeo (http://www.easyridersevents.com/rodeo.htm). :o

Woohoo! :lol:

[bluecrayon]

limbo is where I am

languid and lazy and leaning into lethargy

looping around everyone's facts, which never seem to be random!

[siafu]

lovely facts

starting with l's

good to see an old friend

[Helquin]

hey hey hey -- My facts are random! :lol:

I'm wondering what kind of magic keyboard Blue has that allows her to post in 3 threads in the time it takes me to get one answer typed. :huh:

I have a cool idea for a collaboration but I am a hermit. :blink: Doh!

[bluecrayon]

aw, but that's where the mails come in, Helquin. Perfect for a hermit...

and I doubt your hermit status anyway, you are such a palpable presence here...

so what do you want to do????? :)

[Cuilanië]

Have a good long weekend, Helquin! :wave:

Labour Day in France is May 1st. May is a pretty holiday-intensive month here, actually.

I'm thirsty, thirsty, thirsty. My stomach is full of mineral water, and I'm still thirsty.

[Helquin]

Originally posted by Cuilanië+Sep 3 2004, 04:15 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Cuilanië @ Sep 3 2004, 04:15 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Have a good long weekend, Helquin! :wave:
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Thanks, Cuilanië! Actually, except for the Easyriders Rodeo pretty much taking over the whole town and the inconvenience of so many businesses being closed, Labor Day isn't much of an event in my year. :D

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Sep 3 2004, 04:14 PM
so what do you want to do????? :)
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I have an idea for a satirical "underground" comic book but I don't know any illustrators around here and it seems like the kind of project that's too involved to carry out through the postal system. :huh:

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and I doubt your hermit status anyway
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It's true! :lol:

[kittymao]

comic book? Darnet Helquin, you got me interested.

Blarg. Today sucked but now I 'm home and when the Rudy gets home it will be time to REALLY relax. waiting for him stresses me out.

I should do laundry. bah.

[oreogrl1]

Volleyball started today...
I've got two lovely brushburns on my knee( my own fault for refusing to wear kneepads)
For doing nothing the whole summer, i'm still pretty dang athletic.

[Larrissa]

stupido ladywithtoomanykids at work called in AGAIN and i have to cover for her AGAIN :middle: i have a thing against her big time

i had to say yes, otherwise miss boss would have to work from 7 am to midnight <_<

i reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaally dont want to, but im sure i shall live throught it :rolleyes:

i dont believe in randomness ;)

sometimes ya just gotta end each line with a smilie, its only right :lol:

[Larrissa]

silly silly

so silly sometimes i cant decide if its good silly or bad silly

but going by feeling, its good

[Larrissa]

its both wonderful and annoying to come back to a few new pages of facts

almost 4pm already

im making a useless website out of boredom

[Skilyne]

I have begun feeling a bit better...hopefully that feeling continues.

My friend called me crying and upset...and I feel so badly! I talked to her for about an hour before she had to go, but if I had the money, I'd fly up to NYC to visit her, because given recent events, she could really use someone right about now. :(

I always feel so badly when I am "powerless" to make everything better for others.

[Skilyne]

Things around me have become a disaster, because I haven't felt like cleaning or picking up after myself these last few days.

I also can't seem to find the motivation to do anything about it.

The rest of the house is clean and picked up...then you open my door and it looks like a natural disaster has hit...which annoys me.

[Skilyne]

Given Lilac's cleaning frenzy last night, I wish she would come over here to help me!!! :P

The Steel City Motocross event is this weekend...and several of the guys I work with are going to that.

One of them is riding.

[Curlita]

I'm working at home today and find that I am more focused and have gotten more done.

My butt hurts from this chair, though.

My dog is barking at people outside.

[Cuilanië]

I caught and put three moths out the window tonight.

I live in a permanent disaster area I call my room. It never stays clean more than 10 days.

I tried to get fancy with the headband I'm knitting, and I'm sort of regretting it now. I'd probably be done already if not for that.

[zanna]

we've had 3 fire/emergency alarms so far today, including the one that woke me up at noon.

it's fucking crazy.

dave is here and we leave tomorrow morning for tennesse.

[bluecrayon]

at first I read Eve's sentence as I caught and put 3 months out the window...

wow, I thought -- how does one do that????

I have at least 10 years I'd like to toss away... :lol:

[Skilyne]

I also read her post that way..and I was wondering the same thing...how one just tosses away several months.

My keyboard is being bad, and not registering some of the letters as I type them...making me go back and fix it.

I'm annoyed by that...it slows down my typing time...

[sparks of grace]

1. I once cut my tongue in an escalator when I was little

2. I hate rollercoasters.

3. I swore in my sleep when I was a teenager and got grounded for it.

[Larrissa]

Originally posted by Skilyne+Sep 3 2004, 04:20 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Skilyne @ Sep 3 2004, 04:20 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>I always feel so badly when I am "powerless" to make everything better for others.
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same here.

Originally posted by Cuilanië@Sep 3 2004, 05:59 PM
I live in a permanent disaster area I call my room. It never stays clean more than 10 days.294622

youve got me so beat, ten days would be an extreme case of cleanliness for me. my record may be three days ...

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at first I read Eve's sentence as I caught and put 3 months out the window...

wow, I thought -- how does one do that????

I have at least 10 years I'd like to toss away... :lol:
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[Cuilanië]

Originally posted by bluecrayon+Sep 4 2004, 02:11 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bluecrayon @ Sep 4 2004, 02:11 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>at first I read Eve's sentence as I caught and put 3 months out the window...

wow, I thought -- how does one do that????

I have at least 10 years I'd like to toss away... :lol:
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Maybe everyone's reading it that way because I'd like to toss out several years as well... ;)

Originally posted by zanna@Sep 4 2004, 02:10 AM
we've had 3 fire/emergency alarms so far today, including the one that woke me up at noon.
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Funny, it reminds me of dorms... ;) There was a glitch in the fire alarm software, and the darn thing would go off for nothing, at random hours, and never a serious fire exercise the whole time I was there...

Originally posted by Larrissa@Sep 4 2004, 02:33 AM
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10 days is pretty much the limit. I must have serious incentive to achieve it. Like a visitor or something. Right now, it's bad, and about to get worse before it gets better.

[kamoke]

Originally posted by sparks of grace@Sep 3 2004, 07:32 PM
1. I once cut my tongue in an escalator when I was little

3. I swore in my sleep when I was a teenager and got grounded for it.
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:lol:

I've decided against katimavik, and I'm going with the original plan

i can't talk to strangers, only listen

The speed limit in NYC was 8 mph in 1895

[Larrissa]

do you have any idea how much it hurts sometimes to love people i dont know?

"sacrelicious!"

my dinner was doen about ten minutes ago and i just remembered i have to go aquire it because IM HUNGRY

[Larrissa]

mmmm foood

darkpunk

blue address

[bluecrayon]

heading into the phone dance now...

it is hot here and I am restless down to my bones.

I will be back tomorrow sometime... everyone be goofy and happy and write a bunch of crazy facts for me to read! :)

[Larrissa]

note to self: dont forget to go to work

soon

about 30 minutes, okay?

[Larrissa]

so my dumb ass just realized theres a script prompt thingie that you can choose which page to go to ...

awesomeness

though just noticing it now isnt so awesome ..:huh:

[Skilyne]

I am such a dork.

I am ok with that.

Actually, I am proud of that...

[velma]

I've become obsessed with forensic television: HELP!

I want another pet rat. I miss George.

My grandfather had a pet crow named Pete.

[Skilyne]

I miss my guinea pig Percy.

I've never had a pet rat.

I'm SO THIRSTY, but it seems no matter how much I drink it doesn't matter...

[velma]

Blue jays have two main vocalizations: one is noisy, loud and rusty; the other is musical and flute-like.

Swans are agressive and ill-tempered.

I found two complete bird wings in the parking lot of a store. I think they belonged to a small seagull or a large pigeon.

[Skilyne]

In NYC, oral sex with anyone other than your spouse is a misdemeanor.

This is something I have learned as a result of studying for the NYPD exam.

Although unless outright deviant, most people are never arrested or charged with it.

[oreogrl1]

Originally posted by Skilyne@Sep 3 2004, 10:35 PM
In NYC, oral sex with anyone other than your spouse is a misdemeanor.

This is something I have learned as a result of studying for the NYPD exam.

Although unless outright deviant, most people are never arrested or charged with it.
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eh...
I'm supposed to be watching a movie...
I got a cut on my hand, that probably needs stiches, but I fixed it up real good with super glue ;) :blink:

[kamoke]

I'm pretty sure that can't be too good

I want to go for a run, but I fear I threw out my purple joggers! ;)

it's late, and I'm tired from the last two nights

[oreogrl1]

I'd run with kamoke if I were there!
surprisingly enough the superglue has numbed the pain...
I'm not sure this is a good thing.

[oreogrl1]

"where ya goin'?"
"Crazy... Wanna come?"
I'm driving myself nutz I need someone to banter with!

[kamoke]

Running until your throat gets raw is... well, it's something ;)

I can't wait 'til I'm clinically crazy

jeez! talk about wanting to eat your words

[oreogrl1]

all it takes to make my throat raw is 2 miles...
That's all that's required...
thank God

[siafu]

hmm

i wonder what my equivalent is

yoga til i reach nirvana?

[kamoke]

i've always wanted to try yoga.. mom does it

i really have an urge to talk to someone, but the people i talk to aren't available

blech, I should write! it's been so long

[kamoke]

well, 4am has come.. I have to work from 1 to 9:30 tomorrow, so I guess I should sleep

Time owns our souls

The sky is clear and the moon shines bright. THe stones were cold at first but the cool, fresh air that filled my lungs also filled my mind with a warmth like no other. Outside, at night, has this thing about it.. It's just so free, and quiet..

[frizball]

I haven't played in too long.

I am loving my school and all my newfound friends. two of my favorite people i happen to live with. My suite is pretty awesome Just a little messy.

Life passes by so damn fast. I feel like I live in fastforward- actually, i know i do.

[Skilyne]

I'm now officially beginning my 3-day weekend!!! I'm not sure yet how I am feeling, because I have just woken up, but I don't care if I am sick the whole time...it's vacation!

It doesn't take much to make me happy.

I need to go get some tea...

[Larrissa]

hmm

CRAMPS

day off

[Larrissa]

someone is too sarcastic for their own good

i may need to make something clear

and i hope it goes well for all of you

[beja]

having too much free time just makes me less productive..i need a freakin job. hopefully the bookstore will work out.

i'm listening to the amelie soundtrack. its beautiful.

there is some new graffiti down the street that i am going to check out later today. it's HUGEEEEEEEE.

[oreogrl1]

I was reading news on the computer...
I found an article on some new strain of head lice...
Now my head is itchy...I'm so paranoid!

[thunderstorm_19]

1 i got a box of buttons for $3 at a garage sale this morning :)

2 my neighbour's full grown cat mews like a little kitten

3 i'm off to eat lunch early now

[Larrissa]

buttons!

watermelon.

the best laid plans changed to a nap because of some damn cycle

[Skilyne]

I was in the middle of a nap when the phone rang.

There was nobody there.

Now I can't fall back asleep.

[Skilyne]

I paid 3 bills this morning, went to the bank and post office, and then took a partial nap...thus far my day is both productive and lazy.

I'm in the lazy part right now.

Later, I am going to do some art...

[indigo]

I am at work today and have to work tomorrow as well.

I was hoping to get lots of n'ness work done today but then my supervisor decided I should data enter some stupid stats. But now that is all done and I am on my lunch break I guess so maybe instead of sitting here on the 'puter I should pull out my stuff and get to work.

Or maybe not.

[kittymao]

um. I should be doing arty stuff.

indian larry's dead. Do you know how much that sucks?!

i hate that I have to work tonight. A day hasn't passed where I didn't have to work. All I want is ONE FULL DAY where I don't have to do ANYTHING.

[siafu]

i don't know who indian larry is. who is it?

i got up at the buttcrack of dawn to go to a volunteer orientation.

zzzzzzzzzzz

[Death_Or_Aldona]

popping in to say alloooo

we found an apartment, we found an apartment!

we're moving in on the 17th! yippie!!!! oooo....internet at home...then i can chain game all the time...

[bluecrayon]

postcard happiness from cryptaesia smiling me across the floor!

I also don't know who Indian Larry is, but I am sending a hug to kittymao and hoping it helps...

I drank whiskey last night and have decided I am definitely not a whiskey drinker! :blink:

[Skilyne]

Indian Larry was a master motorcycle mechanic and stunt rider...and he died while performing a stunt...but he was not wearing a helmet.

We were talking about it at work the other day, because "my boys" are all motorcycle freaks.

My boss owns 3 Harleys and 7 motocross bikes...

[Skilyne]

I haven't ever ridden the Harleys, but I like listening to them discuss the bikes...

And my boss's one Harley is ENORMOUS! I LOVE IT!

I rode motocross once...

[kittymao]

yesyeysh. I guess he went the way he wanted to. Sigh.

I have made four decos since I last posted. I need to do or work in more- I don't know what I was thinking doing a 10 deco exchange. And now I'm paying for it.

I have some things to mail too. Crapholio.

[kittymao]

I just spent nearly $100 on clothes online. I feel quite guilty, but I hope it passes. The stuff is COOL. so... maybe I'll feel better when it gets here.

Oo... I need to go bake that leaf. I want to bake more but I don't have the supplies to continue. bwah!

rudy better get home soon, I need to go to michaels. There goes another $20.

[Larrissa]

i was asked to cover some chicks shift at another subway. shes "feeling really sick" i said i had plans, so no

feels a little bad but its my second day off that i would have to work and that wouldnt be right and i would cry

not really

[siafu]

my beloved friend sent me a box

in it was a beaver, a poem, a walletpursie, an angel, a star, a heart

and muchmuch more

and marbles. now, no matter what the results on tuesday, there will be no losing of marbles.

thank you, my beloved friend :wub:

[Skilyne]

President Bush :evil: is coming to Erie today.

I live RIGHT NEXT TO the airport, and the airport field is to the right of my house...so I saw Air Force One fly in.

All day, AirForce bombers have been flying in and out...securing the area. And they have major patrols all around here.

[Skilyne]

There are supposed to be 15,000 people going to hear him speak this evening. I am not one of them.

I am much more interested in the bomber planes.

I'm going to go take a walk out in the field and along the fence and look at them.

[Skilyne]

Because I am a proud aunt, I have yet another picture of my nephew!!! I took this the other day while he was sitting on my bed, and LOVE the lighting!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v341/Skilyne/34503753.jpg

I am going to go look at the planes now.

I hope this doesn't cause a problem.

[bluecrayon]

That is one cute nephew and some very nice light... ;)

I can't even begin to understand the disconnect that causes working people who are struggling to maintain pensions and health care and viable schools for their kids and a decent standard of living to vote for a candidate like George Bush... it is akin to suicide almost.

Does everyone secretly believe they are going to be rich one day and want those massive billionaire tax cuts?

[Helquin]

Yikes -- a lot of posting today!

Kamoke: Yoga's cool. You'd be surprised at the workout it provides. I should get back into it... or at least take a look at that damned Pilates CD set I got for myself last Christmas. :rolleyes:

Confidential to Blue: whiskey's not just whiskey. Ya gotta go for the Jack Daniels (black label, of course)! ;)

Skilyne: is your boss in Chillicothe for the Easyriders Rodeo National Finals this weekend? :lol:

Oh, that's not a fact, is it? :huh:

[Helquin]

I have discovered Air America Radio (http://209.208.176.243/pub/globalDefault.htm) on the internet.

After living with ClearChannel's shrill wingnuts for the last 3 years, it's like finding "home" again... or at least sane, rational & intelligent people. :lol:

The bad news is that I have a much harder time chaining while I'm listening to discussion (vs. music).

Great for painting, though! :lol:

[Skilyne]

No, my boss isn't at the Easyriders Rodeo National Finals. Actually, he is down at the Steel Ciy Motocross Nationals in Pittsburgh, PA.

I am still having trouble with my keyboard not registering certain letters...or spaces. It is taking me twice as long to type anything.

But it is only happening on this site...

[Helquin]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Sep 4 2004, 07:40 PM
I can't even begin to understand the disconnect that causes working people who are struggling to maintain pensions and health care and viable schools for their kids and a decent standard of living to vote for a candidate like George Bush...  it is akin to suicide almost.

Does everyone secretly believe they are going to be rich one day and want those massive billionaire tax cuts?294975

After 48 hours of listening to liberal talk radio (at last -- the anti-ClearChannel available in the heartland!), I can't resist jumping on this one.

I have heard interesting discussion today (on the Laura Flanders Show) about how the dramaturgically canny GOP is playing almost subliminally on cultural attitudes about archetypal masculinity, appealing to a very primitive (or infantile, depending on your p.o.v.) desire for paternalistic protection.

The Bush campaign also stands accused of "wuss-baiting" Kerry: a (teen) male social rite I must have missed as a disinterested queer boy.... Apparently the idea is to provoke an unflattering "crazy" reaction or to shame him as a "girly man" -- in either case, on a gut-feeling level of popular consciousness, unfit to be the Alpha Male. :huh:

What do I know about simian social behavior. :lol:

[Larrissa]

no disrespect meant helquin, but i have completely ignored your previous post

i went to boulder and chilled in the creek

came back with a great calm and lots of inscence

the world is beautiful

[Larrissa]

i have used the word "enamored"

had sundried tomato white sauce pizza for dinner. and a smoothie.

sweet sweet existence, i love you even when we arent getting along

[Skilyne]

Originally posted by Larrissa@Sep 4 2004, 10:19 PM

i went to boulder and chilled in the creek

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I LOVE BOULDER!

I'm in a GOOD MOOD!

But it has nothing to do with him...

[Larrissa]

my thoughts lately make me grin big and stupid

i was so distracted earlier i forgot my change at the pizza place

wish i had more basis for such feelings

[gwensmom]

I went to a wedding today and cried as usual.

I made a delicious spinach and green bean casserole from a recipe in the red and white checked Betty Crocker cookbook. It needed a few "adjustments".

We were going to see Garden State tonight but the babysitter was late and we couldn't get to the theater in time.

I need to figure out a way to make more money.

I wonder how Lilac's vacation is going :unsure:

[kamoke]

Maybe I'll give it a shot

wow, drunks on the other end..

I said bye tonight, but I guess it hasn't registered yet

[Helquin]

Originally posted by Larrissa@Sep 4 2004, 10:19 PM
no disrespect meant helquin, but i have completely ignored your previous post
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s'OK... I ignore a lot of yours too :lol:

:o

Free HBO this weekend, and I just saw 6 Feet Under for the first time since its first season. That show still rocks!

They may have lured me in with their evil marketing plan... :evil:

:lol:

[kamoke]

again, it's late and I have to work in the morning

Tuesday I [hopefully!] register for school ;)

12 months ;)

[Helquin]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Sep 4 2004, 10:42 PM
...the red and white checked Betty Crocker cookbook...295018


My mom had one of those when I was a kid! :lol:

It was burnt up in a... situation. :huh:

We were quite an explosive bunch back then... :rolleyes:

[indigo]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Sep 4 2004, 08:42 PM
I made a delicious spinach and green bean casserole from a recipe in the red and white checked Betty Crocker cookbook. It needed a few "adjustments".


Hey my mom had one of those too!!! :D I used to love looking at the pictures in it. The first time I can remember baking cookies it was from a recipe in that book. Good times... LOL

Harrison might like your green bean casserole!

I have been going crazy doing the Gel Pen ATC's. I love it love it love it! I think it is a favorite now.

[Skilyne]

My Mom had/has one of those cookbooks also! I suspect maybe everyone does at some point...:P

Another beautiful day outside!

But here I am sitting in bed...

[Larrissa]

Originally posted by Helquin+Sep 4 2004, 10:16 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Helquin @ Sep 4 2004, 10:16 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Larrissa@Sep 4 2004, 10:19 PM
no disrespect meant helquin, but i have completely ignored your previous post
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s'OK... I ignore a lot of yours too :lol:

:o
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all i have this morning for you this morning?

phht <_<

actually i work in less than an hour and haveta go already ^_^

[Cuilanië]

10.

I cleaned the kitchen rather thoroughly today.

I also knitted a simple knotwork stitch pattern to test it. It needs adjusting.

[Cuilanië]

Sometimes I use pins as toothpicks, which is, admittedly, a Bad Idea...

I can't believe tomorrow's Monday already. Where'd the weekend go??? :blink:

Mustn't scratch scab. Bad Eve.


*bad typo

[Cuilanië]

I have more wine here than I can drink before I leave.

I'm tired.

And ambitious: I want to make lime bars and ginger lemonade tonight.

[siafu]

i am about to take on the kitchen

it won't know what hit it

i need my sarong

[Cuilanië]

Looking forward to being able to braid my hair... Haven't been able to do that in over 10 years.

I have lots of little glass pots all over the place... they're useful, but I think I have way too many.

I've got Kylie Minogue stuck in my head. This is almost reason enough to chuck said head out the window. <_<

[gwensmom]

I made a tex-mex chicken casserole this morning.

Right now I have a lemon-rosemary pound cake (http://www.mccormick.com/recipedetail.cfm?id=872) in the oven.

Outside my window I can see a spider eating a ladybug that got caught in the web.

[Skilyne]

I am still having trouble on this site with my keyboard. This is getting ridiculous.

My infection is now GONE!!! I celebrated by taking myself out to eat at a cafe and buying myself some paper.

I like to celebrate small things in small ways...

[Larrissa]

work

home

espo

[Gingersmack]

- hopped the ferry over to the island
- dropped my eldest at her friend's for the night
- window shopped, went down to the water, and had lunch with my two youngest girls.

[Skilyne]

One month and 2 weeks until the NYPD exam.

Oddly enough, not nervous.

Nervous about other things.

[oreogrl1]

My mom made a freakin' shrine to me above the computer...
It features medals I've won... military ball pics... Certificates...
:::Cringes::: "Creepy" I say

[Helquin]

I am so hooked on Air America Radio! :lol:

I think the time is ripe for a Hair remake -- but with a completely different story arc than Forman used in his film version. More '68 Democratic National Convention, less Vietnam War, and focusing on how the seeds of the present cultural divide were sown then.

I got goosebumps hearing "Let the Sunshine In" on the radio yesterday. That song has a bitchin' bass line!

:rock: You got to fee-ee-eel it!

[Curlita]

Insomnia strikes again, but it's early, so maybe I can just chalk it up to trying to go to bed too early.

Am reading Margaret Atwoods latest and loving it.

Went to the pool today in an effort to make feet smaller. It worked!

[Curlita]

To satisfy the curious about the nature of Hubbell House Tamarisk (the paint color), here are pics of the nuserery at this stage of its development:

http://rapunzal3.walagata.com/nursery1SM.JPG

http://rapunzal3.walagata.com/nursery2SM.JPG

http://rapunzal3.walagata.com/nursery3SM.JPG

[Helquin]

OK -- I goofed off all night while listening to Air America, bumping up Blue's favorite threads ;)

I'm loving that Hubbell House Tamarisk, Curlita. I need to paint my bathroom this Fall, and I'm looking at some greens like that...

Doh! -- it is Fall, huh? :huh:

[Gingersmack]

- A boppy pillow!
- baby room, too cool
- it's late

[Cuilanië]

It's *not quite* fall yet. Technically.

I made lime bars yesterday, but no ginger lemonade. Must do that today.

9.

[siafu]

i thought i would get my results tuesday

it's not til thursday

damn.

[Cuilanië]

Aww, Theresa, that sucks. Two extra days of waiting is just plain cruel.

Coffee... must have coffee.

Must...also...clean...room.....

[oreogrl1]

Cookout today!
Everyone's invited...
except co-workers.

[Curlita]

Originally posted by Helquin@Sep 5 2004, 11:29 PM
I'm loving that Hubbell House Tamarisk, Curlita. I need to paint my bathroom this Fall, and I'm looking at some greens like that...
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It's a Lowe's American Tradition color. I love just sitting in the room - it's the perfect green.

ALthough part of my affection might be that it's the first room I've painted in 15 years where I got to pick the color, and then got to live in the same house for a while afterwards!

Don't kill me Theresa, but for me the time has flown since you took that test. Hang in there until Thursday!

[tanagee]

I am jealous that Erica has a nursery to decorate.

I had all these 'plans' before Megan was born and no $ after she was born to do it.

I still am trying to think of a way to get on Extreme Makeover- Home Edition, as my house needs to be completely gutted and started over.

[tanagee]

Indiana was hot and grosseningly humid!

I made the mistake of putting the 2 loaves of Banana Bread I made for my hubby's trip in a compartment under the fold down seat in the truck and it was forgotten...

I found it yesterday...very moldy!! BLEAH!!

[Helquin]

Originally posted by Curlita+Sep 6 2004, 11:38 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Curlita @ Sep 6 2004, 11:38 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>It's a Lowe's American Tradition color. I love just sitting in the room - it's the perfect green.295371[/b]
I love those American Tradition colors! I used several when I painted the studio, hallway & living room, but I don't remember if the green I used in the bedroom ("Moss Point Green") was from that collection or not...

<!--QuoteBegin-tanagee@Sep 6 2004, 12:20 PM
Indiana was hot and grosseningly humid!295389[/quote]
Ugh -- unbearably humid here in southern Ohio for the past week, too. I can't even imagine what that does to banana bread! :lol: Sounds nasty!

On impulse, I bought a video of Lost in Translation last night... Gee, I hope it's a good movie! :lol:

[Curlita]

Helquin, I thought Lost in Translation was great. I don't think you'll regret your investment.

Tana, we got REALLY lucky. My mother's enthusiasm over becoming a grandma coupled with her employee discount at JC Penney furnished most of the nursery, not to mention all the bedding. And family friends were amazingly generous at the shower. All I had to do as unpack everything and paint!

I've been laying in bed reading and now I'm trying to motivate to leave the pod.

[gwensmom]

Lost in Translation is a good movie.

I should have gone with Gwensdad to his parents' house in the boondocks today. But the MIL never lets us know what is going on until the last minute and I had already booked a babysitter. No way I am going to spend my free time sitting around out in the country!

Instead I am going to help my mother clean out my aunt's house so they can put it on the market. My aunt needs help because my uncle who has dementia is in the hospital after cancer treatment kicked his butt. :(

[siafu]

yeah. i'll be all right for two more days. but my brain clock...*sigh*

gwensmom, you just plain rock.

curlita, the nursery is awesome. all classic and lovely and non-disney

[Larrissa]

seefee, you know i love you too right?

i have the privledge of working at the other town subway later today

cute boys rock

[Larrissa]

i had a dream he came in here and read alot and i was greatly embarrassed, but it was also quite amusing for all involved parties

sara left me a message

my socks dont match, i like it that way

[Cuilanië]

I have to get up early tomorrow.

My left leg had fallen asleep from having the other crossed over it.

9. (!!!)

[Helquin]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Sep 6 2004, 01:50 PM
But the MIL never lets us know what is going on until the last minute...295411

Boy, can I relate! This sounds like my whole family! :lol:

(-- and you do rock, Sarah!) :rock:

I'm getting cranky waiting for BlueCrayon to show up around here! :angry:

:lol: Psych!

[gwensmom]

I was cleaning out a closet at my aunt's and found Barbie clothes that used be be mine. And before that they belonged to an older cousin on the other side of my family. I also found various random Barbie heads, torsos, arms and legs that do not go together.

Pantiesontherod has not been around lately. Anyone hear from her?

I saw a story on Yahoo about the FL hurricane and it showed some people with a flooded car in a town called Yeehaw Junction. Really, I swear!

[Cuilanië]

I just learned that Smart - maker of that funny little 2-seat car (http://www.smart.com/-snm-0135137740-1092819351-0000009166-0000000021-1094503080-enm-is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/mpc-fr-content-Site/fr_FR/-/EUR/SVCPresentationPipeline-Start?Page=issite%3a%2f%2fsmart-Site%2fsmart%2ecom%2fRootFolder%2fsmart%2fmodelle%2fsmartcitycoupe%2fshowroom%2epage) - are now making a four-seat version. That sort of defeats the purpose of the Smart, but anyway...

I'm wearing striped socks and plaid pants. It's fun. ;)

I'm feeling sort of sleepy...

[Skilyne]

I have had a fairly uneventful day today...but that's not a bad thing.

I am not looking forward to going to work tommorow, but I'm working on remaining positive about the whole thing.

Besides, I am going to see him tommorow...and that might be a good thing. Then again, in a way, it may not be...

[gwensmom]

Gwensdad said it's a good thing I didn't go with him to the boondocks because all they did was argue about politics. Gwensdad and I are the only liberal people in either of our families.

He brought home some cake and some home grown tomatoes.

Memphis's new $26 million sports arena opened today. (We already had one but apparently we needed another one.) In other news, both the city and county schools are experiencing steep budget cuts. <_< :angry: :yell: Can you say "misplaced priorities"?

[kittymao]

uhm... meee-s plazzzzzzzzd pry-ore-it-ease.

I took a nap and bought a cilantro plant. both nice for me.

my nails are red. Rudy told me to say that. yaaay!

[Helquin]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Sep 6 2004, 07:49 PM
Gwensdad and I are the only liberal people in either of our families.295519

argh: I can relate. I'm not the only liberal in my family, but as the conservatives are co-opting mainstream religion (shifting the perspective from social justice & personal piety to legislative mean-spiritedness & enforced moralism) I hear increasingly distressing nonsense from otherwise good, decent people.

I'm getting a much clearer understanding of the perspective that fuels this, but any effective response has been elusive.

Uh-oh, this will be another post that Larrissa ignores. :lol:

[kamoke]

we hiked at least an hour through the forest late yesterday afternoon to get to a shack from '79

putting three birch chunks in the woodstove(barrel) is not good for those on the top bunk... ;)

Lets just say I had a good shower and a good nap today

[rockermom]

my socks are the same pattern, but from different sets and a different color.

my neighborhood has been suddenly beset by target stores.

and i don't think i have cooked a meal since thursday since the holiday weekend
has gotten underway. that's how many bbq's i have attended these past few days.

[kamoke]

it's 2 am and I have to get up for school tomorrow

I also have to find my way to work by 11 ;)

I haven't done one thing whatsoever to prepare for school..
but maybe, just maybe, I'll go to sleep..

[velma]

I was cleaning out a closet at my aunt's and found Barbie clothes that used be be mine.

gwensmom can wear Barbie clothes?? B)

For the last two nights I dreamed I was on Mars & it was kind of similar to Earth (which had been destroyed, I think.)

I'm wondering what this means.

I'm a thrift-store & flea-market junkie.

[kamoke]

I'm registered for school now.. I have to go back on monday

a new principal and a load of new teachers and students.. wowzers

I thought I'd get off with work, but I have to go from 5:30 - 9:30 now..

[beja]

im wearing an aquamarine towel..

i'm about to make chocolate chip banana pancakes for my boyfriend and i..

i have off of school today because of the "hurricane"...but i don't see anything outside? where'd it go?!

[kamoke]

I had to post this picture.. it's not mine, it's Tamara Loncar-Agoli (http://www.photo.net/photodb/member-photos?include=all&user_id=640663)
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/2317416-md.jpg


and, uh, velma, I enjoyed the photos on your site!

I'm going to make some food

and i think every day should be a jeans day at work! ;)

[Larrissa]

i worked three subway shifts yesterday

my own

another stores managers

and then i close for shawn too

too much work

i only have one day off this next week

[bluecrayon]

I see wonky here...

maybe she can pm me her zip code!

I think I should go home and make that chocolate cake! :D

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Originally posted by Larrissa+Aug 18 2004, 02:11 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Larrissa @ Aug 18 2004, 02:11 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>"i got a right ta feel high" --common

that may be true but ive stopped the pot for awhile

wonky called me a quitter
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[/b]

Anyone who quits is a quitter.
quit, quitting, quitter.
This is how the english language works.

Originally posted by Death_Or_Aldona@Aug 18 2004, 04:36 PM
Me and my boy are gonna make a comic. A really good comic. Seriously...we have such a great idea, we're gonna start on it tonight.

I have to go buy a nice sketch book now....
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That is awesome because I love comics.

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Aug 18 2004, 10:47 PM
Yikes. He broke it off with the other part of the triangle.

that means we are not a triangle anymore.

and now I'm scared...
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I guess then it's now a line straight between the two of you.


<!--QuoteBegin-siafu@Aug 19 2004, 02:57 AM
for aol, you may hate rupert murdoch. he is imminently hateable because of his other dastardly exploits as well.
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Hehehe

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Sep 7 2004, 12:39 PM
I see wonky here...

maybe she can pm me her zip code!

I think I should go home and make that chocolate cake! :D
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I'm lazy.
I won't pm you.

n6a 3c7

[gwensmom]

I went to the dentist this morning and am thoroughly traumatized. :o

I thought they would never quit drilling.

I need a week off to get over it.

[bluecrayon]

heh heh, wonky -- I was too lazy to pm you and harrass you about that postal code!!!

gwensmom, hello, you! I have missed you of late...

I am spinning through my sabbatical waiting for my black eye to heal up so i can go back into the world...

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Originally posted by Larrissa@Aug 31 2004, 04:44 PM
why do people tell me to not have too much fun? are they serious? i cant help it.

wonky sent me a threatening postcard

im not scared of those ugly butt monkeys
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Threatening?
really?

Well, I never.
Honestly.
And they are not butt-monkeys, they are elite monkeys of the space monkey special forces.... and they have powers, spooky oogy powers...

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Originally posted by Death_Or_Aldona@Sep 4 2004, 02:51 PM
popping in to say alloooo

we found an apartment, we found an apartment!

we're moving in on the 17th! yippie!!!! oooo....internet at home...then i can chain game all the time...
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I am sooooper excited for you.
A real apartment!!
Wow.

We shall send you gifts and mail.

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

That is it for me today.

I have nothing left inside me, just some dustbunnies and cobwebs.

[Skilyne]

Today, work went by nice and fast...and now I'm here at home once more! No complaining about that!

BUT...I do wish that certain "things" I've been thinking about too much lately will quiet themselves. My mind is constantly running with thoughts, and some of them end up making me upset...or at the very least...confused.

All day long, it has acted as though it might rain, but it hasn't.

[sarahkate]

~ Yesterday there were two Boxers licking my face.

~ It was funny, yet disgusting.

~ No, not the human sporting kind of boxers you goofballs! :P

[Skilyne]

I recieve Time Magazine, and the subscription was supposed to run out 2 months ago. I can't afford to renew it right now, and so when they called to ask, I had to decline to keep it going. However, I am still recieving it...maybe through some strange glitch in the system. I'm not complaining.

I like to read it, and then argue points...either with myself or my friends.

I try to keep politics, morality, and social issues out of my posts here...but I have plenty to say!!!

[Skilyne]

Originally posted by sarahkate@Sep 7 2004, 03:36 PM
~ Yesterday there were two Boxers licking my face.

~ It was funny, yet disgusting.

~ No, not the human sporting kind of boxers you goofballs! :P
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That is exactly what I pictured...although I knew what you meant... :P

Gave me a good and much needed laugh.

I wonder how Lilac's vacation is going...

[siafu]

ok, so because of clear channel, normal art groups don't have the freedom to have murals (http://www.portlandmercury.com/2003-12-24/city2.html)

i am going to a meeting about this in a minute

taking a bath and getting dressed made me tired. i feel lame.

[Cuilanië]

As of this morning, I am divorced.

I spent the afternoon enjoying simple things.

I treated myself to a dinner out. I didn't feel like dishes.

[Cuilanië]

Warm sun.

Good breeze.

Lying in the grass.

[Skilyne]

Congrats on the finalization Eve.

I need to do some laundry...but I have no motivation to. Although, since my Mom LOVES to do laundry, I suspect if I tempt her with my clothes hamper, I'll get it done.

I'll wave it in front of her in a tempting and appealing way...

[siafu]

hey, congratulations!

i probably have to cook tonight. not a big deal. H grilled for me last night.

i love grilled food!

[Cuilanië]

Walking barefoot.

Thin, wispy stratospheric clouds.

Swallows and sparrows, pigeons and crows. And a few gulls, for good measure.

[siafu]

i didn't know crows would deign to hang out with pigeons

this shirt has quite the v.

my face smells like fruit scrub

[Helquin]

John Edwards is in Chillicothe this evening. Woohoo.

I want to show support, but I don't like crowds of people and I don't really want to hear yet another speech. <_<

Bush himself is due to hit town within the next week.

It's been interesting to compare the venues & procedures related to both of these campaign visits. :D

[Cuilanië]

A little kid tumbling about.

No hurrying.

Trees with the wind whispering in their leaves.

[Cuilanië]

Thanks for the good thoughts... :)

I've seen crows intimidating pigeons over food before, but these were flying.

I walked barefoot on grass, concrete and stone.

[sarahkate]

~ Congrats to Eve! Yipeeeee! :D

~ Speaking of pigeons... when I went home on my lunch break today there was a pigeon on the back porch, right outside my kitchen door.

~ I think the pigeon was hurt since it didn't fly away when I went in the door or when I left to go back to work. I hope it isn't there when I get home because dealing with hurt creatures makes my heart ache. :'(

[Cuilanië]

I'm all out of face scrub, and I can't find the one I like anywhere anymore. But it's made in Canada; I guess I'll find it when I go back... ;)

I caught myself about to scratch my scab several times today. Bad Eve.

I'm wearing a tan tank top with my black velvet pyjama bottoms. :)

[Cuilanië]

Pigeons make me laugh.

I don't really feel like celebrating my divorce... It's just done. An ending.

8.

[siafu]

i am wearing a blazer and a scarf

i look all standard issue

i have more to do: socks, shoes, makeup, food, phone call.

[gwensmom]

I got a phishy e-mail today. It was someone posing as eBay wanting personal information. All they had to do to get it is read 3RF.

I have no fall clothes. Now I have to go shopping and I do not like shopping unless I am buying yarn or fabric.

The back of my tongue hurts where they gave me a shot.

:wave: Hi bluecrayon

[siafu]

hey sarahkate :wave:

hugs to gwensmom

i need a veggieburger

[Cuilanië]

Aw Sarah! :hug:

I need a second pair of jeans. Really. But I'm trying to hold out until I get to Montréal.

I just extolled the virtues of Netscape for my roommate. I think I may have convinced him to switch.

[gwensmom]

Gwensdad's poor dog is sick! Last time he was like this they had to keep him overnight :( . Maybe this had something to do with Gwensdad's letting his mother feed the dog steak yesterday <_<

I hate it when the phone rings and I can't find the handset.

I want to make an international phone call but the budget it tight.

Edited to add: Is anyone else experiencing Lilac withdrawal?

[tanagee]

I had a dream the other night that included Theresa and Lilac, we were having a 'ness convention on Catalina Island.

My hubby was there too, and someone asked me how old he was and I said 36, and when I got in to the shower in the morning I was talking to myself thinking "DUH, he's gonna be 38 this year."

I told him about the dream, he said when he was filling out his entry card for his race he was in a hurry and wrote that he was 39, he forgets too :).

[Skilyne]

Sarah, I am also experiencing Lilac withdrawl. And by the way, I hope that your mouth feels better!!! :)

My Mom is doing my laundry...the lure of the fabric was too great for her to resist.

I'm much more tired that I feel I ought to be.

[Cuilanië]

I just watched The Hours with the guys. Second time for me, fourth for my roommate.

Now I have to read Mrs. Dalloway, and perhaps The Hours, too. Then see the movie again.

Now I should go to bed, but I really don't want to...

[Cuilanië]

Now that beautiful, haunting piano music is haunting me.

I feel sort of timeless...

Hovering here between what was and what will be.

[Skilyne]

I love Eve's quote from "The Hours."

It's true, but sometimes hard to convince myself of or to act on.

Maybe I'm more chicken that I like to believe I am...staying where I shouldn't stay and doing what I shouldn't do just to avoid life.

[kittymao]

I think I'm getting depressed- and not the flurry of artistic torture come to realization kind of depressed. The worn-out, mopey miserable kind of depressed that makes you want to eat ice cream and watch tv for three straight days and not shower.

I think it's stemming from missing the City and my friends- the cool foggy mornings that required a sweater and a determined step all while conversing about art and films and books and animation with Jason and Julian and Alisa and MeiMei and Misha...

I don't mind the heat here but it's painfully dry- it's causing my nose to dry out and now I have dried bloody snot that has me rubbing my nose like a coke fiend. I need some moist ocean air ASAP.

[Skilyne]

Feel better Kittymao!!! I get depressed too...it's no fun!

He said something today that I didn't understand. I've got no idea what he meant or what he is thinking...even after I asked him about it.

I hate when he does that.

[kittymao]

they do that, don't they?

Boys make sense, just not to us girls.

If I am myself and gain no friends, should I change to be less lonely or just wallow in my pity?

[Skilyne]

I am myself and gain no friends, but if I were to change and get friends...then I wouldn't be myself anymore. So, I suppose that is the best answer I can give you.

My brother comes home in a month!!!! A month!!! A month!!! We are all too excited to see him, and I think he is going to ask his girlfriend to marry him. :wub:

He called me and asked me to find out what sort of ring she might like without letting her know why I'm asking. I think I know EXACTLY how to pull that off!!!

[kittymao]

Yea- as One so well put it... "better to live as king of beasts, then live as a lamb, scared and weak."

I told you I was a dork.

anyway, I gotta scat for my second job. Have fun.Maybe I'll be back tonight, but I'm highly doubting it.

[Skilyne]

I'm a dork too. :P No worries there!!!

I'm kicking butt on Jeopardy tonight...I ought to try out for that someday.

I've been watching it since I was 6 or 7.

[Obsidian_Cat]

Labor Day holiday is the busiest pet sitting weekend of the year - next to Christmas...

I'm exhausted.

Phoebe keeps eating styrofoam, but she refused cheesecake tonite - something's weird with that cat.

[Skilyne]

My friend's cat refuses to eat meat or seafood, but if you lay an eggroll or some lettuce in front of her, she is ALL OVER it!

My one cat enjoys eating ice.

Strange...

[velma]

I had to post this picture.. it's not mine, it's Tamara Loncar-Agoli
user posted image


and, uh, velma, I enjoyed the photos on your site!

Thanks! It's so nice to have one's efforts appreciated! You're a pretty mean photographer yourself! What kind of camera do you have?

Phoebe keeps eating styrofoam, but she refused cheesecake tonite - something's weird with that cat.

Styrofoam?? Hmmm...I had a dog that helped herself to the catbox whenever she wanted a snack.

[velma]

There's 200 calories and 12 grams of fat in one Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut.

The screwtop lid was invented by John Landis Mason in 1858.

I like my jammies.

[zanna]

i just got back from a cookies and condoms meeting on the floor below us.

for real they gave away free cookies and condoms!

i like free shit, especially when it's cool free shit. :P

[velma]

(What's the connection between cookies & condoms?)

I don't care about Krispy Kreme's unhealthful nutrition profile.

I eat them anyway.

I LOVE them; I want to MARRY them!

[siafu]

velma! if we lived in the same town we could go on doughnut dates.

the meeting is tomorrow. i got all in lawyer drag for nothin.

i asked heidi to take my picture so you can see

[Skilyne]

When I was at college, they used to hold "Condom Bingo." Anyone who got bingo won a box of condoms. It was a BIG HIT on campus. Hey-whatever works-right?

I'm eating Oreos.

And drinking water.

[Skilyne]

I sliced my thumb 3 times today at work with a utility knife.

It was my own dumb fault really.

I wasn't wearing a thumb guard.

[Skilyne]

Our first-aid at work does not generally include band-aids or ointment. The guys (and now me) use mold cleaner/degreaser to clean the cut (OUCH) and electrical tape to cover it up.

Electrical tape works splendid.

Hey...whatever works.

[gwensmom]

Kittymao, get a cool mist humidifier and run it while you sleep. They make small ones that will fit in apartments, and I'll bet you could get one with your employee discount.

Skilyne's mother needs to come live with me. I have laundry to be done almost every day.

Does she like to clean as well?

[Skilyne]

She LOVES to clean!!!

She used to work at the Erie Infants Home (a home for developmentally disabled children and teens)...and she did ALL the laundry...and a lot of the cleaning...as well as care for the children.

I told her she ought to go back there and work again, but right now she is just doing the foster care.

[gwensmom]

She cleans and does laundry and knows how to take care of handicapped kids????
OMG pack her bags, I'm coming to get her now.

Gwensdad's dog did not have to stay overnight at the vet! :yay:

Gwensdad is trying to take my bust measurement with a tape measure. He says it is 51.

[kamoke]

Originally posted by Cuilanië@Sep 7 2004, 03:16 PM
I caught myself about to scratch my scab several times today. Bad Eve.
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I've been wondering for some time what this scar came from..

I had a dream last night that my most favorite and influential teacher came into my class and was teaching it.. I almost cried when I saw him
In real life he took all of last year off for throat surgery and nobody has seen him since.. seems only rumers is what we hear... I miss him

..I have an old canon AV-1 and a finepix3800 ;)

[kamoke]

I don't understand.. I don't do drugs, yet I hold in my hand some of that herb..

I watched Thirteen tonight and, well.. yeah.. just and..

blah blah.. the night has two effects on me

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

herbs aren't drugs they are herbs.
prescription medications are drugs.
lithium is a drug, methamphetamine is a drug, cocaine is a drug, advil...also a drug
nutmeg is a spice, but can be used to give one a eurphoric feeling


*edited because I spell porrly
hehee

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Actually advil is not a drug , it is a name brand.
Ibprophen is a drug.

My parent's house is incredibly boring.

I have on socks today.

[siafu]

how do you get a euphoric feeling from nutmeg?

we are having brown rice with our supper. i should just not buy the white

i could go for a creamsicle

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

You have to eat a lot of it.
A tablespoon or so.
Which doesn't sound like alot but it's ALOT for nutmeg.
But it will make your tummy hurt a bit more than it's worth.

So I hear, I have never recoursed to nutmeg.
Sailors have, but not me.

[hammerquill]

Originally posted by siafu@Sep 7 2004, 09:48 PM
how do you get a euphoric feeling from nutmeg?


You take a hell of a lot of it at once, and try not to get too sick. http://www.erowid.org/plants/nutmeg/nutmeg.shtml

No, I don't know this from experience.

It seems Dubya gets another chance to confirm his true nature right soon: http://www.moveon.org/savetheban/

[siafu]

You take a hell of a lot of it at once, and try not to get too sick. http://www.erowid.org/plants/nutmeg/nutmeg.shtml

that was a fun read. thanks for the link.

maybe i'll do it at burning man next year.

ha.

[kamoke]

chin up!

rollerbag in hand!

and sagging ears to loop!

[Cuilanië]

Originally posted by kamoke@Sep 8 2004, 06:32 AM
I've been wondering for some time what this scar came from..


It's not a big deal... a spot gone crazy. It's a very small thing, but it's right between my eyes, in prime scratching territory. And I don't want it to scar too bad, because it's right in the middle of my face, so I'm forcing myself not to touch. So far so good.

I slept with the light on again.

7.

[stargal1998]

1. I have a lot of birthdays (to celebrate) this month.
2. I have very little money this month.
3. It's a rainy day today, making me feel even worse.

[Helquin]

I'm so hooked on Air America Radio :lol:

I almost had an anxiety attack when I couldn't connect with the internet stream this morning :blink:

Woohoo: Columbus, Ohio finally got an Air America affiliate! Thank you, WTPG 1230 AM -- even if you are a Clear Channel station! :lol:

It's a really weak signal, though, and I can only get it certain times of day and north of Divide Hill. <_<

[Obsidian_Cat]

Our local university has the Condom Olympics, which includes bingo and several other sporting events.

I find that if I show up on campus with just condoms, I don't really need cookies - but I'd eat 'em if we had 'em.

Our new flavor is strawberry, but I have no budget to order - this year's students will have to deal with plain.

[siafu]

i feel like i could get in a big row today

i need to go for a swim and kick it out

tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

Medulla is a great album.

I like Lemon Jelly.

My name is popo doodad sometimes.

[velma]

velma! if we lived in the same town we could go on doughnut dates.


Doughnut dates! Sounds like fun! And you've been to Burning Man--SOME day I'll make it there!

*The toilet paper roll was invented in 1879 by E. Irvin and Clarence Scott.

*The average person uses 20,805 sheets of toilet paper a year.

*In 1596, Sir John Harrington invented the flushing toilet. (It is surmised that he is the origin of the word "john" as a euphemism for toilet.)

[siafu]

And you've been to Burning Man--SOME day I'll make it there!

nah i haven't been yet

i'm thinking about going next year

it would be good to find a group to hook up with

[siafu]

gay republican group won't endorse bush (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=4&u=/nm/20040908/ts_nm/campaign_bush_logcabin_dc_5)

well, duh

:evil: can only be suffered for so long

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

POPO DOODAD!

You heard me.

I know you know that I know you know.

[Larrissa]

HA - popo my ass

my thumb hurts like hell - tomato slicer sliced me

i cried alot yesterday for no damn reason

[Cuilanië]

hmph.

Feeling cranky today.

My roommate's roommate had to borrow my computer earlier to go online, because his is at the repair shop, and my roommate won't let anyone but himself use his computer.

I'm developing an allergy to French "variété" music. Ugh.

[siafu]

that's protecting

damn bus. it hasn't shown up. and the thing i must do is make the meeting

i feel soooo nervous today

[kamoke]

hawt dogs fer brefas

Oops, credit card! :o

Ride the scenic Trans Canada Highway

[siafu]

the driver gave me a no show, even though he didn't show

that is mean

but i get to chill a while, which i like

[Larrissa]

so many pages

11:49am

photos

[Larrissa]

ahhh, sweetness

thank you

im so glad i have this

[stargal1998]

1. I just got my new insurance card for work.
2. Had to toss out the two previous insurance cards from two very different companies.
3. January 6, 2005, I will have worked here for two years, and we have changed insurance companies three times in two years.

[Larrissa]

i love it when you call me big poppa

believe me sweetie i got enough to feed the needy

im going to have to aquire a computer of my own one day

and i should learn how to drive before i move out there

ahh, im so happy about it.

thing is i dont know if i believe him

im trying to be flippant here, do you mind?

:lol: i should call my counselor and make an appointment

[Obsidian_Cat]

There are no snacks in my desk, this makes me sad.

My phone hasn't quit ringing all day - perhaps I should answer it.

I think it's time for a change.

[siafu]

if you're taking suggestions, boss, i vote for tahiti.

i just ate a snack cake.

snack cake brothers look out. does merlot go with snack cakes?

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by Larrissa@Sep 8 2004, 01:59 PM
i love it when you call me big poppa
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~ No way, me too!

~ I wonder if Stargal ever got that email I sent to her a few weeks ago, thanking her for the oodles of kick ass stuff that she sent to me? One of these days I will get around to sending her, and various other people, some snail mail.

~ I am much too busy with work & school (my online college classes officially started today). I don't think I like this no-time-on-my-hands deal one bit. :(

[siafu]

there is la mama de gwen. i was missing her.

i am such a dork. i organized? a scrabble meet-up for tonight. :rofl:

triple word score!

[gwensmom]

Yes I am lurking

I am going to a chef's supply store in the morning.

I am also going to a Bible study, getting my hair cut, taking Gwen to the gastroenterologist and topping it all off with parent's night at Gwen's school if I am not prostrate from exhaustion by then.

Theresa is not a dork. No way Jose.

The paycheck I get on Friday will be bigger than usual. :)

[stargal1998]

~ I wonder if Stargal ever got that email I sent to her a few weeks ago, thanking her for the oodles of kick ass stuff that she sent to me? One of these days I will get around to sending her, and various other people, some snail mail.

OMGosh! I did get the e-mail a few days AFTER it was sent. Yahoo put you in my trash, so I had to switch to gmail... I could not believe it... SK in my trash. WTH?!?

1. Tootsie Rolls are great PMS food.
2. I love ice water and iced tea more than anything else in the world.
3. It became legal (again) to sell Everclear (the 190 proof grain al-kehol that's sure to power your car for a few weeks) in Ohio. Nick bought some, of course, and proceeded to taunt our bonfire guests with it (before, during and after our foray into night golfing). I was the only sober person during this time... :'(