Three random facts:

[kittymao]

sob. I shouldn't have drank last night.
I did sleep kay, I wish it wasn't just 6 hours.
I have to go to work now. Doesn't that SUCK!?

[Lorrell]

1. When I woke this morning and looked in the mirror I dicovered a big zit in my eyebrow. Must be from the eye patch & sweat of my brow.

2. I played piano all morning and plan to jam this afternoon.

3. I was lost, but now I'm found and the men I loved are in the ground. :'( tsk

[siafu]

my fever broke at some point in the evening

now i just feel regular crappy instead of delirious

i wish i had bubble bath

[bluecrayon]

a great big bursting at the seams hug to siafu!!!!

the thing I like about Sundays is that it means I survived Saturday night

I'm trying to envision vibrancy so I can get rid of some of this blue stuff.

[tanagee]

Originally posted by chunkymonkey@Oct 24 2004, 12:17 AM
I suggest watching river's edge
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The Rivers Edge was filmed at my high school and all over town. When I watched the movie I kept saying "that's Sunland Park" "theres that gas station in Sun Valley" (it's not there anymore though). I think my butt is in one of the walking down the hall shots.

The stone house in the movie; there are houses all over town like that.

Megan woke up at 3am, I was asleep on the couch (again) she fell back asleep next to me within sceonds but I wanted to be a good mom so I took her back to bed and she was whiney-crying saying that there was monsters in her room :(. I was so tired and out of it that I started freaking out thinking "what if there REALLY is a monster in her room" I sprayed some water and said "NO MONSTERS" and she was back to sleep in no time but was whimpering "monsters".

She has no memory of last night and I'm not going to remind her.

[Larrissa]

do you have any idea how difficult it is to type three facts with her in here talking?? :blink:

:D

:lol:

[Lilac]

Gah! I'm a freaking stinking mess! I've been trying to get the stables cleaned out and they're just so disgusting! Wet and sloppy and mucky!

I shouldnt have let them go this long.

And now my back is killing me from shoveling all that goop.

I'm taking a little break and then I'll go back and finish. Waaaaaaaaaa!

This sucks!

[Lorrell]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Oct 24 2004, 06:55 PM
a great big bursting at the seams hug to siafu!!!!

the thing I like about Sundays is that it means I survived Saturday night

I'm trying to envision vibrancy so I can get rid of some of this blue stuff.
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Vibrancy has been my weapon of mass destruction, next week I'll have to use the industrial strength version.

I realize the presidential election will be decided by voters who aren't informed enough to ALREADY KNOW how they'll vote. They better bring their erasers, cause there aren't any on the pencils.

Sorry, I just had to vent a little, now I'll go back to composing my emotional symphony. :blink:

[Skilyne]

BIG hugs to Siafu...feel better soon!

SO TIRED. It was a good weekend though.

The NYPD exam was quite hard...though I expected it to be of course. I think I did ok.

Hello everyone!!! :)

[Lilac]

Hello Skilyne!

Hoping you get a wonderful score on your exam!

Im sure ya did, though!!!!!!

[Lorrell]

1. I have not had any communications from V. in Athens and I hope she's on her way home in her Toga.How long can Georgia stay on a person's mind?

2. My fingernails are a mess from the weekends activities, must remedy this if I want my hand kissed, otherwise I will have to extend another body part. (Ah am not gonna say witch, either!)


3. If the price of gas goes up again, I'm going to invest in six white horses and a pumpkin.

[Lilac]

I'm bored!

I'm worn out.

I really should be in bed.

[Lilac]

Hey! Where's Velma been???

I miss seeing her pictures in the "Today" thread!

These darn headphones! Since the cat chewed them I can only hear out of the right ear!

[sweet_little_bullet]

1. i'm downloading songs to make a mix cd for my cousin. she has horrid taste in music!
2. i *so* don't want to go to work tomorrow...
3. i think i'll wear a skirt tomorrow. i rarely do so.

[chunkymonkey]

The Rivers Edge was filmed at my high school and all over town.
That's sooooo cool.


I woke up with a familiar feeling of nervousness and longing.
I need to make a mix cd about this.
the thing that burns me up the most is that I am not adverse to her coming here, it just can't happen like this.

[hammerquill]

I need to get to bed early tonight, to get up for the #$!@$! jury duty.

I don't understand why, given that my county has two Superior Court locations, they can't assign people to the nearer one. A 25 minute walk, or an hour and a half on public transportation. That's the difference between the places, for someone living here.

If I lived further north, or further from BART, it would be a two hour trip by public transport. Luckily, I can take a car, so it'll only be about 40 minutes, it being rush hour.

[chunkymonkey]

I want jury duty.
I was summonized once but I was moving.
I should not be allowed to listen to sad songs.

[Gingersmack]

Research has been found to be the leading cause of cancer in rats!

When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

[Helquin]

Even though I'm a big believer in civic responsibilities, I gotta admit that jury duty was just awful. For 4 of 5 days, I was in a sort of "holding pen" of potential jurors, to be available for the selection process IF the need arose.

One of the 5 days, I was part of a jury that served a more-or-less ceremonial role observing the city's formal appropriation of property due to the (absent) owner's failure to pay taxes.

The most interesting facet of the experience was the glimpse into the perversely ordered & frenetically busy little world of lawyers, cops, judges & functionaries -- always buzzing away in the background of our lives.

And the old Cuyahoga County courthouse has some exquisite handcarved ornamentation. Gotta give props to those 19th-century craftsmen. :)

[Helquin]

Originally posted by Gingersmack@Oct 25 2004, 01:16 AM
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
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Heck, I'd check it out just to see how they manage to reproduce while walking in single file :lol:

[Death_Or_Aldona]

i've never had a kinder egg. i really want to try one now :P

i think i'm developing a crush on adam from "myth busters" what's up with that?

i need a good, fast idea for a halloween costume...

[moonweaver]

My DH was still in a pissy mood this weekend, and drinking didn't help. (His, not mine! :P )

The Red Sox won the 2nd game of the WS, but it was a struggle.

I did not get any art done Sunday, though I had good intentions.

[Larrissa]

i need to brush my teeth

im sleeping on the couch as the futon is still in the car

things are good :)

[gwensmom]

This is my busiest work week of the year and I have a sinus infection! :angry:

Fortunately I have found a new doctor that can see you when you are sick, not several days later when you are either well or dead. So I'm going in today.

After this week is over i can get my life back :yay:

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Oct 23 2004, 04:18 PM
Random Facts from one year ago today:

Sarahkate had never used her crockpot
Rustell was decorating the community center for a halloween party
Cuilanie had chinese take out for dinner.
Hammerquill had onion and olive focaccia and liked it
Alienspy was learning to drive
Bluecrayon was wearing new blue sneakers
Katiekat had a crush on a guy named Ed
Penster was the top poster with 1,689 posts. Christine was in 11th place with a mere 1,017
I had made art with Gwen that day for a school assignment.

Oops actually those were from one year and one day ago.
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~ :P I actually have used my crockpot since then, but only once and that was just a few weeks ago. We used it to make chicken and potatoes in barbecue sauce, which didn't come out so good unfortunately.

~ My dad came over to my house on Saturday and built a stone walkway for me! Yay! No more walking across the wet grass from the driveway to the house and vice versa.

~ I'm glad Larrissa made it to Florida safely. :yay:

[Lilac]

Originally posted by Death_Or_Aldona@Oct 25 2004, 06:01 AM

i think i'm developing a crush on adam from "myth busters" what's up with that?


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What's not to like about him? He's smart, goofy and, uh...well not that bad looking.

I can't resist a big goof...and one with brains to boot...WOW!

I have a little crush, too.

The other guy, Jaimie, though - he creeps me out a little. I think it's the moustache.

[velma]

Mythbusters are awesome! I wish they'd lose those assistants, though. I liked it better when it was just Jaime and Adam. I agree about Adam--he's smart and cute! Jaime is more...masculine.

--popcorn
--gray skies
--cigarettes

[picasso]

Originally posted by Death_Or_Aldona@Oct 25 2004, 12:01 AM
i've never had a kinder egg. i really want to try one now :P

i think i'm developing a crush on adam from "myth busters" what's up with that?

i need a good, fast idea for a halloween costume...
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that is sooo funny, b/c my friend is in love with Jamie from myth busters!

3 random facts:

i bought cute pink shoes yesterday

i'm going back to buy some very high heeled black shoes. very sexy!

i'm worried i won't be able to walk in them.

[velma]

i'm going back to buy some very high heeled black shoes. very sexy!

i'm worried i won't be able to walk in them.

Boy, do I know that feeling! :lol:

[namelessgirl]

I was running really late for work and tore out of the house this morning, only to arrive at work and realize I had forgotten to put a bra on. :huh:


Enter Emergency Bra Transport Services to the rescue! Dun dun dah!


Man work is boring today. I guess this means I have no choice but to chaingame. Err, I mean, "Work on the newsletter."

[Christine_0701]

I'm actually wearing a pull-over sweater today...haven't done that in fooorever

It's really soft, and from Brody

It's also a small :D And is kind of baggy on me :D :D Shocking! :o

[picasso]

sara, you crack me up!

i could never go without a bra. :(

i'm in love with my red purse!

[Lorrell]

1. I was summoned for jury duty one time and after sitting in the "herd room" with about 200 other people, they selected me for a case. When we went into the jury room and were told what the case was about I broke out loud in uncontrollable laughter. :lol:

2. They were charging some old redneck with stealing alligator eggs. Poaching them or scambling them....or was it just poaching them? Oh hell, I can't remember. The game warden caught him stealing them (Imagine THAT! pretty damn nervey I thought,who cares about the damn game warden, what if mama gator caught him?)


3. I was excused from the case after they asked about my hobbies and I said "Bass Fishing"


A True Florida Wildlife Fact and Florida is up to it's ____in alligators now.

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by namelessgirl@Oct 25 2004, 10:28 AM
Enter Emergency Bra Transport Services to the rescue! Dun dun dah!
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My sister and I had "Midtown Tampon Delivery". I lived in an area called Midtown and had to take some tampons to my sister when she was sick. I hadn't thought about that in years!

I never did an emergency bra transport, however.

On Wednesday I am giving a luncheon for 40 volunteer knitters and crocheters who are mostly elderly and very serious about their work. They will snark about every little thing, but I like them anyway and they think I am the cheese.

[namelessgirl]

gwensmom, you ARE the cheese. and don't let anyone tell you differently!!!


ugh i hope my replacement gets here soon. i want to go home.


it's raining buckets. i wonder if larrissa is in the back yard screaming in her underwear?? :blink:

[Larrissa]

:lol: excuse me!! i would SO wear clothes. and not be screaming. maybe giggling. if i found more frogs.

had tangerine slices on a sandwich, it was surprisingly good

we hung out and talked for quite awhile, i met her boss.

[Larrissa]

belly full

unshowered

about to go out with the nameless one to places on the list. this list includes the words "past the bunny" "screw you" gbags" "goodwill"

[Larrissa]

brownley sighting

door opening

adios folks!

[siafu]

i'm supposed to find SOMEONE ELSE'S important papers. yah right.

jello. need jello.

how come i never have nuffin to read?

[siafu]

i forgot to say, thanks for the hugs, good wishes, and chicken soup

i am missing the 100 most shocking moments in rock. i should hurry up.

the everglades has an infestatiion of non-native boa constrictors.

[bluecrayon]

Hi, siafu!

I am missing everything, I think.

I am just sitting here a little hung over wondering where the sunlight leads.

[hammerquill]

I have been dismissed from jury service, since I can't possibly afford to take two weeks off, and the studio can't afford to pay me for work I don't do.

This has me wondering if I'll ever be in a financial and work situation where I'd be able to do things like jury service.

I rather enjoyed the trip down there, since I borrowed my father's Miata (my car wouldn't survive the freeway) and got to drive most of the way against the horrendous commute, lauching at all the people who commute an hour or two into San Francisco each day.

[hammerquill]

They no longer pay for the first day of jury service - since California and all its counties are strapped for cash - so I don't even get fifteen bucks for the half day.

In fact, I paid $2 for parking (the county doesn't even own the courthouse parking lot), so I come out even further behind for showing up to confirm that I can't afford to serve on the jury.

Sigh....

Bacon and collard greens, peanut butter and jelly for lunch. It all gets mixed up in your stomach.

Then I'd better get to work.

[kittymao]

i just recieved a coffee cup full of glitter.

It's a Subway Cup.

From Florida.

[kittymao]

Brr. How is it that I'm wearing a thermal and I'm COLD?!

I want piiiiiiiiiiiiie.

is that all? I think so.

[Death_Or_Aldona]

had a productive day. got lots of tedious tasks done around the house.

i have this urge to spend lots of money on comics

i have no money to spend :P

[Lorrell]

1. I'm making Blackberry Cobbler for J and I am kind enough to have Vanilla Ice Cream and Cherries to put on top! heh heh heh!


2. I am home at last, after a brief trip though the swamp.


3. Now I have a nude in my kitchen that is begging for a light bulb. Guess I'll have to fire up the kerosene. I think that light is more becoming anyway.


Hammerquill - I hope you realize that civic duty is never monetarily feasible...more just a test of our own morality,our patience, and an opportunity to create. Of course they never pay you enough for being there, heh heh...but just look at The Lone Ranger, he did it all for free. And he was a fabulous individual...Lorrell

[Lilac]

God. My son came home with a note saying that head lice has been found on some students in his class. That's all I freaking need!

I've been all itchy since reading that.

We've never had head lice...I hope this isnt a first!

I'm so paranoid now!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bluecrayon]

aw, Lilac! I freaked out the first time my daughter came home in kindergarten with the same note...

that was 9 years ago and I've had to deal with head lice 5 times.

they are actually totally benign and easy to deal with as soon as you get over the initial shock of it.

[Lorrell]

Originally posted by hammerquill@Oct 25 2004, 08:49 PM
They no longer pay for the first day of jury service - since California and all its counties are strapped for cash - so I don't even get fifteen bucks for the half day.

In fact, I paid $2 for parking (the county doesn't even own the courthouse parking lot), so I come out even further behind for showing up to confirm that I can't afford to serve on the jury.

Sigh....

Bacon and collard greens, peanut butter and jelly for lunch. It all gets mixed up in your stomach.

Then I'd better get to work.
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[Lorrell]

All of de previous quote is so true. Dey counties down here in de south don't pay nuff money to get on de bus to go to do de jury duty and dey don't pay nuff to gas yo ride even if ya do!

And furthur more, just a little ol warning about dem collard greens wid de rats in um. Stay away, boy! Y'all stay clear of dem Picadilloes ya all hear me now!

Ya all cant be comin down he an actin like ya know wha ta do! Stay outa da damn Everglade swamps now...an ya won't have ta worry about dem 2 headed snakes and all dat! E'ffen I was gonna show ya's around I kin tink a betta places den dat! :D

Ah is so sorry, cuse me cause, um ma freind just got home from Georgia an I's having a spell! :lol:

[Larrissa]

i miss the "todays active posts" in my assistant. apparently both of us using this computer for nness has done something strange and this is ass-ch's computer and he could come back at any moment at which time i must flee!!

i loved those glittery cups. they made me laugh. at me. i do that alot.

i have the futon layed out, but the frame can wait until tomorrow, damn it.

[Lilac]

Going to bed.

Going to check my head one last time for lice.

I've checked my son 6 times since he's come home.

Blah.

Poor Blue! Five times! Yikes! I guess they're not really all that bad...but what upsets me is the note said that I have to wash all the bedclothes, scrub down the furniture and carpet with this anti-lice thing...and you know, I just really don't need all that extra cleaning! :lol:

No, I'm wrong. They are that bad. I'm flipping about the thought of having bugs in my hair. My hair is long...how the heck am I going to get that little lice comb through without ripping half a head of hair out?

Ugh!

[Christine_0701]

Lilac, when I was in grade 1 i had a 2 month christmas vacation

because of head lice, they had to close down the schools, it was such a huge outbreak!!

good news: you don't HAVE to use chemicals to get rid of it....there are many other methods...lemme know if you wanna know them ;)

[nymphette]

harrison's dietician said he can skip a whole tube feed a day!!! :yay:

he's eating whole meals at a time...

and walking everywhere!!! what a guy... this from the guy the docs didn't expect to ever be able to hold up his own head!!! :wub: he's my hero...

[nymphette]

i also found out that harrison is not the only child in regina with a urea cycle disorder now- there was a little girl- 8 months old- just diagnosed (by harrison's pediatrician, luckily HE was on call when the parents brought her to the ER) a week or so ago...

i have been asked by three people already if they can give her parent's my number as a parent contact.... who else??? there aren't any others out there and i wished so much for someone when we started to go through it....

the little girl has OTC- which is the specific disorder that is almost always fatal in neonatal boys.... :( and not so bad in girls (because it is X-linked) which is why she didn't present with symptoms until she was that old....

isn't it pathetic that i am excited to know there is another family out there in my city going through what we did??? i hope they call if they want to talk.... she's under all the same people as harrison was, winnipeg, saskatoon and here!!!

[Christine_0701]

no, i don't think it's bad you're excited about it, it's not that you're excited their child is sick, you're excited you have someone to share experiences with

i hope they contact you, too, b/c i think they'll be able to help you as much as you'll be able to help them!

me and carol are maybe gonna go as dorothy and the tin man from wizard of oz

[hammerquill]

Originally posted by Lorrell@Oct 25 2004, 05:22 PM
Hammerquill - I hope you realize that civic duty is never monetarily feasible...more just a test of our own morality,our patience, and an opportunity to create. Of course they never pay you enough for being there, heh heh...but just look at The Lone Ranger, he did it all for free. And he was a fabulous individual...Lorrell
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The Lone Ranger was also, well, legendary...

Sure, it would be great if they paid you something like enough to offset slightly your time. That's not really the point here. The point is, if I were to be on that jury, the rent would not get paid this month.

Lotsa companies (and almost all government jobs) pay you for a few days (or sometimes longer) on jury duty, but the studio can't afford that.

Nor can it afford to pay me well enough to build up any savings to speak of, to have something to fall back on in case of doing civic duty or whatnot.

Which is why I was speculating on what it would be like to be in a situation which would make it possible to be on a jury. And whether it'll ever happen.

p.s. Shouldn't that be "Evaglade" or perhaps "Ev'glade"? ;)

[Lorrell]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Oct 26 2004, 12:45 AM
aw, Lilac! I freaked out the first time my daughter came home in kindergarten with the same note...

that was 9 years ago and I've had to deal with head lice 5 times.

they are actually totally benign and easy to deal with as soon as you get over the initial shock of it.
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Yeah, I can remember going home from school with that kind of a noted my hand, I was in first grade, and my grandmother had already taught me to read so I knew what the note said. My first meeting with shame...and I didn't have any.


I stayed at home and got to play with my dog and ended up with chiggers and ticks instead.

Ah dont know whass worse....Ah only know it's just a matter of time before the spiders take over. :o

[gwensmom]

:yay: More good news about Harrison!

That other family with a ucd child is lucky to have a contact like you Robyn. Just think how much it would have helped you to have someone like that when Harrison was born.

I went to a seminar tonight on financial planning for special needs families. I cried because reminded me what terrible financial shape we are in and made me think about dying and not being here for Gwen. And my mom dying and not being here for me. Also, I am sick and it was late.

[hammerquill]

Gwensmom needs a hug!

I found two Picasso quotes I was looking for, while waiting around in the courthouse.

Someone else beat me to the Lady Murasaki quote, though, so I don't have to keep looking.

[hammerquill]

Aha! I just found the long-lost Proust quote, too.

Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.net) is one of the greatest things on the internet, but sometimes it's very annoyingly underdocumented. <_<

For some reason, it used to be that the URL www.projectgutenberg.net would take you not to Project Gutenberg or to anything related to it, but to a website praising Saddam Hussein. :huh: :wacko: (I just checked - it still forwards you to iraq-mission.org, though the site is out of commission.)

[Lorrell]

Originally posted by hammerquill+Oct 26 2004, 03:03 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hammerquill @ Oct 26 2004, 03:03 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Lorrell@Oct 25 2004, 05:22 PM
Hammerquill - I hope you realize that civic duty is never monetarily feasible...more just a test of our own morality,our patience, and an opportunity to create. Of course they never pay you enough for being there, heh heh...but just look at The Lone Ranger, he did it all for free. And he was a fabulous individual...Lorrell
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The Lone Ranger was also, well, legendary...

Sure, it would be great if they paid you something like enough to offset slightly your time. That's not really the point here. The point is, if I were to be on that jury, the rent would not get paid this month.

Lotsa companies (and almost all government jobs) pay you for a few days (or sometimes longer) on jury duty, but the studio can't afford that.

Nor can it afford to pay me well enough to build up any savings to speak of, to have something to fall back on in case of doing civic duty or whatnot.

Which is why I was speculating on what it would be like to be in a situation which would make it possible to be on a jury. And whether it'll ever happen.

p.s. Shouldn't that be "Evaglade" or perhaps "Ev'glade"? ;)
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FYI - If ya live South Florida it's called "Da Glades" cause we all knew it wasn't gonna last fer EVER. tsk :'( and I hope you got to read my POST #20533 . There's some interesting things about watching the judicial system in progess, but profitability isn't one of them and in some cases being a juror has been life-threatening....the bigger the case, the scarer it becomes. Just think of those people on the Scott Peterson case....it just drags on and on, but they are involved in a legendary landmark ....from a judicial point of view....they are making law.
The average person will say they dislike lawyers...until they need one and doctors too, get the same bad rap, I've noticed. Never de less, most of my art is dependent upon purchases by these very same people, so I find it difficult to bite the hand that's feeding me. Some of them are good and others very evil, but that's about true of everything and everyone. It's sad that the judicial system is now being constrained by the "money vs. time" thingie at so many different levels.
I am so FREAKED OUT BY WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN FLORIDA WITH THE VOTE...we may have an instant replay of 2000...ya just don't understand how cliff hanging it is....I have been bombarded by surveys, poll takers, ballot delivery, etc..etc...AND PLENTY OF PENCILS WITH NO ERASERS...!!!! and then there's Jethro, our guvner...oh please,...augghh! I don't really give a rat's butt that he's a republican or democrat but can't he play fair and quit sending Kathyn Harriss and Anne Colter out to strut their :wacko: stuff in front of the voting locations, those babes need to be home praying!


" I will vote until they pry my cold dead fingers from my pencil! "

[Christine_0701]

i wish i could just go curl up in a ball and cry. 2 facts below are part of why:

when we had the meeting, i had told the doctor, the chief of staff, that i didn't want to ever step foot on the maternity ward again, that i didn't htink they should have ever accepted me in the first place. and i have to tell you, it felt like i had knife stuck in my heart when he said "yep, you're absolutely right, we shouldn't have"

well, i expected both of them to be born dead, because from what i know about premature labor is that if y9ou deliver naturally your baby is gonna die, and so i figured well, they're gonna be dead by the time they get out. i was not expecting my second son to be born alive. and then to place him on my chest and for them to tell me they weren't going to do anything. i can not even put into words how helpless i felt when i heard his cry. and when i was holding him and looking down at him and knowing there was absolutely nothing i could do. you know, he turned to me at the sound of my voice, and his little hand curled around my pinky,

[kamoke]

:lol: I'd like to try and catch up on all the crazy things that are most likely happening to you folks, but I never get time to sit down to a computer

well, I'm at my work placement again, but because I told mybillet family/work sponsor I could do a 12 hour day :lol: I'm such a lazy ass

One of the guys at the center just handed me a big honkin moose steak! i love this place :lol:

hmm.. what else.. I went for a walk in the forest and came about 50 feet from a black bear cub.. so it was a near death moment.. lets just say I had a near death experience.

anyway, I have to paint a sign for the center

again, take care folks! :D

[ebandit]

Glad to hear from you Kamoke

We start giving flu shots today....

I wanna stay home...gotta go ..bye

[oreogrl1]

My eyes are burning
I can feel a sinus infection building up.
Just reading about lice makes my head itchy... I think I'll go use a curling iron now.

[gwensmom]

Gwensdad told a friend of his at work that we were invited to an election night party called "Hanging with Chad and his Left-Leaning Friends". The friend (who is African American) asked if we were going to be the only white people there and couldn't believe it when Gwensdad said no.

We are going to take a picture to prove that there really are white democrats in Memphis.

We will be wearing hanging chad sweatshirts (made by moi) to this party.

I have heard that the early voting places here are packed and that early voting is up 70-something percent. I'm going to wait and go to the poll next Tuesday. I like the sense of community I feel voting along with people all over the country.

[Lilac]

Speaking of the election...

I received these emails this morning.

The fate of the world will be to move into an era of globalism, culminating in a world government, a world religion, and a world economic system. Sadly, that new world order will eventually be led by an evil person that the Bible calls the Antichrist. During his 7 year quest for world domination, over half the people in the world will die!

Kerry and his globalism? We should know better.

Has anyone ever listened to the Bible and regretted it? I don't think so.

And

you know kerry wants a global government? sounds like he's the one to push us into the arms of the antichrist. read on.

i really really pray you hear what is being said! i thoroughly believe if kerry with all of his lies and betrayals is the next president, we're doomed. he's lied so very many times. i don't know how anyone could believe what he's said. i know people really WANT to believe he can lower taxes and get us more jobs while working with global peace, but his methods aren't explained. he's been proven to say one thing and then turn around and say the exact opposite with such gusto. he'd full of crap. i think he's evil and wants to suck God out of the rest of the world and shove us into the end of time. don't let the pretty picture distort the evil painter. he's evil. he'll ruin our world. bush is pro God. He may have made mistakes, but he's been very honest and up front about being a Christian and wanting to keep America free. Kerry wants one government for the world. The bible has prophecized about the end of the world coming after the world is run by one government. Please hear me.

I love ya. Sunny

These are from two of my close friends. They're freaking because I'm voting for Kerry.

Religion in my community verges on fanaticism.

[Larrissa]

religion makes people scary

straightforward wording and rememberance of loss ... easy cry

im home alone, er, with cats. gonna go start the day after checkin the remainer of new posts.

[Larrissa]

i once vandalized the playground with a carving about me and some boy, i dont remember how he found out, but the teacher made me go sandpaper it away.

i would finish tests before anyone else, damn near always, and would check and recheck and triple check my work until three or so people turned their tests in first. i didnt want to be made fun of for finishing so soon.

i find the dust on the playground gravel really icky.

[Lorrell]

1. Augghh! I cannot stand to hear somebody scrapping their silver on china plates! ZZZZZ it gives me goose bumps! Break time? Yeah, I'd like to break something, over his head! :angry:

2. It's nice to know that people in Wisconsin have my "hurricane book" :wub: and the shingle truck has finally arrived :D


3. People are scary this time of year - religious or not. It's the trees and spiders you have to really watch out for.

[Christine_0701]

LaRRiSSa, i did the same thing with my tests

Then I'd usually just give up and hand it in first anwyays, after sitting there wasting half an hour

Yep, in my math final first year of college, I accidentally did the final for the second half of my class (math 112 instead of math 111 which i was in), handed it in, almost left when the teacher noticed my mistake, so i came back in and did the proper final...only 2 other people had finished by the time i was done THAT one :o

[Larrissa]

wording something a certain way makes such a difference

im gonna empty the dishwasher soon, and not because i feel like i have to

i should go out or something, but i feel like a hermit. my cash stores are allowing it.

[Larrissa]

im amazed at the ordinariness of the awesomeness of this situation

i was a little selfconscious about the 'just woke expression' i must have had on

backyard, upstairs, or living room. must make a chilling location decision!

[siafu]

the supervisor at my work got hyper when i called in today. he said, we can't keep having your seat empty. but i was up a big part of the night coughing. so, my seat is empty.

is that three facts yet?

[namelessgirl]

damn her cleanliness/organizingness is like rubbing off on me or something. )*$#@%)*@$#%)*@

but for real, we're heading to the dollar store to gather supplies for another round of naked mail. how fun is that??

the boy moves out tonight, that should be interesting. in an emotional surgery sort of sense.

[Larrissa]

might meet mister boy this weekend :wub: :huh: :lol:

the dollar store rocked

i got more mail, from DoA :D

[siafu]

i'm going to copy cat larrissa and empty out the dishwasher just because

i'm hungry but i don't know for what

my rootbeer is gone :wah:

[bluecrayon]

This is the last time I will have to hang at the computer place while my meter ticks down and I have to meander even when I have nowhere to meander to because he's not around and neither is anyone else...

What i mean is, I finally have my new computer sitting in it's box at home just waiting to be connected...

Which means maybe finally I will once more be able to hang with helquin and siafu and everyone else in real time -- or at least computer time.

[bluecrayon]

of course, the irony is, I am leaving again around the 14th and I'm not taking it (the above mentioned computer) with me

I am, as anyone will see when they show up, meandering...


On sabbatical, aimless and feeling too much whimsy...

[sweet_little_bullet]

1. today i bought two bags of food for my cat. she was definitely happy.
2. my mum had a crush on mr. spock from star trek when she was a teenager.
3. my father looks like peter hammill.

[tanagee]

feeling a little better mentally.

Yesterday I came home to drop something off while doing errands and there was a very cute small rat hiding in the long grass of my lawn trying to look inconspicuous.

Later that night we found it dead in the back yard, I guess Lucky has some ratter in him.

[tanagee]

Megan cut Lucky's hair today. She got ahold of the baby scissors and trimmed little bald spots on his hips.

Yesterday I saw a van with a (badly) handwritten sign on the back that said "Vote Republican" on the drivers side and "or stay home" on the passenger side. I wanted to ram them with my grandma's explorer. :angry:

There are saltly spots on my glasses from my crying jag this morning.

[Death_Or_Aldona]

glad my mail made it to larrissa :)

i've been so sleepy and lazy all day

i need some tea

[zanna]

what a very non-stressful evening this has been.

i haven't had an evening where i could just sit back and surf the net since i've moved up here.

mellow jazz tunes now fill the air around my computer.

[Lorrell]

I'm so pleased to know namelessgirl and LaRRissa (?) found something in the mail today. :D Surprise, Surprise :D


I went for a ride around Crystal Lake and saw my pal Dorothy sitting out on her front porch. First time since the Jeanne cane thingie.


She doesn't have a car or a library card but she wanted to get a library card, so we went to the library and she showed them her utility bill, as proof of domicle in town, but she had to have picture ID card and since she doesn't drive she doesn't have a DL with a picture ID, but she doesn't get to vote cause you need it for that too, but even if she was, the FL voters registration card doesn't require a picture, but you have to show picture ID when you go to the polls as well as your voters registration card, so then, I got to thinking,(here Ah go again!) Why not have it mandatory to have your picture ID on your Voters card? duh ah huh? It makes sense cause not everyone has a DL but you still have to have pic ID... if your only form of ID is a birth certificate,just like her, you are skewered. . .it's sort of like a puppy chasing it's tail...ruff ruff ;)

[bluecrayon]

plugged in my new sleek shiny iMac G5 and here I am at almost midnight!!!

whee, it's been a long time since I was here this late

there was a time when he was on the other side of the screen, but no more... alas.

[siafu]

if i have lost my cane, which is black, i have most likely dropped it in the living room where the carpet is black. silly.

i had a pear and edam panini for dinner

i'm going to work on thursday

[bluecrayon]

I had nothing exotic like a pear panini for dinner -- I had a tofu burger and salad.

I am getting ready to move -- and this time I guess it's for real.

and this time I will find my way toward siafu!!!!

[hammerquill]

I hope cb's move makes for a better life situation.

I've been figuring out the state and local ballot propositions.

I should really stop reading and listening to political arguments by people I agree with - the meaningless sniping and petty political demagoguery, all designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator, tends to turn me off, even from people and causes I support.

[chunkymonkey]

I've decided to be amused.
I can't believe it's only 6:30
my air conditioner is still in the window, have to remove that today.

[chunkymonkey]

I'm giving serious thought to doing nanowrimo this year
It's only a month and I am on the computer for hours a day, aimless hours after the first one.
I don't know what my focus would be, I suppose I'd find it through the writing.

[stargal1998]

1. If you do nano, Chunkymonkey, I'm sure you'll be welcomed. Heck, this is my second year and I can't wait to see more Nness people do it...

2. I have an address!

3. We have a LOT to move tonight, but have spent the last two nights in the new house. Peevish the cat hasn't been so peevish, she's been cuddling up to me and acts lost if I am not around.

[bluecrayon]

I'd like to do nanowriting this year, too.

How does one go about it?

I am working the phone banks today using my calling card to nudge voters in swing states to go out and vote...

[Christine_0701]

I would do nano, but I have enough writing to do for my classes :blink:

i "finished" my article about the twins last night

now I just have to touch it up before I post it

[Helquin]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Oct 27 2004, 11:23 AM
I'd like to do nanowriting this year, too.

How does one go about it?317949
You can get the full scoop at the official NaNoWriMo site (http://www.nanowrimo.org/).

I made an abortive attempt 2 years ago. My idea turned out to be as boring as toast. :lol:

But I'm tempted to try again this year. ;)

[Death_Or_Aldona]

i can't write worth crap, but i've always wanted to do nano

i would like to talk the boy into it. he's got skills.....yo.

my sinuses hate me

[Lorrell]

MOOD: annoyed and slightly tense.

1. I had a nice time at the dentist this morning -BITE! yeah, right.


2. Now it's time for lunch and I'm drinking milk thru a straw with one side of my mouth all puffly and numb.

3. V. dropped by this morning and as I was hustling out my door, off to the dentist she handed me a box which I have just now gotten around to opening, inside were the following items:

An audio tape of Joyce Maynard memoir, "At Home in the World"
Reference Manual for Nikon 950 CoolPix Digital Camera
The Camera Nikon 950 in Black case
The CD's for it and assorted cables, lexar flashes, etc.
Energizer Nic-cad, AA,AAA, and 9V Battery Charger
Paperback of Carl Hiaasen's "Skin Tight"

What am I going to do first?

[hammerquill]

Writing skills are not the point (except that you'll build them by doing NaNoWriMo).

Writing quality or interestingness of subject is not the point: the motto of NaNoWriMo is "No Plot? No Problem!" No one's going to read it, unless you want them to.

Writing quantity per day is the point. It's pure exercise, and a type of writing exercise you rarely get. And you get incredible support.

You also get a whole 'nother forum to goof off on!

[chunkymonkey]

you talked me into it. :) Anything I write is going to be about me though. I have not much interest in writing characters. I dunno where my passion truly lies since I've never gotten too serious about writing aside form poetry. I know I can give it a good attempt.

I'm driving anyone who will listen to me talk crazy about this.

crazy in a good way I think though cause it's like a soap opera.

[stargal1998]

1. Art Linkletter is "America's Senior Advocate" :blink:

2. Okay, now that we're in a big house with walls I need art to space out and actually PUT somewhere.

3. I think we need to start a new thread on the nano site for nnessers. Or maybe one on this forum for nanos... I'm not an expert, I've only done one year, but it would be cool to see just who we are...

[chunkymonkey]

I had no idea that "let my love open the door" was sung by pete townsend until just a few minutes ago. I just never connected the voice to the person. I've heard that song so many times.

I read spoilers for "the west wing" and I am not happy. :angry:

I want to read a fabulous book, any suggestions?

[siafu]

yeah. have you read white oleander?

[chunkymonkey]

Originally posted by siafu@Oct 27 2004, 03:25 PM
yeah. have you read white oleander?
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Yes. That book, more than any other, is a slice of my life. Excellent suggestion though. I should read it again... get my juices going. ;)

[gwensmom]

Run With the Horsemen by Ferrol Sams is a fabulous book.

I have made it through the Volunteer appreciation luncheon. The only problem we had was that the party started at 11 and they all showed up at 10:15. We just had to herd them into another room until we were ready.

This is the 5th time I have been in charge of this luncheon. Two years ago we had to cut it short when an elderly member of the band that was playing had a heart attack and died right in the middle of lunch.

[picasso]

a great website for writing is www.litkicks.com

awesome community

awesome boards to post on

[picasso]

Wally Lamb's other book She's Come Undone is one of my absolute favorites.

Here are some good books to check out V:

Ragtime by E.L. Doctrow

The World According to Garp: John Irving

Wicked:Gregory Maguire

Their Eyes Are Watching God: Zora Neale Hurston

[siafu]

i read run wiith the horsemen at sarah's suggestion. it was super.

[kittymao]

I did nano last year, made an amazing story. But this year, I just don't have the time. Two jobs take alot out of me.

I should go do laundry.

In the past two days, rudy has gottem more mail than me! wo!

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by siafu@Oct 27 2004, 04:04 PM
i read run wiith the horsemen at sarah's suggestion. it was super.
318057I have the two sequels but haven't read them yet. They are called The Whisper of the River and When All the World Was Young.

And I second Their Eyes Were Watching God. This book is breathtaking and I should read it again.

Raney by Clyde Edgerton is really funny.

[tanagee]

I already have several "novels" started on my computer. The only one I consider sellable is 9,911 words long. Can I finish it up and submit that to NaNo even though I have been working on it for close to 10 years? :P

We are having a thunderstorm :yay: I love thunder!

I need to do so many things but I am sleepy. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/7/7_11_115.gif

[Lorrell]

1 The thing I like about audio books is that it's kind of like having someone read you a story and you can be doing other things while your listening, plus it's easy on the eyes.

2.I have new books that came in the mail today, "SomeBodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank" by Robert W. Fuller, it's non-fiction and also 3 romantic suspense stories. plus the audio book V. gave me.


3. I got a really nice haircut today from someone new. :P

[namelessgirl]

two's company, three's a crowd... no longer. the boy leaving sucked but ms larrissa was awesome about it.


knitting sales are awesome.


i do not want to be at work today.

[Lilac]

All that talk of NaNowrimo has got me interested, too. Maybe I can learn to write something other than technical papers!

I drove my Toyota to work today, after not driving it for about a month and discovered rotting tomatos in the trunk. What a disgusting, stinking mess! Luckily, they were in the plastic bag from the store I bought them at (a month ago) so all I really had to do was pick up the sopping bag and toss it. But still - I nearly threw up!

I think (after the stink goes away) I'm going to drive the Toyota to work from now on. Gas prices are too high and are costing me a small fortune to drive the Montero.

[Lorrell]

1. The more I try to figure out digital cameras, the more I miss my old basic 35mm SLR...geez! another GD manual to plow though, it's trying to get things compatible, etc. If only they could talk, I'm sure they would like each other....zzz :huh:


2. Tonight we're having a Lunar Eclipse, maybe J. will quit howling for a few minutes. He called and moaned about work, but I was too busy prayin to St. Margarita to be sympatico.


3. V. brought some Sweet Potatoes back from GA so I'm having some for my dinner tonight. :P

[siafu]

i miss eve's posts

i'm a little drunk

i like murder she wrote

[Sirius]

Rustell was decorating the community center for a halloween party

This year's Spooky Ooky Bash is Rustell's last hoorah at the community center.

Also, her last day at the community center.

It is almost all decorated...

[Skilyne]

I'm back. I've been gone for 6 days. Did anyone notice? Or care? :P

Last night I passed up an opportunity.

I feel lost and alone.

[Skilyne]

I'm cynical.

And hard on myself.

I'm reading a great book.

[bluecrayon]

just spinning through and I see that Sirius/rustell has been here -- and I HAVE missed her!

I still think about that game board she made for her mother with pictures of her and her brother in all the squares -- I loved that idea!

Skilyne, I always notice when you're not around.

:)

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by Skilyne@Oct 27 2004, 08:11 PM
I'm reading a great book.
318143WHAT great book? You must tell.

I went to ballet for the first time in two weeks. I was really stiff.

election day is less than a week away! It's almost over! :yay:

[Cuilanië]

Hello, hello...

I miss hanging out here every day.

I have a future address 99,9% assured, but I won't move in for another 5 weeks.

I still have no computer...

[hammerquill]

The lunar eclipse is beautiful.

But it's damn cold out there, especially if you chill yourself down sitting in a cold studio working on a computer for a few hours first.

I can strongly recommend Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, which I listened to at work all day today. I haven't quite finished it, but will do so this evening as a way of getting myself to do the dishes.

[Cuilanië]

This place isn't really an internet "cafe", it's more like an online gaming room.

The sound of guns going off all around - Unreal or Counterstrike, as far as I can tell... - is starting to give me a headache.

And I'm going back to my friend's place, to watch her playing Gladius on her PS2... Actually, today I'm going to grab my glasses and something to eat, and skygaze for a while.

[Bugitha]

1. Long time, no see.

2. October is my favoritist month.

3. I am reading a book that I plan to finish only because I am already so far in. Sometimes with bad reading its best just to cut your losses and move on. But I WILL finish this book. I'm obsessed with finishing.

[hammerquill]

In the mail today I got an empty Subway cup capped with an odd piece of plastic, lined with gold glitter, enclosed in a Post Office loose/damaged items bag, with ...you guessed it... a Florida return address. :huh:

I got a bill from MCI that was about the usual amount, except that it was for two months. Seems I didn't notice not receiving last month's bill. Customer service was excellent when I called them, though.

I really wish I had soup or proper makings thereof. It would hit the spot right now.

[siafu]

dear bugitha, what book?

my toes are cold

i want to make candy

[hammerquill]

Dear siafu, what candy? :)

It has suddenly, apropos of that last post, occurred to me that cookies would be a good idea.

"Good" from one perspective, at least.

[Lilac]

It's freezing in this drafty old house of mine!

I really need to committ to getting new windows.

My son and I watched the lunar eclipse earlier. It was beautiful.

[Lilac]

I think I'm going to sleep on the couch tonight.

No reason, really.

I do this occasioanlly.

[Christine_0701]

the only other option from sleeping on my bed here, is to sleep sitting up @ my computer, or to sleep on my floor

which is not much of an option since sleeping on a concrete slab would be more cushy

debbie never sleeps in her bed, always on the couch

[siafu]

i ended up making oatmeal fudge (http://www.anniesrecipes.com/Kitchen/candy_recipes/oatmeal_fudge.htm)

i assumed annie meant evaporated milk when she said canned

it turned out as i wished :)

can you tell i'm mostly better? i didn't even medicate today

[hammerquill]

I'm glad siafu's feeling better.

I made half a recipe of ginger thins, and froze the other half of the dough.

I did my first workout in five days this morning. I have fewer aches from it than I'd expected.

[chunkymonkey]

nature is just :blink:
I like the scratchy sound a pencil makes as I write.
must be productive today!

[sarahkate]

~ My dog made her first (and hopefully LAST!) kill this past weekend. Poor pigeon. :'( Bad dog. :angry:

~ Mmm... Gardetto's snack mix. It's good.

~ Several months ago I came across the LiveJournal of someone I went to high school with. We have been chatting/e-mailing every now & then since I found her LJ, and we finally decided to get together this Sunday. She is going to make soup and we will probably gossip about our former classmates. Yay! :)

[tanagee]

Originally posted by Skilyne+Oct 27 2004, 06:07 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Skilyne @ Oct 27 2004, 06:07 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>I'm back. I've been gone for 6 days. Did anyone notice? Or care? :P
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I noticed, and I wondered too.

Originally posted by gwensmom@Oct 27 2004, 07:42 PM
I went to ballet for the first time in two weeks. I was really stiff.
318166

I have been meaning to ask you if you know anything about dancing on pointe. Megan likes to dance on the tops her toes, like with them curled under and the nails on the floor, and I wondered if that would make her a candidate for being a good ballerina?


Originally posted by hammerquill@Oct 27 2004, 08:17 PM
I can strongly recommend Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, which I listened to at work all day today. I haven't quite finished it, but will do so this evening as a way of getting myself to do the dishes.
318171

I read that, it was great.


<!--QuoteBegin-Lilac@Oct 27 2004, 11:10 PM
I think I'm going to sleep on the couch tonight.

No reason, really.

I do this occasioanlly.
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[/quote]
I have slept on the couch almost every night this month. I do it because I cannot get my mind to shut up when I lay in a dark quiet room, so I stress and worry about all our bills and cannot get to sleep. So If I lay on the couch and watch TV, the alpha waves zone me out and I fall asleep watching Trauma life in the ER or something like that.

[siafu]

waiting for the small bus

going to work

taking a sketchbook

[nymphette]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Oct 27 2004, 02:26 PM

This is the 5th time I have been in charge of this luncheon. Two years ago we had to cut it short when an elderly member of the band that was playing had a heart attack and died right in the middle of lunch.
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i would hav been on the floor too... <_< luckily i didn't work the night shift at the senior's home i worked at, so i never was there when a resident passed away... they always went at night- weird that....

i miss sitting at the computer and playing chain games and chatting!!! :( hopefully things will quiet down soon here....

i thought halloween was NEXT weekend (how pathetic am i???) and am NOT ready!!! :o

[nymphette]

harrison saw his dietician on monday and she said i could adjust his tube feeds according to what i think is appropriate, for how he is eating... she thinks i am smart enough for that... <_< s-m-r-t....

*I* think harrison will be completely off his tube feeds before christmas!!!! in fact, maybe before december!!! he's eating whole meals at a time now and i am sure would sit in his chair and carb out all day if i let him... he has a definite fondness for noodles, rice and all things STARCH!!!

which is probably not the best thing for him.... he'll be wider than he's tall if he keeps that up!!! :P which is fine by me... as long as he's eating by mouth... though he certainly does have his spurts- he ate almost ONLY chicken for two days... so i guess that's just like any other toddler out there.....

:yay: have i mentioned he's my hero???

i see you tana!!!

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by tanagee@Oct 28 2004, 10:29 AM
I have been meaning to ask you if you know anything about dancing on pointe. Megan likes to dance on the tops her toes, like with them curled under and the nails on the floor, and I wondered if that would make her a candidate for being a good ballerina?318295
We had to wait until we were about 11 or so to go on pointe. And then we could only do it if the teacher felt our feet were strong enough. Pointe shoes look all pink and pretty, but the "box" part where your toes are is made of something stiff and hard. It can get pretty painful and your feet can get really torn up. But we all loved it anyway!

If Megan likes to dance then put her in an age-appropriate dance or dance movement class and see how she does.

One of the ladies at the volunteer luncheon yesterday told me she thought the food and the music was horrible. <_<

[nymphette]

i am trying to do christmas presents.... it's hard to sneak in any time for me to do a project... :( it'll take me to next christmas before i get everyone done!!!

i have one finished though... nto sure who to give it to though....

wht i WANT to do is join a new LMAO and get back into n'ness!!! though it'll have to wait.... :'(

[Skilyne]

Hi everyone!!! :)

I'm in an ok mood today...work went well...my paycheck was BIG because I worked so much last week and got overtime.

YAY.

[Skilyne]

I need to go to the bank. I have no motivation to get up and do that.

Tonight I am going to get together with him!

YAY again.

[sweet_little_bullet]

1. i love the quote in skilyne's signature. where is it from?
2. my cat is sleeping on the floor. it's hot, so she's stretched out and she looks like a sausage!
3. a little girl from the school i work at wanted to give me a quarter today.

[kittymao]

blarg.
I feel artsy, but too lazy to get up and draw.
I think I will have some cider.

[gwensmom]

I need a job that does not involve elderly ladies.

They smile really sweetly at you while they are kicking your butt.

I got a readymade magazine today. It has an article about handwritten letters on handmade stationery. It also has short pieces on NaNoWriMo, Rasterbator and Freecycle. I think it is funny that an oldster like me already knew about these happenin' things before they hit the newsstand.

[Lilac]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Oct 28 2004, 10:08 PM

I got a readymade magazine today. It has an article about handwritten letters on handmade stationery. It also has short pieces on NaNoWriMo, Rasterbator and Freecycle. I think it is funny that an oldster like me already knew about these happenin' things before they hit the newstand.
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What is Rasterbator?

It sounds kind of naughty!

[Lorrell]

Oh wow, :lol: Rasterbator! I've been looking for something that would rhyme with Masterbator and lo and behold. Now, what's the definition, I'm dying to know! :lol:


1. I can't believe I got out of bed this morning earlier than usual so I could participate in the nominating committee. Duh! They didn't know we were supposed to nominate more than person for an office. I had to enlighten these fools to the purpose of our being there. I guess we would could of been good fascists and just nominated ourselves or the dictators already in office... Geez AND THESE SHEEPLE ARE GOING TO VOTE? <_<

2. Someone is ringing my chimes.


3. I'm going to work on my novel next week.

[gwensmom]

Rasterbator (http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/)

I saw the Killer Ant show on TLC and they showed those kickass SIAFU!

I feel like s**t tonight. But a shower, tylenol and a good night's sleep ought to make all the difference.

[Skilyne]

Feel better Sarah!!!

YAY!!!!! Tommorow is Friday! Hopefully work goes well...

Here is a picture of me on top of the Empire State Building this last Saturday...

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by Skilyne@Oct 28 2004, 08:29 PM
Here is a picture of me on top of the Empire State Building this last Saturday...
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Did you see Cary Grant or Tom Hanks up there?

[Skilyne]

:) I wish...

Someone DID propose to his girlfriend while I was up there though. She said yes.

Some Russian guy saw me posing for the picture above, and told me I was cute...in Russian. He looked surprised when I thanked him in Russian back. :)

[Lilac]

You DO look cute, Skilyne!

Your hair looks lighter...

or maybe it's just the lighting up there!

[Christine_0701]

haha, i can imagine him being surprised ;)

that rasterbator is pretty cool sarah!

the news is FINALLY over :D

[Skilyne]

Thanks Lilac!

I got a cell phone while in NYC.

I have been opposed to them thus far and REFUSED to own one, but as a single woman out and about by herself, it is probably just a smart idea...especially with me planning to move to the city.

[Lilac]

Mummy costume finished for the big night tomorrow.

The child was not very cooperative.

Oh well.

[Skilyne]

My hair isn't really much lighter...might just be the way it looked under the lights.

I spent 3 days in the city and only spent about $80.

YAY!

[Lilac]

Only 80 bucks! In NYC? For 3 days!

My God girl, what did you do, sleep on the streets and scavenge in garbage cans!? :lol:

No really, I commend you on your thriftyness!

[hammerquill]

Originally posted by sweet_little_bullet@Oct 28 2004, 02:32 PM
1. i love the quote in skilyne's signature. where is it from?


It's a Stephen Crane poem (http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/196.html).

Eventually this evening I hope to get up the energy to make something proper for dinner.

But I keep worrying I'll miss Eve if (as is likely) she doesn't have much time on a computer this evening. If, that is, she can get to one at all.

[Christine_0701]

oh the joys of waiting for someone online

i know exactly how you feel reed!

Charmed is a good show

[siafu]

i saw charmed tonight. i don't often. i laughed at their big ass spellbook

can i go to bed now?

i want a flowbee

[chunkymonkey]

ok, what is a flowbee?

self restraint does exist to ym surprise. :)

I will be wearing red shoes all day long.

[Death_Or_Aldona]

Originally posted by chunkymonkey@Oct 29 2004, 09:40 AM
ok, what is a flowbee?

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it's a vacuum hair cutting system . you can see it here. (http://www.flowbee.com/)

i used to really want one :)

it's early....

[chunkymonkey]

how cool!
I could use one of those because this hair cut I gave myself is all screwed up.
I only half mind though.

[chunkymonkey]

when I'm posting back to back facts you know it's dead in here.
larrissa-ness is missed.
not much to do but paint. I'm not complaining. :)

[Christine_0701]

i didn't sleep too well last night, but i'm still not tired, so that's good

I hope i get my other DVD today, or else me and carol will only have one to watch today :(

Maybe I could bring along a movie, too....

[tanagee]

At the end of October, every year, for the past 4 years my hubby's left foot slowly swells up and becomes terribly painful. He has been through all the diagnostic procedures to figure out what's wrong and still no answers.

It has happened a few other times of the year, but the last 2 weeks in October has been consistantly the time it happens.

He complains NON STOP and whines, and I made the mistake one time of getting crabby at him and saying "Yes I know it hurts, but will you please just shut up about it?" My reasoning was whining and bitching is going to change the fact it hurts so just stop.

[tanagee]

Originally posted by Skilyne@Oct 28 2004, 07:03 PM
Thanks Lilac!

I got a cell phone while in NYC.

I have been opposed to them thus far and REFUSED to own one, but as a single woman out and about by herself, it is probably just a smart idea...especially with me planning to move to the city.
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When I visited my best friend in April of 2001 she was totally opposed to cell phones and said "if someone can't get ahold of me at home or work they can leave a message. I don't want people to be able to find me wherever I am."

Feb 2002, at my baby shower she had a cel phone...and RAN to answer it when it rang. :lol:

NOW that's the only way to get ahold of her, they never answer their home phone and don't have an answering machine. (I guess they only have the home phone line for the internet)

[kittymao]

there are things I should be doing. But i can't seem to get up and DO them. And that's kind of depressing.

I feel burned out. and smashed out, like a discarded cigarette. I feel utterly useless.

maybe I need a nap. Or food. *shrugs* I can't even seem to want to get up and do that, either.

[Helquin]

Oh man: I am so feelin' KittyMao's last post! :lol:

This visit to the Forums was another "quick check for new posts" that has turned into an hour of chaining. :rolleyes:

I'm justifying it with the excuse that it's Friday. <_<

Let the weekend begin! :lol:

[kittymao]

ya, I was just gonna drop int o see if things changed. And now... I'm just... here.

i should do laundry and dishes and eat and nap and shower and drop off mail... but I'm just.
blarg.

i'm not motivated to do a damn thing.

[kittymao]

anyway, I should pep up, it's Halloween weekend!

I hope I get to go to the City tonight- Lamb Of God is at the Warfield and they rock hard.

Hey, maybe that was the motivation I needed.

[Helquin]

I keep forgetting that it's still the middle of the day for you West Coast folks. It's after 5 here, so I don't feel quite as guilty as I might. :lol:

But speaking of laundry, dishes & eating... <_<

It just makes me want to crawl into bed. I'm such a big baby about household chores. :lol:

[kittymao]

Yea- it's only about 2:30. I'vew technically got a full night ahead of me. I pray it's not spent doing fecking chores!

as for chores- that's why I use the dish-washer!
but I can't be buggered to take the plates out of the thing at the moment.
heh.

once I went three days without eating- i didn't even notice. College let me experiment with all the paramenters of my physical body. I miss it sometimes.

[tanagee]

I am sitting in my hubbys office down at the shop...waiting for the UPS man to show up and pick up a package since His foot hurt too much to come in.

What bites is that this is the THIRD time I have been here today. I came down once around 9AM to forward the shop phone to his cell and to pick up a check so I could deposit it and finally make our house payment...then I had to come back down because I found out (while at the grocery store) that the forwarding did not go through. ARGH!

When I was here the second time, I noticed the package was waiting and volunteered to take the package to the UPS hub 10-15 minutes away and he said, "no we'll just go back down before Alex gets there" well "we'll" turned out to mean ME.

[tanagee]

I made my plane reservations today to go to Chicago for New Years.

My mom made it clear that we were not allowed to go for Christmas this year, so I figured going to see His family after Xmas would appease everyone.

:yay: The UPS man just showed up...I was afraid I missed him.

[kittymao]

i'm waiting on the ups man too! I think. I've got an In Transit Notice in my Email, from SJ, at about 4 in the morning. I'm thinkin- and hopin- he's on his way. that would MAKE MY DAY.

ha. so much for me doing chores.

I love working in decos. I'm not so hip on making them. but in the two yahoo groups I'm in, I have to MAKE to RECIEVE. I've made... 15 or so decos in the past two weeks. and recieved... 3? 2? I dunno. Blarhg.

[kittymao]

and as if the UPS had a teleporter, my package just came!
opening...
shirt.stickers.poster.
no buttons.
crap.
out of stock.

horseshit.

MY PACKAGE CAME! YAAY!

[gwensmom]

The day after the volunteer appreciation luncheon, a few volunteers came back in to help me sort through all the knitted caps and bag them for distribution. While we were working one of them said she hoped we did not have the luncheon in the same place next year because the food was horrible and the music was horrible and it was all so horrible.

The result of this is that these volunteers will never again have an event that involves a meal or entertainment. At least as long as I'm the one who runs the program. They are not coming to sort any more either.

Now we will just have a series of "Stitch n chat" events at different congregations. The church ladies will host it and all I have to do is show up. YAY! :yay:

[kittymao]

some people man. all they can do is bitch.

ha. LIKE ME!

geez. I need to get off this machine.

[Skilyne]

Originally posted by Lilac@Oct 28 2004, 10:15 PM
Only 80 bucks! In NYC? For 3 days!

My God girl, what did you do, sleep on the streets and scavenge in garbage cans!? :lol:

No really, I commend you on your thriftyness!
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LOL! Yeah...it DOES sound low! But I bought 2 $4.00 Metrocards, stayed in a friends's apartment, and ate at diners and street stands. It worked out well.

My friend had JUST moved into her apartment though...so there was NO furniture at all...which was funny. I didn't mind though. I'm easy to please.

It was like camping indoors...no dishes, no refrigerator, no furniture...

[Larrissa]

okay okay hellooooooo!! without a computer for a few days, all is going really really well :yay:

i thought about alot of you :wub:

i burned my arm on the oven rack :angry: oh well :lol:

[Larrissa]

i should mention i am waaaaaay too lazy right now to read all the posts here i missed. actually i didnt read even one :mellow: :D

my bedroom walls are lavender, you know.

pumpkin postcards, i hope they arrived on time :)

[Larrissa]

OH OH i heard from wonky, i quote:

:wub: :wub:
apple box

i was sincerly worried

[Skilyne]

Hi Larrissa!!! :) Nice to see you...

I took some pain medicine and now I am feeling a bit loopy and SUPER relaxed.

Sadly, I am out of pain meds now...I need more. I'm not addicted...but I use them for when my Crohns acts up and I'm hurting or my legs begin to cramp up from the Crohns. But now I need more...gotta see if my doctor will oblige.

[Larrissa]

hello to yoooooooou too miss skilyne!

:wave:

i have no facts. NONE. ever. :huh:

:lol:

[Lorrell]

Originally posted by Skilyne@Oct 29 2004, 01:29 AM
Feel better Sarah!!!

YAY!!!!! Tommorow is Friday! Hopefully work goes well...

Here is a picture of me on top of the Empire State Building this last Saturday...
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This is interesting, I always have wanted to visit the Empire State Building. I'm really glad it's still there. I remember feeling horrible while watching the 911 on TV and thinking to myself: OH Please not the "Empire State Building" next! That building has been the focal point of so many movies. Have you heard of the book "Celluloid Skyline" or Celluloid Skyline (http://www.celluloidskyline.com)


I have three tickets for tomorrow nights concert, Sunset Synphoney with the Orlando Philharmonic, it's going to be outdoors, so I hope it doesn't rain.


Tomorrow is Pioneer Days around the lake.


V. is going dressed like "Zatanna" complete with top hat, fishnet stockings, top coat
yellow vest and I look like Zelda Fitzgerald on a bad day and will probably stay like this until Monday. :D

[bluecrayon]

looked all around my mailbox for the Subway cup -- :'(

glad to hear someone has heard from Wonky!!!

I have been working the long distance phone lines off and on all day calling registered voters in so called swing states to urge them to vote -- so far I would say 85% of people I talked with are revved up about this election...

[bluecrayon]

as if I were a giant pink eraser---

I am erasing my trace.

[namelessgirl]

I took namelessboy his mail today. I think he attempted to be nice but it just couldn't work in a parking lot in front of the Store of Doom, and not when he had that hat on. I was kind of snotty and sarcastic and tried to expose the hurting but he was oblivious. Or pretended to be.


Work is way too early tomorrow or I could drink some wine. Or Kountry Mist and Vodka. First class right there.


Time to knit and hunt for political satire on the teevee.

[Death_Or_Aldona]

i'm sick again....been in and out of bed all day.

listening to new music :) that's always nice

rtggrtu666666uuuuuuuuutrefg

[Larrissa]

i call it vodka, ive had alot

this emotional appendage, if only i had the bravery to chop it off: heart

the inventor of thumbtacks has my respect

[bluecrayon]

I call it being invisible and it sucks...

a fountain of vodka could not change the outcome

there just comes a time when no one sees you anymore...

[siafu]

i saw the movie saw. it freaked my shit, in a pretty good way.

i now have a boatload of paperwork to do

i went to the lair of the zombie lawyers. i got out WITH my spicy brains intact. i am really hating the zombie lawyer kings right now.

[chunkymonkey]

invisible... that's exactly what it is.
my bed isn't half the comfort it used to be.
I wish the world a happy day! :peace:

[Larrissa]

oh the joy of posting within the first five minutes of awakeness

no one really sees anyone else, as we prefer to see lil bags of our own creation

i wish i hadnt let the arm burn get infected, thats gross

[Larrissa]

um, todays the departure day

and im getting advice more positive than the advice recieved for the strangers :huh:

ummm, it annoys me to write the kind of letter that will never get sent

[Larrissa]

and you people KNEW the strangers, whats with that anyway? this guys completely unknown ...

ooh i gotta remember to go fix that :ph34r:

today i will do stuff, yeah. :lol:

[namelessgirl]

mornings before work are good for knitting, tea, and compulsively writing to-do lists on the dry erase board.

i should be smart and do laundry and clean the cat box but ewwwwww.

instead i will knit and then drive ms smarty pants to the bank so she can withdraw her millions.

ps i think she's nervous.

pps so am i and this doesn't even have anything to do with me! :P

[Larrissa]

oh hell with everything!

i mean, my scarf is coming along super fine

shes cussing at the bagel

[chunkymonkey]

I want to learn to knit.
I love scarves.
out my window I can see the mist atop the trees.

[Larrissa]

they are called hormones

they torment me a week out of every month

they need to stop this :rolleyes:

[Larrissa]

i like to call it angst

we be leaving for gainesville at around three ....

oooh i would like to think i am unembarrassable, but this is showing me, its certainly possible. :ph34r:

[Lorrell]

1. I woke up early and made Anadama Bread now it smells like a bakery in here.


2. I went outside and pulled some weeds. etc


3. Gotta get ready for the concert tonight. :)

[namelessgirl]

i signed up for Art by the Inch. now i'm skurred. i really didn't have room for more commitment in my life right now. hmm. stupid girl.


why are all the men in my little corner of the world being such asshats really? for real. shape up yo or i shall smite thee with a vengeance.


i'm wearing devil horns at work. how egg cellent is that?

[tanagee]

Originally posted by Larrissa@Oct 30 2004, 07:16 AM
they are called hormones

they torment me a week out of every month

they need to stop this :rolleyes:
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Try being pregnant...they torment you everyday for close to a year. :wacko:

But atleast with preganancy you get something good out of it. :wub:

When I first started dating my hubby he was grumpy that I was on my period, I told him "someday you are going to hope to God it comes." And not too long after we had a 'scare'...so I was right. ;)

[chunkymonkey]

I dare you not to go nuts (http://www.geocities.com/clownstaples/swf/ballonstring.html)

the burden of explanation is coming down hard on me today :violin:

2 days till I start writing my masterpiece :rolleyes:

[Larrissa]

vulnerable, the need to close off from future situations. paranoia, i feel violated.

would chaosisorder shit if sara and i showed up at her house?

wow. kids. thats something im fairly positive i WILL NEVER DO.

[Helquin]

Originally posted by bluecrayon+Oct 29 2004, 10:04 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bluecrayon @ Oct 29 2004, 10:04 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>I am erasing my trace.318898[/b]
My answer to your erased question: no. But I've been tempted. ;)


Originally posted by namelessgirl@Oct 30 2004, 08:44 AM
... clean the cat box but ewwwwww.318994
OK, that does it. No kitten for me. :lol:


Originally posted by Lorrell@Oct 30 2004, 11:58 AM
1. I woke up early and made Anadama Bread now it smells like a bakery in here.319025
Mmmmmm! I love anadama bread! I haven't had any since the last time I went through Vermont. :)

Are you a New Englander, Lorrell, or is anadama bread popular in other parts of the country?


<!--QuoteBegin-chunkymonkey@Oct 30 2004, 12:26 PM
I dare you not to go nuts (http://www.geocities.com/clownstaples/swf/ballonstring.html)319033[/quote]
:lol: What a hoot

[Larrissa]

okay okay, it has come time to forcibly remove myself from machine, i have to get ready and stuff

must eat, food. tasty food preferably.

the follies of not being attached to one person with almost no way out, whew.

[hammerquill]

Originally posted by chunkymonkey@Oct 30 2004, 09:26 AM
I dare you not to go nuts (http://www.geocities.com/clownstaples/swf/ballonstring.html)


:lol::lol: Now that's the way to wake up on a bleary Saturday morning....

I realized, most uncharacteristically, I was not making sound effects.

I think I'll go take a shower now.

[namelessgirl]

The stupidity of some people's screen names amazes me sometimes. You all know what I'm talking about. GRRRRRRRR. no not you. silly.


my head hurts and my nose won't quit running and i'm hungry. / whine.


work is dumb.

[Larrissa]

stillheremyneckhurtsandsometimespacesareforpussies!

oh grrrr. RAWR. i feel more deflated than angry.

mmmmm, food. i should do the dishes. dont even say its your turn, bitch!

[namelessgirl]

but it *IS* my turn, skank! :P


we can so drive to J'ville and kick booty. or stalk chaosisorder in G'ville. your call. hmm.


yeah reading about politics makes me angry and my brain hurts and i want to drown kittens. just to give people something else to talk about.

[Curlita]

I am wondering what anadama bread is.
Baby slings are the best invention ever.
I'm (slowly) on my way to the kitchen to make french toast for breakfast.

[Larrissa]

i keep opening chain game windows and then i turn to talk to namelessgirl and come back to the window to find i have completely lost interest and it gets closed, without a reply. and shes been hanging on the bathroom door for ten minutes, talking! its distracting!

it would be nice on livejournal if i could log in as more than one username, its getting out of hand. i should be deleting my tracks but im attached to that record of how things were, even if i have yet to go back and look at that shit.

my affection for many people has overshadowed my spite at a certain male entity. hmmmm, i dunno if im gonna just go all out and post it. oh fuck you. no. :P

[Helquin]

Originally posted by Curlita@Oct 30 2004, 03:06 PM
I am wondering what anadama bread is.319073

Definition: [a-nuh-DAM-uh] An early American yeast bread flavored with cornmeal and molasses. Legend says this bread was created by a New England farmer plagued by a lazy wife who served him the same cornmeal-molasses gruel every day. One morning, the disgusted farmer grabbed the bowl of gruel, tossed in some flour and yeast, and began stirring like crazy, all the while muttering angrily, "Anna, damn 'er!"

:lol:

I learned today why you should never leave the house without a camera... Accidentally stumbled into the preparations for our downtown Halloween parade today. Perfect light, costumes & floats in various stages of assembly -- and this is the one day in the past 3 months I didn't have a camera on me!

I'm pretty sure I'm gonna do NaNoWriMo... Has anyone started a Forums thread on that yet? :huh:

[chunkymonkey]

Has anyone started a Forums thread on that yet?

all you babe.
Have you been on their forums? They have cool chain games.
I've nothing today; in my own defense that was my goal.

[gwensmom]

Went to the fabric store today and only spent $22.

I don't have to go back to work until Wednesday! I'm going to have an art/craft fest until then.

My in-laws came over today so the FIL could help Gwensdad do some home repairs. I did not get out of the house before they came. MIL told me that she would give me some money to get some sandwiches or sandwich meat and I told her I already had plenty of sliced smoked turkey. I bought groceries and spent an hour fixing everyone lunch before I went out again. When I got back they were gone and their lunch was in the fridge uneaten. <_<

[Curlita]

Helquin, I did NaNoWriMo last year and it was a blast! I really liked the intensity of working everyday and trying to meet a goal. Wish I could do it again this year, but it will probably be a long time before I have the time again.

Went on a walk today and got a chocolate milk shake.

J has the baby and I have a few spare moments to myself. I decided that I should write in my journal, but it's been so long since I wrote there, I can't even find it! :huh:

[Lorrell]

1. I woke up early and made Anadama Bread now it smells like a bakery in here.319025
Mmmmmm! I love anadama bread! I haven't had any since the last time I went through Vermont. :)

Are you a New Englander, Lorrell, or is anadama bread popular in other parts of the country?

I guess Ya'all wanna know.
No, I didn't get it from New England and I really didn't know much about it other than it uses Molasses & Cornmeal,both are ingredients I keep stocked. I found the recipe in a bread book. I use Molasses as a sweetner because white sugar doesn't have the nutrient value going on at all. I like Molasses in Coffee and on Vanilla Ice Cream or Waffles, muffins, cookies. It's a good bread for sandwiches and goes nice with cheeses. :lol: T