Three random facts:

[Helquin]

Eh, I was gonna chain but I'm zonked.

I miss Blue already. :mellow:

I might get someone to take my picture tomorrow so Gwensmom can see a jin-yoo-wine hillbilly militia haircut. :lol:

Good luck with that essay, Christine. ;)

[Cuilanië]

:wave: Hello!

The flight was very, very quiet, I was a bit surprised at it... Lots of business travellers.

It's good to be here. :)

[siafu]

Originally posted by Larrissa@Nov 16 2004, 02:53 AM
oh you, just shut that odd mouth of yours helquin! :yell:
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my god. you're funny.

i got fired. i don't care. i felt like a creep asking people for their credit card numbers and old ladies for their spare ten bucks.

i'm applying at value villlage tomorrow.

[zanna]

Originally posted by siafu@Nov 16 2004, 01:24 AM
i'm applying at value villlage tomorrow.


i'd marry value village if it were legal.

i've given up studing for the evening.

my mind just kept wondering back to him for some odd reason.

[Christine_0701]

value village was fun today

it was 50% off day :D

I got lots of deals, and missed out on one super excellent one :(

[oreogrl1]

my eyes are burning again, but this time it's from swim team practice.
I miss giving my 3rf more than once a day.
I'm not looking foward to practice today.:)

[nymphette]

it was 50% off at VV here too yesterday, but i missed it... :(

and i really coulda used some half off baby clothes!!! :o

ah well... next time...

[Larrissa]

good morning!

things today are better

i wish all of you well in your own personal days :wub:

[nymphette]

gotta get going for bloodwork....

just popped on to see if angela had that darn baby yet!!!!!!!!!!! he's taking his sweet time, but i guess they always do!!!

later everyone... i have my prenatal today so wish me luck that the BP isn't through the ceiling!!!!!

[Zhenechka]

Originally posted by Christine_0701@Nov 16 2004, 02:15 AM
I got lots of deals, and missed out on one super excellent one :(
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I went once with a friend and she distracted me and then nabbed the leopard-print swing coat. Grrrr.

I'm going to try a new post office today.

I'm hungry.

[Larrissa]

im doing it again :ph34r:

it can apply

to so many of the things

i am doing again

damn.

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by Helquin@Nov 16 2004, 12:55 AM
I might get someone to take my picture tomorrow so Gwensmom can see a jin-yoo-wine hillbilly militia haircut. :lol:329968
Yes yes yes I must see!

We don't have a value village. :( But I know where all the thrift stores are.

Gwen's teacher asked to me attend a "parent meeting" at the school this morning. I went and now I am on something called the Leadership Council. Budget cuts have caused a reduction in staff and they need parents to help out at school. I would be excellent at this if I had any time and/or energy to take on something new. But I guess I'll try it anyway.

[Lorrell]

1. Rain here today :yay: and the sunshine is coming out too! Maybe we'll have a rainbow in the making.


2. Indoors this morning with the C-span junkies, yea gads, the phrase "Oil for Food" reeks of subjugation.


3. I'm making Bamboo Trellises and learning the Ibo knot this morning, staking tomatoe plants later on in the afternoon if the rain lets up.

[Lilac]

It's freezing in here!

I want to go home and go back to bed.

The little space beneath my desk looks cozy and warm. I'd really like to crawl in there and curl up and sleep. Do you think I'd get fired it the boss man came in and found me there?

[Lorrell]

1. I'm wondering what "Value Village" is?


2. It sounds so quaint I'm curious, is it a village for people with "family values" ?


3. Do values live there? What are the villagers like? :lol: :lol: very crafty?

[Christine_0701]

Value Village is a thrift store

Robyn, If you have any stuff to bring in and donate to VV, they'll give you a coupon for 20% off your next purchase (it has to be a bag of stuff, tho....at least, they're doing that here)

Lilac, I love your new avatar, is it off of a cookbook cover?

[Death_Or_Aldona]

he's been hitting the snooze button again and again for almost 2 hours.

i couldn't take it anymore, so here i am....awake-ish

oh dear god, it's going off again

[Death_Or_Aldona]

got a letter from that holly girl today. one of them was from july. wow.

i feel myself starting to fall behind. how many people do i owe letters to? not that i really think i "owe" letters. really, i just want to write everyone and say hi. unfortunately i have little else to say other than "hi"

yes, the alarm is still going off. i'm about to go get his butt outta bed, cause i really can't take this anymore :P

[nymphette]

i don't like my new obgyn.... i'm being a suck only because she's taking my first ultrasound's 'due date' as my 'real' due date- which means it puts me at january 18th....

she will schedule me a week early for my c-section....

which means january 11th this baby will be here.... :( unless things change before then..... i'm planning to do everything in my power to make an early delivery then..... i'll try any and every old wive's tale for labor induction!!!! :o

[Christine_0701]

lol Robyn, you are so bad!!!

I just found out that the 50% off day was yesterday here in Canada, and Veteran's Day in the states :blink:

I accidentally bought the wrong tuna yesterday, do you think the grocery store will let me exchange it?

[Helquin]

It's raining today.

So no militia haircut photos. :D

Too bad. I wanted to prove to Miss Larrissa that I do not have an "odd mouth" :blink:

:lol:

This timer is playing games with me... <_< How can we be down to 7 minutes already?!

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by Helquin@Nov 16 2004, 12:50 PM
So no militia haircut photos. :D330137
Damn. I was so looking forward to seeing this!

I am having killer headaches. Supposedly they will go away in a week or two. :blink:

I cancelled Gwen's OT appointment for tomorrow afternoon. I have to go with her class to the symphony on Thursday and I am too tired to do both.

I have to knit three scarves and two caps for family members before Christmas. Current status is 9" on scarf #1. Do you think I can pull it off?

[namelessgirl]

Gwensmom, I have faith in you and your speedy knitting needles :wub:

School makes me cry. Two tests down, one more and a paper to go. Plus two more education tech assignments. All by the end of the day today. Whee!

I don't appreciate when my boss calls me to bitch at me about stuff on days where I don't work and will be on campus for 14 hours. There's nothing I can do about it from here, why couldn't it wait until I was at work tomorrow night? Then you could bitch me out in person. Oh wait, now I remember, I'm tall and scary. <_<

Helquin, I've been secretly turning your time ahead every time you get up to use the bathroom or get a drink. Sorry, I'll be good. Damn my mind powers!

[siafu]

Originally posted by Christine_0701@Nov 16 2004, 05:40 PM
lI accidentally bought the wrong tuna yesterday, do you think the grocery store will let me exchange it?
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well, yah. provided you haven't opened it.

i twisted my foot yesterday and it hurts a lot. bah.

i needed to go fill out applications, but i can't be overgimpy.

[Helquin]

Give me an inch and I take a mile. :D

Christine said I could have an extra 30 minutes and now I've stretched it to 55. :rolleyes:

OK: for real. Art! Now! Yes!

It's gonna happen...






I'm going, I'm going!

[nymphette]

Originally posted by Christine_0701@Nov 16 2004, 11:40 AM
lol Robyn, you are so bad!!!
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i know... :P i'll be washing down my black cohosh tablets with my red raspberry leaf tea... and driving down the bumpiest streets to go watersliding...

i draw the line at drinking mineral oil though... <_<

any other suggestions for labor induction??? i start my evil plan to take over the world... i mean... i am going to start trying around christmas........ :D

[nymphette]

i refuse to change my baby meter.... and all my pregnancy calendars and day by day pg report emails..... forget it.....

oh yeah- spicy food too!!! i actually made chris take me out for tacotime (though it isn't really that spicy, but i was craving it) the evening i went into labor with harrison... i think i'll have to try either east indian or szechuan this time.... something REALLY spicy shoudl get things going....

now i'm not upset about having so many braxton-hicks contractions... they'll come in handy if i can use them in my plot to take over the world....

i meant labor induction... silly me....

[Christine_0701]

:lol: hmmmm...I don't know...walk lots?

Google it, you might find something ;)

I reeeeally ought to work on my essay

[Lorrell]

1. Nah, Helquin around here it's "Give me fifteen minutes and I'll show you how to double it"....I'm kinda curious about the haircut, does it look like your avatar's or much more severe.



2. I'm a little nervous today ( the black widow spider got on me) and I did my instinctive reflex thingie and screamed (just like a girl, according to J.) it was right on my left shoulder and in my periperal vision and as soon as I turned my head I screamed at it and it balled up and fell to the floor.


3. We went to Junior's Fish Market for lunch..after the black widow encounter I needed some Omega-3 replent. I almost forgot, it's stone crab claw season. :yay:

[nymphette]

the JW's were just here.... i had thought after me being gone to edmonton all summer htey would have given up.... <_< no chance.... chris says 'just tell them to go away and not come back!'... i can't be rude though, no matter how many watchtowers they shove in my hand!!!

i think i will crochet a hat for the baby.... all these posts about knitting and crocheting have gotten me inspired.... i did make a hat last year for julian, complete with ear flaps and ties... no pattern... :) yes, i was pretty proud of myself....

it's a pretty cool hat.. if you don't look TOO closely at the stitches... :D

[Death_Or_Aldona]

my keyboard was broken for most of the day. obviously it's working again ;)

the boy is frustrating, defensive and argumentative

it's been a lousy day so far....

[siafu]

i get the job of cleaning off the octagon chair.

i made myself chamomile tea. i hope i like it.

blue, come back. i demand blueness.

[Death_Or_Aldona]

i need to spend a big chunk of time getting all my nness junk organized

i say junk in a loving way. he's ticked cause i have envies of stuff all over the place. i thought all those envies were helping me keep things tidy. guess not...understandable though. i certainly get frustrated when his computer bits take over the house....it goes much deeper than just being frustrated with my stuff....

i want to scream, so i did. now i want to smile....maybe i will

[siafu]

hey, nymphette...my parents have this story that their friend gearheart told them to tie my mom up to the volkswagen and go around the block a couple of times. i was born the next day, so gearheart was wondering if they did it.

[nymphette]

Originally posted by siafu@Nov 16 2004, 03:00 PM
hey, nymphette...my parents have this story that their friend gearheart told them to tie my mom up to the volkswagen and go around the block a couple of times. i was born the next day, so gearheart was wondering if they did it.
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:rofl: hey, you'd be surprised what a woman will try, just to get that kid outta there!!!

i really want to have a bowl of rice right now...

i'm not going to because i'm too lazy to make it.... i'll have a glass of diet pepsi instead... it's a good substitue for anything.....

[Zhenechka]

I locked myself out of my carrel today.

It took 30 minutes to find someone who worked at the library.

I have a hankering for game.

[Halic]

three facts......damn where to start.

1. My work requires I carry a machine gun everyday.

2. I'm prolly the last person you want to see with a machine gun.

3. I hate hot weather but volunteered to go to the middle east just because the money was really good.

[Lorrell]

Originally posted by nymphette@Nov 16 2004, 08:50 PM


i think i will crochet a hat for the baby.... all these posts about knitting and crocheting have gotten me inspired.... i did make a hat last year for julian, complete with ear flaps and ties... no pattern... :) yes, i was pretty proud of myself....

it's a pretty cool hat.. if you don't look TOO closely at the stitches... :D
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Well please, don't let any perfectionistic person see it and you will do just fine. I have a shawl I'm working on and I showed it too some crochet people that have been doing things for years and they couldn't see the mistakes that I KNOW I MADE, so just remember it's all in the eye of the beholder and if it fits well, looks great, well that's all that matters, it's the end result that counts, and it gives you something to concentrate on while your waiting for the big event, you might get it finished before that if you try. Or maybe upon it's completion, the big event will occur, never underestimate the mind over matter thingie. Hope your boy Harrison is doing better.

[sarahkate]

~ Phew! I had a lot of 3RFs to catch up on today. I'm soooo happy to hear that Harrison is safe & sound. Phew! :D I'm sad to hear about Veronica being kicked out of her house :( (I'm sending her a letter today to her PO Box .. so she will have my phone # if she needs it for any reason since I'm only a few hours away). I hope Eve & Reed are having fun :wub: And I hope Gwen's birthday was great. B). Hey...where is Skilyne? I hope she is ok!

~ I'm home alone tonight & tomorrow (the boy is working out near Buffalo for the next few days) so I think I will make some broccoli stir fry & rice for dinner, and I don't have to share any of it. Yay!

~ This past weekend I watched The Exorcist for the first time in my life. It definitely wasn't as scary as everyone made it out to be. Though the scene with Regan "crawling" down the stairs made me jump. :unsure:

[Helquin]

Originally posted by Lorrell+Nov 16 2004, 03:31 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lorrell @ Nov 16 2004, 03:31 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>I'm kinda curious about the haircut, does it look like your avatar's or much more severe.330204[/b]
Actually, the haircut is about the same. The rest of me got more severe! :lol:


<!--QuoteBegin-sarahkate@Nov 16 2004, 04:48 PM
~ Phew! I had a lot of 3RFs to catch up on today.330280[/quote]
I think they do that to brainwash us into checking 3RF several times a day. <_<

My brain is washed, rinsed, conditioned and full of bouncy body... I'm gonna take it out to Hobby Lobby for some lime green paper!

Hey you -- you should flirt with your brain, too! :lol:

[siafu]

ok, so f salliemae right in her ear

i have to pay $150 to put my private loans into forbearance

i'm not making any forward gains here.

bonus: weeping is for sissies. weeping openly is for sissies who don't mind if their faces get ugly. let's see...any other reasons not to weep? yes. i can do this.

[Lilac]

My son is driving me freaking insane this evening.

Military school is looking better and better.

Really.

[namelessgirl]

MY PAPER IS DONE!!!!!!!!!!

it's not even due for thirty more minutes!

hmm to proofread or not to proofread....

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by namelessgirl@Nov 16 2004, 05:43 PM
MY PAPER IS DONE!!!!!!!!!!

it's not even due for thirty more minutes!
330311Way to go Sara!

My scarf is now at 17.5"

It's looking like I made the right decision.

[tanagee]

From the hidden reference librarian in me:
Originally posted by nymphette@Nov 16 2004, 12:27 PM
i draw the line at drinking mineral oil though... <_<

any other suggestions for labor induction??? i start my evil plan to take over the world... i mean... i am going to start trying around christmas........  :D
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it's Castor oil :) good choice! (I came back to clarify this statement...good choice NOT to do it!)
*Castor oil has long been used as a strong laxative and cathartic. Since stimulation of intestinal peristalsis also stimulates uterine contractions, castor oil has been used for inducing labor. My clinical experience is that it works best in women who have ruptured membranes ('broken water') and are not having contractions. In other women I have not seen it be successful in inducing labor by itself although it will stimulate uterine contractions.

Since castor oil is a cathartic laxative, taking it will produce intestinal cramping and diarrhea for several hours. Some people describe it as feeling like having the flu or food poisoning. It also does not taste good so it can be hard to take the 1-4 tablespoon dose. Though not well documented, there are reports of increased incidence of meconium stained amniotic fluid in women given castor oil to induce labor.

*Stimulation of the nipples releases oxytocin, which is a natural form of pitocin. Oxytocin causes contractions, which can sometimes induce labor. Gently roll the nipple and stop when you feel contractions. If this is going to work, you will generally feel contractions within 20 minutes.

*Tea made from parsley or cumin seeds will also often stimulate contractions, and both are gentle and virtually free of side effects.

*check out this site: http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/natind...tml#Homeopathic (http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/natinduc.html#Homeopathic)

*Labor Inducing Eggplant Parmesan
One of the methods of self-inducing labor that's been sweeping the internet in recent years is the myth that eggplant will start labor. This maternity myth started when a news story began circulating about a restaurant in Georgia named Scalini's. Apparently the mothers of over 300 babies have gone into labor in the past 23 years, within 48 hours of eating the eggplant parmegiana.

The funny part is, it may just be that the dish causes the women to go into labor, but it's not the eggplant. The herbs Oregano and Basil have properties that may cause contractions, though it is not yet known how or in what quantities. This is why, in aromatherapy circles, these herbs and essential oils are to be avoided whenever possible during pregnancy.

These are from various websites I found.
OK I am done :)

[Lilac]

I had a dream about Velma last night.

In this dream, we were stealing a monkey.

Or maybe rescuing it. I don't know....strange.

[ebandit]

I was pissed so I did a rant--family-aka borin- on rants and raves. I feel better

I am wondering about Helquins haircut...and why rain prevents taking a picture.

I am jealous that I didn't get to help Lilac and Velma with the monkey :D

[kittymao]

blarg. my arm is cold. damn that mouse for making me extend my arm far enough to be so cold!
now that I'm done reading, I should do something. Maybe eat.
oo. Chikkin.

[tanagee]

Megan just came in and told me to watch Baby Doll and walked away, So of course I am sitting here craddling a ratty 8" doll.

We found Baby Doll at Fantastic Sam's. Some other little girl left it there and it was under their counter waiting for her to come back. Megan was eyeballing it the whole time I was getting my hair cut. The hairdresser said it had been there for a week, so Megan could take it home. I immediately gave Baby Doll a bath and now she is Megan's absolute favorite doll. She is one of those dolls with the cloth body and vinyl head and limbs.

today I remembered this song my cousin and I made up about this girl named Krissy she was friends with. It was to the tune of Moon Unit Zappa's Valley Girl. The one line that keeps going through my head is "for that face there is no cure." I accidentally (maybe on purpose? who know's with 12 year-olds) let her hear it.

[namelessgirl]

where the heck is Larrissa tonight????

that last test sucked even worse than the other two!

one presentation and then i can go home. finally.

[Larrissa]

i had to work late.

my first words to a coworker:

"nice to meet you. why the hell were you late?"

that stopped everyone for about a second. it was neat.

[Lorrell]

1. I had to go to All-Mart today for batteries and an ink jet cartridge. What an experience of dumbing down that place is! It took nearly 30 minutes to find the person who had the keys to the ink jet showcase/ safety vault. They even keep the damn manual for cross referencing part numbers locked up. Thank God I brought all my numbers with me. The security is tighter there than at the airport! When I finally got to the register the cashier had the nerve to ask me to take my DL out of my wallet so she could write my DL number on my check. It's not like you can't see everthing in the window of the wallet, so I said, "Look, do you see that number, well, write it down and get on with it otherwise you can do a void and I'll order the damn thing on line! Then she offered some excuse that that was the way she did it up north and I shouted "I don't give a damn how you did it up north, you're down here now! which brought on a lot of laughs from all the good Ole boys waiting in line behind me.

2. I still haven't got over my scare with the black widow today. Out of the 3000 species of spiders, only two are really dangerous to people and both are found in Florida. Arachnida Araneida Oxyopidae or otherwise known as Black Widow and Brown Recluse- Arachnida Araneida Loxoscelidae. I have already been bitten by a Brown Recluse and have a small faint scar on my back shoulder from it. So my arachnophobia is justified. I won't go into the gory details of the Brown Recluse's bite but it's gross and painful. For some people it can be deadly, everyone reacts differently to the venom.

3 I don't mind it at night when I hear the crickets chirping, I like to hear them sing and the fact that they eat spiders makes me very happy. I've made a deal with them, if they'll eat the spiders, I won't let anyone use them for fishbait. :rolleyes:

[Larrissa]

eh, alright.

but its fun.

i love that flavor of angst.

[Helquin]

I had no idea crickets eat spiders.

If this world gets any more interesting, I'll need a nap.

In honor of Larrissa, I ate at Taco Bell tonight.

No offense, but why don't they just have a big trough of seasoned beef slop right there at the drive-thru window?

Both cars in front of me ordered in excess of $15. That's a lot of taco.

[Larrissa]

ewwww that reminds me. there was a cockraoch today in the vegetable line fridge thingie.

and this chick ordered A SIDE OF BEEF.

hmm, last thing i did in honor of a stranger, was drink a mountain dew, in the name of Z.

[Helquin]

Ding.

OK, I'm gonna be good. For an hour anyway. :D

Can you believe I didn't find any decent paper at Hobby Lobby?

Well, I didn't.

P.S. I didn't even know I could order a side of beef at Taco Bell. It's not on the drive-thru menu! :lol:

[Christine_0701]

Bah, I have to write a prose poem

and yet I'm still not sure what the fuck a prose poem is!!!!

Anyone care to help?

[Lilac]

I've come across quite a few Black Widows at my place. I've never had one get on me though.

Once when I was a child, I caught one, put it in a jar and proceeded to scare the shit out of my step mother.

Lots of creepy crawlies around here. I guess you learn to live with them.

[Zhenechka]

Originally posted by Christine_0701@Nov 16 2004, 09:39 PM
Bah, I have to write a prose poem

and yet I'm still not sure what the fuck a prose poem is!!!!

Anyone care to help?
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A prose poem is a crock.

It's prose that the author has decided is a poem.

Nothing more. Nothing less.

It's about the graphic.

It's not like we're living in the 19-th century anymore, when a novel is verse freaks critics out.

[Lilac]

I'm in a rather crabby mood this evening.

I'm craving a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but I've already had dinner and cannot justify eating anything else.

Because of my fat ass.

[Christine_0701]

no, I do know what a prose poem is, I just dont know how to write one

Our teacher suggested using a "dream sequence"...if I used any of my dreams, it would not make any sense

But I have 2 lines, yeay!!! (erm, sentences...it happens to be 2 lines, too :lol:)

[Lilac]

Originally posted by Helquin@Nov 17 2004, 02:33 AM
I had no idea crickets eat spiders.

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Crickets will eat spider eggs and baby spiders. I don't think they'll tackle an adult spider, though.

There is a cricket in (I think) Australia that will eat spiders...or so I've heard.

That would be one nasty cicket!

[ebandit]

keep that Nasty Aussie cricket OUT of my house.

thank you~

[Larrissa]

HOT SAUCE. oh lord, bless your nonexistant soul for tijuana flats. the POBox is on the way too ... yay for mail!

missy's all pissed and angsty and moody

its good to have someone to listen to, seriously.

[Lilac]

Is it my imagination or do Larrissa's dancing cats increase each time I see one of her posts?

[ebandit]

Yeah...they multiply like rabbits...


Hey...maybe they are really Rabbits that are in the Witness Protection Program!

[Lilac]

Hey Gene - come take my son for a week or two!

Please!?

Otherwise I'll be in an insane asylum!

[ebandit]

Lilac: YOu want ME to take you son?

I used to work at an insane asylum (aka state mental hospital)

No it wasn't patient employment!

[Christine_0701]

yeay! I wrote another sentence...whoo, progress!!!!

I'm probably not going to do my ethics homework....<_<

Carol's getting into Dorms next semester :D

[Lilac]

Yes, you Gene!

Teach him to paint!


Tell him stories about people in the State Mental hospitals. Let him know what's going to happen to his mother if he doesnt settle down! :lol:

[ebandit]

I prefer to teach adults.

I could give him a haircut!

I am still waiting for a pic of Helquin's haircut!

[Lorrell]

Here ya Go Christine, it's some Classical Prosody

We, whose first memories reach half of a century backward, May praise our fortune to have outliv'd so many dangers,- Faultiness of Nature's unruly machinery or man's --;
For, once born, whatever it's worth, Life is to be held to.
Its mere persistence esteem'd as real attainment
Its crown of silver reverence'd as one promise of youth.

Just go on and on and it doesn't have to rhyme or anything, but the more grandiose imagery, the better.

Like...

Twin be the gates of the house of sleep: as fable opineth
One is of horn, and thence for a true dream outlet is easy.
Darkly prison'd to arise to celestial exaltation
to the fair happy woodland. No one offending impiously, nor forcing to service of vile uses; ordering rather thy slave to beauty, compelling lovingkindness.
So should desire, the only priestess of Nature Divinely inspir'd like a good monarch rule thee, and lead thee onward in consummate motion Of life eternal unto heavenly perfection.

(Yawn, Yawn)


J. comes bouncing around in here pulling books off my shelf, demanding I provide him something to read. Can't he see I'm busy being prosey! Damn it man! Must I play librarian, can't I write in peace!

Now he's reading my detective novel..


I must answer my e-mail.

:wub:

[Christine_0701]

I love the defnitions of prose poem in the dictionaries: a piece of prose that uses poetic devises....it just begs more definitions :P

basically, we've decided in class that it's a poem that is in the structure of prose..blah

Still stuck on 3 lines...wanna read?

[nymphette]

Originally posted by tanagee+Nov 16 2004, 04:58 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tanagee @ Nov 16 2004, 04:58 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>From the hidden reference librarian in me:
<!--QuoteBegin-nymphette@Nov 16 2004, 12:27 PM
i draw the line at drinking mineral oil though... <_<

any other suggestions for labor induction??? i start my evil plan to take over the world... i mean... i am going to start trying around christmas........  :D
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it's Castor oil :) good choice! (I came back to clarify this statement...good choice NOT to do it!)
*Castor oil has long been used as a strong laxative and cathartic. Since stimulation of intestinal peristalsis also stimulates uterine contractions, castor oil has been used for inducing labor. My clinical experience is that it works best in women who have ruptured membranes ('broken water') and are not having contractions. In other women I have not seen it be successful in inducing labor by itself although it will stimulate uterine contractions.
These are from various websites I found.
OK I am done :)
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neither sounds good to me so... :P no go for the oil!!! no enemas... sex, well, we'll see how i feel then... :o

i heard about that eggplant dish on a website.. it may have been gentlebirth.org, sounds familiar.... would have been last pregnancy, i've only now started to look up this kind of stuff, now that i know i have to wait SO LONG!!!!!

i'll buy every kind of tea thought to induce!!! :D

[Christine_0701]

*sigh* I'm stuck on my poem

I think it might even be finished, but I'm just not sure

I hate this!!!! I have to have it done for tomorrow, or else it may not get workshopped!!!!

[nymphette]

i wanna read christine's prose poem!!! but i have to run away right away!!! :(

guess it'll still be here tomorrow if you post it!!! :P

duh... i'm having a blond night... okay, a placenta brain night....

[Christine_0701]

sure, I can post it

Remembering

Arms fan out in rainbow blue jumpsuit, thick, padded against the toddler afternoon. Cherry drop footsteps fall in the snow, a trail of ghostly followers to the concrete edge. Flakes drift upwards towards the sky, flowing backwards like the waters of Saint John River during the tides. Mountainous waters in the Bay of Fundy reflect the island of Prince Edward. Rusted sands stain shirts like crimson hair stains pages of the imagination. Thoughts shelved away in the library of the mind, memories pasted between their bindings.


do you think it needs anything else?

[namelessgirl]

Well not to scare you Lorrell, but there are other dangerous spiders besides those two. I read about one in Australia that eats babies or something and is attracted to water, so now they're having huge problems because everyone who can afford one has a pool!

Getting a burrito was good, calmed me down some. I had a good rant on the way over. She always listens and it's nice though I probably talk about things that qualify as "Too Much Info."

There was a guy at the burrito place wearing the same shirt as me. This is an old shirt that I have had for three years. What are the odds of that? I would like to think that we were both mildly embarassed and perhaps a little turned on by the whole thing. What a hot pickup line is that? "I can see myself in your shirt" :P

[Lorrell]

1. Oh yeah Christine, your definitely on to it there, I like it, but one little thingie I would omit the Proper names of locations, like "Bay of Fundy" etc. and just put the word "bay" or "river" with a nice adjective in the front of it. Otherwise it makes it sound like your giving mapquest directions, the reader doesn't need to know what bay or river, you can leaveit up to their imagination. Use lots of Imagery in prose; lots of detailed descriptions.


2. Here I am drinking Lemonade this late at night, well I guess it's better than tea.


3 I am looking forward to my "Gemini" project and have some interesting things collected for it.

[Christine_0701]

yeah, but see, it's about the memories of a person, thus we need the specific place names b/c they visited these specific places

i just don't know if it's done or not, but i can't think of anything else to add onto it

i keep feeling as if i've taken my inhaler, but i haven't

[Death_Or_Aldona]

sleepy, but sleep doesn't come

the boy is on the phone with his mum. he's gonna be on there for a while :P

i got quite a bit done today, but not as much as i wanted. tomorrow i really need to kick some ass and get shit done!

[Christine_0701]

chipped away at the essay and i've only got 300 more words to go

so tomorrow it's finish the essay and double check the story, and thursday is work on rewriting the article

oh, and if i have time tomorrow, i'm gonna rewrite my other story for creative non-fiction...oye, 3 assignments due for the same class on the same day

[Death_Or_Aldona]

oh dear, WHY am i still awake???

well????

hm. so you don't know either.....

[Death_Or_Aldona]

i miss having a bathtub. a nice long hot bath would be so nice right now

we only have a shower. showers wake me up. i need to relax and get all sleepy.

i would take some of this here valarian stuff, but it smells and tastes soooo horrid. i can't swallow those pills without gagging. blech.

[Death_Or_Aldona]

i'm going to leave here now

talking to myself is not healthy

i do it often. talk to myself that is. i don't do "it" nearly often enough these days....what???

[Zhenechka]

We closed the bedroom door last night so we couldn't hear the neighbor's cat scratching to come in.

So THAT's what it feels like to sleep through the night.

Good prose poem Christine! Although I'm holding to my theory that a prose poem is prose that the author decides to call a poem.

[Larrissa]

morning folks.

today is another "work day"

thus almost nothing else will get done.

[Serenity]

I feel terribly sick (why oh why do I drink milk when I know what it does to me... grr... my stomach suffers for the calicum I want)

I woke up 3:30 this morning and feel like i"m going to drop (though I did have eight hours of sleep)

Since I woke early, I decided to clean my room and do laundry. Oh, and work on a mask :)

[Larrissa]

its neat, ive actually been seeming to dream at night

it always feels less wasteful when i wake up and remember sleepy time adventures

and just so you know, the terrible smell of feet in shoes from 9 am to 11 at night does NOT amazingly go away overnight. its truly evil smelling. :unsure:

[Larrissa]

i can admit it

im addicted to the internet.

and stay on so long every morning, i must rush to get out the door

[Lilac]

It's freezing in here, again.

I'm hungery.

I'm tired.

[Christine_0701]

Originally posted by Zhenechka@Nov 17 2004, 04:35 AM
Good prose poem Christine! Although I'm holding to my theory that a prose poem is prose that the author decides to call a poem.
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thanks! and that;s perfectly fine, there is no set definition of a prose poem ;)

I slept really good last night, even with that extremely disturbing dream

At least it didn't, for once, incorporate things actually going on in my life

[Lorrell]

1. I was keeping a written journal of my dreams, writing them down the minute I woke each morning. You could call it prose.


2. This morning I had coffee with the Gemini and discussed astrology. There went the morning.



3. I'm in a serch for Birthday stuff for V. Specifically a tea strainer (hinty hint from her the other day) :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Zhenechka]

I just cleaned off my desk. It's brown.

I also found my notes on romanticism. They were in a blue notebook.

I also found a blank card. Hmmm...now to find a recipient.

Do you think there might be one under my desk?

[Helquin]

Originally posted by Christine_0701@Nov 17 2004, 11:06 AM
there is no set definition of a prose poem ;)
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Frankly, I'm a little surprised that there's not at least one set definition per associate professor... :rolleyes:

Three days of rain in the forecast. It seems oddly April-like outside. All the more false hope and giddy cheerfulness for Winter to crush under its cruel implacable thumb! Mwahahahaha.

Well, I tried to take a pic of myself, but it was only the 7th on that roll of film and now my camera battery is dead. I know: all of you digital folks are like Huh? "Film"? :lol:

Anyway, I should definitely get some militia haircut pics at the family's Turkey Day gathering. My step-dad is one of those stereotypical suburban camera guys. :D Wanna see the photos of his trip to the kitchen and back?

[Lorrell]

1. Yeck, and gag, more spider indentifications going on. It's the Southern House Spider, the female looks like a black widow minus the red hourglass and the male version is easily mistaken for a brown recluse minus the "violin" on it's head :o


2. No turkey for me, my stepfather just put 50 lbs of venison in my freezer out in the garage. I wasn't planning on even eating any meat this year, so now of course I have venison roast, venison cube steak, ground venison, venison stew chunks, etc. He killed up in South Carolina, tsk. I gave him my Reindear Beanie for his dashboard. I guess it's way better than what they have in the grocery stores, and since he hunts in some exclusive hunt club, it's all corn- fed deer on managed land
He's going up to Michigan for Thanksgiving and taking my ma with him to visit his Ma.

3. Will the little angel of family traditions :spank:

[Helquin]

I think Larrissa's internet addiction may be contagious...

My timer just went off, but I swear I haven't been here for an hour!

Note: printer ink adheres to hands better than to handmade paper.

[Helquin]

And, yes: I'm a little disappointed that my spiders don't have violins. <_< All the talent leaves this area!

[Lorrell]

1 Helquin, be thankful for the ones that don't :violin: because the ones that do carry the violin on their head give you a :evil: bite.


2. I just got a sample ballot for the MG officers election (tomorrow) and my name is mispelled on the damn thing. Guess I'll have to correct it myself since I'm the incumbent vice (damn ) president and none of them can spell including the secretary who resigned from her office. Sound familiar? :lol:


3. Time to get, maybe I'll stop by Taco Bell, just to see what it's like, I dare not eat there. :blink:

[namelessgirl]

I'm at work early because my boss called me crying.... the custody battle for her stepdaughter didn't go so hot. I feel so bad for her.

Registration starts tomorrow and I can't register until my advising hold is lifted. Only problem being that there are no appointments available for at least two weeks. If I don't get the classes I need because they're full already.... *shakes fist of doom*

I got such purrrttyyy mail today from Lilac and Ms Ibiddy Boo :wub: to both of you!!

[Death_Or_Aldona]

i woke up crying today....wtf???

my bestest good friend may be coming in friday for the day :D he better. or else.....

we forgot to buy catfood last night. but they still love us cause we had some canned tuna to share.

[siafu]

i am having one of those larrissa swearing sewing episodes

the phone is not working at this desk

my idea was so cool too. bummer

[gwensmom]

This afternoon I will attempt to sew some button holes with my machine. If it doesn't work out I may have to join siafu in the swearing/sewing.

Gwen is looking at her birthday balloons and talking to them.

Tomorrow I am going on the field trip to the symphony with Gwen's school. Last time we went to the ballet and I had to change Gwen twice and feed her while we were there. Those trips wear me out.

[Lilac]

Originally posted by namelessgirl@Nov 17 2004, 07:48 PM

I got such purrrttyyy mail today from Lilac and Ms Ibiddy Boo :wub: to both of you!!
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You call that purrrrty? :lol:

Bless your little heart!

I :wub: you both!

[nymphette]

hugs to gwensmom... trips out are always a challenge!!! try to enjoy the actual symphony part of going to the symphony though.. :)

we got information about our car... they found it and estimated the damage at $800 (not including mechanical or contents, not that they cover a lot of contents...)

sans carseats and stereo, of course.... :angry: they want us to bring them the booklet from our old two seats and the receipts from two new ones and they will pay us what they say it's worth after depreciation.... <_< in other words, S-F-A!!!!

not to mention that we don't have the cash to buy a new carseat to get a receipt for them and we are missing the book from the carseat (we have hte one for julian's booster seat) and we also don't have the money to pay the $200 deductible to get the work done.... :'( we don't even have the cash right now for chris to pick up some margarine so we can have some kind of supper tonight- can't have noodles or rice or potatoes or veggies without margarine.... can't even make kraft dinner for ht boys with no marg!!! sigh.... so much for going out on friday for a birthday dinner....

this month sucks my ass

[indigo]

This month really does suck for you. I can empathize, and I wish things would look up. :mellow:

Maybe since it is YOUR birthday someone might PAY for YOU?! Y'think?

Hi!

[chunkymonkey]

hi.
time limits for using the internet suck.
just keep swimming...

[namelessgirl]

Hey Chunkymonkey! I hope you're doing alright. We were gonna call the other night but Larrissa was worried it was too late (11pm your time) so she let it ring three times and hung up :D

Ms Lilac, I loved the return address BTW

This woman always brings her kids to class virtually undressed and then has to buy spanking new outfits for them every week. Which ends up being between $60-75 a week!!! :o

[Lilac]

Ha! Meika has a Sea Monkey avatar!

I love it!

Though those damn Sea Monkeys were a terrible dissapointment as a child!

[nymphette]

Originally posted by indigo@Nov 17 2004, 03:40 PM
This month really does suck for you. I can empathize, and I wish things would look up. :mellow:

Maybe since it is YOUR birthday someone might PAY for YOU?! Y'think?

Hi!
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stranger!!!

well, there is four of us...... <_< and i am pretty sure that nobody has enough extra for that.... and i wouldn't expect them to do that anyhow lady.....

maybe we should just have everyone over here and i'll make supper for the family..??>..

[velma]

Changing avatars is fun.
I have the whole evening to myself and I don't know what to do.
I will NOT eat those Krispy Kreme doughnuts!!

http://guerillart.org/nness/smileys/bonk.gif

[Lilac]

Don't worry about those Crispy Creme donuts, Velma...just go post some pictures!

I wanna see something from Velma's world!

Go. Go on. Shoo. roll your hoop!

[Helquin]

Ha! Lilac has joined the Crispy Creme forces!

Date guy visited tonight. Twice. <_<

I hope this won't get to be a habit.

People with drama make me sleepy.

[velma]

I can post some older pics...I haven't taken too many recent ones...my life has been dull lately. <_<

[Lilac]

Well go post them!!!!

[velma]

ok, don't get your panties in a wad...this will take a few minutes!

[Helquin]

She must still be unwadding... :mellow:

[Lilac]

No. I'm NOT unwadding. I quite like the feeling, thank you! :lol:

[Helquin]

:lol:

[tanagee]

Originally posted by Lorrell+Nov 16 2004, 06:27 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lorrell @ Nov 16 2004, 06:27 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>2. I still haven't got over my scare with the black widow today. Out of the 3000 species of spiders, only two are really dangerous to people and both are found in Florida. Arachnida Araneida Oxyopidae or otherwise known as Black Widow and Brown Recluse- Arachnida Araneida Loxoscelidae. I have already been bitten by a Brown Recluse and have a small faint scar on my back shoulder from it. So my arachnophobia is justified. I won't go into the gory details of the Brown Recluse's bite but it's gross and painful. For some people it can be deadly, everyone reacts differently to the venom.
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1 Helquin, be thankful for the ones that don't :violin: because the ones that do carry the violin on their head give you a :evil: bite.

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I concur. Go here: http://www.riskindoc.com/reculse_spider_bite.html for further proof of their evil. (very gross!)

I gave Lucky a piece of Red Vine and it was very amusing to watch him roll it around in his mouth trying to figure it out. :lol:

I have eaten almost a whole package of the break apart toll house cookie dough. I actually baked 5 of the cookies.

[Helquin]

Originally posted by tanagee@Nov 17 2004, 06:38 PM
I concur. Go here: http://www.riskindoc.com/reculse_spider_bite.html for further proof of their evil. (very gross!)330865
:blink:

Yeeeeee-uckkkkkk!

And I'm just about to eat dinner! :lol:

I hope we don't have any of those brown recluses around here.... :unsure:

[Christine_0701]

mmm, that toll house cookie dough is yummy

me and carol had a package last weekend

this weekend, i think it's just chips and popcorn

[gwensmom]

I wonder what percentage of cookie dough ever really gets baked.

It's hot here and it's November for cryin' out loud! We need a few nights of frost to kill all the mosquitos still hanging around.

I did my button holes with no swearing. It was so easy that I didn't even have to look at the manual.

[Larrissa]

ahh yes. the check in after work. :lol: thanks for being neat, everyone.

work makes me :angry:

my coworkers are a group of gossiping monkeys :mellow:

[Lilac]

Hey everyone - tomorrow is Nymphette's Birthday!

[nymphette]

and god is she old!!!

and she looks twice her age....

but acts half, for the most part

[velma]

I posted some pics, per sweet Lilac's request.
I need to take more photos.
I'm hungry.

[Helquin]

Janeanne Garofalo is crying through such a painfully heartfelt political argument on the radio right now. :( I rarely feel the need to hug a talk radio host.

Hmm... hope I remember to wish Nymphette a happy birthday tomorrow. :)

Fortune Tellers on the way to you soon, Robyn! I'm going to bind the booklets while I watch Survivor tomorrow night. :D

[Helquin]

It's true: they just said "frosted man-perms" on the radio :huh:

I see anonymity hanging out below... Miss Larrissa :rolleyes:

I think I found my bathroom color... "<s>Hot</s> Red Pepper."

[velma]

I'm gonna go eat and watch Mythbusters! See y'all later! :)

[ebandit]

The forums seem deserted tonight

I am sitting here to tired to do anything else..practically too tired to think

We gave 1400 or more flu shots today. (bonus fact- I worked traffic control, helping with wheel chairs and keeping the old ladies smiling.)

[Helquin]

Wow it did get deserted in here... Must be something good on TV. :D

If I saw 1400 old ladies, I don't think even Gene could keep me smiling. :o

I'm freaked out by how many people there are!

[ebandit]

All 1400 were not ladies, at least 1200 of the people were over 65.

It was all day long..and yes I worked overtime.

my legs ache.

[namelessgirl]

I'm about to get out of here but I've been invited out for drinking by the coworkers. Now I'm trying to drag Larrissa into it just so I'm not the only weirdo there :wub:

Fortunately my coworkers are all lightweights and they've been there for a while.... they're probably past the point where they will remember anything that I say!

God I'm hungry.

[Lorrell]

1 V. just called me to say she can get tickets for us to see "Phantom of the Opera" on my birthday and here I have been knocking myself out this evening getting something ready for hers birthday, which isn't until the 30th but we have to celebrate early because she's going north again. This is the real Broadway production and she won't tell me how much the tickets are costing, but I can just imagine. She' such a theatrical drama queen, she's got to have the real thing. I'm sure it will be stunning.


2. Whoa! I was reading thru the earlier posts and came across Tanagee's post of the brown recluse bite and when I checked it out, it sure sent a shiver down my spine. I just want ya' all to know that my bite was much smaller than that and I killed the spider when I rolled over on him, it being upon my shoulder bone helped but it took about 6 months for the pus and swelling to go away. At that particular time in my life I lived in a loft with bare wooden beams in the ceilling and the spider fell from the wood beams into my bed in the middle of the night. I'm just thankful it wasn't my face. When I awoke in the morning and found it's little dead body in bed with me, I got dressed, scooped it up in a jar, and went straight to the ER.


3. I've got to get ready for the MG meeting and the big officers election tomorrow.
I'm feeling so over it already. Pray, that I, the incumbent VP, shall WIN! :lol: At least I have downloaded the ballot for the nominees and if things go well and I show up for the meeting, they might just get to cast their vote on paper....even if my name was spelled wrong. :angry:

[Larrissa]

damn! i spend time away form the computer and look what i miss. an opportunity for a REAL social thingie. i hope my text msg thingie wasnt too late and she didnt just go without me. that would suck. but i was ARTING.

and its not always me being Anonymous .... theres always the BoD members that do it, and a couple others. so ha. i do it now because its a habit. and you cant be sure its me, until of xourse i inevitably post. <_<

i love paint and fabirc and beads and thread and music and caffiene. yesiree, i just eliminated alllllll that taco hell badness.

i cant tell you about that, quit asking.

miss monkey thinks we werent serious in offering to let her stay here ... ^_^ HAHAHAha more brains.

[Larrissa]

im not fixing my typos.

[Larrissa]

shit.

i guess i was too late.

<_<

[Helquin]

What a strange night. Where is everybody? :huh:

I'm exhausted. Very unusual for 11 pm.

I have a bunch of random text for "132 7885" but I'm too tired to sort through it.

Why does no one share my love for random text?

Magic 8 Ball says: send good thoughts to Siafu.

OK, I did. Goodnight.

[Death_Or_Aldona]

I REALLY NEED TO GET A TEA POT. THIS WHOLE ONE CUP AT A TIME THING IS DRIVING ME NUTS

eep. sorry, didn't mean to yell, but i'm too lazy to fix it.

i've been lurking here quite a bit. just don't seem to have much to say :P

[Lorrell]

1 I bought two of those tea strainer balls with the steel mesh screen today.


2. I drank coffee with "The Gemini" this morning and he actually brewed another pot (as though the first one wasn't enough) in the course of our conversation(yak and distract) and then instead of putting it in the themos, he left it behind, then called to remind me that he might have left the pot on. Idiot! :angry:


3 I'm having a 5am tea party and getting the hell out of here tomorrow before the madmen wake up! :blink: Spiders and caffiene don't mix very well to produce a good nights sleep.

[siafu]

i bought a take and bake pizza, right? and they sell tubs of unbaked toll house cookie dough. so, i eat a lil bit every day. it doesn't hurt my ulcer [much].....

we [stepson and i] were out all day. he's a pretty cool kid.

i have letters to write and art to make.

BONUSSSSS: i painted my nails an orange color called paprika. maybe i'll show you when i do the other hand...if you want.

[Christine_0701]

I wasn't here because I was in class

We went on a field trip

It sucked so bad, until just before we ahd to leave :(

[Death_Or_Aldona]

ooo...your nails sound pretty siafu

i just finally had dinner :P

the cats are all sleeping in a big group in the middle of the floor. it's quite cute :)

[nymphette]

i just called the healthline because i started to tfreak out about my brother bringing the chickenpox here!!! he's getting here in about a half hour and two of his (four!) kids have chicken pox...

harrison (and julian ) have been immunized with the varicella vaccine.... christopher (my brother!) has had it before and therefor can't carry the germs and pass them on....

i know all this.... but i had to call and hear it froma nurse... <_< i started to panic.... what a lady....

[nymphette]

i can't wait to see the fortune tellers helquin!!! i still have one of my 'practice' ones on the kitchen counter....

sssshh... dont' tell.. yes it's been that long since i cleared off the counter top completely!!!

there's no more use in trying to clear off any space in this house.. it's all used up because there is no room anywhere for anythign anymore!!!!!!!!!!

bonus: i am asking my uncle to help us build an addition onto the house this summer... we are definitely going to need more than TWO bedrooms, with 3 kids and chris and i!!!! :o i hope he can help... chris can do stuff like that, but not on THAT scale- knockingo ut walls and building an entire new room.....

[nymphette]

Originally posted by nymphette@Nov 18 2004, 12:25 AM

i know all this.... but i had to call and hear it froma nurse... <_< i started to panic.... what a lady....
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i should clarify that- it was sarcasm

nobody's ever accused me of being a lady... <_<

:P

[nymphette]

i'm too tired to be sittin gup at the computer still...

but i dont' wanna fall asleep and be asleep when chris brings my brother here!!!

julian has been anxiously awaiting 'uncle kwisafur' all day.... he was pretty disappointed that he wsn't here before he got to bed tonight (even though he ws told several times!!! :P) and i am sure he'll be up bright and early to wake him up!!!!

[nymphette]

my cmputer just started doing some kind of virus thing!!! a check or scan, but it isnt supposed to do it automatically!!!

i wonder what's going to infect it this week.... we just (JUST) got rid of all the crap and pop ups and spyware that was on there....

sigh

[tanagee]

I walked on my treadmill (one mile) with the thought that if walking/exersize can start contractions and help labor progress then maybe it will help my situation progress a little quicker...boy did it ever!

I have...well HAD now, one of those little microtrimmer things that you can use to shape your eyebrows and shave off those embarassing unsightly hairs. I was trying to get it to come apart so I could change the battery and like a dope I didn't remove the little blade thingie and I sliced a 1" gash in my right thumb and 2 smaller, not as deep cuts on my index finger.

The hubby was lying on the bed reading a story to Megan and I was semi-freaking out. He was afraid I was hemorraging or something and would have to take me to the ER, he was very annoyed with me for doing such a stupid thing.

Never did change the battery, turns out that the battery in it coroded the inside and fused everything together...no wonder it would not come appart.

[Death_Or_Aldona]

things are getting a bit silly around here

i managed to get about 3 hours of sleep

pooka (my chinchilla) is in a fantastic mood today. she's all cuddles and sweetness.

time for some tea....

[Lorrell]

1. I'm getting ready to go off to the MG meeeting and election. I have a spider in a glass jar on the front seat of the car,(to be identified by entomologist) my camera, my notebooks, tapes, etc. and I'm trying to relax and have a cup of tea before I exit out of here into the la la land of Bartow. Wish me luck :)


2.Poor Nymphette, if everything that has been going on with her was going on with me, I'd be having a cow! Glad they found the car but it sounds like the familiar sucky situation I went though when mine was stolen - minus the baby items, but law enforcement has this tricky way of making the victims feel as though they are the criminals.


3. OMG- the Gemini has risen and is making coffee, now I know I gotta go...soon before the conversation starts.....eeekkkk! :o

[Zhenechka]

I've written half a page already today! I already know that I'm going to chuck it out, but it's half a page! Half a page!

So, when IS American Thanksgiving? Do I call my parents today or in a week?

Ptichka's going to IKEA without me to buy me a work table. I guess that I WILL be cleaning off the kitchen table tonight.

[Lilac]

HAPPY BITHDAY NYMPHETTE!!!!!

[nymphette]

Originally posted by Lorrell@Nov 18 2004, 07:33 AM


2.Poor Nymphette, if everything that has been going on with her was going on with me, I'd be having a cow! Glad they found the car but it sounds like the familiar sucky situation I went though when mine was stolen - minus the baby items, but law enforcement has this tricky way of making the victims feel as though they are the criminals.

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wiat till they tell me i have to pay them $50 to get my car out of their impound!!!!! i have reached my limit of the beaurocratic bullshit and will

as the expression goes

have a shit fit!!!!!

[nymphette]

tana- i just saw your signature!!!! (with the WWGD!!!!) thanks for hte early mornign giggle!!! :rofl:

gotta get the kids up early today- the ONE day they are both sleepign in nicely... <_< harrison was up before seven yesterday....

millions of phone calls again today (yesterday that thing was attached to my head!!!) and i just odn't feel like it.... sigh.... ah well, they won' get done if i dont' do it.....

[Larrissa]

weird/odd/strange

neat.excellent.super

fuck:shit:damn

[Larrissa]

need a

new me

this ones

driving me nuts/crazy/outta my mind!

maybe its the job.

i dont like it at all.

:rolleyes:

[ebandit]

Originally posted by Zhenechka@Nov 18 2004, 09:25 AM
So, when IS American Thanksgiving? Do I call my parents today or in a week?
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American Thanksgiving is November 25th..call 'em next week.

I had a breakthrough in The Artist Way today (found a hidden creativity crusher)

I have a blister on my toe from working so hard (walking, running, whatever) yesterday.

[Lilac]

I'm so damned tired I can hardly function.

I simply MUST lay my head on my desk and take a nap.

My eyes will barely stay open.

[blueness]

Originally posted by siafu@Nov 16 2004, 12:57 PM
blue, come back. i demand blueness.
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:blink:

here I am. heh. :lol:

[Lorrell]

1. One more year :rock: as VP :D the election went off without a problem even though my name was spelled wrong, they know who I am


2. Maybe I can teach them to spell next year. This year I taught them to vote.



3 Oh how nice to feel the :wub: I'm taking the newly elected secretary to lunch.

[Helquin]

Happy Birthday, Nymphette!

Congratulations, Lorrell!

Ding! Back to work!

Be Excellent to Each Other

[Zhenechka]

Horray for Lorrell! :thewave:

And Happy Birthday Nympette! :birthday:

Have I missed anything?

[Lorrell]

1. Thanks Ya"all :blush: and to Nymphette :birthday:


2 :kiss:


3 :wave: got to split, lots of cakes to bake!

[Helquin]

I don't care what anyone says: Bill Clinton is a remarkably compelling speaker.

I'm listening to him give his speech at the dedication of the new Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas.

He was quite gracious to "W" -- I hope he lives long enough to see if the favor will be returned! :lol:

[sarahkate]

~ Happy Birthday to Robyn! I wish I could wisk you & the boys off to a big house on the beach, where you could sit in the sand and sip fruity drinks (non-alcoholic of course ;)) and build sand castles. *sigh* Well, we can just pretend, right?? Hope you have a good day!

~ I'm anxious to get out of here (work). The boyfriend will be home. Yay! I haven't seen him since he said goodbye on Tuesday morning, though I was barely awake at the time.

~ I have some ideas for Christmas gifts I want to make. I better start crackin'.

[zanna]

off to class again.

just got done watching soapdish, great show.

my fish looks depressed.

[Zhenechka]

Stupid undergraduate institution did NOT mail my transcripts three weeks ago, when I requested them.

I'm peeved. :angry:

It's a good thing the undergraduate institution is in Montréal or I might hurt someone in the registrar's office. :yell:

[namelessgirl]

Helquin, I agree. I got to hear the speech during lunch and it was quite good. I'm excited for him to stay active in the political scene (though I'm not a fan of Hillary).

I can't believe the stuff that has been going on in my life in the past 48 hours. It's ridiculous really.

I have to get 100s on the next three quizzes and my final in biology in order to pull a B. Fuckity fuck fuck!!! :angry:

[gwensmom]

Gwen and i didn't get to go to the symphony with her class because she woke up with an ear infection. We went to the doctor instead.

Once again she screamed like a banshee when they looked in her ear (the non-infected one) but barely cried when they gave her a shot.

I watched "Picnic" with William Holden and Kim Novak. That was somre really bad acting.

[Death_Or_Aldona]

i have the craziest dreams when i sleep during the day

i just gave the cats the last of the little bit of catfood we were able to buy. oh dear....we're probably going to have to sell some cds or something to get more for them.

today is stupid and i hate it. maybe i should go back to bed :P don't think i could really sleep though.

[namelessgirl]

holy shit i can't believe i'm doing this. so nervous! what if she thinks we're both just huge dorks?? :P

three hours til next class. study, knit, or write penpal letters? decisions decisions.

i had another "date" with namelessboy last night. i always feel so guilty afterwards.

[Helquin]

Originally posted by namelessgirl@Nov 18 2004, 02:38 PM
Helquin, I agree. I got to hear the speech during lunch and it was quite good. I'm excited for him to stay active in the political scene (though I'm not a fan of Hillary).
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Actually I'm not even a genuine Clinton fan. :D On matters of policy, he sold out his liberal supporters in vain attempts to make nice with his rabid antagonists. But when it comes to pure rhetorical style, that man is unmatched in American politics. He shore talks purty!

I didn't catch it at the time, but he also snuck in one of those coded biblical references that characterize W's speeches, winking to the evangelicals in the audience.

Ack. Too many distractions. The telephone may not be such a great improvement after all...

[siafu]

ok, i pretend i use found art supplies, but some of the time, it is sheer purloined [stolen] office supplies. see "fancy chicken atc" for one such example. well, you can't actually see it, it went out in the Mail.

i'm going to make ramen for lunch. with vegetables and meat in it.

tonight some people downtown are decorating a tree with poetry.

[ebandit]

I have a new signature line! :D :blink:

I stole it

I made it BETTER! ;) B) :rolleyes: :lol: :rofl:

[Lorrell]

1. Here " kitty kitty kitty kitty" Meeooww! Looks like cats dancing in the museum.



2. CNN news flash "Aliens In Jupiter" I have to laugh, :lol: I used to live there and it's easy for those people on the beach to hire illegals for less than mini wage. You can pick one up on the corner. :huh:


3. More mad cow disease and poison oysters, and bus drivers having heart attacks while driving over the skyway bridge. Ok, my 15 minutes of Floriduh news is over on with my projects.

[Larrissa]

beverage: spirited

work: sucked

foot: itchy

[Larrissa]

yer kitties are scary

[Lorrell]

1. I went on a nesting binge tonight and actually found the manual for the zig-zag machine...I guess I won't have much to cuss about soon


2. I hadn't planned on doing such serious caving tonight, but I've had enough of the wild world these past few days.


3. V. wants to do the b-bash tomorrow night, she had make-up time and had to stay at school late.

[Christine_0701]

my room is quite cold

but that's good, because it gets really hot easily, and it's easy enough for me to wear a sweater

i never even turn on my heater :P

[Christine_0701]

my sister annoys the hell out of me!!!!

I can't wait until tuesday, i'm soooo excited :D

Ever since I saw The Cat in the Hat, if I read/hear/say "I'm So Excited" i hear it in Mike Myers/Cat's voice :P

[Christine_0701]

oh, and :birthday: Robyn!!!!!

I should burn some more CD's tonight

I think I will, gotta get a move-on on x-mas presents ;)

[Helquin]

I watched CSI for the first time tonight. It was pretty cool, but who knew that crime labs were lit like discos? :huh:

I see Larrissa is holding at 10 kitties in the chorus line.

Every time I read/hear/say "I'm So Excited," I think I hear it from a Pointer Sister. :D

What a world. I had a good evening but as it turns out the best part is way too complicated to fit in this box... :P

[ebandit]

Hmmmm....did it fit into some other box, Helquin?

I am so Bad...

My Evil Credit Kitties ROCK.....and their freaking eyes change color!

[nymphette]

thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes!!!! :wub:

didn't do anything for my b-day this year though... we are going out for supper tomorrow night to 'celebrate'.....

i'm too old for birthdays anyhow.... :P

[ebandit]

You are only too old for birthdays when you are looking UP at the roots of the grass over you.

Fact #2 There is a hole in my houseshoe

Fact #3 I will probably fix it with the dreaded duct tape!

[Christine_0701]

*gasp* how dare you talk about duct tape in that way? :o

making stuff out of duct tape is really fun

i've raided my hidden stash of halloween candy

[Larrissa]

hot sauce = im masochistic.

i have to pee, downing that much water to help the BURNING ..

um, i love the kitties. :D

[Christine_0701]

it's better to drink milk instead of water, after eating hot sauce

i really ought to do lots of crunches now

i have an itchy spot on my tummy, and have had it for quite some while, now

[Larrissa]

drinking milk is ICKY :eek:

archrivals suck. ^_^

the POBox was EMPTY :o

[Zhenechka]

I'm staying up late in solidarity.

Luckily, I got some crap done.

Man, I'm tired.

[Christine_0701]

yes, drinking milk IS icky!!!

I got a new limerick the other day, but I forgot it

But I found it on google, so all's good

[Death_Or_Aldona]

good to know i'm not the only one who thinks milk is icky by itself.

i'm drinking chamomile tea. i took some valerian capsules.

i'm going to sleep good tonight. i hope i hope i hope

[Christine_0701]

well, I never grew up drinking milk, I used to be allergic, so....

I do like chocolate milk tho....that strawberry stuff is ok, but not really my style

In fact, I do'nt like strawberry juices, either...:blink:

[Christine_0701]

don't you hate it when you're listening to the radio, and then you get a different song stuck in your head?

or when you're in class, and your teacher mentions a song that his teenage daughter listens to and you get it stuck in your head (even when it's a good song?)

me too!!!

[Christine_0701]

Hi Rosie!! :wave:

Glad to see someone else here, I was getting bored playing by myself

Except I should go to bed soon...

[ebandit]

I am thrilled to see two other folks that don't like milk...I like chocolate milk okay ..but prefer Silk Chocolate Soy milk over the cow juice.

My neck is sore this morning

I put some "old man" smelling stuff (bio freeze) on it and it is feeling a bit better.

[Serenity]

I don't visit the quizes enough to know what most people in this particular one are talking about half the time.

I'm skipping both sociology and spanish class today because I feel like it.

Instead, I'm going to three french conversation classes-- not because I feel like it but rather that I have three more to do and I'm done (I need the extra marks it will give me)

[Serenity]

Yes, milk is gross. It is known.

I got new glasses yesterday-- I love them!

I still have a half hour before I leave the office so I'm going to go back and read a few :P lol

[ebandit]

Isn't it great to get new glasses?

WHat kind of lenses did you get? mine are crizal (glare resistant,, scratch proof)

I wish I had perfect vision

[nymphette]

thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes... :D


as far as birthdays go, it was pretty sucky... it would be better if chris and i could get along for a while... :(

oh well... there's always next year....

[Lorrell]

1. I have noticed an increase in eye problems in people lately, myself included. Everything from foreign objects to cataracts and some young people losing their eyesight to diseases of the retina.


2. People who should wear glasses and don't because they are vain, are so annoying....Can you read this for me? Can you see that? etc. :rolleyes:


3. I wish I could wear contacts, I would get a pair of those really frightening ones that make your eyes look like an animals...maybe a cat or a fish. My pirate patch days are finally over, it wasn't THAT much fun, either.

[nymphette]

there was a man who played in the casino when iworked there and he always said that he was blind and can't see anything....

he made us count out his change/money for him and put his cream and sugar in his coffee because he couldn't see well enough to do ti... <_<

but he could see every card dealt on every player's hand at the table and bitch at them when they didn't play how they "should have" played.... :ph34r: yeah....

[Zhenechka]

I'm typing this while sitting at my new make-stuff table!

Now I'll need to clear off the kitchen table. <_<

Poop.

[Serenity]

I made a reply to ebanit's question... but I accidently hit a button that closed the window... gr...

Anyway, the only exceptional thing about my glasses is that they are tinted light blue/grey.

I'm about to see the third movie in 24 hours in theatre (first it was Alfie, then Bridget Jones Diary, and now Alexander). The thing is... I really don't want to go... but oh well...

[nymphette]

i see tana!!!!!

thanks for the ecard!!! :D julian was amazed that the computer had a song with my name in it.. :P kids....

i need more coffee... not good.. it hink i'll snag a little nap while harrison gets into trouble this morning... he' susually pretty good alone, julian's at my mom's so there's nobody for harrison to pick on... :P

[Christine_0701]

yeah, I could never afford my contact lenses, and even then, it's only reccomended that I wear them once in a blue moon, for not more than 2 hours at a time

damn me having astigmatisms and uneven eyes and needing prisms so I don't see double <_<

my glasses have the ultra-thin lenses, anti-scratch coating, and anti-reflection coating

[Christine_0701]

I've had my glasses for 5 years now

Wow, that's the longest I've had any pair of glasses...I'm shocked!!!

I really need new lenses, though, they are really scratched up

[Christine_0701]

I can't stand soy milk, it's so nasty

Same with rice milk

Coconut milk is yummy too

[Death_Or_Aldona]

sometimes i fear i really am stupid

the boy has agreed to help me with the taboo offensive art journal. ever since he agreed to help, he's been avoiding working on it. grrr. i want this done and out of the house. it's stressing me out. it's not going to be any fun if i can't stop stressing over it.

the mail showed up very wet today. yes, it's raining. nothing is messed up. one thing surely would have been if the girly hadn't put it in a plastic bubble envie. another thing would have been also, if she hadn't stuck her paper envelope in one of those cardboard priority mail envelopes. that was some luck! why would you lay a package down in a puddle? there were plenty of non-puddle areas....

[Christine_0701]

powdered milk is nasty too

I don't mind milk so much anymore, but I still don't drink it enough

Altho soy milk is nasty, I love soy cheese

[Death_Or_Aldona]

i like soy milk. not by itself though. vanilla soy milk is yummy on cereal.

i haven't eaten cereal in nearly a year....

today is going to be productive. i am going to devote the entire day to art projects and packaging up exchanges. depression is a dangerous thing. just because i'm not enthusiastic about it, doesn't mean i can't get into things once i start. why is starting so damn hard sometimes?

[namelessgirl]

I have 30 minutes to finish the newsletter. I have to have it ready for the staff meeting today.

Poor Ms Larrissa had to walk partway to work in the rain. But it's okay because I hooked her up with the hobo poncho OF DOOM!!

yeah maybe i need to get more sleep.

[Zhenechka]

I need more sleep too! I stayed up late last night and woke early this morning in solidarity.

I just bumped my new table against the wall and heard crumbling drywall. :mellow:

I am going to try making a Jacob's ladder for the fourth time! I suck!

[nymphette]

harrison's poor little tummy has been so upset from these antibiotics... :(

he hasn't eaten well since tuesday... today all i'm giving him is rice and applesauce and bread... and pedialyte...

poor mommy, having to change all those diapers!!!! :huh:

[indigo]

Poor Harrison with the burning diarrhea butt! :)

I have decided, dear sister, that you MUST wear the Grand Poobah hat tonight at supper. :D

C'mon... it'll be fun!!!

[Death_Or_Aldona]

well, one project down. how many more to go???? i'm not even sure anymore.

watching kids in the hall on the winamp internet tv thingy

need more glue....

[Lorrell]

1. Damn invasive species!


2. I have found the motherlode of walking-sticks out on the Aloe Vera Plant.


3 The things I'm in the mood to do today I am unable to do and the things I am able to do I don't seem to be in the mood for.


MILK is GROSS.....all of it...soy, cows, goats, whatever...I like to drink buttermilk just to gross everyone out and because most people won't touch it straight. It's really tastie with a little black pepper in it or some Paprika.

[Helquin]

Originally posted by Lorrell+Nov 19 2004, 09:01 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lorrell @ Nov 19 2004, 09:01 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>2. People who should wear glasses and don't because they are vain, are so annoying....Can you read this for me? Can you see that? etc. :rolleyes: 331640[/b]
Amen! My mother and aunt are both guilty of this and it drives me crazy. :D


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Larrissa in a poncho! Am I the only one thinking "photo op"? :lol:

Beware the ponchocracy :ph34r:

[ebandit]

Originally posted by Helquin@Nov 19 2004, 01:21 PM
Larrissa in a poncho! Am I the only one thinking "photo op"? :lol:
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Ooooohh..I would love to have that photo to f.....mess with! hehehehehehe
:devilish:

[tanagee]

Throwing my hat in to the glasses & milk conversation:

I Love Chocolate Milk and Egg Nog but am not fond of white milk. Luckily Megan LOVES milk so I don't have a big fight, besides all she's allowed to drink is milk or water and a juice box every once in a while. I have never tried any other types of milk, but I do know that soy formula REEKS when it is puked up. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_28_108.gif

My glasses are all scratched and bent. Scratched because I drop them and don't clean them properly. Bent all to hell because 5 out of 7 days a week I fall asleep on the couch watching TV with them on.

I wear rigid gas permeable contact lenses and wore them 24-7 pretty much since I got them, but since my Dr got finally my glasses Rx right I have been too lazy to put them in.

[kittymao]

i probably should have glasses. I don't have them- not becuase I'm vain, but becuase Glasses are Expensive.

I got out of work early, and so I jumped in my jammies and plan on doing some creative things that will be dropped in the mail monday.

And. I'm. HUN-GRY.
Quesadilla? yes.

[sarahkate]

~ I want to talk about milk too! (All the cool kids are doing it! :P) So, when I was a kid I knew this girl who refused to drink milk unless it was dyed with food coloring. Yes, everyday she would drink blue, pink or green milk. That can't be healthy.

~ Last night, at around 10:30 PM or so, as I was posting a comment on LiveJournal, the power went out in our neighborhood and stayed out for about 45 minutes to an hour. It was creepy. I think someone, who shall remain Nameless *ahem*, did this with her powers of mind control. :unsure:

~ Psst... guess what? It's FRIDAY! :D

[ebandit]

It bears repeating "white milk -YUCK"

I was forced to drink milk after an unfortunate incident with rat poisoning when I was a child.

I didn't like it then...I don't like it now.

[Lorrell]

1 Yes, to get a quality pair of glasses that will last and can deal with all the enviromental hazards of daily life can set you back $300.00 to $400.00. I know, I know, you've seen all these little coupons and sales crap traps, but believe me you are better with the $20.00 pair of readers than mid range price eyeglasses. It might cost more to get the good stuff but I wouldn't cut corners. The mid -price optical market is a hoax.


2.Maybe the reason I don't like milk has something to do with my experiences on a dairy farm...once you see the way the cows are milked...zzzz they hook the cow up to these milking machines and usually the cow takes a dump while all this is going on and there is another cow standing right behind and another and another etc....you get the picture and it sure doesn't smell like a field of clover.


3. I'm going downtown in a little while...just to see if it's still there and visit the post office...etc.

[ebandit]

I agree...if you can afford it buy the good glasses...otherwise go for price. there is no mid-price range
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Glad it is Friday

Wish it were time to go HOME

[kittymao]

well, I was thinking of getting glasses at Costco ( they examine your eyes for $40 and classes start at about there too) and I don't have insurance so yea- the Cheaper, the better.

I'm not too fond of milk. I had ( and still have!) this terrible habit of setting things down and then completely forgetting about them, only to find them a month later having converted itself to cheese. for a short time in my youth I was banned from drinking milk for that reason.

at least soda doesn't spoil.

[nymphette]

Originally posted by indigo@Nov 19 2004, 12:31 PM
Poor Harrison with the burning diarrhea butt! :)

I have decided, dear sister, that you MUST wear the Grand Poobah hat tonight at supper. :D

C'mon... it'll be fun!!!
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i'll walk right out the door

that's a fact

though not random... or three