This is the thread where I say (Pt. 4)

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Miles Davis on Sunday morning is God's little gift to the world.
There are very few bad moods I can't be shaken out of by a drive up the coast with loud music playing under the light of the moon.
No one ever believes me, but daisies really are my favorite flowers. I like dandelions, too, even if they are weeds.
I really want to spend Halloween on the pier in Santa Cruz this year, but it closes after Labor Day, and there seems to be less reason now.
'Wouldn't It Be Nice'?

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 21 September 2003 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

(continuing the madness begun here: This is the thread where I say (pt. 3) - I really adore y'all)

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 21 September 2003 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

christ almighty.

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Why bother? Really? Do you get that big a kick out of it?

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:06 (twenty-two years ago)

if the banality gets any deeper here, the floor is going to need to be taken out to accomodate.

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:08 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.inspire21.com/Images/eCardART/Hang_in_there.jpg

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:08 (twenty-two years ago)

No one's forcing you to read it, Jess. If you don't like it, if it's that much of a burden on you to cast your eyes upon our (my) banality, don't fucking well read it.

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:09 (twenty-two years ago)

dear ilx:

Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,

Because their words had forked no lightning they

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright

Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,

And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight

Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,

Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

love,
gabbo

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

there is key lime pie still in my fridge. i need someone to feed it to.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

HI I AM THE AMAZING RANDY

― Amazing Randy, Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I owe, I owe, it's off to work I go.

On Mondays, I rise and whine.

I can't be fired. Slaves are sold!

I'm only here until I win the lottery!

It's an ugly job - and guess who's got to do it?!

Somehow my income never matches my outgo.

There's no job too simple for me to complicate.

Better days are coming. They're called Saturday and Sunday.

Work: Something to do between weekends.

For maximum attention, nothing beats a good mistake.

I don't have time to be this busy.

It's been one of those days all week.

I may look busy, but I'm just confused.

It could be worse, you could have MY job.

What's a nice person like me doing in a place like this?

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Warning: The dates on the calendar are closer than they appear!

Tomorrow is today's greatest labor-saving device.

You don't have to be crazy to work here but it helps!

Do not underestimate your abilities. That is your boss's job.

I like work...I can sit and watch it for hours.

Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself. --A.H. Weiler

Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off NOW.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar. --Drew Carey

Two can live as cheaply as one - if they both have good jobs. --Laurence Peter

Today is the start of a new error!

If you don't believe the dead come back to life, you should be here at quitting time!

Science may never come up with a better office communications system than the coffee break.

If you have a difficult task, give it to someone lazy; that person will find an easier way to do it.

Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. --Doug Larson

Some folks can look so busy doing nothin' that they seem indispensable. --Kin Hubbard

If it ain't broke, fix it till it is.

Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life.

Don't be irreplaceable; if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.

Hard work never hurt anyone, but why take the chance?!

If idiots could fly, this place would be an airport!

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.

It sure does make the day long when you get to work on time!

Deadline for all complaints was yesterday!

I do my work at the same time each day - the last minute!

I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow is not looking good either.

Team effort: A lot of people doing what I say.

The man who can smile when things go wrong has probably thought of someone he can blame it on.

There cannot be a crisis this week; my schedule is already full.

Just when you thought you were winning the rat race, along come faster rats.

This isn't a desk. It's a landfill!

This isn't an office - It's Hell with fluorescent lighting.

I pretend to work. They pretend to pay me.

A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.

Can I trade this job for what's behind door #2?

I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.

How do I set a laser printer to stun?

You can have it right, or you can have it now, but you can't have it right now.

It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.

My toys! My toys! I can't do this job without my toys!

It is chance that made us co-workers, but hearts that made us friends.

Fax is stranger than fiction.

A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.

I could work faster, but why risk chipping a nail?

We're not gossiping; we're networking!

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery. --Maxim Gorky

I've used up all my sick days, now I have to call in DEAD!

I need less week and more weekend.

Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.--Jim Fox
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. --Vince Lombardi

Variety may be the spice of life, but monotony provides the groceries.

Tell your boss what you think of him and the truth shall set you free.

A job is nice but it interferes with my life.

When the bosses talk about improving productivity they are never talking about themselves.

All I want is less to do, more time to do it, and higher pay for not getting it done.

To be employed in useless things is to be half idle. --Thomas Fuller

We the unwilling, led by the unqualified, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful.

I hate coffee - it keeps me awake at work!

Doing the job right the first time gets the job done. Doing the job wrong 14 times gives you job security.

Just when you think you've won the rat race along come faster rats.

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Hatin' on the "where I say" threads is so rockist.

― Chris P (Chris P), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Or is it so high school? I forget.

― Chris P (Chris P), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

ts: high school vs. the orthodonists office secretaries pool.

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

One is for the sleeping with, one is for the drinking with.

― Chris P (Chris P), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Deez Nuts to aisle 3--Deez Nuts, aisle 3

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

yo to all my ilx niggas still in da game-stay strong dont never quit/i bet some of u thought u had ur first pube till u pissed outta it

― _(#/\#)_, Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

watch me pop posters like a zit, or a baloon or s'thing/yo do yall really think they created Live Journal for nothin???

― _(#/\#)_, Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I think it's high time certain individuals get the hell away from these "This is the thread where I say" threads, because they just don't fucking get it. This may seem a bit cutting and mean at the moment, but the people I read entries from in this thread series are some of the sweetest and nicest people I've ever gotten a chance to know and I think they deserve these threads as their own little ILX niche, so of course I'm going to defend their right to post here.
And in other thoughts....

I love living here, but then again I hate living here. I feel so comfortable and at home in this location, but at the same time I constantly feel its limits and boundaries. I wish living here wasn't such a compromise, because if it wasn't I'd definitely be planning on spending all my days here, but I feel like there's going to be a time when I will be compelled to look for other places to live, and the time may be coming close. EXCEPT, I don't know if this would be a pipe dream or not.

― Legendary Nothingness (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Sometimes I wonder if I ever found anything likable in jess or am just too damn generous.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:55 (twenty-two years ago)

This is the thread where I say that, but what isn't?

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 19:55 (twenty-two years ago)

YOU WOULD THINK TO SEE MY TATTOS?

― Amazing Randy, Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Do you REALLY have anything all that interesting to contribute to ILE, jess? People say you do so on ILM, and I believe them -- it wouldn't surprise me. It only surprises me that you're so colossally useless and irritating on ILE. Do you actually have anything to say, or are you just determined to point out your problems with what everyone else says?

If you're as miserable and frustrated by ILE as you say, I'm glad. You have the board you've earned.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I wish people would stop trampling on gabbo's delicate flower

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Good for you.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Jess, I used to really like you. But lately your self-hatred turned outwards and weaponized has become old and annoying. Go fuck yourself.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I think that's not really a fair assessment of things.

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I've used up all my sick days, now I have to call in DEAD!

that is funny as hell to me for some reason.

― ryan (ryan), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Is there any need for a fair assessment of things?

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:44 (twenty-two years ago)

That's *my* assessment of things Ro, and from my pov it's fair. If Jess can't handle people attacking him, well then shit he shouldn't attack other people. right?

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:46 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.xpresssites.com/lee/lacrosse/xppromotions/def/images/promos/Ma-Cal%20Grove%20Country%20Club.gif

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:50 (twenty-two years ago)

That coupon is almost a year out of date.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

it's not even worth my arguing

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:55 (twenty-two years ago)

All I mean, Ronan, is that ultimately Jess's reasons aren't important to me, because it's his actions that are irritating. I don't care if it's self-hatred or what. If everything he's said about nu-this vs nu-that were right, it wouldn't make him any less of a dick.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Sometimes suicide is the best option.

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:22 (twenty-two years ago)

jokes about suicide, how witty

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Who's joking?

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)

i fear for the future of our children.

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Hopefully you won't be having any.

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:36 (twenty-two years ago)

oops you must feel like king of the castle to have fallen in with this bunch, eh?

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:37 (twenty-two years ago)

"in the land of the blind, a man with a mucousy half-eye dribbling a little over his shirt is god."

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:37 (twenty-two years ago)

"hopefully YOU'LL go blind soon!" < /oops>

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

"you haven't had any kids (thats a good thing) *slavers*"

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh jess! It's so very nice that you're around to save ILE from falling into the hands of banality. Only you can truly see the world. Your perspective is obviously the correct one.
Keep up the struggle!

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

sigh/cry

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)

actually this is more like the wake.

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)

If oops was suggesting suicide for Jess, that's way over the line. It's not like I'd punch Jess if I saw him in the street or anything. I don't think we'd even argue (Jess can answer that as well as I can, obviously).

I didn't mind the criticism and whining when it wasn't as prevalent, and when it wasn't the bulk (the total?) of his posts on ILE. At this point, they seem to be the only thing he has left for us.

And it isn't the wake, Jess. It isn't going away just because you don't like it. Even you're still here, for Christ's sake. Are you still trying to figure out how to be interesting? There are books and stuff. They might help.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:45 (twenty-two years ago)

"Even when a tree falls it can sustain a vibrant growth of parasites and fungus for many, many years to come."

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Or maybe if you scrinch your eyes up weally weally tight and cry a little louder, Mommy and Daddy will give you your old room back so you know they wuv you. And then everything will be all right again and the new baby won't be as threatening.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Take all of this off this thread. Go compare cock sizes somewhere else please.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

the only way to be interesting is to shut up?

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

we just need a few more posts from a few different people in here and then we can lock this one and post it in the faq.

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Jess, please don't post on this thread any more. Thanks.

― Mark C (Mark C), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:48 (twenty-two years ago)

How do you get that from what I said, Ronan?

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:48 (twenty-two years ago)

"When they came for the intellectuals, I did not stand up..."

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Right now I could really go for a dish of onion rings.

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:49 (twenty-two years ago)

God you're pathetic.

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I gotta say jess, every time you complain about how bad ILX is these days and how much better it was with your old posse, you insult everyone who showed up after your beloved golden age. maybe this is your intent, maybe it isn't, but regardless it comes across as the worst cliquey bitching. and it's just plain mean!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

oops did you run out of suicide "jokes"?

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Jess, could you please at least ask Ethan to tell you how to do it right? Being funny forgives a lot.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

And yeah, I totally crossed the line and that was totally the point.

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

haha "the point".

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

oops, seriously, I think you need to just shut up

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

why is everyone assuming this is solely jess? do you think the people not here (who are possibly more polite but whatever) who agree with him don't exist?

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

they're not dicks about it

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

also, why are the same four or five people here to disagree with me every time?

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:53 (twenty-two years ago)

why is everyone assuming this is solely jess?

Of course other people agree with him. Jess's opinion isn't even important anymore. Hey, sometimes when Calum says so and so is hot? He's right. That doesn't actually matter. He's annoying. He's being a dick. He could be going on about how great I am, and I'd still think he was being a dick. The content evaporated awhile ago.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

the point is this thread has a very specific following. If you don't like it, don't read it. Especially don't come here and insult people.

Why the fuck must you pick on people who aren't doing anything to you? Does that make you feel like a man?

For what's worth I'm part of the old-ilx crew and the "oh Jess is Jess" line doesn't fly with me anymore.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

also, why are the same four or five people here to disagree with me every time?

That's a really good point.

I can't imagine why, when you go on to a thread with a fairly static set of consistent participants, and insult that thread -- never very creatively, or meaningfully -- you would find that a predictable group of people would disagree with you.

That's a real thinker.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Jess, can you please stop posting on this thread? You're just doing it to insult people I like. And me. It's not nice and it's not necessary. Please stop.

― Mark C (Mark C), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:56 (twenty-two years ago)

silence is death mark, haven't you heard?

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 21 September 2003 21:57 (twenty-two years ago)

start another thread then if thats the only counter-argument

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Did you ever notice that Certain Specific People I Won't Name always disagree with Jess?

Hey, what's the deal with people who disagree with Jess?

People who disagree with Jess drive like THIS.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Tep, could you please at least ask Ethan to tell you how to do it right? Being funny forgives a lot.

― gabbo giftington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I promise to try harder, Jess. Do you have anything to say yet? I can come up with some targets if you're stumped.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:04 (twenty-two years ago)

they're not dicks about it

or not vocal about it.

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Ronan, are you suggesting that we abandon this thread to start another thread that people are just as likely to disrupt?

Jess, *please* stop. Take any individual arguments off-ILX and please give up your scattergun malice.

― Mark C (Mark C), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah

― Agent Smith, Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Assuming some weird new point doesn't come up, I'll drop it, in the spirit of being kind to server-load, as Jess suggested on the "thinking" thread. I think everything's been said (again).

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:11 (twenty-two years ago)

no i said start a thread about what this is about currently if this one is sacred.

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

you know, i think we all need to calm down and listen to the words of Andrew Wilkes-Krier:

life's too short
so do what you want
i've said it before and i'll say it again
so everyone just do what you want
people will laugh and tell you to mop[?]
people will call and here come the cops
it's all beaten up and going to town
you did what you could and put the ball
out of bounds

obviously, he was telling us all to start drinking. cheers!

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

What a "here is where Jess can shoot down other ilX0rs in order to try and make everyone as unhappy as he is" thread?

He can knock himslef out.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Well this is fun.

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:27 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.mailameal.com/jpgs/bar/77.jpg

well, anyone else care for a cup?

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry - I'd prefer this:

http://64.95.118.51/images/opti/86/fa/fddkSpiritsBy_NameAllPatron_Silver_Tequila-resized200.gif

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

no thanks. tequila shooters is the one thing my daddy warned me about.

http://www.lanebrody.com/pabst.gif

This is more my style.

or this:
http://wnb.suntory.co.jp/mode/200105/img/stoli_ph.gif

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Vodka and tonic is just evidence of the Communist takeover of hardworking American cocktails.

The Patron I have is Reposado, not silver, but it's damn good.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I wasn't offering.

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 21 September 2003 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, hog it all to yourself, will you?!

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 21 September 2003 23:02 (twenty-two years ago)

No, no, I'd share.

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 21 September 2003 23:05 (twenty-two years ago)

that's better.

....fuck, now i'm thirsty.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 21 September 2003 23:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Having someone lick up your vomit does not constitute sharing.

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 21 September 2003 23:08 (twenty-two years ago)

you know, sometimes you really need a filter, oops.

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 21 September 2003 23:09 (twenty-two years ago)

here, maybe this will fit in there:
http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/images/filter.jpg

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 21 September 2003 23:12 (twenty-two years ago)

"sometimes"

― j*ss (Oops), Sunday, 21 September 2003 23:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Miles Davis is also god-like on Sunday evening.
Mimosas are even better with passionfruit juice and a little pulp.
Lovin' you really is just like breathin' in and breathin' out.

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 21 September 2003 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Luna it makes me smile that you enjoyed that CD. That band are some of my best friends and favorite people in the world. Want to go on a cruise with them to Cozumel in January?

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 21 September 2003 23:23 (twenty-two years ago)

That sounds GREAT.

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 21 September 2003 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd like to apologize to Jess. Seriously.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 22 September 2003 00:04 (twenty-two years ago)

i say -
i saw a ship today in the distance and it looked flat like a cardboard cutout.
i sighed this morning when i watched an eldery lady leave her handbag on the table in the middle of the mall, while she went to order from a lunchbar.
the drivers door of my car wont open from the outside anymore, so i have to crawl in through the passenger side, an act which draws much laughter from my son.
seeing the smile on my sons face when i greet him in the morning drives away any feelings of sadness that may have developed in the night.
i like a thread that gives space for 'banalities'.

― donna (donna), Monday, 22 September 2003 06:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I really wish I could sleep.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 22 September 2003 06:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey ladeez & gents. It looks like there has been a bit of disruption on this thread over the w/e. It'll pass I guess. Luna, I hope you are ok petal.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 22 September 2003 07:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm fine darlin - just wide awake when it's time to sleep.
How was your weekend?

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 22 September 2003 07:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh no. I hate it when I can't sleep! W/e was ok, went out & got pretty drunk on friday night & had a little argument with J, which was over before it started really! *sigh* then spent saturday with a hangover. :-( And basically did nothing on sat & sun apart from eat & veg infront of the tv. What about you? Did you get up to anything exciting?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 22 September 2003 07:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Not too much - went to dinner last night, movie Friday, worked on music today and generally fucked around. Woo hoo!

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 22 September 2003 07:31 (twenty-two years ago)

FUCK me

― oops (Oops), Monday, 22 September 2003 07:41 (twenty-two years ago)

One of those horny mornings, eh, oops?

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 22 September 2003 08:00 (twenty-two years ago)

(not wanting to send the thread back to where it had sunk until recently, but one thing about this thread compared to most of the others is that I feel much less pressure to be interesting, witty or cool, because the people who read and enjoy this thread don't expect it of me and won't be disappointed when I am inevitably tedious and mundane. But the fact that I feel I *can* do this on this thread makes it an oasis of comfort and within a competitive and occasionally hostile milieu.)

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 22 September 2003 08:16 (twenty-two years ago)

"comfort and friendship", that was supposed to read.

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 22 September 2003 08:19 (twenty-two years ago)

To be honest I think that's what this thread is all about. Some people will find it twee & self-indulgent (on the part of those who post on this thread) but then stay off the thread imo. There are enough other threads to derail. Some people don't like the nature of this thread, which is fine, each to their own & all that. So as I said, stay off it & then you wont be offended/disgusted/bored etc etc by it.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 22 September 2003 09:15 (twenty-two years ago)

On a personal note, I use this thread to catch up with certain ilxors. i enjoy reading & contributing to it, nothing more & nothing less.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 22 September 2003 09:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I just spoke to Tilda Swinton!!

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 22 September 2003 09:25 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm back. whoopee.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 22 September 2003 10:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Yay (tell all) & yay (where have you been?)!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 22 September 2003 10:39 (twenty-two years ago)

And it's a warm, cosy, unthreatening and so far twat-free welcome to the thread-where-i-say American contingent. How are you all, chaps?

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 22 September 2003 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorta sleepy. But then I just got up.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 22 September 2003 12:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I was wondering how Sarah & Nick are, they havent posted for a bit. :-(

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 22 September 2003 12:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Maybe malicious hataz put them off? For shame.

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 22 September 2003 12:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I doubt it!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 22 September 2003 12:28 (twenty-two years ago)

The thing about Miles Davis is he's got multiple pieces that work well in ANY setting (like "Ssssh/Peaceful" is great for sunset country drives, and "Rated X" is great for riding your bike through urban locales really late at night, and "Files De Kilmanjaro" is really appropriate for pre-bedtime bongloads, etc). I guess when you release an album almost every year between the late 40s and the mid 70s you're gonna have a decent variety to your output.
In a "Lame Ways of Making Yourself Lame" moment this weekend I tripped over a black wrought iron chair and slammed my already-ugly-enough-as-it-is mug into the ground full-force, and now am all banged up. Not two minutes go by without somebody asking me "who hit you?" and I have to answer "the ground".
So my band really is broken up now; we're playing our really last show Friday, but our bassist (aka the driving force behind our existence) is quitting, selling his gear, and crap it was fun while it lasted but we had like 20 awesome songs we didn't ever record! Eh...
So now I'm recording a bunch of hip-hop stuff with these beats my buddy Jerry did, it's sounding vaguely Outkasty/Kool Keithishly spacey, which much to my happiness will probably irk a great many folks whose taste mine is barely ever in sync with in regards to hip-hop.
On another note, there's nothing quite like watching your child's face light up as they watch their first bonfire go up in a 50 foot blaze. "Wow, that's a really big fire!" he says. "For real though, son, for real though" I reply.

And in what universe am I not the "malicious hataz"? This must be rectumfried this instant!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 22 September 2003 13:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I like the sound of your new music project definitely.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 22 September 2003 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)

HI I AM THE AMAZING RANDY

― Amazing Randy, Monday, 22 September 2003 13:49 (twenty-two years ago)

DUD

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 22 September 2003 14:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Agreed. I'm glad this thread is back to its usual feel. This is one of my favorite threads. Hello all!
It was all rainy last night and soothing to fall asleep to, and this morning I took a drowsy little walk through the mist. It's a good morning, despite being Monday.

I really hate smug inspirational-type emails that seem to imply that you're living your life all wrong, you don't fully appreciate your life, you can achieve anything, etc. Maybe it's partly that I get so many of them from my mom.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 22 September 2003 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Good morning Julia.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 22 September 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Morning campers! I'm about as far from bright eyed and bushy tailed as I can possibly be (sleep, dear god, sleeeeeeeeep), but I feel pretty good nevertheless.

It's grey and chilly this morning, but it'll burn off by noon or so, and you know, I really wish it wouldn't. I want to wear sweaters and curl up by the fire and wear my UGG boots - I miss WEATHER!

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I am about to leave work & it's already dark, as it's raining & real windy. :-( Still it means I can snuggle on the sofa with J & the duvet, watching crap tv & drinking hot chocolate. Hope y'all have a nice day! I look forward to reading this updated thread tomorrow, so get posting! heh heh!. Adios!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I feel much better today than yesterday. Things always look better in the AM.
Yum cafteria hamburgers and fries. *gag*

Weather is nice here. Not too hot, warm with a breeze. Ahh, fall.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Aw, my mom made me lunch.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:20 (twenty-two years ago)

glad to hear you're feeling better sam!

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks for the concern, PP. Read the Adventures in Hurricaning thread. Sarah and I are a-ok, we were just away from electricity and the internet for a few days.

― NA (Nick A.), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey Nick! Hey Sam! Hey Aimee and Teenx0r! We've just had torrential rain for the first time in weks and weeks - maybe the grass will regain the deep green colour that Sarah was so surprised to see absent when she arrived here. Maybe I should have worn something other than a t-shirt to work (apart from anything else, people can see my nob).

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Mr. Rogers is my Zen master, with the added bonus of singing nifty little tunes. Right now, he's telling me in song that I'm special and his friend

― oops (Oops), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

(apart from anything else, people can see my nob).

!!!

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 22 September 2003 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Luna, my parents wedding featured Daisies. SO 1970s! And they got married in the middle of winter, so they had to have them all shipped from Hawaii.
Thanks for the concern, Pinkpanther. We've made it! Now I'm back at work, but alas I have to catch up since we were out a day and a half due to the storm. My boss has finally left, but then he just called to say he's bringing in some things he wants me to take out to a property so I'll be far away from ILX again. :-(

How is Tilda, Mark??

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 22 September 2003 16:09 (twenty-two years ago)

No-one can really see my nob, it's okay. I am wearing jeans too.

Tilda was pleasant and helpful and utterly normal. How coincidental, though, that only this morning I'd started to read "Orlando".

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 22 September 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Laurie just came in and stood next to me reading over changes on a brief she needs to get out about a guy accused of sexual harassment and invading personal space. Does she not realize she's invading my personal space? With bad breath? Yurgh.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 22 September 2003 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Orlando is, oddly, one of my favorite movies; yay Tilda! If I ever met her I would spend the entire conversation trying to make her say "Ah."

(On the meta level: I don't participate in this thread very much, but I do like to check in every once in a while to see how folks are doing.)

― Chris P (Chris P), Monday, 22 September 2003 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Weirdly enough, Ms. Swinton ended up buying the house right next to my old girlfriend's parents in Nairn, Scotland. However, she hadn't yet stopped by last I visited.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 22 September 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

On vacation I bought a leather bracelet like the dude from "The OC" wears. I'm fucking haaaaaahd now yo.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 22 September 2003 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

You're hardcore, Chris...

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 22 September 2003 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Chris! Where did you go on vacation?

― oops (Oops), Monday, 22 September 2003 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I went to Martha's Vineyard. I drank at a bar all week that was reminiscent of the beach bar from "Cocktail". I had a fab time.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 22 September 2003 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I know Luna, I know...

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 22 September 2003 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Did you ever know that you're my heeeeroooo...

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 22 September 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

HI ARE YOU OK EVERYONE

― Amazing Randy, Monday, 22 September 2003 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

(turns up Husker Du). It turns out that it's good to call up various places you owe money and complain about how high your bills. I got a phone call--they made a mistake and I owe them HALF of what they'd billed me. I.am.delighted. My logical side is trying to convince me not to SHOP with the money I've SAVED. Hmm.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 22 September 2003 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I should not capitalize so much. I am not amazing enough.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 22 September 2003 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh I think you're pretty cool, Jules

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 22 September 2003 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Aww, thanks. It was just that seeing my post after the AMAZING RANDY was a bit alarming. I think I'll go back to *asterisks* to emphasize things.

I am listening to all these Magnetic Fields songs that are about sadness and loss but they make me smile anyway.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 22 September 2003 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Hello everyone. I am at home & have had a bit to drink! yay! J is fiddling with his minidisc player, so I thought I'd nip on here to say 'hello'! Glad to see Sarah & Nick are back, I was beginning to get worried! How is everyone else today?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 22 September 2003 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Not nearly drunk enough. Which at 12:52 pm means 'not at all', but ohh, I have big dreams.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 22 September 2003 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Ahh well, best of luck for later Luna! ;-)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

eh, school is still going. the kids are writing narratives about their favorite relative. I have to stay late to finish lesson plans and write up a test review. i want to go home, watch the simpsons and chat. *sigh*

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Sug, if I could do it for you, I would.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Eating a lot of chocolate does funny things to my bowels. Who would have thort?

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

That's just seven different flavors of wrong.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I've missed you guys throughout the day. There can never be enough hours in the day for all that has to be done. I'm exhausted to the core, sleepy, tired, and feeling disgusted my appetite's come back again with a vengeance (damn it), but on the other hand I have gotten to listen to some gorgeous music today (like the predictable little obsessive I am, it was the usual -- Joan Osborne and David Sylvian), read a little bit of a much-loved book I haven't gotten the chance to reread in AGES, and have a nice, home-cooked dinner to look forward to later on tonight.

Please take care, all of you. *hugs*

― Legendary Nothingness (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Deedee, you are an angel.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Really? Can you dance on the head of a pin?

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:47 (twenty-two years ago)

dee! dee! you have to get the Soviet album! I was listening to it last night and totally thought of you.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Aimee... aw. Thank you so, hon. You're an angel too, dear.
Sarah, I don't know but I can attempt it!
teeny, Soviet album? I'd be up for trying that, sure. :)

*promises self to Google info on band later on*

― Legendary Nothingness (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 22 September 2003 20:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee, the cool person. Clearly! :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 22 September 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned, you'll have to excuse me, but your post really confused me. *laughs* Where did that come from?

― Legendary Nothingness (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)

My work TO DO list has become a jumbled mess of scribbles and arrows and stars and highlighted text. And it's a couple of pages long, front and back. I'm feeling that urge to organize. But also that urge to play on ILX.
I got some emails back regarding a job I applied for in Chicago and this woman said I should call her. I can't call from work! So I waited until I got home - 5:30 (4:30 her time). But she had already left so I just left a message. Hmm... Wonder if I did the right thing.

I've been listening to lots of Rilo Kiley lately. Anyone else like them?

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 12:41 (twenty-two years ago)

i like listening to rilo kiley, usually while i am cleaning house. or cooking. i like to play them during domestic activities, i guess. and occassionally that song "text vs. romance" pops into mind while driving. i enjoy her voice.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 13:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah - good luck with that job.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Why tHe italICS?

― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 20:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Yanno, I'm almost afraid to say anything anywhere anymore.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 21:48 (twenty-two years ago)

No need for that, Luna. Bravery is the 'in' thing....

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

It's nothing to do with bravery at all

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Kay, well for lack of knowing what else to call it, "outspokenness" (which still isn't bad, BTW)

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 22:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah, there's some Chicago neighborhoods/rent talk on this thread if you haven't found it already: /ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?thread.php?msgid=3686019

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 22:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Woooo Pepsi Blue. Thank you, Aimee :)

(Just got home. Haven't really registered anything except "Hello, there's a box of Pepsi Blue here that wasn't here before!")

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 01:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Anytime.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 01:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I wish I was a different person than the one I am. I wish I had a wicked sense of humor so I could crack people up. I wish I had some self-confidence. I wish that for just one day I could be the girl all the boys want. I wish my life were more exciting. I wish I could do something different other than going to school, going to work, going home, and running errands. I wish I could easily drive off and go to any movie I wanted during the weekend. I wish I had gone to where I'd said I'd go to on Monday.

― Legendary Nothingness (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 02:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee you can do anything you want. The only thing stopping you is your own mind. *fairy godmother*

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 02:34 (twenty-two years ago)

(But Dee, if you ever in some stroke of complete unlikeliness do acid, forget what Sam just told you! Otherwise, right on.)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 02:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I lost my zippo today and I looked everywhere for it, in my pockets, in the screening room I had just been in, in my bag, I looked and looked and looked and couldn't find it, and then three hours later I did find it, and it was in my sock. That I was wearing.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 02:46 (twenty-two years ago)

this is the thread continuum which makes me love ilx, I love this thread

― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 02:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey guys. Luna, please keep on posting what you want. You know what ILX is like, it'll pass, it usually does. I want to know how everyone is.
I had to get up at 5.50 this morning to drop J off at the train station. Then back to bed for a couple of hours & now sitting at work, boo!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 07:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee, why can't you go see movies? I almost always want to go, but my problem is that there's rarely anything good playing that I haven't already seen. (Right now I'm thinking my next contenders are Matchstick Men & that new Mexican movie with Johnny Depp in it// And May to rent per nickalicious's suggestion.)
I'm gonna keep on keepin on. I'm tired of bickering on that other thread. I think I'll just pretend that never happened.

s1utsky, I'm glad you didn't accidentaly light your sock on fire.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 11:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh no, It's been an hour with no updates to my favorite thread! Come back! (*jiggles kitty food bag*)

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 15:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll update it: I am going home now! hooray! Hope you all have good days & pleasant evenings & I hope to be able to read lots of new posts to this thread tomorrow. Byeeee!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I think you're right - I'm just going pretend I haven't noticed, nobody thinks it's banal (fuck I really hate that word) and that I don't want to strangle the chick who sits next to me... Apparently my boss called this morning a couple minutes before I got here from a meeting she's at, I really needed to speak to her, and oooopsie, bimbolina over here forgot to tell me! Even though I asked her!

In other news, Sarah, how's your day? Pink, how's yours? What's up, what's shakin', what's goin' down, what's happenin'?

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Down here school rolls on. Didn't get home 'till 8:30 last night as I went to see my kiddos' football games (7th & 8th). I was the only teacher there! Our vice principal, principal and campus cop were there. And me. My kids were yelling from the bench and the cheerleaders from the sidelines "hi miss!" They like it when you come see them. Seventh graders won.

Four classes straight. Then I have a review sheet to finish, a test to write and a whole lot of paperwork and planning. Then club meeting after school. I got paid today. Which means I can get my window replaced tomorrow after school. woo-hoo!

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I've got one of my headaches again, and so far nothing's taking care of it. I suspect I'll skip class today -- it's only forty-five minutes, and yesterday was a test that we'll discuss today. Either I aced it or I didn't, but I'm not going to get much out of a dozen freshmen grilling a grad student on the finer points of grading procedures.
I can't touch the Pepsi Blue yet cause we're all South Beach, so it's gotta wait two weeks, but that's good, cause it means in two weeks I'll still have Pepsi Blue!

Went to sleep early and still slept late, what the fuck. As soon as I can clear some of the headache away, it's back to work.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm all caught up at work and on ILX and in e-mail, I think. Strange feeling. I am apparently waiting on donuts (so I've been told).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm mostly caught up on everything too, and now I want something fun to do!

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

My fingers are buttery from microwave popcorn. I didn't feel like having another soup today. I think I'll buy a soda and take it outside for my lunch break and read more of In Her Shoes.
Everything's going fine today. I hate playing phone tag, and this has been the worst month and real estate ever according to my boss (we have 5 closings falling through right now, mainly due to the storm, nothing that we did wrong), yet I'm still feeling cheery.
Sam, you are still my favorite teacher.
I'm glad you've decided to stick around, uh, all of you.

Ned, I can't imagine EVER being caught up on ILX!

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 15:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I mean that in the 'caught up with having at least skimmed the new answers page' entries. Catching up on every thread ever = uh, no.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey hey. I'm off home in a moment, then (probably) heading to The Fans' Stadium, Kingston, to watch my beloved AFC Wimbledon take on the not-so-mighty Chessington & Hook. I would go and say hello to j0e and Dave B, but they live in the directors' lounge (*pushes up end of nose with finger). Have a great day y'all!

― Mark C (Mark C), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought Ned said he was writing on donuts for a moment there. I had to take this video back to central London today that we'd borrowed on inter-library loan (it's one of those John Cleese training video thingies, cost £1000 to replace, so we can't send them in the post). Anyway, I saw Princess Anne being driven past Tottenham Court Road Station, she had a police escort. Er, yeah, and tomorrow I go back to university again!

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought Ned said he was writing on donuts for a moment there.

Too sticky.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 16:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Mmmm sticky...

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 16:56 (twenty-two years ago)

or NOT STICKY ENOUGH?!

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Mmm, creme filled.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I have no comment at this time.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I want a maple frosted!

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Question of the day: You want a maple frosted what, though? ;)

Speaking of donuts, I didn't know Exxon's convenience stores were going to start selling Krispy Kreme donuts! I went in quickly to get $20 from the ATM this morning and there were some people in the store installing this big case with Krispy Kreme's logo emblazoned upon it. Wow, as if there weren't enough high caloric options in those places.... *laugh*

Hey, speaking of mornings too, got to update my little journal thingy this morning, for the first time in a week. I think I'll try to be good and update regularly again. I'll even aim to be lighter and more entertaining. I also think I have a few poems in me that are dying to get out. If I have time tonight I will try to write them down on pen & paper.

I want to listen to some songs right now so I'll go ahead and do that before I get a move on again. To all the lovely people on this thread and on this forum, *huge hugs*.

― Legendary Nothingness (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Krispy Kreme has had the same "donut of the month" for two months running, which is somehow ominous and creepy, like when you go into one of those itty bitty convenience stores owned and run by one guy and the entirety of the walls of the hallway leading to the ramshackle men's room is lined with "employee of the month" photographs, all of which -- except one -- are him, and you realize he's had the same haircut for thirty-seven months but at least five different pairs of glasses.

Only caramel.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Bring on the pumpkin spice!

(Both in Krispy Kreme and employee of the month - that guy needs help).

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I just watched Spice World for the third time this week, Pumpkin Spice must be in the outtakes.

The novelty of Krispy Kreme hasn't quite worn off yet; they'd only just moved to New Orleans a little before I moved out, and even Dunkin Donuts were not very common or centrally located (mostly they're in mini strip malls you don't see until you've just passed them).

(Indiana, or the Midwest, clearly has its own native donut culture, but it's not very popular; most of the grocery stores carry Krispy Kreme, and there's only one donut place in town. College town. Forty thousand kids, most of them with money to burn, and only one donut place. Not even many bakeries. Only thing I can figure is that "party campus" in this area means "beer," not "pot," because with everything else closing at nine, what the hell do they do about the munchies?)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:44 (twenty-two years ago)

(It's not very popular -here-, I mean.)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Krispy Kreme just arrived in Quebec a few months ago and people were frantic about it: front page stories in the newspapers, noted chefs doing donut taste-tests, general hysteria.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:50 (twenty-two years ago)

It was the same thing here when the first bagel chain arrived, all these articles on THE HISTORY OF THE BAGEL, and "they don't have to come from the freezer!" and etc. Then they all went out of business except Bayou Bagelry (which is very good, luckily).

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Tep, why in the hell have you watched Spice World three times this week?

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Bagels have been here forever and still people can't stop writing articles about them; it's like everyone's still fascinated by their very existence and constantly thrilled by their grubby but noble heritage.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Bagels are pretty great, so maybe that does make more sense than Krispy Kreme fascination ...

Sam, it's a great movie! I mean, not in the sense of good, exactly (although parts of it are pretty inspired), but fun. I've had it on as background while doing work, reading, playing Gameboy (which I've done way too much of), etc.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I have to admit I like Spice World, too. Especially the parts where the girls are singing and Meatloaf is grooving along in backstage.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:36 (twenty-two years ago)

And "Yeah, it must be so hard, deciding between the little Gucci dress, the little Gucci dress, or the little Gucci dress" / "I know, Victoria, why don't you wear the little Gucci dress?" / "That's a great idea, Em!"

And the various "Spice Force Five," etc., movies!

And Alan Cumming, period.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

(Of course, I'm currently watching Poltergeist III.

Oh, and slutsky, I finally finished Sleeping in Flame, and it's great!)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:39 (twenty-two years ago)

What Gameboy games do you like, Tep?

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

(xpost, somehow, with myself)

Glad you liked it! That's a good one, I wanna read it again.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

and Boys, boys! Calm down! Haven't you ever heard of the word "compromisation"?

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

i repeat my request for 150 bagels, please.

in my lap, preferably, so i can be warmed with the bagelly goodness.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

"Compromisation." DO YOU SEE, SAM?

GameBoy games, what I have: Pokemon Sapphire, Spider-Man, Metroid Fusion, Crash Bandicoot, Earthworm Jim (the girlfriend has others ... Two Towers, Warioland 4, and one of the Megaman games). I played Pokemon religiously for like 12 hours or something, and now I can't figure out how to get anywhere new, so I put it aside and have been playing Spidey and Metroid. Anxiously awaiting Super Mario Advance 4.

(Electronics Boutique had a sale on used games, see...)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Mario Advance 4?!?!? What is it? Is it another port? Are they gonna include the same goddamn Mario Bros. game as the multiplayer option? What's happening here?

Have you played Advance Wars 1 or 2? These games are terrific, terrific.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Clearly I need to watch Spiceworld again.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Mario Advance 4?!?!? What is it? Is it another port? Are they gonna include the same goddamn Mario Bros. game as the multiplayer option? What's happening here?

Mario Advance 4 is just another port -- comes out next month, they were raving about it in the free magazine I got when I bought the Gameboy (well, Gameboy Advance SP, whatever) -- it's Super Mario Brothers 3, BUT there's some kind of "E-reader" doohickey that takes cards or something, and that can give you new powers. Some of them are from other Mario games, others are brand-new.

Also coming up is a Mario and Luigi RPG for the GBA SP, where you somehow control both of them at once -- Mario with the A button, Luigi with the B button. (!!)

Haven't played Advance Wars. I'm new to your modern video games :) Had Nintendo ... eventually got a Playstation ... and now this. The graphics on some of the games are as good as some of my Playstation games, for Pete's sake!

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Really, I miss Genesis and Sonic the Hedgehog.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:15 (twenty-two years ago)

See, I skipped that over, cause I just had Nintendo. Genesis was all high-tech. Sonic rocked, my friend Matt had it -- they have a port for the Gameboy, but I'm not sure my eyes can handle the rollicking Sonic action on a screen that small, no matter how good the resolution is.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I was just thinking earlier today how I should buy Genesis just for Sonic. Never had it and only got to play it at my friends' houses. I heard you can get the whole system for like $15.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow, I like the idea of the Mario & Luigi dual-control RPG! Advance Wars though, you really gotta check out. It's a war/strategy game, not usually my thing, but LORD is it addictive. LORD.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:20 (twenty-two years ago)

My problem is I'm really bad at video games, so I play about 3 levels then say fuck it... only to do it all over again the next time. (I'm damned good at those three levels though!) The only one I ever came close to finishing was some piece of crap called Burning Force, and I got to the very end of the fucking thing and my ittle rocket ship exploded* and was so pissed that I reached over to turn it off, just as my boyfriend said 'hey wait, there are 3 continues..."

*No, this is not a euphemism.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I bought a Super Nintendo last year for a couple bucks at a yard sale, then my friend lent me a big box of great games, then I ruined my life.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm sorta like that too. Never even beat Super Mario. I'd love kicking the living shit out of Glass Joe and then lost interest by the time I got to the guy with the bouncing tits.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I heard you can get the whole system for like $15.

If they have an Electronics Boutique near you, check it out and see if the sale is going: it was systems too, and you can get a warranty (I think you automatically have one for like a month or something). Really cheap stuff. I don't remember for sure if they had a Genesis, but the Dreamcast was like $30 or something.

(I'm no good at video games, either, except here and there. I 0wnzed Tron Discs. I'm good at SoulBlade. That's about it.)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:25 (twenty-two years ago)

video games give me anxiety attack.

i've only seen spice world once. Clearly I'm missing out.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I kicked ass at Donkey Kong in the arcade, though.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I can fake out the Pac-Man ghosts and weave in between them like Gale Sayers. I'd get pissed of at Frogger cause you try to tap him ahead one space but the joysticks were so touchy that sometimes he'd move two spaces and get splatted or drownded.

Donkey Kong in the arcade? you're so old!

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Fuck you.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, I remember playing it too.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:41 (twenty-two years ago)

See, oops is going "you're so old!" and I'm thinking "city slicker!" cause we didn't have arcades until Donkey Kong was passe. You might find a pizza parlor in the town next over with a video game if they'd gotten rid of their pinball table to make up for it, but video jukeboxes were more common. They cost something insane, though.

I forgot the other cool video game thing I learned: Sony's portable game system is expected for holidays 2004, and will not only play games but will play MP3s and will use very small DVD type things which can hold a 2 hour movie (no special features, etc., but dude, it's still a thing you can fit in your pocket and watch movies on, presumably priced competitively with the $100 Gameboy.) And it's Sony, so obviously -- unlike Nickelodeon's new portable movie playing thing -- they're gonna be able to have some cool movies out for it.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:42 (twenty-two years ago)

when you were 4?

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:43 (twenty-two years ago)

(I remember walking four miles from the house of the friend who lived on the furthest end of town, in order to get to the next town, where they had an arcade once in awhile, and we could show our report cards to get a couple tokens. That sort of counters the whole point of video games as "things that don't require exercise." But they had Punch-Out and Rampage, for God's sake!)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

But would you want to watch movies on a 2-inch screen? This guy wouldn't.

(XPOST ALERT)

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know. Depends on the movie and the clarity. I'm still getting over the Gameboy! If they had those screen enlargers like they do for the Gameboy, that would be ... really geeky ... but I'd love to be able to watch a movie on the bus, plane, whatever, without having to get a laptop.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:46 (twenty-two years ago)

5 or 6. We had one arcade in town but my mom never wanted to take me and my sisters never wanted to be seen there with me. It was too far for me and my friends to walk there unsupervised.
But there were a couple of arcade games in the local Pizza Hut. The kind that you sit at, and the screen is like a table, horizontal rather than vertical. Remember those?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Just get an old super-8 or 16 projector and you can project the movie on the bewildered faces of the passengers across the aisle.

(another xp, when will it end)

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah - PacMan in Australia, when I was about 9

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Best possible video game news: The Sims for Gameboy, this Christmas.

I will probably never be seen again.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 23:57 (twenty-two years ago)

(And Sam, come over for tequila, I'll put Spice World on. I'll bet it's much funnier after a couple three shots.)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 23:58 (twenty-two years ago)

The Sims for gameboy? oh shit

― s1utsky (slutsky), Thursday, 25 September 2003 03:34 (twenty-two years ago)

though come to think of it I had that game for a little while on my computer and I could never really get into it.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Thursday, 25 September 2003 03:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Coleco Vision is where its at folks.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 25 September 2003 10:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Nick was just reminding me last night that I never play the Sims any more. He was pretty funny about it because he said in a sort of sad way, like someone might say, "I feel like you're falling out of love with me," in a tear-jerker movie. ha ha. But the Sims insists I'm not a good enough interior decorator to move on in the game and that offends me! Humph!
Then Nick was saying wouldn't it be cool if you could put two games in the PS2 at once and they'd mix together? Like if you could shoot Sims in Vice City? That made me sad.

I'm doing good today, folks. How about you?

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Thursday, 25 September 2003 13:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Im good. I'm obsessed with Peter, Paul and Mary today. I seriously think I'm a 50-60 year old trapped in a 28 year old body.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 25 September 2003 13:08 (twenty-two years ago)

You left out the part about wanting to combine Tony Hawk and Grand Theft Auto so I could skate around Vice City and shoot people while doing some ridiculous flip trick. That would be awesome.

― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 25 September 2003 13:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I am fine today apart from a headache (I can sympathise!!) which doesn't seem to be going away no matter what I do. :-( Work is soooo dull today. We have just had the boss sitting in with us, cos he's so bored aswell. So we've all been having a giggle, which is cool I guess.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 25 September 2003 13:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't done shit but play on ILX today. It's kind of cool, but it's sad when you have so little to do that you've read like every new thread on ILX asides from the soccer and British politics ones and then you have nothing to do.

― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 25 September 2003 13:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I have loads to do, but hey, I can't be arsed to do any of it! We all went out for a lazy lunch, but still it's only 3.18! Aarrrghhh!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 25 September 2003 13:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Pinkpanther, you get back from lunch at 3:18?!? That's awesome!
It's almost time for you to go home!

Where does James go on the train? Does it take it every morning or is he on a work trip now?

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Thursday, 25 September 2003 13:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha ha, no not today, but we do sometimes, if the boss is with us you know! He's pretty cool so it can be quite good to work here. J is training in Reading at the moment, so after today it will be back up at a reasonable time. phew! How are the job hunts going for you both?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 25 September 2003 14:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm staying home sick and barfy today... I wish I could go back to sleep.

Hope y'all have wonderful days.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 25 September 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Barfy?! No!!! I hope you feel much better very soon, luna.

I just applied for another job this morning as an admin in a commercial real estate firm.

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Thursday, 25 September 2003 14:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Rest thy queasy tummy.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 September 2003 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Aww Luna that's too bad. I hope you are feeling better soon hun.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 25 September 2003 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I have what feels like the Eskimo Uber-death flu, so I'm not at all feeling like my usual self; however, once I know whether or not I'll recover and they're not going to put me on an ice floe and cast me off into the ocean (okay, this is LA, make it give me an ice-blended and leave me in the parking lot of Fred Segal), I'll be back.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 25 September 2003 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Enjoy your lazy bored at work days. This is the first time I've sat down today. No time for the bathroom either! (hurried cafteria food then bathroom run.)

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Thursday, 25 September 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

hey pink here are the shoes I was telling you about yesterday!

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 25 September 2003 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

sam's new friendster pics are hott.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 25 September 2003 18:07 (twenty-two years ago)

So, in case you've forgotten, I originally worked for 2 realtors. Then I moved with just one to a new company. THen the other one followed us over here with her hubby (another realtor from the first company). She is talking to my boss secretly! What's going on?

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Thursday, 25 September 2003 19:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Perhaps she's negotiating to steal you back?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 25 September 2003 22:00 (twenty-two years ago)

It's been a busy week, but I don't think I've seen ILE mention of Gordon Jump being dead. WKRP's Mr Carlson! The Maytag man! And the guy who wanted to touch Arnold in his Diff'rent Strokes places.

Not that I have an ode to write to him or anything, but WKRP was great.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 26 September 2003 01:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm drinking a Purple Cow in celebration of Gordon Jump.
"Drink up dreamers, you're running dry"

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 26 September 2003 03:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I finally stopped throwing up and am having a celebratory apple.

DO I KNOW HOW TO PARTY OR WHAT?

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 26 September 2003 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

That sounds superfun, luna.

My friend and I were trying to remember who molested Arnold and Dudley but couldn't come up with his name. Didn't he show them pornographic cartoons?

― oops (Oops), Friday, 26 September 2003 04:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Yep, about ... Mickey Mouse or someone who was supposed to be Mickey Mouse, I think? He got Dudley's shirt off, and Arnold skedaddled, and Mr D heard about it and the cops went down and pummelled him or something.
It was kind of disturbing, come to think of it, but as a kid I was just like, "How could a cartoon be dirty? Donald Duck doesn't wear pants." Or words to that effect.

Glad you're feeling better, Aimee :)

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 26 September 2003 04:19 (twenty-two years ago)

See, I was thinking it was Mickey Mouse too, but didn't think Disney would let that fly. So maybe it was Rickey Rodent or some impostor.
The other creepy episode I can remember is when Sam got abducted and was living with this family who wanted a son.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 26 September 2003 04:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Geez yeah, what the hell? We should all be traumatized. I forget about poor Sam. I didn't actually LIKE him, and I was pretty sure his mom was gay and married Mr D for his money (I didn't think of it in those terms, but I remember thinking, 'She doesn't like men, but Mr D is rich'). But even so.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 26 September 2003 04:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Clearly I didn't watch enough Diff'rent Strokes

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 26 September 2003 04:32 (twenty-two years ago)

You got one Stroker doing porn, one Stroker doing larceny, and one Stroker running for governor, what more reason do you need to flarbleglatzpalok?[1]

[1] This came out oddly because English doesn't have a verb "to should," which meant my sentence disintegrated. I wanted to write "to should have watched it," and, well, you see what happened.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 26 September 2003 04:35 (twenty-two years ago)

or Three's Company, luna.
so very uncultured

― oops (Oops), Friday, 26 September 2003 04:37 (twenty-two years ago)

It's not too late though, right? I can still catch up...

Oops, I've seen every episode of Three's Company there is at least twice.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 26 September 2003 04:38 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, you just hate them?

― oops (Oops), Friday, 26 September 2003 04:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Who told you that? I always liked TC

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 26 September 2003 04:51 (twenty-two years ago)

The exact moment I decided I liked Friends was an episode where they were watching Three's Company and one of them -- Joey? -- goes, "Oh yeah, this is the episode where there's some kind of misunderstanding!"

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 26 September 2003 04:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Mine was, 'Sure Joey, that's how they measure pants... IN PRISON!'

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 26 September 2003 05:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh sure, I call you out on it in public and now you're president of the Jack Tripper Fan Club.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 26 September 2003 05:05 (twenty-two years ago)

You're clearly insane - I ALWAYS liked Three's Company.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 26 September 2003 05:06 (twenty-two years ago)

See, all the Joey moments are great moments (even though that wasn't Joey's line). That's why he gets the spinoff, Chandler gets another round of rehab, and Ross will grow some sort of facial hair for a role in some sort of indie movie about some sort of angry guy.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 26 September 2003 05:07 (twenty-two years ago)

For some reason I am in a bad mood. I was fine until someone came into my office this morning & said that the bonnet of my car didn't seem to shut properly & it's thrown me into the worst mood. And now everyone is bugging me, it's like they're doing it deliberately. Not sure where the mood came from. :-(
Anyway, Luna, glad you are feeling a little better. Sam, you work too much lady!! Teeny, those shoes/trainer type things are great - very you!! (that's a good thing!! haha!) Sarah, have you got an interview today?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 26 September 2003 07:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey! to everyone I haven't mentioned!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 26 September 2003 07:17 (twenty-two years ago)

What's the difference between the "thread where I say" threads and the "post what you're thinking" threads??

― Dan I., Friday, 26 September 2003 07:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Does it really matter?
Pink, I think it must be something in the air - today's only just begun (in terms of the hour anyway) and I'm already in a piss poor mood. My sleeping pills aren't working, and I just feel bitchy.

I hope your day gets better, sug.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 26 September 2003 07:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh no Luna, are you feeling any better?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 26 September 2003 07:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes in that I'm over the flu portion of our program, but I'm just in a bad mood.

I feel like all I ever do it bitch!

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 26 September 2003 07:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Of course not! I know what's it like when you feel ill & it seems to hang around & then you end up hating everyone. It's not nice, but it'll pass, I'm sure. Hope you manage to get some sleep & then I can talk to you in the morning (afternoon!) Sweet dreams hun!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 26 September 2003 07:42 (twenty-two years ago)

My god the Red Sox are going to the playoffs. They celebrated last night when they won the Wild Card like they won the World Series. I was happy, albeit a bit embarassed by the celebration. They had fucking t-shirts that said "Wild Card Champions!" Good god. I love them dearly, but boys....you haven't won shit yet. Yes, I am a typical Red Sox fan.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 26 September 2003 10:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Hooray for the Red Sox! erm i think.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 26 September 2003 10:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I get to go see my house on Sunday. I am so excited.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 26 September 2003 13:08 (twenty-two years ago)

This thread would be the thinking threads any day. I mean, at least this one has some sort of conversation going on.
I'm glad you're feeling a bit better, luna.
Cheer up, Pinkpanther! (Your car has a bonnet! How very Brit!)
I hope my boss doesn't sell me to the old boss. I can't stand her and her husband! (and you know that must be bad seeing how little I get along with my own boss)

I had a phone interview yesterday, but it's a no go. They've changed the hours to part time and are moving the office to Palatine! But I guess I got interview experience...

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Friday, 26 September 2003 13:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I am not too bad now actually as the end of the day is in sight!
I guess I could be more urban/street & say my car has got a hood.
Oh, too bad about the interview. anything else lined up?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 26 September 2003 13:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Never eat a bagel sandwich from McDonald's. It's disgusting.
Happy Friday everyone! Kiddos are taking six weeks final exams today. Plenty of 'miss, I don't know this. I wasn't here!' Well whose responiblity is it to come find out what you missed? Not mine honey! (I love teaching the hard facts of life.)

Today after school, work at Oodles of Noodles then an early Boys Named Sues show. I don't know how I get by on 4 or 5 hours of sleep the way I do. It's going to catch up with me one of these days.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 26 September 2003 13:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Hooray it's friday, only an hour to go! We are all amazed by your 4 or 5 hours of sleep. Or is that, we amazed you acutally manage to get 4 or 5 hours of sleep

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 26 September 2003 13:54 (twenty-two years ago)

zzzz.. .huh?

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 26 September 2003 13:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah ha! So that's where you are sneaking the 4 or 5 hours in!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 26 September 2003 13:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes actually this is Ms. C's students who have been typing all of this. She's asleep under her desk.

Uh, I mean. . She sleppin unda hurr Desk

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 26 September 2003 14:01 (twenty-two years ago)

*laughs*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 26 September 2003 14:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Hooray, boss just told me I could go home! have good w/e y'all!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 26 September 2003 14:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Go Red Sox is right. Woooha!

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 26 September 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Red Sox in the playoffs? No Shit. Whoa.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 26 September 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

HI IM STILL SATNDIN MORE THAN I EVER DID LOOK LIKE TRUE SURVIAL FEELING LIKE A LITTLE KID I STILL STAND AFTER ALL THIS TIME THINKING BOYUT YOU ON MY MIND IM SRTILL STAND THERE YEAH YEAH YEAH I STILL STAND THERE YEAH YEAH YEAH

― Amazing Randy, Friday, 26 September 2003 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Straight outta Compton is a brotha that will smotha your mutha.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 26 September 2003 15:27 (twenty-two years ago)

and make ya sista think yer carnally engaged with her, only yo foolin' and plannin' on droppin' the bitch when you quit yo job at the macdonalds

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 26 September 2003 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)

'looking like a true surVIVOR'...

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 26 September 2003 15:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Great. Now I have that fucking song stuck in my head.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 26 September 2003 15:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I woke up with the Pretenders in my head, and I am determined to keep them firmly rooted there. 'I'm thinking about the fireworks... that go off when you smile'
Have a good weekend Pink! I feel like all I do is bitch too, Luna. That's why I'm frequently typing and typing and typing and just hitting the fucking back button because I don't feel like I have anything to say, and then I wonder if I'm going to end up a lurker and I don't want to, but I still feel like I don't have anything interesting to say. Meh.
I just realized that I had this dream about cake. A slice of chocolate layer cake, with thick chocolate frosting. There was some deepdish pizza in my fridge in the dream too, but I was focused on the cake. I think my mind's rebelling against the advice of a friend who thought maybe I'd feel better if I went on a super-restricted diet. I am so sick of people's advice. I don't know what the fuck to do and people's ideas about how I should do this or that inconcievable-drastic-thing just confuses me further.

Go Red Sox! Go Cubs!

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Friday, 26 September 2003 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I have "Gimmee That Nut" in my head. Its all Eazy all the time in Worcester today.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 26 September 2003 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Happy weekend Pink! I'm so jealous! Ok, only 3 hours left for me...
I just came in from reading and eating soup during my lunch break. The front windows are all like mirrors from the outside and I was sad to see my ponch. :( I know I've only been walking in the mornings this week, but I have my damn belly. I got it my freshman year of high school and it only got worse. There is this one pic from that year in particular where my shirt had ridden up a little high and my belly is pokin' out like I'm preggo and need better maternity clothes. *sigh*
I hate obsessing about weight. It makes me feel shallow. I got rid of our scale a couple of months ago because it upset me. And I don't want to be in a bad mood right as the weekend hits.
In other news, I woke up at 3:30 this morning and never got back to sleep, so my tiredness explains alot.

Also, I set up an Amazon wish list finally. That was fun.

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Friday, 26 September 2003 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

How am I supposed to teach these kids? Of the three class periods I've graded so far only 4 kids have passed the exam. That's with a very generous weighting in their favor. The highest grade was a 84.
the questions are like:
Rewrite the following sentences, adding apostrophes to make nouns possessive where needed:
11. Is Dallas weather hot enough for you?
or giving them a sentence and having them identify pronouns and their antecedents. They can't do it.
On the essay part how little they know shines through. I get sentences like this: Wete pese I went to before. He means "What places I went to before."
This student is *not* ESL. He was exited because he's already passed the state standardized test.
And he's not the only one who writes like this, most of them do! Where do I start. . .

I think with Jack and then Jose.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 26 September 2003 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

argh, more fun with student tests.

They were to write two sentences, first using the following noun, second replacing it with the correct pronoun: camera

"Camera lives by his self. He has a car."

Write a sentence using the possesive form for the following words:

niece

"That is a niece dress."

men

"That men is ugly"

*sigh*

The only thing the kids did consistenly well with is identifying sentence fragments. To teach this, I compared complete sentences with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Apparently this was effective imagery. Does this mean I have to think of sandwich anaolgies for all English grammar?!?

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 26 September 2003 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Do that, write a book on it, and make money money make money money!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 26 September 2003 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

It could be a combination grammar textbook/trendy Hollywood diet.

― NA (Nick A.), Friday, 26 September 2003 19:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Isn't that market saturated already?

― oops (Oops), Friday, 26 September 2003 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, saturated with fats.

― NA (Nick A.), Friday, 26 September 2003 19:50 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.lindgrensmith.com/nascimbene/yan00.jpg/champagne.jpg

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 29 September 2003 05:54 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.reachtheworld.org/fieldnotes/images/10.02.sleepy.jpg

― adaml (adaml), Monday, 29 September 2003 06:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Nickalicious, Do you remember what your full title was for your "May" review? It must be revived as NA & I saw it yesterday.
I had a great weekend. And it looks like I've finally lined up the first show for my side project band, the Lookups. And we're in the process of recording. Meanwhile, NA & I are getting stuff ready for our yardsale next weekend. And we're doing our own recordings which are going really well.

Hope you can successfully rescue that kitty, nordicskillz.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 29 September 2003 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Morning y'all! Hope you had fantastic weekends and that your Mondays are fabulous. I have a migraine and if the little flashing lights in my head don't go away, I might go home and go back to bed... otherwise, I had a great night Friday, went ghost hunting (don't ask) with one of my best friends on Saturday night (she's about as brave as Shaggy and Scooby, so you can imagine the results) and didn't do jack shit yesterday...

Wooo work week woooo!

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 29 September 2003 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

My weekend was mildly amusing. Saturday I went to a final summer party at my friend Greggs house. It was fun until him and his brother almost got into a fistfight. Although it was fun to listen to "Don't you fuckin eyeball me Gregg!" "I'll eyeball you all i want, its my house!"

We then all got together and played some tunes outside near the fireplace. Good times.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 29 September 2003 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Mark, the chocolates and crisps and Jaffa cakes arrived! Thank you! (I have a terrible cold and am waiting until I can taste anything, but the girlfriend has already opened the jaffa cakes. Right now I am mostly agog at "chicken tikka masala crisps." I don't think the States can trump that, really.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 29 September 2003 20:08 (twenty-two years ago)

chicken tikka masala crisps?????????????

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 29 September 2003 20:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Gotta appreciate the UK's mission to confuse the world's taste buds.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 29 September 2003 20:21 (twenty-two years ago)

See, exactly. I've seen steak before, and pepperoni pizza, but this takes the cake. Unless they have cake crisps.
I'll bet I could make a million dollars on the idea for cake crisps. Betwen that and spraycon, I'll be rolling in it (money, not bacon cake).

I am soooo cold medicineated. I would call in sick all week except I have a paper and midterm on Thursday and I'm pretty sure I have 100 papers to grade pretty soon, too.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 29 September 2003 22:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I need them, stat.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Ooh, all this talk about food! I'm stuffed. I had half a Freschetta veggie pizza and I'm feeling like such a little piggie at the moment.
I'm hopeful all of you had wonderful Mondays as well, or at least as wonderful as they could be. Class got out early today so I had a chance to stop by someplace I usually stop by whenever I have a lot on my mind, and after that I felt better.

Tomorrow promises to be interesting. Should probably try to get to sleep early tonight.

― Legendary Nothingness (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey kiddos, hope you are all well. (apart from those who aren't - get well soon. I missed yesterday, what's the gossip? Oh yeah we have tikka masala flavour crisps!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 07:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Last night was a good night for me. I bought a new guitar after work. I sat in my bedroom and made up some songs. I was quite inspired by the cold air and the Sun Kil Moon disc. I need to figure out a way to record through my pc, seeing as I can't afford a 4-track at the moment. I've been really enjoying playing the guitar alone and with my so called band.

I've been talking about Sun Kil Moon for hours, I'm blown away by it. Vintage Mark Kozelek. Its great to hear something new from him, its been awhile. Great Autumn soundtrack. Thanks.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 12:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Chris, basically you need to make sure your PC has a mic input (most do), download some shareware sound recording program (I think there's a shareware version of CoolEdit out there, that's pretty hot), and get started. If you can find a cheap mixer somewhere, that would probably help. That way you can have one mic on the guitar and one mic for vocals and record live. If you don't want to record live (ie, do parts seperately), you might need to pay for a program. This webpage: http://homerecording.com/bbs can be helpful, although most of the people on there are tech geeks and will tell you you have to spend like $10,000 on your home studio. Ignore that. But they are helpful for technical questions.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 12:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks Nick!

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 12:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I've had a great time being bad at work this morning. I made cd covers for three cds I copied. I paid some bills and signed up for one of those frequent flier credit cards (I'll need them to visit my sister when she lives in Paris!). I got flowers for my desk (bright red carnations), so I cut them and put them in a vase on my desk. And then I just learned that my boss won't be in today at all! He's still down with pneumonia! In other words, I will continue to be very productive (um, in my personal life anyway) today.

What kind of guitar did you get, Chris V?

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 12:50 (twenty-two years ago)

An Ibanez acoustic/electric thing. Its pretty blue. I don't know much about guitars and stuff but it looked pretty and sounded nice.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.ibanez.com/guitars/zoom/DTMETBL.jpg

Sort of like this.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 12:55 (twenty-two years ago)

http://toytreasurehouse.com/guitarrattle.gif

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 12:58 (twenty-two years ago)

My first guitar was an Ibanez. Despite the fact that it was a Strat rip-off, it was still kind of metal. But I think they make decent guitars.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 13:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah it's homecoming. Nothing makes it feel like fall for me more. I wanted to make a mum for my room this weekend but I forgot. I never do anything I plan. Was up till 1am averaging grades. :(

How is everyone this fine Tuesday? Things are good down here. The weather is gorgeous with highs only expected to reach about 81.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 13:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey! Today is a good day. It's pay day & I'm going out for pizza tonight, which is always good. I had some bad news yesterday which kinda upset me, but i feel a bit better today. I went to see my house on sunday & took my mum & dad. They love the house! I got all excited about the thought of the move again, as I'd just got bogged down in all the stresses!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh hey Sarah I just saw that up there - I think I called the thread "a movie called May" or something. I saw it again a couple days ago and liked it more this time, maybe cuz I wasn't so like "WOAH WTF?" just slack-jawed freaked by it this time. I still think that girl (Angela Bettis I think) that played May was AWESOME, a really good balance of sweet and sociopath in that character.
I'm glad the musicking is going well Chris! I hope you get something recorded, I'd love to hear it!
In other news, I played drums for like 2 hours yesterday and am sore as hell, mostly in my shoulders and wrists; but I got a couple few good drum tracks layed down, so YAY on that!

Hmmmm, and now is the time I put a new CD in...but what shall I play? *digging*

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 13:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay, normally I wouldn't, but my gf gave me a copy of the most recent Dixie Chicks cd (Home) and you know, I really like it.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

It's gotten cool and fall-like. I love it. I've dug up my favorite beat-up cashmere sweater (well, it's my only cashmere sweater. And it has holes in it from playing with my favorite dog, which just adds to its charm).
And wearing a sweater with holes in it gives me an excuse to browse shopping sites. Though I'm a total wuss about buying stuff that isn't fantastically on sale. So I browse, and bookmark, and ponder, and take forever to actually purchase anything.

I am off to start a sex thread that I promised I'd start...

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey hey! I'm delighted it got to you so quickly, Tep - after umming and aahing and not being able to get to the post office for ages, my gf eventually did it for me. I'll thank her for you :)

The best thing is that the chicken tikka masala crisps REALLY DO taste of chicken tikka masala. having said that, the sweet 'n' sour flavour crisps in the same range are even nicer - I wish I'd known at the time and I'd have included them too.

I too am old cold-medicated, or at least will be in a coupla minutes when I take my next Lemsip. Any advice on meds I can take that'll blast this hardcore headcold?

Other than that, I am dandy. I am having risotto and wine and ice cream with a close friend, his fiancee and Sarah tonight and it should be lovely. And only half an hour of work left!

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Mark, search the autumn drinks thread for my hot toddy recipe. It will help yr sickness.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

That's IT. I'm coming to London.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I think I want to buy a Mandolin next. I wonder how difficult they are to play?

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

They don't seem difficult. They just have G, D, A, and E strings, with two of each. And they sound pretty cool.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 16:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I've heard mandolins were pretty difficult to play.Maybe it's the doubled-string thing.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Its probably as difficult as a twelve string guitar.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I've only had the opportunity to play with a mandolin once, and it was easier than I'd thought it would be. I figured out that mandolin bit from "Maggie Mae", which was the only mandolin thing I could think of. I'm trying to remember how the fingering went with the double strings, but I have no idea. And now I have "Maggie Mae" in my head.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Chris: That's a nice looking guitar. And you might want to check out a program called "N Track". It's cheap, shareware, and pretty impressive, or at least, I was impressed, but what do I know? It's what we recorded our last album with.

― Chris P (Chris P), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I've got a mandolin, they're not that hard to learn to play. The biggest problem for me was getting my big fat fingertips not to sprawl their girth out onto the next closest fret. Otherwise, it's a pretty easy instrument to get going on, especially if you've played guitar before, as the chords are just kinda backwards.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 17:17 (twenty-two years ago)

hmmm, they start at around $75. My wife is going to kill me.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Blame it on George.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

"Honey, the dog really likes when I play the mandolin...."

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Music to soothe the savage beast...

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

well, this is not even close to being relevant to topic, but i have a question and thought it silly to start a thread. are lord custos epsilon and lord custos omicron one and the same? i assume so, but why the altered moniker? greek tragedy?

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

emily, nothing is relevant or irrelevant in this joint... but um, I dunno!

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Are they both telling really bad jokes? Then they are the same person.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Lord Custos is a person?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I once had a fish named Sir Petra Darling. He wasn't a Lord though.

I've been goofing off all day - in a very productive way! I applied for 6 jobs, made show fliers and got them copied, bought breakfast foods, and got my car washed. Now I'm going to line up a hair appointment.

But first - I will challenge myself to do some actual work work. I'm going to give myself 10 minutes in which I have to get as much work done as possible. It will be a race against time! One day, it will be made into a really lame movie. I'm imagining a scene that is sped up with Flight of the Bumblebee playing loudly over it... hmm...

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

On my mark... Get set... GO!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 18:00 (twenty-two years ago)

*cheering*

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Rah! Um, to whatever happened. (Now that the school year has begun I need to do actual work. I cry.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Jesus H. Christ, repeat ad infinitum . . .this is what goes through my head everyday. God this job is exhausting. These kids are so needy. Constantly non-stop, kids asking me questions, needing pencils, needing to go to the bathroom, needing a pad, wanting to use my cell phone to call mom. . .
I have to repeat the same instructions over and over and over. .. I can't keep my head straight about things that must be done b/c there are constant interruptions. The office needs this kid, this person needs me to sign something, the cheerleaders need their averages before the game tonight, one kid forgot his lunch card and didn't eat he wants to know if I have anything for him . .AAAHH!
and right now the three football players are having a burping contest. They've been acting up all period (while we're taking important state benchmark exams). i threatened earlier to write them up and keep them out of tonight's homecoming game. They just laughed. In a few minutes we'll all be heading to the auditorium where they'll be brought down the aisles to schoolwide cheers while the band plays. They know my threats are hollow.

I give up (hence me sitting down and writing this). I know I shouldn't have worn high heels today.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I survived. Actually, it never really ended because I got lots of calls. But now I'm about to go out to a property to get a contract signed and then - home again home again jiggety jig!

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

See, the IMAX version is a necessity, for that dusty time capsule

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

It's demented, but I can't wait to actually be swamped with work, again. I'll be able to focus my sarcastic urges better, for one....

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam should really be given one of those Purple Heart awards for continuing to fight despite all of those battle scars. I wish you could have the same kind of freedom my grade and high school teachers had and just kick out anyone who isn't trying their hardest (*ahem likethefootballplayers ahem*). But alas, you don't. :(
Ned, are you guys STILL reacclimating to the school year? After what, maybe a month or so? Or do you guys start later than what I'm thinking?
Sarah, I'm glad your day's gone the way it's gone. Sounds like you've been able to have a really good day and have really been able to accomplish a lot. Never mind that a lot of what you got done wasn't work-related -- hey, if it were Saturday or Sunday, people would be in total awe. *grin*
Well, it's quite warm over here at the moment. It's in the 80s outside (hey! favorite decade! *laughs*), but we've only got our windows open and are relying on the breeze from the outside plus the ceiling fans to keep us cool. My aunt and uncle have been coming over to the house for the past few days to take over some home improvement tasks for Mom and me, because we're trying to decide if we're going to sell our home or not and if we are, we want it to look completely presentable.

I love tonight. Got practice! Yay!

― Legendary Nothingness (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 21:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee says:

Sam should really be given one of those Purple Heart awards for continuing to fight despite all of those battle scars.

I don't know. . .Did I tell you guys a kid peed his pants in my class the other day b/c he was too terrified of me to ask to go to the bathroom?

poor kid.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 22:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Morning! Sam, you sound like a great teacher, some kids just do that kinda thing! go figure! Sarah, sounds like you had a great day, I hope it lasts for the rest of the week. Oh good luck for those jobs btw.
I got to work this morning & there was a message on my voicemail saying my boss isn't coming in, so I'm on my own all day. :-( I have a load of work to do, but I could do with being kept alive with conversation of some kind!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 07:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm about to go to bed so I can be brught eyed and bushy tailed for the bankruptcy hearing in the morning, but Pinky, I hope you have a fabulous day!

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 07:56 (twenty-two years ago)

You're still up??
Good luck manana

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 08:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Hi Luna, I hope you sleep well & that tomorrow goes ok. Best of luck darlin'.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 08:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey chaps. How's things? My work finishes this week, but I do have a job interview tomorrow, for a job I haven't a hope of getting. I'm nervous, and not in a good way. But that's fine - from next week I'll have the time and space to plan my future in exciting and challenging ways.

― Mark C (Mark C), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 12:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Good luck with that Mark, I think! I mean are you being bashful or should you really not be going for the job?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 12:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Good Luck Mark!

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 12:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Mark C, Just drink more coffee! Then you'll be uncontrollably shakey and nervous on top of that. Well, that's my approach anyway...

Sam, Do you feel that, despite your battle scars, you are really glad to be a teacher in the end? I'm being serious, despite the After School Special sound to my question. Nick linked me to this page looking for Chicago public school teachers. Apparently, you have to work at least 3 years in the chicago school system, meanwhile getting your teacher's license. You have to pay for the schooling yourself, but they get you a lower tuition rate. Hmmm... So am I crazy after reading your horror stories to still be kind of interested?

I'm getting my hair cut this morning! I'm so excited! I'm going to a real salon for a change. Granted, I will have a senior apprentice cutting my hair, but she'll be monitored the whole time. So basically it will be two people standing over me and picking my hair up and letting it drop back down and thinking really hard about what the hell to do to FIX it. And it will be half price. Which is funny because it should end up being just a little over what I normally spend at the stupid mall salon.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 12:49 (twenty-two years ago)

ooh haircut, nice! I need mine doing. Hope it turns out ok!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 12:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Mark, good luck, mate! Will be heartening to know another working soul.
Ah, Wednesday. "Hump Day" is right. I'm looking for school funding as well as more work, and am using ILX to relax my cells. Looking forward to Christmas, as I may able to get seasonal work (hope, hope!)

Just a bit of blathering. Really need to finish that sci blog for Geeta, tonight. Hmm...

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 18:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah says: Do you feel that, despite your battle scars, you are really glad to be a teacher in the end?

I think this is one of the most important careers you can enter. I do feel proud to be doing it. . .I'm just not sure if I'm the right person for it. Somedays I feel really on top of my game and I enjoy it. It's just completely draining and exhausting for me all the time. Other teachers seem to adjust to the demands well. I figure either I'll learn to handle the pressure better the longer I teach or I won't, and I'll leave.

I do wish more smart, caring people would consider teaching though. There is a definite lack of these. (not that I, er, am saying I'm such. I do care about and, dare I say, like my kiddos. I just run low on patience and worry sometimes that I'm not the best person to be teaching them. Unfortunately in the type of school I teach in, any warm body who sticks around more than one year is the right person.)

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 20:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Well that wasn't SO bad. Still concerned about my 401k, but we'll see.

Sam, I admire you for having the strangth to do it - I've thought about it myself, I would like an actual CAREER, but am not sure I'd be right for it, either.

Sarah, how's your haircut?

Good luck, Mark!

Tep, are you feeling any better?

And how are the rest of y'all?

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 20:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Still very sick. three midterms tomorrow (one of them is take-home) plus a paper I have only just now started to write. And the premieres of Angel and Smallville are on tonight and I'm determined not to miss them. I'm on the up-curve, I think, or the bit where the cold moves from one part of your body to the other -- I'm not falling aslee pevery fifteen minutes like yuesterday, but it takes a lot of concentration to get anything done, and I'm woozy and breaking into cold sweats a lot. It's all very irritating and unpleasant, and the girlfriend's getting it now too.

Asked for an extension on my paper, but haven't heard back. Maybe it's better if I write it now anyway, I've got a lot of work to catch up on this weekend, school- and real.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Flu, Tep? (Can't remember what illness you have, to be honest)

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Probably. Maybe flu, maybe cold, somewhere in that range. Lots of congestion and fever and wooze.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 22:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah, sounds like Bronchitis. (Had all of the symptoms you describe.)

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 22:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, I'm hoping it's not -- is that one you need to get antibiotics for, or is that just strep throat? (It's been awhile since I've needed to deal with these kinds of illnesses!)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 22:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Remember when I was sick for like the entire month of June? Coughing every two seconds? THAT was bronchitis without antibiotics that turned into walking pneumonia - I hope it's not that.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 22:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh dear. Well, I'm getting better, so it's probably not that, right?

(I don't always feel like I'm getting better, but that's only because I'm not unconscious all day. I'm definitely coughing less.)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 22:21 (twenty-two years ago)

It's probably your 'Welcome to Indiana' cold.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 22:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I want to do this to Zoe... do you think she'd rip my throat out in my sleep? (I know it's wrong, but it would be FUNNY)
http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/12760.jpg?zm=400,400,1,0,0

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 22:25 (twenty-two years ago)

If that means I only get it once, I'm a-okay with that.

(... um, crosspost.)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

He'd prolly prefer the stuffed kewpie doll

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Next year it will be the 'Thanks for Sticking Around' cold, followed by 'We knew You'd Make it Another Year,' then 'And One For the Road'

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 22:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Dammit, Indiana! Damn you and your woozy hospitality!

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam, I have every confidence that you're a great teacher.
Sarah, you're thinking of becoming a teacher? Wow, I admire you.
Nichole, "hump day" for me was extra-super-duper long. Ackage.
Luna, (a.) that costume's kinda cute and (b.) aw, sorry to hear you were sick!
Tep, hope you feel better soon! Damn those seasonal ailments.
As for me... I've got a major case of crispy fried brain at the moment. My eyes are bothering me, as they are wont to do on far-too-frequent occasion. I keep on squeezing them shut, hoping it'll stop them from feeling irritated, but it doesn't work. I wonder why my eyes get irritated and why forcefully pressing on them with a clean tissue seems to stop the irritation for a decent amount of time, as I just now did.

*yawns* I can't believe tomorrow's going to be Thursday. Wow.

― Legendary Nothingness (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 2 October 2003 01:50 (twenty-two years ago)

My week has been busy as hell. It would be, though.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 October 2003 02:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Halloween I'm thinking Parker Posey ala Dazed and Confused "Alright you freshman bitches, Air Raid!"

too dated? too overdone? i'm ultra busy and this sounds easy and fun as I'd get to holler at people all night.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Thursday, 2 October 2003 02:49 (twenty-two years ago)

my head is jammed up. i need a drill.

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/drill.gif

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 2 October 2003 04:08 (twenty-two years ago)

You know what I get really tired of? People who want to be friends when it's convenient for them. "I need you now, oh please be there for me, I'm so sad/lonely/horny/upset/whatever, but oh hey, now I have a boyfriend/girlfriend/bigger name on the other line, gotta go!"

Fuck that noise.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 2 October 2003 05:38 (twenty-two years ago)

That is supremely annoying, Luna. I hate that kind of shit.

I would like a drill as well, to take out this part of my brain that is causing this goddamn headache. Or maybe I should just try Luna's head-removal technique.

It is three AM and I have far too many thoughts coursing through my head. Stop.Thinking. Sleep. Meh, eventuallymaybe.

Back in high school, I would have failed typing class if I hadn't cheated. Now I can type in the dark (with much help from the delete button). I've come so far...

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Thursday, 2 October 2003 07:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Sleeping 16 hours a day all week cause of being sick + didn't sleep a single minute last night apparently out of overcompensation despite NyQuil and Kava Kava + not taking caffeine all week because of fever + hence losing caffeine tolerance + taking a caffeine pill and a Red Bull this morning to prepare for twelve hours of midterms and graduate seminars = HELLO I AM AWAKE LIKE THE MONGOOSE OF SUNSHINE WHO SEES THROUGH YOUR SOUL

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:29 (twenty-two years ago)

i hate bunting. it should be banned from baseball. i also clearly hate myself for staying up until 2:45. im going as ritchie tennenbaum for halloween this year.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:37 (twenty-two years ago)

THIRTY DEGREES OUT. SWEET MONGOOSE OF GOD IT'S THIRTY DEGREES OUT.

It's October SECOND! I own THREE PAIRS OF PANTS! Blue jeans, black jeans, Laundry Day!

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 2 October 2003 11:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I just wanted to let you all know that the Word-of-the-Day on my Vocabulary Builder calendar is "niminy-piminy." Thank you.

― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Pls let it mean everything at work is shit & you can go to the pub now! *crosses fingers*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:14 (twenty-two years ago)

That's great (niminy-piminy). I should try to work that into my conversational repertoire and see the sorts of looks I get. Or not.
I was actually having an IM chat about sex and turned it into a chat about grammar/vocab last night. I am a tremendous geek.

Welcome to the midwest, Tep. Lots of cozy-sweater-wearing opportunities.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:21 (twenty-two years ago)

My hair cut is... CURLY. Supercurly. Curlymus Maximus. Basically, she just cut it so that my hair would curl up more on its own. And she made the layers blend together better. And I bought trial sizes of some Bumble & Bumble prodcuts cuz I'm a sucker. But yeah, I like it so far.

Luna, this lady I used to live with had her dogs totally decked out for every season. her sister made special scarves for them.
Only 1 hour and 10 minutes until lunch time.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I have never actually dressed my pets up, nor do I really think I would (maybe..., but that just cracked me up last night for some reason.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 2 October 2003 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Pictures, McLusty, pictures.

My interview went pretty well this morning - I am so smiley and chatty! I think they liked me, and they gave very good interview - they seemed to extract all the info they needed, pretty much (missing only the fact that my design background is practically non-existent, but I can learn). They also congratulated me on turning the "what are your weaknesses?" question into something that'd be an advantage in the job - I said I was better at immersing myself in one or two projects than handling 20 things at once (yes, I am male, how'd d'you guess?). I don't supposer I'll get the job, and I have to wait 4 weeks to hear even if I get a 2nd interview.

As I was chatting away, a friend who I didn't even know worked there walked past the window and smiled. That's got to be a good omen :)

Teppy McTepperston - confectionary update?

― Mark C (Mark C), Thursday, 2 October 2003 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't have any pix scanned in of her dogs, but I do have a couple of Christmas postcards from her at home. My favorite one is where they (lady & 2 dogs) are dressed up as the three wisemen with their gifts. HA!

Me so hungee.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 2 October 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Speaking of interviews, I might have one or two interviews tomorrow. In Chicago. Which is a 12-hour drive from Richmond, where I live. I think my head might explode.

― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 2 October 2003 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

we never dressed our dog up.

no, he was good for other things.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 2 October 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I had a weird night last night - I swear the universe is conspiring against me - the strangest things keep happening!

Oh yeah Sarah - let's see your hair! (Plus, there just aren't enough pics of your smiling face up in this bitch).

With all this talk, now *I* want to go to Chicago.

Mark, I'm still keeping my fingers crossed about the job - I'm sure you dazzled them!

DAMMIT I WILL SEE AUTUMN SOMEWHERE - IF IT KILLS ME! And it may yet.

You know, I'm not really sure I want the mongoose of sunshine seeing through my soul.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 2 October 2003 15:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I've canned the idea of a mandolin, now I want a portuguese guitar.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 2 October 2003 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Today is Lexingtonian/punk-rocker Richard Hell's birthday, so yay for freaks from KY.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Harking back to the post that started these "thread where I say" threads, this is the post where I say:

Sometimes it feels like you fuck up everything you try to do.
Sometimes this can be funny. Most of the time it just plain blows.
Doggles are the work of Satan.
Music is the shit, if only for being the only constant in my life, the only thing I can rely on.
Green tea rocks and all but it ain't no Sumatra coffee.
When vegetarians order caesar salads they realize that there's anchovy in the dressing, right?
Fuck neighbors who call the cops. Fuck 'em in the ear with an amplified bullhorn.
"I don't want to meet your momma...I just want to make you cum-a!"
Whoever it was that invented the "Do Not Disturb" button for phones is my personal hero right now.
So where the fuck is my army of flying monkeys anyway?
Toddlers in sweaters + piles of leaves = awesomeness infinity.
Dealing with dipshit drivers in heavy traffic will give me a heart-attack before I hit 40.
If I don't overdose on something before then. I am a musician, y'know.
Coffee...you're needed in Nick's tummy. Paging coffee, where are you? Get in my belly at once!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 October 2003 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)

"Music is the shit, if only for being the only constant in my life, the only thing I can rely on."

Amen.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Thursday, 2 October 2003 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

"Aaaamen...oh sorry sorry...AaaaaLady."

(Somebody take this Outkast from me before I listen to it again!)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 October 2003 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, yes and YES:

Sometimes it feels like you fuck up everything you try to do.

Sometimes this can be funny. Most of the time it just plain blows.

Music is the shit, if only for being the only constant in my life, the only thing I can rely on.

So where the fuck is my army of flying monkeys anyway?

Kiss in sweaters + piles of leaves = awesomeness infinity.

Dealing with dipshit drivers in heavy traffic will give me a ANEURYSM before I hit 35.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 2 October 2003 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

This Kiss in sweaters + piles of leaves = awesomeness infinity was supposed to say 'kids', but you know, I think I like it both ways.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 2 October 2003 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Paul Stanley was never big on knitted sweaters, tho.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 2 October 2003 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Bloody mouths, leather and chains, axe-guitars, oak leaves, sunsets, cardigans, I can see it.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 October 2003 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Mostly I meant I'd like to BE kissed + piles of leaves + censored.

Weirdos.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 2 October 2003 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Weirdos or SUPERGENII WORD-FU NINJA ASSASSINS!?!?

(The coffee is already starting to work, do you SEE?)

Oh yeah, I just realized I've never done the pile-of-leaves thing with someone I'd like to kiss/have kiss me. This must be rectumfried in the future.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 October 2003 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Me too neither. Which is why I want to.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 2 October 2003 18:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, I think my email hates me.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 2 October 2003 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

your email hates you? have you filled up your data quota, or is just bouncing emails?

and, as Hobbes once warned, pile of leaves, tho fun to jump into, often hide slugs and other icky things of nature.

so, unless you like sticky, gooey fun in sweaters, you just better beware.

http://www.leelazone.com.ar/fanart/alexandra/slurm.jpg

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 2 October 2003 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't gotten one single email since about 10 this morning.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 2 October 2003 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

?????????

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 October 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

hmm. try another hotmail account, or another server, possibly.

or try sending a test message out.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 2 October 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

ha ha does the my_penis_will_surprise_you email still work?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 October 2003 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

the test message worked. weird.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 2 October 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

try it and see, nick...

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 2 October 2003 18:57 (twenty-two years ago)

haha - it works

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 2 October 2003 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

If you need me today tho, use chasing_aimee@hotmail.com

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 2 October 2003 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Job searches DO have to bite me in the arse, apparently...

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 2 October 2003 19:14 (twenty-two years ago)

This is the thread where I say:
Sting had it right when he sang, "if you love somebody, set them free". I will set that someone free. Simon LeBon also had it right when he sang, "and I know you're meant to give yourself to someone else, not me". I do know that that certain someone I care about is meant to give himself to someone else, not me. Laura had it right when she said that I'm on a major journey of self-exploration and I don't need to be obsessing over seeking out a relationship at present, because I need to learn how to love myself before I can give my love to someone else. Even during those times when my heart says otherwise, I'm fairly certain I can convince it of that.
I'm going on a complete personal life makeover journey, starting today. I will take better care of myself, because my ovaries are really hurting me and I need to get them checked out, and I need to lose weight before I can start the process of feeling comfortable in my own skin. I will get that new computer I've been talking about for so long, because my monitor's starting to go on the blink, my keyboard looks ancient, and my system is continuing its downward spiral. I will make that appointment I'd been promising certain people I'd make, because I at least owe it to you guys, the ones who are there for me 150%, so I need to be there for you 150%.
Also, I would highly recommend watching "The George Lopez Show" tomorrow night on ABC. I'm not getting advertising revenue from that plug -- I just think it's the best show about "my people" that's out there, and I also think it's absolutely hilarious. I find myself picking out different characters and saying, "OMG, I know a relative just like that!" Good times.
Also, this will be reposted to my little LiveJournal thingy, just fyi. :)

*huge group-style hugs*

― Legendary Nothingness (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 2 October 2003 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee, I had to go through something like that recently... I didn't want to see it, but one of my best friends said to me finally, "honey, if *** wanted to be with you, he would be with you."

Clearly, he doesn't. It fucking sucked, but hurts a little less these days. I'm here, chica. *big hugs*

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 2 October 2003 20:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I turn 30 in two months and a few, odd days. *sigh* I hope things are rosy then. I have joined the Y and have a pysch appt. on monday (to get back on the meds I haven't taken for about 6 mths.) so that's a start.
The weather's cooling here and I love it. The evenings feel so nice just stepping outside makes you smile.
This band has been one of my favorites, and friends, for nearly 10 years now. I get to see them this weekend and it's a plesant thing to look forward. Going to their site today made it even better as they put a huge smile on my face. (if you click that link keep my real name to yrself please.)

tonight though, self-improvement by the wayside. It's burritos, pandulce, beer and cable tv. (and grading. always grading.)

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:17 (twenty-two years ago)

::boggle::

― Chris P (Chris P), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Home. Made it through the day. NO LONGER A MONGOOSE.

Mark - confectionary update is MMM! Jaffa cakes are very good. Haven't tried the crisps. The hazelnut-fruit-chocolate bar is damn tasty. I'm rationing the rest so far.

My absinthe is here. So's my acid. The girlfriend's got my cold, so both are gonna have to wait until next weekend, darn it. I may sleep until then anyway.

Haven't checked on the Red Sox situation yet.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 2 October 2003 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, for the love of mike, I have now.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 2 October 2003 23:40 (twenty-two years ago)

So yesterday was a really shitty day. I mean I've worked here for 5 yrs now & people still treat me like a lackie! WTF?! My boy took me out last night to cheer me up. We had some pizza, some cocktails & listened to some old hip hop, which is always nice. It worked. Sadly though, today it starts all over again. I am here, at work, in the office on my own (other ppl are around but they are mostly the cause of the problems!) & I am bored. I am only here to get the full maternity benefit when at last we have kids.
So I just heard Madonna's 'holiday' on the radio. That reminds me, J saw a deal in the travel agents for 2 nights in Paris before the end of October. Would it be irresponsible to go when we are about to move into our new house? Still I could do with some time away & I do love Paris. *sigh* :-( ]
Good news about the interview btw Mark, fingers crossed, you never know! Glad you're better Tep. Hey curly locks, we want pictures!!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 3 October 2003 08:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I hate the Red Sox.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 3 October 2003 10:11 (twenty-two years ago)

You do not!

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 3 October 2003 12:38 (twenty-two years ago)

When I went out this morning to get in my car to go to work the smell of the air was amazing. I love Autumn. I kept the window down in the car for a bit, even though it was 35 degrees out. I just loved the smell. I also took all my sweaters out of the trunk.
That kissing someone in the leaves thing sounds nice.

I don't really hate the Red Sox, but its the same GIANT fucking disappointment year after year.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 3 October 2003 13:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Maybe I'll make out with myself after I mow the lawn.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 3 October 2003 13:06 (twenty-two years ago)

They?re falling faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. it made my head ache to count them. But now it?s easy?.There are only five left now
Five what, dear??

Leaves. On the ivy vine. When the last one falls I must go too.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 3 October 2003 13:33 (twenty-two years ago)

I think there's a Genesis song about that, Chris. I wish I was joking.
I think I should move to Scotland. I really enjoy the accent.
The progress my Dad has made is amazing. He phoned me last night! It's only been a little over 2 months since he had the aneurysm. He's just about ready to walk with the aid of a walker, his occupational therapy stuff is going ok, no more tubes in him, his blood sugar has stabilized on its own, and he has a positive attitude about everything. I'd like to know what the fuck is going through my Mom and brother's heads thinking that telling him about my troubles is a good thing. Now he's all worried about me when he should be just thinking about getting better.
I really regret not having more fun on my trip in July. I'm especially sorry that I didn't make better use of my time with the NYC people as you were all very nice. Shouldn't have gone to Toronto on the 6th. I'll try to make up for it soon. I hope everyone's ok today and that you all have a good weekend.

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 3 October 2003 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Good to hear Bryan. Haven't seen you around much lately? A Genesis song about making out with myself???

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

No, about ivy leaves. Something like that. Haven't had anything to say lately and I'm sick of going back and reading whiny posts I've made. I'm REALLY fucking tired of being down. Something's got to give.

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

On a side note my office reeks of rank fish.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Mine smells like dry cleaning solvent so I'm feeling kinda happy about being at work. I think I'm gonna go guitar shopping tomorrow. I want a Les Paul as I like heavy (as in weight) guitars. I should get myself another classical guitar and sit down and try and learn some stuff again. I wish I could stand to grow my nails.

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Jesus, there was just a fight down below outside me window where the kids are lining up to come back in from lunch.

It's unbelivable how much noise a couple of hundred kids can make. It sounded like a f'in riot. Deafining.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Just occurred to me that we're kinda lucky to have this thread to tell people about our day. The rest of ILE is too cool to bond :)

I might be working on Monday, but probably not. I'm probably off work all next week, and the only thing I have to do is work on the two editorial tests they gave me at the interview. I have to take a Hans Christian Andersen story and rewrite it in the format and style of the books for 5-6 year olds (should be a piece of cake, as it's an area I know well), and I have to research a topic about earthquakes and write an entertaining, educational, snappy double page spread with pic suggestions for slightly older kids.

In other news - Sarah finally got the keys to her flat! Yay! And it's nice! We move her in properly tomorrow.

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 3 October 2003 20:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Just occurred to me that we're kinda lucky to have this thread to tell people about our day. The rest of ILE is too cool to bond :)

Else, they are busily bonding on ILM;>

(Yay for Sarah, BTW)

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Saturday, 4 October 2003 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Chris! We're still alive!

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 5 October 2003 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

WE SURE ARE. PETEY AGAINEST ZITO TOMORROW!

― Chris V. (Chris V), Sunday, 5 October 2003 21:39 (twenty-two years ago)

This would also be the thread where I say that this forum's getting a bit too unhealthy for me at present. What I mean by that is that it's causing me more stress than it's relieving. I'm grateful for the ten or so quality friendships I've made from this forum, as well as the maybe five or so additional good acquaintanceships with the opportunity to become friendships. Hopefully we can continue to chat on AIM or via e-mail or whatever. As for now, though, I think I need to take a LONG break until I can handle this forum again.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 6 October 2003 03:27 (twenty-two years ago)

got the keys to the new place and had the washer/dryer delivered. the house is over 100 years old; we had to take a door off to get it in where it was supposed to go--everything is oddly shaped.
i get to drive over two bridges on the way to work now. i love it. (this is a big deal for a L.A. person like me)
i conquered stripping and sanding drawers this weekend. mmmm power tools, yum.
it convinced me that i will *not* be sanding any of the built-in molding and shelves, at least not this year.
next weekend, it's off to the rental place for the *ahem* sanding of the wood floors--thanks to the world wide web and its plethora of do-it-yourself information. i shall emerge at the other end of this dusty and tired, but with a happy place to plop down (once the varnish is dry).

oh yeah, and after that i guess i can move in for real!

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 6 October 2003 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

What a weekend. Had my friends bachelor party on Saturday night. High comedy all around. Red Sox kickin some ass. I'm beyond nervous for tonights game. I played the guitar so much this weekend that my fingertips are bruised. I watched "Can't Buy Me Love" last night after the game. That Patrick Dempsey is one hell of an actor, the passion he brought to the role of Ronnie Miller....

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 6 October 2003 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)

As of now, I am v pleased with my contribution to the "ILX Mated" thread. I am also sated after a chicken teriyaki + rice + Dr Pepper (separate) lunch, and my boss isn't here all afternoon so I just have to read some scripts and answer a few phone calls. Sweet.

Hope the TITTytWISter (hehehe) massive is on top form today. Props to y'all.

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 6 October 2003 11:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Howdie folx. Woe is me today (again)! The stress levels in my house have hit an all time high. :-(
Good news about Sarah's flat though Mark. Where is everyone else?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 6 October 2003 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Aargh pinkie! What's up? Anything you want to talk about?

Yeah, we spent our first night in her flat yesterday - she's spending her first night alone in it tonight. I'm not crazy about the area around Queens Road Peckham, but the flat itself is pretty nice, high up, with great views of Canary Wharf. Shame about the shower though :)

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 6 October 2003 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Just the usual, you know, work stuff & house stuff! Cheers though!! ;-)
ooh scary, I hate being on my own overnight in my house.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 6 October 2003 13:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm more than a little disturbed that I have nothing to say around here except for whiny posts to this thread and birthday wishes, heartfelt as they are. I just seem to be getting dumber and dumber as each day goes by. Maybe when I go for the MRI on my brain they won't find anything!

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 6 October 2003 13:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Things I learned from driving a total of 26 hours within a span of roughly 45 hours:
1. An empty plastic soda bottle can be placed perpendicular to the spine between one's back and a car seat for lumbar support, or parallel to the spine and then wiggled back and forth by moving your back for a makeshift back massage while driving.
2. After you've been driving for about 8 hours, the DJs on commercial radio stations actually start to seem funny.
3. NPR is a godsend and any area that doesn't have an NPR station should be nuked.
4. Based purely on highway scenery and my driving experiences in these areas, Ohio and Indiana are the two most boring places in the world, Western Maryland is awesome, and the DC beltway is the spawn of Satan's asshole.
5. I am totally insane.

― NA (Nick A.), Monday, 6 October 2003 13:25 (twenty-two years ago)

You could've pissed into the bottle and the warmth would've felt nice on your sore back, Nick. I do not know this from experience.

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 6 October 2003 13:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam - you know the Spankers!?! I've seen them in concert like a half-dozen times now!!! They're playing here this month I think! They put on one of the best shows ever; I love how the people down in front be yellin' back at folks being noisy like "SHUT THE FUCK UP!". Audience participation at it's best.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 6 October 2003 13:31 (twenty-two years ago)

How'd you get on Nick?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 6 October 2003 13:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmm...it's a morning.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 October 2003 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

It went fine. The office and company were both pretty awesome, I felt like my answers were pretty good. I felt like I was acting kind of strange due to nervousness and sleepiness, like kind of jittery or something, but other than that, pretty good.

― NA (Nick A.), Monday, 6 October 2003 14:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Morning Ned!
That sounds great then Nick, when do you find out?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 6 October 2003 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee, I'm not in touch with as many threads as I used to, and I've not been in an AIM chatroom in ages (people seem to have stopped inviting me - maybe they are tired of my just moaning about my eyes and then leaving again) so I don't know what is the problem. Is it some particular threads or people or what? (Obviously I don't know if you will read this, but if you do feel free to reply in person if you would prefer.)

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 6 October 2003 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)

1. An empty plastic soda bottle can be placed perpendicular to the spine between one's back and a car seat for lumbar support, or parallel to the spine and then wiggled back and forth by moving your back for a makeshift back massage while driving.

My friend the hunchback thanks you for this bit of MacGuyvery.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 6 October 2003 19:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Bryan, are you actually going for an MRI? Or was that just a joke? Did I miss something?

― Chris P (Chris P), Monday, 6 October 2003 19:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I am and hopefully soon. The aneurysm my Dad had was likely caused by a hereditary condition which I may have. An MRI will be done to see if I am showing signs of it, and if I am they will operate on my brain to prevent the same thing happening to me as happened to my Dad. No big deal.

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 6 October 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Bryan, I admire your bravery...even as you say "No big deal". I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

Congrats, Nick!

Dee, you'll be missed.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 6 October 2003 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

More crossed fingers over here.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 6 October 2003 20:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm just hoping it's one of those cool brain surgeries where they just use a local and keep you awake through it! I'm betting I won't have to have it, though.

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 6 October 2003 20:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I can just imagine surgery where they'd open up your brain and have you talking or something...and they'd poke part of the brain and you'd start slurring your words, and another, and you'd start yodelling. Another, and you'd start speaking fluent Swahili. But it seems that surgery would probably be best to avoid.

MRIs aren't as bad as people make them out to be, as long as you don't get claustrophobic. They have little mirrors so you can see out, so the most annoying thing is the clanking of the machine and the having to stay sooo still, wondering how ridiculously stupid you must look with your head strapped down. Maybe it's just me that worries about how I look when I get an MRI.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 6 October 2003 20:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Nickalious. . that's awesome that you've seen them! I've been friends with them for about ten years now. I used to be Christina's housemate and was in her wedding, etc. etc. Sometimes I go on tour with them but am sadly now chained to a classroom. :(

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 6 October 2003 21:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Hi, guys. I miss ILX. :(
Our server has been down at work since early Friday morning and still isn't back up yet, so I'm taking a moment to send you guys a post from home, just to let you know I miss the board (ha ha - it's only been a few days!) and that I hope to be back soon.
I had a phone interview this afternoon. The guy really liked me, but also the job sounds kind of weird as I'd be working alone in an office all week (as in NOone around, not even the boss) working on a movie poster website. I suppose that means some ILXing would be likely, huh? ha ha. But he wants a long list of references faxed to him and I don't know what to do. I already told him I don't want my current boss contacted until I give notice. He said he completely understands but he needs a reference list. What to do? ARgh.

Ok, time to go drop off a resume. This lady who came to my yard sale Saturday is actually visiting from Chicago and said they might be hirigin an admin position soon! Off I go.

XOXO, SArah

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Monday, 6 October 2003 22:18 (twenty-two years ago)

(as in NOone around, not even the boss)

and this...is a bad thing???

― oops (Oops), Monday, 6 October 2003 22:21 (twenty-two years ago)

But he wants a long list of references faxed to him and I don't know what to do. I already told him I don't want my current boss contacted until I give notice. He said he completely understands but he needs a reference list. What to do? ARgh.

Wooh....Oh, wait. That's tight, Sarah. How about using all your previous references BEFORE this current boss? He'd need the ref list anyway. Here's betting all the others will give you positive marks! That way, you may not have to worry about tipping off the person that you work for, now.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 6 October 2003 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Martin and Bryan my fingers are crossed for you guys. Sarah, wonderful news. Hope everything works out!

Red Sox won!

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 10:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Yay for the red sox!
Fingers crossed for everyone who needs it! Bryan, I had an mri scan, they are not plesant, but just grit your teeth & bear it 7 it is over with pretty soon.
Sarah - we miss you!!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 10:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Aw, I have to stay away from ILX for a bit and my favorite thread doesn't get updated!

And why has luna dropped so far down on the USERS page?
I'm about to fall off the top 50 entirely, but not if I can help it.

I'm crazy busy at work - sometimes working, sometimes applying for jobs so I can work elsewhere.

I'm excited about the laptop. I will bless it with my NaNoWriMo novel next month!

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Thursday, 9 October 2003 15:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Me, today:
http://www.tuesdaycomic.com/1comics/hair.gif

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 9 October 2003 15:33 (twenty-two years ago)

I've dropped out of the top 20. Ahh, such is life. School rules me now. Tonight is parent conference night and i have to be here till 8. maybe i can work on the stats rating a bit. . . as if these kids parents will show up.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Thursday, 9 October 2003 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Yay Sarah!

I dunno why I haven't been posting much, really - I think sometimes I really just have nothing new and/or interesting to say.

(not that this has ever stopped me before)

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 9 October 2003 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I applied for a new job yesterday - same field, but I would be making up to $25,000 more. Yes, TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND. I should be making at least fifteen thousand more than I make here - but this is a small firm run by a tightwad who claims to never have any money. I've been here way too long.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 9 October 2003 15:37 (twenty-two years ago)

B-but when you have nothing to say, luna, you're supposed to talk about the weather and Miles Davis and post random clip art!

Work is so horrible. Oh my god. All these contracts are falling through and attorneys are involved and ... BLAH.

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Thursday, 9 October 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Good luck! $25000 MORE - That's about what I get paid in a year!

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Thursday, 9 October 2003 15:39 (twenty-two years ago)

It's so foggy here right now that I can't see the buildings across the street. I knew it was foggy-ish when I left the house, but wow does it look a lot different from seven floors up.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 9 October 2003 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Damn, Luna, best of luck!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 October 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

As for me right now, WHY CAN'T I BUY MY LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY TICKETS?!?!?!?!?!?!!? PUT THEM ON SALE, AMC!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 October 2003 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Kick them, Ned

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 9 October 2003 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh so very tempting.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 October 2003 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll help.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 9 October 2003 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Hurrah! A logistical beatdown!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 October 2003 16:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I applied for a new job yesterday - same field, but I would be making up to $25,000 more. Yes, TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND.

Well, damn, THAT is a serious chunk. But I'm pulling for you, anyhoo. If this has an expense account too, I'm coming over to help you spend it.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 9 October 2003 16:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Hurrah! A logistical beatdown!

Ever heard of tasers? Does wonders on aggressive hoodlums.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 9 October 2003 16:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks sug - I can use all the help I can get. I hate interviews.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 9 October 2003 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

dress...nice. that might help.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 9 October 2003 18:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Good luck, Aimee!

I've not looked at the stats in a while. My eye problems will undoubtedly have led me to plummet.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 9 October 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Holy crap, Aimee, good luck.

Martin, I keep thinking about your eye problems and hoping I will log on to find a post saying they've been fixed.

Ned, I hate you a little bit for your LOTR success; as far as I've heard, they aren't doing the triple-feature here.

Sarah, yay Nanowrimo!

Yesterday mid-day was the first time since I got the cold/flu that I didn't feel sick anymore, so I painted -- which I haven't done in ages, and I really like how it came out. I need to buy more black clayboard.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 10 October 2003 02:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Man, Tep, it seems like this flu has stuck around a long time. Glad to hear that you're feeling better.

Good luck with the job Aimee! It would be so amazing to make that much more money.

Today I got a lipstick sampler, which is great fun. So now I'm wearing this lipstick that looks kind of like a color I would have worn in high school. It's not as bright of a pink though.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Friday, 10 October 2003 03:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey guys, I have missed this thread. Glad to find out all your news. Good luck with that job Luna. Sarah, hang in there at work & any luck finding any suitable jobs in chicago yet? Ned, you are totally able to kick their ass over the lotr thing! Tep, I can't believe you are still ill! Hope you are better soon. Keep on posting Sam. Martin, as always my sympathies about your situ.
Me, myself, well I am still feeling really stressed over the house & all, but I got the survey & stuff yesterday, so we might not be that far away now! woo hoo. Also, just wanted to say, I met (had our first online chat at least!!) the lovely Ms Graham yesterday. What a star!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 10 October 2003 07:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Gah. I think I may be unwell. I am unfocused and achey and have that sicky smell on my breath. Dammit! I shall wait a couple of hours to see how I feel then. Moan moan moan. Sorry chaps.

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 10 October 2003 10:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Aww Mark. Did you get your research done?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 10 October 2003 11:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Pinky, yes, I managed to complete it yesterday afternoon. I was pretty happy with it, as it happens. I hope it gets me a 2nd interview at least.

Just spoken to Sarah and she has exactly the same symptoms as me. Grrrr. I hope she can make it over here today so we can console each other. Grr, the aches are getting worse. More paracetemol, I think.

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 10 October 2003 11:14 (twenty-two years ago)

AND I seem to have lost my appetite. This does NOT usually happen.

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 10 October 2003 11:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Whoah, that sounds serious! Get sarah over immediately & both hanker down on the sofa under the duvet drinking hot lemon & honey.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 10 October 2003 11:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Is that a euphemism?

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 10 October 2003 11:45 (twenty-two years ago)

no! Hanker=snuggle.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 10 October 2003 11:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah good luck Aimmee! And if it has an expense account I want one of those big furry hats that Elaine bought Costanza on Seinfeld.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 10 October 2003 12:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Done!

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Geez, I thought "done" meant "I got the job, I rule, I am the winnah" for a minute there. This might indicate that I associate "done" too strongly with "bingo."

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 10 October 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Bingo!

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm sorry. I totally faked that bingo.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Looked real though, didn't it?

Men always say "Oh I could tell if it wasn't real, I always know"...

but they don't.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

bingo

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 10 October 2003 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Chris wasn't faking it, but look at the total lack of enthusiasm at the end there.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 10 October 2003 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

he did mention he was a dribbler, didn't he? ;-)

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 10 October 2003 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

yep

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 10 October 2003 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

that would be:

bingo . . .

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Pink-style: B!ngo

I think I'm going to make meatballs today. Real honest to damn North End meatballs, orange grease and crushed red peppers and heartburn and a red sauce with a lot of garlic in it.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 10 October 2003 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)

and a little bingo

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 10 October 2003 17:05 (twenty-two years ago)

That's how you finish the sauce!

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 10 October 2003 17:08 (twenty-two years ago)

(Never order Eggs Benedict. "Benedict" is practically an anagram of "Bingo." Or at least "Binctdee.")

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 10 October 2003 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Note to self: Don't eat Tep's spaghetti sauce.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I just ate a big lunch, and am now regretting it all the more...

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Friday, 10 October 2003 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

How in the hell are we supposed to believe Leather Tuscadero had a 70s shag haircut in the fifties?

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 10 October 2003 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Where did that come from, Sam?

I'm about to process a closing. Fun fun fun.

But can anyone believe it's Friday? Yay! It's freezing cold out, but it's fun for me because I have Chicago on the mind. And tonight Nick and I plan to go see the Walkmen.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Friday, 10 October 2003 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Happy Days isn't about logic! It's about magic. The magic of the disappearing Chuck.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 10 October 2003 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Sometimes I still want to wear my shirts like Pinky Tuscadero.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Happy Days is on Sarah.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 10 October 2003 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

OH, of course...
http://images.ibsys.com/sh/entertainment/images/Screengrabs/pinky205.jpg

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 10 October 2003 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I apparently know nothing about Happy Days. I didn't realize there was a Leather and a Pinky Tuscadero. I was thinking Suzi Quatro played Pinky, but then didn't recognize her in that photo. Here she is as Leather.
http://fonzie.freeweb.supereva.it/suzin0.jpg

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Friday, 10 October 2003 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Booyah muthafuckas. I know y'all are getting sick of this, but just wanted to let you know I'm reporting from home, Powerbook central. I'm in bed in my boxers and undershirt as we speak. Rock on.

― NA (Nick A.), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, Nick. It would be real sweet of you to put the kettle on so it's whistling when I come home. Then we could have some hot tea together (while I take my turn on the laptop). :)

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Not gonna comment on "taking a turn on the laptop," but Nick, I suggest you make that kettle whistle.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)

*brain explodes from Dan Perry-like interpretations of previous posts*

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

LOOK OUT! SHE's GUNNA BLOW!

http://www.eslkidstuff.com/images/kettle.gif

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Honey too, please!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't decide if I want a cup or tea or if I'm horny.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

WTF am I saying?

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

That wanting tea and wanting sex register as the same thing in your brain, I guess.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd go for the cup, luna.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm thinking both, Sarah - but I get to pick when I want to use the honey.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't like the bitterness or dry mouth, though, and I can never decide between lemon or cream, so I'll stick with tea.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:36 (twenty-two years ago)

*pow*

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Stop it, Batman!

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Tea in the morning, tea in the evening, tea at suppertime,
You get tea when it’s raining, tea when it’s snowing.
Tea when the weather’s fine,
You get tea as a mid-day stimulant
You get tea with your afternoon tea
For any old ailment or disease
For christ sake have a cuppa tea.

Whatever the situation whatever the race or creed,
Tea knows no segregation, no class nor pedigree
It knows no motivations, no sect or organisation,
It knows no one religion,
Nor political belief.
---

Ray Davies == constantly horny.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Be quiet, Spiderman, can't you see I'm working here?

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

one lump, or two?

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 10 October 2003 19:04 (twenty-two years ago)

No sugar tonight in my coffee! No sugar tonight in my tea! na an nanananananana ! na na na na na na na na!

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Friday, 10 October 2003 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)

someone's already had her fill of sugar today, it seems.

care for some high fructose corn syrup instead?

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 10 October 2003 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Grape cough syrup...

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Friday, 10 October 2003 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

regular or diet?

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 10 October 2003 19:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Straw or no straw? On the rocks or straight up?
http://springfield-shopper.de/php/epiguide/pics/8F08.jpg

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Better meatballs tip: Instead of bread crumbs, soak toasted French or Italian bread in port and cream (or wine and milk, or any one of the above), squeeze liquid out, and combine into meat.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 10 October 2003 23:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I've changed my mind about Tep's meatballs.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 23:12 (twenty-two years ago)

The sauce, on the other hand ...

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 10 October 2003 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Right. Especially the . . .

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 October 2003 23:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Bingo!

Better garlic butter: heat 1/2 stick butter and 1 tbsp plain or appropriately-infused extra-virgin olive oil together over low heat until butter is frothy; add 1 bulb roasted garlic, 3-4 cloves minced fresh garlic, pinch minced red bell pepper, pinch minced kalamata olives. Stir until very fragrant and fresh garlic has turned almost golden. Pour into bowl and refrigerate.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 10 October 2003 23:56 (twenty-two years ago)

One of the things I did while sick was buy my New Orleans tickets: I'm going to be there for a full week, from a Thursday late afternoon to a Thursday noon, how great is that?

(I'm reminded of this because one of the things I'll do is go to Progtral[1] and get some salami and so forth to bring back here.)

[1] Technically there's no such place, but of the two Old New Orleans Italian groceries that claimed to have invented or perfected the muffeletta -- Central and Progress -- only one of them is still there, and because they're about two blocks apart, I can never remember which of the two it is. It's the better of the two, though, and the other one is like Luigi's Sandwich Shack-a-go-go now or somedamnthing.

― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 11 October 2003 00:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I can never remember which is which either

― luna (luna.c), Saturday, 11 October 2003 02:53 (twenty-two years ago)

This is the thread where I state that tonight, I have been laying caution to the wind, I have said "screw you!" to being safe and secure, and instead I've decided to get dangerous, tempt fate, and possibly even incur the irreversible wrath of someone 1,000 miles away. *snort*

Oh yeah, and a huge hiya to the following sweethearts: Julia, luna, Sam, Di, and Martin.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 11 October 2003 03:36 (twenty-two years ago)

*smooches DeeDee*

― luna (luna.c), Saturday, 11 October 2003 03:37 (twenty-two years ago)

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mystery/img/pq3.gif

― Dada, Saturday, 11 October 2003 04:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Hello all. I am so glad the weekend is over(!) I spent a bit of time with my parents this weekend and...my patience was tried. Almighty fucking a.
And in a couple of days I'll be off to stay with some friends. I'm delighted to be getting the fuck out of here! I'll be hanging out with some dear friends for a couple of days, then housesitting for them while they go on vacation. Hanging out there with cable tv and DSL and a guitar and a couple of birds is my glamorous vacation. I'm just happy to get away.

How is everyone?

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 13 October 2003 01:38 (twenty-two years ago)

*smooches luna right back*
*imagines a chorus of ILX males saying, "And then they all...."*
*rolls eyes*
Rock bloody on, Julia! I'm terribly happy and excited for you. Hopefully this will allow you to dl some, um, very helpful and informative programs, that's the ticket!
Your parents can just go take a flying leap, btw.

Correction from the last time I posted: I neglected sorrowfully to mention Nichole and Tep in the list of people I said huge hiyas to. So, HIYA!

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 13 October 2003 03:51 (twenty-two years ago)

*cries*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 13 October 2003 07:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't worry Pinky, I still big you up, yo.

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 13 October 2003 10:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Cheers hun! ;-)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 13 October 2003 10:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Um, m-m-me too!

I had a great weekend. Friday night Nick and I went to this guy's birthday party. Saturday we drove to DC and hung out with his family. But then we got home Sunday afternoon and I got all stressed out. There's so much involved in moving! And I always underestimate how much STUFF I have. *sigh* I feel like I'm buried in all that stuff and can't breathe. I guess I'll be doing more sorting tonight.

Sorry the DC FAP didn't work out Saturday night, Ally, Tom, J Lu, and mookieproof. Nick and I ended up introducing his parents to Spinal Tap instead.

Anyone want to volunteer as my Life Organizer?

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Monday, 13 October 2003 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Only if that's code for "cult leader guru guy."

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 13 October 2003 13:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah I'd love to! I am sure it's easier sorting someone else's life out than your own. I can sympathise about the hassles of moving, it's soooo stressful! :-(

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 13 October 2003 13:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Are you having the stuff problem, Pink? I already had a yard sale, but now I just feel like I wish people would come over and take things home with them for free.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Monday, 13 October 2003 14:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I have a large number of books that I need to purge, but I can't find a way of making any money from them. Should I just take them to a charity shop?

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 13 October 2003 14:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm just starting to panic about the logistics of everything. Whether it will go smoothly or not. I'm worrying about the most stupid of things, i hope the moce date is soon. have you got yourself a job yet? Good to have you back full time btw!

Mark, what about selling them on amazon?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 13 October 2003 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)

ARRRGGGHHHH!

It's already been a hellacious morning. Was observed last period and was nervous as hell. Kids were acting up. Had to a call a parent and then the observing teacher wanted to get on the phone too and back up my story. Now this mother hates me i'm sure.

i'm sooo stressed and frustrated and anxious. i wish i had brought my anxiety meds with me to school today.I don't normally like to take them up here b/c they can make me loopy but i think loopy would be better than how i feel right now.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 13 October 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Ireland is somewhat cheaper in ways than the UK. Hurrah for the Euro!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 13 October 2003 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

The editorial I'm proofreading says that Elie Wiesel was subjected to "the whores of the death camps."

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 13 October 2003 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I am very tired. But I might make it to Canada yet!

― Chris P (Chris P), Monday, 13 October 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

When do you go to Canada, Chris P?

Pinkpanther, the move isn't actually for another 2 months or so! I'm just crazy. Well, also, there is a possibility we could move earlier if either of us gets a job with an earlier start date, so I guess we'd need to be ready to pick up and go.

Mark, Take your books to a used book store and get some cash and/or trade them in for new-to-you books. Or you can always hand them off to friends and family that you think might enjoy them.

Nick is at home now sorting through his cds to sell back a bunch he doesn't listen to anymore. I'm in a state of shock. ha ha

Hang in there, Sam! (and Pinkpanther!)

Sounds like you're having fun, Ned.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 13 October 2003 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I need a drink. I'm a bundle of nerves.

― Annouschka Magnatech (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 13 October 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam, Jody: go pour yourselves a drink.

I actually worked today, manual labor style. The 'work' part was only about an hour, sat around clocking dollars for another 4.
On the way home, I saw a brilliant blue sky, yellow leaves falling from trees, people jogging and bicycling through a forest preserve, dogs walking their owners, a boy throwing a football to himself, and two girls diving into leaves. Perfect.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 13 October 2003 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Ireland is somewhat cheaper in ways than the UK. Hurrah for the Euro!

Meaning more cash = bigger pints? Must jog over to Eire.....(scribbles note in organiser)

I'm with AM there, though: slide the drinkie over here, as tis been a rough morning.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 13 October 2003 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah, for some reason, I thought you and Nick already moved. Dunno where I got that....

Pink, breathe! The move won't go any smoother if you pass out from stress. I'm pulling for you too, missus.

Hello all. I am so glad the weekend is over(!) I spent a bit of time with my parents this weekend and...my patience was tried. Almighty fucking a.

So that was you in my head, Julia! Sounds like my current life, so I empathise totally.

Lastly, wahey to Dee! So much for leaving us for a while;>

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 13 October 2003 19:14 (twenty-two years ago)

The single for my book is finally being copy-edited. That's just the frickin single; the book obviously isn't going to be out in time for Halloween. This is getting progressively more frustrating, and I'm not sure whether I should ask for the novel back so I can try it with someone else.

Tonight I'm trying something new, cookingwise, since I've been olive-obsessed lately; baked marinated chicken breasts over saffron rice with this olive/pepper/onion/thyme/garlic combo dealie that's meant to be kind of like olive salad. We'll see how it plays.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 13 October 2003 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah: Last week and a half of November, is the theory. Will be a tour, is the theory. Finally found someone who hopefully will be able to go with me, hurrah. It would be tons of fun. Ach I want to go. And I will get to visit Anthony and Horace and Bryan and whoever else is up there. So. Yes. I would like this to happen.

― Chris P (Chris P), Monday, 13 October 2003 22:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm sure Nick and I already told you, but we really like your cd, Chris P! It is very comforting.

Nicole, I guess we've talked about the possibility of moving for so long, it would be easy to assume we'd already done it. But no, that won't happen for another couple of months.

It is a dark, chilly morning. I'm reintroducing my black turtleneck to my wardrobe mix. It's supposed to rain all day. I need coffee.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 12:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks Sarah & Nichole! I am trying to stay sane, but as you can imagine, it aint all that easy!!
How is the job hunt going Nichole?
It's really sunny here today, quite warm in fact apart form the strong winds!!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 12:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm very glad you found someone to do the tour with you, Chris. I'm absolutely devastated that I can't - it was going to be the only bright spot for me this fall. There will be other tours, I s'pose...

Got a Friendster message today from a guy from my hometown who now lives here. He's an ok guy, a huge Belinda Carlisle fan (and all that punk stuff, too), used to jam with him a bit, etc, and this would seem ok except that I'm suddenly full of dread, like I was going to be transferred to work in Regina again or something. Weird.

I couldn't imagine being so desperate that hanging myself with my pants would seem like a good idea. I mean, I'm really depressed most of the time, starting to run out of good ideas for living, but I'm not quite at the pants-hanging stage yet.

I hope everyone has a good week!

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

By pants do you mean underwear, Bryan? Because I can't imagine normal pants being very good at hanging, not that I'm at all supportive of that idea.

Everyone should plan to make a tour stop in Chicago next year. :)

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 13:00 (twenty-two years ago)

That pants bit was inspired by a story I recently read about a First Nations woman incarcerated up here somewhere who killed herself in this way. Very sad. I might go down to Chicago on a long weekend sometime next year, though unless I play the spoons while sitting on a train (just call me Sly!), I doubt I'll be there to play anything. I will buy you guys drinks and maybe do a silly dance.

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 13:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Are you guys definitely moving to Chicago, Sarah? For some reason I thought it was still under discussion.

I need to go there sometime. I need to go to Wrigley Field, dammit! I don't think I'm all that far away. Maybe if they have some kind of gaming convention dealie, I can convince the girlfriend to go (I don't drive, so road trips are pretty much her call).

Every time I step towards the door to bring the laundry out, thunder rumbles. I'm terrible about being productive when I've decided a set order to do things in; if I've decided to do the laundry, I can't get anything else done until it's in the washer. I have no idea why that is.

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 13:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I would love to! I quite like the sound of Chicago!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 13:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Bryan, pls stay away from the whole hanging idea, whether pants or not! (this is sincere & not meant to tricialise in any way!)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 13:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I won't, Pink. I want to stick around to see how things play out, though I think in general they will not end up in my favour. I also have a few things I'd like to do first, like get drunk in NYC, visit the UK and see Rome. I don't think I should let myself off that easy, either.

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 13:29 (twenty-two years ago)

In four days I turn 29. I don't think I like that idea. And whats worse is that I have another godamn wedding to go to on the 18th so I can't celebrate proper style...maybe they'll hook me up with a cake? Yeah Bryan none of this hanging with pants bullshit.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 13:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Tricialise=To make Trivial? I didn't mean to do that, Bryan. Sorry.

Yep, Tep, Chicago it is. The plan is to get a 2-Bedroom (and a decent sized couch) so we can have visitors.

We were supposed to do laundry last night. It was our only goal for the evening! But instead we sold some cds, ate pizza, and watched Law & Order. Whoops.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 13:32 (twenty-two years ago)

and my b-days are always a great disappointment. no one ever remembers them, even my parents. so year after year my parents don't even call or send me a card. My wife remembers, and thats the best. But when close friends and even my parents forget its a little sad. So you all better make up for it....hehe.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes trivialise obv, Sarah - I wasn't incinuating you were, i wrote it cos it looked like my post was taking the piss! oh dear!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Even if you were taking the piss, Pink, it was ok. I've told a few people around here when my birthday is and I'm kinda hoping they'll forget it so I'll have something to whine about! Just kidding. Actually, I don't really care that much. My parents and brother always remember, and a couple of my friends usually do, and some other good people so I'm not too worried. I'll be 33 when my next b'day rolls around and who really cares about someone turning 33?

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 13:54 (twenty-two years ago)

It's ok, Pinkpanther! I didn't think you were being accusatory, I just realized that I might have been out of line.

Chris, Send me your address again via email, and I will send presents! This year I was down for a bit about my birthday because I kept getting sad RSVPs from everyone saying they were busy the weekend of my party, even though I sent out invitations like over a month in advance! But in the end, a lot of really great people showed up and it made me happy (even ally and tom!).

Work is SO bad today. Oh my god is it ever bad. My boss told me to ask the broker how to get a release on this one listing agreement. The broker said to have the clients write a letter. I called the client and asked her to please write a letter. She said, "Oh! I'll write a letter alright! You can bet on that!" I told my boss. He got really upset with me for asking her to write a letter because now she will use it as an opportunity to lambast us. And she might sue us too. Fuckin A. (only two more months...only two more months...)

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 14:00 (twenty-two years ago)

B-b-but I wasn't! Happy birthday?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 14:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Bryan, send me your address too! And that's an order! 33 is important.

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, my birthday's not until next year sometime, so there's no sense in getting excited about it now (groan).

I miss my friend Sean Vermette, even though I just saw him on Saturday. He used to cheer me up like almost no one else, hiding in the closet, listening to me go to the bathroom and laughing, rocking, telling me I'm an asshole when I'm being an asshole. I don't know what happened there.

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey chaps,

Just a hello really as nothing interesting has happened to me since yesterday. Other than buying a winter coat - I wonder if I can find pics of it online? Hmm, they don't seem to have it at the Top Man site. It's nice, anyway, and has a hood in which my enormous round head gets completely lost. And it's strokeable!

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm terrible about being productive when I've decided a set order to do things in; if I've decided to do the laundry, I can't get anything else done until it's in the washer. I have no idea why that is.

I'm like that at times too. I think it's just another way to rationalize laziness.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

It definitely is for me, yeah -- and yet I can't stop doing it. (The laundry's in now, though.) It doesn't help that it's cold and rainy and dark (I have as many lights on as I do at night), things that make it hard for me to get going in the morning.

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 15:02 (twenty-two years ago)

How is the job hunt going Nichole?

Bloody long, Pink! If I'm lucky, an interview will come up again (had some earlier in Summer, but none since) I'm a stubborn one though, so I just keep going and going.....

Sarah, I wish ya luck. Did you get that reference list sorted, BTW?

Tep, sorry your book process is crawling. What's your book about?

CP, Happy birthday, dude! Send us your addy and I'll make sure summat comes your way! No one should be solo on their birthday.

Bryan, been a long time! How ya been?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Bryan, NO.

Tep, I do the same thing sometimes.

Sarah - yay move! I'm so excited for y'all.

Chris - my oldest friends always forget my birthday, too, and if/when they remember, it's somehow my fault for not reminding them. Fuck that noise.

Dear god, what a weekend. Rehearsal dinner on Friday, Bachelor/Bachelorette party on Saturday, wedding Sunday, brunch yesterday - if I never see another wedding... I had fun, there was lots of booze, there were strippers, there was kareoke, pretty dresses, lots of flowers, ugly dresses and way too many pictures taken for my comfort, but hey. There was even a parrot who has learnt to say, "FUCK YOU CHAINS" and bark like a dog.

Sometimes I think my friends are really weird. But I love them anyway.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Tep, sorry your book process is crawling. What's your book about?

It's a short story collection -- "horror, modern fantasy, and magic realism," according to my editor -- and the editor's all for it, but it's stalled with the publisher himself; not because he doesn't like it, but because the company (small-press, so little things take long time) is restructuring, and that's taken so much of his attention that he hasn't gotten around to the half-hour or so it would take to finish the layout. It's frustrating, especially since Editor and I already postponed indefinitely the book we were going to edit together; but I'm one of a dozen writers being affected, so there's not much I can do about it.

It'd be one thing if it were a novel, but the only reason this is being published to begin with is that it was their idea.

The novel they have, on the other hand -- they haven't finished evaluating it yet because of the restructuring, and I'd pull it if I weren't so sure they were going to publish it. Or maybe that's making me more likely to want to send it elsewhere. I just don't want it sitting around for two years unpublished -- that's the whole reason I've gone with small presses instead of trudging through Tor's lengthy, tooth-pulling submissions process.

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

And speaking of writing, since a side effect of the book is that my backlog of short stories is used up and I have nothing to send to magazines (except my David Bowie short story, which was rejected by the new place I sent it to and is now in the hands of a place that's published me before), I have to work today! Books take forever to make money; short stories take a few months. Laundry's done, I made a buttermilk coffeecake, and I have coffee. If I post, clonk me with something.

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm thinking of a trip to Chicago, since that was talked about upthread. When this house is sold and I've finished buying my big new flat and moved, I should have plenty of money to spend, both in terms of a lump sum in the bank and rather more disposable income every month, and I fancy a trip or two. NYC is top of the list, because I love it and now know a good few people there, but it would be good to see some part or parts of the US that I've not already seen, and for various reasons I'm most tempted by Chicago, New Orleans and LA. This may not happen for a good while since my holiday year has just started (I work for a university) and I'm in a two week break, then I'll want some more time off to move, so I might not have so much time to spare. Still, if that's so I might do it at Easter, when college closes down for several days.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Yay! I love to see lots of posts to this thread and hear how everybody's doing.

Sarah--Chicago is gray and rainy today too. It will be especially cold when you get here probably. An excuse to buy more boots.

Chris V--I'm 29 and it's been okay so far. It sucks when everybody forgets your birthday. This year was like that for me. But we'll remember. Hopefully this year will be a good bday for you. Maybe the wedding will have an open bar and you can be that rowdy drunk guy that every wedding needs. Why the fuck is everyone getting married on the 18th?

Chris P--Glad to hear that you've found a possibility for touring next month. I hope it all works out and proves to be great fun.

Bryan--I hate to hear that you're so sad lately. You're such a cool guy...all of us are rooting for your life to improve.

Nichole--Hi! I had a Talk with my mom last night and she had a sore throat and so could barely talk, so I could say my piece about some stuff without being guilted. Joy! And my dad's actually being reasonable. So I am not so annoyed with my parents now.

Luna--Glad to hear you had fun. Sounds like it was an exhausting weekend.

We must see a pic of this strokable coat, Mark C. Good luck with your writing, Tep. And hellos to Pinkpanther, oops, Dee, Martin, and everyone...

I have all this stuff to do before this eve but I just wanna surf ilx and look at shoes online...

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

the wedding is open bar...so i got that going for me. But I am also the best man, which means I have to be somewhat coherent for my speech. After that, the shirt is coming off.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

For the speech you should just get ripped and sing "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough". Don't forget the crotch-grabbing (I know you won't).

I haven't posted on this thread in like FOREVAH, wow. I've got a new band now, yay! It's a lot different from GT, we've got two guitarists and I play bass and sing and one of the guitarists sings sometimes too and our music is like all melodic and shit but really rhythmic and groove-oriented too. I hope it doesn't fall apart.

Also, I'm excited cuz I think I'm really gonna get to perform a marriage! Like, I'm gonna be the guy that marries the people to each other. It's not 'til December, but shit THE PRESSURE'S ON. Wow.

KORITFW y'all.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 16:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I have all this stuff to do...but I just wanna surf ilx and look at shoes online...

Thanks for summing up my life so neatly, fellow 29-year-old!

(when's yr birthday?)

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 16:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Prolly helped as you have your own home to return to, afterwards. (Nothing better than escape.)

Tep: Sorry that they are screwing with your book(s). Are there any other publishing houses you could submit your work to?

Skidders: Yay about your good fortune! Bout time you've had some. Give us a squeak once trip time comes close.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

My bday was in July, Mark. I just bought some super-on-sale slipon docs with chunky heels. I'm all thrilled. Every time there's a shoe thread (or really any sort of article-of-clothing thread) I end up deciding that there's all sorts of stuff I desperately NEED and end up surfing away at shopping sites. Buying shoes online is a bit difficult though, with fit and all. And luckily I'm indecisive and cheap, so I don't end up overspending as much as I do wasting time. I should probably take these prattlings to the shoes thread, but here I am.

My shift key is sticking and it's annoying me greatly.

That's great that you're going to get to perform a marriage, nickalicious. It seems that you would be great fun as a marriage-performer-person.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Nick as Pastor? Can I come watch? Um, I promise to try to be good.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

"Do you vow to take this man as your lawfully wedded husband, through sickness and blah blah fuck it let's get to the good part so we can go get wasted and dance...I now pronounce you TOTALLY AWESOMEST HUSBAND AND WIFE EVAH!!! YOU MAY NOW MAKE OUT WITH EACH OTHER WHILE WE PERV OVER YOU (in a wholesome "awww" kinda way of course)."

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha! I was imagining just that sort of thing.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.poster.net/mr-bean/mr-bean-mr-bean-4001130.jpg

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 19:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Somehow, my short-term memory's not quite working at the moment, so let me just go ahead and say that I wish each and every single one of you the most awesome and wonderful time you can possibly have tonight. Tomorrow will be tackled once it arrives.

A special hiya this time to Pinkpanther, whom I never figured would care as much. Mega sorries, chickadee.

I demand now that each and every single one of you, either on this thread or reading, send me an e-mail with your birthday and mailing address on it so I can start sending birthday cards. One of my favorite places in my little universe to go to is a Hallmark store, so it'd be my absolute pleasure to send out birthday cards your way.

I'm currently trying to pay attention to ILX and our local news at the same time while snacking on Raisinets and waiting for 7:00 p.m. to roll around. Maybe I should take a short nap... nah.

(Oh yes! And Nichole, I could NOT stay away from this place for long. I was a HUGE weakling about that. And while the issues that needed working on weren't 100% resolved, they're not as prominent as they were before.)

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 21:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I was worried that I wasn't going to have my wedding presents together in time, since several of them are being ordered by mail, I leave in three weeks, and my check doesn't come for a week; but lo and behold, I got a credit card that'll pay for it all right now, and that I'll be able to pay off before the interest accrues!

(And as a result, I'm looking around ebay a lot, and have an embarrassingly high bid on the Birnbaum translation of Murakami's Norwegian Wood, because I want to compare it to the Rubin one.)

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Canada is 97% likely. Might find out tonight if it's a definite go. Then, of course, all the "fun" of setting up dates, etc... But whatever. Even if that goes woefully, this will still be a fun trip. So yeah, hang on until December 2nd, Bryan: That's about when we'll be hitting Winnipeg.

Sarah: Glad you liked the album. Comforting? In the way that freezing to death in the icy north is comforting? And yeah, I definitely hope to hit Chicago sometime next year...

All y'all: Keep frosty!

― Chris P (Chris P), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I will at least assist in the setting up of the Winnipeg show if you like, Chris, as well as provide lodgings/treats/directions on how to get the most out of a visit to da Peg. It's the least I can do.

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 23:20 (twenty-two years ago)

everyone always forgets my birthday too. it used to depress me but i've gotten used to it now.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

bwowm chicka chnicka bwown bwowm chicka wokka wokka bwowm chicka cihcka

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 05:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I think you *should* wear your shirts Tuscadero-style, luna

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 05:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Hola senors & senoritas! Today I feel all icky & I am worried about J as he is getting so stressed over his job. Any suggestions?
Hey Mark, we wanna see those threads man!
Sarah, do kitties relieve stress, I think i need a dozen! Finally I might actually get a chance to check out your times ten cd this w/e, as I'm always listening to the other one!
Hey Dee, I hope your well. I did try to send you an email before when you were having a tough time of it with your dad, but the emails kept bouncing. Pls can you confirm your email addy for me? :-)
Luna that wedding sounds like a scream!
Hey Julia, I can understand about the shoes online thang!
Hey to everyone else here, it's a shame I have to wait til the morning to read it though, cos it only gets updated in the evenings. (apart from the ever faithful mark & sarah.) Yay! another day *sigh*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 07:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, scrap that, I am feeling really down today.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 07:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Cheer up, Pink. And, yes, of course kitties relieve stress! I sure could use one at work. But instead I just have a teeny tiny cat figurine that Nick got me at a toy store. It's plastic and named C.K.Dexter Haven. Sometimes I pretend it's a miniature cat walking around my desk. I am loony. And what do you mean by the other cd? A mix? I can't remember what all I sent you.

Chris P, the cd IS comforting. It makes me feel like I'm hanging out with a bunch of friends in a cozy living room jamming along.

Yesterday was SO horrible at work. My boss told several agents that I was stupid and apparently he used lots of curse words. Fortunately, the broker stood up for me in front of lots of people (or so I hear) by saying that he told me to request this letter (long story) and that I did the right thing. The broker said that if he wanted someone to yell at, he should yell at him instead of me. And then later I got in trouble for having pended something when it went under contract. My boss wanted me to leave it active in the system to get business even though that's unethical and probably illegal (false advertising). GAH!

Happily, he has left for vacation for a few days. I plan to apply for lots of jobs while he's away, take long luches, and, in short, stick it to the man.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, said it?s all right
I won?t forget
All the times I?ve waited patiently for you
And you?ll do just what you choose to do
And I will be alone again tonight my dear

Yeah, I heard a funny thing
Somebody said to me
You know that I could be in love with almost everyone
I think that people are
The greatest fun
And I will be alone again tonight my dear

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Make the most of your boss' vacation!
It was just a mix cd, but i liked it definitely.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks for the Love, Chris.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 13:00 (twenty-two years ago)

of course.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 13:07 (twenty-two years ago)

As I clicked back onto this thread it looked like the above two posts were the only posts. Perhaps we should start threads where ILXors thank other ILXors for recent sexual encounters.

― Mark C (Mark C), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 13:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Kitties only sometimes relieve stress. When your girlfriend has dozens of stuffed animals, and several of them have that fluffy hair like Trolls have, and they're light enough to be carried around in a cat's mouth as a dog would a bone, and you have at least one cat who can jump pretty much anydamnwhere, and said stuffed animals are kept on bookshelves ... stress is not necessarily relieved :)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry to moan, yo (I'm not sorry at all, obv), but ILX is having possibly its least interesting day ever. No-one's really posting apart from people showing off big words on the #1 thread and, um, that's a botu it. There's a record number of threads I have zero interest in, and even on the good ones, people seem to be having a snuh kinda day. This is totally not a diss to anyone, it's just I feel in need of stimulation and happiness and ILX just isn't popping my cork right now.

Anyone else feeling like this too?

(on the plus side - new shoes!!!)

― Mark C (Mark C), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

ILE's just seemed weird to me lately, sort of -- not terrible, not spectacular, more like the threads I've enjoyed most are not the kinds of threads I associate with ILE or something. Just ... less ILE-ish. Then again, I've also been distracted by the need to work and yet another paper being due tomorrow.

Of course, there have been food threads, and obviously I always enjoy those.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Yesterday seemed weird, I was more antagonistic than usual. Today just seems kind of average. I wish I could think of a good thread to start but I'm in a kind of eh state today.

― NA (Nick A.), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Generally when there are large arguments going on -- or discussions spinning out of those arguments, or whatever, you know what I mean; they don't necessarily have to be hostile, I guess -- people seem less interested in talking about what hypothetical flavors of Pez they wish were available, or which Garbage Pail Kid they'd be if they were a Garbage Pail Kid. Luckily this never lasts forever.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

(Root beer, by the way. Root beer Pez. Like the root beer Bottle Caps? Fuck yeah.

And Moxie Bottle Caps! DAMN YOU, WILLY WONKA, WHY MUST YOU DENY YOUR POTENTIAL?)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 15:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I could literally *feel* myself atrophying just then. Perhaps ILX is quieter because in the middle of the week people are focused on the work they have to do? I've had a really lazy day, and will have a lazy evening. Yet another day of my life on hold. I wonder whether I'll regret this when I'm old?

― Mark C (Mark C), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 15:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I wanna try Moxie!! Sarah is not encouraging, and says it's pretty fould stuff, but that's not the point. Have any of you tried Chinotto? It's kind of like a bitter, sweet soft drink from Italy. It's quite nice, actually.

I fancy a gin and tonic with Bombay Sapphire. I never realised how much difference it makes to the G&T.

― Mark C (Mark C), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

See, I feel like it's quieter on the weekends, when people are doing stuff instead of being stuck at work. I dunno.

I haven't had Chinotto! I'll have to look for it. I wonder if Moxie would ship overseas. That seems dangerous. (And yet Aimee's Pepsi Blue got here with no problem. Except that isn't overseas.)

Man, I love Bombay Sapphire, but I have to say -- ever since trying Tanqueray Malacca, Sapphire is no longer my gin of choice. It's what I'll get when I'm out, though, since most places don't have Malacca and will just give me Tanqueray instead.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I've been loving the past few days of threads. Nu-nu-ILX r0x0r5.

It does seem like "discussions" turn more toward the exuberant and away from the fun-hating the closer to Friday we get, possibly due to the large number of ILXors who are posting from work.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I think there are just certain categories of subjects that don't make for productive discussions (well, productive for me; if people have fun having them, it's not like I object), and not for ILE-specific reasons. I used to be adamant about avoiding said subjects online (they were pretty much the same topics as the ones I told students never to write papers about) ... less so now, maybe I'm less worried about getting caught in the cycle.

Thinking about it makes me feel internet-old; it's weird thinking "Christ, I stopped arguing about abortion with internet people ten years ago," etc.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

My food-obsession today, incidentally, is Edy's Pink Grapefruit Sorbet, which is incredibly amazingly sublimely good. My soda/pop/fizzy-drink fetish is also kicking up because of the European Fanta (orange flavor) I've just ordered as part of friends' wedding present (I just realized I am spending more on this friend's wedding present than I spent on her ring when we were engaged) -- I tossed in an extra one and included a note for them to save it for me :)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Yet another day of my life on hold.
EVERY DAY.

I was talking to a friend yesterday and she was saying she wondered if she'd get to be 80 or so and look back on her life and think "that sucked!". Somehow rather than seeming pathetic or sad, it was really funny.

I never know if it's ILX that's slow or if it's me being in an everything-bores-me kind of mood.

Root beer pez would be good.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I feel kind of meh about ILE today only because I revived my 'boss is gone' thread and, quite predictably, no one posted to it. Ok, so I'll admit that the title isn't catchy. And maybe people are just too grumpy about their own jobs to read about someone else's boss being away. But work has really been getting to me lately and I feel like I have 3 days to get caught up (on here and with my work) and relax and vent a bit and no one seems up to it.

Enough woe is me crap. Sorry.

I like root beer pez too. It's been too long. I once dated this guy who had the hugest collection of Pez dispensers ever. It was so amazing. Oh! And also, I once saw this art exhibit that involved at least several hundred pez dispensers. THey were all hooked up to wires so their mouths would open and shut. So you heard all this clacking. And they were covering several walls. It was magical, kinda...

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I mean, yes of course life sucks. It's also wicked cool, it all depends on what parts you edit out.

Chris P, the cd IS comforting. It makes me feel like I'm hanging out with a bunch of friends in a cozy living room jamming along.

Ha! Well, yeah. I should have put a sticker on them, "If you lived here, you'd be on this album." The Minor Thirds: When friends gather together to sing about depression, frustration, and hatred.

― Chris P (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

In a good way though, Chris!

Pink, I have some friends that want to say hi:
http://www.pnc.com.au/~siblu/vyeznababies0709.jpg

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Must. Not. Drink. On. Work. Nights. When. Must. Be. Up. At. 7am.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Did those kittens drive you to drinking, luna? For shame!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Aren't they doing the same to you?

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Maybe a little hair of the dog...

Actually, I could go for Chinese food.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Uh-huh.

I want a margarita! Um, What are you drinkin'?

― Sarah MCLusky (coco), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Mmmmm hair of the dog. I've been craving a bloody mary all morning long. Not just any bloody mary, but a Dave-at-Lynagh's all-out bloody mary; worcestershire or however you spell it, pepper, celery salt, thick as fuck tomato juice...*drools all over keyboard*.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmmm...I still have a tiny bottle of Nassau Royale liquour that my boss brought back from vacation in my desk drawer...

― NA (Nick A.), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I have a pint of Tortuga coconut rum that my boss brought me back from the Caymans...

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Did I mention my absinthe experience here, speaking of liquor? Worst-tasting thing I've ever had, by far beating out both Hubba Bubba soda and the hotel-soap bouquet of Chek Diet Cherry Cola. It was like licorice had died in my mouth and was haunting my tongue for it.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

However, I do have chocolate chip cookie cream liqueur, which is probably what you'd use to date-rape Holly Hobby.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

(From twee to disturbing in NO TIME AT ALL)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

(looking in drawers, files, cabinets)
Humph. I got nothin'.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

It was like licorice had died in my mouth and was haunting my tongue for it.

I can think of something else that reminds me of this taste...

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, you lie like a bag of kites and you know it. This far surpassed the direst and most libellous descriptions of Moxie.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

God, I'm so upset right now. I was upset about work. I revived my thread about my boss being away to try to cheer myself up. No one posted. So then I started a new kitty thread and fletrjet fucked it up. Who is he? Did he used to have a different user name? Anyway, he succeeded in making me even more upset. Fuck.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Aw Sarah don't be upset!

I've been playing with this new guitar guy named James, and we went to his house last night where he lives with his girlfriend, and can you guess how many kitties lived in that house? Just guess. Nope. Still wrong. Give up? TWELVE KITTIES! Like, everywhere I looked there were at least two of 'em. It was badical.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)

When I lived on a farm, my family had 13 kitties at one point, but there was a lot of land, so the kitties were all spread out. So, basically, I am still super impressed by 12 as the DENSITY of kitties is so amazing.

I know I shouldn't let that guy upset me. WTF?

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 18:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm drinking a cold diet DP. The weather's a crisp 60 and i'm wearing long sleeves. tonight i'm going to see my friend's production of Hedwig again.

Good day overall.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, you lie like a bag of kites and you know it. This far surpassed the direst and most libellous descriptions of Moxie.

I don't recall referring to Moxie - methinks you doth protest too much.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Honestly Sarah I like to think I have strong nerves and that dead cat pic really made me upset too.

Oh my God Aimee! Either A) EW!, or B) woah sorry nickalicious get mind out of the gutter!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Jaegermeister! Come on, it totally tastes like licorice took a crap in your mouth.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I wasn't protesting too much! C'mon, you never mention horrible tastes to me unless it's Moxie-related.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

ha ha ha of all people that shoulda known that, too...

To elaborate, I'd say that jaegermeister tastes like cough syrup beating your tongue to death with a licorice whip.

We decided one weekend not too long ago that from now on when we're drinking jaeger, after every shot we sing a note, starting as low as we can sing, and proceeding to get higher pitched with each shot. This game climaxed with drunken James Brown style ear-shattering "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"s by the end of the night.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

And then you all threw up? Cause that would have been me.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Jesus Christ, if we get through this Series on top, my first child is going to be named Varitek.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

*waves hiya at Pinkpanther* Hon, my e-mail addy down here *points at the end of this message* has a spaminator in it! All you need to do is remove the _downspamdown_ from the address and ta-da, you've got my e-mail, hon! Many thanks for thinking about me then, too.

You know, today I had to go back to the hospice place. It was beyond necessary -- I've got another relation in there, which makes me sad because it'll mean the fifth relative in my family to pass on this year. This year hasn't exactly been smooth sailing, hasn't it? On the way out, walking with Mom, Mom told me that she feels like she's been through so much that nothing can bother her now, except that if anything were to ever happen to me she'd die. I think I'd feel much the same way about her. She drives me crazy sometimes, but she's Mom, and she's a good 'un.

On another note: How does one get over being extremely envious of someone? Because I am SO VERY envious of someone at present and I HATE feeling this way because it makes me feel so rotten. Just FYI, it's not someone who's posted as of now to this thread, nor is it a close family member. Anyway, this envy is just choking me, especially since I can find at least six or so good reasons for me to envy this person.

*enveloping hugs to everyone in here*

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 16 October 2003 02:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't take this Red Sox business anymore, they are going to give me a heart attack. Come on boys, knock those Yankee fuckers out tonight.

But of course I have my friends fucking rehearsal dinner tonight. Yep on a Thursday! What kind of freak potato has it on a Thursday. I'm sure his bitch bride to be is going to try to tell me that I am not watching the game. I got news for her....She tried to tell me last week that I must cut my hair for the wedding. I told her to shit in her hat.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 16 October 2003 10:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah those kitties are gorgeous, I want them all! Hope work is better now your boss is gone.
Hi Dee! Thanx for the addy info. I am sure i tried just removing it, but hey nevermind, I know now.

It's a better day today. I'm still worried about J & stressing about the house & stuff, but I jst found out a friend is pregnant, so I am really happy.

x-post
what's a freak potato? (& can we eat it?)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 16 October 2003 10:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, I've got frickin Italian class for the first half of the game tonight, and I'm really, really tempted to skip it. If we win, I want to see it; if we lose, people are still going to be talking about the game twenty years from now, so I may as well see it instead of pretending to have seen it like so many other people will be.

The girlfriend's parents are visiting the weekend of the Series; I told her already, hey, I like them, and dinner with them would be great and everything, but if the Red Sox are in the Series, I'm gonna be in front of a TV for every damn game. So plan on a sports bar :)

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 16 October 2003 10:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Good morning, starshines. The earth says hello.

I'm feeling better this morning. I think yesterday was just the bad aftertaste of being around my boss. But now that I haven't heard from him in about 24 hours I'm feelin' good. I'm drinking caramel macchiatto and searching for jobs in between posting here.

Did I tell you I basically insisted that the receptionist bring in her kittens tomorrow? They're only 4 weeks old! I might die.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Thursday, 16 October 2003 12:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Awww, I'm flying over, get the kettle on!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 16 October 2003 12:42 (twenty-two years ago)

But Chris, your lengthy locks will absolutely ruin her special day!

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 16 October 2003 14:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I need a NAP!

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm going to try and take a nap when I get home today, which should be interesting because I am usually incapable of napping unless I am dead tired. But I have a show tonight in a town that's an hour away, which doesn't even start until 10:30, and then I have to get up and go to work tomorrow at 6:30 and I have shows Fri. and Sat. night too. So I need my beauty sleep.

― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm also sporting a porno mustache special for this wedding. just to grate on her nerves a little more. I can't wait to see the look on her face when I show up looking like Buck Naked the out of work porn star. now if i could only switch to the powder blue tuxedo.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I really wish I could be there to see that, Chris.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll get some pics up. Maybe some of her reaction. She'll get a glimpse of it tonight.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Me too.

Poor Nick. SUCH a rockstar! Meanwhile, I'm getting excited about my band's first show tomorrow night (Nick's band is also playing that one). But tonight I get to put on my groupie gear. And I'm gonna get wasted and sleep all the way home while Nick drives. Watch out, bandaids!

Dee, I dunno 'bout you, but I tend to be most envious of people I don't know as well. Once you get to know them, you realize they definitely do have flaws and that you really wouldn't want to be in their situation after all. I guess it's not always that easy though. Right now I'm jealous of the Buyers Agent who won a huge gift certificate to the new mall in a drawing. NOT FAIR! He's an old man! What does he have to do with SHOPPING?!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Hit him in the head with your stapler and take it, Sarah.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Sadly, his wife called on his cell, heard the commotion in the background, and asked him what was up. She plans on spending it. Oh, well.

(By "Me too" I meant that I'd like to see pix of Chris in his get-up, not that I'd be taking pix of him)

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Hit HER in the head with your stapler, too. *bam* Instant amnesia for them, cashmere mittenlets for you!

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Aergh. I am so bored and this day is crawling. If anyone feels like emailing me, please do: naamme @ yahoo.com.

― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Less than 2 hours of (not) working left today! And I've got two iLX screens open for my ILXing pleasure. Boo yah.

― Sarah Mclusky (coco), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

yay october. .. we get tomorrow off for Fair Day. It's crisp at night. Halloween is coming up!

The kiddos have been pretty good today. And I've gotten gifties! First my dept. chair gave me a cute (but also hideous in that I can't believe I now find these things cute) charm bracelet with school buses, apples, kids etc on it. And then one of my 7th graders gave me the most horrible pair of Avon earrings. They are dangly bundles of goldtone shells interspersed with pearls. Hideous. and they're weighing my ears down. but of course i have to wear them. He's a sweetheart little boy.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Are the presents just for being an upstanding teacher, Sam?

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

my dept chair is like the black martha stewart. every time you meet with her she has a gift. Usually it's something like homemade jelly or candles. Today it was a nifty little charm braclet.

The earrings are from a kiddo who has a crush on me.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)

How sweet, Sammy. When he looks back on these days, you would have been his "first" crush.

Should put a smile on yer face.

Today was fairly OK, despite the 'wonderful' zings of emotion occurring cause tis my least fave time of the month. (Give it some thought; you'll guess what I'm on about;>

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Two ILX screens? How does that work?

― Chris P (Chris P), Thursday, 16 October 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

This is the post where I say I'm taking tomorrow off and going on a mini-roadtrip-I-can't-really-afford-but-fuck-it-I'm-going-anyway with my best friend, so I won't be here all weekend, and this is where you tell me how much you miss me and about all the fun things you're doing and also where I wish you all fantastical weekends! xxx

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 16 October 2003 23:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Are you coming to Portland?

― Chris P (Chris P), Thursday, 16 October 2003 23:30 (twenty-two years ago)

San Francisco

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 16 October 2003 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, half right.

― Chris P (Chris P), Thursday, 16 October 2003 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Apropos of nothing (and sorry if it's been posted elsewhere on ILE, I won't be anything like caught up for ages):

Kids review Tetris, Pong, and other games of yore.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 16 October 2003 23:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Hope you had a fab trip, missus (preemptive strike, thankyouverymuch) Hope you two didn't end with 'alcohol amnesia', and can recall it all!

(Back Saturday, if I can bear to part from the servants. Happy weekend, dear mentalists!)

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 16 October 2003 23:49 (twenty-two years ago)

*hugest hugs in the world to Sarah* Thank you hon. I've been meditating over these words since first I read them, and I think if I work hard enough at it, I can get myself to believe in them. I've just felt that I'm no one, doing nothing, going nowhere, in a prison, stuck here, and I could really envy an individual who is Someone, doing Something, going Somewhere, not imprisoned, and with more freedom of movement. Does that make any sense?

Luna, many congratulations on the trip! You definitely, absolutely deserve that break. Considering that you're going to be reading this only when you get back, I'll have to state that I hope you had a most excellent time in the Bay Area.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 17 October 2003 00:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee no matter how impossible they might seem to breach, prison walls are always of our own making. Remember that two-week cross country trip I made? I did it after walking out of a job I hated and a marriage that wasn't going to work. Just up and walked off.

That was abrupt and not the best way to go for everyone but I had to do it that way in order to work up enough momentum to get over my own prison walls. Turns out they weren't really there to begin with. I was just imagining them.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 17 October 2003 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Hon, I really wish I could break through some of these prison walls, but I can't. Current demands and budget constraints are preventing me from taking action on some things which I feel tired or run down about. And yes, I remember your cross country trip, and yes, it was wonderful that you did that and very inspirational, but it's virtually impossible for me to just up and leave at the present moment, and it frustrates me.

For a year, I've lived a routine. Go to work, go to school, drive at least one of my parents around to doctors' appointments, get little sleep during the week, stay at home or run errands during the weekend, etc., etc., etc. The last time I was out of the city was in 2001. I feel like I'm living the life of a sixty-year-old before it's actually my time to turn sixty.

I think I need to try once again. Schedule some time for me, you know? I would actually love to do this with someone else, though. Getting a bit tired of either being by myself or with relatives.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 17 October 2003 04:33 (twenty-two years ago)

I miss you luna.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 17 October 2003 04:37 (twenty-two years ago)

You never cawwwl me anymore haha

― oops (Oops), Friday, 17 October 2003 04:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yes, and one more thing:

When I get the proper amount of sleep, I'll respond properly to what's been discussed on this thread. I need to do a lot of responding. My head's swimming right now, though. Er, no, scratch that -- my head's DROWNING right now. Like a, um, drowning man. Or like Venice drowning. (Oh my God, did I just do that? *hangs head low*)

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 17 October 2003 05:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee, hang on in there lady. *hugs*
Luna, we miss you already! Hope you have (had) a great time.
Sarah & Nick, your lives sound so great!
Hooray it's friday. 2 whole days with my boy without work gettin gin the way, woo hoo. Add to this that my beautiful, brown, slouch boots turned up yesterday. They are sooo comfy & just gorgeous. I sat on the sofa with them on smiling my face off. Then james told me i had to take them off so that i didnt get anything on them til i had coated them in protective stuff! :-( I put them in the box & smiled at them all evening. I cannot wait to wear them this w/e!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 17 October 2003 07:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Hi everyone. I am wearing my new shoes today (bonus) but they are a bit blister-inducing (boo). I am feeling a bit insecure/vulnerable today too, but snuh, I'll live with it.

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 17 October 2003 10:14 (twenty-two years ago)

My red sox heart hurts. But its typical, I'm used to it by now. By noon today it will be forgotten. I'm already getting my "wait til next year" chants going. I do hate Grady "Slingblade" Little with a passion and I kindly thanked him last night as the Yankees tied it up and I was walking to bed. "Thanks for ruining my fucking night shithead."

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 17 October 2003 10:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Mark, what's up hun? Wanna chat?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 17 October 2003 10:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Cunting Yankees. What happened in the other game? I'm sure I could find it on another thread, but I'm feeling shitty and want to wrap myself up in this thread. gah, if I feel like this now how am I going to survive the afternoon?

Pinky, mainly general malaise, that's all. Life is never straightforward.

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 17 October 2003 10:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Ok darl, well you know where I am!! *hugs & wraps Mark up in a fluffy blanket*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 17 October 2003 10:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Pinkx0r, much appreciated! Remind me of your MSN ID as you don't seem to be there now with the name I remember...

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 17 October 2003 11:25 (twenty-two years ago)

*hugs Pinkpanther back*

I'm still in That Mood right now, but perhaps it will clear up by tonight... ?

I really hate what happened with both pre-World Series championship series. I root constantly and consistently for the underdog and don't like it when the smug overadoreds win. *sigh* Ok, if the universe has any amount of fairness left in it, it will cause the Marlins to win. At least they'd make a change.

(And just fyi, yes, the Spurs *still* are underdogs, even though they won the crown last season. The NBA treats the Spurs like shit and no advertisers have exactly been running up to Spurs players and offering them promotional deals. So I still root for the underdogs, even if they happen to win championships.)

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 17 October 2003 11:27 (twenty-two years ago)

its pinkpanther!! the hotmail add is correct.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 17 October 2003 11:44 (twenty-two years ago)

hope so dee. xx

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 17 October 2003 11:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Nick's show didn't start until 11, so I feel like it should be the weekend now. But anyway, they played really well and the Lot 6 were great. A few of their songs reminded me of Mudhoney, and I've been craving some Mudhoney the past week or so.

Hope you have a great trip, luna. :)

Mark C and Dee, Wave your hands in the air and wave em like you just don't care wooaaahhh! (enter phat beats)

Ok, maybe it's a little early in the morning for phat beats...

I need coffee.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 17 October 2003 11:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Pinky, either you're not on or I'm having trouble finding you. Can you email me yuour details?

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 17 October 2003 11:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Two ILX screens? How does that work?

Well, you see, Chris P, what I do is I pull up Internet Explorer and I go to ILX. Then I pull up another screen of Internet Explorer and go to ILX. I'll open a thread and post to it on one screen. It takes a while to submit and then go back to the new answers page. Meanwhile, I open a different thread on the other screen and reply to that. Hit submit, go to other screen. Repeat ad nauseum. I mostly get tired of the waiting part so this way I can post twice as much.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 17 October 2003 11:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I can understand that Sarah, I've done it myself b4!

I have sent the email Mark.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 17 October 2003 12:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, apparently I'm not going to become a famous hacker any time soon. I tried to trick yahoo games so it would let me download the trial version of Bounceout again (I've used up all my practice games). I ran a search on my computer and deleted all the Bounceout files, but when I tried to download it again it said, "Sorry, you have 0 games left."

So, then Nick suggested I delete my cookies, which I did. But it still didn't work. All I want to do is play bounceout for free without it being the teeny tiny online size! Is that too much to ask?

In other news, I'm being oddly productive today at work. Better check on kitten arrival time...

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 17 October 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm feeling a bit better, lovelies. *blows air kisses*

Sarah, wow, I thought I was a bit unusual when it came to ILXing. What I do is I go to ILX, head straight for ILE, and then instead of just clicking on the individual threads, I hold down the Ctrl key and click on the thread title so the thread launches in a different window. That way I can read the thread and then close the window to get back to the main list of threads, and then I repeat the process until I've read all the threads I've wanted to read. It really saves me the time it would normally take for me to have the list of threads load up again.

And ta-da, that's Dee's little reveal o' the day.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 17 October 2003 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Ok, major duh time now.

I just realized it was the Shift key I hold down, not the Ctrl key.

*slaps forehead*

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 17 October 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

i quit my second job today, at the restaurant. I realized I have one of the most stressful jobs ever M-F I don't need a second stressful one. Not sure how I'll make up for the loss of cash but I'll figure it out as I go along.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Saturday, 18 October 2003 07:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Sammy, tis better to do what will be more peaceful for your soul in the long run. Life's already too damn short.

Feeling major good today, but then the weather has been unusually rocking.

Mark C, can relate to malaise *hugs*. Hope you feel better soon.

Dee, know what you mean about feeling stuck in limbo. It helps not to be surrounded by the four walls: take a walk somewhere w/ the music blasting. Hope the rest of your weekend gets amazing.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Saturday, 18 October 2003 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

So yeah next weekend will be my last weekend at Oodles of Noodles. I will start working at:

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/3f8069b0_4409/bc/E.D.T./__sr_/Ships+1.jpg?bcbGkk_AF9WiP7Mj

yay.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 19 October 2003 06:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I am neither a dick or a bitch, you skeezer.

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 19 October 2003 07:40 (twenty-two years ago)

That picture didn't work, Sam. At least not for me.

I will sometimes open threads mentioned mid-thread in a new tab (god bless tabs). That makes it easier to keep my place...

I have decided to change my "name" around here "just in case". We'll see.

Dee, if you sat down and planned it, you could probably figure out a way to escape for two weeks and have your parents' needs taken care of and have it not cost you too very much to get out of SA for a while... Making these plans with someone else might be trickier, but from the way you describe your routine, it doesn't sound like there's much room for you to meet anyone else.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 19 October 2003 21:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Your new name is making my brain hurt.

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 19 October 2003 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Um, good. I think.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 19 October 2003 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

But what does it mean, Chris? I mean, Casuistry?

I'm in a good mood today. I'm excited about the quick Chicago trip this coming weekend (only a 4 day work week too!).

So, where's the new 2nd job, Sam?

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Monday, 20 October 2003 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Today is a monday *sigh* & I feel pretty grotty today, I am sure I have a cold coming, my head wants to explode. W/e was good apart from the awful 'I have no top to wear with my lovely brown boots' situ.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 20 October 2003 12:11 (twenty-two years ago)

*must resist temptation to comment on prospect of boots and no top*

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 20 October 2003 12:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Believe me, I considered it. I thought I could get away with just zipping up my jacket!!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 20 October 2003 12:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm thinking a big cuddly white or cream sweater would look great with them...

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 20 October 2003 13:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Uh huh, thanks!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 20 October 2003 13:58 (twenty-two years ago)

monday monday, grr .. .

kids are doing okay. state coming on thursday for compliance visit where they examine every single thing in our classroom to help decide if we become a "low-performing" school next year. (note: low-performing = me no got job.) I have a shitload of work to do that I don't know how to start b/c our administrators are running around like chickens with their heads cut off.

but, unfortunately, those are distant worries for me. I think one of my exes (remember Alt-Country Cutie?) has attempted suicide. Long story I don't want to go into but it started about 3am Sunday morning when I had an odd conversation with him. Advance to last night when a girl he talks to in Ohio managed to track me down and said she had spoken with him also on Sunday (a few hours after I did). He told her he had slashed his wrists and was slowly bleeding to death. She told him to get off the phone and go to the hospital. Nobody's heard from him since.

His other friends here aren't very concerned b/c he's pulled stunts like this before and frankly they don't believe it.

I'm still concerned.

I called his parents this morning and asked them to get in touch with me. If I don't hear from them by the end of the day I'm going to drive out to his house. The more time goes by, the more I'm worried.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 20 October 2003 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

That's horrible, Sam.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 20 October 2003 19:08 (twenty-two years ago)

(hugs) Jesus, Sammy, I'm so sorry. Do let us know what happens?

I feel somewhat bad saying this after hearing that, but I actually feel more like my normal (read: wiseass) self today, now that my hormones have quit bouncing.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 20 October 2003 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Geez, Sam, hope everything's okay

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 20 October 2003 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm terribly sorry about what's possibly happened with your 'alt-country cutie', sam. suicide does seem like the easiest option in the world, sure. you may be aware of this yourself. sometimes even now i will still get those feelings of, 'maybe it would be easier for me to off myself,' but i'm drawing on outside support & the hope that things will get better to keep me above ground.

i suppose the only thing you can do is just hang on & hope that your ex didn't do anything 'foolish' & really slit his wrists. if he hadn't, then at least it would be a really loud cry for help. if he did, i would hope the wounds would be shallow enough to where he could easily survive it. you should take care of yourself, too. don't beat yourself up over anything, even if you're tempted to. i hope that he too survives his suicide attempt the way i did. because life is hard & full of crushing disappointments, but it can be gorgeous & full of hope & promise, too.

love you all.

― ann onny mouse, Monday, 20 October 2003 20:04 (twenty-two years ago)

life is hard & full of crushing disappointments, but it can be gorgeous & full of hope & promise, too.

Never a truer word, indeed. As tough as life gets, we only have one go at life (as far as I know), and it shouldn't be sacrificed easily.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 20 October 2003 20:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Good luck, Sam - I'll be thinking of you. As Ann above says, it's obviously not something for you to feel bad about, but I'm sure you know that.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 20 October 2003 20:32 (twenty-two years ago)

yes i know too well about these feelings. That's why I'm kicking myself for not taking him seriously.

I drove an hour out to his place. His car and truck were both there. no answer. I went to call him and discovered I had locked my phone and my keys in my car.. . .so half an hour and a couple of scraped, sore arms later I was calling him saying 'i'm outside, you'd better come out here.' etc. nada.

Went over the back fence and looked into his bedroom. It was eerily clean.(he's normally a slob) the bed was made. his wallet and work uniform were on the bed. Nobody there. It was bizarre. I don't like it.

Now I'm waiting and hoping that his father will return my call. I don't know what else to do.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 20 October 2003 22:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Agh.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 20 October 2003 22:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Can you drive over to the parents' place? Perhaps they aren't answering the phone? They might know something by the time you get there.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 20 October 2003 22:24 (twenty-two years ago)

apparently he is okay. don't know what to think. numb. want to get drunk.

am trying hard not to hate all guys. they always fuck me over. :(

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 01:07 (twenty-two years ago)

GOOD to hear.
Yeah, we all suck. Sorry.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Tep, remember that link you posted to the kids's reviewing old video games? I just got around to looking at it. Some of the quotes seem like they have to be fake.
Check it:
Andrew: Someone take over before I lose my dignity.
----------
Tim: My line is so beating the heck out of your stupid line. Fear my pink line. You have no chance. I am the undisputed lord of virtual tennis.

John: He put himself inside your body. He bestowed his life force upon you.

11 year olds don't talk like that, do they?
Haha, I just saw this disclaimer:
Note: Everything written here was actually said by these kids. Really. The only change we made was to remove the more gratuitous usages of the word "gay"

I still remain incredulous.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 06:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry to hear about your trouble Sam. I hope you are ok. *hugs*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 07:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I got a parcel through the post this morning, which should have been some little bits I'd ordered for xmas pressies. Only problem is, it's not my parcel at all & when I phoned them, they said I could keep it!! Shame there's nothing I really want in there, oh well. Who wants a pig fridge magnet with a note pad attached?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 08:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't have a pig fridge so that would be of no use to me.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 08:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh I see what you did there!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 08:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Pretty dang clever, I know.
Well, off to bed for me. Hope you have a superiffic day Pink. And what the hell, the rest of you can have a great day too, I'm not stingy.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 08:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Sweet dreams!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 08:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam, thank goodness he's fine. Of course, all along you should've cleared your conscience, but now you can get back to life as usual.

Oh yeah, and males are total enigmas to me. Some of them just happen to be cute little enigmas, so damn them for keeping me interested in the gender.

Hope everyone has a fantabulous day....

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Good morning! You too Dee.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 11:21 (twenty-two years ago)

*sigh*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:44 (twenty-two years ago)

House problems?

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Yup! Jst found out the mortgage payments have just increased because a week b4 the application was put in the interest rates increased! Doesnt really seem like a big deal, but loads of this stuff happens day in & day out, so pile it all up & it's a big deal. :-(

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, at least you're still getting a house. Sure, there's all this complicated crap you have to go through, but just remember why you're doing it all.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yeah, I do try but you name it & it has gone wrong in the last 6 months through no fault of our own.
How's your stuff going?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Fine. We're going to Chicago this weekend, I have one job interview but I wish I had at least one more so that my chances would be better. But I am determined to ace this interview. Then we're going to look at neighborhoods, which will be fun. But 24 hours of driving -erk. But this time Sarah will be coming too, so we can split the driving.

Based on what Sarah says, buying a house sounds really crazy and complicated for pretty much everyone. So just try and accept that you're not the only people this stuff happens to, and it almost always works itself out (other people buy houses, right?) and just deal with things one at a time, calmly and rationally.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Sounds good, how's Sarah's job hunt going?

Dude, I am so trying, but it just seems to be the story of our lives (i.e. not just house buying stuff!)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Blech. I try to apply for jobs as often as I find them. I haven't had any more phone interviews 'cept the two I spoke of earlier on. I need to just sit down and concentrate on job hunting for a while. Work is too crazy to do it here right now.

I'm really interested in interior design and architecture, but I have no experience. So I've been looking especially for administrative jobs in design & architecture firms, even receptionist positions. I want to be around what I am interested in. If I like it, perhaps I can go back to school at some point.

Other than that, I'm just applying to any administrative/clerical jobs I can find in the loop that aren't through a staffing agency (and are salaried).

― Sarah MClusky (coco), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 13:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Best of luck. *crosses fingers*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah, Nick & Pinks - I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all of you.

Okay, no, I won't - things that I do that for never usually happen, so instead I will rub the belly of the little buddha I have on my desk and think good thoughts.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks, Luna. What's up with you today? Did you notice we're hanging out together on the USERS page?

I brought my car in today to get an oil change, state inspection, AND a tune up. It turns out it won't pass inspection without various repairs including *gulp* new front brakes. I had suspected as much as my brakes have been making the most awful squeaking noise the past month or so which has only been getting worse. In short, I think when I pick up my car I will need to do one of those maneuvers where I hand over my credit card and close my ears at the damage. That's what credit is for, right?

Pink, take big breaths. Nick has heard me tell many horror stories. Just think - before you know it you'll be in your new house having fun with decorating and what to put where and the nightmares before closing will be distant memories.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Not a whole helluva lot is happening really, sug. I went to SF this weekend with my best girlfriend, but it was... I dunno, a little weird. Not as much fun as last time, anyway, but hey, it was nice to be out of LA for a couple days!

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

My car is still a mess - they're fixing it slowly for me - but it's sort of a "here's $200, do what you can."

I think I'm going to fix what I can afford to, and then sell it. I love it love it love it, but I swear the damned thing is cursed.

I'll either have to buy a grown up car, or look for another Mustang.

(I'm leaning toward the latter)

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

What is a grown up car? Doesn't sound very fun whatever it is.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Something that isn't fun and convertible.

It might even have airbags. (!!)

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 16:09 (twenty-two years ago)

luna, Stop talking shit. You are a mustang kind of woman, or so I think.

I just talked to NA on the phone. He's having his "early" day today, which means he left work at 2. But when he went to buy 2 new cd releases he was looking forward to, he couldn't find either of them. I hope this doesn't affect the rest of the evening.

Actually, I'm supposed to have a band practice tonight, but I'm feeling lazy. I mean, we've had our first show, so now is the time to take a break, right? :-)

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

oh man. .. within, the past hour and a half i've suddently started feeling like complete shit. My nose is running, my throat's full of crap (i'm out of tissue, too.) My head feels like it's submersed underwater and my eyes are watering like crazy.

THIS SUCKS!

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

i fat-fingered a key. . .

I have two more periods to go (the next one is a class of demon-spawn). and then tutoring. and then a night of number crunching and document fudging for our state visit on Thursday.

I just want to go home and take some Nyquil.

FUX0R!!!!!!!!

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

one of my 6th period students:

http://www.serapion.com/wray/chat/spawn.gif

(they are id'ing parts of speech in a reading passage right now. That's why i'm taking the luxury of sitting at my desk. This is the secondary teacher's equivalent of coloring. "Mark all the verbs and adjectives in this 10 page story. Now.")

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I think his father works with me, Sam... Certainly someone related to him anyway.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 17:29 (twenty-two years ago)

http://pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il/~msjan/bed.jpg

Sam, I miss you! You better come home this instant!

― Sam's Bed (coco), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 17:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I think I'm a Mustang girl, too, Sarah. I'm thinking maybe I'll change color this time...
http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/students/Blommel/66.jpg

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

(No, I didn't sneak into Sam's bedroom)

Red is nice.

My poor car. I hope the operation is going ok. *sigh*

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I still like black, but that car is cursed!

Maybe I can find a prettier one.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I am sending out mailers and one address label reads "THE CRACK FAMILY, LIVING." WTF?!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 17:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm typing a brief that includes the court case Huge v. Long

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

For personal reasons, I'd have to go with Huge.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Wishful thinking?

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

The only one wishing here is you, hun.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)

You're right. I wish I had a muffaletta and a Barq's.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 18:29 (twenty-two years ago)

What the hell is that? and is that the root beer that sucks? no, that's A&W.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Lunch.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Barq's has caffeine, which gives it intrinsic value. A&W is a touchy drink, as it can be fantastic, and it can taste like mop water, depending on how you get it.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I apply the same principle to root beer as I do orange juice - I love it and I will drink as much of it as I can get my hands on.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

root beer tastes like snot.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I apply the same principle to snot as I do root beer...

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

and Moxie tastes, BY TEP'S OWN ADMISSION (more or less), like hell's own lungbutter.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I've learned a new word for the day!

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Lungbutter? Yeah, it's a good one.

I think my email isn't working again.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Root beer forever! Orange juice on rare occasions!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Ditto to Casuistry!

I want some root beer right now.

My car is still being worked on. I am stranded at work. I guess I'll call and see what the wait is now. Should be fun.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 19:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I could do with a frosty mug of root beer, drawn straight from the tap.

Sam, mega suckage about the illness thing! Aw.

Luna and Sarah, thank you for the larfs.

(Oops... *shakes head*... oh, but you're still huggable.)

Muffalettas are, like, totally awesome.

I'm, like, going to be typing in Valley Girl right now because I totally have been spazzing out over ILX as filtered through the Valley URL and, like, oh my GAWD, it's totally amazing! So, like, this would be the "This is totally the thread where I say" thread. Bitchin'!

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Like, oh my gawd, this is, like, totally what Momus sounds like as filtered through the Valley URL:

I've said I totally don't come to ILX to talk like, you know, about ILX Like, Here's where I contradict myself proudly, boldly, without contradiction Like, Here's where I horrify a bunch of posters whose attitudes to life are similar to mine by hand picking them to be part of a studly brand, a studly band, a studly gang which I am calling, for the purposes of marketing, THE CLUSTER GANG.
So stop forward Nerd-Face, Suzy, Ed, Enrique, Tracer Hand, Muffin Sterzinger, Nabisco... the gang like, you know, totally starts with you Like, there are differences in accent, but I feel like like we are A GANG. Did I miss anyone out? Like, I am so sure! Who else feels they should be with us? Like, I am so sure! Who knows for like, fer sure they're against us? Like, I am so sure! Can like we define what it is totally that unites us and will bind this unit through turbulent threads? Like, I am so sure! Can like we work out a system of relay or tag posting related to geography, so that when one poster tires there's always another in a different time zone ready to come in slugging for liberty, justice and THE CLUSTER GANG WAY?

-- Momus (nic...), October 16th, 2003.

Like, oh my GAWD!

*calms down*

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee I salute thee.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Like, totally awesome.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 20:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I've just been to pick up my child from school. As of 2:37 pm PDT on October 21, 2003 IT IS NINETY THREE FUCKING DEGREES. (101 in Van Nuys).

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 20:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Dang, we ARE all gonna die. Oh well, hooray for AC!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Amen

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 20:55 (twenty-two years ago)

It only got to 90 here. Aren't you jealous?

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 21:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes!

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 21:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I never thought I'd want to go to Texas to cool off.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 21:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Why is everything a struggle? I mean, maybe, just for once, something will go for us instead of against us. Cos for f@#k's sake I really don't know how much more of this I can take.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 22:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I never said that about Moxie!

And Barq's isn't really root beer. I mean, it's a root beer in the broad sense that most non-cola brown drinks are, but it wasn't called root beer until Coke started distributing it.

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 22:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Root beer is nice but Margaritas is better.

Nick was in a car accident, cept he's ok and so was everyone else adn their cars, mostly.

I had to pay close to $300 to bail out my car (state inspection, oil change, and tune up) and it still sounds kind of sad when I've got the motor on (would be scarey if it sounded sad when it wasn't even on, huh? ha ha) but oh well.

Drunkity drunkity drunk as a skunk.

― SarahMcLusky (coco), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

"By Jove, it DOES taste like hell's own lung butter!"
-- Tep (te...), May 23rd, 2003. (later)

-- luna (luna_cee...), May 23rd, 2003 1:03 AM.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 22:57 (twenty-two years ago)

SEE?

sort of

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 22:58 (twenty-two years ago)

You know what this place needs? A pineapple zombie blowjob.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 22:58 (twenty-two years ago)

WTF?

Nick's watching Law & Order again but now that we have this fancy laptop I can type on here in the chair next tohim.

― SarahMcLusky (coco), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 22:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm glad Nick is okay - whatcha drinkin, Sarah?

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 23:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Nevermind. I just learned how to read.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 23:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Law & Order.

Oh, drinkin.
Margaritas.n Strawberry margaritas.

This guy on Law & order is a furniture dealing and the police guy says, "I can't belive that a guy who sells Chippendales doesn't watch porn." ha ha

Nick makes fun of me cuz I'm a two-hand mouser on the laptop.

Also, he just looked at my screen and said that's not wath that police guy says. But who creas? by that I mean CARES? Geez louise!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 23:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Clearly he is insane.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Uh huh.

I just said I want desserts.
Nick said why don't you walk to the store and get some?
He is a fucktard. No way would anyone sell me anythihng in this state. Not even cat food (which we need). Poor starving kitties...

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 23:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Like I'd ever say "By Jove."

Sarah, why did they outlaw cat food in your state, and is it related to Nick's car accident? (I'm glad he's okay, too :))

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 23:30 (twenty-two years ago)

That's very nice of you to say Tep.

Cat food is not so much illegal.

My cousin knew this girl who used to snack on cat food. Blech!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Car accidents are dumb. I rear-ended this car because they stopped too fast and that car hit another car. I couldn't see any damage on any of the cars but we still had to exchange info and I had to call my insurance people. Blergh. I guess I should go buy cat food so the cats don't sneak in and eat us in the night.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 23:46 (twenty-two years ago)

If countersuit proves necessary in response to someone deciding they need to sue for emotional trauma because they didn't make the football team, I'm willing to testify that "go buy cat food" is ILE slang for "I have a horrible case of whiplash and might never work a day in my life again."

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 23:54 (twenty-two years ago)

NIck's gone to get the food.
Poor kitties. We gave them the last of the food last night and this morning they were meowing SO much! SO I gave them some water and was like, "Eh? Eh? Water? Great stuff1" but they didn't buy it.

Tep, you're a lawyerk, huh? My sister is studying law.

Where is gygax! from? I guess it's good he couldn't play literati cuz I am not so with it right now.

― SarahMcLusky (coco), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 23:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah, can you set up the SarahAndNickCam? That would make for fun times. You could keep it G rated if you want.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 00:01 (twenty-two years ago)

No no, not a lawyer, the other kind of liar. I was engaged to a legal assistant for years, though!

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 00:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh I gcoulld, huh? thanks, Chris!

I'm eating those Pepperidge Farms Chocolate Chunk cookies nick just got us. He said, "Now don't get any chocolate on the laptop, Sarah!" humph! Id o what I want!

my mom gave me a videocam for our old computer but I never used it. Don't even know where it is but I bet it isn't mac compatible.

Nick's talking to his dad on his cell now.

I talked to my dad a long time on the regular phone tonight.

(x post) Tep, just cuz my sister is in law school I feel like an expert sometimes!

― SarahMcLusky (coco), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 00:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah, can I say that you are just too cute without sounding like an internet pervalist?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 00:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah, the answer is to draw really quickly! Then we can pretend it's like a cam.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 00:08 (twenty-two years ago)

To answer my own question: No.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 00:12 (twenty-two years ago)

That's crazy talk, Casuistry!

We actually have a digital camera but it doesn't work with mac either and our old computer died. Nick paid $45 for an estimate to get it fixed but it's dead dead dead dud dead.

oops, you say what you want.

― SarahMcLusky (coco), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 00:13 (twenty-two years ago)

My new ringtone is "Don't Fear the Reaper." Not a MIDI of "Don't Fear the Reaper," but what seems to be an actual (low-quality) mp3, vocals and all. It's fucked up. When the phone "rings," it's like someone turned on a clock radio.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 01:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I am envious.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 02:00 (twenty-two years ago)

See, see what Sprint does for me?

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 02:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Sprint is a bag of green monkey weenies.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Speaking of which ...

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 02:10 (twenty-two years ago)

"It's very pimp, very Austin Powers love shack," he said.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 02:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Straight outta the box, best TV show ever. Move over, Cop Rock, here comes something leaner!

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 02:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I am in awe.

You are not on AIM.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 02:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Nope, I'm only online until a couple of ebay auctions end, to make sure I get the stuff I need (someone came in with two minutes left of the Twin Peaks books auction to start bidding up, bastards), then it's off to couch for me

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 02:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Curses.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 02:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm going to try and get on AIM sometime next week after the girlfriend's folks leave and before Nanowrimo starts, though.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 02:30 (twenty-two years ago)

mini heath bars are manna from heaven.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 02:37 (twenty-two years ago)

oh EW

Wait, does manna mean green monkey weenies?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 03:35 (twenty-two years ago)

There was a first season of that?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 03:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Maybe to you. Freak.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 03:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Toffee is vile. You can have all those as well as the lemon and orange Starbursts.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 03:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Thank you. I shall.

Freak.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 03:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Shouldn't you be at class, little girl?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 03:46 (twenty-two years ago)

No.

Freak.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 03:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Oops, have you been reading www.x-entertainment.com ?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 04:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Wha dat?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I've decided to roll off the courch again today. Yay.

(deep breath) Sarah: glad Nick is OK, though this addiction to Law and Order presents a slight prob...

Luna: That's fucked up about your car (again); the Mustang needs electric shock treatment

Dee: That Momus-monologue was pure genius

Sammy: Your mate deserves a kick up the bum for putting you through all that worry. He's lucky to have you.

Tep: Did you score the stuff you went after on EBay?

Who'd I forget? Gimme a minute to remember....

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Oops, check the site out. But he talks about how the pink and red Starburst being superior to all other flavors. Starburst aren't vegetarian, so it's been a while since I've had any, but I seem to remember preferring the citrus flavors (but then again I generally do).

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Yep! Eye candy photographs and Twin Peaks books for the wedded couple, a postcard of the restaurant where my mother had her first job, as part of her Christmas present, and a photograph of Paris Hilton I'm going to use for a painting.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Another monument to a Hilton sister? Do they need one?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I have loads of Paris Hilton photos, but just for myself. Ha ha. J/k.
I mean, Nicki is so much cuter! (wait, is that her name?)

I am really tired.

Tonight I am going to do all kinds of productive things since we're leaving on our trip directly after work tomorrow. Which reminds me, I'm certain my boss has forgotten he let me have Friday off...

I want some candy.

― Sarah Mclusky (coco), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Nicky is much, much cuter, yeah. Maybe more to the point: I actually think Nicky is cute. Paris just looks like ... a model.

That said, she'd make for a good painting, I think. I'm really happy with a Marilyn Monroe one I did, and one that was ... Sasha someone, I think? The actress who played Pacey's sister on Dawson's Creek.

Don't worry, though, it's not a monument :) I paint on the photograph with oil paints (acrylics don't work for this, it turns out, they dry too fast), painting certain parts of it, leaving others alone, whatever seems to work, and then press/roll/slap/whatever the photograph against canvas or clayboard so that the painted bits transfer over, but with more visible texturing than when I was just painting on the photo ...

Anyway, it comes out looking kind of cool. Those model features sometimes work for it, because they're like eyes, lips, hair, and nothing else, like living Nagels.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

That sounds interesting, Tep. What does the final picture look like? Is it very abstract?

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

(Dear Tep,

Stop trying to explain visual things that are a few feet in front of you, you have camera now.

Love,
yr friend Tep)

It's next to impossible to get a reasonable photograph of something painted with a camera like mine, but:

http://www.idea-inc.com/~bill/mm.jpg

Ms Monroe (painting is sitting on my toilet)

http://www.idea-inc.com/~bill/mmclose.jpg

Close-up of face, to show what I was talking about; mouth, eyes suggested with just a few traces of paint.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Lemme try that first one again:

http://www.idea-inc.com/~bill/mm1.jpg

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:29 (twenty-two years ago)

(Abstract stuff at http://www.idea-inc.com/~bill/paintings.html -- but the page takes an awful long time to load if you're on dial-up. Today I like "Bubble Gum" and "Forest Fire" best of those; I also don't like titling paintings, obviously :))

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Beautiful, Tep! Do you sell these paintings of yours?

On the site, I liked Redhead best: wasn't strictly "paint by numbers"

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Today my favorites are Lipstick Traces and Blonde.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Your mate deserves a kick up the bum for putting you through all that worry. He's lucky to have you.

He did slash at his wrist but luckily was too drunk to do real damage. He's bandaged up and okay. I hope there won't be a next, successful time. He sat with me last night as the horrible rumor about Elliott turned out to be truth. I made him swear that he will never, ever even think of going that far again without calling me first.

I've often been on the brink of suicide. I hope I remember the way I've felt this week so I will never consider that option seriously again. I don't want any friends or family to feel like this. I've been sick to my stomach everyday this week and unable to sleep.

To know that someone's in so much pain that they don't see a viable way out. . .it crushes my heart.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I do like Blonde, in that photo, I'm surprised how well it photographed. I'd borrow that camera again, but, well, it's in New Orleans :)

And thank you! I have sold a couple of them, but I haven't really made much of an effort to do so. "WHOMP" would have sold except it's enormous, and shipping charges would have added so much that I would have felt I had to ask pretty much nothing for it, which made the whole thing silly.

Lipstick Traces is in my hallway, it looks kind of nice on a big white wall.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

To know that someone's in so much pain that they don't see a viable way out. . .it crushes my heart.

Me too, as I already feel empathy for mates' pain far too much. (I'm apt to go after them, just to ensure they have recovered.) I've yet to teach myself how to lessen the effect.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

To know that someone's in so much pain that they don't see a viable way out. . .it crushes my heart

I've been there too - on both sides of it - and it does the very same thing to me. If I can do anything, chica, I'm around.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

If I can do anything, chica, I'm around.

Ditto, Sammy....I hope you already knew that.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Does anyone else remember there being whole packs of strawberry Starburst? If I could find those again my dentist will hate me.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Saw some in my local drugstore, oops. Never knew other places quit selling it.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, also if you look in the blog at that site, someone unearthed 15-year-old Starburst, and he does a comparison. Including a taste test.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Clearly you are insane. In order, they should be Orange, Lemon, Strawberry, then Cherry.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Like others said, Sam, I hope you're all right today.

(And luna, you're insane; sour Starburst, first of all, are the tiptoptits of them all, and the purple Starburst from either the Tropical or California pack, I forget which, are second, but even waltzing down the main streets of Starbursttown, I gotta big up Cherry and Strawberry.)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

(And raspberry Mamba's better than any non-sour Starburst besides.)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm with Luna on this one.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

This is the thread where I... will forever be rent asunder by the berry/citrus wars.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Once when I had braces one of the ones in the back that went all the way around my tooth got stuck to a Starburst and YOINK it wrenched itself from my mouth. That was fucked up.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Well yeah, man, cause Starburst is fierce. It's not a mug's game. You're dancing with the devil. This isn't some casual sweet you're talking about, look at the name: Starburst. There's violence afoot right from the start! Stop bitching!

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, stars are pointy.

― NA (Nick A.), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Fuck. I only have Mr. Moxie on my side? In-fighting might ruin the berry contingent.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Strawberry is my favorite. Pink, right? Oh wait, close tie with orange...

My family has a bit of a suicidal tendency. By that, I mean my mom and both my sisters have been very close to attempting it or have attempted but didn't carry through with it completely. I got extremely depressed in high school but I never went beyond simply thinking about suicide. I don't see how that story helps anyone, but anyway, I hope you're doing a little better now, Sam, dealing with your friend.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

So, my faves are one berry and one citrus. I am so unique.

― Sarah MCLusky (coco), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

(And raspberry Mamba's better than any non-sour Starburst besides.)

I must also agree with Mr. Moxie here.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I must say: SOUR STARBURST? WHY THE FUCK WAS I NOT NOTIFIED?

S/D: Sour skittles.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Why the hell can't I go lower than the first 10 threads, today?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Wait, you agree with Mr. Moxie that you're insane???

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Can you read?

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I too am very upset with the world for not informing me of sour Starburst.

Sarah is the chosen one who will unite the Starburst community with her Pan-flavorism.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I must have sour starburst.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

However, I have just been informed by a trusted source that sour straburst are not, in fact, very sour at all! I HATE CANDY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SOUR AND ISN'T!

You owe me sour candy!

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Luna, can you please translate your third to last post into pictogram form?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Y or N?
http://www.maximumcrowe.com/images3/reading.jpeg

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Sure, I'd fuck him.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

That guy's not even looking at the book, he's looking at us!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Ugh, pass.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Sure, I'd fuck him.

THAT wasn't the question....though he isn't yummy enough to jump.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Sour Starburst are the diggety, I can't believe you guys haven't seen em. Way better than the also-ran sour Skittles, which are just Skittles with sour powder coating: Sour Starburst are sour from the ground up. To their discredit: they include a blue flavor, which is a concession to Weird Food Trends I can't usually condone (blue cotton candy is excused because it predates the Blue Food Trend).

They are less sour than sour Skittles, though, that's true. But they're still tasty, dammit! Not that far from Sour Patch Kids, still the king of sour candies.

― I am not "Mr Moxie," dammit (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm no good at quizzes.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Whatever you say, Sir Moxilicious

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.wholesaleramp.com/WholesaleRAMP/images/SourSkittles_10oz_4000039266_Resized.jpg

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, like there's a size that isn't fun.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I have some Fizzy Cola Bottles coming, per N's recommendation (well, he didn't recommend them, he just ate them), which are sour and fizzy. Now we're talking.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Sour and fizzy and cola and gummi in that real Haribo way, not the fake crappy way! It's like someone tapped me on the shoulder and said, "Hi, I've invented a donut that gives you blowjobs and has no calories, would you like to test it out? And by the way, it comes in maple flavor."

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I've seen those around for many years but am very afraid of cola flavored candy.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm really glad to hear that your friend is okay, Sam. Thinking about suicide, just the idea of it--it's really sobering. The extreme nature of it, and of people's reactions, makes you realize the complexity of how people care for each other. It also reminds of how much people care for each other, which can be an easy thing to forget or take for granted. (lots of xposts)

Favorite starburst: cherry.

A maple flavor donut just doesn't appeal to me.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:06 (twenty-two years ago)

The fizzy ones, though? They fizz! And are sour. I've had gummi cola bottles, just not this particular make and model.

(Cola Bottle Caps are the biggety dom.)

(And maple donuts are great! One of the only good things about the north.)

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Fruit flavored candy/sour candy of any kind can never beat out chocolate though.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Dem fighting words Julia

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:10 (twenty-two years ago)

There's nothing in the world can't be chocolate-coated.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Having said that, I'm totally and hopelessly addicted to choc covered cashews.

(haha, xpost)

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

You can't chocolate-coat chocolate. You just end up with more chocolate.

― NA (Nick A.), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)

fizzy cola bottles are not that sour

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)

There's nothing in the world can't be chocolate-coated.

Damn straight, and the nibbling is rather fun.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Truffles, Nick!

Not that sour is fine as long as they're still sour. The fizzy is the main thing in this case.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Chocolate triggers some of the same neurochemical impulses in the brain as sex does, so it clearly is the winner...well, okay second place right behind sex, but yeah.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:14 (twenty-two years ago)

The best chocolate things in the world are very very very very dark chocolate; chocolate bars with cacao bean/cocoa nibs/chocolate nibs/whatever the manufacturer wants to call them in them; chocolate-covered sunflower seeds; chocolate-covered Ritz-peanut-butter-sandwiches; and I guess any kind of chocolate-covered toffee, just cause toffee rocks.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)

second place right behind sex,

And the nibbling is rather fun, etc.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Chocolate covered sex must surely win then, no?

You and Luna can keep your vile toffee. It is an affront to the holiness of my tastebuds.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I want candy and popcorn now. That makes me want to go to the movies.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

The berry-against-citrus coalition has now fallen!

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Sex with dark chocolate, of course.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm going to the grocery store in like two hours and a shower from now, and you just know I'm gonna end up buying candy because of this.

Which reminds me, goddammit; last year at Halloween, I picked up one of those bags-of-bags (I call them BOBs, usually, but no one knows what I mean) of candy from Willy Wonka. Some Laffy Taffies, some little boxes of Nerds, little pouches of Runts and Bottle Caps, the good stuff. This was perfect because as it turned out, no one came to my apartment to trick or treat, so I had a steady supply of Nerds for the next month.

This year? No Willy Wonka stuff in the Halloween aisle.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Just like the whole pack of strawberry Starburst, they have whole packs of just the strawberry hearts that are in Runts. So clearly the whole candy world is behind me and my berry love. Fear! and so on.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes! Those strawberry runt hearts are great. And strawberry Runts are the best Runts, of course, followed by cherry.

I'm not sure I feel the same way about Nerds. Grape Nerds are pretty good.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Banana runts are the best, followed closely by orange and lime. LONG LIVE THE CITRUS REVOLUTION!

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

How have we gone this long without mention of the greatest food combination that God has bestowed upon us.
Chocolate and caramel with a cookie crunch AKA Twix. I bought Halloween candy yesterday. Baby Ruths, Snickers, and Twix.

One exception to my toffe hate: Hershey Choc Nuggets with Toffee and Almonds. Have you had these? Whoa Nellie.

(yeah, the strawberry Nerds just aren't flavorful enough. Grape is where it's at.)

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Twix = yuk.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I leave the banana runts in the bag. I never should've broken up with the chick who'd eat them since I didn't like em, but what're you gonna do?

The Hershey's toffee almond nugget things are good, but the toffee (and almond? don't remember) Hershey's kisses are even better!

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

One exception to my toffe hate: Hershey Choc Nuggets with Toffee and Almonds. Have you had these? Whoa Nellie.

Beautiful boy. Try them frozen? Spectacular.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

bags of candy bars are only a buck fiddy here!

also, sex with dark chocolate: kinky, or probable segment on HBO's "Real Sex"?

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

You may have been right about MacIntoshes, aimee, but your taste in candy is very suspect.

The banana runts I used to like as a kid. Now, WAY to artificial tasting and hard as a rock. I've thought I chipped a tooth on one on more than one occasion.

Nichole, I've had them pretty cold out of the fridge, but never frozen. Gonna put a few of this bag in the freezer now and see what magic results

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

The unarguable fact is that Milk Chocolate Turltes made with Hawaiian chocolate is the king of all foods. God himself has been know to off people just to get at their caches.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Luna spot on. The banana runts are the best BECAUSE they're bizarro tasting and hard as a rock. They make you feel ALIVE.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 20:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Chris, did you ever know that you're my hero?

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 21:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Luna, don't move -- the way the light from the monitor is reflecting off your face... you've never been as beautiful as you are this moment. I want to remember you like this -- always.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)

You already hit on her, Chris---or don't you remember?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I leave for New Orleans TWO WEEKS FROM TOMORROW MORNING!

I'll be there for a full week! Barbecue! Gumbo! Reasonable weather! River! Lake! No snowballs, sadly, nor king cake (not really), but hurricanes an I want em, and miles of crawfish.

I will arrive bearing bacon, and I will return with hot sauce and pancetta.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

And Pineapple zombie blowjobs!

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 22:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I was gonna deny that and then I remembered I actually am responsible for that phrase.

Okay, but even so, I probably won't make it to Little Vietnam. I'm trying to decide what things I want to make sure to not miss while I'm there, and basically it's the Quarter and this one BBQ place in Bucktown.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 22:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Now I wanna go too!

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)

See, you should move there. Except don't blame me for the hurricanes and jungle weather.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 22:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Enjoy, Tep! Bring me back some Gumbo...

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 23:00 (twenty-two years ago)

banana runts are a scourge from God, sent to ruin my teeth

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 23:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Am I only allowed to hit on Luna once?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 23:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Did you use that one chance up or something? I musta missed it.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 23 October 2003 00:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm resisting flinging shit on Jess's thread because I repect someone's right to play the records at their own party.

And I also hate shitty parties.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Thursday, 23 October 2003 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't think Jess could even annoy me anymore. It'd be like being offended by the town drunk or a stray dog.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 23 October 2003 01:25 (twenty-two years ago)

He's got some serious issues.
I'm done, though. Smack me if I talk smack to him again, k?

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 23 October 2003 01:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Meh, hardly worth it, oops. I get annoyed at myself for even rising to that shit any more.

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 23 October 2003 01:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Mmmm, look at that picture of Russell Crowe....

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Oh, I'm sorry! Was there discussion about sweet and portable treats? Ok, fine, chocolate chunk cookies, sour Skittles, Ghirardelli chocolate, and snickerdoodles are all things I get weak for.

*returns to gazing at picture of Russell*

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 23 October 2003 01:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Snickerdoodles? Please tell me that isn't a cross between a Snickers and a cheesy poof.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 23 October 2003 01:54 (twenty-two years ago)

snickerdoodles are cookies. kind of cinnamony. i've made them before, i'm not sure why i can't describe them any better than that.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Thursday, 23 October 2003 01:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I think there are a few different things that go by the name "snickerdoodles".

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 23 October 2003 02:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I guess you'll just have to make them for me, Julia.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 23 October 2003 02:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha. I don't do so much baking anymore, unfortunately. You can buy them at Trader Joe's, though I don't remember if theirs are good. Snickerdoodles actually are not that high on my list of favorite cookies. Oatmeal are better. As are peanut butter. And chocolate chip. And...I'm going to be on a cookie reverie now.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Thursday, 23 October 2003 03:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Have any of you heard of Magic Cookie Bars? They are a Xmas institution in my family. Not really even cookies. I think my mom got the recipe in the 70s out of Good Housekeeping or some similar mag.
You start out with a layer of graham cracker crumbs, then coconuts, choc chips, and walnuts. Drizzle some sweetened condensed milk over all that and bake. I could post the recipe if anyone's interested.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 23 October 2003 03:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Those sound like the 7 layer bars somebody always brought after cross country meets in high school, they were really sweet because of the condensed milk. I don't know what the other two layers would be though.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Thursday, 23 October 2003 03:32 (twenty-two years ago)

All this talk of sweets, cookies & choclate is making me hungry. Starbursts (or Opal Fruits as they will always be known to me) it's gotta be the citrus ones for sure! That said I can't remember them that well as I have eaten them for 15 yrs, cos they're not veggie as Chris said!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 23 October 2003 07:19 (twenty-two years ago)

i need a coffee.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 23 October 2003 11:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I wish all of the US chicks were in the UK.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 23 October 2003 11:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Nevah! They're too far away as is.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 23 October 2003 11:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Me too, if you include Lord High Moxius of Moxonia as a chick.

Yoghurt covered banana chips, yo!

― Mark C (Mark C), Thursday, 23 October 2003 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Give them up or else!

x-post

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 23 October 2003 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I need my coffee too.

You know what? I've been thinking... and I'm really not that particular about candy. I like just about all of it. I am a sugar addict and a chocolate addict. I like toffee. I like sweet. I like sour. Just give me candy.

And you know what else? I like salty things too. Especially movie popcorn (but no butter).

Get in my belly!

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Thursday, 23 October 2003 11:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't talk about coffee... sniff!

I got a double shot cappucino at Starbucks for lunch, and by the time I got it back in the office ALL THE FOAM WAS GONE!!! It was v. mysterious. I've no idea how foam could disappear that fast outside of the X Files.

So I had no slurping fun and now I feel deprived. :-(

― kate (kate), Thursday, 23 October 2003 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Get in my belly!

Best invitation ever.

― Mark C (Mark C), Thursday, 23 October 2003 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)

they have good coffee here at work, although they charge you an arm and a leg for it. I like the Pumpkin Spice and Chocolate Truffle Cream.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 23 October 2003 11:53 (twenty-two years ago)

We have bad coffee here at work - regular old Folgers - but it's free and it gets the job done, and at least it doesn't taste like a hobo's armpit like the coffee at the last place I worked.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 23 October 2003 12:01 (twenty-two years ago)

argh argh argh. . .state compliance audit this morning. they're inspecting our classrooms, gradebooks, lesson plans and individual student profiles.

not ready. couldn't focus. hope my audtior thinks i'm cute. *crosses fingers*

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Thursday, 23 October 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.toonman2.bizland.com/dangerfield.gif
This thread does too have wit!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 23 October 2003 12:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Euw I hate that pic, it's those eyes!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 23 October 2003 12:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha ha. But it's WIT innit?

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 23 October 2003 12:34 (twenty-two years ago)

*shakes head in confusion*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 23 October 2003 12:36 (twenty-two years ago)

'Morning y'all! I went for a naap when I got home at 7 last night and slept right through til this morning.. oops. Luckily Spencer was at my mom's.

I feel weird and kind of clear headed this morning - and though part of me wants to say HAHA WHO'S BANAL NOW, FUCKHEAD?, the larger part actually feels bad, 'cause I worry about some of those things,too.

Hope y'all are well.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Good morning Luna! You obviously needed the rest hun!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:21 (twenty-two years ago)

im well because i can still fit in my cool corduroys.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, I made my statement with my silly Rodney pic on this thread. What a rebel I am! ha ha

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not because I couldn't do up my Dickies today.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Do up your Dickies?!?

My boss just called this guy a "F-ing PansyAss" behind his back. Just another day at the office...

― Sarah Mclusky (coco), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Rodney's eyes don't bother me nearly as much as wondering what the fuck he's talking about that he's making that hand-gesture.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I've gained just enough weight since the July 4th FAP that I can't fasten the pants I wore that day (my blue Dickies). One more reason to get to the damned gym.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I've got the day off tomorrow, yay me!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:21 (twenty-two years ago)

You know, I've been looking into it, and I've discovered that the fastest way to lose weight in amputating your legs.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)

My sister sent me an email yesterday saying that although her scale says she's lost a LOT of weight, she is technically still fatter than before, she's sure of it. Grrr. She is so tiny! She wears half my size! And this is not the sister with an eating disorder. *sigh*

Bryan, do you like shopping? I always rationalize that if I can't fit things, I can buy new ones.

Miraculously, I do seem to have half a size. But now I'm in between sizes so nothing fits quite right.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I was thinking of amputating my ass.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't been to the gym at all this week, after pledging 3-4 times a week (and doing so for a bit.) I've just been too busy with school to make time. And I've been eating like shit b/c I don't have time to go grocery shopping.

But oh well. I'm not going to beat myself up over it. I'm going to beat myself up over anything. Life's too short.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't like to think of it as "gaining weight" in the fall, I prefer to call it "building up a layer of insulation against the cold", and thus my fried chicken, chocolate, cornbread, beer, etc. addictions are actually tools in the winterization of my body.

(x-post Sam are you feeling any better today?)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:53 (twenty-two years ago)

So you are going to beat yourself up, Sam?

― Sarah Mclusky (coco), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

yes I'm feeling a lot better. Like I said on the RIP thread I'm trying to focus on the good memories instead of haunting myself with thoughts of his end.

My friend who was close to him has been an immense help to me. She wrote me a long email this morning discussing suicide, self-loathing and our choices. Some of the things she said about this, and about he dealt with them, helped to put me at peace a bit more.

Thanks for asking Nick.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't like shopping, Sarah. I don't like going to the gym either but I want to live to a ripe old age and be skinny and sexy (HA!!!) so I do have to get to the gym again.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

the network engineers here act like they are ten times better than you. Shitbag had to make a diagram to explain things to me. If he spoke in non engineering terms I would have understood just fine. Im not an idiot.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I went running with the dogs this morning - I actually have energy and shit. What's THAT about?

I take comfort in the fact that I know it won't last.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Bryan, Doesn't everyone automactically get really skinny when they get old? There's plenty time for that later!

Chris V, Draw Mr. Shitbag a pic of a middle finger, or perhaps something a little nicer like someone rolling their eyes.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Luna, when I read that I imagined you out right before dawn running with wild dogs, like wolves or something.

I hope to leave for lunch early today. I need to run fun errands for the trip.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Luna, DO NOT amuptate your ass. Chris V, DO amputate your trousers.

― Mark C (Mark C), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

maybe i'll draw one out in code and email it to him.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Punch him, Chris.

Sam, I'm glad you're ok, chica.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:07 (twenty-two years ago)

It sorta felt like that, Sarah... then some asshat almost ran one of them over at a street corner, so I was jolted back to reality.

And I flipped him off.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Luna, kicking ass and taking names!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

You know it. Grr.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.pecos.net/news/images/wolves.gif

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:20 (twenty-two years ago)

And some twee wolves:

http://www.lioncrusher.com/ecard/wolves.jpg

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:20 (twenty-two years ago)

awwww

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)

http://earthfriendarts.tripod.com/wolf_sm.jpg

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Am I only allowed to hit on Luna once?

Hell no, but you need to think up more original lines, Chris.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Why? That one still works.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Are you sure?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes. It does.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

no ass-amputating.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

You people are no fun at all.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I've been cyberflirting since before there were computers.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 23 October 2003 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

And darling, you do it so well

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

You people are no fun at all.

now, if you wanted a detachable ass, one that you could remove with velcro, that'd be different. You could sit comfortably while your ass was somewhere else, say, doing community service. It could reinvent the term "ass-play" by servicing in kickball games by indigent youths too port to afford a ball.

and when the game is over, you can pick up your ass, dust it off, and back on it goes.

if it's particularly dirty, you can send it thru the wash. For a proper spic&span shine, i recommend you take it too the bowling alley and put it in the "Shine-o-Ball-o" for a proper ass-waxing finish.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 23 October 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I know I could certainly benefit from an assectomy.

And now for something in italics...

I guess this should go on the apologies thread but I don't feel like looking for it. I would like to say sorry to my ex-girlfriend Dayna. She wasn't very nice to me a lot of the time but I was pretty much a huge mess when were together and she helped pull me up when no one else wanted to. Just when I felt like I was strong again I dumped her ass. Breaking up was inevitable, but I think she should've given me the boot. Sorry Dayna.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 23 October 2003 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Sug, we all do stuff like that at one point or another.. there are worse things.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

True. I guess I still feel bad about this one because dating her was my idea; I convinced her that it was a good idea.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 23 October 2003 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I understand, Bryan, but you have to remember that you were both in it together. You didn't force her stay with you.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 23 October 2003 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

You can't know what will happen in any relationship until it happens. Sure, if you killed her mom with an axe, that would have been a really shitty thing to do, but in this case, eh, it takes two to tango.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, I think I've told this story on here before, but I think she stuck around because she liked hanging out with my friends more than anything. When I gave her the bad news the first thing she said through her tears was "but you're responsible for my whole social life!", which at the time made me feel like I'd done the right thing. I still feel bad. I guess we all learn from our mistakes one way or another.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 23 October 2003 17:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Yup, we do.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

As I commissserate with you, Bryan, laughing at Luna's last comment upthread would be wrong....However, as long as you're sincere in your apology (which it sounds like you certainly are), that's a fine place to begin.

I've been cyberflirting since before there were computers.

How many centuries old are you, exactly, Chris?;> Flirt with new prey as well, and see whether your lines would work on them, too

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 23 October 2003 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I have scoured the earth for the finest person to flirt with, and it is Luna. Luna, let us get our cyberfreak on until the wee hours of the morning, and then again during the Today show.

Damn.

― Smoove C (Chris Piuma), Thursday, 23 October 2003 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

(I have an itchy typing finger too, apparently)

When I gave her the bad news the first thing she said through her tears was "but you're responsible for my whole social life!", which at the time made me feel like I'd done the right thing.

You did, indeed! That's an incredible amount of pressure to put on anyone. Begs the question of: whether she was dating you for you....or your mates.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 23 October 2003 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I have scoured the earth for the finest person to flirt with, and it is Luna. Luna, let us get our cyberfreak on until the wee hours of the morning, and then again during the Today show.
Damn.

She IS fine, but there's also me, too....innocent faces hide a multitude of sins.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 23 October 2003 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh! So it's just jealousy, eh?

Nick, don't move! There's a giant bee on your neck.

Oh, wait, I did that wrong.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 23 October 2003 18:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Bring on the cyberfreak, baby.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Fuck that: Luna conquered most of the men on the West Coast; I'm after all the others.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 23 October 2003 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

West Coast? Sugar, you underestimate me! I plan to take over the world!

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Not if I beat you to it, doll!

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 23 October 2003 18:36 (twenty-two years ago)

...same thing we do every night, pinky...

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Bring it bitch!

― the world (Oops), Thursday, 23 October 2003 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh bite my ass, slick.

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 23 October 2003 21:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh no you don't. You're not gonna trick me into giving you a free ass amputation.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 24 October 2003 01:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Damn!

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 24 October 2003 01:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Besides, it would be like killing a mockingbird, no?

― oops (Oops), Friday, 24 October 2003 01:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Is killing a mockingbird REALLY that bad?

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 24 October 2003 01:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Why you asking me? That was all just a rumour.
And why did you close the door on me?

― oops (Oops), Friday, 24 October 2003 01:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I'M NOT A CHICK!

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 24 October 2003 01:50 (twenty-two years ago)

In other news, my advisor/dept.head-in-practice suggested today that I apply to teach an upper-level summer course, which would be interesting. We'll see.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 24 October 2003 04:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Get in Tep!

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 24 October 2003 04:25 (twenty-two years ago)

(In AIM.. get in)

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 24 October 2003 04:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I really shouldn't tonight, but I'm looking up books on Amazon anyway, for aforementioned maybe class, so let me see if Trillian is still installed.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 24 October 2003 04:28 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.osric.com/~jeremy/hooray.jpg

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 24 October 2003 04:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I still have no idea what Simpsons that's from or what it's all about.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 24 October 2003 04:36 (twenty-two years ago)

It's one of the "possible alternate future" Simpsons; that's Ralph Wiggum, and Maggie -- still fixated on her pacifier -- is in the car, out of sight, "looking for a contact lens."

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 24 October 2003 04:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I wish I could stay here.
I wish I could sleep though. I'm away from home so I don't have the usual well-supplied sleep drug arsenal.
It's 4 AM. C'mon now.
Fuckfuckfuckfuck.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Friday, 24 October 2003 08:03 (twenty-two years ago)

hooray day off, so wtf am I doing here you may ask. Well, my friend woke up really late & is now gonna be over an hour late & I 've been up since 7.30 this morning! jeez!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 24 October 2003 08:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Tep you are nuts.

goddamn a week full of 4 hr sleep per has caught up with me. I"m dead on my feet. feel like i rose from a crypt. and i have to work at the restaurant *and* ships tonight.

:(((((

on somewhat brighter note, hung out with my friend with the bandaged wrists last night. the site of him kinda freaked me out but he was in decent spirits and we watched a movie and had a good time.

my principal drives me nuts. sooo tired.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 24 October 2003 12:30 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a really pretty golden light filtering in through the back of the office right now - I don't know why, but it seems sort of hopeful to me...

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 24 October 2003 14:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't move, etc.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 24 October 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

*swoon*

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 24 October 2003 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

the sun is spying on you! run!

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 24 October 2003 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Bunnies.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 24 October 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

aawww

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 24 October 2003 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.idea-inc.com/~bill/pelicans.jpeg

This is one of my favorite things that I own right now, although it didn't photograph well: a postcard of Pelicans Stadium, home of the defunct New Orleans Pelicans, an old minor league team Joe Jackson played for. (The current team, the Zephyrs, started up long after the Pelicans, and are named for the rollercoaster at Pontchartrain Beach, the amusement park that ghosttowned in the early 80s. Both play a major role in my Nanowrimo book, which is why I bought the postcard.)

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 24 October 2003 20:06 (twenty-two years ago)

fucking hotmail -- STOP BOUNCING shit back to me!

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 24 October 2003 20:24 (twenty-two years ago)

(Note: never buy a toilet from hotmail.)

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 24 October 2003 20:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Thank God for friends who can talk you out of crazy shit.
Thank God for this thread, for providing me with a place I can just hang out at without worrying about "being on topic" or being witty.
Thank God for Bill Miller's, for being a good and cheap source of fast food BBQ.
Thank God for Fridays, for providing me with endless sighs of relief.

And thank GOD I'm not out there driving!

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 24 October 2003 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Confidential to J.Girl: Thanks. I'm trying so hard re: [blank], but I can't stop it. I just can't. I'll just try to focus on other stuff at the moment. Chat with you later on tonight!

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 24 October 2003 21:59 (twenty-two years ago)

There are things I really dislike about large colleges. Like: one of my students was in a car accident and had to turn his paper in late. In order to accept the paper, I need proof of the accident, which means he needs to get a form from his insurance company. That isn't my policy, but I see the need for it: I have 150 students, and they write four papers over a two and a half month period. If we didn't require some kind of provable excuse for non-penalized late papers, we'd be dealing with hundreds of late papers, and we'd never remember who'd already had two grandmothers' funerals.

And why's that? Well, because there are 150 students in a class that should really have about 20 at the most. It's a special topics course, but it's entirely lecture, no discussion, occasional question answering. The prof lectures. The students take notes. The students read assigned books. The students write papers. The instructors -- me and another guy -- grade the papers, which the professor never sees, so he has no sense at all of how the class is responding to his material. How is that the slightest bit different from watching a show on PBS, aside from the several thousand dollar price tag and lack of telethon? This isn't a run of the mill course, it's in the college of arts and sciences, something the university takes pride in ...

... and it's crap, frankly. The students are getting a weakest-of-two-worlds experience at best, and even though the prof is a good lecturer and knows his material, it doesn't matter much because it just doesn't come into play. Everyone gets A's because we're told to have them rewrite their papers until their A's.

This is everything I wanted to avoid when I left high school, and I'm on the butter end of it now instead of the toast.

― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 25 October 2003 03:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Heh, "until they're A's," not "their A's." After a week of paper-grading, I always start making the mistakes I've just spent hours correcting.

― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 25 October 2003 03:35 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a really pretty golden light filtering in through the back of the office right now - I don't know why, but it seems sort of hopeful to me...

That's because of the smoke in the air from the various brush fires around here. It does look nice, and it's probably good for the vegetation on the hillsides.

― nickn (nickn), Saturday, 25 October 2003 03:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I went to U of Illinois, Tep, and I had the same problem--in addition to several others--with its hugeness that you describe. I had just one class in my major that had less than 60 students. Actually, that was just the lab part of one course, and it was taught by a TA, still no reciprocative contact with a professor. The only reason why that class size was even relatively small was because it was a 300 level course. I'm about to apply to grad schools and have to get people to give recommendations. I don't even remember who my teachers were so you KNOW they don't remember me. You can also have people you've worked for give recommendations, right? But the reason I'm going back to school is because I can't get a fucking job. You guys should write some for me, extolling my dedication to internet message boards and abiliity to turn anything into sexual innuendo and so on and so forth.

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 25 October 2003 05:16 (twenty-two years ago)

i'd write you a recommendation butg it would be all "oops roocks and you should accept him because he's cool and yeah." i am drinking beer because i can't fucking selep lately and i'm really really sick of it and voila it's 2;45 and i'm still not able to sleep though i'm relaly tired and feel like ass. beer willnot help the feeling like ass though it's really really nice to taste beer, i barely ever ebver drink beer anymore. i'm not a hhappy drunk anymore i'm just mellow and just want to get to the passing owut part. dammit. it' sa nice amber lager it's quite tasty. i wish i had a pizza accompaniment.

everythign is quiet and rainy and i love rain, it's very soothing. and i've been watching a lot of red dwarf today and absolutelys love it. it is keeping me sane to have that to laguh at. laughter is simportant.

it's beena n age since i've drank regularly. i wanta that back, iwant togo to sleep and wake up in a dfiirerent time.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Saturday, 25 October 2003 06:51 (twenty-two years ago)

just got home. working behind yr favorite bar sure is different than drinking at it. All my drunk friends are v. annoying saying "aw, you're not going to make me leave are you?" Hell yeah I'm making you leave, I want to go home! Damn. . .

I was really lucky college-wise. Despite going to the largest public university in the nation I probably had less then 10 classes that were 50 or more students. I was in an honors program that had us taking freshman English with the top professors in the department in classes of twelve students total. I was very lucky.

Tep, what's wrong with having them rewrite papers 'till they're A-worthy? Aren't the students actually learning more this way?

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Saturday, 25 October 2003 07:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Well ya know, pot has been know to aid in sleeping. Though obviously it's not a good idea to become dependent on any substance in order to sleep. I good really go for a strong mixed drink right about now.
yeah, I've been digging the rain as well, but it's stopped now, just as I'm about to try to go to sleep.

I think any grad school recommendations that refer to me as Oops would not be a good thing. Which makes me wonder how many people here know my first name. Two? Pretty weird.

(xpost with Sam)

I was supposed to take honors classes in order to keep my standing as a James Scholar. (I forget how I got that, I think just doing really well on the SAT and ACT. I remember at orientation it being mentioned and the student guides telling us 'oh, you'd know if you were', but I didn't!) But there were like two honors courses in the entire curriculum, in things I was not even slightly interested in. You had to make regular courses into honors courses yourself, by talking to your professors and doing extra projects. It goes without saying that I lost my standing after the first year.

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 25 October 2003 07:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I wasn't motivated much to remain a James Scholar cuz the only benefit was access to all the stacks at the library, which would be kind of cool to have now--U of I has the secondest largest library in the world-- but I couldn't care less when I was still in school. I only went to the library 2 or 3 times and was utterly confused on how to check books out.
Oh, and James Scholars got to register for classes before anybody else. That would've come in handy when trying to avoid 9AM classes and have Fridays off.

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 25 October 2003 07:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I mean, if part of the perks would've been being given a purple, diamond-encrusted cape with the words "I am smarter than you" embroidered on it and a gold staff to push the commonfolk out of my way in the cafeteria line and discounted beer and sex with the TA of my choice, then maybe I'd be a special-project-doing fool.
( i realize that there should be a comma after 'discounted beer')

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 25 October 2003 07:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually that's what we got at UT oops. ;)

My honors program was kind of unique in that it was an actual major. It's called the Plan II program and requires separate application apart from UT. They take about 150 kids a year and the program is your major. It tries to give a broad, Ivy-League-type liberal arts education. We were required to take philosohpy, physics, classics, linguistics. . all kinds of basics other liberal arts majors didn't have to take. We also did a seminar course every year on a wide variety of topics. my seminars included the Holocaust in Film and Literature, African-American Influence in American Music and The Brontes. To graduate we had to write a thesis that was equivelant to a master's level thesis. (i did mine on the Brontes' juvenalia.)

so anyway, yeah, it was pretty neat if not useless. (plan II majors typically go on to law school or to star as ne'r-do-wells in richard linklater films. and are generally hated by UT's population at large.)

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Saturday, 25 October 2003 07:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I assume you had to choose a major within that program, right? Were all of your classes populated solely with other honors students, or did you take some 'normal' courses as well?

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 25 October 2003 08:01 (twenty-two years ago)

No that was our major. period.

We were encouraged to choose a "concentration". Mine was English and I did complete all the hours neccessary for a major in English though my degree and transcript only reflect Plan II as my major.

The first two years all your classes are within the program. Junior and senior year you have room to take electives towards your concentration (or whatever the hell you want really.)

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Saturday, 25 October 2003 08:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay, so what does it say on your diploma? Bachelor of...Everything? Say you wanted to, I dunno, be a chemist after graduating. Wouldn't businesses pass you up because, even if you took a bunch of chem courses, it wouldn't show on your resume? Or do people in Plan II not generally head toward such 'practical' careers?

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 25 October 2003 08:09 (twenty-two years ago)

It says Bachelor of Arts in Plan II.

Typically those interested in sciences would persue a dual degree program ending up with a BA (in Plan II) and a BS (in whatever, chem.) They need the science degree for sciences anyway right?

Plan II is notoriously good for helping with admission to grad school b/c if the school isn't already familiar with it they are impressed by the program.

Business-wise I never found my degree to be a hinderance since they were more concerned with my practial skills (computer languages, writing abilities, portfolio) and overall scholastic performance (phi beta kappa and highest honors at a top state uni) than with my major. As for my second career, teaching, like I said I completed enough hours for a degree in English so met the minimum qualifications there.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Saturday, 25 October 2003 08:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm about to apply to grad schools and have to get people to give recommendations. I don't even remember who my teachers were so you KNOW they don't remember me.

See, yeah, that's the thing right there. Colleges will still make a big deal out of which professors they have, the rockstar effect is still ... in effect (allow myself to introduce myself) ... but if you're not a graduate student, you'll rarely be in a position to benefit from them. UNO was horrible about that: Stephen Ambrose is still a faculty member in the history department. He's dead. Before he died, he moved to a different school. But he was the consultant on Saving Private Ryan and he wrote Band of Brothers, so they showed his videotaped lectures and had a graduate student correct "his" students' tests.

I mean, not that the class I'm an instructor in is that bad or anything. I just don't think the students are getting much out of it, either education-wise or in any other sense.

Tep, what's wrong with having them rewrite papers 'till they're A-worthy? Aren't the students actually learning more this way?

There's nothing inherently wrong with it, but I think most of what they're learning -- because of how we're supposed to grade and what we're supposed to base grades on -- is how to follow instructions. The unofficial -- it has to be unofficial -- rule of thumb is that if you give them a B and they rewrite their paper, they get an A no matter what. And no one gets less than a B; you get an A, a B, or a rewrite-this-and-email-me, if you're one of the kids who never showed up to class and didn't realize that "Hitler paper" on the syllabus didn't mean "write a paper about Hitler" but "write a paper about the topic on Hitler we'll assign, using the book we'll assign." (I had about ten of those, and they were very unhappy. This is basically a plagiarism shield: if their paper has to be about a specific book, citing only from that book and class notes, they're less likely to be able to buy it at a paper farm.)

In theory I have no problem with rewriting, and would let students rewrite even if I had total control over this class: it's just that the way it's used here, I think the goal is to make them ace the class, not to make them learn.

(But ultimately I think that's what IU is all about in general.)

― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 25 October 2003 11:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I love how the thread has suddenly become this serious and thoughtful educational meditation. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 25 October 2003 12:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Dark green trees.
Light moss.
People don't know the "real" names of things, except pine and pecan trees, uprooted, just under the surface, hurricane-toppled turf like smooth carpet buckled in the midst.
Humid. No silence. Clicks.
3 different tones, pitches, rythms like creature drums, each insect, each frog in harmony and randomness Eno would relish. Lowest pitches; one rest, two high, now here, now there.
1908s Buicks and semis parting the hunmidity with a low hum on the highway.
People, parochial, perspectives hemmed in by the trees, unable to see beyond that highway. Wildnerness blinders, North Carolignian two-lane destinies; dimly aware of a world that arrives via cable, satellite, and cinema. But for those tenuous transmissions this is an English-speaking Amazon, forbidding, wet, ignorant and poisonous with snakes, locals and eco-tourists from all points North.
Crickers, tree frogs, cicadas. Local dialect, I have the ear for it, yes English is my second language, I learned it in second grade.
Trailers. Tin-roof rust, abandoned barns and lonely chimneys marking where houses used to be, now weeds and nothing against a pine background. Dogs. Friendly reserve. Ma'am and sir.
Dark, dark green. Brown river, black river, swamp. L.L.Bean. Church. Scrappy white-haired Depression survivors, stoic (uncaring?) as their eldest daughter slowly wastes away from bone cancer, a tiny E.T. in the home-hospital bed. Having buried 18 before her, perhaps their hearts are calloused. They have lived a hard, mean, life, lived it long.
Factory worker and egg inspector. Water tower, fire lookout, whistles and sirens. Medieval, dysfunctional obligation. Children sitting boxed like product in dark brick houses, curtains drawn. Ailments. Appointments. Affliction, debt, death.
I have never seen a place so filled with death. Bright colors have been outlawed in favor of neutral Calvinist drag. Selfish, suspicious, like the villagers of literature, with VCRs.
The one who stayed is dying. First driven mad and then cancerous by a Baltimore bastard who took first her body and then her mind, Nature did the rest.
Twenty years of "next years". The front room is still unfinished as she lay dying. The ceiling is old. If I had found this New World I would have left it alone. As inhospitable as the Amazon, and colder in season, filled with snakes and all manner of things that bite; bears, alligators and Republicans.
Dry and ancient in their rhetoric, the sharp and evil prey on the innocent. Sometimes they only sell them things they don't need.
Two dark cylinders awoke me from a deep sleep, and that I why I came here. No communication, just presence. Shrouds? Messengers?
Mysterious bloody fluid collects in a bag that hangs from the side of the bed. I've seen this before. I am not shocked. I am only awkward, knowing communication is cruel to this morphine-transparent figure; too much to ask for the pain, energy, and effort of a response. One hundren and twenty-three insects are no longer chriping.

All the food is fried and I think the paper mill killed my family.

― Orbit (Orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2003 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm currently using Link to attack bad guys with a big leaf to blow gusts of wind at them.

This is the tweeest Zelda ever.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Saturday, 25 October 2003 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

translation?

― Orbit (Orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2003 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)

"Taco Bell is good."

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Saturday, 25 October 2003 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Carry on.

― Orbit (Orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

tweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeest

― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 25 October 2003 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry, I just wanted to say what that would look like :)

― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 25 October 2003 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I lived in that town, too, Orbit.

― luna (luna.c), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Today is Saturday, October 25, 2003.

The morning contained mostly cloudy skies, but most of the clouds dissipated by noontime. It was unseasonably warm and humid.

Mom and I ate a late breakfast/early lunch, then we drove around to drop off some tickets to various relatives who wanted to eat at a barbecue fundraiser deal my church is having tomorrow. We went to a grocery store located close to the last place we went, picked up some sodas and flowers, and headed for the cemetery.

This time last year, Dad celebrated his birthday along with Mom and me and some of our relatives. We woke up early to attend early morning Mass, then went to a restaurant to eat breakfast and have birthday cake. Dad posed for some pictures with various relatives. It was fun. This year, Dad's not here anymore to celebrate his birthday.

It was unbelievably surreal "celebrating" Dad's birthday by leaving him flowers. We're supposed to be giving him presents of shoes and ties and underwear and cologne. This wasn't in the game plan. But alas, it's reality.

Heh. Orbit mentions morphine and cancer and a hospice environment. I wish I could tell her how much I relate to that. I wish I could express how the words "morphine" and "cancer" have invaded my psyche, how ingrained in my brain visions of the varied, "homey" interiors of the hospice center at the corner of Datapoint and Fredericksburg are. It's funny that there's a song called "Loose Cannon" out there, because I've felt at times like I was going to be a loose cannon. Cancer is a joke, and it seems to be killing far too many people in my life.

Today is Saturday, October 25, 2003. The weather is beautiful, I've got great friends now, and the shell that once held my dad is encased in a maple box with brass trim more than six feet underground.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 25 October 2003 23:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Much love, Dee

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 26 October 2003 01:21 (twenty-two years ago)

that was really lovely dee

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 26 October 2003 01:23 (twenty-two years ago)

OTM

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 26 October 2003 02:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not getting my tat until Thurs. :( *sigh*

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 27 October 2003 03:04 (twenty-two years ago)

What's it gonna be?

― oops (Oops), Monday, 27 October 2003 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

It's going to be an Elliott memorial piece. I don't want to share the details b/c it's not worked out all the way yet. That's why I have to wait until Thursday b/c my artist wants more time to work on it. It looks like it will be my biggest piece to date as well.

so the waiting is good and justified but I am impateint and want it now.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 27 October 2003 03:13 (twenty-two years ago)

take a pic of it when you do, willya?

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 27 October 2003 03:15 (twenty-two years ago)

i will of course.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 27 October 2003 03:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I love you, Luna and Sam and Ned. I'm truly grateful I can count you people among my friends.

Sam, it's wonderful that you're getting a tattoo as a memorial of Elliott. It'll be a permanent reminder of this person who obviously meant so much in your life.

I just had the longest Sunday in my life thus far. The barbecue plate sale went quite well, but now I smell like barbecued chicken, and if I never have to say, "Do you want white or wheat bread?" again, I will die happy. ;)

Mass went well today. We got it dedicated to Dad two months ago. So many relatives were at Mass! I get sad when I see Mom sitting by herself, but today she was surrounded by relatives and that made me feel happy.

Now only if I can get this smell of barbecued chicken off of me....

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 27 October 2003 03:35 (twenty-two years ago)

My mom's responses when I phoned her earlier today: "No, I haven't heard from your sister. In Baghdad? Mike who? Oh, Mike. I didn't know he was in Baghdad. His hotel was attacked? Yeah, I could give you her number, but...we have company. X, Y, and Z are over. Can I call you back?" What the fuck, Mom.

Mike is my bro-in-law's brother. I adore him. He had just started his journalism stint in Baghdad, and among his pictures that I'd been following on the web were pics of the Al-Rashid hotel, where he was staying. Which was attacked early this morning. The newspapers said nothing of the seriousness of the American civilians' injuries, and the New York Times account had a horrifying description of blood running down the stairways there. I'm away from home and don't have speed dial for my sister's number, or my phone book. So I sent emails and waited.

By the time my mom called back, I'd found out that Mike was okay (thank God), though the last missle was a close call. Apparently there really had been blood running down the stairways as they evacuated the hotel.

So now I'm waiting for news about L., an old friend. She has a government job that's all top-secret, so I have no idea what she's doing or where in Baghdad she's staying (though it's likely the American compound). There weren't many civilians injured, so even if she was there, she's probably fine. Somehow it doesn't seem real that she's there, not having read her words or seen her pictures about the experience. Still, it's unsettling.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 27 October 2003 04:27 (twenty-two years ago)

julia--well it is unsettling; but in the end they will be ok and so will you, most likely. try not to worry too much, it won't help them. trust the universe to place things in best order.

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 27 October 2003 04:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks. Mike's fine, and I have a gut feeling that L. will be fine too.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 27 October 2003 05:00 (twenty-two years ago)

and now i'm drinking pale asle and my mind is floating awaya even vmore than usual and life is sfantasticish kinda. i lvoe you all. rayh yay i am such a litghtweight but i'm also rdinking wasy too fast because this beer is sooo goood. jeffwillb e disappointed that i sdrank his ber but he swtn'care beause heall find it fujny.

woo. andr ah houssesittijng for friends who have good bere. what fucking lanugatge am i spaeking i dont know.

hahaforgort to take my vitamein, took it with beeer.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 27 October 2003 06:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Mmm, Vitamin B.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 27 October 2003 06:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam, have you heard about the artist who is asking people to come forward to offer to be tattooed with one word which will then form part of a story which will only be published on the bodies of the people who have volunteered? If you accept the offer, you have to accept to have whatever word she gives you tattooed onto some part of your body (though you get to choose the font, size and location of the tattoo). If you (or anyone) are interested, let me know and I'll try and find the details, though they're probably googlable.

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 27 October 2003 12:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, my girlfriend's doing that. (As one of the tattooed, I mean, not the author.)

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 27 October 2003 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah and I are tempted too. For me it might be as an actual tangible reason for getting a tattoo.

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 27 October 2003 13:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I have had my tattoo gift certificate for a month or so now but still can't decide what to get. I'm lame.

― NA (Nick A.), Monday, 27 October 2003 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Get "Bill is great."

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 27 October 2003 14:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I wonder how many people will end up with THE.

I am back at work.

This weekend was so great, but of course it also meant driving long distances EVERY day. Thursday after work we drove to Ohio and spent the night in a hotel. Friday we drove the rest of the way in to Chicago. Saturday we drove from there to outside of Pittsburgh. And yesterday we drove back to Richmond.

I. Love. Chicago.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Monday, 27 October 2003 14:08 (twenty-two years ago)

NA, if you don't get a "I heart Sarah McLusty" tattoo I'm going to dump you.

― Sarah McLusty (UK chapter) (Mark C), Monday, 27 October 2003 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Bicoastal split personalities. Creepy.

― NA (Nick A.), Monday, 27 October 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I will end up with "boning".

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 27 October 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

That sounds really cool Mark. Where is this artist located?

A friend of mine here tried to set the record for longest continuing tattooing. He spent a little over 24 hours inking "13" on people one Friday the 13th. I missed out on this b/c we were out of town at the time.

It's amusing how many people you run into at clubs/shows etc in Dallas sporting a "13" tat.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 27 October 2003 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam, I'll ask Sarah for the details. I think the artist is American, but I could even be wrong about that. All I remember is that she's a she, and that the article was in Cabinet magazine.

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 27 October 2003 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

It's Shelley Jackson, who I don't know much about, except that I almost did it myself because for a second I thought Shelley Jackson was Shirley Jackson and was all "fuckin A yeah, I'll tattoo HILL HOUSE on my kidneys or whatever, sure!"

I've lost a filling this morning and am sitting around waiting to go get it fixed. Argh. It's a large (too large) filling in a near-the-front tooth, and I should've somehow called around, because it's a tricky filling to do. But what am I going to do, ask the receptionists, "Yeah, but can he really fix it? CAN HE REALLY? He can't, can he? No he fucking can't, you bag of pretzels," until they finally break down and confess that he can't?

Four days and a few hours until Nanowrimo; ten days until I go to New Orleans. I will probably not be on ILE at all during November.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 27 October 2003 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Can someone explain nanowrimo in a few words without pointing me to the thread? I honestly find the thread too depressing.

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 27 October 2003 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Write a 50,000 word novel in thirty days. Quantity rather than quality is the goal.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 27 October 2003 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

"That's not writing, that's wanking." -Truman Capote

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 27 October 2003 16:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow! Only 4 days, I hadn't realized... I actually imagine I'll be on ILX more simply because I'll be on the computer more.

I'm not going to risk working on the novel at work though. I'm such a wuss. It will all be on the new PowerBook.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I feel sort of like I want to throw up this morning... but sort of not. My best friend in high school was also my first love; he was just a wonderful guy, always great fun to be around, and I could always count on him to be on my side. We lost touch a couple years back and I wrote a letter to him c/o his parents' house, but never got a response.

Being the determined girl that I am, and not ever thinking that he wouldn't respond to me, I found an email address I thought might be for him a couple weeks ago and emailed it. I didn't want anything other than to see how he is, see how his life is progressing, and to find out if he and his wife had kids, you know, the usual stuff. I got a response this morning, which read:

I thought about not responding, as I didn't respond to the letter you wrote some years ago, but finally I decided it's better to be
clear. I don't want to be in touch, which is why I haven't responded up until now. Please respect my wishes in this regard.

I'm no worse off than I was yesterday, and if nothing else, now I know beyond the shadow of a doubt, and not knowing was the worst part for me.

I admit that it's a little hard to take, knowing that one of the people that you thought would always be there for you just... isn't interested, but life goes on.

Mostly, I miss my friend.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm really sorry to hear that luna.

I know that some people would prefer to lose touch than become reaquainted. I still think it is bizarre that he would send you such a message. I mean, why wouldn't he explain himself if he went so far as to reply to your email?! WTF?! But I guess you're thinking the same things. Do you remember it ending on a strange note?

I'm ready for lunch.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

jesus, that sucks. I've gotten a few cold-ass "we don't really have anything in common anymore, do we?" emails from folks, and it always kinda hurts. like they're saying, "oh yeah, you're not worth me spending 30 seconds to send a quick 'hi!' email back to you. later."

mostly, they just don't return my phonecalls, which hurts as well, especially when you considered them friends for years, even if they don't happen to live in your town anymore.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Nope, the last time we talked was not long after his wedding (which I was invited too, thanks very much), and everything seemed a-ok then.

Oh. Well.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

people suck.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh I'm sure he has his reasons (HOWEVER MISGUIDED AND FUCKING CRAZY THEY MIGHT BE), and I really do hope that he's living a wonderful life and that he and his wife are happy together.

You just can't go home again.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I think missing your friend is the right response, though, so to speak; I mean, something odd and out of the blue like that, you almost can't take it personally.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, but the catch is not to. that's the hard part.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, it's true.

Clearly he's insane, so I prefer to think of it like the old 'I'm a werewolf and you have to chain me up during the full moon, else I might come and accidentally kill you' thang... this way, he doesn't know where I am, so he won't be tempted to come and eat my brain while I sleep.

He's protecting me, really.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Or maybe I'M the crazy one.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

of course you're crazy -- werewolves don't eat brains, they eat kidneys and housepets...

Zombies, on the other hand...

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Luna, the only thing I can think of is that he, well, is frightened of the potential of his feelings for you, and doesn't want to risk knowing you again now that he (provisionally) has a wife and kids, etc. Maybe you're the one he'd drop everything for (cf. that thread we had a while back) and he's scared because he likes his life as it is?

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't get the feeling that's it - but who knows? Maybe it is. Whatever the case, it doesn't matter - what's done is done, what's said is said, and I can close that chapter and move on.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd like to go on a vacation now - I'm thinking London...

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes!!! London!!! I don't need to say more, do I?

Anyway, I've had almost exactly that from a past girlfriend. "For my own reasons" were her words. I didn't understand then, and can make up dozens of possible explanations, but I haven't got a clue which is real, probably one I've not thought of. It stopped bothering me a while ago, really, and I hope this stops troubling you soon.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I kept in touch with one of my best friends from high school for years. Then one day she sent an email saying she was ending our friendship because my emails were always too happy sounding and they made her depressed about her own life.

Anyway, yes, moving on...

I just had a long talk with my mom on the phone. I was all excited to talk to her about my trip, but she was incredibly depressing. First, she was upset, as per usual, about her job. She took the day off to stay at home and away from work. So she complained about that a long time. But then as I was telling her about my trip, she got upset about everything I said. She gave me the longest lecture ever about speeding and how I was stupid stupid stupid to be driving 81. And then she turned it into an attack on me in general. It was, to say the least, very unpleasant. And it makes me sad. I know that deep down she's just going off on me because she's upset about me moving so far away. But I really want her to be supportive and not take it personally. And she's blaming Nick equally, if not more so because he's not related to her. *sigh*

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

But you two are so cute and wonderful? How could she be anything but proud? That's weird, if I was her I'd be demanding that you get someplace with a spare room that you could stick me into. And then we'd roll down the windows and do 90 while playing "Take On Me", it'd be awesome.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks, Chris. That post made me smile.

She's upset because the whole family lives in the same state (Virginia) right now, which is a rare occasion. She lived in Shreveport for several years while I was up here at college. Now both sisters are in Virginia schools and I'm in Richmond. She lives 30 minutes away. Now I'm planning on moving to Chicago in December, my youngest sister is moving to Paris upon graduation in the spring, and my middle sister will probably end up elsewhere after she graduates from law school in a couple of years. But since I'm moving first, I'm breaking up the family, you know?

― Sarah MClusky (coco), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Is there a way you can get everyone to Chicago for Xmas? Or something like that, a token of family togetherness to make everything seem OK?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Not this year, but maybe I can work on that for next year.

This year is the Johnson xmas, ie: my dad's side of the family all gets together in southwest Virginia. My parents are divorced so I won't be seeing my mom then (which she is also upset about). I'll be driving up to Chicago directly after that.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Maybe you should have John Tesh call her and placate her.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Good idea, CP (the dinner thing). Sarah, it could be your mum is taking her stress out on you, since you were the one to call her. Doesn't make it right, but it could be a reason. It may be hard for her to say that she'll miss you?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I know that's it, Nichole. And I can tell she really does like Nick too. It's just hard to hear mean things from her, especially when I'm moving away in a month.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm sorry Sarah. My mom is kinda doing the same thing to me because I've told her I'm not staying in Los Angeles forever, and in fact want to get out ASAP.

Mother guilt is the worst.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 27 October 2003 20:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Indeed, tis

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 27 October 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

it took my folks a while, but they finally came around to the idea that I'm getting the fuck out of michigan as soon as i have a place to go to.

of course, this was about the time they found out they were buying a house in the mountains of tennesee to retire to.

funny how it's the little things that change your mind.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 27 October 2003 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Amazing how that works out....

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 27 October 2003 20:23 (twenty-two years ago)

my family didn't like me living in austin or nyc but I didn't really care. To prove that distance has little to do with I probably see them less now that I live only an hour away.

I used to feel guilty about not seeing family but then I realized it was my life and don't really worry about it anymore.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 27 October 2003 20:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey girls & boys, i have been around for a few days & I really feel like i've missed out, so if i miss anyone out, apols..
Sarah - glad you're trip went well (& Nick), sorry about your mum, she must love you very much, which is why it will be so hard for her when you move.
Luna - That was really harsh from that guy, I hope you're ok with it?
Dee - extra special hugs for you at this time.
Sam - i love the idea of the tattoo for Elliot, I am looking forward to seeing a pic.
Nichole - hey darl' how are you doing?
Mark C - How are things hun?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 12:42 (twenty-two years ago)

My god the McLusty family christmas. Just like the Griswolds.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 12:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, Sarah's dad is really tall.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 12:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, my sisters & I watch the Griswold Family Christmas EVERY YEAR with my dad. And when my parents were still together, my mom actually did call my dad Sparky. Coincidence? I think not!

I can't remember if I mentioned this, but Nick and I are on AIM these days. We have the lovely name BaggaDix, as picked out by Tep. We only get on there at night though during the week.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

You have been added!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to be on AIM and no one ever invited me to chat but Ned. So i removed it. I'm pissed because I can't find a damn red, white and blue headband to complete my Richie Tenenbaum costume for Halloween.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Chris V, get back on! We'll chat witchoo!

My desk is ridiculous. There are file folders and papers and post-its and legal pads EVERYWHERE. Oh my god is it ridiculous.

I finished my coffee. This calls for some hot chocolate.

― Sarah Mclusky (coco), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey muh bitches! I'm slacking too much today (a subconscious reaction to falling out of the statscock top 50?) so I need to get back to work. But hello everyone round ILX's virtual water fountain. Anyone got MSN messenger and fancy a chat? If so add kirsty at casarotto dot uk dot com as your chum. I'll be waiting...

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 15:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Like I said, Mark C, I can only get on to chat at night. But otherwise I would!

I am at the stage now where I pick up a sheet on my desk, look at it, and stick it back in the bottom of the pile...

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm a bit busy otherwise a chat would've been cool. Maybe in a bit!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm so frustrated. I just mouthed off to my dean and walked out of a meeting.

I'm tired and sick to death of all the bullshit hoops they expect us to jump through. It's all STATE STANDARIZED TEST TEST TEST!!

The administrators apologize, other teachers rationalize, "it's just reality." they always bring up how our paychecks and evaluations are tied to kid's performance so we have to care and do whatever it takes to get them to meet these uniform standards put out by Austin.

BULLSHIT

if we were allowed to fucking teach instead of spending all of our time compiling profiles, analyzing benchmark test scores, documenting how we are meeting 4 different sets of objectives MAYBE WE COULD ACTUALLY TEACH THESE GODDAMN SKILLS THEY WANT THE KIDS TO MASTER ON THESE TESTS!!

So if I don't toe the line I can kiss my job goodbye is what I'm being told.

Fine. Goodbye teaching career. If this is what teaching is like in our modern school system then I am out.

And people wonder why schools can't get and keep teachers. . .

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Sounds awful Sam, I hope you are ok.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll be okay Pink. Just digging my own professional grave with my damn set of principles and ideals. That's fine. I don't care. This is my second career, I'll find a third. I've just got to try and think of something else to do that matters. i don't think I could back to an office job after teaching. But I can't do this anymore. I won't be broken and it's being made pretty clear that you must submit to survive in this profession.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam, come and teach in Britain!

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry, Sam. My mom teaches at the university level and she is constantly upset by the beaurocracy.

Don't get a job as an assistant to a realtor. There's little about values involved in that. My boss hung up on me this morning when I said I was sorry I didn't have an answer for him yet about something but I am drowning in paperwork right now. MUST do well on my phone interview tonight...

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Sounds harsh, but I fear I would side with you on this one.
Yeah, come to Britain!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Ooh good luck for the interview later Sarah! I've got everything crossed for you!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Mark, I'm thinking that I need to research how other states deal with accountability and find out how job satisfaction rates in other states. I hate to walk away from education b/c I do think it's one of the most important things in our society. But I can't deal with this. Burnout is real. On a personal level, you have to avoid it.

And you know what's going to cause me to burnout? It's not the kids. Yes they are taxing and extremely challenging. Yes the type of school (low socio-economic) situation makes it that much more challenging. But this is not what is causing me the most problems. If anything, the little bit of satisfaction and joy I get from this job comes from the kids. It's all the bullshit above that's going to push me out. It's just impossible to focus on what's important.

So yeah, I'm going to try and research how teaching is in other parts of the country. I'm also going to look maybe into going back to school for social work/pyschology. Maybe I could still work with kids as a school psychologist or something. Anything that doesn't involve meeting some Republican's idea of classroom accountability which is always, ultimately, tied to money.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Sounds like you're a strong and driven person, Sam, I admire you hugely for that.

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

actually, i think that's a great idea. I get the idea that education experiences are different in other parts of the county, and other economic levels.

plus, try to find a state that doesn't have similar political/financial methods of testing "accountability"...

oh yeah, and it ain't michigan, either. Detroit schools get fucked over a good deal, if the local reports are correct.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Best of luck, Sam. We're all pulling for ya, and yes, check out other locales!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I sympathize, Sam. Definitely look around ... there's enough of a teaching shortage, funnily enough (given the complete opposite situation at the college level), that I suspect you could find a job teaching elsewhere. A lot of districts will give you money towards your moving expenses (although several of them are in Texas; there are billboards about this all over Louisiana).

The push is towards standardized testing like you're talking about, though; teachers are increasingly being described in terms of the tests they give, not as lecturers or etc. Louisiana's school system has been crippled by it; they brought in the LEAP tests (exit exams for certain grades) as a quality-control/diagnostic tool, the first year's results were epicly horrible, and summer classes (and some regular-year classes) were immediately converted to classes on how to pass the LEAP test.

I could go on and on and on about public education, but I won't; ultimately, I think most of our problems -- at least, most of the trouble we have fixing them -- comes down to the fact that we simply don't have a clear goal.

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

reason 138 why I *do* like this job.

Kid I wrote up yesterday for being constantly disruptive came in just now a few minutes. He sat down and we talked about why I wrote him up. I explained that I didn't think he was bad. I said I think he's a sweet boy but he distracts everyone, cant' do my job, blah blah.

He sat there and listened. And understood what I said. He agreed to sit by himself once I explained it wasn't a punishment and said he would work with me on figuring out how to improve his behavior in class.

Now if they could just let me focus my time on energy on treating these kids as individuals maybe I wouldn't be thinking about leaving.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam - I'm behind you 100%. LAUSD is so mired in bureaucracy that it can't get out of it's own way. I'm sorry you're having to go through this - I don't understand why no one wants to let teachers teach anymore.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Meanwhile, AIM is Aimee7672 and MSN is luna_cee_ at hotmail dot com

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

And to the hataz, I would like to extend hearty fuck yous. Save your fucking drama for yo' mama, cause I don't need your bullshit. Kay? Thanks, asshat.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Has there been more hate flung at you or these threads?

Sam, don't be too hasty about getting out of the career. Having said that, this standardised testing and bureaucracy seems to be creeping in more and more here. It does seem to be at the expense of actually teaching children here too. Good luck with finding a better teaching job, or with whatever you choose to pursue.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

you know maybe i'm just on the verge of an overdue breakdown. Last year, my therapist and pyschitraist wanted to hospitalize me over the holiday break but I resisted. Maybe I do need to make such a trip. . .

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Nope, it's just in general.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

hey darl' how are you doing?

Pink, m'dear, I'm still slogging for a job, but otherwise I'm doing OK. Tis now winter (haha) down here. That only means wearing tshirts with sleeves and capri trousers. I've applied everywhere you can think of, now the wait.

Sammy, as the others have said, standardised tests are now the norm: a NYC mate has her MA in Education, so her job is safe enough. Yet a lot of her coworkers (at her school) aren't certified yet. They have just been told they have to be fired within the next year--if they don't pass those standardised tests.

I feel your pain about burnout; was there earlier in Summer. Take your experience and move. As Skidders said, Britain are constantly dying for new teachers. Know you love TX, perhaps you could move elsewhere in the state?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh nichole I'm talking about standarized tests for the teacher. I passed those last year with flying colors. I have no problems with that. Lawyers have to pass the bar, etc.

I'm talking about the standarized tests for the students.

(unless you mean that too and in that case yes it's the same here. Our kids' scores factor into our state-based evaluations and those factor into our school's overall ranking. If we fail our evaluations --like I did last year--we don't get raises--as I didn't--and if that happens more than one year in a row we don't get contracts again.)

i'm just feeling ready to throw up my hands and give up on everything. the eve of 30 isn't looking any better than any part of the past five years have been. I'm starting to not care anymore and wonder why I keep trying to accomplish anything with myself or my life.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I tried to post again before lunch but I kept losing my internet connection. I was like NO!!! Must give Sam more encouraging words!

And also, BOO YAH, luna.

Get in, everyone.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Damnit Sam, Samnit, accomplishments shmaccomplishments. You rock, fear not for the future. M'kay?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

hahaha nick. . .i beg to differ. f i'm always exhausted, drained, behind, going backwards instead of forwards than i do not rock.

thanks for the platitudes and more importantly for listening to me dump. IRL this is not so easy to find.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

No prob, Sammy.

unless you mean that too and in that case yes it's the same here. Our kids' scores factor into our state-based evaluations and those factor into our school's overall ranking. If we fail our evaluations --like I did last year--we don't get raises--as I didn't--and if that happens more than one year in a row we don't get contracts again.)

So the school system counts on frightening their employees into working hard? Defeating policy, as that takes the focus away from the kids---where it should stay. They assume you are the only one responsible for the kids' scores? What about the parents responsibility to ensure the kids have good study habits?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

The school system (in general, of course I don't know about Sam's) doesn't really put much burden of responsibility on parents to make sure their kids learn; arguably, that's as it should be, since one of the few visible goals in that system is to provide kids with a base-level education regardless of their family/parental situation, and if all parents were equipped to teach their kids, we wouldn't really need schools to begin with.

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

And apropos of none of the above, Charlie's Angels 2 came from Netflix the same day Kill Bill came from Ebay, and although I like em both, I think I like Angels better. Possibly this is leftover prejudice about Kill Bill's title.

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Tep is OTM.

And yes in many states, like Texas, teachers are becoming the scapegoats. You can't fire parents. Even the shittiest parents' kids still must be educated. There are fewer administrators and they have more expensive contracts.

What it comes down to is the teacher is the one in the room with the kids day in and day out. There is more of us and, relatively, we are cheap labor. If the kid doesn't perform -- regardless of what the home is like, regardless of what they have or haven't learned in the past, regardless of whether the teacher has upwards of 30 kids packed into each room -- it's the teacher's fault. After all accountablitiy is all about owing up to the taxpayer about how effectively their dollars are being used. If there's not good performance to report *somebody* has to take the blame.

the majority of teachers entering the profession today won't remain in it longer than three years. We think the educational system is screwed now? give it ten years when all the experienced teachers have retired and all we have is a revolving door of undertrained, frustrated, inexperienced educators.

speaking of my kids are just about done with their bellringers and i have to go through the motions one more time.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 20:49 (twenty-two years ago)

my sister graduates next month with her degree in education & teaching certificate. she's currently student teaching at me mum's school.

both mom & pops are/were public high school english teachers. Dad retired in june, and this is mom's last term.

fortunately, my sister is getting the fuck out of Flint. Unfortunately, she wants to head to the western half of the state by Grand Rapids, where all the crazy religious & republican folks live.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:02 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm going to stop ranting really (that's what my blog is for.) thank you all for putting up with me and for your encouragment.

i'm sure part of my screaming frustration right now is due to the other stress i've been through the past week. It feels like it's gone but stress is funny that way. After the original stressing event we can still be depleted and susceptible to more breakdowns. :| at least that's what i'm telling myself.

alright, kids are gone. now to look up the million and one objectives I have to tie to my lesson plans which takes more time than the actual lesson planning. and then i'm GONE! :)

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam, you should feel free to rant here (or in person - you know my AIM ID) anytime.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam... *hugs* You just keep on being the ultra-strong person I know you are, ok? And remember that those kiddos will never forget you. I will never forget my fifth grade history teacher, even though she struck fear in the hearts of us, her students, because she was fair, honest, and really wanted us to do well. Mrs. Romano -- I remember her little glasses and how she'd have those babies positioned below her eyes when she wanted to look down on us, for an extra point-making effect, and how she had this huge framed portrait of George Washington in her room that gave the room this rarified air that was so infrequently sensed in my grade school at the time, and I remember how she wore her hair in this short bob, and how she always wore outfits that made her look like she had come straight from the Victorian era, and I remember her voice. Oh gosh, I will never forget her voice. It's been about 12 years since the last time I had her as a teacher, and I still remember all of that.

I don't know how you'd feel about teaching at a non-public school, Sam, but if that's what it takes to make all that bureaucracy disappear, then maybe that's the answer. I know the pay's probably going to be shitty and you'd have to rely on more than one source of income, but at least you'd be more able to help those kiddos on a one-on-one basis, and on the off chance that you *wouldn't* be able to handle a kid, your say has a lot of pull in administration and the kid could very well be expelled. I remember back in high school witnessing 35 or so of my classmates get expelled before the start of our senior year.

But really, that's just a suggestion. You do whatever you feel is the right thing to do, hon. You'd know better about this subject than any one of us. And feel free to vent, ok?

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 05:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't believe in private schools. I"m a socialist at heart sweetie.

one of the teachers I admire most at school is my age and has only taught for 3 yrs total but she is awesome. She's the kind of teacher I want to be (and she's a mom). She shares everything she does with me and I steal from her hard work with no shame. She's excellent and listens to me anytime I want to spiel. However, she brought up today how we are at complete opposite ends of the political spectrum. She's very conservative which I didn't realize b/c she's not a Christian and hates the religion that we are forced to deep throat at my school just as much as I do.

But this revelation today made me respect her even more.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 06:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Someone referred to me today as being "George Washington-esque". As in, I look like George Washington. I am totally freaked and baffled by this comment.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 06:49 (twenty-two years ago)

YOU WEAR A POWDERED WIG AND GROW WEED?!?!?

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 06:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Exactly, I do neither. Nor do I have wooden teeth. Nor is my profile on Washington state highway signs... it's totally baffling.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 06:54 (twenty-two years ago)

One look at me and it's obvious that I'm too much of a wuss to chop down a cherry tree.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 06:54 (twenty-two years ago)

George was nowhere near as schmoove...

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 06:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I gave a nice dinner party last night, but now it's morning and I have a hangover and lots of dirty dishes all around.

― Skottie, Wednesday, 29 October 2003 07:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Luna, after we finish our sexing, I shall cover your body with pictures of me. They will be legal tender and, should you ever tire of my visage, you will be able to exchange them for tacos. On Tuesdays you will be able to get two tacos for one of me.

― George Washington (Chris Piuma), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 07:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Fuck. I can't compete with that.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 07:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Chop down my cherry tree, baby!

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 08:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Sex with George Washington and deep-throating religion... There seems to have been quite a lot of "activity" on the boards since I logged off yesterday.

My phone interview went great! He's going to call me back sometime in the next couple of weeks to set up an in-person interview. In the meantime, I'm going to be very productive applying for jobs so maybe I'll have some options.

Boo.

Yah.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 14:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Well done you!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Way to go Sarah. I think I may need to start applying for some jobs soon as well. I just don't know if this one's gonna work out.

I wasn't gonna post to ILE anymore (anyone miss me yesterday? ;-) ), but then I realized that's just dumb. I get kinda down sometimes over the sniping that goes on around here, but I know that's my problem and I can choose whichever way I want to deal with it so I've chosen to forget about it. Some people assume that normal behaviour is really aggressive or passive aggressive behaviour and get offended really quickly. I can't decide for people how they're gonna act or react so I have to be a grown up and just get past it, checking myself continually for the same shit I deride in others. This is an amazing experiment we're taking part in here regardless of whether or not you see it as such or if you see it simply as a message board signifying nothing.

I hope everyone is well.

― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I hope your well Bryan. I often think of not posting here anymore too, but I can't stop.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Am I allowed to tell an agent and a client to shut the fuck up? They are in my office talking loudly and I just can't do a damn thing!

Going to the football tonight, and the thought fills me with joy and excitement. Buying a season ticket was *such* a good idea. And, so far, 12 games played, 12 games won...

― Mark C (Mark C), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I totally understand, Bryan & Chris. Glad you are sticking around. But I don't think it's your problem, Bryan.

Work is going ok today (wait, did I just curse myself?).

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Bryan & Chris you both gotta stick around for this thread alone! We'd miss you!

Sarah, hang in there lady, Chicago is calling!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

congrats sarah!

eating cafeteria crap for lunch and saving my Lean Cuisine for later as I've agreed to sub for night school tonight. 4-8 PM!!!! argh. I have a million things to do tonight but it is 80 bucks. *sigh* and I don't know what I'm going to teach them. oh well, i'll make it up as I go along.

supposed to go see the boys named sue but suspect I'll be nearly dead by the time i go home.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Sammy, hang in there, dear. The world (and its kids) needs enthusiastic teachers like you.

Bryan, glad you are back. Speaking for myself, any sniping is warm and friendly. For those that want to put you down, screw them.

CP, it will be your fault if I start dreaming about Presidential orgies.

Dee, will finish your email by today.

Hola, dear Luna! No cyber Java today?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Good luck, Sarah!

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm here, chica - just getting sick from all the smoke in the air playing hell with my allergies (I hate saying that, it sounds so lame), so I've been moving slowly this AM.

Also, I feel like ass.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

this innocence mission song is sad as hell. i need more upbeat music. i don't really have any in my collection though.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm here, chica - just getting sick from all the smoke in the air playing hell with my allergies (I hate saying that, it sounds so lame), so I've been moving slowly this AM.

No shame in having allergies, babe. I discovered allergies I didn't know I had, when I was crashing in OC. Thank god for a squirt of Flonase

Also, I feel like ass.

tossing Luna a blankie and pillow Rest for the next hour; I insist.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 18:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I wish I could. If it doesn't get much better, I'm going to go home.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I feel like ass too, in more than one sense. One is that I stayed home from work today, only my second sick day in six months (the other was to go to the eye hospital, as many will recall). I didn't want to miss any more, as I'm in for promotion at the moment and turning up regularly will do my chances no harm, obviously, but the flu got to me today - and all the nose blowing and clearing would have made me pretty foul company anyway.

I hope tomorrow I'll just go back to feeling like I want some ass.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

How are your eyes, Martin?

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:02 (twenty-two years ago)

the last two sentences have merged in my brane, and now i can't stop thinking of the phrase "brown eye"...

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Skirt chasers do your duty: Skidders needs your help! (Seriously, feel better ASAP, as you can use more good fortune.)

Feel better, Luna. Nowt wrong w/ burrowing under the covers for a week.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

It's some weeks since I've had a really awful spell with my eyes (about a month, I think) or a really good one (the few days after my last hospital visit, so that's about three weeks) - they've been up and down but middling really. I've an appointment with my GP on Monday, which I hope might get me somewhere, maybe.

They've been a bit worse than average today, which is frustrating, since there was bugger all TV to watch while home from work today, and I couldn't read much.

I'm not sure how much my having stayed single since right at the start of the year is just accident and how much it's that I've sort of formed something of an emotional attachment to someone out of reach, and that has both diminished my interest in pursuing things elsewhere, and made me compare women I do go out with to her, which doesn't help either. I try to ignore all this stupidity, but it does reduce my interest in looking at/responding to profiles on dating sites, and in pursuing things beyond that. I'm in touch with two women at present, both academics (one science, one art - keeping the two cultures in balance), and they both seem fine people, intelligent and attractive and everything I would want. I have a date with one on Friday, and she is funny and bright and cute - and I'm thinking far less about her than this other out of reach woman! I hope I can at least pay her full attention when we go out.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 21:03 (twenty-two years ago)

We all tend to be more interested in the unattainable,Martin. I wouldn't worry. You are too much of a gentleman not to be attentive to the person in front of you.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

This one goes out the Sarah McL.: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mpetcats.html

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 30 October 2003 00:33 (twenty-two years ago)

s/the/to/

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 30 October 2003 00:33 (twenty-two years ago)

In a week, I go to New Orleans; tomorrow night, I start the Nanowrimo novel. So, until December, I'll be ILE-free except for checking the Nanowrimo thread. Don't anybody get fired or married or anything.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 30 October 2003 11:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Boo!

The number of "hang in there" posts recently have made me wonder if Jess was right with his cat picture all those aeons ago ;)

I want to write a novel. However, I think I shall spend the weekend writing a children's story instead. Start small, etc.

― Mark C (Mark C), Thursday, 30 October 2003 11:41 (twenty-two years ago)

So we should be less supportive Mark?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 30 October 2003 11:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, fine Tep, be that way. ;)

No really, good luck with the Nanowrimo project! And hope you have a magical time in New Orleans. I *think* it'll be cool weather-wise when you get down to this part of the country.

Dee, will finish your email by today.

Nichole, you mean reading it or sending off one of your own? If you've sent it off already, then my e-mail provider must be acting screwy again because I haven't received it.

I'll just ditto Pinkpanther's post in re: what Mark C stated.

*hugs entire threadful of people*

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 30 October 2003 13:37 (twenty-two years ago)

*Hugs right back*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 30 October 2003 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I went out to eat with my wife last night and there was a wait. The hostess asked for my name to put on her list. I gave her my name and the shithead wrote down "Cress". She asked if that was right, I said "yeah just like the vegetable.". I hate worcester.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 30 October 2003 14:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Awww!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 30 October 2003 14:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not quite in a huggy mood yet this morning, but I am glad that it's already Thursday. And I'm glad other people are.

I'll be NaNoWriMoing it up too, but my guess is that I'll be around here more instead of less. In case you don't check out the thread, I'll be writing a somewhat-more-intelligent-than-most romantic comedy. My 5 year anniversary with NA is November 19th, so hopefully that will help motivate me. :)

Last night I bought some fancy computer music program called Logic. It came in a box with some synthesizer programs. Does anyone else have this? I'm really excited about it, because since our old PC died, we've been unable to mix down songs from the 8-track.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Thursday, 30 October 2003 14:07 (twenty-two years ago)

good luck with the novel Sarah.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 30 October 2003 14:09 (twenty-two years ago)

And indeed the rest of you who are undertaking the challenge!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 30 October 2003 14:10 (twenty-two years ago)

"Cress" would be a great name! But only if you wore an ascot.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 30 October 2003 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

this woman should have been kicked in her ascot.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I really want some bacon.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

My family likes to give fake names at restaurants. One time we gave the last name Applebees at a TGI Fridays and the girl was like, "ok, The Applebees..." as she was writing it down.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

i need to steal more of my coworker's candy.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Did I tell you my office got this huge orange and black container from a mortgage company? But instead of candy, it is filled with pretzels! I mean, I like them as much as the next guy, but come on!

― Sarah MCLusky (coco), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Because I was a loser in high school I always found it amusing when my friend Trev would sign the rental slips at video stores with FUCK YOU.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)

My mother had some Halloweenish food mail-ordered to us from the Popcorn Company, which is pretty neat.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm about to eat these pretzels. They are in the shape of bats! Ok, I like them slightly more now.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Because I was bored this morning, I wanted to start a thread based off of my post on the hitchhiking thread about my reminisces of living in India, but then I got too busy at work. Maybe later.

― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

until you find out they are filled with meat.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I need a good recipe for Pumpkin Pie, any suggestions?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Buy one at a store and heat it up in the oven, pink!

Last year I decided I was going to make pies to take with me to Christmas dinner. I was going to start practicing early on in the year until I made the perfect pie. Then, I decided not to try at all. In the end, I made NO pies.

Maybe this year...

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)

But then I can't hollow out the pumpkin & make a scary lantern!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Nichole, you mean reading it or sending off one of your own? If you've sent it off already, then my e-mail provider must be acting screwy again because I haven't received it.

Technology is hell. I'll resend it tonight, before I leave. Promise.

(waving hello to all threadmates)

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 30 October 2003 20:54 (twenty-two years ago)

dude, blue jolly ranchers exist! MY WORLD IS SHAKEN!

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 30 October 2003 21:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I didn't get my tat today. :(

My artist wasn't feeling the design idea I gave him so needs another week to work on the piece. *sigh*. I'm so impatient. I've been looking forward to this all week.

we're trying to combine a few different images from elliott's albums: a roman candle; the wavy stripes from that LA mural; and XO. He's having a hard time integrating them and isn't digging my suggestions. We were discussing his music and different images and I started exploring the idea of a broken heart. He got into the idea of combining the roman candle and a broken heart then gets excited and says:

'oh, i drew this fantastic heart this week with a knife sticking through it. blood everywhere . .that'd be great.'

me: that's how he died, d****

him: oh, my bad. nevermind.

ahh, black humor.

I want my ink. :(

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 31 October 2003 05:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm sorry Sam - I know firsthand how fucking frustrating that can be.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 31 October 2003 06:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Very disappointing for you i am sure.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 31 October 2003 09:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Pinkpanther, sweetie, a super-easy recipe for pumpkin pie involves buying a pre-made pie crust, some cans of pumpkin, and following the directions on the canned pumpkin. I've followed this "recipe" before and it's practically foolproof.

Nichole, it's not technology, just the sometimes unreliable e-mail provider. Eh, though. It's a free web-based e-mail service -- I suppose it's a case of, "You get what you pay for." I'll check again, though.

Sam, this must be a huge setback for you. Hopefully it can be rectified soon. And I can't believe he would actually suggest that design for you... that was d-u-m.

Anyone who's on AIM: If you noticed how late I was staying up on AIM, that was a total fallacy. Apparently I forgot to set my away message before I went to bed last night (!) So to the at least one person who thought I was still there, I apologize for seeming rude. I will endeavor to never do that again.

Anyone reading this: *hugs*. Have a great Friday and a happy Halloween. Play Japan's "Halloween" for me, please.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 31 October 2003 13:11 (twenty-two years ago)

eh dee, he didn't know.

i'll deal but hopefully he'll be able to draw something up he likes too.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 31 October 2003 13:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll try it, thanks dee!

Howdie everyone else. Am so glad it's friday, lie in in the morning hooray! I was cheered up by an email this morning which started the day off well. Cheers Aimee!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 31 October 2003 13:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam: Yes, but research! Research is a very good thing, as Martha Stewart might put it.

*crosses fingers for everyone involved*

p.s.: You will be posting photos when this is done, right, hon?

Pinkpanther: Hope you get great pumpkin pie in the end! Also, do you eat pumpkin pie with sweetened whipped cream? I will only eat pumpkin pie if it's got a dollop of Cool Whip on top.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 31 October 2003 13:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't shaved all week to prep for my halloween costume. Its driving me nuts.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 31 October 2003 13:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Always cream with it Dee! I so should be american so I can celebrate thanksgiving.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 31 October 2003 13:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee, I'm on AIM too. Actually, last night I set up my own account, so I don't have to be BaggaDix with Nick any more. See, I'm an independent woman now. Boo yah. I added everyone on Nick's list.

I changed my pic to a cat (duh), but as soon as Nick logged back in under his name, it had the cat pic instead of his pic. Why does everything have to be so confusing?!

But I'm happy today. I've used Halloween as an excuse to dress up for work with a semi-goth punk vibe going on. Elements include fishnets, combat boots, and navy nail polish.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 31 October 2003 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I also had a conversation with my wife about Michael Stipe last night. She used to think he was attractive, I remember girls in high school thinking he was attractive as well. WTF. http://www25.brinkster.com/ceremony4rem/images/stipe.jpg

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 31 October 2003 13:48 (twenty-two years ago)

For the record, I NEVER thought he was attractive.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 31 October 2003 13:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Hee, I was just on telly! A vox pop filmed at AFC Wimbledon on Wednesday, asking what I thought of MC Harvey from So Solid Crew singing for us. I am bald and fat! And posh!

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 31 October 2003 13:53 (twenty-two years ago)

sarah what your aim name?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 31 October 2003 13:55 (twenty-two years ago)

hint hint: It is QUITE a bit like my ILX user name!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 31 October 2003 13:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't get the attractiveness of Stipey.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 31 October 2003 14:01 (twenty-two years ago)

me either, he looks ill!

IS it Her Royal McTweeness?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 31 October 2003 14:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmmm.. I should've thought of something more creative. No, it's just SarahMcLusky.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 31 October 2003 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah well!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 31 October 2003 14:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I can still imagine you at a gay club, Mark C

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 31 October 2003 14:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Would you be waiting there Andrew?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 31 October 2003 14:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Hell yeah!

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 31 October 2003 14:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Woo hoo!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 31 October 2003 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah crap I am obv DRUNK, and "Beetlejuice" is on. Count me in for any Mark C events you have planned, tho.

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 31 October 2003 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Cool, I love that fillum!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 31 October 2003 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)

boooo. i didn't get my piece of the quarterly bonus today, since i've only been full time since June. Feh.

oh well.

also, a large financial office building staffed by midwestern breeder suburbanites is perhaps not the hippest place to get my Crazy 88 costume. Such is life.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 31 October 2003 14:43 (twenty-two years ago)

*blushes*

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 31 October 2003 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

why?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 31 October 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm a bad bad girl. I'm heading for trouble, see it coming and am going to regret it when it happens. yet i go on. . .

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 31 October 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

what, getting involved with more interesting people?

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 31 October 2003 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

well let's see. . . maybe in fact it's not *so* bad. I'm not exclusive with either boy involved. However they were former friends who now want to kill each other. I have a feeling if they knew I was seeing the both of them. . .well maybe they'd want to kill me.

whatever. that bs is their business. I just find myself chatting with both at once - having hott chat with one and matter of course chat with another thinking "man, i'd better not mix these windows up. . ."

maybe I have a NaNoWriMo book on my hands.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 31 October 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

You just need to kill them and sew their corpses together into one perfect boy.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 31 October 2003 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, build them into your story. Then, at the end of the month, you can just give them each a copy.
Surprise! I wrote a book! And you're in it! And so is that guy you hate!

That's how I'm going to let NA in on my secret life outside the home.

But yeah, who knows what the future may bring? If you end up sticking with one of them for a while and they really care about you, they'll get over it.

(x post) or, What nickalicious said.

I have the headache from hell. And yet I continue playing on iLX. I am a fool.

― Sarah MClusky (coco), Friday, 31 October 2003 19:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I had a friend who would accidentally type hott chat into our chat window all the time. We'd be talking about whatever, and then all of a sudden he'd say "uncut?" and then I'd get to harangue him for details about exactly who he was asking that about this time.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 31 October 2003 19:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Nick has the key to your book.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 31 October 2003 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Sam, have you ever had sex with one person whilst having phone sex with another, that other thinking you are alone?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 31 October 2003 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I made out with someone who was making out with someone else once without that other person realizing I was doing any making out. I can't really give details, though.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 31 October 2003 19:55 (twenty-two years ago)

no martin. and nick and sarah have given me good ideas.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 31 October 2003 21:23 (twenty-two years ago)

The receptionist just walked in to my office and straight up to my desk. I was in the middle of googling "Scary clown" to put on the Clown thread.

She said, "What are you looking at?"
I said, "Scary clowns."
She pauses.
Then she asks, "Why?"
I pause.
Then I say, "I dunno. I guess because it's Halloween."
She slowly walked away.

― Sarah Mclusky (coco), Friday, 31 October 2003 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Meanwhile, there are lots of kids screaming outside. I'm assuming they are trick-or-treating at the office complex. Better safe to assume than just go check it out.

Ok, I'm lazy.

But they sounded like happy screams!

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Friday, 31 October 2003 21:32 (twenty-two years ago)

That's because I'm KILLING THEM...with kindness.

― NA (Nick A.), Friday, 31 October 2003 21:33 (twenty-two years ago)

okay since we are talking about trashiness. . who has had two different people in their bed in a 12 hour period? (you have to put on fresh sheets of course. other wise that is really trashy.)

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Friday, 31 October 2003 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Today I feel like planning a road trip to meet as many ILXors as possible.

(Nick, do you have any interest in Scary Movie III?)

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 31 October 2003 21:36 (twenty-two years ago)

*raises hand* M-... Oh, yeah, that would be really sick if you didn't change the sheets, huh? I mean REALLY sick. I get shivers just thinking about it.

Actually, no.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 31 October 2003 21:37 (twenty-two years ago)

(I have no interest in Scary Movie III)

We could drive to Montreal and go to slutsky's Halloween party.

― NA (Nick A.), Friday, 31 October 2003 21:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I like how the later in the workweek it gets, the giddier the posts on ILX get.

― NA (Nick A.), Friday, 31 October 2003 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)

haha, more than 2 and less than 12 hours!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 31 October 2003 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)

who has had two different people in their bed in a 12 hour period?

JESUS! some of you really do need to start spilling your stories...

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 31 October 2003 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Nah, just go get Penthouse Forum or something, pervo.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 31 October 2003 22:11 (twenty-two years ago)

shut it! make with the stories!

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 31 October 2003 22:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Do other people's beds in a 24 hour period count?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 31 October 2003 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes.

Abd ditto Martin.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 31 October 2003 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, what about if they're in your bed at the same time?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 31 October 2003 22:38 (twenty-two years ago)

that too

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 31 October 2003 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

What if one of them is a chimpanzee?

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 31 October 2003 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Double bonus points.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 31 October 2003 22:42 (twenty-two years ago)

What's the most people who've been shagging together on your bed at one time? Mine is 4.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 31 October 2003 22:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 31 October 2003 22:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I found my futon in an alley. So who knows?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 31 October 2003 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know!

No wonder Joei is so calm.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 31 October 2003 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Martin, I think you're starting to make Sam look like a nun here. ;)

(Which would mean you make me feel like... yikes... a cloistered nun from the '50s. Or your grandmother. Whichever one's more conservative.)

Sarah and Nick, I've added you both to my buddy list. Hurrah!

I should be downstairs, getting ready to leave, but I don't wanna. I want to stay here, pass out candy, and watch Rocky Horror at the same time. Why can't I do that?

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 1 November 2003 00:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee why can't you?

Kingfish not much to share. Sometimes sleep with more than one person a day. End of story.

Martin, you win. Surpising even to me I have thus far only shagged one person at a time.

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Saturday, 1 November 2003 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)

The above was just talking about an actual bed, too! The number of people I've had sex with at one time is larger than that, but it was on the floor.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 1 November 2003 12:44 (twenty-two years ago)

sounds more convenient that way.

accessible, if you will.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Saturday, 1 November 2003 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Martin! I truly am seeing a side to you that i never realised existed.
Today is saturday & I still have a headache, it's so unfair this one has lasted for a week. James says I'm not allowed on here for long as it wont help, which is true, still!
Everyone have good w/e's! Adios.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Saturday, 1 November 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

It's hardly a side of me that I've kept quiet - I thought it was stuff that I had talked about far too much, but maybe not if you haven't heard any of it at all. It's all to do with a wild period of my life after over two decades of monogamy. It's a while since my sex life has existed at all, let alone involved more than one other person.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 1 November 2003 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Apols Martin I wasn't being funny, jst not something I've ever heard you talk about before is all. I think good luck to ya!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Saturday, 1 November 2003 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

No apology necessary - I wasn't at all irritated, just surprised. I do try not to talk about it all the time, as people get bored or think I'm bragging or something.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 1 November 2003 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I think Pink just hasn't been around long enough (or in AIM enough) to know Martin: Swinger. It's such an endearing side of you sweetie!

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Saturday, 1 November 2003 20:43 (twenty-two years ago)

haha, thanks. I was only a swinger for a relatively short time, but it was fun while it lasted.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 1 November 2003 21:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I always thought I was smutty but I've been a bit bemused by the last 40 or so posts :/

― Mark C (Mark C), Saturday, 1 November 2003 22:56 (twenty-two years ago)

i think we're gunna need a new thread for all this. we're already up to 1300+ posts...

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Saturday, 1 November 2003 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

so?

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 1 November 2003 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

New thread started up by Sarah here...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 2 November 2003 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

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