This is the Thread Where We Say Pt. 25: Yeah, um, good thanks...

-- Remy Snush The Night Away (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 9:54 AM. (x Jeremy) (link)

Remy, Please arrange for the cast of Freaks and Geeks to hang out with me. k thanx bye.

-- Sarah McLusky (x77tigersxu...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:00 AM. (coco) (link)

Nah, I was grossly overweight in hs and made up for my fatty by becoming the class clown. Until I lost a boatload of weight the summer before my 2nd junior year then I became suave. I am now back to my fatty frosh-1st junior year days. Albeit a bit taller. And i was a stoner/skater in "hs". Had lots of friends and only three gf's and 5 sexual partners in hs. In college I blossomed....

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:02 AM. (Chris V) (link)

"I think he's sad, sweet, and the forgotten parent of a pair of really rich parents."

This is very true...until dad had a breakdown and lost his big job.

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:04 AM. (Chris V) (link)

I meant more the funny sarcastic part of the character, and he looks kinda like Chris (I think) from the pics I've seen.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:04 AM. (Jocelyn) (link)

He was wonderful in "undeclared"....n/a and I have declared our love of that show. Fox is stupid....

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:05 AM. (Chris V) (link)

5 sexual partners in hs.

That's 5 times what I had in HS.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:05 AM. (link)

Yes.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:07 AM. (Jocelyn) (link)

What counts as a sexual partner? If it involves actually having sex, than my partner count is a big fat ZERO (in high school). That doesn't make me a loser though, right guys?

-- Sarah McLusky (x77tigersxu...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:07 AM. (coco) (link)

No, as we're not 17 any more.

-- Jesus Christ, Paraplegic (boyincorduro...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:09 AM. (Mark C) (link)

Speak for yourself, douchebag!

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:10 AM. (link)

(that was a joke, right? like what a 17 year old asshole might say)

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:11 AM. (link)

err yes, actually doin it. in fact it was all in a one year time period....senior yr. nothing to be proud of.

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:11 AM. (Chris V) (link)

Oh god I hope they release Undeclared on DVD soon. Loudon Wainwright III was in it! And a bunch of kids from Freaks & Geeks!

-- n/a (nu...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:13 AM. (Nick A.) (link)

I bought a book today in a charity shop - it's called 'The Other Darker Ned'. I'm a bit scared.

-- Martin Skidmore (lonewolf.cu...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:38 AM. (Martin Skidmore) (link)

Is it about Dan Perry?

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:41 AM. (jaymc) (link)

5 sexual partners in hs.

That's 5 times what I had in HS.

i can relate to that too, ha.

you have to get freaks and geeks, chris, it's great! i think i originally got it because n/a said something about it being good on some thread, and i LOVE IT.

-- JuliaA (j(underscore)bdules@hotmail.com) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 10:47 AM. (j_bdules) (link)

Nick: the Undeclared DVD is in the works, it's being slowed down by reacquiring song rights (a lot of the music on the show was by now-bigger-name bands like Outkast and Coldplay). It's supposed to be out in the spring with an every-extra-imaginable release (auditions, bloopers, deleted scenes, commentaries; just like F&G).

-- Tep (icaneatglas...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 11:15 AM. (ktepi) (link)

AWESOME.

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 11:16 AM. (Chris V) (link)

YES. Thanks Tep!

-- n/a (nu...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 11:17 AM. (Nick A.) (link)

Tommorrow night I get to go to the Harvard Faculty Club. As you all know I am part of Harvards Faculty.

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 11:17 AM. (Chris V) (link)

I think I like Freaks and Geeks a lot more as a result of the DVDs -- the set is so complete, so devoted, that it's hard not to love it. And having a commentary track done by fans is such a fantastic idea it should be a legal requirement for TV on DVD releases -- Alias did it too, and it's cool to compare the very different styles of the fan tracks (Alias's had the Alias summarizer from Television Without Pity, so had a lot more cattiness than the F&G that was sort of chatty-reverent).

Dude, Chris, you should steal something.

-- Tep (icaneatglas...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 11:24 AM. (ktepi) (link)

I'm giving a lecture on quantum physics....obviously the only reason I will be stepping on Harvards campus is to fuck up some smart kids.

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 11:27 AM. (Chris V) (link)

Yes, it's really nice to have the whole Freaks & Geeks plot arch available. I think that's why The Office DVDs work so well too: although it's a great show on a show-by-show basis, you only really get the full emotional impact if you know the whole plot. And yes, the F&G commentaries are great, especially the ones by the actors who played the kids. But the one by the actors who played the teachers doing the commentary in character didn't really work unfortunately.

-- n/a (nu...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 11:29 AM. (Nick A.) (link)

No F & G spoilers please. I've only seen the first 1 1/2 shows. I can't wait to go home and watch more!
It's also strange that I thought James Franco was a bad actor in Spiderman, but he's so good in this show. I guess Harry Osborne isn't really much of a complex character though.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 11:52 AM. (Jocelyn) (link)

Bingo, I'm guessing your wife has a Hahvahd event. Just guessing.

-- Je4nne ƒury (jeanneƒur...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 11:55 AM. (Jeanne Fury) (link)

Franco is kind of a good actor, but not really. He can pretty much only play one type, and that was his character in F&G. And I don't think the part he was playing in the Spiderman flix really fits into his range. He's basically a character actor I think.

-- n/a (nu...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 11:56 AM. (Nick A.) (link)

Ha ha, the intern is getting in shit again! That guy sucks.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 11:57 AM. (link)

So I'm killing myself trying to write a review of an easy listening concert I went to last night. Trying to be fair, because, really, a 27-yr-old had no business being there.

There’s not a lot you can say about Christmas music that can’t be said about XXXXX, as a singer, as well. Both are strongly sentimental, reassuringly familiar, and make me want to vomit blood.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 12:07 PM. (link)

OMg I'm composing an invoice for the first time ever. What do you include besides item and (estimated?) amount? date, the word INVOICE in big letters at the top, and uh, should I assign it some kind of number?

haha I'm adminidiot.

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 12:11 PM. (sgs) (link)

Yes, include an invoice number, date, and purchase order # (if they sent one)

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 12:13 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

Oh, and date work was completed/item shipped.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 12:15 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

And a mailing address for payment is good too.

-- Sarah McLusky (x77tigersxu...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 12:37 PM. (coco) (link)

after the sixth or seventh song in a row with the same languid tempo, it’s hard not to pray for death

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 12:48 PM. (link)

Yesterday I decided to go to the hipsterville section of Bklyn to go Xmas shopping. On the way back to the subway, some homeless guy was asking for change. I walked by him and went down the stairs to the train. He shouted "Fuck you. Fuck you right up your rock n roll ass." I swear on my life. It was kind of fucking awesome. I mean, aside from the homeless part.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 2:09 PM. (link)

I just finished class for the semester! My screenplay analysis professor told me I was "as good a writer as he's known to come through the program."

-- Remy Snush The Night Away (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 4:59 PM. (x Jeremy) (link)

What is your screenplay about?

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 5:00 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

Yay Remy!

-- luna (lunace...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 5:11 PM. (luna.c) (link)

I got told that by one of my lecturers at university too! Since I was doing a computer science degree, however, the bar was set at a considerably lower level. Well done, Remy!

-- Martin Skidmore (lonewolf.cu...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 5:26 PM. (Martin Skidmore) (link)

I am elated!

(xpost to Cas) This semester I've been working on a few -- and a few outside projects. The two biggest ones:

+ Twelve year old boy (Kyle) in neglectful home decides he's going to save his older brother 'Mad Dogg' from gang life by getting himself on Star Search and winning; thus being able to afford a car he'll give Mad Dogg so they can drive to the house of a mythical relative in Iowa.

+ Evan Defoe (Ebb and Flow? Get it? I'm so clever!), a Brooklyn prep school junior, decides that instead of spending Christmas vacation with his narcissistic JAP mom, he's going to visit the beach-house on a (Nantucket-like) island where he's spent every summer of his life, and tell his long-time crush how he feels about her. He doesn't anticipate that his mother's rented out the beach cottage during the off-season, and he's forced to live with a family of rough and tumble boat pilots.

-- Remy Snush The Night Away (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2004 5:32 PM. (x Jeremy) (link)

thanks for the invoice tips up there! I think I included everything I needed to--at any rate they've wired me money for expenses to set up this office so that was the main point. I'm going to have to invoice them again (possibly every week I'm working) to get them to pay me a salary too, looks like. My next task looks to be cell-phone related, i.e. setting up one in america for someone.

and congrats Remy!

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 4th, 2004 6:05 PM. (sgs) (link)

I'm guessing that it turns out "Mad Dogg" isn't really in a gang after all, and that it's part of the 12yo's misunderstanding of how the world works?

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 4th, 2004 6:30 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

Absolutely yes. I'm sort of --- since these are works in progress I can't write too directly about them, and I haven't worked up three-sentence pitches on them yet.

-- Remy Snush The Night Away (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 4th, 2004 6:32 PM. (x Jeremy) (link)

And that it's peppered with scenes where the kid imagines what the cross-country trip will be like, based on the research he's been doing (out-of-date Baedecker's mixed with too many viewings of "Route 66")?

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 4th, 2004 6:33 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

Hah, his ability on star search - or the one he wishes to take on - is that he can give driving directions between any two points in the country; he's a human mapquest.

-- Remy Snush The Night Away (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 4th, 2004 6:36 PM. (x Jeremy) (link)

Oh, so it's all about the grid of highways, hm? Interesting.

I spent yesterday brainstorming with a friend of mine about a theatre project his group is working on, and helped him come up with solutions for some of the problems they'd been stymied by, and I'm still totally in that mode. I usually am. I would be a great creative consultant. (But I am terrible at coming up with my own projects.)

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 4th, 2004 6:40 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

It's a fun business!

-- Remy Snush The Night Away (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 4th, 2004 6:41 PM. (x Jeremy) (link)

It's only a business if you make money.

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 4th, 2004 6:41 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

oh, yeah.

-- Remy Snush The Night Away (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 4th, 2004 6:42 PM. (x Jeremy) (link)

Sigh.

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 4th, 2004 6:44 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

OK, here is a link to a video for one of my songs, which I directed, which will really be released on DVD as soon as I figure out the packaging. I have the damn DVD-Rs right here next to me. I need to get this done before Xmas.

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 4th, 2004 6:46 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

Is this back on?

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 2nd, 2004 4:09 AM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

Do your farts sound like Chuck Berry?

Did you pick him on purpose?

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 2nd, 2004 4:39 AM. (thatgirl) (link)

Back back back back.

Since downtime I've:

finished a feature synopsis
picked up a friend at the airport
smoked apple tobacco at a hookah bar in westwood
eaten a lot of japanese food
watched

kinsey (again, not by choice)
house of flying daggers
finding neverland
closer
tie me up! tie me down!
thief of baghdad
scratch
bad education

lamented a recent weight gain and 2% loss of muscle mass
finished the semester
fondled my TA for the last time!

-- Remy Snush The Night Away (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 2:28 AM. (x Jeremy) (link)

(what've you done?)

-- Remy Snush The Night Away (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 2:29 AM. (x Jeremy) (link)

I got a temp job!

and bought these shoes, in brown:http://www.officeholdings.co.uk/perl/go.pl/womens-style.html?webcode=33&style_uid=1555&color_uid=3522

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 9:29 AM. (sgs) (link)

The shoes are *lovely*. Now I need to buy new shoes to keep up!

Things are a bit crappy at work today and I'm deflated, even if it's totally not my fault (in fact, in the course of the crappiness, I was told how great I was). My boss is very sad and that makes me surprisingly sad too. My motivation is about 2 out of 10 right now. Ah well.

-- Jesus Christ, Paraplegic (boyincorduro...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 10:45 AM. (Mark C) (link)

I've done a million things. No really. I've gotten so much done. It's a shame that's over with.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 11:02 AM. (link)

these shoes are giving me more and more pain as the day wears on. I have a spare pair just in case I'm unable to walk at any point, but I really want to break them in. They've been getting looks from the hoi polloi as I've been out and about today.

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 11:04 AM. (sgs) (link)

Oh and winter came for realz. Nasty cold, lotsa snow. Real pain in th ass.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 11:10 AM. (link)

Hi folks. I'm hoping to go to see the tree today in Rockaf3ll3r Center today. I iz psyched.

-- Je4nne ƒury (jeanneƒur...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 11:18 AM. (Jeanne Fury) (link)

By "the tree" do you mean an actual (Xmas?) tree, or is it some kind of cultural exposition that I don't know about?

(every Xmas, the Norwegian government gives us an enormous tree for display in Trafalgar Square. That's very kind of them)

-- Skeleton in a top hat (under da bed) (boyincorduroy@yahoo.deletethisbit.com) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 11:27 AM. (Mark C) (link)

What does Norway get in return? Another year free from worry of British Invasion?

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 11:34 AM. (link)

Considering what the fuckers did during WWII they'd better watch their backs...

-- Skeleton in a top hat (under da bed) (boyincorduroy@yahoo.deletethisbit.com) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 11:43 AM. (Mark C) (link)

Watch it buddy...my wife is Norwegian. ;)

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 11:57 AM. (Chris V) (link)

Next time she gets mad at you for something like leaving the toilet seat up, retort: "Oh yeah, well what about WWII?"

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 12:05 PM. (link)

Markleby, it's THE Christmas tree!!

http://www.ny.com/images/xmas/64/rock2.gif

-- Je4nne ƒury (jeanneƒur...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 12:10 PM. (Jeanne Fury) (link)

looks like a giant ginger merkin

-- Frankenstein On Ice (stevem7...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 12:11 PM. (blueski) (link)

so yes, to Norway! (*chink*)

-- Frankenstein On Ice (stevem7...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 12:11 PM. (blueski) (link)

hey kids,

i didn't notice too much that ilx was gone but i'm glad it's here. I"m trying hard not to sink into my usual December funk. This time last year I was in the hospital so I guess I'm doing an ok job. I have sooo much to do and am on super-secret probation at school - which means I can't let any of the million balls I'm juggling drop. Yet every night this week I've just gone home and slept. :(

And I think my oldest kitty might be sick. :(

on the :) end, my newest love interest is coming up this weekend from Austin to help me celebrate my birthday. My birthdays always suck but I think this one might be good. yay.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 12:24 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

Hi guys, missed you!

I have:
-watched The Incredibles and I Robot
-emailed some people
-got drunk and called a friend to tell him how much of a shit he was being
-felt tired a lot
-Christmas shopped
-got over the 3000 word mark on my term paper
-thought far too much about what I'm wearing to my reading tonight
-not decided about what I'm wearing
-got unusually nervous
-run through the poems I'm doing

-- Skeleton in a top hat (under da bed) (boyincorduroy@yahoo.deletethisbit.com) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 12:53 PM. (Mark C) (link)

Hm, trying out a new screen name.

Yes that was the email M. I don't know why I dither about these things really, I should just always get drunk and call people out straight away, then they apologise and I forgive them. Fin.

You are not a bad friend!

-- Slightly Foxed (dilettant...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 1:23 PM. (Archel) (link)

Fuck, I'm never normally this nervous about readings. Didn't help that I just phoned Matt and he'd forgotten :(

I just don't feel in a performing kind of mood, I guess.

-- Slightly Foxed (dilettant...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 1:35 PM. (Archel) (link)

Read like the wind, SF!

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 2:15 PM. (link)

I just had lunch with my middle brother and my dad. My brother is moving to Vancouver tomorrow and I had Sweet & Sour Pork.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 2:16 PM. (link)

good luck at the reading archel!

I am still at (non-)work.

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 8th, 2004 2:37 PM. (sgs) (link)

So, the reading went well in the end. I had a fight with the microphone stand which was potentially embarrassing but I was drunk enough not to curl up and die. Nobody bought any books I don't think, but my mum won the raffle.

I forgave Matt for forgetting, since he had been at work since Tuesday afternoon and got no sleep. Also he'd planned a romantic dinner instead which tbh I would have preferred to the reading. Postponed to tonight though yay.

The cafe where the reading was sells fresh magic mushrooms and Matt bought some but had to wait a bit for them to be packed. When they were ready the barman (who was coked up to the eyeballs by the look of it) started waving the bag around in the air and shouting 'your shrooms are ready!' in the direction of... my mum and dad. Sometimes it's a positive blessing that they're deaf, really.

-- Slightly Foxed (dilettant...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 5:20 AM. (Archel) (link)

Glad it went well, archie. I had strange dreams last night - I dreamt that first a client, then a friend of the family, died - it was low-level traumatic and not much fun. I'm a bit spaced today, and haven't really done any useful work yet - I'm only now tucking into my cereal, so I hope to feel human soon.

Sgs, have you made it into work yet? ;)

-- Skeleton in a top hat (under da bed) (boyincorduroy@yahoo.deletethisbit.com) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 6:42 AM. (Mark C) (link)

haha here I am :) Reporting for duty although there's nothing really to do until after 5 maybe. Glad to hear the reading went ok Archel. Last night I went to my departmental party and drank too much and was entirely naive about thinking I could get home easily from Camberwell at 1:30 in the morning, ugh. I'm somewhere between still-drunk, hungover, and exhausted.

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 7:11 AM. (sgs) (link)

What are you going to do with yourself, hon? Got any book-making stuff with you? Incidentally, am I appearing as online or offline on AIM - I appear to be online but I;m having no luck messaging you.

-- Skeleton in a top hat (under da bed) (boyincorduroy@yahoo.deletethisbit.com) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 7:14 AM. (Mark C) (link)

what up dudes?

-- Huk-L (handsomishob...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 11:39 AM. (link)

I'm about to fall asleep at my desk.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 11:41 AM. (Jocelyn) (link)

You and me both.

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 11:43 AM. (jaymc) (link)

zzzzzzzzz

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 11:44 AM. (sgs) (link)

It feels like friday. Tomorrow morning is going to suck.

-- beanz (beanzil...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 11:50 AM. (beanz) (link)

What a long week. I am filing. And I have school tomorrow :( Last class of term though so revelry may happen afterwards.

-- Archel (dilettant...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 11:53 AM. (Archel) (link)

i wonder if I can get away with sending non-work-related faxes to america and elsewhere here. photocopying yes...but faxing I'm not so sure, and I have a fax idea.

I am still regretting the amount of end-of-term revelry I participated in last night :/

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 11:54 AM. (sgs) (link)

hmm. scan and email?

-- beanz (beanzil...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 11:55 AM. (beanz) (link)

no scanner, sadly

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 11:56 AM. (sgs) (link)

I faxed McLusky once. I didn't fax her anything interesting, and I can't remember ever WHY, but it happened. Yes, it did.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 11:56 AM. (link)

We need a new scanner. And a new printer. God this is the slowest afternoon.

-- beanz (beanzil...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 12:15 PM. (beanz) (link)

anyone know any good internet radio stations I should tune in to?

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 12:27 PM. (sgs) (link)

get on audioscrobbler and you can listen to your mates :)

-- Frankenstein On Ice (stevem7...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 12:31 PM. (blueski) (link)

I've never been able to get audioscrobbler to work for me! I'm trying again now with no luck. But you don't need to use it necessarily sgs, just make an account and you can listen: http://www.last.fm/group/ilXor (click on the 'group radio' button)

-- teeny (teen...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 12:40 PM. (teeny) (link)

My mom is horribly sick with the flu and I was up really late last night trying to help her. This morning I came in later to work due to going to the pharmacy/store for her, and if she's not better by the time I get off work I'm taking her to the emergency clinic :(
But we now have 4 litres of ginger ale.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 12:43 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

And I'm so far behind at work after wasting two hours yesterday at a "Mandatory" Unicode demostration where the IT connections weren't working properly.
But I'm reading Lolita and it's entrancing.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 12:45 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

thanks for the tips y'all. I'm so bored I just googled myself. And found:

Sarah Jewel Sonner

Published: Monday, Nov. 22, 2004

Wesley and Hilary Sonner of Amherst announce the birth of their daughter, Sarah Jewel Sonner, at 10:42 a.m. on Sept. 19, 2004, at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center. Sarah weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 20 inches long. She joins her older siblings Bryan and Emily.

From the Nashua (NH) telegraph.com

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 1:10 PM. (sgs) (link)

Yay for the new Sarah Sonner! I doubt she'll be as good as mine, though :)

So, I just got a sort of cautious one-step promotion. On the plus side, it means I am now, to all intents and purposes, the agent for HG W3lls. Any references to Invisible Men or World Wars will now come with a $50 usage fee. Mwahahaha.

-- Skeleton in a top hat (under da bed) (boyincorduroy@yahoo.deletethisbit.com) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 1:20 PM. (Mark C) (link)

Go after Alan Moore!

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 1:37 PM. (link)

congrats mark!

further to my googlage, I have discovered this:

http://www.jmu.edu/admissions/images/sonner.jpg

hahaha the internet radio I'm listening to is playing Aimee Mann. I can't get away from machines playing her for me!

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 1:39 PM. (sgs) (link)

Is that house named after you? Or ist where you were born? Or did YOU give birth to that house? (if so, you are AMAZING!)

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 1:43 PM. (link)

heh. My theory is that members of my father's family gave the money for it to be built, although I can't find any source for that on that site--just that they live around there.

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 1:49 PM. (sgs) (link)

I gave birth to a house once. A bungalow. Stupid fucking eaves.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 9th, 2004 1:51 PM. (link)

Hello. I am not really checking ILX until this is all blown over and fixed and whatnot.

One of my favorite writers, Jacks0n Mac L0w, died yesterday morning (at, I think, 78). I had a chance to meet him many years ago, when I was an unknown wide-eyed kid back in New York City. He was a terrific and warm person, and I learned a lot about what writing is and could be from him.

I can't figure out a way of saying this without sounding too mawkish, especially since I don't think any of you have ever heard of him or would necessarily be too interested in what he was doing, but I'm sad about it.

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 6:51 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

I'm sorry Chris. I haven't heard of him but I know how sad you must feel.

I can't believe there isn't a thread here or ILM about the shooting in Ohio. I mean, I don't imagine Damageplan is much up the alley of the average ilxor but still, how often is there a mass murder on the stage of a rock show. jeez, rockists.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 7:09 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

Whoa, I've heard nothing about that. Is it all over the news or something?

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 7:21 PM. (jaymc) (link)

I heard it on NPR's Morning Edition this morning. More about it here this evening since the dead guitarist is a Dallasite.

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000734426

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 7:23 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

I was totally shocked over this, I really dug pantera back in the day.

-- teeny (teen...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 7:51 PM. (teeny) (link)

ARRGH SYNCHRONICITY peter jennings just teased the story by saying 'a window into the violent world of heavy metal' Boooo, I expected better than that from you.

-- teeny (teen...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 7:52 PM. (teeny) (link)

the gunman was a marine! how about that culture of violence boyo!

-- teeny (teen...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 7:53 PM. (teeny) (link)

no shit! geez. .. I'm sure there's a fight over a woman at the bottom of this.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 7:54 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

oh and I think it's hard to start threads now, that's why no thread on dimebag et al. And my comment was a little unfair to marines but I do think the government needs to do a lot more wrt post-service counseling for the soldiers who have come home.

-- teeny (teen...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 7:58 PM. (teeny) (link)

http://ilx.p3r.net/searchresults.php?board=2&mode=threads&q=dimebag&titlepart=&name=&email=&username=&dateafter=&datebefore=&catid=all

-- teeny (teen...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 8:00 PM. (teeny) (link)

ok maybe no chick, from the AP:

The slain guitarist, ``Dimebag'' Darrell Abbott, 38, was a driving force behind the rock band Pantera, and police are looking into reports from witnesses that the gunman was a fan irate that the hugely influential group broke up.

They also noted that this was on the 24th anniversary of Lennon's slaying. If there was a connection that would be really fucked up. Moreso, rather. . .

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 8:36 AM. (sgs) (link)

hey all.

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 10:07 AM. (Chris V) (link)

Hey! Hope y'all are ok. Believe it or not, I miss some of you guys!

-- PinXorchiXoR (pink{est}panther4...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 10:23 AM. (Pinkpanther) (link)

HI PINK!

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 10:26 AM. (link)

Everyone should stop what they're doing and have a look at Sam's loverly photo on the boobs thread. Gorgeousness.

-- Je4nne ƒury (jeanneƒur...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 10:31 AM. (Jeanne Fury) (link)

It may make you jealous, though.
PINK! Are you alright? You haven't been here for a while...

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 10:33 AM. (Jocelyn) (link)

I was gonna say..nice, um, work, Sam. You should be very proud.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 10:37 AM. (link)

hey all! its oh so quiet around here at the moment, what on earth are you all doing? I mean how dare the rest of you have lives without me!

Well almost home time and will be drunk tonight hopefully. done most of my xmas shopping on line today, everybody's just getting dvd's or cd's this year.

-- Ste (ste.foste...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 11:05 AM. (Fuzzy) (link)

hi pink! wb.

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 11:16 AM. (sgs) (link)

OK, for serious, Thunderbird is awesome. No, not the wine.

ihttp://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Every ounce as good as the Mac OS X mail program, and has a lot of the same features -- image blocking, junk mail detection, etc.

This company cannot be stopped.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 2:27 PM. (kenan) (link)

Oh god someone is clipping their fingernails at work and that sound makes me cringe so much.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 2:37 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

The wine is okay, if chilled. And if taken with a large dose of self-loathing.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 2:56 PM. (link)

I just dealt with someone who called to complain that if EVERYONE has a same-sex marriage (as the Canadian Supreme Court said was okay yesterday), it would spell CERTAIN DOOM for the human race! Because where would babies come from?
"Um, same-sex marriage is still optional, you understand that, right?"
"Well, it is for now, but we're on a SLIPPERY SLOPE!"

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 3:17 PM. (link)

SLIPPERY SLOPE

What a felicitous way of putting it.

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 3:19 PM. (Hereward) (link)

If there's snow on the hill, I say TOBOGGAN!

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 3:28 PM. (link)

When the gay ascendency has finally triumphed, I'm sure all men will be drafted into the National Sperm Corps and I can finally wank for my country.

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 3:32 PM. (Hereward) (link)

My country 'tis of thee...

-- Huk-L (handomishbo...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 3:35 PM. (link)

Sweet Land of Liberty
Of thee I *Ecstatic Moan*. Whoops that was quick. I didn't even make it through the first verse.

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 3:38 PM. (Hereward) (link)

I find that "Battle Hymn of the Republic" works better.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 3:46 PM. (kenan) (link)

Is that in "The Right Stuff"?

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 3:48 PM. (Hereward) (link)

"He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword"

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 3:48 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

Good point, since "My Country..." is set to the same tune as "God Save the Queen" and, I don't think I'm being too controversial here, but QEII is guaranteed boner-death.

xxpost

-- Huk-L (handsomishboy@yahoo.conno) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 3:49 PM. (link)

Wow.

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 3:50 PM. (jaymc) (link)

I am currently suffering from a terrible desire to not be writing anything. This sucks, as I need to write fiction for school, papers for school, copy for work, and reviews for "work." My hands are falling apart from typing. I'm posting to ILX simply as an opportunity to put words in order without thinking about it too much.

-- nabisco (--...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 3:55 PM. (nabisco) (link)

How can I ever convince the Noise Dudes to use the expression, "loose the fateful lightning on the décolleté"?

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 3:55 PM. (Hereward) (link)

You're on the right thread.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 3:57 PM. (link)

Sgs: "Pieces O' Six" is probably my favorite book of his, but the Representative Works is the best place to get a sense of his overall project and methods. Those are the two books that I've been rereading, anyway.

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 10th, 2004 5:27 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

I just made some sweet onion and sage tarts. I would've taken a picture of them to show y'all but they're not much to look at. I suppose they're tasty though the recipe I used sucked ass. Any recipe that suggests salting a part of it to taste but then puts that part through another process is flawed, as the filling ends up a bit too salty after baking. Getting fresh sage was a pain in the ass as well as most stores were out of it. It did seem very odd to have a mostly savoury onion filling in sweet tart dough, but I s'pose it makes sense. I wish I'd doubled the recipe except for that it took way too fucking long to make a single batch (48 mini-muffin sized tarts) as I'm taking them to an appetizer and dessert themed dinner party tonight where up to 30 people are expected. Lots of people don't like onions I guess so maybe they won't all go in two seconds. Hi everyone, by the way.

-- Bryan (twp62y...) (webmail), December 11th, 2004 5:15 AM. (Bryan) (link)

Morning. Ice skating today! I'm excited like a small child. I shall be putting on my pre-emptive sticking plasters shortly and heading off to the joys of Marble Arch, trying desperately hard to not murder any of the filthy Xmas shoppers who'll be spilling all over the place.

-- Skeleton in a top hat (under da bed) (boyincorduroy@yahoo.deletethisbit.com) (webmail), December 11th, 2004 8:42 AM. (Mark C) (link)

we hates the filthy Christmas shoppers.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 11th, 2004 12:03 PM. (kenan) (link)

And I am envious of your ice capades.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 11th, 2004 12:04 PM. (kenan) (link)

I have decided that the key to my total happiness lies in my buying a 17" Powerbook G4. This will be more of a months-long goal, since I will have to somehow accumulate around $3000 of extra cash. In a pinch, I suppose I could live with a 15", but I will insist on having the Superdrive. I mean, how could I not? It's Super! Says so right there in the name!

I've already quit drinking, so that'll save a lot of money right there. Short of quitting smoking, which is not in my plans, what else can I do to save save save? I'm not usually good at hanging on to money.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 11th, 2004 12:17 PM. (kenan) (link)

Kenan - let me know before you do it; as one smoker to another I may be able to give you a deep discount.

-- Remy Snush The Night Away (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 11th, 2004 3:40 PM. (x Jeremy) (link)

We went ice skating. I was both confident, speedy, graceful, and ALWAYS ON MY ARSE. I fell over NINE fucking times (in comparison, Toby fell over once, when I distracted him, and Sarah and Colette didn't fall over at all). My right knee is a bloated bubble of bruised pride tissue.

But it was such fun! Ice-skating roolz.

-- Skeleton in a top hat (under da bed) (boyincorduroy@yahoo.deletethisbit.com) (webmail), December 12th, 2004 6:53 PM. (Mark C) (link)

i can't post new threads, so i'll post this here:

Fuck with the People's Choice Awards!

http://pcavote.com/

got this email:

CBS is running their annual "People's Choice" movie awards. Not that I would tell anyone how to vote, but if Michael Moore wins for Fahrenheit 9/11, he will get to say pretty much whatever he wants when he accepts the award on live TV. Wouldn't that be fun? Voting deadline is in just a couple of days...

Feel free to also put Jon Stewart, Wanda Sykes, and, um....Scarlett Johansson on the tube too.

Oh yeah, and dig the "music" category: all questions involve Top 40 Country acts. Go for Willie Nelson & Loretta Lynn, of course.

-- kingfish (jdsalmo...) (webmail), December 12th, 2004 11:17 PM. (Kingfish) (link)

I fucking hate Wanda Sykes. Fucking. Hate.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 12th, 2004 11:22 PM. (kenan) (link)

I'd rather watch Kathy Griffin, honestly.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 12th, 2004 11:30 PM. (kenan) (link)

well, perhaps you'd prefer one of the other options:

Favorite Funny Female Star
And More Categories 1 of 5
Ellen DeGeneres
Tina Fey
Debra Messing
Megan Mullally
Wanda Sykes

-- kingfish (jdsalmo...) (webmail), December 12th, 2004 2:40 AM. (Kingfish) (link)

Kenan - let me know before you do it; as one smoker to another I may be able to give you a deep discount.

I do like the sound of that. How is that possible, if I may ask? I'll buy a stolen computer, no qualms.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 12th, 2004 4:51 AM. (kenan) (link)

This is a scary preview of what it'll be like when everyone quits moaning and actually does get bored and leave. You guys won't leave, will you? Guys? Guys?

-- Skeleton in a top hat (under da bed) (boyincorduroy@yahoo.deletethisbit.com) (webmail), December 12th, 2004 4:08 PM. (Mark C) (link)

No, but few people will suit and refresh the screen a dozen times to get the new answers page. It starts to feel lame pretty quick.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 12th, 2004 4:22 PM. (kenan) (link)

I'm bored enough that I reconfigured my whole desktop. Sometimes it's good to be bored.

http://giganticmag.com/images/desktop_capture2.jpg

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 12th, 2004 4:26 PM. (kenan) (link)

I'm here. I am going to a ukrainian folk festival now, I am so bored.

-- Remy Snush The Night Away (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 8:02 PM. (x Jeremy) (link)

I'm going to bed, I'm so bored. Hope to see you all tomorrow.

-- Skeleton in a top hat (under da bed) (boyincorduroy@yahoo.deletethisbit.com) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 8:03 PM. (Mark C) (link)

upthread, jeanne, thank you, you made me smile which is no mean feat right now!

I've had a nice 3-day birthday weekend and the boy from Austin I've been talking to just left. Birthday's usually suck for me and although I had a good time, having someone around treat me so well (wouldn't think of letting me pay for anything this weekend, took me shopping for a gift, very giving in,uh, other ways, etc.) for some reason made me feel more depressed than normal!! what the fuck is wrong with me? I feel miserable now. :(

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 9:58 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

I love Wanda Sykes, though I saw her on the BET Comedy Awards recently and she kinda tanked.
Why is she on the list? Was Wanda At Large really on the air long enough to qualify? (and it was a good show, except for the family parts)

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 10:21 AM. (link)

So tired. So very tired. But I have discovered that when I want to feel cheery I can always go look at the "Shake it Up Baby" thing on I pWn everything, which seems to be working a bit more consistently than this. I also decided that I have gone from loving to hating Christmas tree lights, after wrasslin' with them yesterday.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 10:34 AM. (Jocelyn) (link)

I'm totally impressed with myself. Aside from a bit of shopping, I have thus far totally voided all Yule-esque activities.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 10:53 AM. (link)

er, Avoided. Though, if I had personally nulled Christmas, I'd probably be a Dr. Doom-level supervillain, and that would be okay.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 10:55 AM. (link)

Ha, cool typo.

I am buying gifts this xmas for the first time in oooooh ages. It feels, umm, pretty good.

-- Je4nne ?ury (jeanne?ur...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 10:59 AM. (Jeanne Fury) (link)

So I'm looking through the Careers section of the weekend paper and I'm noticing a lot of openings for something called "Journeyman". I could do that. I like travel. I'm also a man, despite what my father thinks.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 11:13 AM. (link)

i haven't been able to get on here since friday or something!

and happy belated bday sam, i'd tried posting to comments on your journal but somehow it didn't show up. hope you're feeling better.

-- JuliaA (j(underscore)bdules@hotmail.com) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 12:29 PM. (j_bdules) (link)

Dudes! I have nothing to say, other than to comment on how my language is getting americanised at an alarming rate (tho still "americanised" rather than "americanized", you'll notice).

What Xmas gifts have y'all bought so far?

-- Skeleton in a top hat (under da bed) (boyincorduroy@yahoo.deletethisbit.com) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 12:39 PM. (Mark C) (link)

happy birthday sam!

-- teeny (teen...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 12:50 PM. (teeny) (link)

i am just shopping on amazon for used stuff! got a cd for my mom (she wanted that dirty vegas song, the name of which i always forget, and i don't have the patience to dl it on dialup). and i found FRENCH SCRABBLE software, so of course i had to buy that for myself. i'm not quite sure what else to do for xmas presents...i gave my sister a book already, a collection of stories from the new yorker.

-- JuliaA (j(underscore)bdules@hotmail.com) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 12:52 PM. (j_bdules) (link)

I am wasting my entire morning laughing my head off at this site:
mycathatesyou.com

-- Je4nne ?ury (jeanne?ur...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 12:56 PM. (Jeanne Fury) (link)

Julia, can you play French scrabble online? I'd be up for giving it a go if you get bored one day, even if my French isn't what it was (12 years since my A-Level, sigh)

-- Skeleton in a top hat (under da bed) (boyincorduroy@yahoo.deletethisbit.com) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 12:57 PM. (Mark C) (link)

yes, you can! on internet scrabble club, which is isc.ro i think. i haven't dared try it yet, but it would be fun.

-- JuliaA (j(underscore)bdules@hotmail.com) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 12:59 PM. (j_bdules) (link)

Na na na na na na na na BATMAN~!

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 1:23 PM. (link)

http://www.unb.ca/bruns/0102/12/images/batman.jpg

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 1:30 PM. (link)

Happy belated B-day Sam!

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 1:37 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

Happy Bat-Lated Bat-Day, Bat-Sam!
http://www.rgstewart.com/static/2/classimgs/Batman%20Dirk%20Sprang.jpg

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 1:39 PM. (link)

happy belated b-day sam!

I am ill. I don't think I have a fever though, just a nasty cold. I've been at work all day and doing errands in the BUTT COLD london weather we're having and ugh--my face and skin feel totally gross and terrible. I didn't wear my long coat today either since it got covered in beer last wednesday night and I haven't had it cleaned yet. I just stood in Boots for over an hour while two hapless employees typed in a bunch of data for reprints on a total of 59 sheets of negatives, each with different frames needing reprinting. They were nice to me though and we joked around about the HUGE pile of work and UGH I want to be curled up in bed with a lemsip. My nose is a fountain. I was telling Mark that people are gonna think I'm a cokehead.

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 1:57 PM. (sgs) (link)

heh--I was just walking down the hall and out of one of the sound editing rooms came a gravelly voice intoning, right as I passed, "What fresh hell is THIS"

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 2:01 PM. (sgs) (link)

Yesterday the biggest train times shakeup in 40 years happened on the line we use to get into work everyday. The trains in the morning now SUCK. I'm trying to find out if the trains in the evening do too.

-- Skeleton in a top hat (under da bed) (boyincorduroy@yahoo.deletethisbit.com) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 2:32 PM. (Mark C) (link)

Hmm, they're sort of okay, but the Putney train, which was sometimes convenient, is now only 2 mins before the Barnes train. Coises.

-- Skeleton in a top hat (under da bed) (boyincorduroy@yahoo.deletethisbit.com) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 2:47 PM. (Mark C) (link)

GAH I am in a battle of wills with the worst photocopier in London and I can't go home until I get three copies of this script made ARGH. The fucking thing jams every other page and I'm ready to tear my hair out.

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 3:09 PM. (sgs) (link)

I ate a large lunch, because I had skipped breakfast, and the heating is on high in here, and I am going to fall asleep! Nap. Nap. Nap. Nap. Nap. Nap. Nap. Nap. Nap.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 3:17 PM. (link)

Happy Birthday!

Happy everything! I kinda like partial ILX, it's like when Chewy and Han were fixing the Falcon and Luke & Ben just sorta had to hang around.

I haven't gotten any further with my 1602 tribute. And I can't bring myself to read X-Statix vs. the Avengers, I think the last issue will make me very sad, I flicked through it already and felt vague pangs of sadness.

I put up the X-mas tree at work, it looks pretty sloppie.

I watched Northfork the other day, they shoulda cut the sentimental stuff about the angels and just made it about the agents trying to clear the town. I also finally saw Mean Girls, it was okay, but I don't get the fuss. There is a documentary about Richard Linklater on right now, I was going to watch it but now I'm not.

-- jel -- (freeduni...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 3:51 PM. (jel) (link)

Oh man, Northfork was interminable.

If any of you guys want to chime in on a thread that won't appear in New Answers but is otherwise still fully functioning, you can join me here: This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year in Cinema" -- 2004

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 3:54 PM. (jaymc) (tracklink) (link)

Bear in mind, you will be breaking my streak of 19 posts in a row without interruption.

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 3:55 PM. (jaymc) (link)

yep, broke that! Seriously where is everyone? ILX works fine, if you double click!

Heavens ;-)

-- jel -- (freeduni...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 4:03 PM. (jel) (link)

Oh, but you cannae ask questions. That's okay, I have none to ask.

-- jel -- (freeduni...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 4:04 PM. (jel) (link)

And not all the threads appear on the new answers. Apart from that it's fine!

-- jel -- (freeduni...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 4:07 PM. (jel) (link)

My hands, my hands. Curse you artificial Christmas tree and your lacerating ways.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 4:20 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

I'm in Yule-Denial. I refuse to acknowledge winter, snow, Good Cheer, Peace on Earth, Baby Jesus, and also Charlie Brown.
I CAN'T HEAR YOU! MY FINGERS ARE IN MY EARS! NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA AN NAN NA N A AN AN AN NA N AN A A N, enaksongownnanbh a;n a n ano...ooh.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 4:25 PM. (link)

I liked your 19 post conversation with yourself, it was like reading a radio announcer at a game.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 4:29 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

Cheer up Huk, it'll soon be February.

-- jel -- (freeduni...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 4:39 PM. (jel) (link)

I'm actually not that down about it. I'm more, I don't know, outside of it, I guess. This year, none of my siblings are around, so it'll probably just be me and my parents at Christmas dinner, and I don't really deal well with people like them on a direct level like that. I need one of my brothers around so that I can approach my parents from a perpendicular fashion. Otherwise it's like "So, you do anything worthwhile with your life yet, son?"
"No. Pass the gravy."

-- Huk-L (handsomishob...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 4:43 PM. (link)

People like them. heh.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 4:46 PM. (link)

the Linklater doc was ok, except as usual the guy doing it failed to get what he wanted so yet another sheepish yet frustrated outcome.

-- Frankenstein On Ice (stevem7...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 4:46 PM. (blueski) (link)

he was like a cross between Louis Theroux and the guy who did Crazy Rulers Of The World. the three could be brothers, they're like the Huey, Duey and Lewie of inquisitive reportage.

-- Frankenstein On Ice (stevem7...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 4:48 PM. (blueski) (link)

that's the thing that sucks about the holidays--family expect you to have Something To Say For Yourself, and, um, i've usually got just about...nothing. (xp)

i watched kill bill 2 today. good stuff.

-- JuliaA (j(underscore)bdules@hotmail.com) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 4:51 PM. (j_bdules) (link)

Thanks for the bday wishes. It was a lowkey affair but nice, which is good. I got to see my good friends play some rockabilly music, had some drinks bought for me and got some nice presents like a gift card to Half Price Books, Hello Kitty things and a Dave Chappelle dvd. woo hoo. I'm really not down w/gifts honestly - giving or getting. I just hate feeling like people feel obligated to give and I hate feeling obligated to give myself. I tell people not to buy me presents and I'm serious but they think I'm just saying it so they do then I have to as well blah blah blah. . .

the holidays are just a pain in the ass i think. bah humbug. ;)

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 13th, 2004 5:52 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

Every year we have a tree trimming party/bacchanal, invite our friends over, drink champers and over-indulge/frighten our cats. We had it yesterday, and up until yesterday afternoon, I hadn't felt an iota of holiday cheer. I think it's a kind of election hangover. I like the lights, the parties, and the cheer, but I think Christmas always involves an unwieldly amount of stress and at it's worse it's just plain tawdry.

Happy belated B-day Sam. Mine's on Wednesday.

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 6:23 PM. (Hereward) (link)

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA AN NAN NA N A AN AN AN NA N AN A A N, enaksongownnanbh a;n a n ano...ooh.

I think you mean 'FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAA'.

-- luna (lunace...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 7:47 PM. (luna.c) (link)

let me poll you guys:

-I only read the downtime thread long enough to see Andrew's post so maybe this was discussed but. .does it sometimes take several reloads before you can get the new answers page?

-after you finish some taco bell is there a brief, immediate, moment where you wish you had more? Is this why it's bad for you like icecream and potato chips or do I have a tapeworm?

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 9:53 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

happy belated birfday, sam!

in other news, i'm still ill. it's fun not having health insurance.

xp try the double clicky thing?

-- kingfish (jdsalmo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 10:05 PM. (Kingfish) (link)

I couldn't get the New Answers page for... God... it may be about a week or so? I don't know. I can't be bothered to look for the last time I posted to this forum. But it was awhile ago. And I would end up looking at the "page load error" message, trying out the archives trick, getting the same "page load error", then just giving up the server for the night. I have, via a few accessible thread links, managed to open up about twenty ILX threads I wouldn't have normally, and because of that I've had my ILX cravings sated throughout those seven days, but I had pretty much given up hope on ever really getting to the point where I could use ILX as normal until I hit reload/refresh a few times and found that I could actually end up seeing threads on the New Answers page like normal.

I haven't had Taco Bell in about a month, so I couldn't tell you. I do know that the last thing I had there was the kid's meal with two tacos and that was kinda okay (the highest praise I think I'd give them). But I had a meal for dinner tonight that I'd GLADLY have more of, if I had the stomach room -- ground turkey patties, leftover stuffing (made for Thanskgiving and frozen), and canned corn (but the good kind, the kind that tastes like it's fresh off the ear). And I made brownies last night so I'll be having one of those in an hour or so, as soon as my food settles in.

Happy belated birthday, Sam. I hope it rocked.

-- Many Coloured Halo (newromanti...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 10:08 PM. (Dee the Lurker) (link)

Kingfishy, what are you ill with? Aw, why didn't you tell me this the other night? (Aside: I'm talking about an AIM chat. It could've actually occurred last night.) I'm ill too, but it'll be all right because of Wonderful Health Insurance (yes, it does suck when you don't have any). Um, are there any community health programs where you live? If not, your community sucks.

(I can't believe I endorsed a form of socialized government. *sigh* But it's local, so it's, like, better!)

-- Many Coloured Halo (newromanti...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 10:12 PM. (Dee the Lurker) (link)

Oh, and WAAAAAAAAAAAAY upthread someone mentioned Judd Winick... I meant to mention this about a week ago or so, but DUDE! I remember him from "The Real World"! He's the Sensitive Soul Comic Book Artist who battled against Puck, The Insensitive Prick from S3 in San Francisco! He also cozied up to (platonically, that is) Pedro, The Miamian AIDS Activist Who Was Puck's Biggest Adversary, and that Cute Young Doctoral Resident Who Said All Her Ex-Boyfriends Listened To Randy Newman (And, Coincidentally, So Did "Good Friend" Judd). I can't remember her name at the moment (but funny that I would remember that little off-quote) but I do know that at a "Real World" reunion special it was (surprise surprise) found to be that she and Judd were going together.

*sighs* Yes, I used to be addicted to "The Real World". Then S4 ended and I couldn't find anyone in S5 to connect with and so gave it up for good.

-- Many Coloured Halo (newromanti...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 10:18 PM. (Dee the Lurker) (link)

Dee, I predict someday you're going to turn into a flaming liberal.

Tonight I had a soft taco supreme and then a spicy chicken soft taco. I could've had two more of the latter. Just now I had a drumstick. I could have another but that's not unusual at all.

Now I want some elotes, thanks Dee. Damn, I'm always wanting to munch lately. I think it's stress/depression. I should probably start preparing a welcome back party for those 20 pounds that have disappeared lately.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 10:24 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

Sam - I dunno if you remember, but last February I was weighing something like 170, and by June I had it down to 150 and 9% bodyfat. Since I got kicked out of the gym a solid month ago I've gained almost 6 pounds and lost all muscular definition. I'm so bothered by it, especially since it's taken less than a month to undo a whole half-year of work.

< /sob>

-- Remy Snush The Night Away (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 10:40 PM. (x Jeremy) (link)

:( that sucks.

I didn't work mine off. it just went away b/c of meds mostly. i don't expect it to stay off though if I remain with my strict tbell, ice cream, pan dulce diet.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 10:48 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

Dee, I predict someday you're going to turn into a flaming liberal.

Well, never say never, true, but if that happens, it's going to be all this board's fault. Or credit. Whatever your POV is.

Wow. Sounds like you've had a decent-ish dinner (again, high praise). Except I can TOTALLY understand your compulsion to go for another Drumstick -- those babies are addictive. OMG. If I didn't have a brownie waiting for me, I'd so want to rush out to Shell and get a Drumstick. One of those fancy ones.

Elotes aren't really all that fattening if you add just a little butter and soft white cheese and sprinkle however much you want of chili powder or whatever spice you like on the corn. As for the eating -- maybe you're restless. Maybe you feel the need to fill a void inside you with food. Maybe you're so broke or pressed for time that food has become your main form of entertainment. Or maybe you could be feeling something that HASN'T been felt by me before. :)

-- Many Coloured Halo (newromanti...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 10:54 PM. (Dee the Lurker) (link)

(Your ice cream, pan dulce bit has made me wonder what empanada de camote ice cream would taste like. Hm. I mean, only if the empanada de camote was really good. Like the buttery, yummy "pocket pumpkin pie" from this wonderful "you should GO!" bakery called La Poblanita on Zarzamora, between Woodlawn and Culebra, on the west side of town. OMG. Again, if I didn't have that brownie waiting for me, I would SO want that.)

-- Many Coloured Halo (newromanti...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 10:57 PM. (Dee the Lurker) (link)

I teh hungry.

yes dee I think you're right about all yr reasons for why I might always want to eat. right now, it's ramen. i have very few groceries but at least I avoided dipping back into the box of drumsticks in my fridge.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:07 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

Well, at least ramen's a pretty light dinner. Or post-dinner. Whichever. :)

Honey, I wish you could come with me on an excursion to my favorite panaderia -- everything we get there is so damn good. This is also the site of my favorite empanadas. Mmm, esp if they're fresh out of the oven. $0.45 per empanada there, and worth every penny and then some. I also like that you can always find diet sodas in its cooler, so if I feel the need to eat on the go, I can also pick up a can (for $0.50! retro pricing!) and wash down my empanada with it.

That's it. Blue Bell needs to get in touch with those ladies and develop, with them, empanadas de camote ice cream. It'd be SO much tastier than their dulce de tres leches variety.

You know, while I was left unable to go onto this forum, I dragged out my mom's old early '80s videotaped recordings of stuff (movies, really) she wanted to record, and I fast forwarded through the actual programming to get to the commercials. I am such a huge fan of '80s commercials. So many of them are so cheesy, but also so enjoyable. I feel kinda sorry for every brunette who was forced to be a teenager in that era, though -- I got the picture that one of the hallmarks of Great Beauty back then was that a woman had to be a blonde and, well, damn. But it was pretty fun seeing the commercials regardless. Bad (or GREAT) '80s Fashions! Big '80s Hair! Frosted Blue Eyeshadow! Actual Commercial Jingles! Outdated Graphics! Outdated Background Music! On one of the things Mom recorded, Actual K-Tel Compilation Commercials! Cheese, Cheese, Cheese, Glorious Cheese! (And a great deal of nostalgia, as well.) In fact, I'm SO going to have to get off the computer now so I can devote time to reading the Sunday paper (yes, this late in the game -- my Sunday was superbusy) and watching these commercials again.

(Disheartening fact, though -- I much prefer the graphics involved with our local ABC affiliate's news broadcasts from ca. 1984 - 1985 than the ones they're currently using. The earlier ones are less of a distraction, not quite as busy, and don't come in gaudy colors.)

-- Many Coloured Halo (newromanti...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 3:03 AM. (Dee the Lurker) (link)

I have eaten at a Taco Bell once in my life (it could have been twice, but I only remember the first). It was at a restaurant in the middle of the Arizona desert, 105 degrees outside and with the sun as close as it's ever been to being directly above me.

I liked the food - it was unthreateningly tasty, though I believe there was some kind of strange cheese-related sauce thing that seemed the most pointless invention ever.

I'd quite like to go back, but as you know we don't have them over here. I'm bound to be in the States sometime next year, though, so if anyone would like to tell me what I should order I'd be very grateful.

-- Blair Dario (boyincorduro...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 6:34 AM. (Mark C) (link)

I wonder why Taco Bell hasn't been exported here?

I've had far too much work-related festive food and drink already this year - can it only be the 14th? Yikes.

How is everyone? I haven't been online since Thursday last week. Happy belated birthday Sam, and hi Pink (was that brief appearance a one-off?) I've been thinking of you!

There is literally no need for me to be here today. I have ONE student in the whole centre. Still, might be able to get some work done on my report. That or sanitise the headsets. OMG what exciting options my life throws up...

-- Archel (dilettant...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 7:12 AM. (Archel) (link)

I wonder why Taco Bell hasn't been exported here?

it was! didn't last long tho (details in the archives, if they're accessible which i doubt)

-- Frankenstein On Ice (stevem7...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 7:21 AM. (blueski) (link)

Ken (?) said that there was a taco bell in piccadilly circus or somewhere nearby which closed down - was that the only one?

Hey stevem, what brings you to these parts?

I've done okayish so far in not becoming a tub of lard by mid-december. Yesterday I broke my rules by not walking to and from work, but then my legs hurt too much after ice-skating. I know that over the next three weeks I'll eat and drink like a post-war Italian peasant, but I'm hoping to be able to stay below (the arbitrary figure of) 12 stone 12, which I can then attack in the new year and hopefully get down to below 12 and a half stone for the first time since June 2002.

-- Blair Dario (boyincorduro...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 7:29 AM. (Mark C) (link)

Damn. Without the ILx archives, I pretty much know nothing :(

I have done all my Xmas shopping though haha.

-- Archel (dilettant...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 7:30 AM. (Archel) (link)

Sarah and I mulled some wine yestrday, but only half a bottle (plus the necessary brandy, orange juice, sugar etc.), which was surprisingly civilised and didn't leave us drunken. Yum. Need mince pies tho.

-- Blair Dario (boyincorduro...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 7:31 AM. (Mark C) (link)

Hi Archel. I hope it wasn't a one off, although ILX doesn't seem to be the thing for me at the moment. I am checking this thread (when I can actually get into the fucker) most of the time, but you know when you really don't have that much to contribute & posting "I don't have anything to say" seems a complete waste of time. Still, I do miss some of you guys. Anyways, Arch, how are you feeling now hon? Looking forward to the upcoming festivities?
Sam - I hope that you enjoyed your b/day & that when that boy of yours spoils you, enjoy it!!! I met someone last night & she really reminded me of you. I'm not really sure why though!
Where is Sarah McClusky? I know I owe you a letter, I promise to write one soon!! I'll see if I can find some cute pics of the kids for you too.
Julia honey, I haven't really heard from you in a while, I probably thought I'd sent an email but didn't. I'll email soon, I really do promise!
Oh & SGS, in case Mark didn't pass on the message, congrats on the job & I hope you are feeling better soon.
Anyways, work is crazy. Adios! x

-- PinXorchiXoR (pink{est}panther4...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 7:35 AM. (Pinkpanther) (link)

In case anyone's wondering, my new username is just my two middle names. They look weird on their own.

Hi Pink!

-- Blair Dario (boyincorduro...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 7:38 AM. (Mark C) (link)

Hey stevem, what brings you to these parts?

lurky lurky

-- Frankenstein On Ice (stevem7...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 8:40 AM. (blueski) (link)

Britons don't need Taco Bell because they have Kebab stands for when they get hungry at 2am due to drinking. There is a new restaurant by my work, it's California-Mexican (is that correct?) style food and the owner used to be a cook at a famous hotel, so it should be tasty.
I always attempt to lose weight over the holidays but then my mom makes tasty Austro-Hungarian desserts with BUTTER. Tons of BUTTER.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 8:52 AM. (Jocelyn) (link)

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA AN NAN NA N A AN AN AN NA N AN A A N, enaksongownnanbh a;n a n ano...ooh.

I think you mean 'FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAA'.

One banana, two banana, three banana, four!

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 10:33 AM. (link)

Jocelyn, why would you attempt to lose weight over the holidays? silly rabbit. . .

I have to buy a treat for my fifth period class to have during their exams thursday morning. They've behaved well for two subs going now so I owe them. I'm thinking of getting one of these scary imported fruit cake things that come in boxes at the Fiesta. A cake in a box befuddles me. How could it be edible? Hmm. Instead of forcing it on them maybe I should bring it to the luncheon.

Last night a friend invited me along to her work holiday party. . .Damn do I miss those. No parties when you're a teacher. We just get 'luncheons' where we have to bring the dishes ourselves. What a load of crap.

I'm hungry again. big surprise. wanting the tbell. yummmm. Most fast food places here are open if not 24 hrs on the weekend then at least till 3 or 4am now.

Pink, it's funny that someone reminded you of me and we've never met. ;) Yeah I know I should enjoy the spoilage. After listening (or reading rather, via IM) to me moan and sob about the stress up here he's now treating me to a mini-holiday between christmas and new year's. I think we're going to go to Marfa, where I've wanted to go forever but never have managed. yay.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 10:49 AM. (thatgirl) (link)

I'm going to a shindig tonight! With comic nerds! Comic. Nerds. Woo hoo. I wasn't going to go, because I thought The Future needed me tonight, but I think the Future has found a new love. But I have a stand-up gig on Friday, and I haven't started my prep yet! I'm insane! I'll just ad-lib insults to the audience.
"hey kid, you smell like my mom's army boots!"

-- HukL (handsomishob...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:03 AM. (link)

Sam - I know it's really odd, but I just kept thinking " i bet she's exactly like Sam" or at least, what I imagine you to be like irl. Great news about the trip. Hopefully only good things are heading your way from this point onwards!

-- PinXorchiXoR (pink{est}panther4...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:13 AM. (Pinkpanther) (link)

BTW: Sarah and Nick are on A CRUISE.

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:29 AM. (jaymc) (link)

how fancy. to where?

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:29 AM. (thatgirl) (link)

is that why ILX has been awry? Are Nick and Sarah the secret glue that holds the universe toghether?

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:33 AM. (link)

8 months and no babies. wtf.

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:33 AM. (Chris V) (link)

Oh really? When are they back?
x-post
aww chris, don't lose heart. try not to focus too much on it so as notto put you & your lady under extra pressure!

-- PinXorchiXoR (pink{est}panther4...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:35 AM. (Pinkpanther) (link)

keep at it Chris, we're all rooting for you!

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:38 AM. (link)

i know...its just frustrating. all my friend have no problems having kids...in fact they have no problems with anything in their lives. us on the other hand, nothing ever goes our way.

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:39 AM. (Chris V) (link)

are your friends trying hard to have kids? Doesn't it usually seem that (with a like a lot of things) the harder you try the more difficult it is? whereas if you're not thinking about it (especially not wanting it) it happens.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:41 AM. (thatgirl) (link)

rooting...er.

hope things turn around for you chris.

-- JuliaA (j(underscore)bdules@hotmail.com) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:43 AM. (j_bdules) (link)

Then you're the ones storing up a huge helping of perfect karma for the second half of your lives!

(just think, though, you may never get so much bonin' again ;))

-- Blair Dario (boyincorduro...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:44 AM. (Mark C) (link)

Chris, hang in there. Babies in '05.

-- Je4nne ƒury (jeanneƒur...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:45 AM. (Jeanne Fury) (link)

that's a good way to think of it, mark. the karma bit, i mean. i seem to have lots of Stuff Not Going The Way I Desperately Want too, so maybe when i'm older, everything will be sunshine and roses. and not in a sunburns-and-thorns kind of way.

-- JuliaA (j(underscore)bdules@hotmail.com) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:47 AM. (j_bdules) (link)

Maybe this will help, the cover to the upcoming Mad About the 90s:

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0412/13/mad.jpg

Help to cheer you up, not necessarily help with any of the impregnating business.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:48 AM. (link)

I've just been told quite a funny story. A client of ours, who was a renowned playwright, was commissioned to writer, as his first screenplay, an adaptation of Marlowe's Edward II.

He managed to write his first draft within an impressive two weeks, when he had a meeting with the American studio producer to discuss the script.

So he nervously showed the producer what he'd written, and when he'd finished it he had one question. "Why the fuck have you made the King of England a fuckin' FAGGOT???"

He was fired on the spot.

-- Blair Dario (boyincorduro...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:49 AM. (Mark C) (link)

I think I would have lost my temper and threatened the producer with a red hot iron poker.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:51 AM. (Jocelyn) (link)

actually my two friends who just recently had babies weren't trying at all, they just threw the penis in and bingo. we still have a good 4-5 months of trying to go...before it becomes a major concern. thanks for listening dudes.

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:53 AM. (Chris V) (link)

Was this J0e Orton by any chance? (trying to think of someone who "was" a renowed playwright.)

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 11:54 AM. (Jocelyn) (link)

No, he still is a renowned playwright, but he's gone into screenwriting these days and has a very successful career in it. We do rep Joe Orton, though.

"threw the penis in" makes it sound like basketball. Have you been working on your, um, slam dunk?

-- Blair Dario (boyincorduro...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 12:02 PM. (Mark C) (link)

"Why the fuck have you made the King of England a fuckin' FAGGOT???"

He should have replied that at least he had left in the role of the French bitch.

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 12:04 PM. (Hereward) (link)

T0m SÝopp@rd?

-- Huk-L (handsomishboy@yahoo.conon) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 12:04 PM. (link)

I don't remember where Nick and Sarah went -- Caribbean maybe? -- but I think they'll be back in a few days. I have also considered that perhaps they are the glue, etc.

Anyway: I stole Sarah's idea to start a blog filled with old journal entries. I think hers are probably going to be more little-kid stuff, but I don't have too much of that, so I'm going to just post age 13-18 (i.e., my prolific years). Blammo: http://poetictruths.blogspot.com

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 12:06 PM. (jaymc) (link)

Chr1stoph3r H4mpt0n, for those of you who might know of him.

Haha John - I thought their cruise would be round a Great Lake or two!

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 12:17 PM. (link)

I should blog some of my tenth grade journal entries since my mind's not up to blogging about anything recent.

Chris, that was my point. Like with many other things it seems the wanting and effort can actually stymie conception for some couples. It's nearly impossible to tell yourself to relax and let things happen when they are things you want desparately but the stress of wanting does often negatively affect the desired outcome.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 12:22 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

Re the cruise: No, they impressed upon me that they would be having FUN IN THE SUN!

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 12:22 PM. (jaymc) (link)

Re middle school journals: I think the CD I got for Christmas 1992 was En Vogue-Funky Divas. I really wanted Prince's Diamonds and Pearls but I knew better than to ask my parents for it at my age.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 12:24 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

I have a red notebook of every single book I read from 9th to the first term of 12th grade. It would be interesting to go back through and see which ones were influential and which ones were a waste of my reading time (Queen of the Damned, etc).

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 12:28 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

The CD that I got in '92 was Mary J. Blige's debut.

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 12:32 PM. (jaymc) (link)

I was on my way to college in 92 but in junior high my folx were giving me the Sex Pistols and Public Enemy for xmas and taking me to Beastie Boys concerts. I guess it's good to know they were worth something in the end.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 12:51 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

In 1992 my parents made me move to Regina and I never had friends again.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 1:23 PM. (link)

The things I got up to after I discovered Regina...

-- Blair Dario (boyincorduro...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 1:29 PM. (Mark C) (link)

So tell me something folks, when a company asks for a resume, cover letter and salary requirements...how do i address the salary issue in my cover letter? Any tips? Heres the job:

Traffic / Program manager
You'll work directly with client teams—strategists, designers, technologists, production, accounting, and clients—managing day-to-day efforts around branding, identity, collateral systems, annuals, web and other new media projects. You'll help shape communication strategies and manage programs (with associated budgets/schedules) to build long-term client relationships. Knowledge of MS Office (MS Project, MS Word, Excel, and Powerpoint) a plus.

Besides brains, wit, and spark, you'll need 3-6 years of project management experience. We offer an excellent work environment, salary and benefits. Salary commensurate with skills and experience; please send cover letter, resume and salary requirements (no telephone calls, please).

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 1:40 PM. (Chris V) (link)

Diary years 1994, a couple of months of 1995

What I did journals: first month of 2003, first week of 2004.

I can't remember much, I just sorta rely on ILX archives.

-- jel -- (freeduni...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 1:46 PM. (jel) (link)

In reading the enclosed resume, you'll find that I am clearly worth my weight in bananas. Daily.

http://www.lethargiclad.com/gorilla/flash127a.gif

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 1:47 PM. (link)

The depressing thing about diaries is finding your hopeful 'Things I'm Going To Do' lists and realising that you've yet to tick any of them off.

Except the stuff you can buy.

-- Abby (Abigail.mcdonal...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 2:21 PM. (abby mcdonald) (link)

i threw out my diaries from my teenage years. they were too melodramatic and insecure and silly.

that's always perplexing, what to do about the salary issue, especially as early on as a cover letter. i remember just doing some research on average salaries for the job and giving them a range. of course, i was offered a salary that was precisely in the middle of that range, and later found out that my incompetant-bitch coworker was making 5k more than i was, um, oops.

-- JuliaA (j(underscore)bdules@hotmail.com) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 2:25 PM. (j_bdules) (link)

I wish I'd kept up my 2003 diary, it started quite well. Lots of stuff about the weather, banal observations, what CD's I'd bought, and films I'd seen and people I'd spoken to/met up with, places I'd gone to. No angst, no self analysis - just decription. I think I shall try again in 2005!

-- jel -- (freeduni...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 2:26 PM. (jel) (link)

I'd like ti imagine my 16-yr-old self reading my current diary (if I kept one). Boy would he be depressed.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 2:43 PM. (link)

"Dec. 13: ate cold pizza pops, read new issue of She-Hulk & cried myself to sleep"

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 2:46 PM. (link)

16 yr-old me: "She-Hulk still has her own comic in the future? Wtf, dude?"

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 3:06 PM. (link)

ah Julia, you fool! those things are priceless! don't be so harsh on your adolecscent self. Teens are supposed to be melodramatic, insecure and silly.

i hate hate hate the salary question. I'm always afraid of outpricing myself. but then i heard an npr story recently on how women still shoot themselves in the foot compared to male counterparts by not having the chuztpah to demand what they're worth. :(

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 3:10 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

Interviewing for the job I currently have, I was asked what my salary expectations were. I shot high, and, um, the boss sort of chuckled. It didn't affect her decision to offer me the job, however.
Just be straight. If you're doing a comparable job now, let them know how much it would take to lure you away from it. Go reasonably high, and then they'll probably make a counter-offer if they like you.
I like you.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 3:20 PM. (link)

are you offering jobs huk? what's up?

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 3:21 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

Yeah, I was about to say what Huck just did -- if they like you, you have nothing to lose by shooting high.

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 3:29 PM. (jaymc) (link)

I think the problem (generally, the women making less thing I was referring to) lies in lack of professional self-esteem so that advice isn't too useful.

I just noticed text ads at the bottom of my google mail. Me and my boy were discussing his lack of swing-dancing skills (or rather I was trying to convince him it really wasn't a big deal) when I saw ads advertising swing dance lessons and shoes. "Whoa!" I thought then I realized their creepy spiders were reading my mail and putting those ads up there! ewww. .. super creepy.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 3:33 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

My gmail ads are creepy too. I love it. It's like, "so that's what they really think of me." or "so that's what we've been talking about."
The kinds of jobs I'm offering, um, are handjobs.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 3:44 PM. (link)

You get to set your own salary? Blimey, that's kinda weird. Don't they put the salary on the job ad??

Good luck anyhow.

-- jel -- (freeduni...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 3:52 PM. (jel) (link)

Um, no it's more like they want to see if your needs/wants are in line with what they have to offer. (e.g. why make an offer to someone who's expecting 5K more than you can afford?) And of course in America things are always up for neogition (sp?)

Usually the only jobs that list salary with the opening are government-related jobs.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 4:04 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

argh, don't do what i did and under-price myself out of fear they'd give the job to some other schmoe fresh out of uni who could do it cheaper.

-- Frankenstein On Ice (stevem7...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 4:06 PM. (blueski) (link)

tho not as good (whew, i got out of that one quite well...)

-- Frankenstein On Ice (stevem7...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 4:07 PM. (blueski) (link)

Office holiday gift advice, please? Cost of about $5-$8?

The place where I'm temping right now is having a holiday party on Thursday, and I want to participate in the gift exchange. If I don't have any better ideas, I'm going to go to a dollar store and find something silly and st00pid. But can anyone think of something that would be a generically nice, work-safe gift?

-- j.lu (jlut...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 4:10 PM. (j.lu) (link)

I picked up a little ethical cosmetics travel bag for my brother's homeopathic girlfriend for $7.50 Cdn.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 4:13 PM. (link)

Condoms. Glow in the dark.

So this worked this time. I wonder if ILX is back or if I just got lucky. Hi all.

My updates: The doctor declared me healed nicely from that unpleasantness a few weeks ago, so that's good. I'm still trying to extract myself from this weird funk, but it seems to be going along nicely (no ILX might be helping?).

(Luna, thanks for the thing!)

Hope everyone's doing well, etc.

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 4:20 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

Good morning from my world.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/cstarrcstarr/ILX/Xmas.jpg

-- Orbit (cstarrcstar...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 4:21 PM. (Orbit) (link)

just the one orbit? (bottle)

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 4:23 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

hahaha! No that's just the one I'm contemplating.

-- Orbit (cstarrcstar...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 4:28 PM. (Orbit) (link)

Casuistry! Hello!
If I get cds of my comedy gig Friday, I'll send you one.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 4:29 PM. (link)

(Looking over the other boards)
Is Sebastien Chikara a real person or some nanocreation brought to consciousness by the ILX hive-mind?

-- jocelyn. (laziness@mail.com) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 4:29 PM. (link)

Huk, Hurrah!

If Sebastien didn't exist we would have to sockpuppet him.

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 4:30 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

I'm leaving. Leaving work. Really. I'm gonna go early. Because I've been so damn productive lately. Damn. I mean, great, I'm leaving work early, but I'm setting expectations for myself that I'm too lazy to live up to.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 4:34 PM. (link)

Sebastian is definitely real. ILX isn't all better yet - the server may have to be taken down again tomorrow for further work.

-- Martin Skidmore (lonewolf.cu...) (webmail), December 14th, 2004 5:19 PM. (Martin Skidmore) (link)

Random Question:

Should letters posted to Belfast be addressed in the last line as Belfast, [postcode], United Kingdom or Belfast, [postcode], Northern Ireland?

Is one like a major faux pas and will it lead to the lynching of said letter? I just gots to know.

Thanks.

-- Girolamo Savonarola (gsa...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 11:21 PM. (link)

Heavens, is it that bad?

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 12:27 AM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

Since the name of the country is (Northern) Ireland, I think that's the correct way to address it. The UK is generally taken to refer to England, Scotland, and Wales, my point being that it is geographically imprecise as a way of addressing a letter. You wouldn't address a letter to England as [postcode] UK, you'd address it to England, not to an amalgam of countries.

-- Orbit (cstarrcstar...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 12:34 AM. (Orbit) (link)

I think it would have to be Belfast, [postcode], Northern Ireland, since Northern Ireland is the name of the country, but I'm not 100% sure. Might want to wait until someone actually from the UK can answer this. But that's what I recall.

Ugh, these new meds I'm on are making me feel all jittery and it's leading to a big headache. I don't know what to do. I do hope this feeling wears off shortly. (I'm grateful, though, that these are just temporary meds. Thank heaven for little miracles, etc.)

And it's so cold here!! The low this time last week was in the 50s -- we're expecting a low in the lower 20s tonight (!!) I love it when it's cold, but not all of a sudden like this! Oh well. I will be layering tonight, oh yes I will.

-- Many Coloured Halo (newromanti...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:11 AM. (Dee the Lurker) (link)

Uh, xpost. Yeah. Um.

Orbit, I love that photo! :)

-- Many Coloured Halo (newromanti...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:12 AM. (Dee the Lurker) (link)

Not sure if this is helpful (it's a little confusing) but this site has info on the Northern Ireland mailing thingie.

-- Bryan (twp62y...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:25 AM. (Bryan) (link)

Wow, that really is the most compulsive thing I've seen in a while. But definitely helpful! Thanks.

-- Girolamo Savonarola (gsa...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:49 AM. (link)

Morning folx! Just popping in to say hello as I like to take the opportunity when ILX actually let's me in. *Hugs* to orbit! I hope you are ok hon!
Oh & hello to the new lady upthread!!

-- PinXorchiXoR (pink{est}panther4...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:23 AM. (Pinkpanther) (link)

I haven't looked at the Northern Ireland mailing thingy, but Northern Ireland is one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom (full name: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). If you are writing a letter within the UK, obviously you'd just put Northern Ireland on the letter (not that you'd have to - the post city and post code would be sufficient).

So technically, if you're writing from overseas, you'd need to put the country name on the letter, i.e the UK. Feel free to add Northern Ireland too if you like.

-- Blair Dario (boyincorduro...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:48 AM. (Mark C) (link)

I haven't sent my cover letter off yet, but actually Huk's first idea about the bananas might actually make a splash...this company is sort of kooky and spontaneous. Heres what it says on their site for another position:

You will be joining a team of approximately 20 other people, a few dogs, and some excited clients in a swank brownstone downtown. This is a full time position with excellent benefits.

Yes they let you bring your pets into work with you.

But heres what I have for my letter...maybe too uptight and typical bank speak:

With regard to compensation I would hope to have
an opportunity in the near future to discuss the salary parameters of
the position being offered as part of a broader conversation regarding
my aforementioned strengths and abilities. That said, I believe a
salary in the following range would be more than fair: $XX,XXX - $XX,XXX (negotiable).

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 6:27 AM. (Chris V) (link)

Chris - if it's "more than fair" then they can justifiably give you less! Don't let them twist your language!

Also, yyour first sentence is a bit long and you probably don't need the word "aforementioned". IMHO.

-- Blair Dario (boyincorduro...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 7:00 AM. (Mark C) (link)

Hi y'all!

Thanks for the good thoughts up there Pink--I'm at work today, still battlin' a cold that I came down with on Saturday, and luckily things aren't too busy here like they have been the past two days. I didn't get home until after 9 the past 2 nights, guh. I'm about to start reading the script and compiling a list of all the characters and settings etc. for all the artists to use. That's muh job.

Chris, if it were me I'd put one relatively simple sentence, or put nothing at all--salary requirements are always such an awkward thing to work in...and really they won't care until they call you in for an interview. Your first sentence is kind of confusing. Put a range of maybe 2-3% (?) and phrase it something like "Based on the job description and my professional experience, I believe a salary range of [blah-blah] is reasonable." Judging by what you quoted above, if you keep your phrasing in the letter brief and professional regarding money it'll be easier to adopt that tone with them on that subject when you're in the interview, even if they're lighthearted about other things. Take the '(negotiable)' as a given--they will always negotiate if they want you.

But then again this advice is coming from someone who is working in London and being paid in dollars :(

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 9:42 AM. (Chris V) (link)

Condoms. Glow in the dark.

Well, I actually am not interested in coming back to this place . . . . Actually, last night I picked up a pair of holiday-themed socks. Does anyone actually wear these, or do stores just stock these as Christmas presents for the uninspired/uninspiring?

-- j.lu (jlut...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 9:46 AM. (j.lu) (link)

whatever socks I can find two matching of, I wear.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 9:58 AM. (thatgirl) (link)

I imagine the same people wear them that wear Christmas sweaters. For some reason this distinction is associated in my head with "middle-american moms."

It was my grandmother's birthday yesterday, and I gave her a call. I just got this message from my mom and it's made me inordinately sad: Nany was very happy that you
called.
Then she went outside to turn on the heater in the pumphouse and fell
into
the azaleas. She wasn't hurt badly, but had to crawl back in. She
shouldn't have had to spend her 86th birthday alone.

ugh.

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:00 AM. (sgs) (link)

Waitaminute, your mum was trying to make you feel guilty about not going to see *her* mum on her birthday?

-- mark grout (mark.grou...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:05 AM. (mark grout) (link)

Mark, I don't think she was trying to make her feel guilty, no.

-- Blair Dario (boyincorduro...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:09 AM. (Mark C) (link)

Oh that's so sad, Sgs.

xpost

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:09 AM. (link)

No, I think my mom was probably feeling very guilty herself. Also frustrated and helpless, as I am, since my grandmother falls often yet refuses to use her walker when she should. By the sounds of the email, she hasn't broken anything, just fallen and couldn't get up again until inside. It was 26F in Arkansas last night and she was trying to keep the pipes from freezing.

-- sgs (sarahsonni...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:15 AM. (sgs) (link)

that would be so cool to work in a place where people brought their dogs to work! as long as they're reasonably behaved dogs. and people, too, for that matter.

i dunno who wears holiday socks...i do have a pair of silly holiday underwear. most holiday clothing stuff is just cutesy and annoying though.

that really is sad, sgs.

-- JuliaA (j(underscore)bdules@hotmail.com) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:19 AM. (j_bdules) (link)

Several of the men at this office have started to get out their annoying Christmas ties.

-- caitlin (wpsal...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:25 AM. (caitlin) (link)

Its going to be a lean Christmas in the bingo house this year due to lack of $. I haven't played poker in a while so i haven't any extra to spare. So much for the diamond earrings I was planning on getting for the wife. I'll get them for Valentines day I suppose. She won't care, she's not like that. All i asked for was a Red Sox t-shirt.

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:37 AM. (Chris V) (link)

Hi. Back from the cruise. Did you miss me?

-- n/a (nu...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:41 AM. (Nick A.) (link)

who are you again?

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:42 AM. (link)

I can almost never afford gifts this year even worse than usual. The only people really getting anything good are my closest best friends and the boy I'm seeing since they're the people I see most in my life. That's like 3 gifts. And some random secret santa, work treats etc and I'm tanked.

I also have to get my kitty a pricey lion shave b/c I suck at grooming and he's gotten really old and fat when I was looking: his lower back's a mess of mats! I feel bad. poor kitty. he'll probably look pretty funny though. *snicker*

WHERE'D YOU GO NICK?

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:43 AM. (thatgirl) (link)

NO! ;)

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:43 AM. (Chris V) (link)

http://www2.filmweb.no/multimedia/archive/00024/Boat_Trip_24867f.jpg

Did the cruise give out t-shirts that said "Cayman my ass".

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:45 AM. (Chris V) (link)

We were in central Florida and then on a cruise to the Bahamas and then back in central Florida.

My cat had those mats in her fur too and she would get freaked out if we tried to cut them out and eventually the way I got them out was to hold her and gradually seperate them from her fur with my fingers. After a while she would freak out and run away and so I had to do it in a period of a few days, but eventually I got them all out.

-- n/a (nu...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:49 AM. (Nick A.) (link)

I think qtip's are way too bad. and he's a very freaky cat. I don't think he'll let me separate them. :(

I feel like a bad cat mommy.

(you lucky dogs. .bahamas)

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:53 AM. (thatgirl) (link)

my cat gets those too, we try to cut some out and then brush them eventually they come out.

-- Big Baby Bingo (formerlypoopsmcge...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:56 AM. (Chris V) (link)

I went out drinking with comic nerds last night. It was almost fun. Okay, it was fun. I may be on the verge of making friends. I hate friends. All they do is make you feel worthwhile and stuff. That shit is for losers.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:56 AM. (link)

i'm with ya there huk. fuck friends. ;)

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:58 AM. (thatgirl) (link)

what's something to buy on amazon that's somewhat useful/entertaining but very very cheap? i get free shipping if i spend like another dollar. but i don't want to spend very much more. hmm.

-- JuliaA (j(underscore)bdules@hotmail.com) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 10:58 AM. (j_bdules) (link)

i always get sucked into that.

since I didn't get have no money till today's check (monthly pay is the work of satan) I've had to put rush shipping on everything. :( Anyway I got two friends the John Waters' Xmas CD. It sounds awesome but I couldn't find it in stores anywhere. :(

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 11:01 AM. (thatgirl) (link)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/artist/glance/-/234951/ref=pd_ap_sr/104-5622991-1839152

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 11:03 AM. (link)

Sad, but not unexpected:

Autopsy: death of rapper O.D.B. was an accident, caused by drug overdose
NEW YORK (AP) ? The death of rapper O.D.B. was deemed an accident by the medical examiner, who said Wednesday that he died from the combined effects of cocaine and a prescription painkiller.
O.D.B., whose legal name was Russell Jones, died at a Manhattan recording studio Nov. 13 ?as a result of intoxication? by cocaine and the painkiller Tramadol, said Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner?s office.
?The manner of death is an accident,? she said.
O.D.B. complained of chest pains before collapsing at the studio, and was dead by the time paramedics reached him. He was just days short of his 36th birthday.
O.D.B., also known as Ol? Dirty Bastard, was a founding member of the rap group the Wu-Tang Clan.
With his unorthodox delivery ? alternately slurred, hyper and nonsensical ? O.D.B. stood out even in the nine-man Clan, and as a solo artist he released hit singles such as Shimmy Shimmy Ya and Got Your Money.
He had been working on a comeback album after finishing a prison sentence for drug possession and escaping a rehab clinic.
O.D.B. was the latest in a string of rappers to meet an untimely death, among them Jam Master Jay of Run DMC, who was fatally shot in late 2002, and Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, who were both shot to death in the late 1990s. Those killings remain unsolved.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 11:10 AM. (link)

Fucking great.

-- Je4nne ?ury (jeanne?ur...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 11:15 AM. (Jeanne Fury) (link)

I really dislike the way news reports always lump ODB's death in with JMJ, BIG and Tupac's murders.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 11:17 AM. (link)

this is a thread I just started, hopefully I'm not alone in my love for this woman's work: RIP Trina Schart Hyman

-- teeny (teen...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 11:28 AM. (teeny) (tracklink) (link)

That makes me very sad teeny : (

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 11:49 AM. (Jocelyn) (link)

Thinking about children's books, I just read that New Line cinema has forced the production of "His Dark Materials" to remove all references to God in the script. Well, there goes the entire plot of the books.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 12:19 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

John Waters' Xmas CD A friend gave me this for my birthday. It's quite good, actually.

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 12:20 PM. (Hereward) (link)

I heard him on NPR last night and loved the excerpts they played. Giving xmas cds for xmas gifts are kind of lame but the receivers are freaks about xmas music and will love it nonethless.

re: HDM. . .that's completely fucked up. pointless. ::shudder:: I don't want to think about movie versions anyway. Harry Potter, they're great. But as much as I love HP those books are to His Dark Materials as Southpark is to Anime.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 12:22 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

jocelyn, the director just resigned from that movie, felt he couldn't do it justice. (He wrote the screen adaptation/script though, and still wants that job)

-- mark grout (mark.grou...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 12:24 PM. (mark grout) (link)

I'll take the job. I have no experience in directing films, and have no idea what HDM is, but I'll gladly take big bags of money.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:11 PM. (link)

I'll direct it for 25k! Claymation!

-- jel -- (freeduni...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:15 PM. (jel) (link)

Do you remember that time, Huk, when you went to LA and hung out at the Santa Monica Blvd. Exit from the 405 with a sign that read, "Will Direct for Money"? Good Times.

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:16 PM. (Hereward) (link)

Hey, if anyone here speaks French, is "sweet delusion" an acceptable translation of "doux leurre"? This is for work.

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:20 PM. (jaymc) (link)

Also good was the time I hung out in front of a big office building with a sign that read: "Will make modest effort to look like I'm working while I post to internet message boards for money, vacation, health benefits."

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:20 PM. (link)

At work, and once again noticing how bad writing drives me up a wall. A gem of a sentence: "The plain and simple answer is -- yes and no." Also rampant comma errors and (gasp!) verb tense agreement problems. I don't believe an adult wrote this.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:25 PM. (kenan) (link)

Try dealing with writers for whom English is a second language but who have to write the articles anyway because they're the only experts in the field.

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:26 PM. (jaymc) (link)

(Or maybe their writing is just poor because they're academics, I dunno.)

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:27 PM. (jaymc) (link)

believe it. my teenagers still have trouble determining the difference btw nouns and verbs.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:27 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

What's the sentence which contains doux leurre?

Soft trap? Is it at all fishing related?

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:31 PM. (Hereward) (link)

Who's the asshole here?

The situation:
Two friends. Friend 1 one is a public school teacher, Friend 2, a superhero. Friend 1 is constantly unorganized, to the point that it's become an issue at her job, and she heavily relies on Friend 2 to get her job (mainly the vast majority of the grading of student papers) done. Friend 2 helped in the first semester with the last minute emergency, and thought her duties were fulfilled.

Friend 2 is not in any way affiliated with the local school system, but is trying to help friend 1 out. This is possibly illegal, but we'll ignore that for now.

A week or two ago, Friend 1 found herself enjoying her Wednesday, until she found out that grades were due Friday, and she hadn't gotten Friend 2 to do any grading in over a month and certainly hadn't bothered to do any of it herself. She called Friend 2 who had other plans, but said she'd try to rearrange her schedule to help. Friend 1 said no, I'll get it done.

Friend 1 was given an extension by the dean to Monday.

Over the weekend, Friend 1 made no mention other than a joking 'haha, you have a lot of grading to do.' Friend 2 laughed and said 'haha, no.' Friend 1 did not do any grading on her own.

Meanwhile, Monday came and went, grades still not finished, so Friend 1 is in a panic. Plans were made at the end of that week for Saturday, and included a message from Friend 2, 'I know you're getting your hair done tomorrow, call me when you're done and I'll come help you.' Friend 1 agreed.

By 2pm (having spoken and imparted the prior message at 10:30 am, and hair appointment was at 11), Friend 1 had not called, so Friend 2 went to a movie, and turned her cell phone off as per regulation. Upon completion of said movie, Friend 2 turned her cell on to check for messages, there were none.

Friend 2 waited for call, which never came. Friend 2 did also not hear from Friend 1 on Sunday, so sent email Monday saying 'hey, you didn't call, what's up?'

Friend 1 angrily responded with 'I did call and call and call, but your phone was off, so I figured you were flaking on me AGAIN and you are a big disappointment as a friend, and I am a big baby because I was sulking and didn't have the common sense to leave you a message.' (not a direct quote, but the jist of what was said).

Friend 2 said, 'oh well, I went to a movie, you should have left a message' and got a 'why should I? your phone was off, that meant you didn't want to help me' in return. Now, gentle reader, this is not at all what having the phone off meant, but Friend 1 likes to ride her high horse from time to time, so this comment was refuted and taken with a grain of salt.

Meanwhile, a flurry of emailing has erupted, with Friend 1 telling Friend 2 what a horrible person she is for not having called, and Friend 2 trying to defend herself and say hey, this is your job not mine, I was trying to do you a favor, stop shitting on my head.

Now, I should mention also that Friend 2, in turning her cell phone back on and not finding a message after the movie, sort of suspected that Friend 1 had tried to call but had not left a message, and so was sullking, and purposely did not call Friend 1 on her own, because F2 wanted to see if F1 would take any kind of responsibility. She did not, and at this point, refuses to. F2 also knows that perhaps she should have called F1 after the movie, and even should have perhaps called before to say 'hey I'm gonna catch a flick', but just flat out didn't. There was no agreed upon time that said favor was going to take place, only after F1 was done, whenever that would be.

F1 is adamant that she is right and 2 is wrong, and 2 is adamant that 1 should have left a message . . . what do you think?

-- luna (lunace...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:33 PM. (luna.c) (link)

The way you've told this is highly prejudicial in favor of F2.

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:36 PM. (Hereward) (link)

Yeah I know.

-- luna (lunace...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:37 PM. (luna.c) (link)

I don't think you ever should have started helping her grade papers in the first place Luna, geez.

She should employ the method we use around here when things pile up. For every assignment you grade, two go in the trash.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:37 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

You say Friend 2 is a superhero. Is she perhaps Batman?

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:40 PM. (link)

I forgot to mention too, Sam, that she has THREE TAs and now a student teacher.

-- luna (lunace...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:43 PM. (luna.c) (link)

Three tah tahs? That's just greedy.

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:45 PM. (Hereward) (link)

what the hell kind of teacher is she? ( I mean that gets that shit? special ed?)

Seriously, friend 2 (you?) shouldn't feel bad as you're under no obligation to help her out of her own mess. At the same time f2 should recognize the quagmire is partly of her own making for indulging her friend in the first place (and yes it's illegal).

Even if I had friends ready and willing I couldn't do this. Grading's too subjective and I wouldn't be able to trust anyone else to do it.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:46 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:zDjPVmso1xsJ:www.godflesh.com/slateman/images/total-recall.jpg

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:48 PM. (kenan) (link)

I do realize that I should never have started to help her, but it's her first year teaching (6th grade History) and she was so overwhelmed, that I thought I was doing her a favor in trying to get her organized. I didn't know the grading would then be my job, or what a disservice I would actually be doing her.

Meanwhile, I'm so mad I could scream.

-- luna (lunace...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:48 PM. (luna.c) (link)

Michael: re doux leurre: It's the name of a poetry collection. That's all I know. (It's published in French but hasn't officially been given an English translation.)

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:48 PM. (jaymc) (link)

leurre is a lure or a deception or a delusion. So 'sweet delusion' sounds pretty good.

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:52 PM. (Hereward) (link)

Luna -- one weekend late on the grading is a mess, agreed, and maybe understandable. But another week goes by, and still no grading done? What was it, National Sit on My Fat Ass and Eat Haagen Dazs week? I think your friendship is about to be the least of her problems. Sounds to me like she richly deserves to be fired.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:52 PM. (kenan) (link)

National Sit on my Fat Ass and Eat Sugar Free Ice Cream week, yes. Did I mention she's diabetic? (Though only recently diagnosed since she now has health insurance). And that she expects me to not eat sugar at all, because I'm her 'best friend' and if she has to deal with it, so do I?

She's loony.

-- luna (lunace...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:56 PM. (luna.c) (link)

Thanks, Michael! The online translators were being too literal.

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 1:58 PM. (jaymc) (link)

I think that's a little harsh Kenan. I end up with about 1500 grades to enter every week. it's extremely easy to get behind. I mean it's not like grading's the *only* thing you have to do. In fact every teacher I know is behind in grading pretty much all the time. All I've been doing today is catching up on the past couple of weeks. . .

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:02 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

Jeez, wasn't I just talking about how friends are no good. My point confirmed.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:03 PM. (link)

"Doux leurre" is a pun, right?

(anyone got any quick-working constipation cures? For a friend, obv)

-- Blair Dario (boyincorduro...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:03 PM. (Mark C) (link)

Yeah, Sam, I don't know how hard it is, that's true. Still, it sounds like she's trying to shift the blame. At what point did she say, "I was up all night, you gotta help me!" instead of "You gotta help me!"

Google image search for "soft lure":

http://www.geocities.com/yuetfish/softgel/p1010013-softgel-shad.jpg

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:04 PM. (kenan) (link)

She sounds like the kind of friend who would pull this no matter what the situation were. don't be an enabler luna!

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:05 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

Why can't she ask the TAs to do part of the grading?

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:05 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

i wanna know why the hell she has ta's in the first place. I don't think the ta's I know of (only in ESL or Special ED) are able to do any kind of grading since they aren't actually teachers.

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:07 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

Mark is right about the pun. I hadn't even noticed it. Doux leurre = douleur = pain or sorrow.

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:08 PM. (Hereward) (link)

"sweet sorrow"?

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:09 PM. (kenan) (link)

Some poncy, pseudo-Buddhist, French pun about sorrow being a sweet lure.

In other news, I'm cranky 'cause I was waiting all year for my first ever birthday thread and fuxored up ILE won't allow any new threads. >:-(

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:12 PM. (Hereward) (link)

happy birthday micahel, ;)

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:13 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

Bon Anniversaire Michael!

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:14 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

Birthdays are such sweet sorrow.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:15 PM. (kenan) (link)

It's Bill of Rights Day too. Happy Birthday, Bill of Rights. Hope you last another 213 years.

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:15 PM. (Hereward) (link)

Happy b-day, MW!

I am going to keep it as "sweet delusion," since I'm not sure there's any way to indicate the pun. Plus, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't totally way off.

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:16 PM. (jaymc) (link)

Happy Birthday, Michael White!
Look what I found...

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:18 PM. (Jocelyn) (tracklink) (link)

I know you're not Jeremy, but the it's the thought that counts.
http://www.cakesbyrobert.com/cakeimages/batmanrobin.jpg

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:18 PM. (link)

Thanks, jocelyn. I wonder how CJ did that?

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:19 PM. (Hereward) (link)

I don't know, I found it through Ken L.'s trick on the ***server downtime explanation thread.*

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:25 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

Luna, is this person really a friend? She sounds like a psycho user to me.

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:39 PM. (Hereward) (link)

Happy Birthday!!! :-D And a late B-day to Sam too.

I am back on the attack again.

Sam, we went to Florida to visit Nick's relatives. His grandfather paid for the cruise to celebrate his 80th b-day.

-- Sarah McLusky (x77tigersxu...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:42 PM. (coco) (link)

Nick's 80! So much makes sense now.

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:50 PM. (link)

I had a nice time, but I don't think I ever need to go on a cruise again. I was a Dizzy Miss Lizzy the whole time.

-- Sarah McLusky (x77tigersxu...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 2:55 PM. (coco) (link)

Happy b-day! Is ILX back, or is it just loading for me now?

-- Remy Snush Title Load Failed (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 3:04 PM. (x Jeremy) (link)

hmm, was it gone? Since the time it was gone completely it's been about half back, right? And that's not going to change until Andrew's off at xmas, right?

-- Miss Misery (texan...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 3:06 PM. (thatgirl) (link)

Oh. I'm going to go watch a movie in the other room, then.

-- Remy Snush Title Load Failed (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 3:06 PM. (x Jeremy) (link)

Thank you, Sam, jocelyn, kenan, jaymc, Huk-L, Sarah, and Jeremy for the birthday wishes.

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 3:22 PM. (Hereward) (link)

Oh man, now I'm editing the special report on the U.S. election and it's making me depressed.

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 3:52 PM. (jaymc) (link)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041215/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inauguration_protests

I like this idea.

http://www.buyblue.org/

And this one.

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:15 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

My work and my domestic life are both draining the shit out of me, so I know what you mean. I don't want to go to work in the morning, and then I don't want to come home in the afternoon.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:16 PM. (kenan) (link)

(what I really want is to be alone for about a year.)

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:20 PM. (kenan) (link)

I just went and tried to go skating at the rink down the street, but the ice wasn't ready so now I'm sad. I've applied for over 20 jobs now and haven't had a single call for an interview. My roommate's a stupid annoying bitch and I have big tits. On the bright side it's Christmas in a few days and I can't afford to buy anyone presents so I don't have to go shopping!

-- Bryan (twp62y...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:20 PM. (Bryan) (link)

I'm a little late to this but
1) Luna, flush that "friend" down the crapper and be done with her. She. Is. Using. You. FIN.
2) Happy belated birthday to Sam and Mr. White
3) Welcome home McLusky

-- Je4nne ƒury (jeanneƒur...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:23 PM. (Jeanne Fury) (link)

I'm about 98% done with a huge work project that has consumed my life since early November, but I don't feel that the weight has been lifted yet.
Kenan and Bryan I'm sorry things aren't going well for you guys.

-- jocelyn (nalra...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:26 PM. (Jocelyn) (link)

I feel you Bryan, nobody wants to hire me either. I had an interview on Thursday but no word since then.

-- teeny (teen...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:29 PM. (teeny) (link)

guys, it's like a week before Christmas. You couldn't possibly pick a worse time to look for a job. I bet half of the places you applied to call you after the new year.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:33 PM. (kenan) (link)

http://www.vegasbrits.com/2_lilacs_3_weeks.jpg

-- Je4nne ƒury (jeanneƒur...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:35 PM. (Jeanne Fury) (link)

i just died of cute.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:36 PM. (kenan) (link)

I've been looking for months. I think I might have to consider a career change. Kittens are good.

-- Bryan (twp62y...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:36 PM. (Bryan) (link)

aw thanks jeann3! also did you hear Ellen and Portia are an item now?

-- teeny (teen...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:40 PM. (teeny) (link)

I'll hire all of you if you'll pay me.

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:41 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

Just rumors, Teeny. Nonetheless, I feel bad for Ellen. (And Portia is rather fugly, in my humble opinion.)

-- Je4nne ƒury (jeanneƒur...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:42 PM. (Jeanne Fury) (link)

Mr. Right Off, Were you planning to go to the Spoon show? I'm trying to decide if I want to go. I'm sorry you're feeling down.

And Bryan, I'm so jealous of your tits!

-- Sarah McLusky (x77tigersxu...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:42 PM. (coco) (link)

Actually, I porlly won't make it out Friday night, since I'm driving (riding) to St. Louis Saturday morning.

Hey, what are teeny and mr. teeny doing Saturday night? I may need to get far far away from Jessa's sister and her boyfriend.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:45 PM. (kenan) (link)

I'm feeling like an ugly pug today. Everyone bask in my 5-year old self cuteness:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/naamme/littleme.jpg

-- Sarah McLusky (x77tigersxu...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:47 PM. (coco) (link)

OMG looks that kill!

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:48 PM. (kenan) (link)

I thought you were buying us beers for watching our cats for us. ha ha. Well, I guess I had enough alcohol for a few weeks on my vacation.

-- Sarah McLusky (x77tigersxu...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:49 PM. (coco) (link)

Maybe I still will. There's always tomorrow night. I have to give you guys keys anyway.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:49 PM. (kenan) (link)

argh kenan we have mr teeny's SECOND holiday party to go to that night. are you staying the night in st louis?

-- teeny (teen...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:52 PM. (teeny) (link)

Frankly I think you're cuter now, Sarah. Which isn't to say you weren't cute then.

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:53 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

It would be really funny if we could zoom out on that photo to discover that Sarah was holding a ninja sword.

-- Je4nne ƒury (jeanneƒur...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:57 PM. (Jeanne Fury) (link)

Yeah, we're sleeping over in St Louis. I don't know where yet. I think we'll go for a motel 6 or somethin'.

It's ok, teeny, I'll catch you again. Trying to go out in the middle of a trip would probably just complicate everything for everybody.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 4:57 PM. (kenan) (link)

BUT SARAH, YOU ARE CHRISTMASSY TODAY!

-- n/a (nu...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:02 PM. (Nick A.) (link)

Also: http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20041214.html

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:08 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

I know, but I match three different people in my office, which is a bad sign. ha ha

When I get home, we're trimming the fuck out of that tree.

-- Sarah McLusky (x77tigersxu...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:09 PM. (coco) (link)

trimming the dick out of it, even.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:11 PM. (kenan) (link)

I can't remember if I'm older or younger in this picture (than the other one, not compared to now, ha ha)...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/naamme/littlerme.jpg

-- Sarah McLusky (x77tigersxu...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:20 PM. (coco) (link)

Sarah, that pic definitely puts you in the "top ten cutest kids of all time" list (right behind me, of course).

-- jay blanchard (kinojay3...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:21 PM. (jay blanchard) (link)

And blonde!

-- The Ninja YMCA (jmcunnin...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:27 PM. (jaymc) (link)

Jon Benet can fuck right off.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:29 PM. (kenan) (link)

xpost
Thanks, jay.

Chris P, That was one crazy f-ed up article. I don't think it's a good idea for me. I take my glasses off whenever I leave my desk at work. On the other hand, it would really freak out my coworkers at break time. hmmm...

-- Sarah McLusky (x77tigersxu...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:29 PM. (coco) (link)

When I was 3, my hair was basically white. Oh, those were the days.

-- Sarah McLusky (x77tigersxu...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:31 PM. (coco) (link)

What cute photos, Sarah.

Here's little Ava after she forgave us for leaving for a week.

ihttp://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/3f12bb70_9b87/a215/__sr_/c0c2.jpg?phLtLwBBW1t8mBba

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:35 PM. (Hereward) (link)

Those glasses seem to pay no attention to distance from the eyes, distance of the pupils from each other, angle from the face (which would vary slightly from eye to eye and even moment to moment), and all kinds of factors that frames takes pains to control. All in all, a hardcore, future-thinking, completely impactical idea.

Telling: they mention problems with the opticals, but are really more proud of the piercing.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:36 PM. (kenan) (link)

xpost
I started doing crosswords on this trip, so I bought my own little easy crossword jumbo book in the airport for the flight home. It's um, a little too easy - embarassingly so. I guess it's good practice though. Anyway, EVERY SINGLE ONE has AVA on it somewhere. The clues are all something to the effect of "Glamourous Gardner."

-- Sarah McLusky (x77tigersxu...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:45 PM. (coco) (link)

She's a slut.

ihttp://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/3f12bb70_9b87/a215/__sr_/f334.jpg?phj2LwBBBfwUotdH

-- Michael White (Sanmichel...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:45 PM. (Hereward) (link)

My cat has no belly fur. She just looks like she's shaved all the time underneath.

-- Sarah McLusky (x77tigersxu...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:49 PM. (coco) (link)

yeah, Pepper's a little mutant. Very sweet, too.

-- Pears can just fuck right off. (fluxion2...) (webmail), December 15th, 2004 5:50 PM. (kenan) (link)

Sarah, ONLY do NY Times crossword puzzles (or Games magazine). Stick to remember that they get harder as the week goes along, so if you're worried about a challenge, stick to Mondays or Tuesdays.

-- Casuistry (chri...) (webmail), December 16th, 2004 6:48 PM. (Chris Piuma) (link)

I recommend this: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312314590/qid=1103153834/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/102-8793746-3464969?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 -- I improved dramatically doing a puzzle or so a day, working first through all the Mondays, then through all the Tuesdays, etc., etc.,. I find crosswords pretty fun, which I presume makes me quite boring.

-- Remy Snush Title Load Failed (jcoomb...) (webmail), December 16th, 2004 6:59 PM. (x Jeremy) (link)

ONE OF TWO WEIRD THINGS I JUST LEARNED: (OTHER COMING WHEN I TYPE IT OUT)

Normally I'd start a new thread about this incident, and the one I'mma gonna type up next, but because of the ILMESS I'm stickin' em here: