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OH MY GOD Ally, I would love to meet your mom but I have no idea when I'm arriving. No word from Geeta in a while. You gotta place I can stay if I come early, instead of getting hotel for like three days?? Also have to check at work to see abt more time off. What do you want for presents, by the way, because I'm not organized enough to remember registry details.

Evan, again: if you wear camo belt with super-sharp black suit and belt is, like, yr secret concession to the Inner Bro, then rock on. If anyone can see it and/or rest of the outfit is not up to snuff, buy a new, cooler suit and keep the belt.

Brian, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A BACKYARD. DO YOU EVEN EAT BBQ, YOU HIPPIE? PLAN SOMETHING AND TELL ME WHEN IT IS SO WE CAN GET SHITFACED AGAIN.

Besides, we could all benefit from hearing your VERY PRACTICAL ADVICE.

xpost -- I'm keeping the belt. That first question was a TEST QUESTION.

10-4

So, uh a question, what do you think about this:
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&BRN=1&sku=10651638

Ally I wd love to come early but you're going to be super busy, aren't you? I'd just be in your way, unless maybe I can come Fri night & make the rehearsal dinner or at least post-dinner moral support (read: vodka gimlets in the hotel bar) and crash somewheres. I have no thoughts on pizza stones, YOU'RE the cook around here!

Where did I leave my cigarettes when I came home (drunk) last night?

I've never posted on the noize board/bored before (well, once before, but I was banned) but you're here, so it can't be all bad or over-pickled. Should I continue to post on the noize board/bored or is it too aggro for me?

Sincerely,
Amanda

This sounds like a hussy talking.

Anyway, I am game for anything since Valery is coming tomorrow and I need bro time.

Rrobyn, you're the guest and we will do as you please. I have a favorite bar w/ patio already picked out but I don't know what a Roland is -- maybe you'd like to pick a show?

This sounds like a hussy talking.
Hello, my name is Laurel -- have we met? I have to go home and rest these weary eyes. I'll call you later if you think you'll answer the phone this time.

love,
q__nn
aka killy

dear laurel,
hi.

this was phil, yes. his last words that night, while holding both, were "time to go to bed."

Who is CAN?

-g

Usually when I see you, you have your hair pulled up in some fashion. How do you get your hair pulled up so neatly, without "bumps" and icky sticky-out-bits all over the place?

Sincerely yours,
Ms. Allyzay Rofflesberger

If you have curly hair why not go with style that's not pulled tightly back? A bunch of loose waves caught up at the neck with a jeweled comb or etc might be nice. Bobby-pin the shit out of it, invisibly, and stick the decorative comb/flower/etc where it will cover the pins.

and yeah hair dirty + product is a consumer nightmare.

I'm just going to cut it off, I think.

OR XP: cut it all off into a matchstick pixie thing and start over! Yeah!

hawaii is in july!

i will have to check dates for break. i think in april at some point.

Locate the entrances/exits to and bike across (at least) one NYC bridge per day. Save the spiral ramp at Randall's Island for last.

Take any beginner's dance class at Steps on 72nd St.

I'll try to think of more.

your favorite books

tell me them

say please!

PLEASE?

Oh no too hard! I love and re-read so many books that I can't have favorites. My favorite genre is def SF/F, though. I can say that much.

Laurel do you want to ride bikes with me and vic to high places tonight

Ugggggggggh sort of but I'm SO TIRED. Took the morning off but spent it madly doing laundry and cleaning and cat-care and moving back to my apt. Let's discuss.

^^ that's how i'm spending tomorrow if you replace cat-care with puppy-care. ^^

Note to KT: EVERYTHING took longer than I thought it would. And when I thought I was done I realized we were out of cat food, and the people can't come back at 7pm from Australia once all the stores are closed and be OUT of CAT FOOD. So I had to walk to the special pet store with the organic shit and buy some more. I am so over pets.

i know they're close to being out of dog food, have plenty of cat food. i just realized i never checked on their van, hopefully it's still there and hasn't been broken into. i mistakenly left the sweater i was going to wear to work today on the bed while i was showering, i came out to find the puppy with tearing it to shreads. rip grey sweater.

Oh NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. God you're forgiving.

it helps that he's the world's cutest mammal.

i mean, wiener dog puppy, how can you stay mad at that?

the worst thing that happened when we made pete take care of our joint while we were gone was dr ben ate all the dry food and got chubby

they have two cats and one of them i never see unless i'm giving the other one some food. i have no idea where she goes once she's done eating. i'd follow her but if i left her canine brothers unattended they'd tear apart the sofa or knock the pool table over.

whats with the jew hating stuff

i thought it was a joke.

Didn't most of ILX pretty much reach this viewpoint after a day or so of argument about the Gaza invasion?

Talking about the crimes of Hamas is a smoke and mirror comment as the Palestinians are an occupied and embattled people. The original sin is being committed against them. We will address their crimes once Israel has cleaned up its act.

― How can there be male ladybugs? (Laurel), Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1:12 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i dunno maybe im lol-sensitive

dont even try it ethan, you (perhaps) ambulatory piece of shit.

keep 2 ur own u wahhmbulatory piece of shit

I guess I don't understand the parameters of what people consider "anti"? Like, at all. But I don't know anything about whatever is commonly considered coded or loaded language, so I'm probably missing the point repeatedly.

And it's weird, b/c you know I grew up Evangelical and they LOOOOVE God's Chosen People, so I've always been sort of...admiring.

nah its cool i dunno anything about u so a FUCK YOU JEWS joke on some thread + weird posts to a mostly euro anti-semitism discussion had me scratchin-my-head.gif

Well, in terms of quality of life and shit, particularly attitudes toward women, living in various hasidic neighborhoods in NYC, especially the last one with a really conservative and unfriendly sect, has totally brought me down. I know these groups are considered crazy, I mean, ultra-orthodox, and do not represent the mainstream, but I definitely take a certain active pleasure in being offensive to them just by my EXISTENCE in their field of view. But I wd feel the same about any oppressively conservative group, and in fact I DO feel that way about conservative Christian viewpoints also.

Also I wd not describe myself as being very pro-Zionist, altho that's another area where I don't think I grok the code. I mean, Israel exists. So does the US. I don't want either of them to NOT exist but I think our stance on illegal immigration is revolting, and I'm not crazy about how Israel treats people who used to live there either. How is that anti-Semitic??

i really love the ponies on this thread.

they are giving me seizurelike symptoms

At least nu-ILX clears out a text box. It used to be ALL PONIES, ALL THE WAY DOWN.

Hi Laurel. I think you are a midwestern peach <3.

u know my friend IRL :D

Sunniest, thank u.

Whiney: Ahahahaha I do!! We had a little talk about you the other week, just because we could.

Laurel,
how's that whole gym thing working out for you?
do they have dancing classes?

Don't rly know yet, actually -- only joined like 10 days ago? It's shockingly easy to walk in and do your thing, though, if you don't care about anyone else. Like, I barely register the presence of anyone else there. It simplifies things a great deal.

No dancing classes, just boring shit like spinning and pilates. Lots of pilates.

Whiney, I had lunch w your friend again today, but we didn't have time to talk abt you cos we had to talk about ourselves instead. And her cats. But no biggie, we will get around to you next time!

I think y'all should talk about me

Laurel,

Have you seen this thread: ᴥᴕᴥᴥᴕᴥᴥᴕᴥ THE ILX ALL-TIME SPECULATIVE FICTION POLL - NOMINATIONS & DISCUSSION THREAD ᴥᴕᴥᴥᴕᴥᴥᴕᴥ? you seem like a poster that does not typically engage w/ ilx polls but i think you should in this one case!

sincerely,

Thanks, Lamp! I was avoiding b/c it seemed overwhelming and also I like fantasy more than sci-fi so I figured wd let you guys go nuts with the hard stuff.

But now I'll swing by.

laurel, what are your 4th of july plans?
for your consideration:
http://i55.tinypic.com/aagok0.jpg

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2mx7dWDJB1qdc388o1_500.gif

yes!

hi, laurel! my momz helped me in my illness and repainted my living room. i was admiring the work and thinking that it'd perhaps be up to laurel standards

That gif is <3 <3 <3 twoo wuv!!

Congrats, mh! What color is it now? Did you contemplate being "sick" for longer so she could get more stuff done?

Those Buds are gonna be mighty frothy, though.

I would rather be painting than have this sinus infection for one more day! Ugh.

I am not 100% pleased with the color I chose but it is better than the prior. It is "sandstone cliff" which is some sort of sandy color with some brown/peach undertones or something.

Peach?? There's your first mistake.

sorry, NOT peach. I mean that I have some brown/slightly yellow spectrum tones in brick & furniture and the paint does not clash w/that

oh god I should have asked Laurel

ok it totally looks diff in my room and in eggshell: http://www.homedepot.com/buy/paint/paint-samples-posters-fan-decks/behr-premium-plus/8-oz-sandstone-cliff-interiorexterior-paint-tester-750c3-56710.html

Well that seems fine, it's like an unbleached linen color, right? Everything goes with that! Congratulations reinstated.