14000+ posts for Soooo....
Wow!
:)

So?

A needle pulling thread.

La

Everytime I would say, "So?" to my grandmother, she'd reply, "So, so suck your toe all the way to Mexico."

Sometimes she'd alter it and say "Tokyo" but she'd pronounce it "Toe-Kee-Yo".
:D

So now I have this weird visual of someone hopping down the road on one leg while they suck on the big toe on their other foot.

Sometimes being right-brained is a PITA

Sharing such mental images with all your friends... Priceless.

Now I have a mental image of Kevy hopping down the road on one leg while sucking on the big toe on their other foot... in a french maid outfit.

Someone please shoot me.

Shush you guys! You are giving Kevy ideas!

Lots of love and healing energy to LSPEMom.

Soy made me fat.

I cut dairy out of my diet. Instead of milk, I drank soy milk. My sinuses cleared (I'm allergic to milk) but I gained like 5 pounds.

Damn you, soy!

:D

I was supposed to go to Face Off Fest tonight but my friend flaked. And he has the 2nd ticket so I can't find someone else to go :(

Ugh. Totally unmotivated again today.

Although, I did accomplish getting my resale permit for the business, and pick up a missing part for our pantry shelves from IKEA.

Now, I'm just finding a reason to go unpack all our shoes and organize the shoe rack. And, to finish laying flooring tile in the kitchen cabinets so we can bring all the dishes over tonight.

I know that stuff won't take long, but meh.....

We've been in this house five years now. There are still a few unpacked boxes from the last move hiding here and there...

I hate pimples in inconvenient (read: painful) places. Especially when that place is my ear.

Alrightie! I'm signing off now and off to Mariachiland. See you sometime on the 27th!:cheers:

It's good your sinuses cleared up. Soy milk can have a lot of sugar in it. That might be part of the problem. What kind do you drink?

Hugs to Heidi and prayers for Mom.

Tomorrow, I will make tombstones. I'm so crafty!

Are they real tombstones?

Real - as in made out of stone or "real - as in for real "people"?

They will be made out of insulation board using a dremell tool and spray paint. The subjects of the tombstone are fake "dearly departed" pets.

If I get good at this, it might become better carthesis than a voodoo doll. ;)

I made brownies.

I made a glass of water.

That's impressive BE! How did you combine the hydrogen and oxygen molecules?

Next, she'll be making ice!

That would be cool to have the power to freeze things at will. Don'tcha think?

Two days ago, Aleister discovered that the bunny's alfalfa pellets are tasty. Now, he's pawing at the bathroom door trying to get in because I just gave Buns some dinner. :rolleyes:

In that case, I'd like to pre-order at least three of them please. ;)

I've decided that covering cabinet shelves is damn tiring. Ken just brought a load of dishes that I need to unpack, but have to finish covering the shelves first. So, I sent him out to pick up dinner.

I am SO looking forward to being moved in this weekend, because I'm dying for some homecooked food!

Have I mentioned that I will be glad when open enrollment season is over?

It's Friday... but an early day so I can leave early for parent teacher child conference. (yes- the kiddo is included and actually leads the conference!) and then woo-hoo: off roading to devil's hole tomorrow. HOpe we don't get stuck... or if we do, we can get right out of it with the new jack. :)

say Hi to the pupfish.

*sigh* want a nap

I don't know what I want to "be" for Halloween- nothing inspires me

Gonna be at Disneyland in 2 weeks......woo

I have done my terrifying deed for the week.

Apparently it's SOP for people with an out-of-town interview to call other chambers in the area to see if they can get what is called a "leveraging" interview. Usually nothing comes of this, but everyone does it, and if you don't you're a goober. I guess the thinking is that perhaps Judge X might have initially said "oh, no point in interviewing the chick from Seattle since she's so far away", but upon hearing I'll be in the area already might say "oh, well let's give her a looksee." Since they get hundreds of applications for each position, anything to get yourself out of the vast pile and actually considered is supposed to be advantageous.

I got 4 "already filled" (one very snotty - if it bugs you that much to have people call, maybe update your listing that says the position is open, m'kay?), 2 "we don't start reviewing until after the first of the year" (which is usually a lie, but whatever), 1 "I have no idea; I'll ask and call you back", and 2 "we'll pull your resume and take a look". So, I guess that's something.

Probably nothing will come of it, but the important part is that I did it. Not many people know that I actually have a fairly substantial phone phobia. Obviously I am able to make phone calls, and do quite often, but the more intimidating the call, the harder it is for me and the more I panic. This was pretty damn high on the intimidation scale. But I made the calls. Yay me.

good deal P. yeah, I know a lot of folks hate making calls of that nature. its akin to public speaking with some people I know.

way to face (and conquer) your fears
:snap:

Yay, Prudence!
:)

Sounds like you did well, Pru! At least that ice is broken. :)

Yay Pru!!

I have the same thing with phones. And it's my job - ugh.

Whee! My reward is that my lasted Olszewski miniatures just arrived. Added to the existing collection of Castle, Teacups, and Jungle Cruise are:

Train Station
Central Plaza (I thought they were all out ages ago!)
and
1974 Marquee

Yay! Town Square is allegedly being re-released next month, so I'll have to get that and have both ends of Main Street.

Still missing all the other Main Street buildings. If anyone happens to be going to Company D and is willing to assist me with that (with reimbursement, of course), they should let me know. There could be a pair of handknit socks in it for you.

Or a squid hat.

Better let Erica know, so she can fix it.

Good job P!

One of the more annoying things about leaving work sick for my stomach problem is that once it's over, I feel fine. Then I feel guilty about not being at work.

So that's why you didn't get my emails. ;)

Wanna come over and visit? :D (I promise to not make you do anything other than keep me company while I put stuff away.) (Ok, wait. Scratch that, I lied. I would also like your opinion on my animated logo, which I think is now finished. :D)

Hehe... funny my seeing this after getting off the phone with you.

So I channeled my energies towards working a bit more on clearing my kitchen (my god... I can see the floor!)

In the process, hauled a rubbermaid tub up to the red room (our spare/computer/junk room) and opened it up. Among other things, I found photos from my foreign exchange in England, and pictures of the Country Bear Jamboree. :)

I have boxes everywhere in my apt. Ralphie has been sending me books, DVDs and CDs that I had in storage in Boston. I need to find places to stash everything...
:)

I put the suitcases neatly away again - except for the laptop carry-on I'll need for the WV trip. :D

Of course, now the bed is covered with the stuff that was still in the suitcases, but at least it's some progress.

I need to do more work on the kitchen.

But I also need to shower and get dressed for the show tonight.

Decisions, decisions.... :evil:

Well, I've gotten work-related stuff done today. And, Ken gets off work in 10 minutes, expecting to pick up the empty boxes from me... oops. :blush:

I better get back to unpacking.

I work with a true blond. Tonight I almost feel bad for her. She was trying to get a question answered by our warehouse supervisor. He kept dodging her. She grew frustrated and called him a Dick in front of his petty, little assistant. PLA told him what she had said and he got in her face about it. Our Elder owner came in and saw the aftermath and asked her what was wrong. So she told him, in great detail. She was starting to feel better when someone else in the showroom asked her if she told Elder Owner what she had called the warehouse supervisor. She replied that she had indeed told EO what she had said.

She is now wondering if she will still have a job on Monday. Guess what the EO's name is...

I'm covered in black paint, I spent the day in the sun and now I have a sore throat. Are these things related in some way?

I'm not sure I want to know....

Bob?

Nope, not Neil either.

Once again, I'm here on a Friday night, awake and bored. Why are none of you entertaining me? Hmmm? You're all cut to half rations. :argghh:

Ok, I think our food multiplied itself also. The pantry came over in three very large boxes. :eek: Looks like we'll be having cans of soup and pasta for the next few weeks. Heh.

We still need to get back to the old place tonight and clear everything off the furniture for the movers in the morning. And, it's already 12:30am. Good thing that Starbucks is right down the block, because I'm gonna need it in the morning!

Go Sox!
:)

I just had a vision of Clinton's cat competing in arace.

Where's Arace?

Wow.

I'm Bob, and I work with Neil in the lab! :eek:

I used to have a lab... he was a good dog.

Well, I guess it is time to call it a day and go home.

I really hope you got more done at work then I did.

It's really sad when you get more done at home in 10 minutes then you did all day. Not that this happened to me today or anything...

I hardly recognize my kitchen...

Mommygoon and I really did a number on it. We may *even* be able to paint it!

I can't stop sneezing.

Make sure to close your eyes when you sneeze or your eyes will pop out.

So, I'm completely lost at work. 200 emails, new program starting, 3 days to complete some other program, I don't remember where I left anything, building lost power yesterday so my whole setup is powered down. Aaaargh! Two weeks is a long fvcking time.

ouch, the vacation hangover.

Ok. The cats and bunny have yet to "wipe out" on the hardwood floor. But, I just did. :rolleyes:

I was leaning over to plug something in, and my foot went out from under me, twisting my leg behind me at the hip. I think I'm a tad sprained and bruised. So much for getting much done in the next couple days. :rolleyes:

Less than a week until the "big" interview.

I'm trying not to panic.




It's not really working.

Who?

Somebody please tell Matt Lauer to shut up.

My god, why bother interviewing someone if you're going to put words in their mouth, tell the story for them, and cut them off just when they start adding something to the story?

What a silly picture for this news article.

:D

Good gosh.
The two admin assists in my office are debating right now if Marie Osmond is on drugs. Sheesh. The woman fainted. That immediately means she's on drugs?
We know nothing yet. (And some of us don't really care. Except that she fell like a rock. Not dramatic like in the movies...)
Sheesh, I tell ya, sheesh.
:rolleyes:

Go Dodgers!

Oh, wait...

What Kevy and Nephy don't seem to realize is that the Rockies and the Dodgers do not have baseball caps with my first initial on it. Therefore, both teams are irrelevant.
B is for Brad.
:D

Brooklyn?

Do they wear hats, too?

Rockies, Sox's meh...

Go the Distance I say!!! Seven games is what I want.





Spoken on behalf of the program sellers, beer peddlers, ticket takes, and all the other "little folk" who make buko bucks on a series game.

I'm not so sure I should be wearing my contacts today.

GD is right. The Brooklyn Cyclones baseball team has a "B" on their hats, too. How exciting.

Pirate apron

That's right. Pirate. Apron. It's a pirate apron.

GO DUCKS!

Agreed. Go Ducks! But not the ones from Oregon.

I sooo don't want to be at work today.
I guess one could tell that by how much I'm posting here today.
Everything that I need to schedule has been scheduled and now I'm just waiting for things to get done.
Grrr....
And, I'm not the only one who feels this way today.
I passed two desks and both people were surfing the net.

I'm craving a 2-week vacation. It's been about a year since I've had 5 days off in row. I've got a proposal to revise and production schedules to complete, but what I really want to do is hit the batting cages. Bah!

I know that I can hardly complain, since I had a month off (a stressful month, but off nonetheless.) Excepting the Columbus day holiday, I haven't taken a day off since I got back and I'm also jonesing - just for one.

I took a short vacation, but I'm not sad about wanting to take more!

I've noticed it with movies.

Hugs and healing to you and your mom. Hang in there.

Gah. Count me in that crowd. When we moved every couple of years (or more often) it was easier because everything got thrown out at intervals. We've been here for almost 10 years now and I'm very afraid.

Yay for you!! Boo to the snobby people.

Ouch! I hope the damage is low.

I'm on vacation. Well sort of.

Just keep some s'mores ingredients nearby, and it'll count. ;)

It is 99 degrees in Costa Mesa right now. I have never seen it that hot here!

(FWIW: I am not sure where in Costa Mesa it is reading that temperature - I am getting that info from the weather widget in Windows Vista)

It's about 90 here in Garden Grove. :(

1 - Damn it, this other stupid group put together t-shirts for their presentation! I hate being group-jealous!

2 - I finished my storyboard, YAY!

3 - I am studying in the event of a pop quiz. Luckily, the pop quizzes don't go against my grade, BUT, I could use all the help I can get.

4 - I keep getting emails about amazing opportunities to go to fantastic vacation destinations like Hawaii and South Beach.

5 - I really want to go.

6 - But I won't.

7 - I think my free-time tonight will be spent being sacked out on my bed watching the tube.

Woooo! Our new place has passed the "heat test". It's currently 95 degrees outside, and our place is nice and cool with only two fans and the little in-wall AC. Our old place would have been about 85 degrees or more.

We probably could even get by without the AC with the windows open, but I'm keeping those closed due to smoke and ash right now.

All the smoke in the air is finally getting to me. I left work early so I could sit in our office with the air purifier going.

But, when I tried to boot-up my desktop PC, it wouldn't boot! Going back to the last couple restore points didn't help. So now I'm restoring the operating system. Oh joy....

Check out this headline.

If this guy is a "former ex-gay", then he's now re-gay, n'est-ce pas?

While the fires are certainly bad, at least we don't have monkeys.

Death by monkeys.....

It's almost as good a decapitation!

This chimp attack was really gruesome. (Not for the squeamish...)

A monkey killing a politician? You would think that there would be some sort of professional courtesy.

Boy, I thought monkeys would be kinder to lesser beings.

On another furry note, I have a new kitten :) His name is Cosmo.

We need pictures of Cosmo!!

I'm working on it :)

Duly noted- though my ROCKIES are gonna kick the heels off those Sox- B or no B ;)

MmMmMm... corned beef is in the slow cooker. :D

Here he is, he's hard to get to keep still, but here's his first non-blurry photos. He's 15 weeks old, born on July 11 (we contemplated naming him Slurpee or Big Gulp for 7/11 :cool: ) He's a manx, with just a little nubbin of a tail. He has kinda long legs for his size, but that may be a growth spurt happening. He's a lovable little thing, likes to sit with me and sleep.

KITTY!

Speaking of which- WHERE can I find that nummy pot roast we had a few weeks back??? I went to Costco and scrounged and found nothing!:p

*sigh*

Aw!! Cosmo is SOOOOOOO cute! :snap:

They have them near the fresh meat section. Just look for the hot guys. :p

I'm kinda partial to your current avatar!

Cute kitty!! I hope to get one in the next few months!

In other news, I'm still having an allergic reaction to the flue shot I got... this itchy skin is really starting to drive me nuts!!! I need to get back on the Benadryl...

I wasn't scedualed today, but work called and said they want me from 6-9:30.

Nothing to do today + needs for money = work.

Our phones and internet keep blipping out due to power issues. Driving me nuts. Plus I don't bloody feel like working, so I've gotten nothing done all day, but my websurfing record is probably a mile long. Terrible.

I have so much smaller a pool of agents to recruit from now, they're dropping like flies! People who did 5 million in gross sales last year, not even making the 3 million cutoff mark for me to recruit them.

Your IT dept should be making sure this stuff is on battery back-up. That's one of the reasons I couldn't leave. Stuff kept blipping because our battery back-ups weren't working as they should. Tell them to check the battery back up of their switch.

Since you sell homes...is the market not doing so good this time of the moth? I hear it is difficult to sell homes right now.

It's been slow as I understand, but I hear the market in SoCal's been burning through inventory over the last couple of days, so it might be heating up.









[/poor taste]

As i heard.

Man, Economics class is interesting.

Vote Ron Paul!

No, that was freaking hilarious.

Actually, when you think about it, for homeowners in financial trouble who have been unable to sell their homes, this (smoke) cloud may have a silver lining.

Also going to be good for unsuccessful sellers whose homes didn't burn, but who are willing to lease out their homes to wait out the market - many insurance settlements include the costs of renting an equivalent property.

Month? Feh, try YEAR. This YEAR has been dead, sales wise. Dead dead dead and dead. D-e-d dead.

Fantastic time to be a buyer though.

Yep. From what i've been hearing. How has it been treating you? With not making much money from the sales?

I'm sorry, but Barfownz is NOT allowed to post in this thread until he's read all of it from Page 1. :evil:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight (Post 168154) It's been slow as I understand, but I hear the market in SoCal's been burning through inventory over the last couple of days, so it might be heating up. [/poor taste]

Oh dear. I've been out-punned. :cheers:

I was going to go to San Onofre today, but then I learned about the road closures, so I went to my office in Irwindale - where we had a power outage. I took it as a sign and went home.

You do realize he's probably doing that now. ;)

I FINALLY FOUND IT!

Who knew a small house was so hard to find?

2 bedrooms, 1 bath on pier and beam (not too many of those left), hardwood floors, screened back porch, huge, check that HUGE back yard, all of it completely surrounded by woods at the very end of a cul de sac. It looks like the 30's back there, I swear. Due to the terrain, there will be no additional development anywhere around it.

You can drop a ball bearing on any floor in the place and it's like dropping a cue ball on a solid table. She ain't rolling.

Did I mention it has a large tulip poplar tree on the front lawn, along with an OLD dogwood tree that's been struck by lightning?

Yes, it has to be rewired. Yes, it needs central air and heat. Yes, the plumbing and the insulation and the drywall repair and floor refinishing and shed demolition and the 2 big trees that have to come down yes yes yes YES!

Closing is scheduled for next Friday. I rule.

And my Mother will be happy there. She'll have a garden again. I can't wait to see what she does with it. She'll be less than a mile away, so it will be easy to check in on her (she's 70). The place is on my drive home from work. It doesn't get any better.

But as in everything, all is not roses. She likes it just the way it is. I, however, can see the wisdom, nay necessity, of moving one wall and opening a doorway to a new deck out back where she could entertain.

I'll probably let her win this one. For a while.

With your description, Sam, I'm ready to move! It sounds great!

Now, about the little Manx Siamese-Tabby you picked up for me.........;) Adorable!

Nice, Sam! Can't wait to see pics! :)

hehe So am I.

The market is hot in some areas. Some places are having a fire sale!

I had a mini Babylon 5 marathon today. I watched 5 episodes back-to-back.

I have Abe Lincoln whispering in my ear....."You must BREATH!".

With Lincoln talking to both you and Mr. Vigoda ("You must LIVE") I wonder what he's going to say to €.

Mayne I'll try Benedryl tonight, because Claratin D, TheraFlu and DayQuil haven't worked (and this is on top of Astelin and Flonase).

Hmm. I forget... what was the score tonight?
:D

It could be your location. Luckily things are getting better every day.

It's best not to make fun of the dead. Just leave them to rest in peace.

Hrmm, the power company losing power can't be a good sign.

The cobblers family has no shoes

phhhbbbtttt!! It's only one game my friend- I'm not worried....yet.:p

PHHHBBTTTTTT!!!!:p :p

Hmmm, Benedryl and a night with the air purifier seemed to have a positive effect - once I stopped coughing up lungs and went to sleep. However, I'm going to be out and about quite a bit today. I suspect more general body badness will be in order. I was really having difficulty breathing at one point last night. Sort of scary.

Please try and stay in, Lisa. Your lungs are your friends!

I opened the door to set something outside this morning and nearly gagged.

Looks like another day with the little air conditioner and Quadra. I feel NA's pain. :(

While the lack of Santa Ana winds is good for the fires, the smoke is hanging over us instead of blowing out to sea. I just wish it would rain....

The smoke is now coming in through our stove vent. Bleh!

QUICK!!!! Get a pork roast in the stove and tape it shut

I want no part of any meat flavored by anything in Southern California air.

MmMMmM. Smoked pork roast, cooked by the essence of flaming tragedy.

I'm hungry, is it ready to be eaten, DP?

Damn it, that's what I get for not going back a page.. there is no pork roast, is there? :(

don't go back a page on the Santa thread, either. :D

Sushi and wine.

Chipotle and Gypsy.

Katella Deli.

Yummy!

I'm home again. 3 hours at work and I was coughing up my lungs. I'm safely back with my air purifiers.

Dammit. Now I'm hungry, and only have the remnants of last night's corned beef dinner to satisfy me.

Once every three months, I have to visit a Dr. on Katella about a half mile east of the Katella Deli. I always schedule my appointment (which lasts 15 minutes) around lunch time so that I can go to KD afterwards.

Yesterday, I too much to do and had to eat on the run. It was very sad driving past KD yesterday :(

Next appointment: January 23, 2008

Technically a smoked pork roast would be a Ham, but no I do not think there is really a ham. Errr, at least I hope there is not really a ham.

No, I'm not sporting a ham in my oven, thankyouverymuch.

I think we should schedule a dinner meet or a late lunch meet there and then all head up the road to Disneyland!

Ham? Isn't that Scaeagle's department?

I've never been to Katella Deli. I've always driven past it on my way to Polly's.

Sounds like we'll have to stop there next time instead. Is it comparable to Canter's?

If Canter's is the one in CM I'd have to say better. I've been going to KD long before I was old enough to eat there. And we went to Canter's once. And have never been back.

But I hate building stuff up, so we'll have to go and you can form your own opinion :)

OK - Now I want Katella. Bad.

Is Canter's the one in downtown LA? Or am I thinking of the wrong place.

Honestly, KD is good, but it is not one of those "OMG, you MUST go there or your life is just not complete" places.

Great for comfort food!

Is that some sort of new euphemism?

It could be...

What's the restaurant in downtown LA that's famous for the $0.05 coffee?

Man that was horrid. <-- The food not the coffee.

Now, the pantry on the other hand.... That's quality stuff.

Me too.

Caturday!

nickle coffee? that puts a knot in my belly just thinking about it.

blech

Um, I believe you are thinking of The Original Pantry (owned [in part I believe] by the former LA mayor, Richard Riordan). Although I think their coffee is $0.10, so maybe you are thinking of a different place

And the food ain't bad. Hence the perpetual line to get in.

See, now I am confused.

One more thing on Katella Deli: they have a Monte Cristo. One of only two places outside of Disneyland that I have seen them (and the other one is closed).

Canter's is on Fairfax, just up the road from the Grove/Farmer's Market in Hollywood. They've been there for decades, serving many movie stars and other Hollywood folks. They have a really extensive menu, and awesome matzo ball soup.

Then my work here is done....

The Origional Pantry - Good. A favorite childhood memory in fact. Going to the pantry for breakfast at like 5:00am in the morning with my dad on the way into work with him....

Philippe The Original Restaurant - Thanks to a bit of googling, that's the evil one I was talking about.

The Ashley Tisdale thread, and having to say the HS musical kids were clean, reminded me... on NOT clean kids...

The La Jolla Playhouse has made Cry Baby into a musical.
I need to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oddly enough, is one of the other places Westminster Cafe. If memory serves me well, WC's was actually pretty good, for it being such a hole in the wall place. (WC is off Westminster, between Springdale and Edwards)

Hmm... I had always heard that Phillippe's was at least decent, though many say a bit over-hyped. There are one of the two places in LA that claim to have invented the French Dip Sandwich (though most people give the credit to Phillipe's).

OMG - the BEST Freaking Matzo Ball Soup in History.

I mean, Jazz Kitchen soups have NOTHING on it.


I can give no higher soup praise!




When are we having the Katella Deli meet (so I can have some Katella Deli meat)? I've been hearing about this place for ages. When are we going??

Ooooh! Good idea for a swanking! :snap:

I love Canter's!
:)

How about Saturday night? Or tonight? I'm mentally hungry.

Now, for some unknown reason I am craving their fried mushrooms. I wonder if whats-his-face still hangs out there.

That was a lifetime ago!!!!

That's what I've been trying to say all along! Saturday night!

Who wants in?

I sure the place has it's defender's. My beef is that they use shredded rather than sliced brisket and provide NO DIP. They spoon a bit of sauce on and that's it. In fact they refuse customer requests for a side of dip.

No. It was a place in Fullerton - SW corner of Rosecrans and Euclid. I don't recall the name of the place, but it has been closed for years.

I need to confirm with Susan, but sounds good to me. It has been a while since I have met up with many of you!

~~~Using ESP~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Katella Deli ~~~~~
~~~~Saturday~~
~Night~~~~You~
~~know~~~~you
~~~~want~~to!~

Aw. We already have Saturday night plans to attend a birthday party. :(

So cancel 'em

When are we going for Matzo Ball soup, Mr. Cricket? I've been craving it for like ever.

No, no, no, no ... please not this Saturday night.


It's Halloween Party weekend ... and I've got two parties to go to.



You can't do the Katella Deli Meeat that I suggested without ME! ;)




(what about Sunday??)

That's what LoT is doing for Halloween this year?

Deli?

For SHAME.

Sunday's good. :D

Let's do it.
Even though I just ate, I'm craving it right now. :)

This Sunday is the worst day for me - more than most Sundays, which are generally pretty bad.

My family's still going to be in town Saturday, so I'm not sure that I'll be able to make it. What've you guys got against Sunday night?

Bring your family!

As for me, I work all morning, then I head to Long Beach for a meeting on the Honda Competition I'm participating in. Then, I head directly to Costa Mesa for a "holiday" meeting for Peet's. Then I crash so I can wake up in time to open my store at 5AM.

That's what's wrong with this Sunday, at least for me.

Well the rest of us don't :p and I suggested it :p :p

I don't think anything. Got any ideas? (Besides a party at NMs house)?

Need some of these for Christmas cards, do I.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21473863/?GT1=10450

OK, so those who can, Saturday night at Katella. It isn't going anywhere, we can go again soon. Those who can't, we'll see you soon.

And there may be a potential gathering after. Details maybe to come.

I'm not sure if I can do more than one, sadly. I will have to remain on "will see" on whether if I can do one or the other or both.

Um, for those who can, SUNDAY night at Katella.


I read two parties (consisting of four people) say they can't go on Saturday, and one person say they can't go on Sunday.



Pfft, that person was Erica ... and she's abandoning us for Utah. Like she even counts. :p

Well, BTD and I were talking earlier in the thread, albeit briefly (we kept mostly to IMs), before the idea grew to other people, about going to Katella on Sat. It's still a maybe, especially if there might be a party. My time is stretched to an absolute max, so I'll just have to see, or cave in and do both, only to have further stress this upcoming week.

I'm almost thinking Saturday is just as bad around dinner time and it might be easier to go somewhere, such as a party, at night.

We might be able to make something late Saturday night, depending on when we get back from the Valley.

We'll happily meet the Sunday night group at Katella.

Can't do Saturday, but Sunday is a definite possibility.

Party at NMs on Saturday. Linner at Katella on Sunday.

Sounds fun! :D

I am so completely and totally incapable of focusing at work right now. I honesty have done nothing productive in the past hour.

posting is productive.

Posts that ought to be reversed.

Sooooo, one trip to the Doctors later and 25 minutes on a breathing treatment machine and I feel almost human. Now, how am i going to actually work it so that I stay inside for the next 3 days.

hey, how is everyone? Hope everyone is okay and not in fire danger.

checking in from mexico. I've been sick, go figure, eating street food here indumpy chapala and I'm fine, I go to a nice (swanky) B&B inGuadalajara, have a home cooked meal and I'm in bed sick and with a fever. viva la mexico! Otherwise all is well and having a good time now that it's almost time to go home!

Home on saturday night. hope all the LoTizens are doing good. I will have to read the 1700+ messages when Iget home

Ah; Montezuma's revenge.

Yeah, some of those threads grew like wildfire.

Bottom line, if I did not miss anything, a couple of way too close calls, some respiratory issues, at least one clueless management team, a lot of "damn this stuff smells" and "I hate ash" comments. Oh and just a few really bad puns.

That, plus sticking things in cat butts, and you've pretty much got it.

I am actually leaving work at 5:00 ish. In the last two years, I haven't left this early since the time I was supposed to get off at noon.

Disneyland?

okay, status quo then:D

yes, it was fun, too. can hardly wait to get my revenge....

so I did not see as much of Guadalajara as originally planned.

tomorrow some xmas shopping in aijijic and hearing a gig in a cool bar, then Saturday, home

I do miss my kitty.

Hope you feel better Snowflake!

A) Expired pass (and I don't feel like doing renewal tonight)
B) Barely had the energy to drive home

After I get caught up on the 19 (and counting) new messages, I am off to park my lazy kiester in front of the idiot box.

My new toy arrives tomorrow- giggity giggity

I just love the image those words provide, sheer joy :)

Before the hassle even starts may I remind everyone that the Sox were down 3-1 in their last series and they won- it is entirely possible that the Rockies can come back and win this thing.

So neener neener!

I see dead people. :D

Well, without the DH, Ortiz might not play. On the other hand, the way the Rockies have been hitting, I think Ortiz should pitch.

And St. Louis was down 2 games to none in 2004 before they went on to be swept.

Kind of a rocky start for Colorado, eh Nephy?
But we'll see what happens.
You never know.
:)

The Denver forecast for Saturday shows temps in the mid 40's during game time. I will be interesting to see what effect that has on pitching.

C'mon people: POST. I need a diversion.

I'm waiting...

What are we doing Saturday?

OK, as long as you are waiting, I guess I'll have to make this worth waiting for.

It might be NSFW by some standards, so click at your own risk.

You're not the boss of me.

How dare you post something so grossly inappropriate!

Party at Kevy's!

What? I don't understand your response. :confused:


Oh, Unless you thought I meant....

Yup!

I'm posting because Kevy told me to.

I hope he doesn't tell us to jump off a bridge next...

Ahh, I understand. I don't even click on those from the safety of my home office! When I'm alone in the house, At night, With the shades draw.

OK, now everybody is posting, but I can't read any of it because it is NSFW.

____________________________________


Show me your gazomba's

I forgot how much I love the Lost Boys soundtrack.

I used to have that, I'm sure it's long gone now, but I remember liking it at the time.

These are the most gazonga-like pictures I could find (I rarely show cleavage because I think I have funky boobs), hope they'll suffice:

What time is the party at Kevy's tomorrow?

What what what?

Mick Chocolate toffee covered pistachios should be outlawed. But, only after they cure me of my codeine hangover.

Now I have visions of Mick Jagger covered in chocolate and wrapped around a pistachio

Gimme Mick!

Dipped in chocolate?

Oh, Mick, you're so fine,
You're so fine,
You blow my mind,
Hey Mick!

So I just took 4 garbage bags of pine needles off my balcony. That was before I could even begin to sweep. Not a fire hazard or anything.

Ash got into the fish tank (I had it oustide drying) wonder if that will kill the fish?

This is going to sound so weird and completely wiggy, but I have just seen the most beautiful man I have ever seen in my life. Honestly, I am just blown away right now... He is someone's client. But... I mean... just gorgeous... I know I've been the total horndog lately but... wow. I saw him for just a second and helped him find his way through the building... now he's gone.

I'm going to find him and marry him.

I mean, just wow.

Wow.

:blush:

I really need Mr. Swanie to come home soon. :mad:

The smoke detector has been chirping in our bedroom for over 2 hours. Of course it had to be the one on the vaulted ceiling that I can't reach with a ladder.

At this point I'm just glad I married someone not as vertically-challenged as me.

Chirp...chirp...chirp...

Nails on the blackboard, people.

What? No pictures?

Sadly, no.

But I tells ya, JWBear... hot. Freakin' hot!
And not really my type per se...
But wow.

Young... maybe too young... but I'm just so twitterpated.
:)

Aw, GC, you do sound twitterpatted...or horny. :p

Today at work a group of firemen came through. They came through the lanes behind me. My boss and I were like 'Hey, we're open!!!' So I was able to pull one through my line...wow, I love firemen. :D

Hot boiling wax: $30.

Hair being ripped out by the roots: $20.

Having a complete stranger muck around with a body part you don't show your own mother for 20 minutes: Priceless.





ouch

Value to your VERY appreciative husband: Immeasurable





Thank you honey!

ok.... but you're putting out when I'm through!

or was it "mowing the lawn?"

no wait, I just did that.

nevermind.

Short people got no reason too.....short people got no reason too.....liiiive :D

Woosh...

That was the sound of this post going over everybody else's head.

Was that Stephanie Hodge, or some other comedian?

That took you far longer than I thought it would ;)

That being said, there's no more chirping at Casa de Swanie.

Mr. Swanie came home with a bottle of Jose Cuervo, made me a tall margarita and changed the battery on the smoke detector.

I have the BEST HUSBAND EVER.

And to make my night even better, I figured out I do in fact have access to the internet ;)

Sorry Kevy, I can't let that one go :D

And do we not have a cell phone??? Hmmm???? Surely you could have managed a surreptitious shot? ;)

Ouch indeed! :eek:

Damn.
I didn't think about it.
What a fool I be.

Ugh. I hate it when cats fall asleep with one eye partially open, showing only the inner/white lid. It's freaky.

Ha! I doubt that.

I think we all were just giving you two, um, twitterpated folk? a bit o'privacy.

LOL I thought that 'woosh' was the sound of you catching your breath after, um, putting out tonight....:D

dipped in chocolate
:D

I saw Spamalot tonight, and Wendybeth didn't.

That is all.

:p

I spent this afternoon removing a dead rat from underneath my fridge, then cleaning the kitchen floor.

At least I can breath in my apartment again!

Here's a tip for helping with the wonderful odor of dead rat-

Soak a rag in Listerine, and place it in the spot where said critter was found.

Helps get rid of the smell quite quickly.

I like the new Nickelback video for Rockstar. Gretzky is in it. :D

In other news, my foot is asleep.

The same thing works for rotting corpses. Of course you need more Listerine. Like the size you get a Costco.

It's drizzling in Irvine!!!!!

Hopefully it's drizzling out in the Cleveland forest as well!

I leave for the airport in about 6 hours.

Good luck Pru! Knock em dead.

Best of luck! I've got my fingers and toes crossed for you! :snap:

Sending you lots of calm and clarity, Pru. :)

Go Pru!!

Good luck Pru!

So I guess "non-drowsy" means "don't even think about sleeping, and the, which I thought stood for "decongestant," really stands for dehydration.

Feh

Premature condolences to Nephy. ;)

I can't sleep because of my interview tomorrow. Bah. Bloody sleeping pill didn't work either. I'm trying a cup of Sleepytime tea.

OH... and Daylight savings happened last night so my body thinks it's an hour earlier than it is. This doesn't help. :rolleyes:

I say skip the drugs and don't worry about the sleep. Adrenaline will get you through the interview and you can crash once that is over. Good luck!

Pru is in Wheeling. Pru is very conflicted. Oglebay park is very nice - rather amazing, actually. The McD's across the river in Martin's Ferry serves sweet tea. Lot of trees and the colors are beautiful. The roads suck; narrow, sharp turns, and full of potholes. There are some very cool looking houses, and a lot that look like crap with the front porch falling off. The gambling place has a large parking lot. I saw more dead deer and bits of dead deer on the way here than I can count, but there were also some live deer in the park. The Dairy Queen here is just a little booth, and it and nearly everything else imaginable is closed on Sundays.

It's all very different. It's probably because I'm exhausted (been up since about 6am west coast time yesterday and it's now about 4:30pm here on the east coast) add have had 2 months to romanticize the whole notion, but I'm suddenly very homesick and loathe to move. I am probably going to go to bed before too long. I can sleep for over 12 hours! Check out is at noon and interview at 1:30.

Different isn't necessarily bad. We're so used to places being open 24/7 that "closed on Sunday" is nearly inconceivable.

Trust your gut - you'll make the decisions that are best for you.

Um, hello??

I go to a costume dance every year but I've always been one of those boring people wearing something vaguely orange and black and admiring everyone else's creativity. This year I decided to do something more creative and I bought a pair of orange and black striped tights and then tired to figure out something to go with them. I ended up making a "poodle skirt" only mine is orange with a black cat applique. This is the first sewing I've done in probably twenty years so it's taken up most of my time the past month. I wore it to the dance last night and it turned out rather well. I wore it with a black t-shirt, I made a scarf out of the skirt fabric to tie around my neck, and I found a witch's hat with orange ribbon that matched everything else perfectly: '50's sock hop witch.

:)

Pictures please!

You must be on the east coast...

The nice thing about stuff being closed on Sundays is that you literally can't do errands on that day. That means it's perfectly acceptable to lay around in your pajamas drinking tea all day long.

You mean this happens everywhere over here? It's not some sort of weird backwoods blue law issue?

I suspect that the deserted streets contributed to the somewhat negative impression I got driving through this afternoon. I'm trying to keep an open mind for tomorrow - perhaps with some activity in the old downtown core it will look more "aged" and less "dilapidated."

After all, it's a great opportunity and it's only for a year. And people do live here voluntarily, so there are presumably some redeeming qualities.

And the park really was sort of spectacular. "Park" doesn't even describe it. I could totally imagine a swanky gathering involving renting a cluster of cabins and spending our days paddle boating, swimming, hiking the hills (some amazing views), touring the glass museum, watching the deer meander by totally unconcerned...

And now I think I'll take a rinse off to get rid of the travel crud, take a double dose of benedryl, and head to bed. Big day tomorrow!

The only thing I like about Las Vegas is that you can do just about anything at any time of the day or night. I want everything to be open even if I'm in my pajamas drinking tea. What if I decide to get dressed and go buy something?

Good luck for your interview! :)

6 pre-teens make a heck o a lot of noise. Why did I think 6 at once was a good idea?

They key is to use 6 pieces of duct tape, to moderate the noise, of course. :evil:

Oh it got even better. Maddy decided to have them all call their parents to stay later WITHOUT ASKING ME! She's in trouble for eternity.

Good luck Pru!

It looks extremely Mudville for the Rockies nine tonight.

Looks like a sweep.
:)

Hey GC, is that witch in your avatar selling cookies? And whats the white stuff comming out of her butt??

Cool picture!

I think that's the under lining of her dress...



SWEEP!
Sox win!!!!
:)

Ugh. We're still moving crap. :rolleyes:

Both Ken and I are about to drop over.

I FINALLY FOUND IT!!!

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It's been an interesting weekend. Sunday afternoon, I talked to the owner of that house I'm buying for my mother. Curiously, the owner of the house is not the lady that's wanting to sell it to me.

Late Friday afternoon, B, from my lender, calls me with bad news; Title AND attorney problems. We couldn't get an appraisal because the seller's name on the contract doesn't matching title records down at city hall. Seller told me she'd bought the property. I figure there's some records mixup which will require 9000 phone calls to clear up. So I grit my teeth for the rest of the bad news. This lady, what's her name, this M_ S_ attorney person my seller want to close with? No, lender won't be doing business with her. Not on the approved list. GRRR I try to find seller, get voice mail and leave a message. She's out of town but at least she'll know when she checks her voicemail.

So on the way home, I head out to the house to give my mom a project. She needs to make some decisions on flooring, appliances, bathroom fixtures and such and quit digging in her new Barbie dream garden. I swear if I had pulled up 5 minutes later, she'd have had those corral fenceposts she's been fussing about in her trunk. Get thee to Home Depot, woman, and lose thyself in chips and swatches and mind the loo.

Sunday was Home Depot day. Mom ran into an old friend of hers and was telling him how excited she was about her new house. This friend knew the street and the man that used to own that group of houses near the cul de sac, but he was practically sure that last house (our house) hadn't sold.

??

Three cell calls later and I'm talking to the owner... the real owner. Sure enough, the lady selling to me does not actually own the house. She's been talking to the owner about buying it. For several months she's been talking to him. But that's all she's been doing... talking. She hasn't signed a contract. In fact, the owner had given up on her and was about to start advertising again until he got an email from her dictating to him that she needed to close on the place this coming Friday at 11AM. with this M_ S_ attorney person (My closing with seller was scheduled at 2:30PM that same afternoon). The mention of M_ S_ gets an immediate reaction out of the owner. I would call it disgust.

Now I got nothing against a good flip. But this lady crossed some lines.

Seller announced herself to my Mother as the owner the first time Mom inspected the property.
Seller told the owner she'd turned on the utilities. We did that.
Seller told the owner she'd been cleaning up the place. We're doing that.
Seller told me she wanted to close this month because she didn't want to pay additional fees on a property I now know she doesn't even own, nor does she have under contract.

Seller is a lying weasel. Which reminds me, I need to check out this M_ S_ person. They run in packs, these people.

Long story short, if that's even possible at this point, I am saving 37.5% off a purchase price I was already satisfied with by dealing with the owner instead of the lying weasel. And I get the distinct impression the owner, after having been strung along by lying weasel all these months, is enjoying wrecking her deal.

How was your weekend?

Hmm, Rockie's lost.....bummer....

Is it Wednesday yet- Halloween is fun....

Is it Thursday yet- I wanna go to Disneyland!

While it might surprise you, I agree with that. Bummer. I like a seven game series. It's better for all the folks that work those games.

37.5% off :snap:
Nephy... come to Oz instead ! (you know I'm not gonna stop trying....)

Wow Scrooge, that's the house deal from the Twilight Zone!

Reminds me of when I was selling my house, and just days before escrow closes, we have the people over for the final walk-through. We are all packed and ready to move. Our lives are in limbo. The folks pull up, get out of their car, and.............walk to the house being sold accross the street.

Our agent says "come on over for the walk-through!" to which they reply

"We are here for the walk through, come over here!".

He says "But you are buying this house!"

They look at each other in dismay and bark back "No, we aren't!"

"Oh, yes you are. I have the contract right here that you signed and it has this address on it. There must be some mistake."

Both houses were for sale at the same time by the same selling agent. The buying agent thought they wanted the house across the street, which was larger, for the great price of our smaller house. She didn't pay attention to the addresses. We got to keep the deposit, and sold it (again) two months later, while living out of boxes all the while. Who wants to pack twice? What a nightmare it was.

Rstar: OMG! I'm sure you felt that same sinking feeling standing on the sidewalk as the one that descended on me Friday afternoon.

alphabassettgrrl: It's all a little fresh for me to be getting much enjoyment... yet. I'm tempted to just let Friday roll around and have the weasel explain to me why she can't sell me the house that's she's been claiming all along she owns. But I'm just not that mean. Sometimes I wish I was, but I'm not.

Score! My manager just stuck me in a training class last minute. Not only does this mean I don't have to do any actual work for the next three days (or, rather, that I will legitimately not be doing any actual work for the next three days), but this will be the first formal training I've received on the technology I've been working with for the last 6 years or so. Probably a good thing.

Sam, sorry about all the mess, but it sounds like it will work out better in the long run. Like I've always believed - things happen for a reason. Sometimes things that appear bad are actually the stepping stones for a much better outcome. Hang in there, and you're going to have a gorgeous house soon, and even more money after the fact. :D

Today's starting off fun. I've got work piling up, numerous people to call about projects, a producer to meet with, and still need to pack up about 20 boxes of crap at our old place. :rolleyes: I'm so exhausted and feel like I could sleep for weeks, but can't, because there's just too much to get done. I feel like I'm falling back into the same rut that I did over the summer. :(

6 year old computer technology? Is it a training class or a history class?

You're a better person than me, Scrooge. I'd love to see her try to explain her little attempt at fraud here, because that's exactly what it was. You cannot claim to be the owner of a home (and sell it on that premise) when you are not. They may have been trying the world's fastest flip, but they went around it all wrong.

If you want to get technical, the fist version of fibre channel protocol was written nearly 20 years ago in 1988.

Is fibre channel still a viable technology? I know a lot of people invested a lot of money into it (I sold a couple of setups back in the mid-nineties), but I was just curious if something better is available today?

Sam, your story is amazing. Major fraud going on there. I'm glad it has worked out.

It remains the leading connectivity option for switched data networks.

I should add that there's some flux in terms of which protocol is being sent over fibre channel, SCSI's days are probably numbered to be replaced by some combination is iSCSI, SAS/SATA, ethernet over fibre, but fibre infrastructure is here to stay for a while.

Sam,
Weasel is right.
Sheesh.
B

And where was your Realtor in all this?

Soooo....

I just saw some new trailers and gosh trailer producers can make any movie look awesome.
So very exciting.
:)

Which movies did you see trailers for?

:p

I think I know where half the weight of our boxes is coming from - all the dust that piled up at the old place. Bleh! I'm unpacking a few things, and blew them off with an air canister and now there's a cloud in here, and I'm sneezing. So much for starting off with a clean new home. :rolleyes:

Nonexistent

That was not an answer.

What JW said!

GC is being a poo-hed, that is all.

Nor can I give one.
(A lot of them are untitled anyway, so I don't have a name for you.)
(Some have code names instead of their real one...)
But with the right sound and a cool background song, any trailer can make a film look good.
Even without the "In a world..." narrator.
:)

When the going gets tough, the tough reach for Italian Roast.

That is all.

Getting all snoozy here in my chair... could use some coffee about now.

One person I deal with on a daily basis I call the Dementor. Everytime he calls, I feel like I will never be happy again. Oy vey.
:D

That was an answer. :)

:p :D

Don LaFontaine

I wonder if he sounds like that talking dirty during sex? I don't want to know personally, it just makes for a funny thought.




With apologies to Pablo Francisco

Dude, he could be saying nice things and it'd still sound dirty



....mmrowr! :evil:

is that anything like a Dirty Sanchez?

They cure me of most anything, and the fact that I know about them is ALL YOUR FAULT

We went to go look at a Pug today. Keep your fingers crossed.

Holy Cow! That had to be one of the greatest finishes to ANY Monday Night Football game EVER.

swanie

DH actually won his Fantasy Football game on the catch :D

But you have to admit, wager aside...that was an amazing finish.

I was doing a Google image search for Hugh Crane (a character from The Haunting). This is one of the first images in the results.... <sigh>



I just wanted to share....

ooo- thanks...he is SO yummy *rowr*

I like his shirt

I like his pants

Oh yay! Keep us posted!

I've decided that Emmy's cuteness has worn off.

She's stealing stuffed animals as big as she is, which was cute, up until she started attacking my collectible plush. :mad:

And, she decided to keep us up most of the night by clawing our feet whenever they'd poke from beneath the blanket. I even have the Band-Aids to prove it. :rolleyes:

Halloween: The start of the candy season.

There's a season for this? I thought it was a year-round obsession...

Food for thought:

According to a recent study, without the revenue from unsolicited promotional mail ("junk mail"), the USPS would have to charge between $5 and $10 per piece for the ability to deliver to every address in the U.S.

This was mentioned in a reliable print trade journal. I am trying to secure a link to the source.

No: it is seasonal. It runs from October 1 through the following September 30.

Hopefully she's just stealing it. My Aunt had a cat who kept taking my cousins big ole fluffy bunny that she slept with all the time. They'd come home from being out for a while and Bunny would be out in the hallway or the living room. After a few months of that they finally figured out what the cat was actually doing to the bunny when no one was around. He was, what's a good way to put it, getting lucky with the bunny. My cousin, who was maybe 13 at the time totally freaked out as she'd been sleeping with the bunny in her bed.

From then on the bunny was referred to as Max's "friend".

Were there, um, protein stains?

Yes. Which is why she was freaked out. It had been happening for months and she'd been sleeping with it (when the cat wasn't).

EEeeeeyyyyyeeeewwwwwww

ROLFLMAO

Yes, this has happened to us. I can't recall which child suffered being the one with the stuffed animal, though.

But, our giant doggie loved his bed/pillow very very very much.

I used to call it his girlfriend. Luckily, none of the kids felt cozy enough to lay on it...

This is the guy we looked at. I'm waiting to hear if we got him.

DP -
I had to make a "cat friendly" group of stuffed animals.
Granted, my son has his own room, but...
If its on the top bunk, the cat can have it.

If its on the top of the dresser, he doenst, and he wont try.

But whenever he's lonely, he takes up to 15 into the living room to keep him company.

And no, this one is not getting lucky, he just doenst like to be alone.

Where have I been? Boy, he's cute!

Aw, and his name is Sarge!

Good luck with the adoption...When will you know?

To fit my screen?

Hopefully today or tomorrow. We will probably be changing his name slightly to Serge as in Gainsbourg. ;)

Better than what it said yesterday. "Already neutered". Worst personal ad line ever.

depends on what your intentions are. sometimes thats a really really good thing. :cool:

Sarge. what a great face he has. good luck. hope he's cat friendly

as far as the portable love dolls for cats......uh..............
nevermind. I got nuthin

Unfortunately, "Serge" sounds like "surge," as in troops to Iraq. I think he's just destined to have a military name.

Oh, and according to Wikipedia - Ten-HUT!

not if you pronounce it right.

GD does have a point, if he's been previously called Sar-gay.


You could go with Sartres.


Or Sauron.


Or Sara Lee. I mean, nobody doesn't like Sara Lee.

Soft G - this is French we are talking - so like the "s" in pleasure

It's pronounced Sairge.

Ah, Sairzh.

'Swhat I get for never leaving southern California. Dumb Ammerican.




What? Nobody likes Sara Lee?

Soooo....
 

he is a cutie NA.

Now I am thinking of Bronson Pinchot in Beverly Hills Cop.

Bronson Pinchot rules. I loved him as Balki. :D

Thankfully, Emmy's not "loving" the plushies. Not yet, anyway. :eek:

And, I just met with the producer again today... good news coming. :D

Ugh, Barnum was getting all amorous last night. Or at least he attempted to... we quashed that quick.

Dphile: good to hear there's good news!

(on a side note, I love how the abbreviation of your name reads like defile ;))

are all these animals fixed? my lil dog was doing that until we had him snipped. I dont think the subject has crossed his mind since.

Let me tell you about my day.

I had to get up around 2:30 am (eastern time) to get ready, finish packing up, and arrive at the security line the required 2 hours early.

This is after being up until 11:30pm because the guests in the room upstairs decided that 10:30pm would be a good time to start encouraging their wittle pwecious to race up and down the length of the room, because their need to indulge their little genetic experiment clearly outweighs the needs of other guests to, oh, I don't know, sleep. Because if people are spending THAT MUCH to stay in the hotel attached to the airport, odds are it's because they want to maximize their shuteye time. I did call the front desk and they did try to get them to quiet down, but no one was going to rain on wittle pwecious's parade!

So, resigned to a day of exhaustion, I figure I'll sleep on the plane. It's just a short leg from Pittsburgh to Atlanta, but then about 5 hours from Atlanta to Seattle. Plenty of time for a nap, right? Especially since no one was assigned to the seats next to me.

Because the seats next to me were empty, a woman from elsewhere moved over. With her infant. Who shrieked at maximum volume for the next five hours. She moved because she wanted to give her husband peace so he could work. And since I have ovaries, I obviously would like nothing more than to have her devilspawn scream in my ear for a few hours. So, no sleep for me.

Now I am prepping for class tonight at six, which will last until 8:45 pacific time. Which is 11:45 eastern time. Which is a long day. And I have to get up at 5am to go back to work.

I hate my life.

My heart goes out to you Pru.

Next time, pretend you have a horrible cold and advise she may not want to move there for the devil-spawn's sake.

BTW, how'd the interviews go?

Yay! :snap: :cheers:

Oh, I would SO be having words with that woman if that wasn't even her seat!

you should have gone and sat with her husband. you know he'd be quiet

Well, I really had no claim to the seat either, so I didn't really have a leg to stand on there. Plus, I was at the point where I wasn't sure that I could limit myself to polite remarks at that point. Best to keep the mouth shut as to not invite bad karma to the close of my interview trip. Not that sulking was a huge improvement, mind you....

The interview itself was odd. He wanted to know about all my old jobs. And I mean ALL of them. From the first one on. His current clerk told me work ethic is probably the most important thing to him. If I'm not demonstrating work ethic by now, I don't know what I could do differently. Plus, I got to mention that I'm currently reading a book on the creating of the polio vaccine (sure, I've been reading it for something like 6 months now, but he doesn't need to know that), which seemed to impress him (that I was reading non-fiction). And he mentioned a book and when I looked up the authors later it turns out I've read another book by them, so I could mention that in a PS in the thank you letter, thus increasing the perception that I'm well read.

But he's definitely an odd duck. Not in a bad way at all, mind you, just definitely someone walking to the beat of his own drum. Which could be great.

Meanwhile - drivers in Pittsburgh are a new kind of crazy. When merging on the freeway, they try to go behind you. Not accelerating to jump in front of you while not looking at all, but actually pacing you to merge behind. It really confused me.

I cannot express how funny I found this. :p

My advice? Send him the book. Tell him since he'd read that other one, you thought he might enjoy this one. Send it with your thank you note.

This would be funny to me, except, I'm fairly certain thats how I drive.

Lisa, Q T Dog E !! I think that Sarge is pronounced "Gwynneth" but I'm not sure.

I hope you get him.

We moved my mom in to her new apartment today. the movers got there at 9:00. They quoted her 4 hours (The new apartment complex is literately across the street), but it took 6. We had to unpack her kitchen, and set up her bedroom for her;she's been sick and doesn't have the strength right now. We're going back this weekend to help unpack, and to hang pictures & etc.

At least it's a nicer place, and she'll be happier there.

Oh, and I managed to convince her to let me borrow her recipe box, to copy some recipes.... :)

I was too lazy to quote anything, but Prudence, that doesn't sound at all unlike a flight experience I had last semester. I scheduled a flight that was having me in about 30 minutes before the start of a 9 hour school day. During that flight which was super early morning, all I wanted in the world was some sleep. Instead, I got a kid who was isolated from his family. He kept whipping around the seat and elbowing my stomach. I didn't know what to say that was non-offensive (I'm the opposite of a morning person), so I just asked as nicely as I could, which stopped the kid for about 10 minutes before he started swinging around again.

Memo to parents flying with kids. If you have to choose to separate a kid from your group, pick the one that doesn't throw punches. His/her seat neighbor will appreciate it.

I'm sorry that it happened at such a crappy/tiring time for you. I don't get the logic behind her leaving - then again, it's easier to dispose of any guilt if you never have to see the person again. As for me, I'd feel horrible for imposing so badly upon someone else in that way.

"Mom, my pumpkin is bigger than yours, so you need to help me gut it."

"Mom, come on, get off the internet and help me please."

"Mom, when are you going to help me?"

"Boy, I will help you when Hell freezes over."

"Mom, Hell has frozen over so you need to get in here now."



*sigh*

I am off to gut a pumpkin...

Whatever you do, if he doesn't work out in your house... don't pull an Ellen and give the dog away to someone else.
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Wow, I can't believe you posted that. A sad or mad emoticon doesn't do my current feelings justice.

I just gutted three of them. This, on top of prepping for the big party tomorrow (for Tori and her friends) and nursing a punky hubby, who just had surgery today on his deviated septum.

Hugs- sounds like you're having a rough day.:cheers:

I'm sorry, but I'm not giving anyone hugs for ignoring their son on Halloween, leaving them to attempt to celebrate the holiday alone while they surf the internet, no matter how "rough" their day was.

Hell, I don't care what day it is, ignoring your child's requests for help with a project so you can chat online is pretty offensive to me. Let me just stick my neck out and say that.

With the smattering of information provided, I commend you on going out on that ledge there. I was kind of thinking it was just a minor vent, but my mind is too tired to leap anywhere today. Being a parent does that to a person. Isn't Halloween tomorrow?

I hate to even ask, but if anyone could help Ken and I haul our last bit of stuff over from the old place this evening, we'd be eternally grateful. It's all packed. We just need help with loading and unloading (just into our garage), since I threw my back out and can't carry anything down stairs.

I know it's Halloween, so it's not good timing, but I figured I'd throw this out there anyway. Thanks. :)

Know that if I lived close enough, I'd be there.

PM me.
I can help.
It will give me an excuse not to pass out the candy I haven't bought yet...
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