Awwww, that's very nice! Hope the local barrista is as good as you!

Thank god... the radio is FINALL playing a non-Christmas song.

Don't get me wrong, you all know I'm one of the first people ready for the holidays when they come, but it's still NOVEMBER. One or two Christmas songs peppered into the usual soft-rock mix would have been okay, but it's been a steady stream of Xmas interrupted only occasionally by a regular song. I may retreat to streaming radio soon. At least until I'm feeling less grinchy.

November 22nd is the earliest date that Thanksgiving can possibly fall on. We are in for the longest Thanksgiving->Christmas gap possible. Joy to the world.

Damn Roosevelt...

I actually started getting into Christmas music again last night.
Christmas Remixed 1&2 and Merry Mixmas came to mind. As well as Linus & Lucy... love that song.
:)

I am supposed to get my birthday off. I was in a 8:30 ish this morning as usual. I get to leave "early" today - 5:00 ish.

When I leave after 7:00, it takes a half hour tops to drive home (Costa Mesa to Brea). When I leave in a couple of minutes, it will take a minimum of an hour, probably closer to 1-1/2 hours.

Happy Birthday to me :rolleyes:

Kevy, I'm sorry, that totally sucks. :(

At least GusGus will be waiting for you, keep that happy thought! :D

Yeah, GusGus'll help you get (your birthday) off ;)

It only took an hour to get home including a stop at UPS.

Might have been even quicker had it not been for the looky-loo traffic because of the end of the high-speed chase on the SOUTHbound 57 at Imperial.

Now I await my annual Welsh Rarebit. I always appreciate that Susan makes it for me even though she can't stand the smell of it (much less eat it!).

You're eating Munchkyn!?!?!?!?

/sob!

What the heck is Welsh Rarebit?

Just curious.

It's not Thumper is it? Love that!

It's cheese on toast. Sort of.

Yup, that's succienct! Here's the wiki on it, food network also has recipes if you are really interested.

It's not diet food, that's for sure!

Rarebit, not rabbit.

Besides, I believe Munchykin's ancestry is Dutch, not Welsh

The Wikipedia Entry. Though our family spreads the cheese sauce over crumbled crackers.

Except (as noted in my post above), we spread it on crumbled Saltines. Why? I don't know - it is just how we do it.

Nope. Hence why it is only once per year.

BlueErica, Euro and I are all sitting in our living room IMing with each other.

What a quinky dink. I'm in my living room IMing BE.

currently listening to random "romantic erra" music... that might be on my test...

I enjoy Erlkönig...

But I Love "Ride Of The Valkyries"

What a further coinky dink. I don't even have IM software installed on my computer. But I am in my living room.

Somehow NA, this sounds somewhat risque! Must be my mind in the gutter again.

Modern Marvels on History Channel right now is all about 'The Pig' - big segment on bacon :D

I'm at work !! Anc I can post from here. I am happy. :cool:

but I cant spel.

That's cause yor a poo-hed!

Cool you can post from work.

What a coinky dink. I'm sitting on my couch eating a pizza with chorizo, bacon, ham, pepperoni, and other various pig parts.

Thanks! I was getting kind of bored with Alton's segment on Coq au Vin anyway.

No one is watching the Charlie Brown Christmas special?

How do you spell relief? P-A-P-E-R.

Apparently, because she gave us a paper to write, our health law prof no longer has to follow our incredibly super strict school curve. I was so worried - our grades are primarily based on quizzes for that class. Easy quizzes. Where you might miss 1 or 2 of 75 points because she worded the question in a way that made no sense to you. And it's like that for every quiz. So, you could miss 1 point in every 75-point quiz and still find yourself with a C for the class.

You know me. Therefore you know my increasing panic every time I saw a "-1" on a returned quiz. I once got "-2" and nearly passed out. Here I am, right on the bubble between summa and magna, and I could miss out on summa merely because of some stupid point on some stupid health law quiz and dear God why did I sign up for this class?

But no! Because there was a paper, no curve! So we can all get As if the prof feels like it! And if we act as a discussion leader Thursday we can gain back up to 5 lost quiz points. (and the good way - if we only lost 3 points total we'd only get back 3 points - not increase our total to 102 of 100. I hate profs that do not get the point and issue extra credit assignments that just increase the total point value, so even someone that already had 100 has to do the EC to stay competitive.)

I take back the bad things I thought about that prof. Well, I take back half the bad things I thought about her.

Nope. I was watching the Ducks game and now I am watching NCIS.

I <3 Mark Harmon.

Just in time for the good part. Thanks :)

edit: Oh no... I missed it. Now all I get is the new crap.

tonights leno... from dec of 1993!

pulling from the vault... not bad idea for a writers strike

LOVE the Schubert. One of the few pieces ever to make me wish I was a baritone. A friend of mine played my roomate's senior recital only on the condition he sing it for her senior in accompanying. Really a massive ppiano piece with vocal accompaniment.

I post from work all the time!

Talk about a statement game. Ugh! :(

Don't forget the Grinch is tomorrow (with Shrek before that)

Oh, I love the Grinch. The original, ONLY.

I <3 David McCallum. Because I remember when he wasn't old.

So what happened to Ally-Oops? Has she dropped off the face of the planet?

I heard from her the other day, she is well, but extremely busy at work which prevents her posting much these days.

We watched An Inconvenient Truth tonight. It mentioned that if the Greenland ice sheet melts, sea levels will rise 20 feet. Just for fun, I went on Google Maps to see how Long beach would fare. Our house would be ok - we're at 63 feet. Chris and Lisa, you better get some waders..... ;)

We're really that low, eh?

We need to build that second story with a dock

And weatherstrip the heck out of the first floor doors and windows.

14 feet above sea level. You're lower than downtown LB.

So, NA, I found the bacon! :D

I had bacon in my sandwich for lunch.

I had some bacon for breakfast, and it was inferior in it's bacon-ness. But, I'm at work and it still satisfied my craving for morning bacon with my toast. Until I go home and consume a pound of the good stuff ;)

Eek


The Bacon thread has invaded the Soooo.... thread

Soooo..... Anyone like bacon?;)

No.

:D



If you feed bacon to a pig, do you think he/she knows it's cannibalism?

"Bacon is pigs!"

mmm Bacon

If the Lounge of Tomorrow has a floor, it would be slippery from all the bacon grease.

Bacon, boobs and girthy packages invade every thread, eventually.

mmm. Bacon.

Don't forget the cats!

Can someone press the E-stop button please? I wanna get off this ride NOW!

Just had my ultrasound (it was postponed to today). They took a gazillion pictures, especially concentrating on one spot and wouldn't say anything. That makes me nervous, and now I need to wait until next week for the results from my doctor.

Then, I got a call that I need to try and complete a 3-minute promo for the show so the producer can take it to a network exec tomorrow.

And, now I just got off the phone with my mother, and my aunt is currently drawing her last breaths.

This is NOT my idea of a fun day. Check please!

Bacon grease if you're lucky.

I like pancakes

Could be a parasite. Like a baby!

I just read these four posts (from two different threads) in succession. Interesting...

Then it'd be the second coming of Christ. ;)

No, this is due to them finding a small mass on my cervix, and also some pain to the right of my pelvic region. So, yeah, that's why it's not a "happy" nervous.

Although, if it is the return of God's child, then I'm demanding child support in the form of multiple lottery winnings. I will then train the child to take over the world and gather followers to worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster while I purchase my own cruise line and sail the world. ;)

Well, I'd suggest just calling it a day and going to bed but um... well, that promo ain't gonna edit itself.

*Sending you mental Starbucks*

NA: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
Kevy Baby: What?
NA: Don't cross the threads.
Kevy Baby: Why?
NA: It would be bad.
Kevy Baby: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
NA: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
GD: Total protonic reversal.
Kevy Baby: Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, NA.

Is this like the Twinkie thing?

This works. If you are getting the lottery winnings, and sailing anyway, remember that there are those of us who would take room and board in return for raising children.



And..
soooo... how did I not know that Walt had won the Audubon Award?

Visible mojo for this DPR. I can't give you the real thing, so visual will have to do.

Really frickin' funny

I mojo'd DPR on your behalf, I agree, could not have been more funny! Brilliant!

Oh


My


Gawdess



WTF is THIS?!? (Spoilered for the faint of heart)

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:eek: :eek: :eek:

Her "muffin"? :eek:

Egads. I think my imagination is worse than that picture.

JW said it best.

[thud]

I'm going to leave this drama class and go get an MRI now. Have fun for me while I'm feeling claustrophobic.

Wait, I'm confused....I thought she got rid of the muffin?

Ew, good luck with the MRI, NA, I hate MRI's

Drama?

I'm posting this from the depths of the Nuclear Muffin Test Kitchen, and just the use of the word 'muffin' in the above post makes me ill.

That's a muffin you can keep thanks. Looks like the Joker and Joan Rivers had a kid and then melted the face. WTF?!

I thought it was a post-op Carol Channing.

Yes, looks like a mad scientist blend of Carol Channing and Bai Ling.

We just had a meeting with our new "organizational consultant". And by "we" I mean "the very few pre-existing central staff that the head honcho didn't hire over from her prior gig, plus me". We got to the "feedback on our new leaders" portion and she thought we might not want to say anything right then. She got about 5 of those post-it easel pages of feedback that was definitely not what she had been prepared for.

The downside is that with so few of us in the central office, there's not much mystery about who said what.

Could be a bumpy ride....

You know what I love. I love when I've been working for a while and I notice my morning's (or afternoon's) coffee cup sitting on my desk waiting to be thrown away, and when I grab it I find that there's a sip or two of coffee, now ice cold, left in the bottom.

I'm not a big coffee drinker... so tell me please... why is this GOOD ?

Well, it helps that I sit in a heavily air conditioned computer lab. So what's in there isn't just lukewarm or room temperature coffee. Essentially I get a surprise, unexpected sip or two of iced coffee. Mmmm, iced coffee.

As much as my management over the last year or so have proven themselves to be complete dunderheads, I will say this...after I laid out exactly what I thought they were doing wrong in the "feedback" section of my yearly review, they treated me with quite a bit more respect. Not to say they particularly took any of my suggestions (I failed to cure them of their dunderheadedness), but MOST people will respect someone who is being honest about how they feel, as long as you're doing so in a respectful way and still performing your job responsibilities, no matter how misguided you might think said responsibilities are.

Okay, THAT I understand. :coffee:

Message I just got on my cell-

What was the last message??

A bunch of pre-teen girls screaming. :D

It is things like this that really make my heart ache to be a parent.

Kevy is such a softie!

Kevy,

I can start acting like a teenage girl if you like ;)

So you are saying your are willing to act more mature than you do now?








(Sometimes its like shooting fish in a barrel)

Bite me.



Oh wait.

Yeah, careful... he likes that sort of thing :evil:

1956 Craftsman house inhabitable. Sam exhausted. Sam's Mother happy. Sam happy.

My good friend at work got me chocolates from Israel. They're really, really good. I eated it.
:)

mmm. I just eated yakisoba and shrimps.

I am in the middle of baking 22 pounds of party mix. Now I'm starting to dread how many cookies I am truly going to have to make to go with the party mix:eek:

I'm popping open a cold bottle of Hornsby's hard cider to recover from shopping today.

Mm, hard cider!

What did you shop for?

Socks and underthings!

Oh man, I haven't had a Hornsby's in years. Damn you...

Shopping for underthings always makes me want to drink. ;)

Why is it that, at my age, my boobs keep getting bigger?

Well, ok, that might be just a bit TMI.

I'll go back to pontificating about elitism now.

Sorry!

heh... yeah, exactly, that's why the drinking!

If I still drank, I'd drink one in solidarity. But, I will raise a glass of fuzzy water to you, comrade.

Hooray for boobies!

Now, would everyone just chill for the evening so I can get NYE invites done?

I didn't get one! You're excluding me!

I think I swallowed my innocence instead of my pride.

True story:

It's been so long since Mollywog and I have seen each other that we had to email each other photos so we'll successfully meet up tomorrow. And we live in the same general area!

I think this means I am officially anti-social. :(

I haven't even sent them out yet!

Now, I expect you to show up,:D

Sorry. I try to be offended as early in the cycle as possible.

And mid-week year changes are good for traveling to parties.

No, not really, it means that I'm equally anti-social!! Summer of 2006 I went to meet up with Blacky and other folks at the Seattle Center, and we totally didn't recognize each other and didn't end up meeting up because of that! And this is my fault totally because you know how sociable he is!

Cheers!

You invented being offended about NYE?:p

Me either!

JEBUS!

Yes. While the dam on my emotions about this just burst I've actually been nursing wounded feelings about you not inviting me to next month's NYE bash as early as last March.

Alex has a dam on his emotions. Imagine that!

Now you're just trying to hurt me further. I must sulk.

It looks like you better hurry up with the invites NA!

Dear, if you're anything like me, you're just busy. And justly so.

Have fun meeting up!!! :D You both probably deserve it if it's been so long!

Oh don't feel bad - I will start a thread for you with lots of smilies in it to make you fell better! And Mojo! I will give you lots of Mojo!

We love you

:blush::blush::blush::blush::blush::blush::blush:: blush::blush:
:):):):):):):):):):snap:

Mojo makes everything right, once again.

Oh, and smilies.

















:D

Maddy's on a roll today - from her last IM's

Ummm considering most of us have SEEN your boobs (and each others) I doubt it's TMI. You can just show us all at NYE.


Suck it up Alex! I'm offended that you're causing drama online!! :p

KatieSue, teach her BY MENNEN

Sheesh, I just got SUCH an insulting job offer. Yeah, I should be grateful, since we're broke, and there's not much out there... but. Dang. They should be happy I even applied. And I know they loved me...but to come back with such a crap offer? Holy Whatever. And it's contingent on me passing the drug and driving check, which...duh, I will. God: so insulting. Must be an employer's market out there...:(

Well, I'm not that hungry, and will take my small pleasure in life by turning them DOWN.

I think it is out here right now. Though I'll miss the fine folks here, I know I'm going to make more money elsewhere, on TOP of the lower cost of living.

Well, Lizzie, you don't really want to do milk delivery for MOOCOW DAIRIES anyways, right?

I wish we could move, but my son's in high school so no jumpin' about is advised. Oops, I hope my post wasn't a sympathy troll...I was just ventin'! Honest! :blush:

Moocow Dairies? They hirin'? Gimme the number!

Don't move to San Diego. Admin type jobs pay ZILLCHO here. A collegue moved to Chicago last year and is making a lot more for same type job, and cost of living is so much cheaper.

Job hunting is the worst.

Hey, if you want to be a pet sitter, we're expanding rapidly.

Which made me think of your boobs :D

I'd be a pet sitter....

KatieSue, you can't have My Boobs be your dying thought!

Got anything in the Valley? So many of my friends are doing it, I'm thinking about jumping in too...plus, I like...odd pets. Maybe I could tend the spiders, snakes, toads, etc. that others aren't cool with? Of course kitties and puppies are awesome and lovable and I could hang with them, too... :D

Is Hollywood too far of a drive?

Just watched Alton Brown make these gorgeous cookies - basically takes a batch of sugar cookie dough, turns half of it chocolate, makes the other half peppermint, rolls them both out, stacks peppermint on top of chocolate, then rolls the whole thing up into a log, chills it hard, and slices the log to make pinwheels.

Recipe here

I will try to block the image from my memory. I'll file it away with the image of Kevy's, you know what ;)

'Bout 10 minutes over the hill, so no! :) All critters are welcome, no matter what their food needs are...

Did someone pass around the drugs while I was driving home from class? You people are all crazy.

We don't need drugs to be crazy. It's au natural around here.

Ummm... Are you JUST figuring that out?

It's a bad case of "Clique Think"

NO ONE IS GETTING INVITED TO NYE!

IT done blowed up while you were gone. SRY

I'm offended that I wasn't invited to share in the mind-altering substances. I think that if you're not going to share, you should all have to act normally.

But, are you going to DIE or are you just going to SULK?

Since my name isn't NO ONE, I'm considering myself invited! Oh wait...that doesn't work...

Sulkily die, of course.


And I may just flounce once or twice for good measure.

All this fun has made me want to go SHOE SHOPPING!

TEASE!

Won't work... We'll just show up anyway. :evil:

Don't worry, I saved some for you for tomorrow!!;)

Wheee! Magic Flute and Magic Mushrooms!

...And magical Shiny Happy Rainbow Unicorn!

That makes me think of H.R. Puffinstuff!!

The H.R. stands for Hand Rolled, right?

I think we need to clear out the old quotes because there is a whole new group gonna be inducted after tonight. Though I'm not sure where to start? It's like picking your favorite Brady...

Downtown LashBear ?? I'm quite high at the moment (thanks to some wonderful Absinthe with the er, stuff, still in it.

LOL !!! :snap:

Is the Pope a Bear ?? (remember the old Fozzie bear joke... Stadler: "Hey, look, the comedian's a Bear.." Waldorf: "No he's not, he's a-wearing a Necktie...")

Hmmm sounds like something that another recent member might enjoy !!

VISIBLE MOJO TOO>......:snap: :cheers:

Don't do that to a guy who had a heart-attack !!!!!!

Couldn't agree more

Hey !!! I didn't get one !!!

or "Clinque" as we like to say.

I already got my invite. :p

Greg, the hottie. No big decision to be made there.....

OMG, I had a dream involving that joke last night!

Our mountains are finally getting some much needed rain. Hopefully we can say bye to fire season.

And HELLO to mudslide season!

Jan.

Because NM willed it so.

Feb.

Soo...like, I leave here yesterday and come back to find out

a) half of you are dying
b) the other half are sulking
c) of that half, half are working a telethon
d) to which the other half of that half of a half will probably not be invited to
e) that we seem to be hunting ogres....or was it trolls and cant find any
f) uh...and..............stuff (350+ posts worth) :eek:


dont you people ever sleep??

How can I sleep when I'm dying - and all that other stuff on the list?

Given that at least one member here admits to having sold their soul to the slurp spiders, I think the answer is no. They never sleep.

Alice. :blush:

uh...maybe youre all dying BECAUSE youre not sleeping?


.....and now we have vampiric arachnids in our midst....great.

:rolleyes:

personally, I think Im gonna go back to bed and let this weirdness tsunami subside

I may not be posting much but I am enjoying every minute of reading the insanity :)

Errrr, was there something about Jan I don't remember from the show?

Yes, come back when we're not weird. Let me know how that works out for you.

Why ya gotta get all personal attackish now. HUH!?!?

There's a wonderful scene in Broadcast News where Joan Cusak is running with a tape that desperately needs to get to a tape player right away.
She's crashing into people, she hits a water fountain... chaos. But she makes it.

Uh... I just did that now for a session that started at 10am. It was hysterical. Me runnin' like a fool through the building with an SR tape. Boom right into the HDCAM SR player. All is well.

Fun times.

:D

My bellissima little tabletop rosemary topiary that's standing in for a Christmas tree this year? It needs sun, people!

I think I moved it to a sunny spot in time.

this year at my desk, Im using a pair of venus flytraps for my xmas shrubs.
in fact, I just fed one. she seems much happier now...although not sure I can say the same for her victim

OK. You're all crazy.

And I am not. But you're ignoring me.

So I'm going back to my typing tests. At least they tell me stories.

I'm an idiot. I kept exporting my animated logo, only to find it horribly pixilated. I kept going back and changing my export settings.

And, now, I just noticed I didn't do the final render before attempting the export. :rolleyes: D'oh!

One of the ladies I work with doesn't eat wheat. So no bread. That must be hard to do.
I guess she's allergic or something...

I've heard of some people not being recognized by some Catholic churches because they're allergic to wheat and can't take the communion wafer. :(

Can't they just bless a ricecake or something?

I think the wine can be substituted. I'll ask my dad. But if they're also in AA, then I think they're SOL.

Wheat or Glutten? My boss is on a glutten free diet. We've gotten kinda creative on a lot of things. Makes ordering in lunch a bit problematic.

That's what these are for!


I slept quite well last night.

We ignore anyone who is still in Halloweentime. ;)

If a church gave out free Necco wafers as part of their rituals, I'd so join. ;)

I actually like those things even though they're like sugary chalk.

I'm upping the ante. If a church gave out online discount codes to Sephora, I'd eat their horrible Necco wafers.

Sooo my Niece's daughter (Niece II ?) pooped in the toilet for the first time today.

There are pictures apparently.

Something to save for the High School Graduation slide show I think..

I'm allergic to Jesus too

Pictures??? I understand it's a milestone, but holy carp, WHY?

I'll go talk to typing tests today, hopefully...busy busy, then a short LoT break, then busy busy, all day.

NONE OF YOU FREAKS ARE BEING IGNORED, SO SHUT THE FVCK UP

Are they going to title the work of art also? Maybe like "Baby's First Bowl Movement"?

And, dammit, I'm totally being ignored. Especially by CP. I'm going to cry.

Just rub your busyness in our faces why don't you. You're ignoring us and snubbing us you elitist biaotch!

yeah, close. Thankfully not like a baby - then I would be up all night with a load in my pants.. :)

I just discovered the worse litterbox disaster in cat owner history.

I think I'm gonna barf. (While I sit here and contemplate on how to even start cleaning it up.)

Pics? :evil:

No, I like you all too much. :p

It's bad enough I had to run around in a dire panic checking paws and butts before any of them sat on the furniture. :eek:

Was it a mixing bowl or a cereal bowl that baby was moving ??

Yeah... see you in a century or two.....

You mean like, if I used Chocolate Mousse instead of Ganache for my Kitty litter cake ??? :evil:

How about us non-freaks, huh? You're ignoring us then, aren't you ?? I know. Boy, you share an alcoholic coffee with someone and think you know them....

AND... You didn't send me an invitation to New Years.... Oh, wrong person. :blush:

No. More like if you had used Vegemite so the smell would match the texture. :p

Well, I couldn't tell, since they were at least polite enough to wipe themselves with the floor shortly after. Bleh! With pets, who needs kids? :rolleyes:

Now, I'm sitting here, screaming my head off at Motion (animated graphics program), because I'm trying to render my logo into a very high resolution format, and it's deciding to make fun of me by doing wonky things (like deciding to change my font size during the export). :mad:

See: CM IS sicker than me.

Great...somthing to look forward to!

The pet part...already got the kid!

They should be fine by the time you come over to watch them next week. This has never happened before, so I'm sure it's a one-time thing. :)

And, even though I can't prove it, I blame Emmy, because she's pure evil, and she came from your house. ;)

If I remember correctly...you visited almost daily for the evil little angel?!

Every other day, and only for an hour or two. So, she was with you 99% of the time. :p I think you trained her to be evil.

Nope can't blame that one on me.....blame Lightning!

We went Noodle Spelunking. Now we're in a Noodle Coma.

Curry Udon Bliss - and just 10 minutes from our house, the world is now a better place. I am warm and happy and my ears are quite red.

Mmmm. I love me some wet noodles! Did you save some for the rest of us?

Actually, there are some leftovers in my refrigerator.

Bellaayy full of nooooooodles. It's making sounds.

I'm going to take this time to thank € for helping me with a huge project and thank NA for putting up with it all. And I thank the noodles for this stomach symphony. I'm glad I didn't have ice cream to top it all off - my stomach has a rough enough time with non-dairy stuff... ;)

We went for my traditional birthday dinner at Northwoods Inn. Love that cheesebread! :)

For those with litterbox problems, I present the Cat Genie.

Oh, when we get a house, I'm so getting one of those. That is the coolest thing ever!

Is it wrong that I'm drooling over a litterbox? :blush:

Either Alton Brown's a genius, or we're both going to die of salmonella in a few hours.

But regardless, I just had the equivalent of a Thanksgiving Dinner.

How can there be 1043 new posts since the day before yesterday? That's nuts!

BTW, I worked a farmer's market in the pouring pouring rain today, and still sold 50 units! People were so grateful for the few of us who actually braved the weather. And I had a customer from that market call me and order 85 units to give as Christmas gifts! He gets a discount.

And just to catch up on a week's worth of not posting:

Atlanta was gorgeous. I've never seen so many trees.

I'm trying to get Sprint to replace my phone that goes dead after a 12 minute phone call.

I hate US Bank as well.

I went on a date tonight that turned out not to be a date. Although I did help him hook up his surround system

So, what's going on with you?

Is this a typical male reaction? I had never heard of this till a year or two ago.


...and its 6:30..... why am I at work exactly?

Yeah, it's been nutty. Good luck piecing it all together. "LoT comes togther to face adversity."

8 minutes...

One minute

wait time. 5 minutes.

Not good. :(

I got tickets!!!!!!!! WOOOHOO!!!!! Or is that YEEHAWWWWWWW

I just woke up. I got almost 12 hours of sleep. This getting up at 5 every morning seems to catch up to me around Thursday.

I did get an amusing call from work last night. After 2 weeks I was able to talk someone through finding an order and checking to see if it had an appointment scheduled. I was very pleased with myself. I even told him I could come back in or come in today if he needed me to. Luckily we were able to resolve it over the phone.

I am still loving my job. I have had a few hair pulling moments, but over all nothing I wasn't able to take care of.

Hmmm, though sometimes concealed by long hair, I'm pretty sure women have the same reaction. Lisa confirmed a buzzing, but I didn't stop to check pigmentation.

I'll double that! Woooo Hoooooo!

GO TO BED!

Right now I'm busy trying to protect my turkey sandwich from the cat.

I'm just trying to figure out why there's a Bon Voyage party when it should be more like you guys packing up for Utah where you will buy up a ski resort so it can be a snowy kind of LoT commune.

Yeah.

No, I think it's more like "Erica stays in LA where we will continue to search out and enjoy delicious Japanese food".

I say no to snow. That means you should stay and bring the bf out here.
:)

Just say no to cold/snow!

Shh! You're gonna give away the plan! ;)

if you are reading this... i miss you.

I miss my Lumbo, too!!!

We had snow overnight. There was maybe an inch on the ground this morning for our run. It was cold and I was tired and my knee kind of hurt. When I finished, I said, "That sucked."

So I was able to get my orientation for tomorrow - which means (yay!) I can get tix for the holiday party Monday or Tuesday, and also the 40% off discount thing starts Monday woohoooooo! (Now if only I had the money to pick up a few miniatures...)

That's the good news. The bad news is, a friend of mine, who hired into the same area I did, got the one assignment she didn't want, which is also the one I didn't want, and she was told that's all they're hiring into now. So I'm probably going back to the same place I worked before, bleh. But at least I'll have a buddy there! Anyway, I don't know that for sure yet, because I don't get my own assignment for training till tomorrow. And they had better respect the day I said I couldn't work (you know, next Saturday, lol), which is when she's being trained, so maybe I'll get lucky and still get the assignment I want - keep your fingers crossed!

But still, overall I call this a good day :)

That you keep on is terrific. You are my inspiration, Steph.

It's snowing here today. We're expecting an accumulation of 6" with a top coat of freezing rain.

It's even snowing here at the moment. My study buddy's supposed to come up here to go over this upcoming week's UCC assignments, but if it keeps up I don't know if she'll make it, since she's a socal girl...

Snow... cool :) (literally)

It's "freezing" here (which by our terms means it's like 60 or high 50's)

Well, looks like we'll have a vet appointment when we return from our little trip next week.

Emmy's finally reached the stage for us to throw her a Cat Mitzvah. It's been a fun (and loud) morning... :rolleyes:

Phew,

I'm glad this week is over.

I was pulled in a 100 different directions this week between volunteering in 2 of my girls' classes, organizing class gifts for 2 of them, getting glasses for my oldest one, and we celebrated my middle girl's VIP week in her class. I also managed to pull off our part of a Girl Scout event last night after my Co-Leader and parent helper came down with viral and strep infections even though I've had a lovely cold since Thanksgiving.

So far today, we've scored Garth tickets and had the girls' Christmas portraits and Christmas cards all done.

I'm tired, but now I have nothing else to do than to enjoy my Trojans whooping up on those cross town guys.

Fight On!

swanie

I have a sneaking suspicion that Kleenex is lightly scenting their tissues with lemon.

Boy, is it quiet around here.

I'm starting to suspect that everyone is at a party...and little old me wasn't invited. I feel so left out ;)

Anyone up for a pity party of our own? :D

swanie

okay. I think I'll drown my sorrows with pumpkin pie.

I'm drowning mine with a big bowl of Dreyer's peppermint ice cream.

mmmmmmmmmmm

swanie

I was at work, and then I had to drive through the latest snowstorm to get home. I really don't like snow.


Cute kiddos, Swanie!

I have a belly full of mongolian grill. Yum! We even worked on our homework for Monday, and we never do our homework before the day of. It's like we're all responsible or something - now that we're up to our last week of classes.

Still snowing here. I hope it all goes away soon.

Meanwhile, I'm going to drown my sorrows in some white chocolate dipped/filled strawberries.

It's raining up on top of QA now, and the snow is starting to go away so maybe it'll go away from your place soon too!

Oh good! Send that rain up north!

I went to the Park, and because I seem to be not only out of the loop, but the loop now claims never to have met me, I enjoyed surprise Candlelight! It was lovely.

The loop didn't meet you? :( That's why there was no Commodore Swank... :(

Missed seeing you there, too, ABG!

I slept like crap last night! I was cold all night and saw the sun rise. I finally got to sleep a bit after sun-up and slept until a whopping 9:00. When I woke up, there were 4 cats and a dog in bed and Thurston was snuggling with Charles. That's a first.

I however slept like a log having strange travel dreams = sleeping on bumpers, sweeping porch steps, trying to figure out the strange electronic gear Strangler Lewis left in the garage, and driving around the midnight farmers market and homeless encampment.

God I love Benedryl

DID I leave strange electronic gear in the garage, or was that just in your dream? Did that building have a garage as opposed to a shed?

The dream - and the building became a sort of craftsman bungalow, but it started out a room in a Persian hotel by the airport. We were driving up the coast. The equipment was soe sort of combination entertainment and surveillance system. We just wanted to listen to some music and the bumper was rather cold.

For the record, training at this place where I am at has improved. But they no longer buy you lunch.

The Moonlight Bunny Ranch no longer buys lunch? That's a pisser.

Ah, the Bunny Ranch. :cool:

Kid sitting next to Susan at Breakfast: I'm going to be a in a Marching Band when I grow up
Susan: Really? What are you going to play?
Kid: The Piano!

That's gonna make for a long parade!

YAY!!

I showed Rose the bike I want from that site, maybe I'll have a happy bike/birthday, too! :)

And I was there and meant to walk over to where I thought you were and say hello! :(

As the blueerica sails into the sunset, the Commodore wipes a bon voyage tear away with his scarf, lower lip trembling beneath clenched pipe.

:tooooooooooooot:

Getting my stuff together for my first day at my new job tomorrow!

:( Blew it on the Commodore invite. Sigh. Party organzing is a bitch. I've already apologized to the man himself, now I apologize to the rest of you who were lacking his lovely company.


Oh, and Cherny - why didn't you tell him!! I blame you :p

Good luck to Mollywog - what's the new job? (my apologies if you posted it earlier)

We're still packing for the "four day wedding reception at sea". I feel like a kid going to Disneyland. :)

You never invited the LashPair. We feel Snubbed™

So, this morning I feel stiff, and not in a good way.

I'd be more concerned if you felt stiff in a good way.

My house is so cold I can't keep my coffee warm.

I nearly froze getting out of the shower this morning.
Thank goodness for the heater.

Let's see what I can accomplish today. Here's the list:

ERRANDS:

Bank
Borders
Thread
Elastic
Fecal to Vet

HOME:

Make Bathroom Curtains
Paint Corner Cabinet
Set up Sewing area
Make Hope Chest Cover
Move stuff to garage
Laundry
Finish Collage
Get Invites out to missing email addys.
Soto OCR
DeWitt to Calendar
Garden weeding
Install towel racks
Estimate for Surgery for Thurston
Change sheets on both beds

Uhm, I am still waking up, and so far as I know I have nothing near the ambitious day NA has planned. It's not that I couldn't be really busy- I just don't want to be.:D

I had a list that long for the weekend and got it all done and then some, but now have a new list for next weekend...when does it end??

Or, I could just nap with Thurston.

I would be thrilled to accomplish a list like that in a week.

then again, I would be thrilled to death to have the ambition to sit down and even write a list like that, let alone actually DO any of them

I'm so sure all of you wanted to know I need to take a stool sample to the vet.

And that you're going to finish college. Congrats.

I have a list just like that, but I'm feeling to lazy to type it up! My coffee is cold, too. I think we're having a parallel life experience today. Except I have no puppy. :(

I suggest you turn down the Air Conditioning if you need to warm up.


Sincerely,

Moonliner, B.E.C.

NA's list makes me tired.

I'll take Napping with Thurston for $50, Jack.

I have mile-thick plaster walls and no AC. When it gets cold it here, it STAYS cold. I could turn on the heater, but it will just give me a headache - then how much would I accomplish.

I forgot to mention, I took Disneyphile to the Cruise Ship dock this morning in San Pedro. We tried to pull into the drop-off area but it was blocked off my a police barricade. I jumped out of the car to see what the issue was (and when it would be resolved) and apparently the docking area was temporarily quarantined. When I asked if it was a bomb threat, I got a pause then a non-committal reaction from an officer. I haven't been able to find anything on the any news sites about what was going on.

But presumably she got on?

Ask her how long Make Bathroom Curtains has been on the list.
Go ahead, ask.
Then ask about kitchen curtains.

Will somebody please buy this woman one of these for Christmas?

So I can't post in another thread, keep getting a permissions error. Wonder if I can post here.

ETA: Odd.

Wow. If you can't get permission, who can?
:D




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I had to euthanize three fish last night.
They were dying from ich.
I felt really, really bad doing it.
I couldn't imagine if it was a bigger pet.
I know people on this board have a history with making that tough decision.
My heart goes out to y'all. It's sad.
:(

Two of my sites are dragging serious butt, while one loads up like lightning. The interweb gods are being capricious today!

Does it have anything to do with all the emergency updates from Yahoo I've gotten today? :confused:

Yahoo keeps telling me to 'update my Yahoo toolbar'.
Uh, I don't have the stinkin' Yahoo toolbar...
:D

I had problems with the link, but had more luck with this.

But to answer your question: no

Cool pics!

Safe for work.
Artist "Banksy" and his artwork on the wall in Bethlehem.
:)

Re: cruise ship:She didn't call me to come pick her back up, so I presume yes.

Bathroom curtains has been on the list since before I redecorated my bathroom. HOWEVER, I now have NEW fabric for bathroom curtains and, you'll be pleased to know, I am almost done with one of two panels! (Except that I ran out of thread because I always forget to buy thread when I buy fabric). So, I'm off to Joanne's for a thread run and maybe I'll even buy myself a decent sewing box since I've had mine since I was 9 and the plastic tray is completely cracked). Oh, and did I tell you I got my sewing machine tuned up? AND....I bought an actual case for it so I can get ride of the 35 year old box and it won't collect dust as it sits under the bed for 11 months out of the year.

Who knows, maybe I'll get kitchen curtains done too! NYE may be exciting (for me at least).


I'm a shopping genius. Crafting genius, not so much.

Gawd! So annoying.
Someone in my office has an assistant named Brandon.
He keeps yelling his name from his desk. "BRAndon! BRAndon!"
I keep thinking he's going to say, "BRAd!" So I keep turning my head.
Annoying.
:D

Charlie Brown's on TV tonight.

ABC at 8.

Just in case anyone didn't know.

Hopefully Susan can help you tomorrow.

I would love to know why "people" like rubbing salt on wounds.
Makes me wonder if the human race should just cease.
Damnit.

Tonight's class is my last Monday night class. This feels really odd.

So long, Monday night classes!

Buh buy Monday classes!

Hurrah Pru - last Monday night class. Let the countdown begin.

I've got no class.

You may have it but it's not running on your IE. Check your add/remove programs for it. It's a sneaky install with YIM.

Well, duh!

No fair.




I'm so in L.A.! I came home to find a film crew filming in our courtyard.
No one famous.
:)

was it there? :p

You know what? It wasn't.
Weird...

Just developed a roll of film that has some really good pictures of my wife and me as well as our two cats.

*yawwwwwn*

Good morning.

*yawwwwwn*

Good night.

THis is a good thing, I think.. but I am curious as to why you made the note about it.
One has to wonder, or at least I do, how OLD was said roll of film?

Oh man, I need coffee. I feel like I've been hit by a train this morning.
Must be a let down from all the fun over the weekend. Obviously I just need to come back! In the meantime, c-o-f-f-e-e

I was going to make a joke about "what's film?" But that reminded me of a story from library school (so this would be 1996-8). It was the second semester cataloging class and we were going over MARC fields for alternative media and running through various example when one of the women in the class raised her hand and, in all seriousness, asked "I'm sorry, but what is an LP?" I think about 80% of the class (not to mention the professor) immediately crumbled to dust they felt so old.

Geez, '96? That's not young, that's clueless. I mean, I understand when a group of jr. high aged kids this year walked into a room in Chicago's MCA with a floor tiled with LPs and, when asked what they thought they were, responded, "CDs?" But someone old enough to be in library school in the mid-late 90s? I'm likely younger than that person and I grew up with LPs.

Bingo! Actually, it was two rolls. One from Christmas '99 that had our surviving cat and rabbit. Their last Christmas. One was from, I'd say, Christmas '94 that had both cats.

Monster and Jonie?

Yeah, I've played that game before. I was helping someone move their daughter out of the house, and we found a roll of film.
The pictures were GREAT.
But of them on their Honeymoon twenty-two years earlier.

I knew there was a reason you noted it. :)

That has to be kind of weird. But cool that the film was still developable.

True, she was the only one who didn't know (and she was very young for grad school, 20 I think). But right on the edge of what was to come. I knew what an LP was but had never owned one (I was 22) and neither had anybody in my family bought one in living memory (my Dad had an old collection of them but I had never seen one played).

But the point of my reminiscence was that I would avoid the "what's film" joke since premature hints of technological obsolescence makes people feel old.

Oh, hearing those kids in the museum definitely did that. Especially later when I heard another kid say, "I've never had a CD. All my music is digital." Yikes.

But nothing made me feel older than being at the Henry Ford Museum and seeing my childhood on display. IN A MUSEUM!!

Welcome to the world of aging! :)

How about 8-track tapes? That was my first medium for owning an album.

My mom is trying to purchase a new stereo system but is having problems finding what she wants because she wants a record player, dual tape drives and cd. We did finally convince her that the 8track portion of her plan was a lost cause.

She need a computer, surround sound speakers, and a USB turn-table.

I've tired to explain that's the way to go but she doesn't get it. She also told me she's filled her memory card on her camera (it's over a year old) and has never actually downloaded any photos off of it.

Tell her she needs to take it in to be developed.

Monster and Joanie and Zelda rabbit.

While I generally agree with BTD, how about this vintage looking gizmo

Yes but it doesn't have dual tapes so you can tape off of your tapes.:rolleyes: And now she's decided she needs a cd burner as well. I have tried to explain you can do this with your computer, she has an imac, but she just does not comprehend.

I have an old stereo I could sell her that has dual tapes, and a turntable, with a separate attachable cd player. Of course, better hope she doesn't want to listen to the radio since the LCD display for that broke in the Northridge Earthquake ;)

Actually... I need the turntable to be able to hook up to a computer and digitize my great-grandfather's old records one of these days, so I can't really get rid of it.

(Seriously... glass records, one-sided records... pre-vinyl stuff)

The quality of a USB turn table probably be better than any cabling from turn table to computer.

The Ion USB turntable has gotten pretty bad reviews for audio quality. I have a Griffin iMic (a little analog > digital USB adapter) plus a Griffin Turntable Connection cable (which, in addition to grounding, takes the left and right RCA jacks and converts them to a mini). That way, I can plug any quality turntable into my mac...

*yawwwwwn*

Good morning.

No fair yawning at me when I'm already tired!

I didn't mean for my link to be an endorsement. Just the first USB turntable I found. Sorry for any confusion that may have caused.

I have my new Acer laptop running now. It's very nice....

2 gig of memory does make a difference !!

No harm - didn't see it as an endorsement. I just did a bunch of research before I moved - I didn't want to bring an entire second tuner/receiver if I didn't need it...

Speaking of snubbing...

There's a reception today at the law school for the new federal judge. Great opportunity to network, right? Except that law students are NOT invited to the reception being held IN THE LAW SCHOOL, RIGHT OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY DOORS, and during the last week of classes - when students actually show up to hear what will be on the final exam. But, as you enter the library - don't look at the reception! It's full of very important people and we don't want them to have to encounter actual students.

And if you do?

Free food. I can kind of see their concern. :D

Perhaps a less prominent location than the library would have been a good choice.

We spontaneously combust - which would save me the trouble of studying for my final exams.

Although, just for a change of pace, I decided not to capitulate without at least a modicum of effort on my part - so, since it's basically just Judges that are invited, I emailed the Judge I know that is friends with the new Judge and already offered to recommend me to new Judge and asked if Judge-I-know was planning to be there and, if so, could I impose on him for an introduction to new Judge. May be too late in the afternoon for him to check his email, and he may say "no", but perhaps fate will reward just a wee bit of persistence.

At least I tried to be proactive. It's not my natural tendency.

So much for that theory. The judge I know isn't going, and they actually have their little area downstairs ROPED OFF. They have someone at the "entry" to make sure you're on the "list."

Frankly, I think that's it's a pretty sh!tty thing to do. If you want to hold a private reception, find a private space. Don't hold it in the lobby, right in the middle of everything, and stick up little ropes to keep us riff-raff out. And I question the school's judgment in allowing this little event to take place. I think I'll not be contributing to the alumni fund after all.

What a bunch of jerks. I'd probably do something involving flaming underpants, a slingshot, and a bad recording of "Die Valkyrie"

Okay, I should be all supportive and stuff, but I have an alternate theory for this.

They may be keeping the area roped off to prevent the judges from being inundated by a plethora of students trying to do the exact thing you wanted to do. How many students are there? Depending on how many students might be interested in kissing up to talking to judges, the judges will be awful busy talking to students (and not each other, which I presume is the primary reason for the get-together).

Except that "students of color" are allowed. The women's law caucus has to let men come to their annual event, but it's okay to have "no whites allowed" events.

Is it an event put on by the African American student association?

I'm babysitting a few reptiles that Kevy Baby is familiar with, sooo.......Found out today the dragons can move REALLY fast! Gave them some greens and kinda cleaned out the old ones and made a new friend quickly! Should these guys have water? I kinda feel sorry for them. I'm just not made to be a nanny to reptiles!

No, an outside group has rented the space. However, my point remains that the school would not permit the women's law caucus to have their event be women only, because excluding men didn't send the right message that "social justice" is for everyone. Apparently this is an exception, though.

ETA: In three-and-a-half years I have never seen an event here that roped off an area and wouldn't let students network. The school generally promotes all networking opportunities and has to beg students to attend these events. Having a particularly noisy, disruptive event with only certain people permitted - that is held DURING CLASS HOURS - is very unusual, and I can't remember it ever happening before.

OK, don't panic :)

No, they do not need water. DF soaks them about once a week, which is how they get their water (and from the veggies you are feeding them). They are desert dwellers and used to going periods without water.

I will be stopping by this evening to feed them the live food.

Poor crickets :(

Maybe you can hang a noose outside the library?

And worms

What about the Geko? Gave him greens today also, and he was very curious.....

I'll check on his water tonight (I'll be heading out in about 5 minutes). That should be checked and filled every day.

Pick the gecko up - he has a cool texture - VERY different than the beardies.

It is pretty exciting! It took me 8 months to find a job after being laid off, but I finally did it. I'm now working for a major cruise line, and once my brain quits spinning from all the info they're cramming into it far too quickly, I think I'm gonna love it!

Thanks! I didn't post it more than a minute or two ago. And I'm sure you just saw that post.

*sigh*

Good morning.

Here we go again....

Last Night's news: "Snow predicted for tomorrow starting after the morning rush hour. Road crews are standing by to roll as soon as it starts."

The 6:00am news: "It's snowing! The front moved in earlier than expected and we are getting snow throughout the region. There are already multiple snow related accidents on major roads. No sign of any road crews yet".

It is purty though.....

*yawn*

I really need to reset my thermostat to warm up the house BEFORE I have to get out of bed.

We have a friend who thought it would be funny to set our thermostat to go to 90 at 3:00 in the morning. In the Summer.

We have weird friends.

Weird, but funny. Definitely funny.

Very cool! Congratulations!

The rbian spinning will end shortly and you will be cruising through the new job.

Congrats again! :cheers:

Moonie

I DO miss the snow, not the ice, but I do miss the purty snow. Can you post a picture for a formerly B.E.C.?

Stay safe adn drive carefully Moonie!

Snow: it's a great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.

I don't even like to visit it....too darn cold!

Snow is fun. Especially in California, where it comes to visit, but we can leave it at any time.

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas..."

We should get some in the local mountains this weekend.

Oh man, I could just see this group at Frasier Park, LOL

Why? Is there a swanky bar up there?

I just took some Alka-Seltzer Plus Flu and now I'm feeling really sleepy, but I'm at work and can't take a nap.

I hate to disappoint but this is the closest you guys are going to get to me drunk-posting. (Thank you Firefox and your glorious spell checker.)

Um, you're not supposed to post in the Soooo thread until after you've read it all. :evil:

Hope you feel better soon.

I read page 1 and the last 20 or so posts. Doesn't that mean I've read it?

:cakes: mmmmm... pancakes

I've been shreding paper all afternoon. I love it. There's nothing more satisfying than stacking up bag after bag of shreded paper. It makes me feel like I've accomplished something.

Just for Kevin

Welcome Back Scotty!!!!!!!

Nope, you need to read all 15,890 posts.



Actually, with what you read, that pretty much covers it.

As in Niedermayer? Is it official? I couldn't find anything other than it is pending and probable.

Certainly couldn't make the season any worse.

As official as it will get until tonight.

Cucamonga
Minnetonka
Walla Walla
Titicaca


..and so forth.

Nom nom nom NOT!

(warning, involves placenta!)

Ahem: it's RANCHO Cucamonga. They've incorporated and everything (I used to live there).

And why the list of funny city names?

Finally, don't forget:
Blue Ball, PA
Intercourse, PA
French Lick, IN
Assawoman, VA
Spread Eagle, WI
Okay, OK

I have confiscated a Game Boy and a RC car, and I haven't even been home 10 minutes yet.

I have confiscated a basket full of cat toys and changed 2 puppy pads and I haven't been home more than 10 minutes.

Oh... I thought you said Placentia.

I'd say then you were in for a shock but... well, it's you ;)

And we won!

I am at work.
Why am I at work?
Client wanted a late session tonight.
I need to supervise.
Bleh
and
double Bleh!

:D

Anyone get bored and look at the specs of the next version of the Forum softwear by vBulletin.... its like myspace and crazy searches... I wonder how many forums are going to dive into the upgrades and use them all.. or just upgrade and then use only select changes.

Can do. Here is my backyard:





It almost makes it hard to be a B.E.C'er this morning.