The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

[BTFLCHLD]

I'm late for the party :distress:
What's pathetic is the person that particpated in the creation of the release denies involvement, yet there are obvious clues within the writing style. Press will be covering the concert not this fan LOOK-AT-ME event.

[vivfox]

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[LikeAWillow]

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Thanks, clearing now! :nod:

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that I'm chillen at Ashley's house...sleeping over. OH BUT WAIT!....we made homemade Chicken Piccata today!! SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!

[daniellaaarisen]

Nothing heals the soul like an entire box of Kraft's mac n cheese at 4AM accompanied by Kathy Griffin. Nothing could possibly fly more quickly to my ass, either.

Whatever.

[Sahara]

JTIS I had a major breakthrough in my sewing project late last night on a problem that's been plaguing me for months. *happydance*

[SortaSavageLike]

I'm not wearing any underwear right now.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Nothing heals the soul like an entire box of Kraft's mac n cheese at 4AM accompanied by Kathy Griffin. Nothing could possibly fly more quickly to my ass, either.

Whatever.

Sounds like a nice relaxing night to me =P

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that its raining...and cold out lol I dont like it even if it is good movie watching weather!

Oh and my mom is leaving for California(for a week) in 9 days!!! Plus Ashley starts college in 9 days and I go to Hair school Sept. 7th..

WHERE DID THE SUMMER GO?!?!?!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS That i'm spending ALLLLL day with Ashley tomorrow =D Gotta do some shopping...you know why? because I want to lol

[Zombie]

Oy, weekend!

So we had that outdoor music fest thingie Cute Guitar Boy's band was playing in, which was the first time I've gotten to see them live, and dudes, they rock. I knew they were really good from listening to the CD he gave me, but I didn't know they were THAT good, so I was about 75 kinds of impressed.

I'd been to a similar event several times in PA, where a private land-owner opens up a field or two to the unwashed masses for a lot of camping and loud music and drinking and drug use, so it was like high school again, awwww. I was terribly nervous about meeting all of his friends at once like that, but they were all super cool and seemed to like me fine, so that worked out well.

Except for the one girl giving me death glares that would give Stevie a run for her money all weekend. Apparently, she did not like me being there with him. I kept waiting for her to come over and try to pull my hair or something, but fortunately, she just beamed hatred from afar. :rolleyes:

So I had a total blast, even if I had to do the traditional Jager Bomb on stage with the band and their various womenfolk. I hate those damn things. They taste like cough syrup.

They've got another show this Saturday, and this one is all ages, so he asked the kids if they'd like to come along. You'd have thought they'd just won the Puppy Lottery and he'd dumped 17 small cocker spaniels on their laps, they were so pleased. D'aww. :laugh:

[daniellaaarisen]

I'm getting my hair cut and colored on Thursday and I have absolutely no idea what I want to do. It's the last time I'll have it done before I leave for college so part of me wants to be really inventive BUT I'M TOTALLY LOST!

[Zombie]

OMG, I just found out this morning that Grinderman is going to be in Chicago in November. So naturally, I start frantically texting Cute Guitar Boy, begging him to take me, and he just called back and said, "Hell yeah, we're going," so....YAY NICK CAVE OMG. So excited.

Also, here is a video for a new song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgm2xLjMxjk&feature=related) from the forthcoming new Grinderman album they'll be touring for, Grinderman 2, called "Heathen Child." Badass song, with a completely berzerk video. Oh, Mr. Cave and Mr. Ellis, you never disappoint me. Video NSFW, though, due to nudity, so watch at your own discretion.

[daniellaaarisen]

OMG, I just found out this morning that Grinderman is going to be in Chicago in November. So naturally, I start frantically texting Cute Guitar Boy, begging him to take me, and he just called back and said, "Hell yeah, we're going," so....YAY NICK CAVE OMG. So excited.

Also, here is a video for a new song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgm2xLjMxjk&feature=related) from the forthcoming new Grinderman album they'll be touring for, Grinderman 2, called "Heathen Child." Badass song, with a completely berzerk video. Oh, Mr. Cave and Mr. Ellis, you never disappoint me. Video NSFW, though, due to nudity, so watch at your own discretion.

YAY NICK CAVE!!!!!!

[Zombie]

YAY NICK CAVE!!!!!!

I know, right?!?! I'm so excited. Now I'll be stupid until November rolls around. I haven't seen Grinderman live yet, so this is going to kick ass.

Perhaps this time, I will get to shake Warren Ellis' hand somehow. I'd walk out in front of a bus for that man if I had to.

[ILoveFM]

AC in 3 DAYS!!!!!!!!!

[chelluversu]

There is about 2 weeks of summer left before SENIOR YEAR!!!! :shocked:
I have three summer assignments that I was supposed to do for AP Calc, AP Eng, and AP Gov. Guess what??? I didn't do nada...

[LikeAWillow]

AC in 3 DAYS!!!!!!!!!

See you in two, my darling.

I'm sorry if this offends anyone, but Zombie pointed me in the direction of Lamebook.com and OH MY GOD, THE LOLZ.

http://www.lamebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/init4.png

[Sahara]

JTIS I've just had one of those moments of realising that the song I'm listening to (Can't Go Back) would have been a great comfort to me in a situation I faced a year ago...

[Zombie]

I'm sorry if this offends anyone, but Zombie pointed me in the direction of Lamebook.com and OH MY GOD, THE LOLZ.

Snrk! Glad you enjoy. Look for a category on the sidebar about parents or family - those ones always tend to be hilarious.

PS - Guess who got paid today and bought tix to see Grinderman? That's right! This chick! Honey Bee, let's fly to Mars!

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[Steviefan49]

AC in 3 DAYS!!!!!!!!!

YESS!! See you maybe tomorrow night, and if not on Friday! So excited!:xoxo:

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I'm getting my hair cut and colored on Thursday and I have absolutely no idea what I want to do. It's the last time I'll have it done before I leave for college so part of me wants to be really inventive BUT I'M TOTALLY LOST!

I think you should go for some highlights! Like a nice caramel color or something and some long layers(if you dont already)....Make sure you post a picture of what you got done!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that I'm watching The Golden Girls =D And that their season DVD's are on sale for $20 at target and I am very tempted!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that I might be going to Sonic for the first time tomorrow....

Oh and I start hair school soon =D I'm so nervous but very excited at the same time! FINALLY I get to do something that I love SOOOO much!! I just hate how we dont have like a winter break or anything so I only get major holiday's off and snow days and stuff, but I gotta keep telling myself its only 8 months!!

[Sahara]

JTIS that I'm watching The Golden Girls =D And that their season DVD's are on sale for $20 at target and I am very tempted!

Buy them buy them buy them ... we own every season and have seen them all at least eight times!

[Silver Springs]

I broke my iPod Touch :( Was having a lovely day in Windermere yesterday when I felt the urge to go into my bag and listen to a little music. Of course in doing so I realised that my Apple Juice had leakes EVERYWHERE. I only just managed to save my Mick Fleetwood book unscathed before pulling out my sticky iPod. For half of the day I was trying and failing to get it to work after drying it off until, miraculously, it began top get better and i could use it again. But uncomfortunately sections of the "typewriter" are now unable to function, so my googling days are over when it comes to my little Jeremiah :(.But at least he's alive and I can listen to him.

BTW, Enchanted Stevi and Sahara have AWESOME signatures ;)

[vivfox]

I broke my iPod Touch : my Apple Juice had leakes EVERYWHERE. sticky iPod. For half of the day I was trying and failing to get it to work after drying it off until, miraculously, it began top get better and i could use it again.


My nephew wraped his I pod in a plastic baggie and went swimming in the ocean. When he emerged the thing was swimming in the bag. Ruined permanently.

[Silver Springs]

My nephew wraped his I pod in a plastic baggie and went swimming in the ocean. When he emerged the thing was swimming in the bag. Ruined permanently.

Wow....That was....Well to be honest with you, I would have seen it coming. Did he manage to replace it with no trouble? I'm looking into my insurance so I can get it exchanged for a new one.

[vivfox]

Wow....That was....Well to be honest with you, I would have seen it coming. Did he manage to replace it with no trouble? I'm looking into my insurance so I can get it exchanged for a new one.


He bought a new one the next day.

[Silver Springs]

He bought a new one the next day.

That's good. If he's anything like me then he can't function without one lol. It's so lucky that the Library is already stored on another machine otherwise it would be such a task reloading it with music. Especially considering the capacity of them.

[ILoveFM]

We're in Philly now. Our train to AC leaves in an hour. I am SO excited!!!!!!!!

[daniellaaarisen]

Apparently I look like the newest Kardashian with the new hair...

http://i36.tinypic.com/1z5nckx.jpg

[Silver Springs]

Wow. I wish I could put on eyeliner like that! Even though I've practiced I still seem inherently incapable of drawing a line without stabbing the wand in my eye or blinking and making a mess. It's probably why I tend to steer clear of any kind of make up these days actually hehe.

[LikeAWillow]

Wow. I wish I could put on eyeliner like that! Even though I've practiced I still seem inherently incapable of drawing a line without stabbing the wand in my eye or blinking and making a mess. It's probably why I tend to steer clear of any kind of make up these days actually hehe.

I know. Dani does such serious eye make up and I'm always impressed by it.

[daniellaaarisen]

Hahaha really Marissa? Thanks so much, both of you. I am really insecure about my short eyelashes and because of that, eyeliner and mascara are my best friends.

[Silver Springs]

You shouldn't worry about such a little thing as Eyelashes, hun. Anyway, nobody's looking at them with all that gorgeous hair of yours!

[LikeAWillow]

Hahaha really Marissa? Thanks so much, both of you. I am really insecure about my short eyelashes and because of that, eyeliner and mascara are my best friends.

Dude, I've been in awe since that night you did it in like three seconds in my room at Rory's.

[GypsySorcerer]

I am really insecure about my short eyelashes and because of that, eyeliner and mascara are my best friends.

Tarte Multipleye Natural Lash Enhancer. :) It's pricey, but awesome. I could literally tell a difference overnight.

[daniellaaarisen]

Dude, I've been in awe since that night you did it in like three seconds in my room at Rory's.

I can't tell you how often I do my makeup like that while DRIVING.

[daniellaaarisen]

Tarte Multipleye Natural Lash Enhancer. :) It's pricey, but awesome. I could literally tell a difference overnight.

So getting that.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Apparently I look like the newest Kardashian with the new hair...

http://i36.tinypic.com/1z5nckx.jpg

LOOOOVE!! What happened to the side bangs we talked about? lol Its okay I love the middle part. You do look like a new Kardashian lol

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Hahaha really Marissa? Thanks so much, both of you. I am really insecure about my short eyelashes and because of that, eyeliner and mascara are my best friends.

Did you know there is such things as eyelash extentions....NOT EVEN LYING!!

[Zombie]

Hair looks great, Dani! I need to re-dye mine. I've been doing a two-tone thing (black on top, fire engine red underneath) for a while now and feel like it's time for a change, but am unsure of what color I want to do. The black stays for sure, but I'm thinking maybe blue or something this time around.

******

Also, JTIS it's time for moar Nick Cave love!

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I'm seriously going to be useless now until November rolls around and I get to see Grinderman. :distress:

[Enchanted_Stevi]

^^ I need to re-dye mine too, but Ashley is like "why dye it when your natural hair is almost grown out?" Well Ashley...maybe beacuse my ends do not match the top of my head lol So the bottom of my hair is like a golden brown kinda thing and the top of my head is almost black LOL Next time I go to the hairdresser I might just get highlights...or do them myself once my hair grows out or I figure out a way to get rid of whats left of the color LOL

JTIS

[Enchanted_Stevi]

BTW this Katy Perry song is AH-MAZING!!

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[daniellaaarisen]

My coloring process comes in a few weeks. Dark chocolate brown time!

Caitlin, we decided to go with the middle part which meant no bangs.... my hair stylist and I were Facebook messaging about it last night hahahaha.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

My coloring process comes in a few weeks. Dark chocolate brown time!

Caitlin, we decided to go with the middle part which meant no bangs.... my hair stylist and I were Facebook messaging about it last night hahahaha.

Now your making me want to dye my hair!!! LOL I want school to start JUST so I can color hair lol

I love the middle part look! Definatly keep that for awhile then when your ready for another change...side bangs =P HAHA Thats awesome! I wish I knew my hair stylists last name so I could friend her on facebook lol

[Zombie]

^^ I need to re-dye mine too, but Ashley is like "why dye it when your natural hair is almost grown out?" Well Ashley...maybe beacuse my ends do not match the top of my head lol So the bottom of my hair is like a golden brown kinda thing and the top of my head is almost black LOL Next time I go to the hairdresser I might just get highlights...or do them myself once my hair grows out or I figure out a way to get rid of whats left of the color LOL

JTIS

Apart from cutting it off, you could always just find a dye that's close to your natural color and do your whole head. Just make sure you do the ends first & leave it on longer so your roots aren't still darker.

I don't really ever do "normal" hair colors, but my natural color is so dark brown, it might as well be black.

And now I'm singing "Black No. 1" out loud.

"Yeah, you wanna go out
'Cos it's rainin' and blowin.'
You can't go out,
'Cos your roots are showin'
DYE 'EM BLACK!"

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Oh Pete. I miss you.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Apart from cutting it off, you could always just find a dye that's close to your natural color and do your whole head. Just make sure you do the ends first & leave it on longer so your roots aren't still darker.

I don't really ever do "normal" hair colors, but my natural color is so dark brown, it might as well be black.



I would NEVER cut my hair that short lol I usually do color my hair close to my natural hair color. Ever since I went blonde before a few years ago, no matter what dark color I color my hair the blonde always re-appears LOL

Your natural hair color is mine too LOL When I was little people would say my hair is black and I'd be like "NO! Its really really dark brown!"

I usually color my hair either blonde or brown and lately I've been in a brown mood. Blonde makes me look more mature, but my brown hair makes me look my age...plus I like the dark mysterious look =)

[Silver Springs]

I just made my Cat a cravat because the fat little thing's starting to look alot like Matt Preston. Is that lame lol?

[vivfox]

I'm thinking of my fanged friend Sara and my friend Marissa who are in AC right now and must be as excited as can be.:blob2::blob1:

[Silver Springs]

I'm thinking of my fanged friend Sara and my friend Marissa who are in AC right now and must be as excited as can be.:blob2::blob1:

What a gorgeous wallpaper!

Also...Why am I JUST learning that Mick was in an episode of Star Trek? I remember the episode itself vividly and loved it. Too bad he wasn't vaguely recognisable...

[ButterCookie]

Aloha :wavey:

[Zombie]

Fun day!!!

Cute Guitar Boy's band played an all ages show tonight, so he invited the kids along, and we had a total blast. Some of the other dudes in the band also have small children, so they brought theirs along, too. Nothing like a herd of kids under the age of twelve headbanging their little hearts out to make a mama like me so damn proud.

Bonus terrible quality BlackBerry pics of aforementioned Cute Guitar Boy being awesome:

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Yeah, this is what it sounds like when doves cry/Zombie ends up completely smitten with a cute boy. Sigh. :shocked:

Oddly enough, that was not the highlight of the day, though. We'd kicked the day off with a late lunch at Steak n Shake, where we ended up with hideous serivce from a total meth head waitress that greeted us with, "Hi, I'm your waitress. I will be right back to get your order, because I have to go to the bathroom!" and then proceeded to make googly eyes at Cute Guitar Boy for the remainder of our visit. At one point, the food was taking so long that he stepped outside to have a cigarette and she actually FOLLOWED him. He immediately turned around and came back in with a "WTF" look on his face and I almost lost it. Trying to stifle that kind of laughter is just physically painful.

So yeah - hey, waitress! I totally understand wanting to make googly eyes at Cute Guitar Boy, cos I am susceptible to the same thing...but if you have enough leisure time to take a smoke break in order to follow my completely uninterested gentleman caller outside, then one would imagine you would ALSO have enough leisure time to actually refill my pop some time this century and also freakin' pay attention so you don't bring us the wrong food after we've been waiting for forever and a day.

You're lucky I believe in peace, bitch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK7kQtuJwpE), or you'd have been wearing your ass for an attractive and fashion-forward hat.

And while that WOULD cover up the hot mess that is your meth mouth, it's also going to make it rather awkward to keep up the glass habit.

I'm just sayin.'

Oh, but - thanks for giving me an actual relevant reason to link to that mind-blowing performance of "The Waitress" up there. For that, I salute you.

[Silver Springs]

Why don't I listen to Classic Rock Radio more often? It's perfect on an evening like this.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that I'm pretty excited to be going to the cape this weekend =D Pretty much my last HOO-RAH until Hair School since we dont have winter breaks or any days off unless its a major holiday or a staff meeting or school is cancelled due to snow!! But I have to just keep telling myself that its only 8 months!!!

[HejiraNYC]

JTIS that I'm pretty excited to be going to the cape this weekend =D Pretty much my last HOO-RAH until Hair School since we dont have winter breaks or any days off unless its a major holiday or a staff meeting or school is cancelled due to snow!! But I have to just keep telling myself that its only 8 months!!!

I hate to rain on your parade but...

http://i.imwx.com/images/maps/tropical/map_tropprjpath07_ltst_5nhato_enus_600x405.jpg.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I hate to rain on your parade but...

http://i.imwx.com/images/maps/tropical/map_tropprjpath07_ltst_5nhato_enus_600x405.jpg.

UGH I know ! Ashley told me about that, but she said that it wasnt gonna affect anything. Just some rain and wind on Friday and AWESOME waves for the weekend.

[HejiraNYC]

UGH I know ! Ashley told me about that, but she said that it wasnt gonna affect anything. Just some rain and wind on Friday and AWESOME waves for the weekend.

I hope so! I'll be spending the last weekend of the summer at my house on the east end of Long Island... and I'm kinda terrified! I would be totally pissed if the power goes out and the roads are blocked by water and trees. No food, no music, no lights, no internet... Ugh!

Let's hope this thing turns out to sea!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I hope so! I'll be spending the last weekend of the summer at my house on the east end of Long Island... and I'm kinda terrified! I would be totally pissed if the power goes out and the roads are blocked by water and trees. No food, no music, no lights, no internet... Ugh!

Let's hope this thing turns out to sea!

OMG that would suck!!! If you have an ipod CHARGE IT UP! lol I'm hoping nothing bad happens here!!!

[chelluversu]

Nemo (my cat) was just diagnosed with liver disease. He's been sick for about a week now and hasn't been eating so my mother took him to the vet. We now have to force feed him prescription food, I have to drop pills down his throat once a day, and my mother has to stick him with the thickest needle ever to get fluid inside of him.
F-U-N! I care about his life so it's all worth it anyway.

School starts next Tuesday and my summer assignments still aren't done. I shall start tomorrow :shocked:

[jannieC]

I hope so! I'll be spending the last weekend of the summer at my house on the east end of Long Island... and I'm kinda terrified! I would be totally pissed if the power goes out and the roads are blocked by water and trees. No food, no music, no lights, no internet... Ugh!

Let's hope this thing turns out to sea!
I am from eastern LI. Went to Mattituck High School. :)

[holidayroad]

Nemo (my cat) was just diagnosed with liver disease. He's been sick for about a week now and hasn't been eating so my mother took him to the vet. We now have to force feed him prescription food, I have to drop pills down his throat once a day, and my mother has to stick him with the thickest needle ever to get fluid inside of him.
F-U-N! I care about his life so it's all worth it anyway.

School starts next Tuesday and my summer assignments still aren't done. I shall start tomorrow :shocked:

I'm so sorry to hear that. Still, it's great that Nemo has someone who cares about him so much.

[Silver Springs]

Why do I always seem to attract drunken bums when I'm standing minding my own business at the bus stop? Granted he was a Fleetwood Mac fan, something I found out when he came up to me and pulled one my earphones out to listen to without even saying hello to me (Sweet Girl if you're wondering). But that did NOT give him the right to rub against me, offer me a drink from his can of beer every five seconds and ask me to come back to his place. It would have been better if one of the men around me at the stop would have stuck up for the 21 year old woman who looks more like a thirteen year old, instead of simply standing there pretending not to see it. Good to know that chivelry is still alive...

[HejiraNYC]

I am from eastern LI. Went to Mattituck High School. :)

Oh wow, that is way out there! I'm on the South Fork, but I recently did the winery circuit on the NoFo. It's lovely and a pastorally bucolic way to get drunk without spending a lot of money.

[HejiraNYC]

Why do I always seem to attract drunken bums when I'm standing minding my own business at the bus stop? Granted he was a Fleetwood Mac fan, something I found out when he came up to me and pulled one my earphones out to listen to without even saying hello to me (Sweet Girl if you're wondering). But that did NOT give him the right to rub against me, offer me a drink from his can of beer every five seconds and ask me to come back to his place. It would have been better if one of the men around me at the stop would have stuck up for the 21 year old woman who looks more like a thirteen year old, instead of simply standing there pretending not to see it. Good to know that chivelry is still alive...

Everything. Everything about that gives me the creeps, especially the part about you looking like a 13-year-old. He probably thought you were a kid! Well, I know I would have gone all Chris Hanson on his a$$ if I was there!

Perhaps a little vial of pepper spray would be a wise investment...

[jannieC]

Oh wow, that is way out there! I'm on the South Fork, but I recently did the winery circuit on the NoFo. It's lovely and a pastorally bucolic way to get drunk without spending a lot of money.

Yes! Nothing like a day of wine tastings. :) My sister lives on the South Fork. Beautiful area, but I still prefer the NoFo (nice abbreviation). Much more laid back and obviously familiar and homey to me. Do you ever spend any "off season" time at your home? So much more quiet and peaceful during the fall and winter months.

[Silver Springs]

Everything. Everything about that gives me the creeps, especially the part about you looking like a 13-year-old. He probably thought you were a kid! Well, I know I would have gone all Chris Hanson on his a$$ if I was there!

Perhaps a little vial of pepper spray would be a wise investment...


I hadn't thought about the whole childlike thing really until you pointed that out :( Lovely *shudder*. I've always looked too young for my age and I think I'll be around fourty five before I can go to a bar and be served without ID lol. I was lucky I had my wits about me really. He thought my iPod was an iPhone so I pretended to get a call and walked away. Had to wait another hour for my bus because he was getting on the one I would have gotten onto but it was worth it. Didn't want to risk him figuring out where I lived. I've never heard of Pepper Spray being sold in England but I'll see if I can get it imported lol. Worth it if it keeps myself and my iPod free of Drunken Bum Chiggers. I was lucky I had my hand sanitizer spray with me (a bit germaphobic) so I could spray my bud before I put it back in my ear :s

[HejiraNYC]

Yes! Nothing like a day of wine tastings. :) My sister lives on the South Fork. Beautiful area, but I still prefer the NoFo (nice abbreviation). Much more laid back and obviously familiar and homey to me. Do you ever spend any "off season" time at your home? So much more quiet and peaceful during the fall and winter months.

I do spend some winter weekends out there- mostly to do laundry and cook- but I actually find it kind of depressing sometimes. The icy wind coming off the water is so awful and most of the local businesses are shut down until spring. And because of its far eastern location, the sky starts to get dark a little before 4PM, which is also no fun. I'm a summer person, so unless I'm actively doing something like skiing, winter is just a time to get fat and hibernate for me.

[HejiraNYC]

I hadn't thought about the whole childlike thing really until you pointed that out :( Lovely *shudder*. I've always looked too young for my age and I think I'll be around fourty five before I can go to a bar and be served without ID lol. I was lucky I had my wits about me really. He thought my iPod was an iPhone so I pretended to get a call and walked away. Had to wait another hour for my bus because he was getting on the one I would have gotten onto but it was worth it. Didn't want to risk him figuring out where I lived. I've never heard of Pepper Spray being sold in England but I'll see if I can get it imported lol. Worth it if it keeps myself and my iPod free of Drunken Bum Chiggers. I was lucky I had my hand sanitizer spray with me (a bit germaphobic) so I could spray my bud before I put it back in my ear :s

Oh, trust me, you won't be saying that in another ten years. Youth is wasted on the young, as the old saying goes...

I didn't realize you were in England. I assumed you all were a more civilized lot than we are here, but I suppose crazy does not recognize borders (or large bodies of water). :p

[ButterCookie]

Oh gahd, Silver Springs, I feel your pain. Granted I'm only 16 (17 tomorrow, NOOOOOO) but I look a lot younger than I am and they always come up to me saying "How does it feel to be so beautiful" I often scurry away, sometimes swear or I have been known to say "I don't know, you've got your beer goggles on!" They creep the hell out of me *shudders*

[daniellaaarisen]

Why do I always seem to attract drunken bums when I'm standing minding my own business at the bus stop? Granted he was a Fleetwood Mac fan, something I found out when he came up to me and pulled one my earphones out to listen to without even saying hello to me (Sweet Girl if you're wondering). But that did NOT give him the right to rub against me, offer me a drink from his can of beer every five seconds and ask me to come back to his place. It would have been better if one of the men around me at the stop would have stuck up for the 21 year old woman who looks more like a thirteen year old, instead of simply standing there pretending not to see it. Good to know that chivelry is still alive...

I feel your pain. This type of **** happens to me, on average, once a week. I'm a magnet for creepers.

[Zombie]

For Silver Springs, Georgie, and Dani -

Alas, it doesn't actually matter what you look like when you're out and about - some men will always think that just the fact that you've had the temerity to both leave the house AND be female gives them free reign to say/do whatever they want.

If someone is making you uncomfortable, that is not okay and you need to let them know it's not okay. I used to sort of just take it, but when I was about 16, a man literally physically dragged me out of my friend's car window while we were sitting in a parking lot in front of a store, and no one helped me - not even my friend. I got away from him and dealt him a good kick in the balls before I ran into the store, but that situation scared me so badly that I decided the next time ANYONE said or did anything I didn't like, I was going to let them know in no uncertain terms.

So when a guy is an ass to me, I'm now an ass back. And if I see a guy making another woman uncomfortable, but she's not sticking up for herself for whatever reason, you can bet your ass I'm right there telling the guy to f*ck off. More often than not, it works like a charm, and I think it's because many women don't do or say anything back to them when they behave like that.

Example: Saturday night, I am standing in line at the gas station by myself (Cute Guitar Boy stayed in the car to keep an eye on the kiddos), and some dude in front of me starts leering, and then informs me that he just got off work at the strip club. Where he's a stripper. "Which means naked," he says.

"How nice for you," I deadpan.

"You should come out some time, I'll give you a dance," he says.

"Oh man! Thanks for the invite! I have to go see the doctor tomorrow about this whole syphilis of the gums thing I've got going on, but if it clears up by next weekend, I will totally be there!" says me.

He stopped talking after that.

If the situation is more serious than something like that, though - then feel free to say, "NO," or "LEAVE ME ALONE," or "GET AWAY FROM ME," or "DO NOT TOUCH ME." And if the guy doesn't stop, then you make more noise. Use your best judgment, of course, but I find that a little intimidation or fighting back goes a long way. Most of these idiots aren't used to anyone saying anything back, so it often startles them into shutting up and going away.

And if someone grabs you like I got grabbed back in the day, then, if you can, you fight like hell and give him a reason to NEVER do something like that again.

Sorry for the rant, but I hate that crap. :shocked:

[Silver Springs]

Wow. After an experience like that I'm not surprised that you got such a backbone, especially as nobody there was willing to help! Good for you for having such confidence! I wish I did. But I guess it's one of those things you just have to learn either by your own steam or the hard way :s. I think I'll start walking around in my Doc Marten Boots so I'm prepared for next time.

[Zombie]

^^^^

Yeah, it sucked. Scared the crap out of me. I've had guys grab me since (most recently, the next door neighbor - that was an even worse situation, because I could not physically fight back for various reasons and had to get out of there without kicking him and running).

I don't know if it's confidence so much as righteous anger, though. :xoxo:

I'm not suggesting you put yourself into a situation where you could get hurt due to your response to such behavior, or anything - go with your gut. But if someone is seriously bothering you and there are other people around, like your bus stop situation, you can probably get a firm "Leave me alone" out there and have it be effective.

I don't know why I get creepers bothering me as much as I do - I don't exactly look like I'm in the mood for ANYONE's crap, and I'm not what you'd call conventionally attractive. But it happens and happens. People suck. So when they suck in your direction, let them know. ;)

[ButterCookie]

I find that often a good "leave me alone" or just monosyllabic answers often work with males of many ages, too.

Doc Marts don't work :lol: I go there every day of my life. My leather armour has to be washed over night because I don't go out without it. Once walking down the street in Manchester I had my usual attire of Dr Martens, Sex Pistols shirt, shredded jeans and leather jacket and still some old guy leered. I'm like COME ON DUDE! My friend Debbie, who I was with at the time, is much prettier than I am and he left her alone :shrug:

Most recently, I was working in the record store and this THING came in drunk as a skunk talking to me about Generation X. The amount of times I said "I don't like Generation X" is innumerable yet he still badgered until I said "Lion, I turned 15 on Tuesday, you're putting yourself in a bad situation" and went upstairs to continue valuing the records. I hate it and yet it's just so prevelant and accepted where I live :mad:

Annie, I'm so sorry to hear what that guy did to you and frankly disgusted at those who did nothing to help you. I'm glad you got away :(

[LikeAWillow]

For Silver Springs, Georgie, and Dani -

Alas, it doesn't actually matter what you look like when you're out and about - some men will always think that just the fact that you've had the temerity to both leave the house AND be female gives them free reign to say/do whatever they want.

If someone is making you uncomfortable, that is not okay and you need to let them know it's not okay. I used to sort of just take it, but when I was about 16, a man literally physically dragged me out of my friend's car window while we were sitting in a parking lot in front of a store, and no one helped me - not even my friend. I got away from him and dealt him a good kick in the balls before I ran into the store, but that situation scared me so badly that I decided the next time ANYONE said or did anything I didn't like, I was going to let them know in no uncertain terms.

So when a guy is an ass to me, I'm now an ass back. And if I see a guy making another woman uncomfortable, but she's not sticking up for herself for whatever reason, you can bet your ass I'm right there telling the guy to f*ck off. More often than not, it works like a charm, and I think it's because many women don't do or say anything back to them when they behave like that.

Example: Saturday night, I am standing in line at the gas station by myself (Cute Guitar Boy stayed in the car to keep an eye on the kiddos), and some dude in front of me starts leering, and then informs me that he just got off work at the strip club. Where he's a stripper. "Which means naked," he says.

"How nice for you," I deadpan.

"You should come out some time, I'll give you a dance," he says.

"Oh man! Thanks for the invite! I have to go see the doctor tomorrow about this whole syphilis of the gums thing I've got going on, but if it clears up by next weekend, I will totally be there!" says me.

He stopped talking after that.

If the situation is more serious than something like that, though - then feel free to say, "NO," or "LEAVE ME ALONE," or "GET AWAY FROM ME," or "DO NOT TOUCH ME." And if the guy doesn't stop, then you make more noise. Use your best judgment, of course, but I find that a little intimidation or fighting back goes a long way. Most of these idiots aren't used to anyone saying anything back, so it often startles them into shutting up and going away.

And if someone grabs you like I got grabbed back in the day, then, if you can, you fight like hell and give him a reason to NEVER do something like that again.

Sorry for the rant, but I hate that crap. :shocked:

I'm quoting this entire thing because it needs to be read again and again. I love you. And going further back, I love CGB. He's almost as much of a catch as you are. Well actually, he's most likely not Jesus so I rescind some of the strength of that statement. Dude srsly, I'm pumped for you.

So like I said in the Stevie forum, I just got back from Atlantic City yesterday, and OHMYGOD was it amazing. I swear to God, Nicks is better than she's been since 2001. Plus I was surrounded by amazing people, staying in a hotel that was literally overrun with chiffon, AND I saw Forest Gump for the first time. It was perfect :xoxo:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs402.snc4/46500_424932005414_728330414_5137865_6043265_n.jpg

From left to right---

My best friend Gina (a casual Stevie fan I bribed into coming with the fact that AC is on the beach), Me, Arlene (Steviefan49), Sara (looking amazing and posting as ILOVEFM), and Erica (obsessedbutnotcoolenoughtostoplurking.)

Sidenote: Lori walked by as we were taking this :) We had a mini little conversation with her. I'm still Team Sharon, but that woman is adorable.

[ButterCookie]

I share my birthday with Bob Welch. BOB WELCH GAISE THIS HAS MADE MY ENTIRE LIFE COMPLETE!!!!!!1!

[Silver Springs]

Cool! Mine aren't very notable birthday buddies but I do have Jerry Lee Lewis, Greer Garson, Gene Autry, Silvio Berlusconi and Stanley Kramer on my side.

Though I do share Stevie's first name so that's great :D

[Zombie]

I find that often a good "leave me alone" or just monosyllabic answers often work with males of many ages, too.

Doc Marts don't work :lol: I go there every day of my life. My leather armour has to be washed over night because I don't go out without it. Once walking down the street in Manchester I had my usual attire of Dr Martens, Sex Pistols shirt, shredded jeans and leather jacket and still some old guy leered. I'm like COME ON DUDE! My friend Debbie, who I was with at the time, is much prettier than I am and he left her alone :shrug:

Most recently, I was working in the record store and this THING came in drunk as a skunk talking to me about Generation X. The amount of times I said "I don't like Generation X" is innumerable yet he still badgered until I said "Lion, I turned 15 on Tuesday, you're putting yourself in a bad situation" and went upstairs to continue valuing the records. I hate it and yet it's just so prevelant and accepted where I live :mad:

Annie, I'm so sorry to hear what that guy did to you and frankly disgusted at those who did nothing to help you. I'm glad you got away :(

Haha, your store story reminds me of a similar thing that happened to me. When I was 14, I was working under the table at a local amusement park (Conneaut Lake, for Marissa, since she'll know of which I speak), running the kiddie train ride, and this dude kept asking me to come down to the bar with him on my break for a drink. I finally said, "I'm 14." You never saw someone backpedal so fast, it was hilarious.

But yeah - I was disgusted, too. Not so much at my friend, though I would (and HAD) saved her from bad situations repeatedly over the years, because she is quite small and timid and prone to going tharn like a bunny in headlights, but there were other people around, and I was screaming like a banshee. And it was in broad daylight. Some people are INSANE.

I'm quoting this entire thing because it needs to be read again and again. I love you. And going further back, I love CGB. He's almost as much of a catch as you are. Well actually, he's most likely not Jesus so I rescind some of the strength of that statement. Dude srsly, I'm pumped for you.

So like I said in the Stevie forum, I just got back from Atlantic City yesterday, and OHMYGOD was it amazing. I swear to God, Nicks is better than she's been since 2001. Plus I was surrounded by amazing people, staying in a hotel that was literally overrun with chiffon, AND I saw Forest Gump for the first time. It was perfect :xoxo:

From left to right---

My best friend Gina (a casual Stevie fan I bribed into coming with the fact that AC is on the beach), Me, Arlene (Steviefan49), Sara (looking amazing and posting as ILOVEFM), and Erica (obsessedbutnotcoolenoughtostoplurking.)

Sidenote: Lori walked by as we were taking this :) We had a mini little conversation with her. I'm still Team Sharon, but that woman is adorable.

I love you, too. And I also want to say that I'm not condemning anyone that doesn't "fight back" for whatever reason - if someone is harassing you, that's his fault, not yours, regardless of your reaction or what you feel you can or can't do about the situation. ALWAYS his fault. Don't care what you're wearing, what you look like, where you're walking, where you work, how old you are, where you're standing, if you previously didn't mind the attention until he said something out of line, whatever.

But I do always try to advocate for women, especially young ones, to stand up and say something if and when they feel they can, because as Georgie commented about it being so acceptable and prevalent in her area - it will only continue to be that way if we can't somehow teach these asshats otherwise.

And re: CGB, fanks! I will tell him the Jesus comment, for it will amuse him greatly. :xoxo:

Also still so jealous about the Stevie shows. And you all looked fabulous - how tall are you, woman?

[LikeAWillow]

(Conneaut Lake, for Marissa, since she'll know of which I speak), running the kiddie train ride



http://stuff.orly.ch/img/blog/lol-wut-mozart.jpg

No. You did not. My dad's side of the family has literally > 5 cottages on the lake. We used to go every single summer. I pretty much guarantee my 8 year old ass was on that train.

You don't understand how much this just made my night.

Oh my god I love Conneaut.

Calming down.



Also still so jealous about the Stevie shows. And you all looked fabulous - how tall are you, woman?

We had SO much fun. You have no idea. I'm 5'7 and a half, but I'm incredible bitter that I never made it to the 5'10 the doctor's projected (dad's 6'4, mom is 5'9.) I make up for it with high heels to match my little dresses haha.

More examples of the fun!

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I miss it!

[daniellaaarisen]

Are you really 5'7" Marissa? You feel shorter to me, but I do admit you look really tall in that picture.... I'm 5'10" and yet continue to wear 4-5inch heels when I go out. :lol:

[Zombie]

http://stuff.orly.ch/img/blog/lol-wut-mozart.jpg

No. You did not. My dad's side of the family has literally > 5 cottages on the lake. We used to go every single summer. I pretty much guarantee my 8 year old ass was on that train.

You don't understand how much this just made my night.

Oh my god I love Conneaut.

Calming down.

Haha. They started me out on the Duck Pond, which was hideous, but every new worker had to start there, apparently. After that, I went between the kiddie train up front, the arcade part with the Skee-Ball (this is why I am Skee-Ball Champeen of the World - I spent so many hours playing that summer), and the one game where you shoot water into the tube to ring the bell or whatever. That one was also hideous, because people think shooting the attendant with the water gun is funny.

It is not funny. Ever.

But yeah, I love Conneaut, too. Last time I was up there was for Thunder on the Lake last summer.

I miss Pennsylvania so bad.


We had SO much fun. You have no idea. I'm 5'7 and a half, but I'm incredible bitter that I never made it to the 5'10 the doctor's projected (dad's 6'4, mom is 5'9.) I make up for it with high heels to match my little dresses haha.

More examples of the fun!

I miss it!

Love the pics! And ahhh @ 5'7". I'm 5'8" now - used to be almost 5'10" but time, children, and illness have shrunk me. I still wear heels like nobody's business, though, even if they make me tower over pretty much everyone around me.

[LikeAWillow]

Are you really 5'7" Marissa? You feel shorter to me, but I do admit you look really tall in that picture.... I'm 5'10" and yet continue to wear 4-5inch heels when I go out. :lol:

Indeed. And it's 5'7 and a half. I just never wore heels around you and you were always in them :)

Zombs-

People actually spray water on the attendant? Are you serious? That never even occurred to me, one because I'm not a tool, but two because that game is my life. I'm so serious about it, you have no idea. I take it as a personal sign of weakness if I don't leave the park with the biggest prize.

I always imagined you as 5'1! That's mainly because my friend Gina (pictured above!) is 5'1 and you remind me of her, so I'm going to have to seriously adjust my mental image.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Marissa if I ever met you I'd be a shrimp next to you HAHAH I'm only 5'2''!

[LikeAWillow]

Caitlin- Can we please change the fact that we haven't met? We.go.to.the.same.mall.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Caitlin- Can we please change the fact that we haven't met? We.go.to.the.same.mall.

YES PLEASE!! Well I dont go to Natick ALL the time since its an hour away. I do have a mall in my own town but its lame LOL I'll pretty much be free on weekends for mall time. Since my new school Schedule is like Mon-Fri 9-3:30!!!

[Silver Springs]

Marissa if I ever met you I'd be a shrimp next to you HAHAH I'm only 5'2''!

At least people who are as little as us are the last ones to know when it rains :P

[Enchanted_Stevi]

At least people who are as little as us are the last ones to know when it rains :P

HAHAH yes. So the tall people can let us know its raining =P

[Zombie]

Indeed. And it's 5'7 and a half. I just never wore heels around you and you were always in them :)

Zombs-

People actually spray water on the attendant? Are you serious? That never even occurred to me, one because I'm not a tool, but two because that game is my life. I'm so serious about it, you have no idea. I take it as a personal sign of weakness if I don't leave the park with the biggest prize.

I always imagined you as 5'1! That's mainly because my friend Gina (pictured above!) is 5'1 and you remind me of her, so I'm going to have to seriously adjust my mental image.

Yeah, people do that. Not just dumb kids, either, but adults, too. They think it's a laugh riot. I always wondered if they would still think it was a laugh riot if I vaulted over the counter and crammed the gun down their throats while it was still spraying.

But vaulting over the counter would have been a bad idea, because all the wood in that bank of booths was so rotten, I wouldn't trust it to support me. The floor behind those counters was NASTY, too, and the back rooms were even worse.

But yeah, I'm pretty tall for a chick. Always have been.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that I am INSANELY BORED!!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that I'm chillen at Ashley's house w/ her sister while Ashley goes to her college orientation. I hope it doesnt last TOO long so I can spend some of my day off w/ her lol

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS--
That my FORMSPRING is rather boring these days lol So, people should ask me some questions

http://www.formspring.me/enchantedstevie

[RickRobert]

Bloody hell that last page made me feel small :shocked:

[GypsySorcerer]

JTIS--
That my FORMSPRING is rather boring these days lol So, people should ask me some questions

http://www.formspring.me/enchantedstevie

I'm rather bored too. Ask me some questions! :)

http://www.formspring.me/gypsysorcerer

[LikeAWillow]

Ok! Magazine is reporting LiLo and Sam are back together. I'MSOHAPPY.

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7rzmcKp9Y1qb5xtdo1_500.jpg

[Silver Springs]

-Omission of Emo crap-

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Ok! Magazine is reporting LiLo and Sam are back together. I'MSOHAPPY.

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7rzmcKp9Y1qb5xtdo1_500.jpg

=D
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[Enchanted_Stevi]

I'm rather bored too. Ask me some questions! :)

http://www.formspring.me/gypsysorcerer

I asked you like a bajillion questions

[Zombie]

JTIS my Grinderman tickets arrived this afternoon! OMG YAY! Someone go tell the women that we're leaving...y'know, in November.

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Argh, so excited, you have no idea.

[SapphireSister]

I just bought a new bike, a beach cruiser and am very excited! Now I need to figure out where to ride it on the streets of Los Angeles and not get hit by a car.http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1746/bikeda.jpg (http://img819.imageshack.us/i/bikeda.jpg/)

[Silver Springs]

My Dad's not a Moron at all. What person wouldn't, whilst being a harassed by a Wasp while digging, choose to tackle the situation by trying to hit the Wasp with the shovel while it's landed temporarily on their head? Sounds like I made it up. I wish I did....At least the IQ of my genetics wouldn't have fallen dramatically...

[MissLadyLoki]

My Dad's not a Moron at all. What person wouldn't, whilst being a harassed by a Wasp while digging, choose to tackle the situation by trying to hit the Wasp with the shovel while it's landed temporarily on their head? Sounds like I made it up. I wish I did....At least the IQ of my genetics wouldn't have fallen dramatically...

LOL! And I thought the drivers on LI were dumb. Just today, this guy in an old-school Chevy pickup truck decided he didn't like being in the lane he was in and decided to switch...all while coming a few inches from my bumper. Tank God I'm not as big a dumbass on the road as some people are out here.

[Silver Springs]

Oh dear! People in big vehicles do tend to believe they own the roads :s

I think watching the Go Insane music video tonight has explained in three minutes why I don't like music videos. Apart from the whole "mini Lindsey jumping out of the box and flailing (LOVE IT! Reminds me of the inflatable tube men in Family Guy :P), I can see he would have had to be insane to allow the video to see the light of day.

[LikeAWillow]

I just bought a new bike, a beach cruiser and am very excited! Now I need to figure out where to ride it on the streets of Los Angeles and not get hit by a car.http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1746/bikeda.jpg (http://img819.imageshack.us/i/bikeda.jpg/)

Oooh, good for you! And cute bike! I always tell myself I'm going to start biking to get around, but I'm just too lazy.

Okay, I'm really considering a third tattoo once I get to Boston. I'm leaning towards...

"You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're alright"

on the inside of my right bicep. The line is from Thunder Road, my favorite Springsteen song. Thoughts?

[Silver Springs]

Haha! Well I think you'll definitely grasp attention with that sweet little tattoo :D I say go for it!

[LikeAWillow]

^ Haha, thanks. I think it's the perfect mix of meaningful and a conversation starter :laugh:

[jannieC]

I just accidentally ingested two nice big gulps of HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. :shocked: I don't think I've ever tasted anything more vile. And I'm still nauseous. Don't try this at home, kids.:distress:

[vivfox]

I just accidentally ingested two nice big gulps of HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. :shocked: I don't think I've ever tasted anything more vile. And I'm still nauseous. Don't try this at home, kids.:distress:


Uh oh-you have one hour left to live.:sorry:

[jannieC]

Uh oh-you have one hour left to live.:sorry:

Thanks for the support! This, on the eve of my looong vacation.

[daniellaaarisen]

I think my f*cking phone was stolen. !@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*

[carrie721]

I just bought a new bike, a beach cruiser and am very excited! Now I need to figure out where to ride it on the streets of Los Angeles and not get hit by a car.http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1746/bikeda.jpg (http://img819.imageshack.us/i/bikeda.jpg/)

all i can say is move to long beach. :laugh: LA is bike-hostile.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I just accidentally ingested two nice big gulps of HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. :shocked: I don't think I've ever tasted anything more vile. And I'm still nauseous. Don't try this at home, kids.:distress:

=O HOW DID YOU MANAGE THAT? and WHY?

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I think my f*cking phone was stolen. !@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*

=( That happened to me once. I was in Drivers Ed at high school and someone ****in stole my phone!! Like seriously...it was ghetto too lol So idk why anyone would steal it! I told my mom and she called Nextel and they deactivated my phone...SO I'd do that if I were you...and if you have insurance on it pretty sure they can send you a new one.

[HomerMcvie]

I just accidentally ingested two nice big gulps of HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. :shocked: I don't think I've ever tasted anything more vile. And I'm still nauseous. Don't try this at home, kids.:distress:

I worked at a convenience store, while I was in college, and there was a rash of holdups, for awhile. The late night guy, that took over for me, at 11, always kept a soft drink cup full of bleach, next to the register, to throw in the robber's eyes. Well, I'm pulling out of the parking lot, and look up, and he accidentally took a big gulp(pun not intended) of the bleach. He's wretching, and spitting like a madman. I was trying not to laugh. Fortunately, he didn't notice that I saw him do it. I never mentioned it to him, either. It was pretty embarrassing. So peroxide, I'll think you'll be fine. And your mouth is cleaner than ever!:lol:

[daniellaaarisen]

I just accidentally ingested two nice big gulps of HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. :shocked: I don't think I've ever tasted anything more vile. And I'm still nauseous. Don't try this at home, kids.:distress:

Jannie..... I shouldn't be laughing but I am. How the hell did you manage that?!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that I am secretly freaking out inside. My mom is leaving for California by herself tomorrow(Thursday) and I'm really scared. Like my mom is my everything(other than Ashley lol). My father has been being a total DICK lately and I havent talked to him for almost a month. Anyway, thats another story. My mom has never been away from me for a week since I lived with my dad(almost 10 years ago). I've been away for a week from her, but I guess its different because she's leaving me. Its not like I'm at Ashley's and can come home to visit her. She's going to be ALL the ways accross the country. =( I'm going to miss her SOOOOOO much!! I've been like crying at night b4 I go to bed because I'm gonna miss her so much!

[GypsyBlueEyes]

It's almost 1am and I'm nowhere near tired...

JTIS :wavey:

[Zombie]

I worked at a convenience store, while I was in college, and there was a rash of holdups, for awhile. The late night guy, that took over for me, at 11, always kept a soft drink cup full of bleach, next to the register, to throw in the robber's eyes. Well, I'm pulling out of the parking lot, and look up, and he accidentally took a big gulp(pun not intended) of the bleach. He's wretching, and spitting like a madman. I was trying not to laugh. Fortunately, he didn't notice that I saw him do it. I never mentioned it to him, either. It was pretty embarrassing. So peroxide, I'll think you'll be fine. And your mouth is cleaner than ever!:lol:

OMG. BLEACH. SCARY.

The bleach story and Jannie's peroxide mishap reminded me of a friend I had back in elementary school, Brett, whose brother was a big fan of chewing tobacco. The brother would usually spit into a plastic cup equipped with a paper towel, but one summer day, he apparently forgot the cup while out in the garage working on his car, and used a mostly empty can of Dr. Pepper instead.

Yeah, you can imagine what happened next - Brett walked by, and said, "Can I have a drink of your pop?" but before any of us could yell "NO!" he'd taken a giant swig.

Y'all, I have never seen so much vomiting in my life, and I have since had two children, several bouts of food poisoning, some ridiculous flus, and watched family members go through chemo. :shocked:

[MissLadyLoki]

I just accidentally ingested two nice big gulps of HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. :shocked: I don't think I've ever tasted anything more vile. And I'm still nauseous. Don't try this at home, kids.:distress:

How in hell did you do that? What's hydrogen peroxid for? :shocked:

[ButterCookie]

How in hell did you do that? What's hydrogen peroxid for? :shocked:

All sorts. The main two that spring to mind are bleaching paper and bleaching hair.

[vivfox]

How in hell did you do that? What's hydrogen peroxid for? :shocked:


I use it as a mouth rinse. It strengenthens my gums and fights off periodontal disease.

[vivfox]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs402.snc4/46500_424932005414_728330414_5137865_6043265_n.jpg


When Arlene showed me this pic on her camera my first thought was, "I didn't realize Marissa was so tall," & "I wish I could have met Sara."
I love this picture!

[vivfox]

Nemo (my cat) was just diagnosed with liver disease. He's been sick for about a week now and hasn't been eating so my mother took him to the vet. We now have to force feed him prescription food, I have to drop pills down his throat once a day, and my mother has to stick him with the thickest needle ever to get fluid inside of him.
F-U-N! I care about his life so it's all worth it anyway.


I've been thinking about this situation for a couple of days now which forced me to dream about Snifflitt last night, and she's been deceased for 3 and a half years. I loved her like she was my own child and totally feel your pain Michelle. I can't wait until you report that Nemo is eating normally again and that his disease has improved.:angel:

[holidayroad]

I think watching the Go Insane music video tonight has explained in three minutes why I don't like music videos. Apart from the whole "mini Lindsey jumping out of the box and flailing (LOVE IT! Reminds me of the inflatable tube men in Family Guy :P), I can see he would have had to be insane to allow the video to see the light of day.

Hey wait! That's my favorite video! :) Did you really think it was that bad?

[MissLadyLoki]

Hey wait! That's my favorite video! :) Did you really think it was that bad?

*Looks for vid and watches it* He does look like one of those Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Men. I wonder if he could scare my uncle's dog (not too far from their house in Queens, there's a Verizon sotre that has one of those and every time she sees it,even if she's on the othe side of the street, she tries to run as fast as she could from it). Hell, he scares me with that hair, but no wonder it was called Go Insane era.

Anyways, it's gonna be 96 to day and I gotta wear pants for a job fair. Lovely, isn't it?

[ButterCookie]

Just going to leave this here

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[DefDumbandBlond]

THE LEGS. UNF. Omg I'm surprised you and I are still alive after all that this morning. :shocked:

[HejiraNYC]

Just going to leave this here

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Egads! You can practically see her ovaries! :eek:

I do love the fact that they covered this song. "I don't wanna be buried in a Pet Sematary; I don't wanna live my life again" is, like, my favorite line ever. Perfectly captures Joey Ramone's wry sense of humor.

[Silver Springs]

Hey wait! That's my favorite video! :) Did you really think it was that bad?


As much as it pains me to say it, it did get on my nerves. Though as I also said, the "inflatable arm waving tube man" impression was amazing :P

The Simpsons has just reminded me of how much I hate Loving you by Minnie Ripperton. It's the only song really that triggers my gag reflex *finger down throat*

[Ghost_Tracker]

JTIS that I am secretly freaking out inside. My mom is leaving for California by herself tomorrow(Thursday) and I'm really scared. Like my mom is my everything(other than Ashley lol). My father has been being a total DICK lately and I havent talked to him for almost a month. Anyway, thats another story. My mom has never been away from me for a week since I lived with my dad(almost 10 years ago). I've been away for a week from her, but I guess its different because she's leaving me. Its not like I'm at Ashley's and can come home to visit her. She's going to be ALL the ways accross the country. =( I'm going to miss her SOOOOOO much!! I've been like crying at night b4 I go to bed because I'm gonna miss her so much!

Caitlin don't take this the wrong way; I'm not trying to be mean or unsympathetic, but at least you still have her with you. I'm sure you realize that what was done to my Mom was absolutely absurd. And completely unacceptable. There was a phrase I came across recently in "Of Human Bondage" that described it perfectly: "It was not true that he would never see her again. It was not true simply because it was impossible."
The "Long Kiss Goodbye" really is REALLY hard. Pretty much unbearable.
But - you'll see her again. So try to be happy that you still have time left.
Not to be a total bummer - I'm just trying to say "count your blessings" because it really is true that this isn't just "the other guy" that this happens to.

[chelluversu]

Update on Nemo:

He took up the living room as his home when he first got back from the vet.
He sat in the same chair for a few days, then moved to under the coffee table, and then behind the tv.

Now he's upstairs in my room. I guess that's something...
He's cleaning himself now which is a good sign. Now if I can get him to go to the bathroom I would be happy.

[Zombie]

JTIS that in 2007, Tarantino and Rodriguez brought us the joy that was Grindhouse, and displayed a wondermous prevue for a clearly high class film called Machete right before Planet Terror:

(warning: there are boobs & also swearing)
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And lo! It has FINALLY come to pass! Machete opens today, and you can bet your sweet ass that my sweet ass will be in a seat. Because it's Danny freakin' Trejo, y'all.

And Cheech Marin as a priest.

And Michelle Rodriguez with an eyepatch.

...and Lohan in a nun costume? Huh.

Whatever! I'm still goin' with "awwwww yeah."

Here's the new updated trailer (no boobs, but still some swearing):

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These are the sorts of things that please me greatly, you dig.

Now I just need Rob Zombie to get on making Werewolf Women of the SS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLcmAwBJgng) (suppose I should warn that there's boobs in that one, too. Also Nicolas Cage) so I can stop hating him so much all the time, and things will be pretty darn good here in Zombistan.

[Meowi]

Game News: HALO REACH out soon! I am such a sucker for sci-fi video games. :lol:

[daniellaaarisen]

I.

Hate.

Men.





That is all.

[GODDESS6]

I.

Hate.

Men.





That is all.

well we know they are only good for 1 thing:lol:~

cheer up dani!!!:xoxo:~

[chiliD]

I.

Hate.

Men.





That is all.

:eek: :shocked: :confused: :(

To quote an old blues tune: "What'd I do to piss you off THIS TIME, Baaaaaaaaaaaaby?"

[Silver Springs]

I.

Hate.

Men.





That is all.

Wish I could say something against this but I'd be a hypocrite because I'm the same *hugs*

[SteveMacD]

I filled in for Tobin Sprout at Guided by Voices practice today...

[daniellaaarisen]

I filled in for Tobin Sprout at Guided by Voices practice today...

That is SO AWESOME.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I got a bloody nose and put a tampon in my nose =P

JTIS

[Zombie]

I got a bloody nose and put a tampon in my nose =P

JTIS

Multipurpose!

****

JTIS there's a cute boy snoozing in my bed.

[daniellaaarisen]

JTIS there's a cute boy snoozing in my bed.

Success!!!!!!

[Zombie]

Success!!!!!!

Ha! I think it's a food coma - I grilled up some steaks and bacon-wrapped scallops and stuff, and we both ate ourselves stupid. Also, there was pie.

Chocolate pie.

Oh yes.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Multipurpose!

****

JTIS there's a cute boy snoozing in my bed.

Iknow right?!?! Is it bad that Ashley's cousin suggested it? lol

****
Success =D

[vivfox]

JTIS there's a cute boy snoozing in my bed.


Is it Cute Guitar Boy?

[MissLadyLoki]

JTIS there's a cute boy snoozing in my bed.

Is it Boy What Carries Things?

[chelluversu]

I said screw you to the summer assignments even though I have 13 pages of the math one left :lol:

Nemo is okay-ish now, but he got used to being treated like a baby lol.
He found that stabbing my fingers with his machete claws is an effective method to keep me from giving him is pills. It hurts!!! It won't stop me though...

Just got my hair braided.
My head hurts but it's for a good cause lol

Checklist:
Hair...check
Shopping...to be continued
Shoes...got some, need more.
School supplies? ...save that until the day before school.

Anything else? lol

[Silver Springs]

Nemo is okay-ish now, but he got used to being treated like a baby lol.
He found that stabbing my fingers with his machete claws is an effective method to keep me from giving him is pills. It hurts!!! It won't stop me though...

Sit on the floor on your knees with the Cat inbetween them and pin him down (Effectively you're sitting on him lol). Then draw his head up and open his mouth to drop the pills in before holding his mouth tightly closed until he has nothing to do but swallow. That's what I do. Took me many years of scratched body parts to figure out that it's okay to sit on a Cat hehehe.

[chelluversu]

Sit on the floor on your knees with the Cat inbetween them and pin him down (Effectively you're sitting on him lol). Then draw his head up and open his mouth to drop the pills in before holding his mouth tightly closed until he has nothing to do but swallow. That's what I do. Took me many years of scratched body parts to figure out that it's okay to sit on a Cat hehehe.

That was my method for the last few days (only I used a towel so I didn't have to sit on him). But, I didn't feel like doing it at the time so I just tilted his head back, dropped the pill in, saw the claws, said "OUCH!!", and saw the pill hitting the ground. I went to go rinse my finger of blood, poured on a cap full of hydogen peroxide, and had success the second time I did it.

[ButterCookie]

Cats are too clever at spitting pills out!! Max, my dog had to have a ton of antibiotics and wormer and he's so stupid that I just put them in Frankfurter sausage chunks and he didn't realise what he'd eaten. My mum's cat is just as bad as Nemo sounds, he has to have one of those little things that looks like a syringe that 'fires' the tablet down his throat as such. My vet also told me to massage their throats to encourage them to swallow.

[chelluversu]

That syringe sounds scary lol.
I have the massaging the neck thing down.
I am now a pro at force feeding and pill popping :D
Now the IV is a whole different can of worms.
It seems easy, but that's not one of my jobs.

[Zombie]

Iknow right?!?! Is it bad that Ashley's cousin suggested it? lol

****
Success =D

Any port in a storm, m'dear. Any port in a storm.

Is it Cute Guitar Boy?

It is indeed!

Is it Boy What Carries Things?

Nope! Boy What Carries Things, while cute, does not get snoozing rights in my bed.

[Silver Springs]

Looking at her massive Fleetwood Mac collection on Facebook has given me the shakes. And a touch of the green eyes monster....Oh great! Now my eye is twitching! *insanely jealous*

[Zombie]

Looking at her massive Fleetwood Mac collection on Facebook has given me the shakes. And a touch of the green eyes monster....Oh great! Now my eye is twitching! *insanely jealous*

Whose? Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?

[daniellaaarisen]

I am on a ridiculous writing spree right now. I have another poem to post to The Writing Thread but that thread kinda died so I don't want to resurrect it yet again. But 3 pieces in a week. This never EVER happens. WOOT

[iamnotafraid]

I missed many birthdays while I was out so...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL!!!

[LikeAWillow]

I don't want to lose you, but I don't want to use you just to have somebody by my side.

[michelle2677]

5 minutes ago, that song came up on the shuffelz.

:eek:




when you're standing at the crossroads, and don't know which path to choose
let me come along

'cause even if you're wrong....

[LikeAWillow]

5 minutes ago, that song came up on the shuffelz.

:eek:



Srsly? I had an encounter that demanded it.

[michelle2677]

sometimes it's inevitable.


you may be, my lucky star.

[LikeAWillow]

I had my own relapse. :distress:

I wanna push you around, well I will, well I will.

[michelle2677]

skype?


well, i can still.hear.you.saying you would never break the
never break
the chain.

[vivfox]

I made a little over five hundred dollars in two months collecting cans and bottles and lost 14lbs. in the process. Cute guitar boy would be proud.

[MissLadyLoki]

skype?


well, i can still.hear.you.saying you would never break the
never break
the chain.

Do you know how to install Skype? There's a long story, but I need to learn how to install the free chat part of it. Please?

[michelle2677]

Do you know how to install Skype? There's a long story, but I need to learn how to install the free chat part of it. Please?

i think i went to skype and just saved it, then ran it and then followed the prompts...?? is there another method?? lol

[MissLadyLoki]

i think i went to skype and just saved it, then ran it and then followed the prompts...?? is there another method?? lol

Uh, maybe I'll ak someone else, like my uncle (if it'll get him to quit playing with my Kindle every time he comes over lol) or some techie person.

[michelle2677]

Uh, maybe I'll ak someone else, like my uncle (if it'll get him to quit playing with my Kindle every time he comes over lol) or some techie person.

uuuuuuhhhhh :confused:

[MissLadyLoki]

uuuuuuhhhhh :confused:

Never mind, but I didn't realize till now that your siggy had pics of Max and the Sex and the City girls. Goes to show how receptive I am :lol:

[michelle2677]

yeah, it's also got some dental instruments used to terrorize folks, some tennis balls and stevie nicks :)

[Zombie]

yeah, it's also got some dental instruments used to terrorize folks, some tennis balls and stevie nicks :)

To me, your sig pic has always been so much more. When I look at it, I see an awesome montage of motivational posters that we have to provide our own captions for.

For me, it's:

"Scurvy sucks! Eat a damn orange already! Tic-Tacs don't count!"
"You don't need clothes to look awesome as long as you have snazzy neckwear!"
"The LBD is the perfect garment for every woman, even if you look like a foot!"
"Remember: Tennis balls to the head are painful! Leave them on the ground next time!" and, of course,
"STEVIE NICKS. GODDAMN."

JTIS.

[daniellaaarisen]

My dad may be taking a job opportunity 8 hours away in San Diego. My mom may or may not be coming with us. I actually think this would be really good for us-- I feel like a bad person for wanting my parents to separate. It's about time, though...

[GypsyBlueEyes]

My dad may be taking a job opportunity 8 hours away in San Diego. My mom may or may not be coming with us. I actually think this would be really good for us-- I feel like a bad person for wanting my parents to separate. It's about time, though...

I understand why you would, but you really shouldn't feel bad for thinking a separation might be a good idea...after all, you've had to live with them and whatever problems they may have. Sometimes a little space can be a really positive thing for people who have been together a really long time. It will force them to figure things out instead of just letting things slide.

[Silver Springs]

My dad may be taking a job opportunity 8 hours away in San Diego. My mom may or may not be coming with us. I actually think this would be really good for us-- I feel like a bad person for wanting my parents to separate. It's about time, though...

I can understand completely, honey. Things have been horrible at my home thanks to an infidelity on my Father's part. And I'm not sure our sanities are coping that well under the strain of arguments and walking on egg shells. The only thing that scares me is because my Dad's disabled, he'll need somebody to care for him where my Mother used to. It's a really difficult situation. But I hope that if your parents do seperate, they'll re-discover their happiness and be better and happier people for it.

[Zombie]

My dad may be taking a job opportunity 8 hours away in San Diego. My mom may or may not be coming with us. I actually think this would be really good for us-- I feel like a bad person for wanting my parents to separate. It's about time, though...

Both GypsyBlueEyes & Silver Springs are right - don't feel bad. Whether they're together or not, if it's better...then it's better, you know? I know that parents separating is usually really hard on kids (and the parents, too), but if you already KNOW they're not really doing that well together, then you're already a step ahead in that department. Probably doesn't make it easier in the short term for anyone, but long term...you see what I mean.

< anecdata - your mileage may vary, of course >
As you know, I have two small jackals of my own. I often advise friends that are in very unhappy relationships but wanting to stick it out "for the kids" that doing that is perhaps not the ideal way to go in the long run. My kids' father was a wonderful guy, but we just did NOT work in a romantic sense - we tried forcing it "for the kids" for a (too) long while, but it was just awful.

Neither of us was happy, and we fought constantly and furiously over spectacularly dumb crap. Finally, we decided to just quit it, and we went back to being best friends. It was a hard decision to make, but we put on our big kid pants and did it.

And then about a year later, he passed away.

So even though I firmly believe that it would have been the best decision we could have made for our family in any case, I will always be so damned grateful that we did it when we did. It gave us a year of being able to hang out and have fun together before he had to go, and that's all the kids remember now - that we were fun, that we all loved each other, that we were doing well.

He died 6 years ago last Thursday and I still miss him more than I have words for, but as weird as it sounds, if there's anything good in that situation, us breaking up was it. < /anecdata >

[Zombie]

I can understand completely, honey. Things have been horrible at my home thanks to an infidelity on my Father's part. And I'm not sure our sanities are coping that well under the strain of arguments and walking on egg shells. The only thing that scares me is because my Dad's disabled, he'll need somebody to care for him where my Mother used to. It's a really difficult situation. But I hope that if your parents do seperate, they'll re-discover their happiness and be better and happier people for it.

Meant to add this to the post above, but I got click happy and hit enter without adding it - I'm so sorry you guys are going through that. It's got to be ridiculously difficult for all involved.

[Silver Springs]

Meant to add this to the post above, but I got click happy and hit enter without adding it - I'm so sorry you guys are going through that. It's got to be ridiculously difficult for all involved.

It was difficult at first (It was only a few months ago that we found out it had been going on for a year) but I guess I've gotten used to being numb about it. About alot of things really... Can't get hurt if you can't feel the hurt.

[LikeAWillow]

I think I just rewound about six years of my life. I just ran into my ex girlfriend in a Wellesley dining hall. All of my friends were in class, so I was sitting alone. She had a table full of people around here.

I was honestly upset.

Excuse me while I go remember how to think like a grown up.

[Kena]

I think I just rewound about six years of my life. I just ran into my ex girlfriend in a Wellesley dining hall. All of my friends were in class, so I was sitting alone. She had a table full of people around here.

I was honestly upset.

Excuse me while I go remember how to think like a grown up.

Don't feel bad, I'm 30 and still have issues with thinking like a grown person, especially when it comes to an ex. I run into my ex lady pretty often and it's okay if she's alone but when she's with mutual friends I am reduced to 3rd grade thinking. My thoughts are something like this - How dare she hang out with mutual friend! I'm never going to talk to mutual friend again! Mutual friend was my friend first! I always knew mutual friend liked my lady! Well guess what mutual friend, my lady never thought you were attractive and that's because you're not! My ex is doing this on purpose! Ugggg! Screw em!

I did not act on these thoughts thank goodness. I held it together and acted (or pretended to be) a grown up. I have to "fake it til I make it" sometimes.

[michelle2677]

To me, your sig pic has always been so much more. When I look at it, I see an awesome montage of motivational posters that we have to provide our own captions for.

For me, it's:

"Scurvy sucks! Eat a damn orange already! Tic-Tacs don't count!"
"You don't need clothes to look awesome as long as you have snazzy neckwear!"
"The LBD is the perfect garment for every woman, even if you look like a foot!"
"Remember: Tennis balls to the head are painful! Leave them on the ground next time!" and, of course,
"STEVIE NICKS. GODDAMN."

JTIS.

:laugh: this is perfect. i never really analyzed my sig that much. that's frightening, considering i analyze everything else in my life. it's just a collection of some of my favorite things :D

I think I just rewound about six years of my life. I just ran into my ex girlfriend in a Wellesley dining hall. All of my friends were in class, so I was sitting alone. She had a table full of people around here.

I was honestly upset.

Excuse me while I go remember how to think like a grown up.



:(

FOL

:xoxo:

[Zombie]

It was difficult at first (It was only a few months ago that we found out it had been going on for a year) but I guess I've gotten used to being numb about it. About alot of things really... Can't get hurt if you can't feel the hurt.

Oh honey. Just be careful with that. I do that a lot - if something is messing with me and I don't feel equipped to deal with it at that particular moment, I pack it up in a mental cardboard box and promise myself I will come back to it later when I am able to deal. Of course, I never do, so my mind's warehouse is totally overflowing with random f*ckery, and I'm pretty sure that's why my inner monologue closely resembles the Bataan Death March.

I think I just rewound about six years of my life. I just ran into my ex girlfriend in a Wellesley dining hall. All of my friends were in class, so I was sitting alone. She had a table full of people around here.

I was honestly upset.

Excuse me while I go remember how to think like a grown up.

Hey, when you remember how to think like a grown-up, can you tell me how to do it? I haven't figured that one out yet.

Also, I understand that feeling. When I break up with someone, it's like I think they should immediately cease to exist. Like, how dare they do other things now? Where I can see them? Perhaps with other people I know? Even if I met those other people through that person and they were all friends first?

It doesn't happen all the time and I'm completely aware it's ridiculous, even when I'm in the middle of having the thoughts, but there it is anyhow. The best part is that I will do it even when I have absolutely no desire to ever be with that person again. I'm pretty sure that means I'm terribly conceited or something.

:laugh: this is perfect. i never really analyzed my sig that much. that's frightening, considering i analyze everything else in my life. it's just a collection of some of my favorite things :D

I just wanted you to know I'd noticed you had all those things in your sig pic. I noticed it real hard. :nod:

******

For everyone having life issues, here's an uplifting song:

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All together now, "Maybe you and I will get it together!" :laugh:

Also, have I mentioned lately that I'm SO excited for the Grinderman show in November that I can barely stand it? Because I totally am. JTIS.

[Silver Springs]

Oh honey. Just be careful with that. I do that a lot - if something is messing with me and I don't feel equipped to deal with it at that particular moment, I pack it up in a mental cardboard box and promise myself I will come back to it later when I am able to deal. Of course, I never do, so my mind's warehouse is totally overflowing with random f*ckery, and I'm pretty sure that's why my inner monologue closely resembles the Bataan Death March.

I'm used to it, unfortunately. I seem to have become a champion Bottler over the last few years. Just cork it up and put it on the shelf in my own little "warehouse". I tried a couple of times to talk to people on the outside world, but they just made me see that it just wasn't worth it in the end. They turned out not to be trustworthy. So I just don't talk about it anymore and just simply take my bad weather out on myself in unhealthy fashions. Shiny Happy Bee. That's me *Thumbs up and fake smile*. Maybe it's one of the reasons I like Fleetwood Mac so much. Their **** distracts from my ****, so to speak lol.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

So today was my first day of Hair School =) So I was really really REALLY nervous, but once I got there I felt better. I made a friend...and it was like christmas today!!! We got a huuuuuuuge duffle bag full of hair styling goodies and I was super sduper happy and I got my smock and it was sooo cool!! I cant wait to start doing everything!!!

[daniellaaarisen]

For everyone who gave words of wisdom/comfort involving my parents' potential separation: thank you. I should've said that I feel guilty for pretty much wanting them to separate for selfish reasons. My life would just be so much easier if I only had to deal with one of them at a time. Whatever, they're gonna do what they're going to do.

Annie... that story about your kids' father is incredible. I'm so sorry that someone so close to you passed, especially since he was their dad... but I'm glad that the situation didn't end up much, much worse.

[ButterCookie]

I'm used to it, unfortunately. I seem to have become a champion Bottler over the last few years. Just cork it up and put it on the shelf in my own little "warehouse". I tried a couple of times to talk to people on the outside world, but they just made me see that it just wasn't worth it in the end. They turned out not to be trustworthy. So I just don't talk about it anymore and just simply take my bad weather out on myself in unhealthy fashions. Shiny Happy Bee. That's me *Thumbs up and fake smile*. Maybe it's one of the reasons I like Fleetwood Mac so much. Their **** distracts from my ****, so to speak lol.

Annie's right :distress: I have no room to talk but bottling it up is not good. I turned to the internet to get me through my mum and dad's divorce, two friends dying and the likes and now I'm at a stage where I only wake up in a morning to see Debbie Harry's face and make sure she's okay, the Blondie gig the night before went well etc etc. I don't want to think that anyone else is feeling like I am because it upsets me, no matter who they are. I'm not expecting you to trust me straight away because that could be considered weird but if you want to PM me, I'm more than likely to always be here for a chat, college has installed free wi-fi for errywun now so I'll still be on through the day :woohoo:

[Zombie]

I'm used to it, unfortunately. I seem to have become a champion Bottler over the last few years. Just cork it up and put it on the shelf in my own little "warehouse". I tried a couple of times to talk to people on the outside world, but they just made me see that it just wasn't worth it in the end. They turned out not to be trustworthy. So I just don't talk about it anymore and just simply take my bad weather out on myself in unhealthy fashions. Shiny Happy Bee. That's me *Thumbs up and fake smile*. Maybe it's one of the reasons I like Fleetwood Mac so much. Their **** distracts from my ****, so to speak lol.

I understand. If I'm being completely honest, I never really thought my habit of packing everything away like I do was a problem until pretty recently. Before, I'd looked at it like, "Well, hey - at least I'm not dragging around all depressed and brooding." I mean, I get happy and I get sad and junk, but in general, I'm so even-tempered, I might as well be Commander Data.

But then my mother died at the beginning of the year. My relationship with her was complicated (to say the least - she was a raging alcoholic & cuddly like Hannibal Lecter and I had to go into foster care in my early teens), but I'd packed her into a box, as it were, a long time ago. And then all of a sudden - KABLAM! I am rattling around everywhere like a Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man.

So now I'm working on working through my issue there. I have no idea how to do it or if there is a proper way to go about it, but we'll see how it goes. And if you ever need an ear, I'm here - no risk, 'cos everyone knows that people on the Internet aren't real. ;)

For everyone who gave words of wisdom/comfort involving my parents' potential separation: thank you. I should've said that I feel guilty for pretty much wanting them to separate for selfish reasons. My life would just be so much easier if I only had to deal with one of them at a time. Whatever, they're gonna do what they're going to do.

Annie... that story about your kids' father is incredible. I'm so sorry that someone so close to you passed, especially since he was their dad... but I'm glad that the situation didn't end up much, much worse.

Thanks, hon. It was hard and it still is, but we do all right now.

I do not think that you should feel guilty (this coming from a former Catholic where guilt is our chief weapon of self-destruction, ha!), though I understand why you feel that way. I think that sometimes, we have to be "selfish," particularly when it comes to our own happiness. Unless you're actively working towards having them break up when they'd otherwise want to stay together themselves, I think that it's natural to want to see an unhappy situation end when it directly affects you like that.

Annie's right :distress: I have no room to talk but bottling it up is not good. I turned to the internet to get me through my mum and dad's divorce, two friends dying and the likes and now I'm at a stage where I only wake up in a morning to see Debbie Harry's face and make sure she's okay, the Blondie gig the night before went well etc etc. I don't want to think that anyone else is feeling like I am because it upsets me, no matter who they are. I'm not expecting you to trust me straight away because that could be considered weird but if you want to PM me, I'm more than likely to always be here for a chat, college has installed free wi-fi for errywun now so I'll still be on through the day :woohoo:

Here is a hug for you. *hug* I'm so sorry for all of that. My offer to Bee goes to you, too - if you ever need an ear, gimme a holler. I'm rubbish at dealing with my own life sometimes, but I make a damn good listener and always have good advice that I never take myself. :laugh:

[Silver Springs]

Annie's right :distress: I have no room to talk but bottling it up is not good. I turned to the internet to get me through my mum and dad's divorce, two friends dying and the likes and now I'm at a stage where I only wake up in a morning to see Debbie Harry's face and make sure she's okay, the Blondie gig the night before went well etc etc. I don't want to think that anyone else is feeling like I am because it upsets me, no matter who they are. I'm not expecting you to trust me straight away because that could be considered weird but if you want to PM me, I'm more than likely to always be here for a chat, college has installed free wi-fi for errywun now so I'll still be on through the day :woohoo:

I understand. If I'm being completely honest, I never really thought my habit of packing everything away like I do was a problem until pretty recently. Before, I'd looked at it like, "Well, hey - at least I'm not dragging around all depressed and brooding." I mean, I get happy and I get sad and junk, but in general, I'm so even-tempered, I might as well be Commander Data.

But then my mother died at the beginning of the year. My relationship with her was complicated (to say the least - she was a raging alcoholic & cuddly like Hannibal Lecter and I had to go into foster care in my early teens), but I'd packed her into a box, as it were, a long time ago. And then all of a sudden - KABLAM! I am rattling around everywhere like a Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man.

So now I'm working on working through my issue there. I have no idea how to do it or if there is a proper way to go about it, but we'll see how it goes. And if you ever need an ear, I'm here - no risk, 'cos everyone knows that people on the Internet aren't real. ;)

It means alot that there are people on here who can relate and understand. The offer comes right back at'cha both because I'm told that, although I'm a failure at taking my own advice, I am a pretty decent Agony Aunt *Dons white bobby hairdo and a knitting kit for the role*. Thank you for listening to my small and brief belly aches. Hearing your own problems helps put mine into perspective some. Thought the numbness is still ever present, it's helping to see that I'm not alone as I tend to feel in my "real life" setting. I'm sorry you two, daniellaaarisen and anybody else I could care to mention are having such hard times. Guess it's times like this that it really helps to be in this kind of setting with "cyber-people" where we can all pool our feelings and advice. *ish going to treat herself to a well earned evening of pampering, Ice Cream (no chocolate because Bees don't like Chocolate) and a new DVD (Destiny Rules dropped onto my mat this morning. Yayness*.

[Silver Springs]

Throughout the process of watching this DVD (Destiny Rules), I have come to realise just how short my attention span actually is. Why else would I be typing here while it's paused in another window lol? I keep taking short breaks to potter around my room or survey the contents of the SYW album. Watch the bloody DVD already, Bee!

Okay. Lindsey and Lee Lee together on the DVD = CUTE!

WOAH!!!!!!!!! Lindsey said the eff word! NEVER heard him say that before. LOVE IT!!!!

Now he's crying :( *Wants to cuggle him now*

Jeez Bee....They've seen it! Stop procrastinating lol.

[iamnotafraid]

Bought my first mandolin. Now the learning begins.

[carrie721]

Bought my first mandolin. Now the learning begins.

i want a mandolin so bad.

[HomerMcvie]

Bought my first mandolin. Now the learning begins.

Well you know the tuning is the inversion of the top four guitar strings, so if you just reverse those fingerings, you're halfway there. So tune it(top to bottom)G-D-A-E. Make yourself a little chord chart, and it shouldn't take long(sorry, I'm ASSuming you're a guitar player). For me, as a guitar player, mando was about the easiest thing to learn.

[GODDESS6]

i want a mandolin so bad.

:lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uravhL8FbY

[LikeAWillow]

Thanks to everyone who replied to my little girl ramblings. I didn't even tell you guys the best! part of the story :laugh: When I saw that she had her gaggle around her but hadn't yet spotted me.....I grabbed my lunch and snuck out to my bedroom. Bathroom scene in Mean Girls became my life. That's right.

[iamnotafraid]

Well you know the tuning is the inversion of the top four guitar strings, so if you just reverse those fingerings, you're halfway there. So tune it(top to bottom)G-D-A-E. Make yourself a little chord chart, and it shouldn't take long(sorry, I'm ASSuming you're a guitar player). For me, as a guitar player, mando was about the easiest thing to learn.

That's what I'd read. And you assumed correctly. I play be ear so I'm hoping
to pick it up quickly. I've got a chord book being sent to me. That's the way
I learned to play guitar. I bought a copy of Fleetwood Mac's first three albums
songbook (I forget the title, if it had one?). Learned the chords to Gold Dust
Woman...and I was on my way. I didn't realize the spacing was so small on
the mandolin. My fingers are going to have to learn new tricks. Btw, are you
still playing the mandolin?

Carrie buy yourself a mandolin!!!

[daniellaaarisen]

i want a mandolin so bad.

Me too. My best friend plays it and I'm super jealous.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

For everyone who gave words of wisdom/comfort involving my parents' potential separation: thank you. I should've said that I feel guilty for pretty much wanting them to separate for selfish reasons. My life would just be so much easier if I only had to deal with one of them at a time. Whatever, they're gonna do what they're going to do.


WHOA! I obviously missed this post!! I hope everything works out Dani! If you need someone to talk to I'm there for you. My parents have been divorced since 1997( I was 7) so its been a LONG and difficult road. Dont be shy....It is easier to only deal with one parent...but then again when I do talk to my dad he's a pain in the ass because he doesnt think "Hair School" is considered "college"...so I think he's trying to get out of paying for child support. He has to keep paying until I am out of college...but even if he can stop he still owes my mom almost $20,000 in back child support so either way he looses LOL I havent talked to him in over a month because the last time he talked to me he hung up on me(asshole)......

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Today in school we started cutting hair and OMG...I am soo good at it lol EVen if its a basic bob cut....I'm pretty amazing at keeping it all even =D YAY ME!! I cant wait to start doing layers and stuff...I dont think I have EVER loved school SOOOO much before lol Makes me not mind going fro 9-3:30 5 days a week.

I got my smock, name tag, and my whole bag of goodies!! Like the first day was CHRISTMAS lol Oh and not to mention I get 50% hair stuff...like Paul Mitchell and Joico...etc =D

[LikeAWillow]

Today in school we started cutting hair and OMG...I am soo good at it lol EVen if its a basic bob cut....I'm pretty amazing at keeping it all even =D YAY ME!! I cant wait to start doing layers and stuff...I dont think I have EVER loved school SOOOO much before lol Makes me not mind going fro 9-3:30 5 days a week.

I got my smock, name tag, and my whole bag of goodies!! Like the first day was CHRISTMAS lol Oh and not to mention I get 50% hair stuff...like Paul Mitchell and Joico...etc =D

HO **** IMMA HAVE YOU CUT MY HAIR, PLLEASE PLEASE PLEASE?

[Enchanted_Stevi]

HO **** IMMA HAVE YOU CUT MY HAIR, PLLEASE PLEASE PLEASE?

Of course I will!!! I'll be learning facials and manicures and waxing too =P

[LukeA]

The passing of 22 years have not been kind to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

[carrie721]

That's what I'd read. And you assumed correctly. I play be ear so I'm hoping
to pick it up quickly. I've got a chord book being sent to me. That's the way
I learned to play guitar. I bought a copy of Fleetwood Mac's first three albums
songbook (I forget the title, if it had one?). Learned the chords to Gold Dust
Woman...and I was on my way. I didn't realize the spacing was so small on
the mandolin. My fingers are going to have to learn new tricks. Btw, are you
still playing the mandolin?

Carrie buy yourself a mandolin!!!

sometimes i just play my violin like a mandolin ... for the fun of it. :laugh:

The passing of 22 years have not been kind to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

blast from the past. i don't even remember liking it all that much back in the day.

[daniellaaarisen]

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I'm seeing him live on Monday. He's one of my favorite musicians ever. He's playing at my venue in San Francisco.

I think I'm leaving California in style. YES YES YES!

[HomerMcvie]

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I'm seeing him live on Monday. He's one of my favorite musicians ever. He's playing at my venue in San Francisco.

I think I'm leaving California in style. YES YES YES!

I'm doing sound for him on the 21st.

[HejiraNYC]

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I'm seeing him live on Monday. He's one of my favorite musicians ever. He's playing at my venue in San Francisco.

I think I'm leaving California in style. YES YES YES!

No offense intended... but this guy sounds/looks like a totally affected doucherocket. I couldn't hit the stop button fast enough.

[Silver Springs]

Come back Salem. I know you're scared but you're not an outdoor cat....It's safer in here :(

[daniellaaarisen]

I'm doing sound for him on the 21st.

That. Is. Awesome. I LOVE this guy.

[iamnotafraid]

I'm doing sound for him on the 21st.

Hey dude, write us out a list of the people you've worked with.

[HomerMcvie]

Hey dude, write us out a list of the people you've worked with.

Lord, I'd have to think for hours, to get half of them. Here's who I can think of, in 5 minutes.
John Mayer
Michelle Branch
Kings Of Leon
Steve Earle
Guided By Voices
The Black Crowes
David Lee Murphy
Jens Lekman
The Wreckers
Uncle Kracker
Rehab
David Allan Coe
Todd Snider
Toots and the Maytals
Lifehouse
Shooter Jennings
Sister Hazel
Rodney Atkins
Nickel Creek
Greg Brown
Jason Aldean
Neko Case
Pat Green
Spin Doctors
Spoon
G Love and Special Sauce
Calexico
Edwin McCain
Stanley Clarke
Michelle Shocked
Lonnie Brooks
O.A.R.
James McMurtry
Gov't Mule
Merle Saunders
Disco Biscuits
Tab Benoit
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Moe
Leo Kottke
B.B. King
Lonnie Mack
Black Oak Arkansas
Hyapatia Lee - haha, famous porn star, who happens to live here, and had a band.
Jurassic 5
Levon Helm
The Wailers
Luke Bryan
Robert Earle Keen
Spoon
Del McCoury
Dick Dale
David Nail
Victor Wooten
Keller Williams
Robert Randolph
Foghat
Survivor
Little River Band
Junior Brown
Iris Dement
Ween
Dierks Bentley
Billy Currington
Miranda Lambert
Kentucky Headhunters
Hanson!
Hank Williams III
Reverend Horton Heat
Koko Taylor
Luther Allison
Dinoaur Jr
Lucinda Williams
Pete Yorn
Carl Denson's Tiny Universe
Bela Fleck
Corey Smith
Eric Church
Ghost Face Killah
Rodney Crowell
BR549
Dale Watson
Southern Culture on the Skids
Vince Neil
John Hiatt
Phil Vassar
Bright Eyes
They Might Be Giants
Minus The Bear
Son Volt
Jay Farrar
Old 97's
Cypress Hill
Susan Tedeschi
Derek Trucks
Dickey Betts
Buckwheat Zydeco
Molly Hatchet
Gene Watson
Janie Fricke
Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Train
Cheap Trick
Quiet Riot
The Verve Pipe
Starship
Night Ranger

That's all I can think of, and yeah, that took me 20 minutes, not 5. Just remember, it's only a job, like any other. Perk is that you get to meet some famous people. Sometimes this is a huge letdown, because they're human, like everyone else, and sometimes humans SUCK. Which is a letdown, when it's somebody that you really idolized.
Edit- I've been editing my list(adding to it), because I now realize, all the shows that I've forgotten, over the years. I'm becoming quite obsessed, with coming up with a complete list, for myself. So when I'm 90, I can look back, and hopefully remember some of them! lol
Edit Edit - pardon my rambling....I just browsed every planner I've had, since I started. Some artists I didn't write their name on the date, I guess because I obviously knew at the time, who it was. That, and my handwriting used to be SO neat. It looks like crap now! lol

[chiliD]

Susan Tedeschi
^^^What's his name, married to Susan? Him. lol


"Whatshisname"?? It's Derek Trucks, Dave...Derek Trucks.

[HomerMcvie]

"Whatshisname"?? It's Derek Trucks, Dave...Derek Trucks.

Ding ding ding!!! I couldn't get Allman out of my head!:lol:

[Zombie]

Cute Guitar Boy is on stage right now, and I couldn't go because I had no sitter. Sigh.

[iamnotafraid]

Lord, I'd have to think for hours, to get half of them.


That was a pretty impressive list.
Which artist was the best or easiest to work with?
And which was the worst?

[HomerMcvie]

That was a pretty impressive list.
Which artist was the best or easiest to work with?
And which was the worst?

In general, MOST country artists are very easy to deal with, but that's because country fans won't tolerate prima donnas. Really. Ah, I forgot one! Mark Wills. And this was at the height of his career....followed ME around all afternoon, telling me stories. Couldn't have been any nicer.

Oh, other one....Bright Eyes - Conor Oberst hugged me several times during the day, and would put his arm around my neck, every time he'd request a monitor change(this is all during soundcheck). The other guy I work with, is a big redneck, and he kept saying, "he wants you, dude!". :lol:
Horror stories, both personal and public?

Personal - Steve Earle, of whom I WAS a huge fan. I actually did lighting for this show. I told his manager that I would love to get a guitar signed by him....his manager took me on his bus, post-show, and introduced me. Steve was sitting there with his band. I handed him my $1200 Takamine acoustic(yes, not super expensive, but all I could afford). He looked at it, and said, "I fukcing hate these japanese pieces of siht!", then signed it. Uh, thanks Steve. What a rude, fukcing douchebag.

Public - Vince Neil, for whom I was providing PA, and mixing(due to his engineer being fired, the previous day). The band was actually cool during the day. Well, show time comes...8PM.....no show....8:30...no show....9PM....no show.....crowd is starting to get ****ty....long story short....it's about 11PM, when he finally takes the stage....three HOURS late, on a weeknight! Crowd is chanting in unison, "BULL****, BULL****, BULL****!!!" You could cut the tension in the air, with a knife. He tells the crowd that he's been sick to his stomach, and that's why they're so late(I didn't believe it, and no one else did, either). He actually seemed to calm them down a little bit....they played 3 or 4 songs, then he said, "fukc you hillbillies, I'm out of here", and left the stage. They band was in terror, holding their hands out in front of them, like "hey, it's not US, we're standing here, wanting to play", then they left the stage, too. The venue was getting ready to be ripped apart(mind you, these are heavy metal fans, not FM fans). Bottles were being thrown. I got on a talkback mic, and was speaking to the crowd, trying to calm them, and telling them that the PA didn't belong to Vince!(:lol: nothing like a little self-preservation), because they were getting ready to topple it all. The state police were brought in, with dogs, to end this fiasco. It was scary, and at one point, the crowd was outside, trying to overturn his bus! :lol:
This event actually had a small writeup, in Rolling Stone. That's my worst story, as you can well imagine.

Those are my stories, and I'm sticking to them...

[bucklind17]

Curious, do you work for a venue, local crew or specific artists? I did a lot of concert work in college and always had fun working with everyone involved with making the show go on. Made me want to do it on a more professional level but was never sure how to break into that.

Impressive list of artists too! Laughed a little at the exclamation point after Hanson (they're a fave of mine).

[HomerMcvie]

Curious, do you work for a venue, local crew or specific artists? I did a lot of concert work in college and always had fun working with everyone involved with making the show go on. Made me want to do it on a more professional level but was never sure how to break into that.

Impressive list of artists too! Laughed a little at the exclamation point after Hanson (they're a fave of mine).

I have two trucks full of PA sitting in my driveway, but I mainly work with one venue(mostly out of sheer laziness on my part...I've reached a level of comfort in my life, and I'd rather work 3 days a week, than 7!). I got my B.A., but always knew, that music was all I ever wanted to be involved in. I played in a small band, while in college, and gradually bought enough gear, that when I graduated, I started doing small PA gigs, and reinvested, and reinvested.....and honestly, the PA business sucks around here, anymore. The late 90's were great though, and I bought up a few rental properties, when the money was rolling in. I'm rambling now...
Hanson - haha. The only show that I recall a line, FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE, camping on the sidewalk, since it was general admission(this is only like 2 years ago, if that long). And the crazy little **** I save. I picked up a big red heart, with "I "heart" Hanson, on it. I have a pile of posters that I've saved, over the years, and I threw that big red heart onto the pile. I thought it was funny.

[bucklind17]

I have two trucks full of PA sitting in my driveway, but I mainly work with one venue(mostly out of sheer laziness on my part...I've reached a level of comfort in my life, and I'd rather work 3 days a week, than 7!). I got my B.A., but always knew, that music was all I ever wanted to be involved in. I played in a small band, while in college, and gradually bought enough gear, that when I graduated, I started doing small PA gigs, and reinvested, and reinvested.....and honestly, the PA business sucks around here, anymore. The late 90's were great though, and I bought up a few rental properties, when the money was rolling in. I'm rambling now...
Hanson - haha. The only show that I recall a line, FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE, camping on the sidewalk, since it was general admission(this is only like 2 years ago, if that long). And the crazy little **** I save. I picked up a big red heart, with "I "heart" Hanson, on it. I have a pile of posters that I've saved, over the years, and I threw that big red heart onto the pile. I thought it was funny.

Ahhh. I worked for my college's programming committee so did a lot of loading in and setting up for concerts, some of which were very large scale, so it gave me a good taste of the life but not enough experience, I felt, to move on with it. I'd still love to get more involved somehow though. I think my dream job is to be a tour manager.

Ha, yeah, Hanson fans are campers. Some line up for MORE than one day (their hometown show this year, the line started three days before). One of my favorite pictures one of their openers took was from the day before a show and literally six tents pitched outside the venue and the caption "Hanson fans are in tents (get it?!)". There's definitely more of a fan culture around that band than people realize.

[tilthefirefades]

Has anyone else seen Why Did I Get Married? Well I watched them both yesterday. And it just dawned on me that I am the "20" in the "80/20" rule. So, of course I don't want to be that, or cause hurt for anyone. I mean, I don't know what I was thinking talking to someone who is with someone else, and have been for 4 years :laugh: Point is, I'm alone again, per usual. And as my tradition goes, anytime I experience heart break, I listen to Mariah all day because she is the only one that can soothe me in times like these.

[LikeAWillow]

"My" fraternity just got their 10th pledge of the day during the FIRST DAY of bid week. If the rest of our bids translate into members, we'll have had the second biggest pledge class on campus (annnnnnd four of the boys we snagged today were given bids from other frats as well. Kobe!) I've spent the past week catching nonstop buses into the city, wooing freshman, and laughing at too many math and science jokes that were not remotely funny. Seeing it pay off makes it all worthwhile. :xoxo:

[vivfox]

"My" fraternity just got their 10th pledge of the day during the FIRST DAY of bid week. If the rest of our bids translate into members, we'll have had the second biggest pledge class on campus (annnnnnd four of the boys we snagged today were given bids from other frats as well. Kobe!) I've spent the past week catching nonstop buses into the city, wooing freshman, and laughing at too many math and science jokes that were not remotely funny. Seeing it pay off makes it all worthwhile. :xoxo:


I don't quite understand what all this means. What do you guys stand to gain by having all these pledges?

Per the highlighted part, perhaps you might consider a career in politics?

[LikeAWillow]

I don't quite understand what all this means. What do you guys stand to gain by having all these pledges?

Per the highlighted part, perhaps you might consider a career in politics?

Well it keeps the house alive longer, makes a better dynamic, and shows that we're growing and getting more popular as the years go on. The current seniors had a pledge class of four. FOUR. They're all amazing guys and, actually, they're my favorites in the house, but they're small and it meant that the things the frat could do were small. The next year, they really buckled down (and benefited from the fact that those four were very charismatic charmers) and pulled it up to, I believe, nine? Then it was seventeen. This year, we've given out 27 bids and we're already at eleven (just got one more this morning!) acceptances. The sort of guys we've drawn in this year are different, too. We have our usual geeky types (one of the brothers used to hold the North American record for solving a rubics cube in the shortest amount of time), but we also have athletes, actors, and partiers. It just makes for a more vibrant social dynamic and a more fun place for the brothers to live (and me to hang out!)

Oh and the math/science jokes are so prevalent and so terrible because the frat is at MIT haha. You really just can't stop them. Thanks for the politician comment, but I would rather be a politician's wife ;)

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs595.snc3/31365_416497945798_654345798_5284304_7420828_n.jpg

^ At one of our formals, with my roommate on the far side and my best friend at the house beside me. I love them.

[vivfox]

So Marissa why are you trying to get Pledges for a frat house you don't live in? I know you said you hang out there but surely there must be several frat houses where you would be welcome.

Are you back in Boston now?

Didn't you mention you were gonna be in Ireland this past Summer? Did you ever go and if so, how did it go?

[LikeAWillow]

So Marissa why are you trying to get Pledges for a frat house you don't live in? I know you said you hang out there but surely there must be several frat houses where you would be welcome.

Are you back in Boston now?

Didn't you mention you were gonna be in Ireland this past Summer? Did you ever go and if so, how did it go?

Pretty simply, they're my best friends here :) They were the first social group that I found in Boston that I really clicked with. My roommate used to date the frat's President (who also happens to be from a hometown five minutes away from mine, so I got to see him over the summer!), my other good Wellesley friend's older brother and father went through this frat, and one of the seniors was out in San Francisco with me over the summer (...another boy at the house decided to hop a plane and come visit me in San Francisco AFTER A JOKE INVITATION, but that's a story for another time.) I just have so many connections to them at this point that I couldn't imagine not being invested in making the house the best it can be. I was also a rush hostess for them, so I was at every event, I was helping to get freshman interested, and I had a say in who got offered a bid and who didn't. I'm basically as much a member of this frat as you can be without being an MIT male :woohoo:

BY THE WAY, WE'RE NOW AT THIRTEEN.

I am back in Boston! I got here two Saturdays ago :) And Ireland is coming up in January, thank you for asking :xoxo:

Anything to share on your end?

[iamnotafraid]

Giada De Laurentiis - Oh, my sweet heart.

[vivfox]

Anything to share on your end?


I had date #4 with my new guy tonight. We only see each other on Sundae nights. He looks like a thug but acts like a gentleman.

[daniellaaarisen]

Description of guys I tend to date: 35+, foreign, wealthy, absolutely beautiful, rebellious, attention-hungry, sentimental, intruiging, suave, intelligent..... and completely emotionally fukced up. Oh and assholes, too.

Description of guys I should date: under 25, intelligent, kind, motivated, opinionated, passionate.... I don't even know. Just the opposite of who I date now, I guess.



So of course I find a guy that fits the "should date" qualifications.... less than a week before I leave for school. Junior mechanical engineering major at Stanford who is attending on a full ride. Plays rugby for the school. 6'6" (YES! I need tall), half Native American, a total nature guy and yet also loves to party...

Keep in mind that it is REALLY REALLY hard for me to find someone I'm attracted to under 35. Essentially, it doesn't happen, regardless of whether or not they fit the "qualifications"... so I'm going to dinner with this guy tomorrow night and I really like him and I've seen him every day since we met and WHY DOES LIFE ALWAYS DO THIS TO ME?!

/rant

[Amlyn]

And Ireland is coming up in January, thank you for asking :xoxo:



I'm excited for you! I remember we spoke briefly at the beginning of the summer about you going when I was out there on vacation. Ireland has such a beautiful landscape and the people are so genuine. You are going to have the most amazing time!

I hope you'll get to explore the country. I primarily visited points of interest on the west coast and spent a few days in Dublin. I could probably spend another 3 months there and still not get to see everything.

- Amy :cool:

[Silver Springs]

Is anybody out there willing to go battle royale with two MASSIVE Spiders that are sat plotting on my wall at this moment in time? *Shudder* I may just cry lol...

[Zombie]

JTIS that the new Grinderman album drops tomorrow, but son tore the crap out of his jeans, which meant emergency jeans buying, which means I'm now too broke for new Grinderman album. Curses!

Ever wish you could be one of those irresponsible adults that never seems to "do the right thing" but always has someone around to bail them out anyway and therefore never suffers the consequences? :distress:

[T8rBoi]

Description of guys I tend to date: 35+, foreign, wealthy, absolutely beautiful, rebellious, attention-hungry, sentimental, intruiging, suave, intelligent..... and completely emotionally fukced up. Oh and assholes, too.

Description of guys I should date: I don't even know. Just the opposite of who I date now, I guess.
So of course I find a guy that fits the "should date" qualifications....

Would that make him under 35, local, poor, absolutely ugly, lemurish, wallflower, cold, bland, jerky, dumb and completely emotionally ok? Oh and not an asshole?

tough call
/lol

WHY DOES LIFE ALWAYS DO THIS TO ME?!

see signature below....

[CreepingDeath]

JTIS that it has been exactly ten years since I registered here.

*feels old* :distress:

[Enchanted_Stevi]

So I've been to Hair School for a week and I LOOOOOVE it!! I seriously couldnt think of a better school for me to go to lol I love going to school and playing with hair and cutting hair and coloring it for 6 hours =P So far I have learned 3 haircuts and tomorrow we're gonna learn how to highlight =D

JTIS

[Silver Springs]

Oh Gawd! Richard Simmons on Television! *hides* My Lawd he freaks me out *shudder* :distress::distress::distress::distress::distress::distress::distress::distress::distress::distress:

[jannieC]

So I've been to Hair School for a week and I LOOOOOVE it!! I seriously couldnt think of a better school for me to go to lol I love going to school and playing with hair and cutting hair and coloring it for 6 hours =P So far I have learned 3 haircuts and tomorrow we're gonna learn how to highlight =D

JTIS

That's great, Caitlin. My husband loves being a hairdresser. Have fun!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

That's great, Caitlin. My husband loves being a hairdresser. Have fun!

YEP =D How long has he been a hairdresser? Today we highlighted solid form haircuts =D Mine looks BEAUTIFUL!!! I'll upload a picture of it when my phone restarts

Picture...
http://web24.twitpic.com/img/162453114-70b9951341e32855f1e631af78b2808b.4c918128-full.jpg

[jannieC]

YEP =D How long has he been a hairdresser? Today we highlighted solid form haircuts =D Mine looks BEAUTIFUL!!! I'll upload a picture of it when my phone restarts

Picture...
http://web24.twitpic.com/img/162453114-70b9951341e32855f1e631af78b2808b.4c918128-full.jpg

Maybe 8-10 years? I can't remember. Great job on the highlights- I'll show him in the morning. :)

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Maybe 8-10 years? I can't remember. Great job on the highlights- I'll show him in the morning. :)

Thats awesome! I finally LOVE school LOL I never thought I'd hear myself say that lol I dont even mind being in school for 6.5 hours...okay maybe a little bit, but not much...Thanks =D

[chelluversu]

Writing essays for college applications SUCK!!! :distress:

[bucklind17]

"When I See You Smile" just came on my iPod and all I could think of was that commercial for the dentist with all those people smiling. :-/

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I'm off to bed...school in the morning....AGAIN lol School is more like a job now...6.5 hours is a long ass time in school lol At east it goes by fast. 1 more day after tomorrow!!!!

JTIS

[daniellaaarisen]

I'm en route to college..... crazy. I'm in Corvallis, OR tonight but will arrive in Seattle tomorrow.

[Zombie]

I'm en route to college..... crazy. I'm in Corvallis, OR tonight but will arrive in Seattle tomorrow.

Yay Seattle! I love Seattle.

If you need school supplies, might I suggest hitting the Daiso (the downtown one on Pine in the weird mall thingie, not the one in the International District because it's not as big)? It's like a Dollar General or Family Dollar, only Japanese. I make my sister take me there when I visit so I can get cheap bento supplies and stationery covered in Engrish, like the notebook with the smiling turtle that says "STROLL OF TURTLE!" and the notecards and envelopes with the girly skull that says, "Happy skull! KISS HER!" and the pencil sharpener shaped like a cat, where you put the pencil in its ass and then crank its tail to sharpen. :nod:

If you need dorm/apartment junk, Daiso's a good place for that, too. They've got all manner of stuff - kitchenware, bathroom stuff, bedroom stuff, other stuff that does who-knows-what 'cos I can't read Japanese. Good times, for serious.

Oh, AND there's a Nordy's Rack not too far from there, too, which is very important to know about for obvious reasons (OMG SHOES).

[Ghost_Tracker]

Flash Gordon (from 1980) is on HBO Family Channel right now.

Greatest Line EVER: - "I LOVE initiations!...."

[iamnotafraid]

Flash Gordon (from 1980) is on HBO Family Channel right now.

Greatest Line EVER: - "I LOVE initiations!...."

I think I've seen that movie. It's been so long ago I'm not sure.
Didn't Queen sing the "Flash" song? Flasho o o .

[Ghost_Tracker]

I think I've seen that movie. It's been so long ago I'm not sure.
Didn't Queen sing the "Flash" song? Flasho o o .

Yup! "FLASH . . . GOR-don! He'll save every ONE-OF-US!"

PERFECT movie for 10-year-old kids, THAT'S for sure!!! :D

[Kena]

I'm en route to college..... crazy. I'm in Corvallis, OR tonight but will arrive in Seattle tomorrow.

Yay for you! Off to college to make your brain big. ger.
And now a few words from Dr. Seuss as you head on your way....

You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

College will be the best 4, 5, or 6 years of your life. Promise.

[Silver Springs]

Well ya learn something new every day. Lindsey Buckingham likes Eminem.Huh.......

Seriously....My mind is blown -_-

[vivfox]

Well ya learn something new every day. Lindsey Buckingham likes Eminem.Huh.......

Seriously....My mind is blown -_-


Probably not so much anymore. His time has come

and gone...

[Silver Springs]

Probably not so much anymore. His time has come

and gone...


And came for a little bit again but then again it's looking to be fizzling out again lol. He ought to just write for other people and rake in the money that way. But then again, Rappers these days are of a higher calibre and could give Oscar Wilde a run for his money *brittle sarcasm* :rolleyes:

Pretty signature by the way. I love her outfit. I would say that she looks her best in that top hat but a picture I posted in her worst hairdo thread says otherwise...

[ButterCookie]

I just finished up my University application and I've mailed the final draft of my personal statement to my tutor.

I really don't want to go.

[iamnotafraid]

I just finished up my University...

Better be The University Of Alabama.

Roll Tide Roll!