The Just Thought I'd Share Thread [Archive] - Page 14

RickRobert

11-19-2010, 11:43 AM

You know, for me, the main thing was.....I've always been a loner, of sorts. I mean, I always had friends....but I enjoyed my solitude, a little too much. Plus, a bad relationship, 10 years previous, left me completely heartbroken, and I'd really just given up on love. Not on life, but on love.

So, I woke up last Aug, on vacation, and it was like a cloud had been lifted. I was over being heartbroken, and I was over being alone. It was quite the epiphany!!! So it really all started with me wanting to get into shape. I lost 45 lbs, started dating, and just had a new outlook on life. Funny....before....I had no interest in Facebook, or texting, of much of anything social(my social life consisted of hanging out at a neighborhood redneck bar....there were a lot of good friends there, but it wasn't much of a life). Now, I'm a FB addict, and have friends out the ying yang, and party invitations constantly.
I did actually go on a vacation, by myself, 3 weeks ago, and I'm going again, next week, but I'm okay with that. Texting and FB on my phone, make it almost like being home with friends.;)

But, for the most part, I've murdered the loner in me.:blob2::blob2::blob2:

Ahh I can relate, I've only been in love once but that ended badly enough to put me off it for the foreseeable future! I've rekindled a few friendships though and have cut some horrible "friends" out of my life. Hard to avoid them at school and all but it's going well... I'll probably never completely stop being a recluse, but I'm a lot more confident now and I'm ready to start having some kind of social life again :blob2:

Enchanted_Stevi

11-19-2010, 11:55 PM

TGIF!!! I avoided a client today..WOOOO lol I am SOOOOO scared to get a client....but after the day went on I was kinda sad I didnt get a client....but its okay. I have another 5 months for clients LOL At the same time I hate school because I'm friends with people but of course they are closer to other people and hang out with them more and dont include me in everything and what not...like Sam and Jen and Sarah....they all do stuff on eachother and I'm the loner =( No one asks me to do stuff on them and it makes me sad...but whatever...I have like almost my whole Sophmore packet done and they dont...HHEHEHEHE

So yea....JTIS

HomerMcvie

11-20-2010, 05:40 AM

Ahh I can relate, I've only been in love once but that ended badly enough to put me off it for the foreseeable future! I've rekindled a few friendships though and have cut some horrible "friends" out of my life. Hard to avoid them at school and all but it's going well... I'll probably never completely stop being a recluse, but I'm a lot more confident now and I'm ready to start having some kind of social life again :blob2:

That was me, for a decade. And really too, only ONE real love. A few pseudo copies, but very pale, in comparison.. Sad, I know. Born again, here, though :D(don't read religion into that, please)

And as I've become a social being again, I've also realized, that some friends, aren't real friends, but negative Nancy/Neds. And life is too short, to put up with that sh*t.

Artemis

11-20-2010, 10:17 AM

I'm NEVER walking through town at 3am again. Me and my friend were coming back from the Harry Potter midnight showing, when these drunken idiots started hollering at her.

"NO WAY IS HE BUCKING HER. LOOK HOW GORGEOUS SHE IS. OH MY GOD, THEY'RE WALKING HOME TOGETHER. HE IS BUCKING HER. COME HERE SWEETHEART, I WANNA BUCK YOU TONIGHT"

My friend was about ready to lose her temper, but I made her carry on walking because she's literally the size of a twig :laugh:

But really, some people are so... crude. It's like... where did the manners go?

It's crap like that, that makes me worry for society.

TerraRhiannon

11-20-2010, 11:51 AM

My brother Larsen, and Terra playing in the first big snow fall♥ How I love Winter! :D

<a href="http://s1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc500/TerraRhiannon/?action=view&current=november2016.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc500/TerraRhiannon/november2016.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

JTIS - & sorry the picture is so big xD

Silver Springs

11-20-2010, 01:01 PM

Don't judge me. I'm listening to Christmas music. Is that lame? *Blush* The mood just struck me.

holidayroad

11-20-2010, 01:03 PM

Don't judge me. I'm listening to Christmas music. Is that lame? *Blush* The mood just struck me.

It's not lame!! Enjoy!:thumbsup:

Silver Springs

11-20-2010, 01:05 PM

It's not lame!! Enjoy!:thumbsup:

Hehe. I'm glad I'm not completely sad :P Have you heard Bob Dylan's Christmas Song (Must Be Santa)? I'm worrying for his sanity.... :s

Nikolaj

11-20-2010, 01:50 PM

^ Thanks for the reminder, Bee. I have to hear that Dylan Christmas cd this year. Someone told me it is unbelievably hilarious, unintentionally. Maybe I'll go pick it up today.

Silver Springs

11-20-2010, 02:15 PM

^ Thanks for the reminder, Bee. I have to hear that Dylan Christmas cd this year. Someone told me it is unbelievably hilarious, unintentionally. Maybe I'll go pick it up today.

That somebody is right. You get the feeling on the album that Bob's been taking too many of the blue pills. Which is a shame because he's such a great artist and lyricist. But he's allowed the cheese to win him over.

vivfox

11-20-2010, 11:11 PM

Goodnight my fellow Ledgies. Viv needs to get her beauty sleep. Welcome back BellaDonna and all of you have a swell evening. :wavey:

BellaDonna

11-20-2010, 11:12 PM

Goodnight my fellow Ledgies. Viv needs to get her beauty sleep. Welcome back BellaDonna and all of you have a swell evening. :wavey:

Goodnight Viv! Sleep well.
And thanks again for keeping a look out for me. :wavey:

gypsy4life

11-21-2010, 04:30 AM

Bought the stuff today to make my Ledgie Secret Santa gift!! Super excited!!

Enchanted_Stevi

11-21-2010, 09:13 AM

JTIS that I had an amazing night last night at an MS Benefit that I went to with Ashley and ALL her family pretty much lol I danced SOOOOOO much in my 5 inch heels my feet are still killing me this morning lol

iamnotafraid

11-21-2010, 10:55 PM

Med's make your brain slow down...

Enchanted_Stevi

11-21-2010, 11:32 PM

JTIS that I am super excited and super scared to go to school tomorrow LOL I wanna avoid clients again, but I really want to work on people...JEEEZ I need to make up my mind lol

daniellaaarisen

11-22-2010, 05:03 PM

Someone was just killed with a pickaxe 2 blocks from my school.... so assuring.

http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2010/11/22/man-killed-with-pick-axe-near-14th-and-union

Silver Springs

11-22-2010, 05:13 PM

vacuous....vapid....aimless....banal....fatuous....depleted....desolate....nugatory....otiose....
idle....flat....incomplete....void.....uninhabited.....lacking.....starving.....unburdened

RickRobert

11-22-2010, 05:20 PM

What's the matter Bee? :(

Enchanted_Stevi

11-22-2010, 10:28 PM

So today at school I got a client =D I was prettty pumped. The lady said that I am going to be an awesoe hairdresser and she gave me a $5 tip =D

JTIS

iamnotafraid

11-23-2010, 07:30 AM

Rock'n on no sleep.
Maybe I'll just stay up.

GODDESS6

11-23-2010, 07:55 AM

So today at school I got a client =D I was prettty pumped. The lady said that I am going to be an awesoe hairdresser and she gave me a $5 tip =D

JTIS

congrats!!!:thumbsup:~

APerfectLie

11-23-2010, 11:39 AM

I am currently high on seratonin and I am about to take an actuarial contingent payments exam which I am afraid I may fail. YAY JTIS

daniellaaarisen

11-23-2010, 12:56 PM

Someone was just killed with a pickaxe 2 blocks from my school.... so assuring.

http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2010/11/22/man-killed-with-pick-axe-near-14th-and-union

Just kidding, apparently it was a hatchet. And it was a random killing-- the two men didn't know each other at all. Great.

amberlemegan

11-23-2010, 01:35 PM

I just finished packing for my trip to Disney World with an hour and a half to spare. I'm quite the procrasinator. :rolleyes:

And now the excitement has hit. OMG in two days I'll be in Disney World. Holy crap I can't wait!!! :blob2: :blob2: :blob2:

HomerMcvie

11-23-2010, 01:49 PM

I am currently high on seratonin and I am about to take an actuarial contingent payments exam which I am afraid I may fail. YAY JTIS

How did the exam go?

HomerMcvie

11-23-2010, 01:51 PM

I just finished packing for my trip to Disney World

I'm getting ready to begin packing, for 5 days in Nashville. God, I love that town.
JTIS!

tilthefirefades

11-23-2010, 01:53 PM

Nerd rant incoming!

So today "The Shattering" is happening on World of Warcraft. My life consists of two things: This game, and Fleetwood Mac. Basically, the entire game world is changing in an apocalyptic event. It's a very bittersweet moment since everything I've come to love is changing, but there will be a whole new world to explore. Last night, I spent about 5 hours just wondering around one last time, taking screenshots to remember it all later:

The first one is me paying respects to Cairne, a leader that dies today :(
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This is me spending time in my favorite zone, where I wondered around for days in my noob times because I had no idea what I was doing
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And this is me just flying around because it looks cool :)
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Also, my character's name is Streetangel :thumbsup::thumbsup:

amberlemegan

11-23-2010, 02:07 PM

I'm getting ready to begin packing, for 5 days in Nashville. God, I love that town.
JTIS!

I hope you have a great time in Nashville!!!
I've never been there but I'd love to visit it in the future.

APerfectLie

11-23-2010, 02:52 PM

How did the exam go?

Eh, I am still iffy about it. I don't think I failed but I can't say that I did well. I will tell you what I made next Tues!

HomerMcvie

11-23-2010, 05:48 PM

I hope you have a great time in Nashville!!!
I've never been there but I'd love to visit it in the future.

Thanks. It's so much fun! Now, I LIKE country music, so that's a big part of it. But all of the venues aren't strictly country. But downtown, on Broadway and 2nd avenue, there are about 50 live music venues! No cover charge, at any of them(afaik). I spent 7 weeks there, last year! This year has been a little more financially challenging, so this will only be my 4th week, spent there. Although I'm off on New Year's Eve....the first New Year's Eve I've ever had off(I play in a band, and this is the first time we've not booked a gig on NYE). So I'm planning on going back again, probably the day after Christmas, and ENJOY my first NYE off! So that will make 5 weeks, this year.

ButterCookie

11-23-2010, 06:02 PM

I got overexcited about my 20 McNuggets before and burned my gum. Now it's a blister :distress:

RickRobert

11-23-2010, 06:16 PM

Don't blame you for getting overexcited, I would give up my guitar collection for 20 McNuggets right now.

ButterCookie

11-23-2010, 06:18 PM

I was debating how many I could eat. I think I could manage 30. 40 might be pushing it a bit.

TerraRhiannon

11-23-2010, 06:26 PM

I was debating how many I could eat. I think I could manage 30. 40 might be pushing it a bit.

:eek: hahah you are my hero. I could probably only eat 10, if that.

RickRobert

11-23-2010, 06:27 PM

:lol: I need to try that, no matter how bad I feel afterwards it'll be worth it for 30-40 McNuggets. I wonder how Adam Richma-I mean Billy Burnette would do :shrug:

ButterCookie

11-23-2010, 06:34 PM

:eek: hahah you are my hero. I could probably only eat 10, if that.

:laugh: I'm a mess

:lol: I need to try that, no matter how bad I feel afterwards it'll be worth it for 30-40 McNuggets. I wonder how Adam Richma-I mean Billy Burnette would do :shrug:

I'd **** on him. I eat McDonalds 3 times a week, if not more (don't judge, I'm a student)

Silver Springs

11-23-2010, 06:35 PM

:laugh: I'm a mess

I'd **** on him. I eat McDonalds 3 times a week, if not more (don't judge, I'm a student)

You must be on the more well off side of the student spectrum. I live off of cheap Fruit and Tortilla Wraps.

ButterCookie

11-23-2010, 06:36 PM

You must be on the more well off side of the student spectrum. I live off of cheap Fruit and Tortilla Wraps.

EMA :cool: Lifesaver

RickRobert

11-23-2010, 06:38 PM

:laugh: I'm a mess

I'd **** on him. I eat McDonalds 3 times a week, if not more (don't judge, I'm a student)

I get it once a month if I'm lucky.

:(

iamnotafraid

11-23-2010, 06:42 PM

I got overexcited about my 20 McNuggets before and burned my gum. Now it's a blister :distress:

Burned your gum?

I think I need to take a trip to McDonalds.
I'll pass on the Mcnuggets and get a 1/4 pounder
w/cheese.

ButterCookie

11-23-2010, 06:43 PM

By biting into too many, too hot nuggets :distress: there's a blister at the root of one of my molars now

Silver Springs

11-23-2010, 06:43 PM

EMA :cool: Lifesaver

Gah. When I got that at Sixth Form it was my rent money.

ButterCookie

11-23-2010, 06:48 PM

It's been paying for my travel to college lately but I get free hamburgers with my student card when my mates buy a meal, too :laugh:

Silver Springs

11-23-2010, 06:50 PM

It's been paying for my travel to college lately but I get free hamburgers with my student card when my mates buy a meal, too :laugh:

That's lucky. Veggies are entitled to nuttin' free.

ButterCookie

11-23-2010, 06:51 PM

Free McFlurry in the same sittyation as above!

I know my McDonalds :D

Silver Springs

11-23-2010, 06:53 PM

Free McFlurry in the same sittyation as above!

I know my McDonalds :D

You get free McFlurries? Dude.... Jealous. They're the only things I go to Micky D's for considering every thing else had either a Mummy or had been cooked in something that had a Mummy. Even then, I don't like Chocolate so it's usually slim pickings lol. I once asked for a plain one and the cocky guy gave me an empty carton -_-

RickRobert

11-23-2010, 06:55 PM

I live on 44p bars of advent calendar chocolate from the corner shop near my school. I swear we alone keep it in business...

Silver Springs

11-23-2010, 07:01 PM

I live on 44p bars of advent calendar chocolate from the corner shop near my school. I swear we alone keep it in business...

We sound like a bunch of five years olds that were allowed to feed themselves :p When I was young I used to practically live on Freddo's and Wham bars.

ButterCookie

11-23-2010, 07:04 PM

You get free McFlurries? Dude.... Jealous. They're the only things I go to Micky D's for considering every thing else had either a Mummy or had been cooked in something that had a Mummy. Even then, I don't like Chocolate so it's usually slim pickings lol. I once asked for a plain one and the cocky guy gave me an empty carton -_-

If you've got your Student card, take it with you when you next go with someone buying a meal and literally ask for a free student McFlurry and they'll just give it you. It's beautiful *drool*

TerraRhiannon

11-23-2010, 07:59 PM

If you've got your Student card, take it with you when you next go with someone buying a meal and literally ask for a free student McFlurry and they'll just give it you. It's beautiful *drool*

:eek: I'm moving to England. This right here confirmed it. I could never get sick of Smarties mcFlurries ♥

Silver Springs

11-23-2010, 09:26 PM

I had a dream last night. In recognition of the many, many, many chiffonheads that usually grace Mac shows, Lindsey arrived on stage dressed as Stevie. Complete with blonde wig, cloud high boots and ornate shawl. An adorable homage to some, the most insane and worrysome sight to the rest of us. Lindsey in drag is absolutely terrifying.

Kena

11-23-2010, 11:20 PM

Been working on my secret santa gift. Overthinking every little detail - cause that's what I do. Anywho, it's coming along.

iamnotafraid

11-24-2010, 03:13 PM

ROSANNE CASH - BRANDI CARLILE
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS PBS TONIGHT

Check you local listings.

Artemis

11-24-2010, 05:44 PM

If I don't spend anything, other than my £3.30 a day on Starbucks for the next 4 days. I'm totally buying myself this for Christmas -

http://www.etsy.com/listing/61517379/wakawaka-scarf?ref=sr_gallery_6&ga_search_query=Pacman&ga_search_type=&ga_page=&order=&includes[0]=tags&includes[1]=title&filter[0]=handmade&filter[1]=clothing

WANT.

iamnotafraid

11-24-2010, 06:04 PM

guitars, cadillacs and hillbilly women (not music...women)

taking a guitar break

ButterCookie

11-24-2010, 06:09 PM

guitars, cadillacs and hillbilly women (not music...women)

taking a guitar break

Duffy was on the radio coming home from the movies. I thought of you :D

iamnotafraid

11-24-2010, 06:30 PM

Duffy was on the radio coming home from the movies. I thought of you :D

That's funny. I watched several of her videos on YouTube last night.
What is it about you U.K. girls???

RickRobert

11-24-2010, 07:14 PM

My granddad met Duffy at a dog show he was judging, before she got famous. Has a photo of her with one of the dogs, though I'm not sure why he kept it... !

Silver Springs

11-24-2010, 07:20 PM

My granddad met Duffy at a dog show he was judging, before she got famous. Has a photo of her with one of the dogs, though I'm not sure why he kept it... !

*Holds tongue and bites back her innapropriate answer about a bone*

iamnotafraid

11-24-2010, 07:33 PM

My granddad met Duffy at a dog show he was judging, before she got famous. Has a photo of her with one of the dogs, though I'm not sure why he kept it... !

Dude somehow, some way I've got to see that picture!

Silver Springs

11-24-2010, 09:08 PM

Wow. It just took me two minutes to get banned permanantly from iScribble. Love it! All I did was scribble and they banned my ip. Not cool.

iamnotafraid

11-25-2010, 03:11 AM

Wow. It just took me two minutes to get banned permanantly from iScribble. Love it! All I did was scribble and they banned my ip. Not cool.

Do I dare ask what you scribbled?

Meowi

11-25-2010, 03:28 AM

Do I dare ask what you scribbled?

Block your ears :D

TerraRhiannon

11-25-2010, 03:29 PM

Today I got 2 new vinyls, and anyway when I was in the store this was my conversation with the employee:

Me: "Got any Blondie?"
Employee: "Not right now, but we get her frequently."
Me: "Them."
Employee: "What?"
Me: "Blondie is more than one person" -__-
*silence*

Some people need a clue =)

ButterCookie

11-25-2010, 04:20 PM

Silver Springs

11-25-2010, 04:36 PM

http://i628.photobucket.com/albums/uu10/gordy4000/chris.gif

I full on despair.

Oh Buddha....the hair.....the shirt...the shoulders....*Shakes head in dismay* Glad fashion has moved on a little lol.

ButterCookie

11-25-2010, 04:38 PM

Oh Buddha....the hair.....the shirt...the shoulders....*Shakes head in dismay* Glad fashion has moved on a little lol.

I think she looks really yummy in those Video Album clips :o

Silver Springs

11-25-2010, 04:40 PM

I think she looks really yummy in those Video Album clips :o

Hehe. Well it would be a poor world if we all thought the same :)

Nikolaj

11-26-2010, 03:44 AM

Any Black Friday deals luring anyone into the crowds after Thanksgiving?

Meowi

11-26-2010, 05:02 AM

JTIS...
I have exams at the moment, fingers crossed guys!

Artemis

11-26-2010, 07:18 AM

Good luck with your exams, Meowi! I hope they go well for you ^^

I had my first piece of Uni work back yesterday, I passed! Two marks off an A, and the second highest in the class. Very pleased with myself.

I have to go home for the weekend though, snow and ice everywhere, and my heating takes 48 hours to turn on. I'm freezing. I'm a Marksicle.

Meowi

11-26-2010, 07:22 AM

^^
Arty, you can call me Matt :D
Thanks for the wishes - finally a fresh new post

Aussie W/Heart

11-26-2010, 08:00 AM

Good luck & all the best Matt, im sure you will do REALLY well..

RickRobert

11-26-2010, 11:34 AM

Snow :distress:

Enchanted_Stevi

11-26-2010, 01:55 PM

JTIS...

Stayed up for 24 hours....
Went to New Hampshire to go to Walmart that opened at Midnight....
Came back to Massachusetts and went to Target at 4 am....
Target= CRAZY MAD HOUSE....
Went to the mall at 5:30am.....
Walked around and bought stuff around for 2 hours....
Went out to eat at 7.....
Came home and crashed for 5 hours....

Getting ready to go back out shopping....

TerraRhiannon

11-26-2010, 02:36 PM

Caitlin - youu lucky thing, hope you're having fun!

JTIS - I totally just freaked out because my Mom bought Penguin shaped crackers!! I'm playing with them, now.

Silver Springs

11-26-2010, 08:04 PM

*Runs around, waving her arms franticly* It's snowiiiiing! It's snowiiiiiiiiiiing! Let's all go outside and make snow angels in our pajamas! *Squuuuuueeeeeeelllll*

Artemis

11-26-2010, 08:39 PM

*Runs around, waving her arms franticly* It's snowiiiiing! It's snowiiiiiiiiiiing! Let's all go outside and make snow angels in our pajamas! *Squuuuuueeeeeeelllll*

IT'S EVERYWHERE. SO MUCH OF IT. Make it go away. I'm sick of nearly falling over whenever I go out, and getting wet feet.

Where abouts do you live in the UK?

Silver Springs

11-26-2010, 08:50 PM

IT'S EVERYWHERE. SO MUCH OF IT. Make it go away. I'm sick of nearly falling over whenever I go out, and getting wet feet.

Where abouts do you live in the UK?

Haha! I love it. Even the falling over part because at least if you do it with enough hilarity you have a story to tell at the end of it :p

I live in good ol' Yorkshire amongst the Sheep and Teabags XD

Enchanted_Stevi

11-26-2010, 10:54 PM

Caitlin - youu lucky thing, hope you're having fun!

JTIS - I totally just freaked out because my Mom bought Penguin shaped crackers!! I'm playing with them, now.

I did have fun...we went back to Target....Kohls...and the mall
But I have to go back to the mall and exchange a pair of sweatpants because I bought the wrong ones!! GRRR lol

Artemis

11-26-2010, 11:15 PM

Meowi

11-27-2010, 01:56 AM

I need some MAJOR music help.
I'm currently doing piano - and even though I've been doing it for a year and a half now, my teacher is still making me do the same old nursery rhymes on the piano. I ask him if he can give me some rock, but he says I need to practice more... how can I practice if he does not give me anything interesting to play.
I am not learning piano to play inside a hall, wearing a suit and playing a grand. I am trying to tell him that I am playing to rock out a 70's wooden panel Hammond.

Anyone have any tips?

RickRobert

11-27-2010, 06:32 AM

IT'S EVERYWHERE. SO MUCH OF IT. Make it go away. I'm sick of nearly falling over whenever I go out, and getting wet feet.

Where abouts do you live in the UK?

Yesss make it go away :( The walk home that normally takes me ten minutes took me half an hour yesterday. My school closed like an hour early... without letting the bus companies know...

Meowi you either need to get a different teacher or let him know that you're sick of nursery rhymes, because of a horrible teacher who wouldn't let me do what I want I stopped playing guitar for six months about three years back. No matter what he says at the end of the day there's no point in playing if you don't enjoy it.

rubytuesday

11-27-2010, 07:44 AM

Haha! I love it. Even the falling over part because at least if you do it with enough hilarity you have a story to tell at the end of it :p

I live in good ol' Yorkshire amongst the Sheep and Teabags XD

I imagine most people on here are american but now your posts are going to stand out so much. They're reading in a yorkshire accent in my head and everything sounds funny now.

Silver Springs

11-27-2010, 12:09 PM

Ooh, you literally live about an hour away from me!

Oooo! Maybe we could meet up halfway and play in the snow together! :p XD XD
I imagine most people on here are american but now your posts are going to stand out so much. They're reading in a yorkshire accent in my head and everything sounds funny now.

Ah suppose yer addin' in't obligatory "T" instead o' "the" when yer readin' mi posts :p XD

MissLadyLoki

11-27-2010, 12:50 PM

How much snow did you Brits get?

Here in NY, it looks like it's gonna snow any day now, with the sky as nasty-looking as it is. But please God no snow. I don't wanna drive in it.

holidayroad

11-27-2010, 01:00 PM

IT'S EVERYWHERE. SO MUCH OF IT. Make it go away. I'm sick of nearly falling over whenever I go out, and getting wet feet.

Where abouts do you live in the UK?

I really like your sig pic! As for the lyric line....I forgot about the song 'Doll Parts'. Thanks for the reminder!

ButterCookie

11-27-2010, 03:14 PM

YAY FOR THE SNOW!!!! We only have a dusting but no doubt we'll get more, we always do.

Silver Springs

11-27-2010, 03:23 PM

YAY FOR THE SNOW!!!! We only have a dusting but no doubt we'll get more, we always do.

Isn't it magical! I've fallen on my butt so many times today but I just don't care lol.

Artemis

11-27-2010, 03:32 PM

I really like your sig pic! As for the lyric line....I forgot about the song 'Doll Parts'. Thanks for the reminder!

Aww, thanks for the compliment! And, Doll Parts is totally an amazing song.

I haven't even gone out in the snow today. All my shoes have holes in them, and I can't find size 13-15 boots anywhere.

ButterCookie

11-27-2010, 03:34 PM

Isn't it magical! I've fallen on my butt so many times today but I just don't care lol.

I've been stuck in work so I bought reindeer antlers and wore them all day :]

Silver Springs

11-27-2010, 03:38 PM

I've been stuck in work so I bought reindeer antlers and wore them all day :]

Hehe. Very festive! I think by the end of the Uni term I'm just going in in pajamas, along with my friends if they can get in with the snow (They get the train where I bus it). I just want to see my friend in her pajamas. They're like an adult babygro with ladybugs on them. They're absolutely immense lol.

ButterCookie

11-27-2010, 03:43 PM

Hehe. Very festive! I think by the end of the Uni term I'm just going in in pajamas, along with my friends if they can get in with the snow (They get the train where I bus it). I just want to see my friend in her pajamas. They're like an adult babygro with ladybugs on them. They're absolutely immense lol.

Omggg where did she get them? I well want one now :laugh:

Silver Springs

11-27-2010, 04:10 PM

Omggg where did she get them? I well want one now :laugh:

I just texted her. She said she got them from Primark :)

Amlyn

11-27-2010, 04:34 PM

Had my 2nd Bravo housewives spotting today. A few weeks back I saw Danny (the thug who hung with Danielle from the NJ series) at the mall and today I was 2 feet away from Kelly from NY at Newark airport. She was with her two girls and spent the whole time on her blackberry. I stood behind them at a Starbucks and then we crossed paths again in baggage claim. I certainly wasn't going to say anything since she was with her kids. No one else seemed to notice her either, so hopefully these people really do get a few moments of living like the rest of us. As soon as I spotted my friend i was picking up, I bolted across the airport and was pointing her out like the crazy person she normally is. Oh well. Can't wait to see who I run into next!!

GODDESS6

11-27-2010, 04:38 PM

Amlyn

11-27-2010, 04:42 PM

cool, you saw crazy kelly:p~ i am so addicted to those housewife shows:o~

Oh, i forgot to write the best part. Kelly walked right by her kid as she was trying to pull her luggage off the belt and her daughter yells, "Mom, hello, over here...are you crazy?" Oh...how i wanted to answer!!

chelluversu

11-27-2010, 07:24 PM

they just played Talk To Me on FoxNews channel...random.

LukeA

11-27-2010, 09:41 PM

http://media.katu.com/images/101126_Mohamed_Osman_Mohamud.jpg

FAIL.

chelluversu

11-27-2010, 11:06 PM

http://media.katu.com/images/101126_Mohamed_Osman_Mohamud.jpg

FAIL.

Lmao.
I've been hearing about this all day.

ButterCookie

11-28-2010, 06:53 AM

Somebody finally gave my baby a nice hair cut. He looks like a proper little Shih Tzu now

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs570.ash2/149277_159698540739690_100000986363034_297052_4878184_n.jpg

Artemis

11-28-2010, 08:17 AM

fringed n fab

11-28-2010, 08:48 AM

How much snow did you Brits get?

Here in NY, it looks like it's gonna snow any day now, with the sky as nasty-looking as it is. But please God no snow. I don't wanna drive in it.

Before I moved to FL last January, me and my brother were at the store together buying groceries early last winter in Ohio and out in the parking lot he said "It has been grey skies and no sun for 2 MONTHS now..." and that is what I think about whenever I do get homesick for home. I absolutely hate winter. Yeah, it'd be nice on Christmas day but come December 26th you guys still have a few more months of windshield scraping and driveway shoveling and I don't miss THAT! :lol:

SuperFleetwood

11-28-2010, 11:47 AM

im glad you like the video!!

http://i628.photobucket.com/albums/uu10/gordy4000/chris.gif

I full on despair.

ButterCookie

11-28-2010, 11:51 AM

im glad you like the video!!

I made sure to leave your watermark on :xoxo: I'd have gif'd it off my copy of the Video Album but it's too much effort to drag it off my external hard drive :laugh:

TerraRhiannon

11-28-2010, 07:30 PM

<a href="http://s1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc500/TerraRhiannon/?action=view&current=75387_10150322306645038_511290037_16006287_7503383_n.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc500/TerraRhiannon/75387_10150322306645038_511290037_16006287_7503383_n.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

My friend made this for me & thought it would be amusing -_-
...i kind of enjoy it
:p

MissLadyLoki

11-28-2010, 07:39 PM

TerraRhiannon

11-28-2010, 11:08 PM

Rest in peace, Leslie Neilson! ♥
Can I just say this guy has made me laugh more times than I can remember, and has been the reason I've peed my pants many times xD
Scary Movie 4....NAKED GUN! *sigh* good memories. Plus he was Canadian, & Canadians just plain rock!

<a href="http://s1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc500/TerraRhiannon/?action=view&current=leslie_nielsen.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc500/TerraRhiannon/leslie_nielsen.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

RickRobert

11-29-2010, 02:36 AM

I only remember Leslie from Superhero Movie but I thought he was great :wavey:

Edit: My school has had on their website all morning that the school is closed, and just changed it to open. Five minute scramble to get ready time!

Meowi

11-29-2010, 03:29 AM

A special Christmas video:

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daniellaaarisen

11-29-2010, 03:36 AM

I love Twitter because I can be as emo as I want and no one judges me.

Meowi

11-29-2010, 04:01 AM

I love Twitter because I can be as emo as I want and no one judges me.

Why would we want to judge someone so cool to begin with???

daniellaaarisen

11-29-2010, 04:33 AM

Why would we want to judge someone so cool to begin with???

You're officially awesome! :blob1:

Meowi

11-29-2010, 04:41 AM

You're officially awesome! :blob1:

Yay!
But seriously its true :)

vivfox

11-29-2010, 08:18 AM

Why would we want to judge someone so cool to begin with???

They scared her off of formspring with the abuse.

Artemis

11-29-2010, 09:57 AM

Ohdear. I'm not sure if my Uni is closed or not, it's like a freaking ghost town here. Most odd.

If it is closed, I'm gonna bugger off home again. I'm not staying in Middlesbrough in the cold. >_>

Silver Springs

11-29-2010, 10:02 AM

Ohdear. I'm not sure if my Uni is closed or not, it's like a freaking ghost town here. Most odd.

If it is closed, I'm gonna bugger off home again. I'm not staying in Middlesbrough in the cold. >_>

My Uni was like a Ghost town today, too. I could only bear to be stuck in the silence painting for more than a couple of hours. It was driving me barmy, especially considering the fact that my iPod is on the blink :(

Artemis

11-29-2010, 10:15 AM

My Uni was like a Ghost town today, too. I could only bear to be stuck in the silence painting for more than a couple of hours. It was driving me barmy, especially considering the fact that my iPod is on the blink :(

Oh dear D: that sounds so awful. I'd lose my mind if I had to sit here in silence.

It turns out that my Uni DID close at 1... I just have to check after 7am to know whether my lesson is on or not.

I hope that, since the library is closed too, that my assignments have their deadlines extended. I need to go read about France and Mary Tudor D:

Silver Springs

11-29-2010, 10:19 AM

Oh dear D: that sounds so awful. I'd lose my mind if I had to sit here in silence.

It turns out that my Uni DID close at 1... I just have to check after 7am to know whether my lesson is on or not.

I hope that, since the library is closed too, that my assignments have their deadlines extended. I need to go read about France and Mary Tudor D:

It was. Even with so much work to get down, you still find yourself staring into space, pondering whether or not the stain on the wall looks more like Alfred Hitchcock or John Goodman.

MissLadyLoki

11-29-2010, 10:22 AM

Bee, I suggest checking your Facebook PMs. Just read it and reply, OK? This is really getting out of hand now.

vivfox

11-29-2010, 10:59 AM

staring into space, pondering whether or not the stain on the wall looks more like Alfred Hitchcock or John Goodman.

I stare at objects and sometimes wonder similar things.

Silver Springs

11-29-2010, 11:02 AM

I stare at objects and sometimes wonder similar things.

It's funny what the procrastinating mind will find to amuse itself :p

JTIS just how much of a Nerd I actually am. Last night I had an impressively intricate and fun dream based entirely on Harry Potter. Myself and Severus Snape were on the run together from Voldemort. I intend to go back there tonight :D

vivfox

11-29-2010, 11:09 AM

It's funny what the procrastinating mind will find to amuse itself :p

JTIS just how much of a Nerd I actually am. Last night I had an impressively intricate and fun dream based entirely on Harry Potter. Myself and Severus Snape were on the run together from Voldemort. I intend to go back there tonight :D

And I was having a dream about a nasy subject that TerraRhiannon was speaking about in another thread.

Silver Springs

11-29-2010, 11:18 AM

And I was having a dream about a nasy subject that TerraRhiannon was speaking about in another thread.

Hehe. Dare I ask? :p

vivfox

11-29-2010, 11:38 AM

Hehe. Dare I ask? :p

poop.:sorry:

Silver Springs

11-29-2010, 11:42 AM

poop.:sorry:

Ahhhh! What an interesting topic to dream about. I'm sure you don't mind me saying this, but your dream was so wasted lol.

TerraRhiannon

11-29-2010, 11:47 AM

And I was having a dream about a nasy subject that TerraRhiannon was speaking about in another thread.

Man, I always get ragged on for stupid stuff like this. I wasn't the first one to bring up the poop subject :( ...but of course I had to be the one to elaborate on it.. so I'll give you that.

vivfox

11-29-2010, 11:48 AM

Ahhhh! What an interesting topic to dream about. I'm sure you don't mind me saying this, but your dream was so wasted lol.

ROTFL. Now I wanna know what the deleted message said from TerraRhiannon!

vivfox

11-29-2010, 11:49 AM

Man, I always get ragged on for stupid stuff like this. I wasn't the first one to bring up the poop subject :( ...but of course I had to be the one to elaborate on it.. so I'll give you that.

Oh no, I'm not ragging on you about that. It is a subject most have thought of but few are brave enough to write. I commend you.

RickRobert

11-29-2010, 12:14 PM

Oh dear D: that sounds so awful. I'd lose my mind if I had to sit here in silence.

It turns out that my Uni DID close at 1... I just have to check after 7am to know whether my lesson is on or not.

I hope that, since the library is closed too, that my assignments have their deadlines extended. I need to go read about France and Mary Tudor D:

Only a quarter of my school was in after the whole "say the school is closed then change your mind after most people have missed the bus/gone back to bed" fiasco :laugh:

Kena

11-29-2010, 12:30 PM

Man, I always get ragged on for stupid stuff like this. I wasn't the first one to bring up the poop subject :( ...but of course I had to be the one to elaborate on it.. so I'll give you that.

Uh-oh.... I better go check that other thread and see if I'm the one who brought up the poop subject. Cause I know I did. Ha Ha. I can't help what my crazy mind things sometimes!

Silver Springs

11-29-2010, 12:36 PM

Only a quarter of my school was in after the whole "say the school is closed then change your mind after most people have missed the bus/gone back to bed" fiasco :laugh:

I used to love those days :) Don't recall ever doing any work during them lol.

Artemis

11-29-2010, 02:37 PM

MASSIVE THUNDER CLAP OF DOOM.

I hate this weather.

Silver Springs

11-29-2010, 04:46 PM

Jealous!
MASSIVE THUNDER CLAP OF DOOM.

I hate this weather.

Playing out in the snow at this time was never going to be a good idea now, was it Bee... My toes hurt :(

ButterCookie

11-29-2010, 06:50 PM

IT'S SNOWING AGAIN YAAAAAY It's sticking and everything. I can go to sleep now :lol:

Silver Springs

11-29-2010, 06:52 PM

IT'S SNOWING AGAIN YAAAAAY It's sticking and everything. I can go to sleep now :lol:

Here too! It's actually brewing into a snow storm. I may just get out of my Personal Development Seminar tomorrow if this keeps up :p

vivfox

11-29-2010, 06:55 PM

Here too! It's actually brewing into a snow storm. I may just get out of my Personal Development Seminar tomorrow if this keeps up :p

I am so dreading snow it is pathetic. Two weeks ago I woke up to some snow on the ground but I took my morning walk anyway and it melted as the morning went on. This past Saturday evening it snowed for all of 10 minutes but didn't stick. I DON'T WANT ANY SNOW AT ALL!!!!!

Silver Springs

11-29-2010, 07:01 PM

I am so dreading snow it is pathetic. Two weeks ago I woke up to some snow on the ground but I took my morning walk anyway and it melted as the morning went on. This past Saturday evening it snowed for all of 10 minutes but didn't stick. I DON'T WANT ANY SNOW AT ALL!!!!!

I'll gladly take all your snow. I love it :) Granted, I hate falling on my butt because of the sheet ice outside of Uni (The Pipes burst like clockwork around this time) but playtime makes up for it :p

HomerMcvie

11-29-2010, 08:13 PM

Whatever happened to the "what are you eating?" thread?

Mmmm, just had huevos con chorizo, for the first time. DELICIOUS!!!!!

JTIS!

Silver Springs

11-29-2010, 08:24 PM

Whatever happened to the "what are you eating?" thread?

Mmmm, just had huevos con chorizo, for the first time. DELICIOUS!!!!!

JTIS!

Why don't you dig it up again? I don't imagine it'd be that snowed under. I only came across it the other day.

JTIS, I just saw a Fox playing in the snow in my back garden! *Squee* I love our garden. We get all manner of cute and furries. And the obligatory Bats and Owls of course.

Ghost_Tracker

11-29-2010, 10:44 PM

JURY Summons for tomorrow!

"UHT-oh this is gonna HURT!" :shocked:

JTIS

Ghost_Tracker

11-29-2010, 11:29 PM

It's funny what the procrastinating mind will find to amuse itself :p

JTIS just how much of a Nerd I actually am. Last night I had an impressively intricate and fun dream based entirely on Harry Potter. Myself and Severus Snape were on the run together from Voldemort. I intend to go back there tonight :D

I've heard that a lot of young ladies are dreaming of Snape's skills with his . . wand. :p

chelluversu

11-29-2010, 11:35 PM

Winter break starts in like 3 weeks, but I am hoping that snow will turn that into 2 weeks so I can have an extra week to do whatever the hell I wanna do.

School is killing my brain cells right now, and it isn't even the classwork doing it.
My bf always wants to hang out with me even though I really can't, and when I do put off my school work to hang out with him for a day I end up having a pile of crap to do. He is just gonna have to be neglected for a day.
I made a "To Do List" and I only have about 4 things left. Thank God!

I will be asking yall to kill me when May rolls around (I have 3 AP tests to take) :distress::(

Enchanted_Stevi

11-29-2010, 11:48 PM

JTIS...quality use of time in Tech Class at school lol

We made up Spanish, ghetto, and white names for everyone in our group lol
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1218.snc4/157030_473172906352_682761352_6100216_1083163_n.jpg

Artemis

11-30-2010, 03:02 AM

Woo. Lesson cancelled. 5 day weekend for me. I don't have anything until Thursday now.

ButterCookie

11-30-2010, 03:45 AM

Snow dayyy :]

Silver Springs

11-30-2010, 04:43 AM

You lucky so and so's!

I'm cold. I'm wet. I waited for an hour for a packed bus to drive past me. I can't feel my toes. I deserve these Jammie Dodgers!!! JTIS.

Silver Springs

11-30-2010, 06:22 AM

Yay! lecture on the history of Hardcore Punk at half past twelve! This day is starting to look up :)

ButterCookie

11-30-2010, 06:26 AM

Yay! lecture on the history of Hardcore Punk at half past twelve! This day is starting to look up :)

Woah, what? 8) I know I'm lame but if you take notes would you be able to scan them for me? I want a lecture that interesting!

Silver Springs

11-30-2010, 06:44 AM

Woah, what? 8) I know I'm lame but if you take notes would you be able to scan them for me? I want a lecture that interesting!

Haha. Sure thing!

JTIS. I just realised. Holy ****.... You And I Part 1 is actually pretty frigging awesome!!!

Enchanted_Stevi

11-30-2010, 07:27 AM

Snow dayyy :]

Since I dont have a winter break I hope I get a lot of snow days from school lol

fringed n fab

11-30-2010, 09:43 AM

I took a morning walk down here in shorts and a tee and it's sunny and warm today with a high of 85. It's supposed to cool down overnight the next couple days so my AC will get a break. It's weird it being like this and it's almost December. I can't relate with the rest of you but I sure know what winter is like and I don't miss it one bit.

fringed n fab

11-30-2010, 10:05 AM

Let me also share my thanks that I've lived here and made it through hurricane season this summer with no hurricanes and it's over!!! (I think. They're still keeping an eye out the next few days) But videos like this scared the heck out of me before I moved here but I knew it was the price you paid to live here. I've never been in one but heard some horror stories.

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vivfox

11-30-2010, 12:46 PM

Last night while out on my evening walk I saw 3 racoon's right nearby. They were so adorable.

skcin

11-30-2010, 12:55 PM

Last night while out on my evening walk I saw 3 racoon's right nearby. They were so adorable.

Rabid, huh?

vivfox

11-30-2010, 12:56 PM

I miss Miranda on here sooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!:xoxo:

daniellaaarisen

11-30-2010, 01:07 PM

Shane hurricanes scare the **** out of me. When I was in Florida it was all I could think about.

RickRobert

11-30-2010, 01:13 PM

I miss Miranda on here sooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!:xoxo:

Same here!

fringed n fab

11-30-2010, 01:29 PM

Last night while out on my evening walk I saw 3 racoon's right nearby. They were so adorable.

Viv on my morning walk this morning around 8, I was just walking along looking down and saw something dart from the palmetto scrub about 100 ft away, and it was a bobcat getting ready to dart across the road :laugh: and it saw me but paid no attention. It was trying to beat an oncoming car and did. It vanished into some bushes on the other side of the street. I didn't have my camera or phone or I would've snapped a pic. Speaking of raccoons, these are the critters we encounter everytime we picnic at the southern end of Lido Beach Park. And yes they're out in broad daylight and don't care. They come right up to you if you want them to.

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/2046/551i0.jpg
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5669/553k0.jpg
http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/1976/543.jpg

fringed n fab

11-30-2010, 01:53 PM

Shane hurricanes scare the **** out of me. When I was in Florida it was all I could think about.

Well they're just unpredictable once they move in. You would've been fine, they'll tell you days ahead whether it looks like your area's going to be hit with one or not and they follow their every move once a depression forms. I'm just glad I made it through my first year here without one. I live just a few minutes inland, I think I'd be more paranoid living right on the water, as beautiful and nice as that would be. I just feel safer being inland some and not having to take the brunt. That's what the barrier islands are for though naturally.

iamnotafraid

11-30-2010, 02:16 PM

Last night while out on my evening walk I saw 3 racoon's right nearby. They were so adorable.

They make nice caps.

Silver Springs

11-30-2010, 03:30 PM

They make nice caps.

:shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

TerraRhiannon

11-30-2010, 03:58 PM

If you put on pants that don't fit you in the morning, by the end of the afternoon they usually fit nicely.

APerfectLie

11-30-2010, 04:33 PM

Viv on my morning walk this morning around 8, I was just walking along looking down and saw something dart from the palmetto scrub about 100 ft away, and it was a bobcat getting ready to dart across the road :laugh: and it saw me but paid no attention. It was trying to beat an oncoming car and did. It vanished into some bushes on the other side of the street. I didn't have my camera or phone or I would've snapped a pic. Speaking of raccoons, these are the critters we encounter everytime we picnic at the southern end of Lido Beach Park. And yes they're out in broad daylight and don't care. They come right up to you if you want them to.

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/2046/551i0.jpg
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5669/553k0.jpg
http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/1976/543.jpg

I ****IN LOVE RACCOONS!

Kena

11-30-2010, 04:54 PM

I am 6 credits short of having my Masters degree. No, I'm not bragging...cause you know what? I'm that person who dropped out with only 6 credits to go. It's been a year and a half since I decided to "take a semester off." I officially decided it's time to get off me ol' butt and GET 'ER DONE.

< insert a kick in the butt right here >

Silver Springs

11-30-2010, 06:44 PM

I think I'm coming down with something. The room is really spinning :(

daniellaaarisen

11-30-2010, 07:06 PM

iamnotafraid

11-30-2010, 07:50 PM

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
Tonight CBS (7 Central Time).

Meowi

11-30-2010, 09:08 PM

Viv... We don't get racoons in Australia.
I wish we did, they look funny. But I guess we get wombats :rolleyes:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c19/orangetaco/wombat.jpg

Zombie

12-01-2010, 12:48 AM

Silver Springs

12-01-2010, 02:16 AM

I just heard my parents break up... I'm scared....

Meowi

12-01-2010, 04:47 AM

^^
Don't be so worried, everything will be ok. Your a friendly and nice person - I can tell that you have a strong spirit.
I would offer you some lollies for cheering up, but the postal charges are way to expensive for me. :lol:

daniellaaarisen

12-01-2010, 08:33 AM

I'm back! Yay!

Got a new apartment, and not a moment too soon, either. World's Greatest Boyfriend and two cousins helped me move my junk, and now we are safely away from the psycho landlord. I'm still stressed out like crazy, but it's getting better. JTIS.

Yay! Good to have you back around miss Annie :) And so happy to hear that things are looking up.

holidayroad

12-01-2010, 12:39 PM

I'm back! Yay!

Got a new apartment, and not a moment too soon, either. World's Greatest Boyfriend and two cousins helped me move my junk, and now we are safely away from the psycho landlord. I'm still stressed out like crazy, but it's getting better. JTIS.

I'm glad to hear that things are getting somewhat better. I hope the new apartment is great. Maybe this landlord will be a lot easier to handle!

holidayroad

12-01-2010, 12:40 PM

I just heard my parents break up... I'm scared....

I'm sorry to hear that, because I know you don't want them to break up. Still, from some of what you have said, it may be better that they do break up.

iamnotafraid

12-01-2010, 02:41 PM

I just heard my parents break up... I'm scared....

I hope you're okay.

daniellaaarisen

12-01-2010, 03:40 PM

I literally don't have words for how much I f*cking love Jeff Buckley. There just aren't words. "Hallelujah," the only recording I'm sure the majority of you have heard from him, is just a tiny taste of how amazing he is.

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ButterCookie

12-01-2010, 03:54 PM

I quite often wish I was a bird. No one stops birds, y'know. I wanna be an Eagle and just fly. Feel what it's like to fly through a cloud and go everywhere without anyone stopping me.

iamnotafraid

12-01-2010, 06:10 PM

I quite often wish I was a bird. No one stops birds, y'know. I wanna be an Eagle and just fly. Feel what it's like to fly through a cloud and go everywhere without anyone stopping me.

You'd be a Peacock G-girl.

Enchanted_Stevi

12-01-2010, 10:25 PM

So today near the end of the school day Caily and Trenequz got into a "fight" about a 40 cent comb...Caily made a mountain out of a mole hill and it was so ridiculous....besides...no one even likes Caily lol

Oh and tomorrow I am giving my grandmother a perm at school =D YAY my first perm!! I dont have enough hours to do chemicals yet but since its a wicked busy day and its my grandmother they said I could do it..obviously with teacher's helping me =)

JTIS

Zombie

12-02-2010, 02:01 AM

Yay! Good to have you back around miss Annie :) And so happy to hear that things are looking up.

Thanks! I'm definitely feeling better about life at the moment, though things are still a bit scary financially. But! I've got about 5 million more job inquiries out now, so hopefully something will bite soon and all will be well. I'm pretending I know how to be optimistic - how'm I doing?

I'm glad to hear that things are getting somewhat better. I hope the new apartment is great. Maybe this landlord will be a lot easier to handle!

Thank you! The new apartment actually is great, and the landlord seems awesome so far - they even gave me a 3 bedroom for the price of a 2 bedroom. And the rent is still less expensive than the house was. I think the electric & gas bills will be a lot less spendy, too, because the apartment building is brand new, with energy efficient windows and suchlike. Once I get everything unpacked, I will take pictures.

daniellaaarisen

12-02-2010, 03:55 AM

Six months ago today, I randomly met someone who would, unbeknownst to me, be a big part of my day-to-day life months later.

It's funny how the tiny things in life all add up to produce an experience, and if one of those things had been slightly different, the experience never would have happened. It makes me believe in fate, and have hope and resilience when many other people would have given up. This can be a fault on my part, but I guess that's just my mentality.... destiny rules.

Ghost_Tracker

12-02-2010, 07:05 AM

Me, I'm still trying to figure out, "w. . . . . t. . . . F?" :shrug:

BTFLCHLD

12-02-2010, 10:54 AM

Jeff Buckley here's my #1
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daniellaaarisen

12-02-2010, 01:09 PM

here's my #1
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LOVER, YOU SHOULD'VE COME OVER!! One of my top three songs on that album... if I can narrow down a top three which is probably impossible.

I listened to that song and cried yesterday. "It's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder"..... LOVE.

Artemis

12-02-2010, 01:09 PM

Zombie

12-02-2010, 02:23 PM

LOVER, YOU SHOULD'VE COME OVER!! One of my top three songs on that album... if I can narrow down a top three which is probably impossible.

I listened to that song and cried yesterday. "It's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder"..... LOVE.

That is a brilliant song. But Buckley was brilliant, in general, so it stands to reason. We lost him way too soon. Sigh.

daniellaaarisen

12-02-2010, 02:48 PM

That is a brilliant song. But Buckley was brilliant, in general, so it stands to reason. We lost him way too soon. Sigh.

Have you heard Sketches from My Sweetheart, The Drunk? Would've been just as brilliant if he was alive to finish the album :(

But "Grace," "Hallelujah," "Last Goodbye," "Mojo Pin" (current obsession), "Lover, You Should've Come Over," "Dream Brother".....

So perfect.

Silver Springs

12-02-2010, 02:57 PM

Have you heard Sketches from My Sweetheart, The Drunk? Would've been just as brilliant if he was alive to finish the album :(

But "Grace," "Hallelujah," "Last Goodbye," "Mojo Pin" (current obsession), "Lover, You Should've Come Over," "Dream Brother".....

So perfect.

Lilac Wine was always my favourite of his. I love how each song is treated like a work of art, with the same amount of effort and love as the others. Some bands you can just get the vibe with some songs that they're just filler, and have been whipped up in ten minutes. Jeff must have worked painstakingly on each one of his masterpieces.

daniellaaarisen

12-02-2010, 06:39 PM

Lilac Wine was always my favourite of his. I love how each song is treated like a work of art, with the same amount of effort and love as the others. Some bands you can just get the vibe with some songs that they're just filler, and have been whipped up in ten minutes. Jeff must have worked painstakingly on each one of his masterpieces.

Love "Lilac Wine" too. Seriously the entire album is genius.

jannieC

12-02-2010, 08:43 PM

I have to speak in front of a somewhat large audience of Very Important People tomorrow and I am nervous! There's going to be a podium with a microphone. :distress:

louielouie2000

12-02-2010, 09:23 PM

I just realized today was the 15th anniversary of my biological Father's death. It's amazing how quickly time passes! It's actually just the reminder I needed, though... I've been laying low for too long... it's time to get busy living! :nod:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs559.ash2/148174_1674377295708_1125706093_31837823_4755227_n.jpg

fringed n fab

12-02-2010, 09:30 PM

My understanding is there is no "time" in Heaven and everything is happening in God's "now" so loved ones who've passed know we'll be right along with them in a few "minutes" to them up there. Even though it could be another 80 years in earthly time. Makes sense really.

ragrsrocalot

12-02-2010, 09:42 PM

I have to speak in front of a somewhat large audience of Very Important People tomorrow and I am nervous! There's going to be a podium with a microphone. :distress:

^^^Don't say " Very Important People," because , then you add the intimidation factor as well. Being nervous is normal. You said their is a podium, so hold on to that, and if you can't make eye contact, just pick a focal point at random, and speak to that. Deep breathes before you start, and just remember that they are the same as you "people".

Bringing a few Jello shots in a Ziploc bag wouldn't hurt.:lol:

Good Luck! :wavey:

louielouie2000

12-02-2010, 09:46 PM

I have to speak in front of a somewhat large audience of Very Important People tomorrow and I am nervous! There's going to be a podium with a microphone. :distress:

I'm trying to remember tips from my Public Speaking classes in college. One tip I remember was keeping something in your pocket which you can fiddle with your hands... like those relaxation stone thingies. Apparently it helps direct nervous energy into a repetitive task, and you can keep your focus on what you're saying instead of freaking out. Best of luck!! :wavey:

daniellaaarisen

12-02-2010, 09:59 PM

I have to speak in front of a somewhat large audience of Very Important People tomorrow and I am nervous! There's going to be a podium with a microphone. :distress:

You're gonna rock it. You just rock at life. Have a little faith in yourself-- you got the opportunity for a reason.

HomerMcvie

12-02-2010, 10:05 PM

I have to speak in front of a somewhat large audience of Very Important People tomorrow and I am nervous! There's going to be a podium with a microphone. :distress:

Welcome to one of my nightmares!

Strange thing, I front a band every weekend, and have no fear of that. But public SPEAKING, forget it. Terrifies me.:o

vivfox

12-02-2010, 10:06 PM

I have to speak in front of a somewhat large audience of Very Important People tomorrow and I am nervous! There's going to be a podium with a microphone. :distress:

You could start your speech like Stevie did at Barnes and Noble and tell them,"we're all going to get into a spaceship and take off to another world."

vivfox

12-02-2010, 10:07 PM

I'm disappointed in a lot of Ledgies today and you all know why.

fringed n fab

12-02-2010, 10:11 PM

I've been around assertive supervisors and HR personnel and in plenty of meetings the past few years, I don't see what's so scary as long as you know the subject you're addressing and keep focused. I've watched many people address a crowd and how they handle it and you are everyone you meet in life, they say, so I think it helps you when you're up there in front of everyone. Some people are just naturally shy though.

daniellaaarisen

12-02-2010, 10:26 PM

I'm disappointed in a lot of Ledgies today and you all know why.

Actually, we have no idea.

iamnotafraid

12-02-2010, 10:50 PM

I have to speak in front of a somewhat large audience of Very Important People tomorrow and I am nervous! There's going to be a podium with a microphone. :distress:

Good luck JannieC.

APerfectLie

12-03-2010, 01:02 AM

Stop this train, I want to get off and go home again.

RickRobert

12-03-2010, 04:43 AM

Actually, we have no idea.

Same here!

Silver Springs

12-03-2010, 07:09 AM

Actually, we have no idea.

I think I do.... :rolleyes:

I'm dissappointed in myself, so there's no reason for others to do it for me. Even though I heard my parents break up (they don't know I was awake listening in), they have kept quiet about it and not mentioned it in front of me. I, like the fool that I am, allowed myself to drop my guard and just think that maybe, if I'm lucky, they'll make up again. Because they'd been speaking to each other in a civil manner since the spat. But last night I noticed my Mum slamming alot of doors, which is always a bad sign, and this morning she was barely speaking to my Dad at all. Being the Idiot that I am, I asked if they'd had an argument. This made my Mum cry and then she proceeded to tell me that he'd been on Facebook flirting again *facepalm*. I was happier not knowing that.... I just wish he'd stop being such a Douchebag and consider other people's feelings. He's never once wondered how I felt in all of this. Neither of them had. Even when he took me aside the night of the biggest fight (when it came out about his affair) and told me not to get into a relationship with somebody I didn't love, I didn't say anything to them about it. Mum doesn't need to know that he doesn't love us. It's hurting me too much to let it hurt her.

jannieC

12-03-2010, 08:32 AM

I think I do.... :rolleyes:

Even when he took me aside the night of the biggest fight (when it came out about his affair) and told me not to get into a relationship with somebody I didn't love, I didn't say anything to them about it. Mum doesn't need to know that he doesn't love us. It's hurting me too much to let it hurt her.

Don't put yourself into the adult role, even though it sounds like you are being forced to do so. If your father doesn't love your mother, it doesn't mean he doesn't love you. You are giving yourself way too much responsibility for their issues. Asking questions doesn't cause their problems. I'm sorry you're going through this- I wish all parents would have enough strength to stop the drama and protect their children from their own bull****.

On a lighter note, I am slightly embarrassed to say that the "talk" I am giving today is only a (long) introduction! I am introducing a client of mine who is reading a (beautiful) poem she wrote. She is reading it in front of about 100 women who form an organization in our community- this organization raises a LOOOOOT of money for our non-profit agency and the luncheon is being held at one of my coommunity's most posh country clubs. :shocked: I am nervous because I want to give my client a seriously awesome introduction. SHE is the one who is brave and bad-ass! I'm just her silly therapist. :)

GODDESS6

12-03-2010, 08:33 AM

I have to speak in front of a somewhat large audience of Very Important People tomorrow and I am nervous! There's going to be a podium with a microphone. :distress:

yes, best of wishes on this~ you'll be great!!!~

chelluversu

12-03-2010, 03:41 PM

Actually, we have no idea.

Me either :\

daniellaaarisen

12-03-2010, 03:45 PM

I woke up this morning to a text that ended a potential relationship that I really had my heart invested in, a relationship that I really wanted. Two hours later, my dad calls and tells me that I may have to fly home later today because my grandmother is in the hospital.

Not leaving my bed today.

TerraRhiannon

12-03-2010, 03:55 PM

Nikolaj

12-04-2010, 01:43 AM

I'm disappointed in a lot of Ledgies today and you all know why.

Hmmm. Is it your birthday? Happy Birthday!!! I am so sorry if that's why, you're very giving in remembering others on their bd's. Ummm. December...Is this an anniversary of sobriety, which you once mentioned? Congrats?
Drats. What the ef is it? I don't think it's either of the above. Oh wait- was this the date back in 1981 that SN played her LA dates at the theater on Wilshire in LA? It was December. But that wouldn't disappoint you in this forum.
Make it easy, tell me off for everyone who disappointed you. Maybe they're sorry :)
I'm sorry you're disappointed.
If she is reading this or reads me at all, I hope that Danielleaarison hears that her grandmother is doing better. I think relationships that seem prematurely over often aren't over, so I hope she gets what she wants and think that she may. By next weekend. That's a long wait when things are young and grim. I get hunches about others yet have few for myself. That danged texting seems to cause more grief, but I do think a ringing phone is often even more cause for panic. People should only text with good news, and only call to tell you there's a ton of money you didn't know about.
So what is wrong, SirViv?

daniellaaarisen

12-04-2010, 01:50 AM

Hmmm. Is it your birthday? Happy Birthday!!! I am so sorry if that's why, you're very giving in remembering others on their bd's. Yet, 'disappointed' might not be the right emotion, for a birthday. Ummm. December...Is this an anniversary? Of sobriety, which you once mentioned? Congrats?
Drats. What the ef is it?

He cleared it up, it's nothing like that. Don't worry.

Silver Springs

12-04-2010, 08:42 AM

Spaceman Came Travelling (Chris De Bleugh) then Mull of Kintyrne (Paul Mc-Can't-ney) followed by Saviours Day (Insert boring joke here) on the musical channel I'm watching now. My ears may be bleeding.

fringed n fab

12-04-2010, 05:45 PM

After a couple chilly nights I managed to make it down to Englewood Beach today while I was in that area. It was sunny and warmed up and there were people out in shorts and lounging around in chairs or walking the beach for shells. I sat there in mine watching boats out on the water thinking about how everyone up north including most my family have it so different as they look outside. I went there spur of the moment while out and didn't have my camera or I would've taken pics.

louielouie2000

12-04-2010, 06:25 PM

HomerMcvie

12-04-2010, 06:40 PM

After searching for a full decade, I finally tracked down the younger half-brother I was rumored to have. I was told by my Mother's Sister 10 years ago that my biological Dad fathered a child with another woman after he and my Mom divorced. But I never knew the boy's name, his mother's name, or anything. Yesterday, 1 day after the 15th anniversary of my biological Father's death, I found my half brother's birth records online. I then found him on Myspace and sent him a message explaining the whole deal, and am waiting to see if I hear back from him. Even if I don't, this is a 10 year mystery that I am so glad to have solved. It's nice to have a name and to see a face of someone who shares my same blood. It's like the most giant weight has been lifted off my shoulders :).
Yep.

I was adopted at birth, and always told that my Mom knew no details of my birth parents. About 15 years ago, I was telling her that I'd like to know, if only for my medical history. I even told her that I had tried to investigate my birth records before, to no avail. She then asked me if I really wanted to know(WTF? I guess she had NO IDEA of the void that ~not knowing~ created in my life)?

Anyway, she came clean, and told me that I have a Mother, 2 brothers, and a sister, living 1000 miles away. I was on the phone with the mother, that night(after leaving Mom's, so it wouldn't hurt her). 3-4 weeks later, I was there, meeting them all. Surreal, to say the least. I still see the mother, 2-3 times a year, and occasionally see the siblings.

So yeah, I know how cathartic it is, to go through this.

daniellaaarisen

12-04-2010, 06:43 PM

GypsySorcerer

12-04-2010, 08:04 PM

On a lighter note, I am slightly embarrassed to say that the "talk" I am giving today is only a (long) introduction! I am introducing a client of mine who is reading a (beautiful) poem she wrote. She is reading it in front of about 100 women who form an organization in our community- this organization raises a LOOOOOT of money for our non-profit agency and the luncheon is being held at one of my coommunity's most posh country clubs. :shocked: I am nervous because I want to give my client a seriously awesome introduction. SHE is the one who is brave and bad-ass! I'm just her silly therapist. :)

I am sure you did just fine. :) I think it's easier to talk about someone else than oneself. Personal, sincere introductions are always the best. :nod:

Since we're on the topic of public speaking, thank the stars that this semester is (almost) over for me. I taught three sections of public speaking, with 25 students enrolled in each course. During the semester, one kid ran out in the middle of her speech in tears, another passed out in front of the class, and another was on the verge of a panic attack. NEVER again am I teaching 3 sections of this course in one semester!

Silver Springs

12-04-2010, 08:06 PM

I am sure you did just fine. :) I think it's easier to talk about someone else than oneself. Personal, sincere introductions are always the best. :nod:

Since we're on the topic of public speaking, thank the stars that this semester is (almost) over for me. I taught three sections of public speaking, with 25 students enrolled in each course. During the semester, one kid ran out in the middle of her speech in tears, another passed out in front of the class, and another was on the verge of a panic attack. NEVER again am I teaching 3 sections of this course in one semester!

*Blush* I did that during my last seminar, I was that panic stricken. Talking in front of people en masse is one of my biggest fears. I'm trying to get over it by not thinking so much about what I have to say before I actually start the seminar, but it's still horrible.

jannieC

12-04-2010, 08:45 PM

My client received a standing ovation. It was SO powerful and so healing for her.

The adoption stories above really remind me how glad I am that I am in an open adoption. My daughter will never grow up wondering.

GypsySorcerer

12-04-2010, 08:48 PM

*Blush* I did that during my last seminar, I was that panic stricken. Talking in front of people en masse is one of my biggest fears. I'm trying to get over it by not thinking so much about what I have to say before I actually start the seminar, but it's still horrible.

:xoxo: Most people (around 80%) have some apprehension about public speaking. I try to really encourage good preparation and rehearsal; we try deep breathing, etc. I firmly believe that everyone can become a competent speaker. A great orator- perhaps not, but effective.

One thing that is particularly alarming to me is the number of communication majors who hate public speaking. WTF? :laugh:

RickRobert

12-04-2010, 08:59 PM

After searching for a full decade, I finally tracked down the younger half-brother I was rumored to have. I was told by my Mother's Sister 10 years ago that my biological Dad fathered a child with another woman after he and my Mom divorced. But I never knew the boy's name, his mother's name, or anything. Yesterday, 1 day after the 15th anniversary of my biological Father's death, I found my half brother's birth records online. I then found him on Myspace and sent him a message explaining the whole deal, and am waiting to see if I hear back from him. Even if I don't, this is a 10 year mystery that I am so glad to have solved. It's nice to have a name and to see a face of someone who shares my same blood. It's like the most giant weight has been lifted off my shoulders :).

This is great to hear! :wavey: I have a younger half-brother but my dad isn't part of my life and so I've never met him. I didn't meet my dad until I was 7, then he stayed in my life for a few months before giving up and I haven't seen him since. He still talks to my mum on Facebook, asked her about my exam results this year but didn't ask if I wanted to meet my brother :shrug:

daniellaaarisen

12-05-2010, 06:28 AM

A girl I went to high school with was in a major car crash last weekend. She was hit by three different cars. After the first car hit, she was only mildly injured but stuck in the middle of the freeway with both of her car doors collapsed. She was trying to get out when the other two hit her. Everyone else was virtually unharmed, yet Caroline suffered severe head trauma and has been in a coma for a week now with no signs of progress. She's had three different surgeries to reduce the swelling in her brain but it's not looking good. She is one of the top water polo players in Northern California and was getting recruited for colleges before the accident. At this point, no one knows what she'll be like if she makes it out of the coma....

It's just so incredibly sad. This is the first time I've ever known someone in a physically critical condition. My high school is overflowing with support-- twice daily prayer services, counselors working overtime to help students struggling with it. It feels so wrong for me to be away from St. Francis right now-- the school has such a strong and supportive community and I feel like I should be there during such a devastating time.

Keep Caroline Hansen in your prayers.

http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_16739571?nclick_check=1

daniellaaarisen

12-05-2010, 06:36 AM

Also, remember the axe-murder (literally.... a murderer with an axe) that killed a man two blocks from my school a few weeks ago? Well, looks like he killed another guy only 24 HOURS before. With the same freakin' hatchet. Yaaaaaaay Capitol Hill....

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013558329_hatchetkilling01m.html

Meowi

12-05-2010, 06:37 AM

Parental arguements :(

vivfox

12-05-2010, 10:54 AM

Last night I learned that MacShadowsBall is really a MAN!!!!!

fringed n fab

12-05-2010, 12:22 PM

Last night I learned that MacShadowsBall is really a MAN!!!!!

This makes me wonder how you found out. :laugh:

vivfox

12-05-2010, 12:58 PM

This makes me wonder how you found out. :laugh:

I looked under the tail.:lol:

Silver Springs

12-05-2010, 01:20 PM

I looked under the tail.:lol:

You pervert! Think of the children! Why won't anybody think of the children?

daniellaaarisen

12-05-2010, 03:08 PM

I am insane for thinking this is absolutely hilarious?

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Silver Springs

12-05-2010, 03:13 PM

Sometimes I really don't like men at all....

vivfox

12-05-2010, 03:15 PM

Sometimes I really don't like men at all....

Sometimes I wish the same thing. Women smell better.

vivfox

12-05-2010, 03:17 PM

I just finished producing my annual business Christmas cards for my clients. I take a piece of paper and have fun decorating it from scratch. I am so creative. You will know if you ever recieve a greeting card from me. For as long as I can remember I've been making art in a card.

Artemis

12-05-2010, 03:28 PM

Sometimes I wish the same thing. Women smell better.

:laugh:

You are so correct there.

vivfox

12-05-2010, 03:34 PM

Would any of you Bruce Springsteen fans be so kind and pm me the song Point Blank. Youtube only has it live and I want it on my next mixtape.

Thank you
Love, Viv

fringed n fab

12-05-2010, 03:37 PM

Sometimes I wish the same thing. Women smell better.

It must be your sweaty thuggish types Viv :laugh: cause I've ran my fingers through some nice gelled hair and cologne smelling men and it's enough to make you fall in love.

iamnotafraid

12-05-2010, 04:36 PM

THE MIAMI DOLPHINS STINK!!!

Meowi

12-05-2010, 04:54 PM

daniellaaarisen

12-05-2010, 05:51 PM

Sometimes I really don't like men at all....

Sooooooooooo agreed.

daniellaaarisen

12-05-2010, 05:52 PM

My grandma was just diagnosed with lung cancer. She's having surgery tomorrow but there's only a 75% chance she'll make it out since she's almost 80 years old.

This week has sucked SO much.

Silver Springs

12-05-2010, 05:55 PM

My grandma was just diagnosed with lung cancer. She's having surgery tomorrow but there's only a 75% chance she'll make it out since she's almost 80 years old.

This week has sucked SO much.

I know sorry probably isn't what you want to hear right now. But I really am. If you ever want to talk, I'm only a PM away. I lost my Nanna four years ago through lung disease (COPD). I know it's only a wee bit similar, but grief is grief, no matter what the shade. I really hope that she makes it.

Silver Springs

12-05-2010, 06:15 PM

This is a momentous occasion! My first millenia of posts! I wish I had something prepared to say. Something momentous to mark the occasion. I have nothing. Darn.

mezzoforte

12-05-2010, 06:55 PM

This is a momentous occasion! My first millenia of posts! I wish I had something prepared to say. Something momentous to mark the occasion. I have nothing. Darn.

Congratulations! A momentous occasion.
On the other side of the spectrum, this is my first post, having lurked for the last week. Hi, everyone!