The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

[MissLadyLoki]

I don't what the f*** you're talking about :laugh:

It's a quote from when she won the Oscar or something. I was just playing around :laugh:

[vivfox]

Well you can get her but you can't keep her. And you can't catch her fall. She will call you when she needs you. You know where she lives. The Imperial Hotel...

[chiliD]

JITS:

It was 36 years ago that I saw Eric Clapton in concert for the first time ever. 10th row center, Long Beach Arena. The band "Ross" opened.

Eric's Set (to the best of my recollection):

Smile
Easy Now
Give Me Strength
Please Be With Me
Can't Find My Way Home (Yvonne Elliman lead vocal)
Driftin' Blues
Let It Grow
I Shot The Sheriff
Layla (with drum solo instead of piano coda)
Little Wing
Badge
Willie & The Hand Jive/Get Ready
Presence Of The Lord
Steady Rollin' Man/Crossroads
Mainline Florida
Blues Power
Have You Ever Loved A Woman?
Ramblin' On My Mind
Tell The Truth
Let It Rain

(encore #1)
Little Queenie

(encore #2)
Key To Love (with John Mayall)


He played the entire 461 Ocean Blvd album EXCEPT the first song on each side...which I thought was odd, since those were the songs that sounded like they'd be BEST played live. (He DID play "I Can't Hold Out" at other shows on the '74 tour and "Motherless Children" was played extensively on his 1985 tour....and during various tours in the past 5-10 years)

[Sleepless-Child]

I got some questions unanswered in my mind, and this is one of them :

Was Jim Morrison a crazy genius or a crazy asshole ?

(just back from watching "When you're strange", and the movie wasn't able to give me a proper answer, though i enjoyed it).

JTIS.

[SapphireSister]

I got some questions unanswered in my mind, and this is one of them :

Was Jim Morrison a crazy genius or a crazy asshole ?

(just back from watching "When you're strange", and the movie wasn't able to give me a proper answer, though i enjoyed it).

JTIS.
Crazy genius IMO. The drugs also helped (or didn't).

[chiliD]

IWas Jim Morrison a crazy genius or a crazy asshole ?

One is not necessarily mutually exclusive from the other. He could've been a "crazy genius asshole" or a "crazy asshole genius". :shrug:

[Sleepless-Child]

One is not necessarily mutually exclusive from the other. He could've been a "crazy genius asshole" or a "crazy asshole genius". :shrug:

Indeed, i finally figured out it was the only right answer. Still, fascinating guy...or asshole...or genius :).

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS ...

That Ashley has NEVER made Jell-o before!! Yea! I'm as shocked as you are!! She came over my house this morning and I was looking through the cabinets for food and stuff and found jello and she insisted that we make some since she never did lol

[Zombie]

JTIS ...

That Ashley has NEVER made Jell-o before!! Yea! I'm as shocked as you are!! She came over my house this morning and I was looking through the cabinets for food and stuff and found jello and she insisted that we make some since she never did lol

I don't like Jello. I don't trust the way it moves. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqlhn8-Wa78)

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I don't like Jello. I don't trust the way it moves. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqlhn8-Wa78)

LOOOVE JELLO!.....and jello shots lol

[vivfox]

30 years ago today Fleetwood Mac performed one of my top 3 Live Rhiannon's of all time, in Rotterdam, Holland.

[Sahara]

JTIS that one of my arms is colder than the other and I have no idea why.
Isn't that weird??

[ButterCookie]

JTIS that one of my arms is colder than the other and I have no idea why.
Isn't that weird??

That is pretty weird!
My feet are the same right now. One's like ice.

[vivfox]

Even though we have never spoken to each other over the phone, last night I had a dream that Miranda called me. You know how you always try to picture what someone sounds like? Well she sounds exactly like I pictured she would.

Oh no, wait a minute. As I was typing this I remembered she has posted videos before and that's where my brain registered the sound of her voice.

It must be the heat.

[vivfox]

I was just emtying the trash when I saw a CD case in there titled The Best of the 70's. This was a homemade CD. The second song was written as such: Riannan

[Zombie]

I am usually a pretty calm and rational person. I am not prone to teh dramaz no matter how bad things get, because teh dramaz tends to be counterproductive. I am also not prone to complaining or whining, because that also tends to be counterproductive. But today? OH TODAY. I just narrowly avoided a complete nervous breakdown over my stupid glasses, so JTIS that I am now officially calling a moratorium on the year 2010. Regularly scheduled calendar activities will resume promptly on January 1, 2011.

It has been one stupid/horrible thing after another this year so far - Mom died! Favorite uncle died! Surprise move to Saint Louis! Stupid new house in STL cost WAY more than originally estimated to fix up to make habitable, leaving me stupid broke! Emergency dental surgery that cost enough that I was briefly concerned I might have to sell one or more of the children on the black market! Stove/oven STILL not fixed & apparently won't get fixed any time in the next century but I can't afford to just replace it myself! Lost 2 of my biggest & steadiest contracts! And just don't EVEN get me started on boys!

Then today, my glasses broke out of nowhere, so I can't see more than about 2 feet in front of my damn face. And apparently THIS is my snapping point? I don't know whether I should laugh at this or what - I will try it out later, in the bathroom, where the kids can't hear me just in case it comes out sounding...unhinged...and find out. I mean, it's funny that all of that other **** is so much worse than a pair of busted glasses but I can take all of that mostly in stride without batting an eye, right? RIGHT? RIGHT?

Argh.

[SapphireSister]

I am usually a pretty calm and rational person. I am not prone to teh dramaz no matter how bad things get, because teh dramaz tends to be counterproductive. I am also not prone to complaining or whining, because that also tends to be counterproductive. But today? OH TODAY. I just narrowly avoided a complete nervous breakdown over my stupid glasses, so JTIS that I am now officially calling a moratorium on the year 2010. Regularly scheduled calendar activities will resume promptly on January 1, 2011.

It has been one stupid/horrible thing after another this year so far - Mom died! Favorite uncle died! Surprise move to Saint Louis! Stupid new house in STL cost WAY more than originally estimated to fix up to make habitable, leaving me stupid broke! Emergency dental surgery that cost enough that I was briefly concerned I might have to sell one or more of the children on the black market! Stove/oven STILL not fixed & apparently won't get fixed any time in the next century but I can't afford to just replace it myself! Lost 2 of my biggest & steadiest contracts! And just don't EVEN get me started on boys!

Then today, my glasses broke out of nowhere, so I can't see more than about 2 feet in front of my damn face. And apparently THIS is my snapping point? I don't know whether I should laugh at this or what - I will try it out later, in the bathroom, where the kids can't hear me just in case it comes out sounding...unhinged...and find out. I mean, it's funny that all of that other **** is so much worse than a pair of busted glasses but I can take all of that mostly in stride without batting an eye, right? RIGHT? RIGHT?

Argh.
I am so sorry you are having a troubled year but....the first thing that came to mind was the year's only 6 and a half months over meaning it could still turn out to be an o.k. year from here on out. Trying to think positive here for ya.

[Tango]

Mel Gibson.

I cannot justify Mel Gibson's behavior--hitting someone is obviously wrong, illegal & immoral. I believe bad language is often the exposed tip of the ice berg of seething anger. Yet I don't believe Mel Gibson hates women, blacks, Jews, gays, etc. Did you see him with Danny Glover, Helen Hunt, Jody Foster, Julia Roberts and many others? He is a professional actor. Still, I don't really believe it. Or don't want to believe it. Even after hearing the tapes. I hear an angry, out of control drunk. Is that illegal?

Whoopi Goldberg says he's not a racist--but says he IS a bonehead. How well does she know him? What does she gain by defending him? Perhaps she's just being the "devil's advocate." I don't think the tapes are necessarily proof that Mel is a racist, misogynistic, homophobic antisemite. Sure, I have seen his work and interactions with others on talk shows, but that's just "on camera" and on his terms. On the other hand, Whoopi has had Mel in her house. Not too many others are defending him, and not too many defended OJ Simpson. Why do I bring up OJ here? I guess in my mind it's a fairly well known domestic violence case that ended in horror. Perhaps I am being unfair: Gibson is not involved in a murder case. Whatever his issues are, Gibson seems to be a collison course that could lead to tragic consequences beyond just the loss of Hollywood money--a commodity he no longer needs, anyhow. The girlfriend needs cash--she has a child to raise. Is she provoking him? Does he know how to walk away?

Hearing the tapes I thought back to hearing the OJ Simpson/Nicole Brown audio tapes--ones we all heard after Brown's murder. So many were shocked at the man they cheered for from the stands. In the same light, I appreciate the actor playing in Lethal Weapon (s), [The] Mad Max [series], Signs, Maverick, The Man Without A Face, The Patriot, What Women Want, Braveheart and Ransom. With OJ, no one wanted to believe the monster existed. What we are seeing from Mel is likewise creepy.

I have my suspicions. I didn't understand the Mel Gibson behind "The Passion Of Christ." I didn't watch it. I won't watch it. I don't want to meet the person behind the voice on the angry tapes either. Sure, I believe he was "set up,"--the girlfriend's voice was clearer, in control--absolutely serene--and obviously aware, as she was doing the taping. Yet I believe we heard the reality of what his girlfriend has been living. I believe he was used by her, and I think he was an idiot to let this happen. I believe the constant fawning of people on celebrities damage them and give them some crazy sense of entitlement that is not real. I believe drugs and alcohol cause senseless damage and violent behavior, but people can change.

I'm less sure about Lindsay Lohan. Jail certainly won't "rehab" her, but maybe it will work as a "time out."

What will help Mel Gibson? I don't know.

Does it really matter in the "big picture?" Not really. But it's being played out on the "news" as if it does matter. Actors can always be replaced in the limelight. Domestic violence abounds--that matters. But somehow with some celebrities, we are drawn in to it like a moth to a flame.

More importantly--
What will happen in Haiti. What will happen to so many others in the world who are starving and suffering. And will BP finally cap the leaking oil pipe in the Gulf Coast, destroying the ecosystem, wild life and the income of millions?

Just thought I'd share.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that I saw Toy Story 3 today...made me cry lol

[jaycee]

I am usually a pretty calm and rational person. I am not prone to teh dramaz no matter how bad things get, because teh dramaz tends to be counterproductive. I am also not prone to complaining or whining, because that also tends to be counterproductive. But today? OH TODAY. I just narrowly avoided a complete nervous breakdown over my stupid glasses, so JTIS that I am now officially calling a moratorium on the year 2010. Regularly scheduled calendar activities will resume promptly on January 1, 2011.

It has been one stupid/horrible thing after another this year so far - Mom died! Favorite uncle died! Surprise move to Saint Louis! Stupid new house in STL cost WAY more than originally estimated to fix up to make habitable, leaving me stupid broke! Emergency dental surgery that cost enough that I was briefly concerned I might have to sell one or more of the children on the black market! Stove/oven STILL not fixed & apparently won't get fixed any time in the next century but I can't afford to just replace it myself! Lost 2 of my biggest & steadiest contracts! And just don't EVEN get me started on boys!

Then today, my glasses broke out of nowhere, so I can't see more than about 2 feet in front of my damn face. And apparently THIS is my snapping point? I don't know whether I should laugh at this or what - I will try it out later, in the bathroom, where the kids can't hear me just in case it comes out sounding...unhinged...and find out. I mean, it's funny that all of that other **** is so much worse than a pair of busted glasses but I can take all of that mostly in stride without batting an eye, right? RIGHT? RIGHT?

Argh.

My goodness! :distress: That's one of the worst runs of bad luck I've heard in ages! Let alone that it all happened to you - the pleasant, enjoyable, kind person you are! :( I'd fly over to your house now and give you a hug if I had the money...
(If you need help though, you could always tell your kids you're now officially blind, and task them to do all the work around and about for you... ;))

[jaycee]

I got some questions unanswered in my mind, and this is one of them :

Was Jim Morrison a crazy genius or a crazy asshole ?

(just back from watching "When you're strange", and the movie wasn't able to give me a proper answer, though i enjoyed it).

JTIS.

Neither - he was a pure awesome crazy genius! :nod: You should listen to the album An American Prayer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Prayer)... very insightful! :D (And I simply love this song/poem - http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/doors/the+wasp_10088627.html.)

[ButterCookie]

My new bby has arrived... now I just need the friggen tuner to arrive :mad:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5ghkkrBEb1qceqiho1_250.jpg

[Sahara]

Argh.
Argh indeed. :(
What a horrid run of bad luck. I really hope things pick up for you soon -- you're too awesome for life to treat you like that! *hugs*

[Zombie]

I am so sorry you are having a troubled year but....the first thing that came to mind was the year's only 6 and a half months over meaning it could still turn out to be an o.k. year from here on out. Trying to think positive here for ya.

Haha - thank you. Someone's gotta think positive for me, because my inner monologue closely resembles the Bataan Death March on a GOOD day. You don't even wanna know what's going on in there right now...

My goodness! :distress: That's one of the worst runs of bad luck I've heard in ages! Let alone that it all happened to you - the pleasant, enjoyable, kind person you are! :( I'd fly over to your house now and give you a hug if I had the money...
(If you need help though, you could always tell your kids you're now officially blind, and task them to do all the work around and about for you... ;))

It's almost like the universe is out to get me. But you are right about the kids helping - my son actually almost-voluntarily did the dishes yesterday when I informed him that if he didn't and I had to do them, I can't be held responsible for any petrified bits of Fruity Pebbles stuck to any bowls.

Argh indeed. :(
What a horrid run of bad luck. I really hope things pick up for you soon -- you're too awesome for life to treat you like that! *hugs*

Maybe you can write life a letter of protest? *hugs* Thank you.

[LikeAWillow]

Just thought I'd share some things to make Zombie happy...

“We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.” - Margaret Atwood

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http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~lmaund/images/ClassicCanvas-ClaudeMonet-MadameMonetandChild(1875).jpg

“I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.” - Madeleine Albright

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“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.”

:xoxo:

[gypsy4life]

JTIS I don't want to be single forever!! Is there a solitary good man left?
I need one who is caring, compassionte, with a good work ethic, loves music (will put up with my Fleetwood mac/Stevie obsession), and genrally having fun.

I'm sorry to vent, I just get tired of being alone sometimes.

[nailatixela]

JTIS that I can literally not type or write the name "Steve" without making it Stevie. It just happens.

[vivfox]

JTIS I don't want to be single forever!! Is there a solitary good man left?
I need one who is caring, compassionte, with a good work ethic, loves music (will put up with my Fleetwood mac/Stevie obsession), and genrally having fun.

I'm sorry to vent, I just get tired of being alone sometimes.

Are you a man? If yes, then I'm your man!

[iamnotafraid]

My new bby has arrived... now I just need the friggen tuner to arrive :mad:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5ghkkrBEb1qceqiho1_250.jpg

One day you and I will jam together.
Who knows, we might be bigger than
the Mac.

[Sahara]

JTIS -- I have a summer job in a church office, and today I recorded the baptism of a little girl born on Stevie's birthday! :)

[Zombie]

Just thought I'd share some things to make Zombie happy...

:xoxo: I heart you.

JTIS I don't want to be single forever!! Is there a solitary good man left?
I need one who is caring, compassionte, with a good work ethic, loves music (will put up with my Fleetwood mac/Stevie obsession), and genrally having fun.

I'm sorry to vent, I just get tired of being alone sometimes.

Nope!

;)

Okay, no, I am sure there is one. Somewhere. If you find him, see if he's got a brother (preferably not one in prison) or a clone (preferably not one shaped like a sheep).

[nailatixela]

JTIS that I was watching my favorite old movie ever, Sorry, Wrong Number and had an idea. Wouldn't it be great and funny if this movie had Lady GaGa's Telephone playing in it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX7YoLFIO2I

A classic movie...now told through the eyes of Lady GaGa. Obviously, I wanted to match the scenes with what was happening in the song, but still keep the plot line of the movie somewhat intact.

[ButterCookie]

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5mixwKZkq1qceqiho1_500.jpg

[Zombie]

^^^^^

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/nowgozombiego/tyrone.jpg

[ButterCookie]

Son.

Ya done goofed.









:lol::lol::lol: This is going to take a long time to get old.

[gypsy4life]

Are you a man? If yes, then I'm your man!


Sorry, I'm a woman..Lisa is my real name..thanks anyway though!!



Nope!

;)

Okay, no, I am sure there is one. Somewhere. If you find him, see if he's got a brother (preferably not one in prison) or a clone (preferably not one shaped like a sheep).

LOL!! I can totally relate to this!! It seems like every man showing interest in me right now, is over 65..I'm only 31. I'm just sayin' if you fought in Vietnam, you're too old for me man!!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Going to Boston tomorrow =) With Ashley, Katie, and Sarah...SOOO EXCITED

JTIS

[APerfectLie]

JTIS that I was watching my favorite old movie ever, Sorry, Wrong Number and had an idea. Wouldn't it be great and funny if this movie had Lady GaGa's Telephone playing in it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX7YoLFIO2I

A classic movie...now told through the eyes of Lady GaGa. Obviously, I wanted to match the scenes with what was happening in the song, but still keep the plot line of the movie somewhat intact.

OMG. I thought I was the only person under the age of 40 who loves Sorry Wrong Number.

[nailatixela]

OMG. I thought I was the only person under the age of 40 who loves Sorry Wrong Number.

Yay! We actually read it back in 7th grade in the public schools here. It's a great film though.

[iamnotafraid]

..Lisa is my real name..

Lisa's are a lot of trouble. I know!!!

[goldustsongbird]

^^^^^

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/nowgozombiego/tyrone.jpg

This will never not be funny. :lol:

Lisa's are a lot of trouble. I know!!!

Truer words have never been spoken.

[ButterCookie]

:shocked: I just got the dog & dustbin album for £7... on Blue Horizon :shocked:

[Zombie]

This will never not be funny. :lol:

:laugh: It never fails to crack me up, too.

[markolas]

I'm currently trying to get a certain soap opera actor to forgive me for making some off-color comments about him on Facebook. Actually, I didn't even make the comment, I just agreed with someone who did. It was totally intended as a compliment, but apparently he didn't take it that way and unfriended me (and the person who made the comment). I should just let it go, but I'm way too codependent, apparently. :laugh:

[gypsy4life]

Truer words have never been spoken.

I'll second that!!

[MissLadyLoki]

had a great time playing tourist in Manhattan yesterday. I went to the Village to see the buildings from the cover of the Led Zeppelin album Physical Graffiti. The hipsters gave me weird looks, but first fo all, pretty much any Zephead would do it, and second of all, these are hipsters we're talking about.

Later on (I know Mick will like this one), I caught Billy Elliot. Even though I had a stupid guy in front of me who brough a cushion with him and block a lot of my view it was a fantastic show, and that kid culd seriously sing and dance.

[ButterCookie]

had a great time playing tourist in Manhattan yesterday. I went to the Village to see the buildings from the cover of the Led Zeppelin album Physical Graffiti. The hipsters gave me weird looks, but first fo all, pretty much any Zephead would do it, and second of all, these are hipsters we're talking about.

Later on (I know Mick will like this one), I caught Billy Elliot. Even though I had a stupid guy in front of me who brough a cushion with him and block a lot of my view it was a fantastic show, and that kid culd seriously sing and dance.

I've been known to go to places because of TV shows/Album covers etc screw the hipsters! AND I'm uber jealous that you went to see Billy Elliot. I adore the movie but have never had the chance to see it on stage.

[MissLadyLoki]

I've been known to go to places because of TV shows/Album covers etc screw the hipsters! AND I'm uber jealous that you went to see Billy Elliot. I adore the movie but have never had the chance to see it on stage.

My thoughts exactly with hipsters. They can all go screw themselves and be ironic in their own litte world.

Is Billy Elliot,by any chance, playing on London's West End? That could be a possibility for you to see it.

[ButterCookie]

My thoughts exactly with hipsters. They can all go screw themselves and be ironic in their own litte world.

Is Billy Elliot,by any chance, playing on London's West End? That could be a possibility for you to see it.

It may be, but I live about 5 hours away from London and couldn't afford a West End show if I worked all week for 6 months :distress:

[MissLadyLoki]

It may be, but I live about 5 hours away from London and couldn't afford a West End show if I worked all week for 6 months :distress:

Does West End have a thing similar to the Broadway TKTS counter? (unsold tickets for shows for that day are sold half-price) Maybe you could go take a trip to London, do stuff, and thing you could do is maybe that (and if you can't get into Billy Elliot, try out Phantom of the Opera. It's probably the best show I've seen and you'd love it)

[Zombie]

JTIS that it's time for everyone to JUST ROCK THE EFF OUT RIGHT NOW.

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Does West End have a thing similar to the Broadway TKTS counter? (unsold tickets for shows for that day are sold half-price) Maybe you could go take a trip to London, do stuff, and thing you could do is maybe that (and if you can't get into Billy Elliot, try out Phantom of the Opera. It's probably the best show I've seen and you'd love it)

I saw Phantom at the Pantages in Toronto. From the front row. When Paul Stanley was the Phantom. It was epic.

[Sahara]

Phantom is an incredible show, it has everything! I'm heading to London in a few weeks to see it for the second time! :) Wish I had time to see Love Never Dies too. I loved the album :o

[MissLadyLoki]

Phantom is an incredible show, it has everything! I'm heading to London in a few weeks to see it for the second time! :) Wish I had time to see Love Never Dies too. I loved the album :o

I saw it last April on Boradway. I had known the music long before I had seen the show, and it was absolutely incredible.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that I went to my first BBQ biker wedding Saturday LOL

[iamnotafraid]

Only 26 days 16 hours and 27 minutes to the start of
MIAMI DOLPHINS preseason
football!!!

[Zombie]

Hey, kids! Here's a fun thing to do when your not-quite-ten-year-old wakes up yakking all over god and creation at 3 AM!

Step 1
Allow child to lay on couch near A/C, to help him feel better, because it's hot as balls and you read in an Important Medical Journal that cooling down when it's hot as balls and you are yakking all over god and creation is Very Helpful.

Step 2
Allow child to stare at TV, because you're nice like that.

Step 3
Allow child to turn up TV a little more when he asks because he can't quite hear it.

Step 4
Inform child the THIRD time he asks to turn the TV up a little more because he can't quite hear it that he has reached his quota of loudness, because it is 3 AM, and you read in another Important Medical Journal that even when you're yakking all over god and creation, 3 AM is still sleepy time and not party time.

Step 5
Seconds after child nods his understanding of this important truth, remember that the key to good parenting is to make sure all rules are clear and concise, so there is no wiggle room or confusion, and amend Step 4's statement with, "Unless you're me. Then 3 AM can be party time. Because I'm the mom. And I do what I want."

Step 6
Proceed to really hammer the point home by executing excellent impression of Brad Pitt dancing in Burn After Reading (see Appendix), which illustrates how you will damn well party if you want to at 3 AM, even if child can't.

Step 7
Set reminder on BlackBerry to find second job to save up for therapy child will no doubt require in just a few short years.

Step 8
?????

Step 9
PROFIT!

Appendix
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb314/sillyzlittlefanzgirl/BurnAfterReading.gif

[MissLadyLoki]

Hey, kids! Here's a fun thing to do when your not-quite-ten-year-old wakes up yakking all over god and creation at 3 AM!

Step 1
Allow child to lay on couch near A/C, to help him feel better, because it's hot as balls and you read in an Important Medical Journal that cooling down when it's hot as balls and you are yakking all over god and creation is Very Helpful.

Step 2
Allow child to stare at TV, because you're nice like that.

Step 3
Allow child to turn up TV a little more when he asks because he can't quite hear it.

Step 4
Inform child the THIRD time he asks to turn the TV up a little more because he can't quite hear it that he has reached his quota of loudness, because it is 3 AM, and you read in another Important Medical Journal that even when you're yakking all over god and creation, 3 AM is still sleepy time and not party time.

Step 5
Seconds after child nods his understanding of this important truth, remember that the key to good parenting is to make sure all rules are clear and concise, so there is no wiggle room or confusion, and amend Step 4's statement with, "Unless you're me. Then 3 AM can be party time. Because I'm the mom. And I do what I want."

Step 6
Proceed to really hammer the point home by executing excellent impression of Brad Pitt dancing in Burn After Reading (see Appendix), which illustrates how you will damn well party if you want to at 3 AM, even if child can't.

Step 7
Set reminder on BlackBerry to find second job to save up for therapy child will no doubt require in just a few short years.

Step 8
?????

Step 9
PROFIT!

Appendix
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb314/sillyzlittlefanzgirl/BurnAfterReading.gif

That was hilarious, as usual. :lol:

I love that gif of Brad Pitt dancing. Can I use it as my siggy pic? Pretty please?

[LikeAWillow]

Insert Awesome Here

Can I have your babies so you can raise 'em right?

My JTIS-

I'm going to the Atlantic City Stevie show! Supahpumped. I'm going to go check out the thread in the Stevie forum, but are any chit-chatters going to be there?

[Zombie]

That was hilarious, as usual. :lol:

I love that gif of Brad Pitt dancing. Can I use it as my siggy pic? Pretty please?

Haha. I didn't make it, but it's all over the 'net, so have at it. I have one with Sylar's face pasted on, too.

Can I have your babies so you can raise 'em right?

My JTIS-

I'm going to the Atlantic City Stevie show! Supahpumped. I'm going to go check out the thread in the Stevie forum, but are any chit-chatters going to be there?

I am still not entirely sure the care and feeding of small children should be entrusted to me, but as long as you're fine with them potentially growing up to be serial killers or psychic hotline operaters, bring it on.

And so jealous you're going to see Stevie. I wanna goooooooo.

[carrie721]

I am usually a pretty calm and rational person. I am not prone to teh dramaz no matter how bad things get, because teh dramaz tends to be counterproductive. I am also not prone to complaining or whining, because that also tends to be counterproductive. But today? OH TODAY. I just narrowly avoided a complete nervous breakdown over my stupid glasses, so JTIS that I am now officially calling a moratorium on the year 2010. Regularly scheduled calendar activities will resume promptly on January 1, 2011.

It has been one stupid/horrible thing after another this year so far - Mom died! Favorite uncle died! Surprise move to Saint Louis! Stupid new house in STL cost WAY more than originally estimated to fix up to make habitable, leaving me stupid broke! Emergency dental surgery that cost enough that I was briefly concerned I might have to sell one or more of the children on the black market! Stove/oven STILL not fixed & apparently won't get fixed any time in the next century but I can't afford to just replace it myself! Lost 2 of my biggest & steadiest contracts! And just don't EVEN get me started on boys!

Then today, my glasses broke out of nowhere, so I can't see more than about 2 feet in front of my damn face. And apparently THIS is my snapping point? I don't know whether I should laugh at this or what - I will try it out later, in the bathroom, where the kids can't hear me just in case it comes out sounding...unhinged...and find out. I mean, it's funny that all of that other **** is so much worse than a pair of busted glasses but I can take all of that mostly in stride without batting an eye, right? RIGHT? RIGHT?

Argh.

way late to the party here, but i get where you are coming from. i can put up with a lot of really crazy ****, but when i was bitten by a (totally non-poisonous) spider 2 years ago, you would have thought the f*cking world had ended.

[bucklind17]

Does West End have a thing similar to the Broadway TKTS counter? (unsold tickets for shows for that day are sold half-price) Maybe you could go take a trip to London, do stuff, and thing you could do is maybe that (and if you can't get into Billy Elliot, try out Phantom of the Opera. It's probably the best show I've seen and you'd love it)

You can get discount tickets all over the place in Leicester Square. There's one "official" one but I got mine somewhere else and they were perfectly legit. Billy Elliot still sells well in the West End, so it may not be discounted, but I think they still have a rush, meaning you get there by a certain time and you can get the front row for super cheap. That's what I did when I was there.

I think I am one of the only people on the planet who doesn't get the hype of Phantom. It's fine but ehh.

[Amlyn]

Can I have your babies so you can raise 'em right?

My JTIS-

I'm going to the Atlantic City Stevie show! Supahpumped. I'm going to go check out the thread in the Stevie forum, but are any chit-chatters going to be there?

Don't have my tixs yet, but I'm planning on going. Are people staying in AC for the night? If so, where?

[nailatixela]

Don't have my tixs yet, but I'm planning on going. Are people staying in AC for the night? If so, where?

If you've got money to waste, the Borgata has the most comfortable beds in the entire universe.

[MissLadyLoki]

You can get discount tickets all over the place in Leicester Square. There's one "official" one but I got mine somewhere else and they were perfectly legit. Billy Elliot still sells well in the West End, so it may not be discounted, but I think they still have a rush, meaning you get there by a certain time and you can get the front row for super cheap. That's what I did when I was there.

I think I am one of the only people on the planet who doesn't get the hype of Phantom. It's fine but ehh.

Maybe if I everget to London I'll try West End show.

I saw you're from New York. What borough are you from? I live way out in Long Island's edge of civilization, perhaps better known as Eastern Suffolk, but I do have to go to Queens a lot to see my annoying relatives (OK, it's just my grandma, aunt, uncle, cousin, and my uncle's border collie, but they're prett much the only good thing in Kew Gardens).

[bucklind17]

Maybe if I everget to London I'll try West End show.

I saw you're from New York. What borough are you from? I live way out in Long Island's edge of civilization, perhaps better known as Eastern Suffolk, but I do have to go to Queens a lot to see my annoying relatives (OK, it's just my grandma, aunt, uncle, cousin, and my uncle's border collie, but they're prett much the only good thing in Kew Gardens).

I live in Astoria. I don't venture too much further into Queens than the mall in Elmhurst, haha.

[ILoveFM]

Can I have your babies so you can raise 'em right?

My JTIS-

I'm going to the Atlantic City Stevie show! Supahpumped. I'm going to go check out the thread in the Stevie forum, but are any chit-chatters going to be there?

I is goin', I is goin'. Not that you didn't already know that or anything.

[MissLadyLoki]

I live in Astoria. I don't venture too much further into Queens than the mall in Elmhurst, haha.

I think I know some people from school (that's Stony Brook, folks) that are from there, or was it Flushing? Funny thing is that I go to Queens all the time to see my family, and barely know it. :laugh:

And is the mall in Elhurst Queens Center or is that in Rego Park?

[Amlyn]

If you've got money to waste, the Borgata has the most comfortable beds in the entire universe.

If only money were no object....but i'll see...maybe i'll treat myself.

:)

[SapphireSister]

I've had Sweet Girl stuck in my head all day and can't get it out. I'm not even a fan of that song. JTIS.

[Zombie]

JTIS Shane MacGowan does an excellent donkey impression.

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I love that. Nick freakin' Cave, Shane MacGowan, Chrissie Hynde, Glen Matlock, and Bobby Gillespie, all being awesome together? And though I am not really familiar with Paloma Faith, I love her vocals in this. Also, Johnny Depp looks homeless, as usual.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that its POURING and thundering and lightning and I am scared LOL Lets see if I can sleep in this!! UGH

[vivfox]

JTIS that its POURING and thundering and lightning and I am scared LOL Lets see if I can sleep in this!! UGH


No Stevie fan should fear thunder or lightning.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

No Stevie fan should fear thunder or lightning.

whoops lol Well its over now so I am good =P

[vivfox]

whoops lol Well its over now so I am good =P

I love the thunder and adore the lightning.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I love the thunder and adore the lightning.

I like them when I am with someone, but when I am alone in my room its scary

[Zombie]

I like them when I am with someone, but when I am alone in my room its scary

I feel your pain. When I was younger, I was wary of it, because my bat**** mother had all of these Thunderstorm Safety Guidelines we had to follow - no being on the phone, no showers or baths, and if you have to pee, it's probably best to just hold it til the storm is over, but if you MUST use the toilet, do it as quickly as possible to cut short any opportunity lightning might have to zap you in the ass.

Because lightning is attracted to water.

And the toilet is basically a mini swimming pool.

That you sit on.

Thanks, mom. :laugh:

But I didn't get really terrified until much later, when I was pregnant with my son. I was already insane due to hormones, and that summer was packed with major storms, and Ryan was always at work, so I was alone all the time and accidentally convinced myself that lightning was going to come in the window and hit me in the stomach and fry the baby.

I'm a bit better now, but I will still go "yipe!"

[APerfectLie]

I feel your pain. When I was younger, I was wary of it, because my bat**** mother had all of these Thunderstorm Safety Guidelines we had to follow - no being on the phone, no showers or baths, and if you have to pee, it's probably best to just hold it til the storm is over, but if you MUST use the toilet, do it as quickly as possible to cut short any opportunity lightning might have to zap you in the ass.

Because lightning is attracted to water.

And the toilet is basically a mini swimming pool.

That you sit on.

Thanks, mom. :laugh:

But I didn't get really terrified until much later, when I was pregnant with my son. I was already insane due to hormones, and that summer was packed with major storms, and Ryan was always at work, so I was alone all the time and accidentally convinced myself that lightning was going to come in the window and hit me in the stomach and fry the baby.

I'm a bit better now, but I will still go "yipe!"

Did your mother also tell you not to stand under trees? Mine did. But now I wonder why she let me go outside in the first place.

[iamnotafraid]

I was alone all the time and accidentally convinced myself that lightning was going to come in the window and hit me in the stomach and fry the baby.

^glad that didn't happen.

Speaking of getting shocked (so to speak), when I was young we
were staying at the beach. And this cabin had cement floors, so
grounding wasn't so good when the floor was wet. So I go
and grab the refrigerator door......well the door wouldn't
let me go. I couldn't open my hands because of the electricity.
My cousin runs over to pull me off the door, the shock goes
through me - and now he can't let go of me. My uncle jumped
up and knocked us both off this killer fridge.

[jaycee]

I love the thunder and adore the lightning.

I simply love watching lightening! :nod: Usually once every couple of years there'll be a thunderstorm off in the distance I can watch from outside my house (when it's not raining much locally). Waiting for and seeing bolts streak among the clouds, leaving a brief but memorable impression on your eyes, is another of nature's impressive spectacles I adore witnessing. Few seem to share this particular fascination of mine, however...

[ButterCookie]

I love watching the lightning too! We've been getting a lot of thunder and lighning storms over here this past week. It's only just stopped raining here since starting last night.

My JTIS, My Blue Horizon Dog & Dustbin arrived and I can't believe how well it plays considering it's condition :blob1:

[vivfox]

So I go and grab the refrigerator door......well the door wouldn't
let me go. I couldn't open my hands because of the electricity.
My cousin runs over to pull me off the door, the shock goes
through me


Maybe this explains the brain fry.:lol:

[Zombie]

Did your mother also tell you not to stand under trees? Mine did. But now I wonder why she let me go outside in the first place.

Oh yeah, she had that rule, too. Don't stand next to things taller than you - even people - because lightning likes tall things. Conversely, don't stand next to things shorter than you - even people - because, again, lightning likes tall things...

^glad that didn't happen.

Speaking of getting shocked (so to speak), when I was young we
were staying at the beach. And this cabin had cement floors, so
grounding wasn't so good when the floor was wet. So I go
and grab the refrigerator door......well the door wouldn't
let me go. I couldn't open my hands because of the electricity.
My cousin runs over to pull me off the door, the shock goes
through me - and now he can't let go of me. My uncle jumped
up and knocked us both off this killer fridge.

Haha, me too. I know the odds of that actually happening are higher than astronomical, but sometimes when you're pregnant, you're insane. So whenever Ryan was at work and a storm was happening, I would get our puppy, Snert, and a book, and camp out under a blanket on the bathroom floor until it passed. :laugh:

That's scary about the fridge, though. I've only ever been shocked properly once, when I was fixing a light fixture in the basement & my roomie insisted he had indeed shut off all the breakers in the house. Yeah, no, he didn't. Knocked me off the ladder onto my ass and everything. Moral of that story is when you are messing with electrical things in the house, don't have anyone else help you turn stuff off. Do it yourself.

[Ghost_Tracker]

One of my first memories is from when I was REALLY really little - my Mom was on the phone in the dining room - I was crawling on the floor and got curious about the outlet and started poking my finger in there. (This was a "human" thing for my Mom to do, she just simply got absorbed in the conversation and literally "only turned her back for a moment.") Welp - yeah - zap! Somehow some current "jumped" out of the outlet and onto my finger - started crying right away of course. She hung up that phone sooooo fast! It was just like, "GOTTA go!*click!*" Anyway I was just fine - learned not to mess with wall outlets that day. :rolleyes:

[iamnotafraid]

Maybe this explains the brain fry.

You might be right.

[iamnotafraid]

Two words........butterfinger blizzard.

[carrie721]

Two words........butterfinger blizzard.

i love dairy queen, but that ice cream makes me so sick i had to break up with them. sad face.

[LikeAWillow]

I'm housesitting for an acquaintance for a week, and I swear to God, this place is haunted. I don't believe in that sort of thing, but I'm freaking out.

[DefDumbandBlond]

Two words........butterfinger blizzard.

Whenever I randomly go there I always get a Reese's one. :lol:

[jannieC]

I'm housesitting for an acquaintance for a week, and I swear to God, this place is haunted. I don't believe in that sort of thing, but I'm freaking out.
Get OOOOOOUUUUTTTTT! :laugh:

[jaycee]

I'm housesitting for an acquaintance for a week, and I swear to God, this place is haunted. I don't believe in that sort of thing, but I'm freaking out.

Would you like me to tease you about how silly you're being, thus inciting you into an angry, fearless state of mind to show me up? :laugh: Just say the word...

[desertangel]

I don't like Facebook anymore. I deactivated my account two days ago. After over 5 months of "News Feed" and Farmville, I feel socially inept. I'm trying to put my life back together now. My dog is already happier. At first I felt empty, but I just feel lost now. Must remember what I did before I lost so much time to those stoopid applications.

k... just thought I'd share. :wavey:

anyone here rememer me anymore?

[Zombie]

Today, I woke up, and thought - you know what would be nice? A cookie. And a can of Coke. So I went into the kitchen to get a cookie and a can of Coke. Upon my arrival, what did I see? My children, each with a cookie and a can of Coke. The LAST cookies and the LAST cans of Coke.

My reaction looked quite a lot like this:

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/nowgozombiego/brownace.gif

Sensing my distress, my daughter offered her cookie & can of Coke, but I refused on account of she'd already had her greasy little paws all over them, and therefore, they were no good to me anymore.

And now, even some 13 hours later, I am still bitter over it. JTIS.

[vivfox]

It's practically over but today is the 29th Anniversary of the release of the album Bella Donna. July 27,1981

[chelluversu]

I haven't posted anything in here for a while....
This summer has been really busy for me but really fun.

hmmmm...
I'm going to KD (Kings Dominion) on Saturday with my cousin and my friend Alexa...fun times ahead.

P.S. My cousin just lost a needle in my bed...not cool :distress:

[iamnotafraid]

Just taking a guitar break for a few minutes.

While going to check the mail today I saw a deer
in the front yard eating my pears. Good for me,
because if they eat them I don't have to pick them
up.

And a quick shout out to Dunlop. I love
free guitar stuff. Cool beans.

[ButterCookie]

Just taking a guitar break for a few minutes.

While going to check the mail today I saw a deer
in the front yard eating my pears. Good for me,
because if they eat them I don't have to pick them
up.

And a quick shout out to Dunlop. I love
free guitar stuff. Cool beans.

Get me free guitar stuff!!! I don't want to have to pay £10 for a set of bass strings, I might be getting a dog aaargh

[iamnotafraid]

Get me free guitar stuff!!! I don't want to have to pay £10 for a set of bass strings, I might be getting a dog aaargh

A dog? What tha?
Don't do it.

[ButterCookie]

Wow, like, I seriously might be getting a dog.

I know someone with a pug called Peter Pan and she told me of someone who wanted rid of another one. My mum says that if it's still availible for rehoming and I pay for food and insurance I can have it.

[ButterCookie]

A dog? What tha?
Don't do it.

Didn't see this before, sorry!

Long story short, poor baby is left unwanted after a divorce. My dad promised me a puppy after I finish University but this one has been brought to my attention. It might have already found a home (which would break my heart) but if it hasn't and gets on ok with our cat I can have it if I pay the vets bills and food bills etc.

After my cat died about 3 years ago I don't have a pet that wants to cuddle or play and it's left a pretty huge hole in my life.

[carrie721]

Wow, like, I seriously might be getting a dog.

I know someone with a pug called Peter Pan and she told me of someone who wanted rid of another one. My mum says that if it's still availible for rehoming and I pay for food and insurance I can have it.

in general, i tend to be a mutt-lover, but i do love pugs.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

SOOOOO, someone is talking **** about me on formspring and god only knows where else! They are saying that *I* was the person who was ****ing with the RealStevieNicks twitter account and saying how I have like SOOOOO many fan pages and stuff.
the real stevie nicks on twitter is Caitlin Casey, she runs another website, with stevie nicks info, and she is running a few pages..however, I do know it is Caitlin Casey who was pretending to be therealstevienicks On twitter.

Ok so , here is how I know, originally the website was created FOR Stevie, the info given to Karen, Karen had the page removed, Caitlin picked up on the name, and made the page again, the name was available, FANS hit the page an thought they had Stevie.

NEED i SAY MORE, have a good time at the Stevie concert, and I also know that was Kaitlyn doing the fake profile tweeting everyone, but dont let that bring you down sweetie, have fun and Sarah too. kisses to my sweet friends, and the day is almost here!

The last one...the person didnt even spell my ****in name right. Like I even have the time in my life to even THINK about hacking a twitter. Like seriously? On top of that they are anonymous so obviously they are scared.

JTIS

[vivfox]

SOOOOO, someone is talking **** about me on formspring and god only knows where else! They are saying that *I* was the person who was ****ing with the RealStevieNicks twitter account and saying how I have like SOOOOO many fan pages and stuff.


I always figured it was iamnotafraid who hacked that Twitter account, not you Caitlin.

Caitlin, is Stevie Nicks info your web site?

[Zombie]

SOOOOO, someone is talking **** about me on formspring and god only knows where else! They are saying that *I* was the person who was ****ing with the RealStevieNicks twitter account and saying how I have like SOOOOO many fan pages and stuff.

The last one...the person didnt even spell my ****in name right. Like I even have the time in my life to even THINK about hacking a twitter. Like seriously? On top of that they are anonymous so obviously they are scared.

JTIS

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/nowgozombiego/haterspriest.jpg

Birds gonna fly, fish gonna swim, haters gonna hate. Don't feed the drama llamas and just ignore it, cookie. :nod:

[MissLadyLoki]

SOOOOO, someone is talking **** about me on formspring and god only knows where else! They are saying that *I* was the person who was ****ing with the RealStevieNicks twitter account and saying how I have like SOOOOO many fan pages and stuff.

Got one thing to say: you're gonna have haters, and like Internet trolls, the bets you could do is starve 'em.

[daniellaaarisen]

It is 5:35AM in California right now. I have not slept at all tonight. I don't even care because I am having a full blown Stevie freakout right now AND I wrote an awesome prose piece. alkfhjfakhakjfkdajcadlkhadjhalkh JTIS.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I always figured it was iamnotafraid who hacked that Twitter account, not you Caitlin.

Caitlin, is Stevie Nicks info your web site?

No thats not my site..I only have a myspace Stevie fan page

[Enchanted_Stevi]

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/nowgozombiego/haterspriest.jpg

Birds gonna fly, fish gonna swim, haters gonna hate. Don't feed the drama llamas and just ignore it, cookie. :nod:

LOL awesome picture!!
It just pisses me off that some dub ass would even THINK it was me...

[BTFLCHLD]

I deactivated my account two days ago. welcome back! :wavey:

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I'm going to The Cape this weekend w/ Ashley and her family =D YAY I havent been down there in like 10 years!!
JTIS

[vivfox]

Today the real Vivica Fox turns 46. Happy Birthday baby!:woohoo:

[MissLadyLoki]

Dig this: last night, I got to go see a Mets game (I know, I know, I'm a Yankee fan, but they're still a New York team) for free from my dad's job. The fun prt was finding out about it 2 hours before I had to leave.

[chelluversu]

Edge of 17 is haunting my sister on GTA4 lol

She was driving around and the song came on so we both started singing it.
She doesn't like Stevie btw.
She asked me who sings it, and I told her...she said "well it's her only good song."
WTF! She's lucky that I love her, but if she thinks Edge is Stevie's best song...SLAP!

[Zombie]

LOL awesome picture!!
It just pisses me off that some dub ass would even THINK it was me...

Haha, that leaping priest always makes me laugh. He's all like *frolic!* and stuff. But I made a different one special for you:

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/nowgozombiego/steviehaters.jpg

*****

So, I've complained before about my doucherocket of a landlord, but this morning took the fockin' biscuit, y'all. Check this ****:

It's 9 AM. I am not usually up at such a ridiculous hour, but there I was. I'd JUST sat down at my desk to have the Morning Cigarette of Relaxation and Joy, when suddenly, my front door flies open, bangs into the wall, bounces off and swings halfway closed again. Naturally, this scares the bejesus out of me, so I scream - because WTF?! - and get a brief glance of a rather large dude from my vantage point before he grabs the doorknob and slams the door closed without coming in.

The guy I'm seeing - we shall call him Cute Guitar Boy for our current purposes - is sitting on the couch when this happens, and he's much closer to the door than I am, so he immediately, like, vaults over the arm of the couch and he's up and out the front door into the yard after the guy, yelling and threatening violence.

I make it out the door a second or two behind him, half thinking we're both going to get shot because some psycho has tried to break into the house in broad daylight for some goddamn reason, and only crazy people do things like this, but I'm going anyway, because, seriously, WTF?!

So I get outside and Cute Guitar Boy sees me and is like, "Uh uh, no way, stay back" and getting in front of me.

And that's when I finally get a good look at the psycho that just kicked my door in and...it's my LANDLORD'S SON.

I'm like, "WHAT IN THE ACTUAL F*CK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? What is WRONG with you? What do you WANT?"

And he starts yelling back - whilst waving his arms about furiously, mind - that he heard one of the rental properties caught on fire last night, and he doesn't know which one it was, so he had every right to come check it out, and besides, he forgot I live here.

Uhm. Wat. The combined reaction that Cute Guitar Boy & myself had to this statement was basically:

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/nowgozombiego/bert.gif

But once I recovered enough from that torrent of crazy, I said something like, "Jesus Christ, my house did not catch fire. If it had, I would've called you guys, like, right away. You can't just kick my door in like that. Are you insane or something?"

"Well, look - I'm just really angry, okay?!!"

Oh! You're really angry? Well, in that case, then, by all means, please carry on, my good man. *adjusts monocle*

I told him to leave before he made things worse, and thankfully, he got into his truck and left, but seriously, you guys. I mean...seriously. SERIOUSLY.

[jaycee]

^^^^^^
I wish I could say I was :shocked:, but these sorts of things simply don't surprise me anymore - various people continue to demonstrate increasingly great capacities for wild irrationality and disrespect (to say the least). You're quite lucky you weren't hurt! :distress: How's your door btw? Were your children about at the time? :(

[daniellaaarisen]

Annie, sometimes I forget that common sense is a privilege and not a right. It's a tough idea to swallow, but it's also very true.

By the way, have you ever read hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com? If not, GO LOOK NOW. And read the entire thing, but specifically the posts that you see on the righthand side in a column. Best. Blog. Ever. I feel like you'd appreciate the humor.





ANYWAY.... I'm currently laying in brysondt's bed while rocking out to Stevie. I'm only up at this unearthly hour (9:37AM) because we went to bed at like, 9PM last night.... we felt like we'd gotten beaten up by a bus or something after riding a bunch of roller coasters at Magic Mountain. So she's at work and I'm hanging out. I think I'm gonna go sit on the beach in Malibu and take a nap or something. Then we get dinner with Sara (Fleetwood) tonight and take it from there! Whoo. I love LA.

JTIS

[vivfox]

Can anyone please send me a pm. I'm having trouble with receiving them. If you are unable to send it, please let me know here.

Thank, Viv

[ButterCookie]

Can anyone please send me a pm. I'm having trouble with receiving them. If you are unable to send it, please let me know here.

Thank, Viv

I just tried,

" 1. vivfox has exceeded their stored private messages quota and can not accept further messages until they clear some space."

Thur's ya problem

[ILoveFM]

I move into my new apartment in 11 days. My flight to Atlantic City is in 24 days. I see Stevie in 25 days. And I'm going to New York in 26 days AND I get to meet several ledgies that weekend. I am so excited. Life is good :)

[jannieC]

Can anyone please send me a pm. I'm having trouble with receiving them. If you are unable to send it, please let me know here.

Thank, Viv

I just tried and got the same message. Michele is looking into it (I passed it on to her this morning).

[vivfox]

I just tried and got the same message. Michele is looking into it (I passed it on to her this morning).


Thank you Jannie. I already deleted several messages and it still reads the same thing. However when I am in the Rumours Forum it does not say Your PM box is 100% full

[Ghost_Tracker]

*****

....And he starts yelling back - whilst waving his arms about furiously, mind - that he heard one of the rental properties caught on fire last night, and he doesn't know which one it was, so he had every right to come check it out, and besides, he forgot I live here. . . . .

. . . .


"Well, look - I'm just really angry, okay?!!"

Oh! You're really angry? Well, in that case, then, by all means, please carry on, my good man. *adjusts monocle*




Uhmm . . . No. He doesn't. Granted this stuff may vary from state-to-state, I can tell you that in general, a landlord or his/her representative does not have the right to enter the premises without warning the tenants first, period, end of discussion.
There's no "yeah, but..." Period, end of discussion, the landlord just simply does not have that right. That's completely, 100% ignoring the common-sense right-or-wrong of it: The landlord simply does not have the right to do that.

On the flip side, and please don't take this the wrong way 'cause I can certainly sympathise with how you feel about this and you certainly have every right to feel that way - It might be worthwhile to at least try to understand why he was so angry. This is possibly a HUGE investment that his family is making - taking a big business chance - and - why would there have been a fire? Utter carelessness on the part of a tenant? Maybe somebody was even doing crystal meth? There might be a specific reason that made him angry.

But having said that, if I were the Judge, all that would be instantly thrown out the door. He entered a tenant's premises without giving prior warning; that's against the law and probably even in your contract with him. Period. "Nothing else matters." And to be honest I find it "a little suspicious." Whether he likes it or not, it raises the question of what he was really up to. Maybe he didn't know you were home or thought you were sleeping. You might "have to be careful" 'cause sometimes it might be somewhat disadvantageous to piss of the landlord (and you don't want to piss the son off to the point where he might want to get even or "take revenge," if he's that kind of person) - but - in my mind you have every single right in the world to complain to the landlord himself, either through a verbal conversation or even through a formal letter. And if you have a verbal conversation, I honestly think you should literally say something to him like "I'm going to write down the time and date of this conversation, and I want you to acknowledge to me that this conversation has taken place." Unless he's a total schmuck, he'll get the idea when you say that. (i.m.o.)

Not to go on about it "too much" but it kind of "raises a red flag" for me - it's over the top and makes me wonder about his stability and motivations.

By the way though - ten thousand and thirty-seven kudos to Cute Guitar Boy. i.m.o. he should pick up some serious brownie points here for being brave on a moment's notice.

[Zombie]

Uhmm . . . No. He doesn't. Granted this stuff may vary from state-to-state, I can tell you that in general, a landlord or his/her representative does not have the right to enter the premises without warning the tenants first, period, end of discussion.
There's no "yeah, but..." Period, end of discussion, the landlord just simply does not have that right. That's completely, 100% ignoring the common-sense right-or-wrong of it: The landlord simply does not have the right to do that.

On the flip side, and please don't take this the wrong way 'cause I can certainly sympathise with how you feel about this and you certainly have every right to feel that way - It might be worthwhile to at least try to understand why he was so angry. This is possibly a HUGE investment that his family is making - taking a big business chance - and - why would there have been a fire? Utter carelessness on the part of a tenant? Maybe somebody was even doing crystal meth? There might be a specific reason that made him angry.

But having said that, if I were the Judge, all that would be instantly thrown out the door. He entered a tenant's premises without giving prior warning; that's against the law and probably even in your contract with him. Period. "Nothing else matters." And to be honest I find it "a little suspicious." Whether he likes it or not, it raises the question of what he was really up to. Maybe he didn't know you were home or thought you were sleeping. You might "have to be careful" 'cause sometimes it might be somewhat disadvantageous to piss of the landlord (and you don't want to piss the son off to the point where he might want to get even or "take revenge," if he's that kind of person) - but - in my mind you have every single right in the world to complain to the landlord himself, either through a verbal conversation or even through a formal letter. And if you have a verbal conversation, I honestly think you should literally say something to him like "I'm going to write down the time and date of this conversation, and I want you to acknowledge to me that this conversation has taken place." Unless he's a total schmuck, he'll get the idea when you say that. (i.m.o.)

Not to go on about it "too much" but it kind of "raises a red flag" for me - it's over the top and makes me wonder about his stability and motivations.

By the way though - ten thousand and thirty-seven kudos to Cute Guitar Boy. i.m.o. he should pick up some serious brownie points here for being brave on a moment's notice.

No, you are right - he does not have the right to barge in here whenever he wants. That's why Cute Guitar Boy and I just goggled at him for a moment before I could think of anything to say - it was a big load of crazy and WRONG.

And, to be honest, I do not buy the fire story, either way - when he was ranting at us, he said he was just trying to figure out which house had been on fire the night before - like, really, if a house your dad owns was on fire last night, why would you not know which one it was? But even so, the house next door to mine is theirs, as well, and I asked the woman that lives there if he had knocked on her door or anything that morning, and she said no.

If he was so worried about his property that he kicked in my door without permission when he knows full well he is not allowed to do that, then why did he not check the house right next door, too? It's seriously only about 15 steps from my front door to theirs.

My foster parents live in a house they rent from these people, too, and they were shown the other houses they own, so we know where all their rental properties are - cursory drive-bys do not show any kind of fire damage anywhere. Theoretically, the fire could've been inside where we can't see it, but who knows.

I can understand being worried about property, but these guys have been renting these houses out for many years. The landlord bought this one in the early 70s. So they know what they can and can't do. I don't know what his problem is, but he scared the crap out of me, and if he does anything like that again, I will call the cops.

I have had nothing but problems with these people since I signed the lease, and it's really becoming incredibly frustrating and making me nervous. I am going out tomorrow to buy new locks, just in case.

But yes! Hooray for Cute Guitar Boy! I was glad he was there. I can handle myself, of course, but it's nice to have someone backing you up in certain situations.

[Ghost_Tracker]

No, you are right - he does not have the right to barge in here whenever he wants. That's why Cute Guitar Boy and I just goggled at him for a moment before I could think of anything to say - it was a big load of crazy and WRONG. . . . .

But yes! Hooray for Cute Guitar Boy! I was glad he was there. I can handle myself, of course, but it's nice to have someone backing you up in certain situations.

List of things that I think should happen next - but - alas - won't. . . .

1.) Crazy Psycho Landlord's Son drives to Daddy's house and says, "I think maybe there's going to be some trouble. I did something . . . really dumb."

2.) Receiving an apology from either Psycho Son or the Landlord himself; either
handwritten or in person. Preferably from the two of them together.

3.) A promise that this will never, ever, ever happen again.

4.) An offer to make it up to you somehow.

5.) An inspection of your door to make sure that it hasn't been damaged and is still secure.

All of which, if 'ya think about it, are kinda symptomatic in their absence. . . . :blob2:

[jannieC]

Thank you Jannie. I already deleted several messages and it still reads the same thing. However when I am in the Rumours Forum it does not say Your PM box is 100% full

The email address we have for you is bouncing back. If you will provide your current address, we can send you a msg describing the problem.

[vivfox]

The email address we have for you is bouncing back. If you will provide your current address, we can send you a msg describing the problem.


I think I have figured it out. I am no longer listed as a supporting member(green lettering). This would make me over the limit on messages. Please ask Michele if she wants me re-listed as supporting.

[Zombie]

Annie, sometimes I forget that common sense is a privilege and not a right. It's a tough idea to swallow, but it's also very true.

By the way, have you ever read hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com? If not, GO LOOK NOW. And read the entire thing, but specifically the posts that you see on the righthand side in a column. Best. Blog. Ever. I feel like you'd appreciate the humor.


Missed this before, my bad! I LOVE Hyperbole and a Half. You can often find me wandering around my house lately, shouting things like, "EMAIL!" and "GROCERIES!" and "GO TO THE MOTHERF*CKING BANK LIKE AN ADULT!" and my personal favorite, "CLEAN ALL THE THINGS!"

I also like the Spaghatta Nadle. :nod:

[SapphireSister]

I'll be standing in front of Stevie Nicks in about 27 hours :thumbsup:.

[jannieC]

I think I have figured it out. I am no longer listed as a supporting member(green lettering). This would make me over the limit on messages. Please ask Michele if she wants me re-listed as supporting.

It's my understanding that if you want more space, you would need to renew your membership as "supporting." Again, if you give us some way of contacting you privately, Michele can go over details with you.

Thanks.
Janet

[Ghost_Tracker]

I'll be standing in front of Stevie Nicks in about 27 hours :thumbsup:.

:thumbsup:

I'll be feeling jealous in approximately 26. ;)

[Enchanted_Stevi]

So this past weekend down at The Cape was AWESOME!! I totally forgot my camera at home so I didnt get to take any pics!!! =( So we got to the house at like 11 or so. Hung out for a bit and went to bed. The next day we went to the beach. The waves werent totally ballin. I've seen and body surfed better ones lol But the water was wicked nice!! So we hung out at the beach like ALLLL freakin day lol Then we went home and all showered and hung out and ate dinner and hung out some more and went to bed. The next day we went to a lake for a couple hours. I Kayaked for the FIRST time and it was SO much fun! We were out SOOOO far and it was amazing lol I was pretty awesome at it =P Then we packed up and went to another beach. Ashley convinced me to swim out to the booey's. There were like 8 shark sightings 20 miles away and I was scared ****less that I was gonna get attacked by a shark or something LOL So on our way back to land(LOL) I had like panic attack cause Michael thought it would be funny to scare me. So I started crying and Ashley tried to hold me in the water and make me stop swimming and relax, but I obviously didnt want to and just paddled my way back to shore. I was never so happy in my life LOL So after awhile we head back to the house and all shower and pack up and go out to dinner at this pretty awesome place. I had fried clam strips...NOM!!!

The car ride home alone was AMAZING LOL Dance party/sing a long/bonding/texting from car to car/going into a mcdonalds for all of us to pee....yea

[Enchanted_Stevi]

OH and JTIS that today was such a perfect day!!

Ashley came over my house around 9. We went to get Dunkins and a car wash. Went back to my house and hung out and watched some Golden Girls. Then we got ready to go out. We went to Fashion Bug and Ashley got a new bra, then we went out to eat at Olive Garden(by far THE best lunch date I ever had w/ Ashley) We got an appetizer of stuffed mushrooms(8) and mozzelrella sticks(3), then salad and 3 breadsticks, Ashley got Chicken Parm and it came w/ some pasta and sauce, I got potebello stuffed raviolli's w/ a roasted tomato sauce and YUMMY cheese, we also got a dessert LOL Zeppoli's(which were amazing! I need to learn how to make these!) Not to mention our peach iced teas were amazing! Everything was perfectly propotioned and everything was AMAZING! We didnt have breakfest so we thought we'd splurge a little ;-) Then we went to Target(I bought a laundry basket and some headphones) OMG there is a SUPER cute top there that is SOOOO something that Stevie would wear! I'm gonna buy it when I get paid thursday =P Then we went to 5 Below, then back to my hosue to take a nap before we went to a movie. We saw "Despicable Me" which was SOOOO awesome! Then we went to Ashley's and hung out. Now I am home!

By far today was a PERFECT DAY!!

[estranged4life]

Just listening to a vinyl rip of Fleetwood Mac Rumours Nautilis SuperDiscs LP (24-bit/96kHz) and I have to say this is the best version of Rumours I have heard...Even sounds warmer than the DVD-A version.

[daniellaaarisen]

I'll be standing in front of Stevie Nicks in about 27 hours :thumbsup:.

I'm basically crapping my pants.

[Zombie]

:thumbsup:

I'll be feeling jealous in approximately 26. ;)

Shoot, I'm already feeling jealous. :laugh:

Btw, decided to write a formal letter to landlord. Have not heard a peep out of him yet, but he did manage to come by while I was asleep and put an envelope in my mailbox.

Inside was my rent receipt...and a photocopy of the sewer bill the last tenant left him, with the amount due circled, and "please help" written by it.

Bwuh? That's not my damn bill, you dummy. My parents got the same thing, and my dad remarked, "I'm going to make a nice invoice in Excel with my rent, utilities for the month, grocery bill, and car note all circled, and write, "please help" next to it and leave it in HIS mailbox." :laugh:

Also, I changed all the locks today. I remember being puzzled when I first moved in because the back door has like 6 deadbolts installed. This is not a bad neighborhood, so I couldn't figure out why someone would put that many locks on a door. Now I wonder if it didn't have something to do with these psychos.

[ButterCookie]

Shoot, I'm already feeling jealous. :laugh:

Me too, and I don't even listen to Stevie's stuff that often! :lol:

In approximately 9 hours I should have taken on a problem Shih Tzu who I intend to teach that people are friends and that this family wants to love him and not not hit him. He's a growler and a snapper and he hates men and I've fallen in love with him.

Here's hoping little man comes round after I pay for the unspeakable tobe done to his manhood.

[HomerMcvie]

Here's hoping little man comes round after I pay for the unspeakable tobe done to his manhood.

You're all the same!:mad:










:lol:

[ButterCookie]

You're all the same!:mad:










:lol:

:lol: I'd leave him if that wasn't the problem. I was going to put him to stud but he's wild or something, in a house with 4 collies, a westie and an un cut German Shepherd so he's fighting a losing battle to get to the top with his little teeth and I do not tolerate growlers or biters. Poor little guy.

[gretchen]

This humidity in Chicago right now can kiss my ass. :mad:

[estranged4life]

Battling through the depression and stress is starting to get to me. My therapist (Who I have been seeing since Debbie's death) asked me today if I needed to be hospitalized, because of my increasing thoughts of suicide...I told him "pass" since that would be a waste of time.

Besides, as I posted on my facebook page, I have 2 interviews the next 2 days...So will I go crazy first or get hired? Who knows... :shrug:

I'm hanging in there as best as possible...Would be better had we lived closer to my family.

[Ghost_Tracker]

Battling through the depression and stress is starting to get to me. My therapist (Who I have been seeing since Debbie's death) asked me today if I needed to be hospitalized, because of my increasing thoughts of suicide...I told him "pass" since that would be a waste of time.
I'm hanging in there as best as possible...Would be better had we lived closer to my family.

Why?

Anyway yes, please do hang in there.
"We're stronger with you than without you."

And besides - I know that in a way, it "doesn't compare" - but still - my Mom's unnecessary death hasn't exactly been a shot in the arm either. Believe me, there's other people who are suffering just as much as or more than you are. And look at it this way, suppose there really is an afterlife. Debbie would be like,
"DUDE, what the F'G, f'g, f'g, F*CK!!!? :shrug: "
She would want you to try your very best to have the best life that you can.
Part of that - unfortunately - is moving on.
Of course, there's always whiskey!
But leave that one to the pros. :wavey:
(Actually, I gotta admit I'm quite the amateur there, too. But I can tell 'ya that from what I've seen, it ain't exactly fun and just plain ain't worth it. So drinkin' yerself to death or dying from grief are both out. Hmmm . . . What does that leave!?
OH yeah - living.)

[jaycee]

I'm so excited today! The order for this - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wnfoxzegld0e - came through yesterday, and I'm currently listening to it! :blob2: I'm up to "Lucifer Sam", and loving every bit of it!

[estranged4life]

Why?

Anyway yes, please do hang in there.
"We're stronger with you than without you."

And besides - I know that in a way, it "doesn't compare" - but still - my Mom's unnecessary death hasn't exactly been a shot in the arm either. Believe me, there's other people who are suffering just as much as or more than you are. And look at it this way, suppose there really is an afterlife. Debbie would be like,
"DUDE, what the F'G, f'g, f'g, F*CK!!!? :shrug: "
She would want you to try your very best to have the best life that you can.
Part of that - unfortunately - is moving on.

depression before Debbie passed, I do fine in regards to dealing with her death...Just other **** in my life gets on my nerves, But I "dare to persevere" and keep going forward (Have my 6 cats to care for, one of the reasons I 'passed' on hospitalization...My BRATS don't like anyone other than me, and 5 of the 6 also trusted Debbie).

I'll be fine, as Pink Floyd's Roger Waters sang on "The Wall" "I can feel one of my turns coming on." :thumbsup:

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that I'm watching Shark Week lol

NOM! NOM! NOM!
http://www.wirelessandmobilenews.com/101art/Great-White-Shark-1.jpg

[Ghost_Tracker]

JTIS that I'm watching Shark Week lol

NOM! NOM! NOM!
http://www.wirelessandmobilenews.com/101art/Great-White-Shark-1.jpg

Just Thought I'd Share that I'll never go in the water again. :wavey: ;)

[vivfox]

JTIS this Stevie concert excitement is a lot of fun!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Just Thought I'd Share that I'll never go in the water again. :wavey: ;)

LOL TELL ME ABOUT IT!

[carrie721]

the funny thing to me about shark week is that its purpose is to allegedly educate the public about sharks (we kill ~100 million sharks a year, sharks do not kill 100 million people a year), but the programming itself, at least the last time i watched, is all SHARKS ARE TERRIFYING THEY WILL EAT YOU.

[ButterCookie]

We don't even get Shark Week. Or if we do, I can't find it and I wanna!

My baby just went to get all that matted hair off him. Poor honey's had a shoddy start to his life.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs218.snc4/39235_131546343554910_100000986363034_160010_6813695_n.jpg

[carrie721]

^ he doesn't look too unhappy about it!

[ButterCookie]

He's a cheerful guy but growls at you when you least expect it. He's definitely happier already after only coming here last night which is good :D

[Meowi]

JTIS that I am doing this from school... REBEL!

[Zombie]

He's a cheerful guy but growls at you when you least expect it. He's definitely happier already after only coming here last night which is good :D

He's so cute! My Pap-Pap had a long series of Shih Tzus throughout his life, each named Fifi (said like "fee-fee"). Like, one Fifi would die, and then he'd get another Fifi. All of the Fifis growled unexpectedly, if I recall correctly.

Here's my Miss Chloe last night, passed out from exhaustion after a spirited tambo session to the Boston GYOW.

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/nowgozombiego/IMG00283.jpg

Yeah, we know how to party up in this bitch.

[ButterCookie]

He's so cute! My Pap-Pap had a long series of Shih Tzus throughout his life, each named Fifi (said like "fee-fee"). Like, one Fifi would die, and then he'd get another Fifi. All of the Fifis growled unexpectedly, if I recall correctly.

I can't tell you how comforting that is :lol: It's so strange having a dog, especially a Shih Tzu, who doesn't like to be played with. The only person he'll sit on is me, sometimes my mum if he's in the right mood and she's not going to stroke him.

Here's my Miss Chloe last night, passed out from exhaustion after a spirited tambo session to the Boston GYOW.

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/nowgozombiego/IMG00283.jpg

Yeah, we know how to party up in this bitch.

Damn she's the cutest thing! :blob1: I love black dogs, I think they're gorgeous.

[SteveMacD]

Here are two songs from a one-off performance I did with my friends Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices), Jason Short, Darryl Robbins, and Dan Nolan as part of an annual Robert Pollard/GbV fan festival. I'm playing the Telecaster.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl4t3fblnd8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl4t3fblnd8)

[Zombie]

I can't tell you how comforting that is :lol: It's so strange having a dog, especially a Shih Tzu, who doesn't like to be played with. The only person he'll sit on is me, sometimes my mum if he's in the right mood and she's not going to stroke him.



Damn she's the cutest thing! :blob1: I love black dogs, I think they're gorgeous.

I dunno if it's a Shih Tzu thing or not, to be honest. I just remember all the Fifis being that way, and it could be due to the fact that we were small children, and they only ever liked us if we had crayons they could steal and eat. He's probably fine, though! Just needs some time. :thumbsup:

And thank you! Miss Chloe IS adorable, and quite pretty when she's not being a complete goofball. I do, however, feel like she should have a better name, but since I inherited her from my aunt and she's already 3, I cannot, in good conscience, rename her, even if I was sorely tempted for a while to start calling her Spaghetti, due to that one Hand Banana episode of Aqua Teens, and also it sounds sort of close to Chloe, with the long E sound on the end, which would make her more likely to answer.

That was a very long sentence.

Next dog I get will totally be called Pliers, though. Or Scrambles: The Death Dealer (Scrambly, for short). :nod:

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that my ass muscles, thighs, non existant abs, and everything else HURTS LIKE A MOFO! From slip n sliding and having a wicked intense dance party and I feel like I got hit by a truck LOL Not to mention the scratches on my butt cheeks from rocks from slip n sliding hurt lol

[chelluversu]

This is my last month of summer... :(

A few of my friends have already started school, and I feel so bad for them (not really lol). I've been incredibly busy with my friends, but the only sad thing about this summer is that two of my realllllllly good friends are leaving me. My friend Storm is leaving me for California, and my friend Billy has just left me (yesterday) for North Carolina. Oh and my sister is leaving me to go back to Michigan tomorrow because she has to move back into the dorms at MSU this week...WTF!!

They come and they go...

[Enchanted_Stevi]

This is my last month of summer... :(

A few of my friends have already started school, and I feel so bad for them (not really lol). I've been incredibly busy with my friends, but the only sad thing about this summer is that two of my realllllllly good friends are leaving me. My friend Storm is leaving me for California, and my friend Billy has just left me (yesterday) for North Carolina. Oh and my sister is leaving me to go back to Michigan tomorrow because she has to move back into the dorms at MSU this week...WTF!!

They come and they go...

WOW, thats one reason why I hate college. All your good friends you made in high school and such are always gone and then you loose touch and then when u see them next its like u dont even know them =( Thank GOD my girlfriend is staying home and communting to college. I'll be starting hair school in September. My school and her school arent too far apart actually and our friend Katie goes to school like 25 minutes away so its not too bad.

[chelluversu]

WOW, thats one reason why I hate college. All your good friends you made in high school and such are always gone and then you loose touch and then when u see them next its like u dont even know them =( Thank GOD my girlfriend is staying home and communting to college. I'll be starting hair school in September. My school and her school arent too far apart actually and our friend Katie goes to school like 25 minutes away so its not too bad.

This school year is gonna suck for me because I'm leaving when summer hits =\
There are tons of people that I'm gonna miss soooo much that I don't want to even think about it. I already know that some people will be unintentionally lost in my life; it happened when I started high school (I went to a different school district than my friends), and then again when I moved to Virginia... I get to spend next year without my bestfriend Storm, which sucks, so thank God (and whoever else you want lol) that you are able to keep your favorite people around.

College for me starts next fall, and I'm headed to Michigan State University. In January I'm going to send in an application to work at Cedar Point (aka the BEST friggin theme park on the east coast) in Sandusky, Ohio. So when summer hits -- and if I get the job-- I'm headed to Sandusky for the whole summer. I'm making this summer the best one of my life.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

This school year is gonna suck for me because I'm leaving when summer hits =\
There are tons of people that I'm gonna miss soooo much that I don't want to even think about it. I already know that some people will be unintentionally lost in my life; it happened when I started high school (I went to a different school district than my friends), and then again when I moved to Virginia... I get to spend next year without my bestfriend Storm, which sucks, so thank God (and whoever else you want lol) that you are able to keep your favorite people around.

College for me starts next fall, and I'm headed to Michigan State University. In January I'm going to send in an application to work at Cedar Point (aka the BEST friggin theme park on the east coast) in Sandusky, Ohio. So when summer hits -- and if I get the job-- I'm headed to Sandusky for the whole summer. I'm making this summer the best one of my life.

Well try your best keeping in touch with them. Like facebook and instant messanger and texting. When they come home for holiday's try and make plans to hang out. Good Luck!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that I'm waiting for Ashley to come over. I'm trying to figure out what to make for breakfast lol I dont have to work today, so we're gonna chill by the pool and stuff. Oh and I gotta close one bank account and put that money in my new bank account like today lol

[vivfox]

JTIS that since July 4th I have been walking 6 days a week for two or more hours a day and so far I've lost 10 pounds! Yesterday I started to jump rope, 50 revolutions. I slept 8 solid hours last night.

My body looks forward to exercise in the same way it used to look forward to marijuana.

[BTFLCHLD]

I'm playing the Telecaster.

this is verycool! thanks for sharing

[MissLadyLoki]

JTIS that since July 4th I have been walking 6 days a week for two or more hours a day and so far I've lost 10 pounds! Yesterday I started to jump rope, 50 revolutions. I slept 8 solid hours last night.

My body looks forward to exercise in the same way it used to look forward to marijuana.

:thumbsup: Congrats! Now, if Icould get my fat ass to do some exercise...

[HomerMcvie]

Here are two songs from a one-off performance I did with my friends Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices), Jason Short, Darryl Robbins, and Dan Nolan as part of an annual Robert Pollard/GbV fan festival. I'm playing the Telecaster.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl4t3fblnd8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl4t3fblnd8)

Hey, I know we have an offer out on a GBV date, on Oct 29th. I'm ASSuming that's original members?

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that since July 4th I have been walking 6 days a week for two or more hours a day and so far I've lost 10 pounds! Yesterday I started to jump rope, 50 revolutions. I slept 8 solid hours last night.

My body looks forward to exercise in the same way it used to look forward to marijuana.

Congrats on the weight loss!

[ButterCookie]

JTIS that since July 4th I have been walking 6 days a week for two or more hours a day and so far I've lost 10 pounds! Yesterday I started to jump rope, 50 revolutions. I slept 8 solid hours last night.

My body looks forward to exercise in the same way it used to look forward to marijuana.

That's awesome!! I used to puke in the face of exercise but since getting my dog I really enjoy getting up with him and walking in a morning. Just as it's getting warm but before everybody else is out. The prospect of getting up for school in september really isn't as daunting anymore knowing that I can do something peaceful before I go.

[chelluversu]

JTIS that since July 4th I have been walking 6 days a week for two or more hours a day and so far I've lost 10 pounds! Yesterday I started to jump rope, 50 revolutions. I slept 8 solid hours last night.

My body looks forward to exercise in the same way it used to look forward to marijuana.

Congrats Viv!! I wish i had that kind of dedication =]
your body will thank you ( so they say lol ) :thumbsup:

[jannieC]

<a href="http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-crews-misspell-100809,0,2388107.story">Brings a tear to my eye, really</a>.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS- That I am SOOOOOO proud of my mother!! After one night a few weeks ago of "partying a bit too hard" she went to the hospital and I think it scared her. So ever since then she's been going to A.A. meetings and now she has a 2nd job and I can tell she's been much nicer and happier. I am just SOOO proud of her!! Its been almost 1 month.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Today I went over to Ashley's and we hung out by the pool and got our tan on and then I went to work and then I went to Kohl's and bought a couple tshirts cuz Ashley's mom had a 30% off coupon lol

JTIS

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that I just fell down a few steps from my stairs after misjudging how many steps were left in the dark and scraped my knees on the hardwood floor =( FAIL!

[chelluversu]

JTIS that I just fell down a few steps from my stairs after misjudging how many steps were left in the dark and scraped my knees on the hardwood floor =( FAIL!

That happens to me about a few times every month, but it's only because the carpet on my stairs hates me =[[


JTIS:

Today I found out that my boyfriend hates being neglected. If I am going somewhere with a friend then he feels left out if I don't ask him if he wants to go -- even if he doesn't know the friend I am going with. I mean dude...I have a life you know. Of course I told him that he's not going to be invited to everything I go to, and sometimes he's going to be left out. His response: "Sorry im annoying. I'll try not to be if u want." I told him that I'd let him no if I want to kill him (when he's annoying me) :laugh: Such a nice girlfriend I am.

P.S. from our 3 years of friendship he is used to my meanness and likes it...weirdo.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

That happens to me about a few times every month, but it's only because the carpet on my stairs hates me =[[


JTIS:

Today I found out that my boyfriend hates being neglected. If I am going somewhere with a friend then he feels left out if I don't ask him if he wants to go -- even if he doesn't know the friend I am going with. I mean dude...I have a life you know. Of course I told him that he's not going to be invited to everything I go to, and sometimes he's going to be left out. His response: "Sorry im annoying. I'll try not to be if u want." I told him that I'd let him no if I want to kill him (when he's annoying me) :laugh: Such a nice girlfriend I am.

P.S. from our 3 years of friendship he is used to my meanness and likes it...weirdo.

Ya my knee is KILLING me now, I'd get up and find neospporin but I'm too lazy lol

I hate being neglected too lol Thank god my girlfriend likes to be with me 24/7 as much as I love being w/ her 24/7!! lol

[daniellaaarisen]

I saw a video of my horse for the first time in months today. It was his first time jumping in nearly two years so the fences are small so he wouldn't kill himself... and yet I can tell he was still ridiculously excited to be jumping SOMETHING. We sold him in June, but it's kinda a weird situation.... we sold him to my best horse friend's family, and then they immediately moved across the country to Kentucky. It's nice because I get updated about his progress on a daily basis and I'm pretty sure they'll be willing to sell him back to me at some point in time, but it's still really surreal to see someone else jumping him and hear about his life without me.

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Back when he was shiny and pretty and mine:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2711/167/68/1047240440/n1047240440_30590762_7630746.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs270.snc1/9726_1202254770325_1047240440_30890502_3295408_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v170/167/68/1047240440/n1047240440_30260934_6929.jpg

^^ hahahahahaha that looks so strange... my phone was in my pocket.




I miss my pony :( Okay, end of depressing rant.

[jannieC]

JTIS- That I am SOOOOOO proud of my mother!! After one night a few weeks ago of "partying a bit too hard" she went to the hospital and I think it scared her. So ever since then she's been going to A.A. meetings and now she has a 2nd job and I can tell she's been much nicer and happier. I am just SOOO proud of her!! Its been almost 1 month.

Glad to hear this. :thumbsup:

[MissLadyLoki]

JTIS- From the 17th to the 25th, I'll be on vacation and won't have access to a computer. So, if you're all wondering where that annoying girl from New York is, here's your answer lol.

[holidayroad]

JTIS- From the 17th to the 25th, I'll be on vacation and won't have access to a computer. So, if you're all wondering where that annoying girl from New York is, here's your answer lol.

Have a great time on your vacation!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I saw a video of my horse for the first time in months today. It was his first time jumping in nearly two years so the fences are small so he wouldn't kill himself... and yet I can tell he was still ridiculously excited to be jumping SOMETHING. We sold him in June, but it's kinda a weird situation.... we sold him to my best horse friend's family, and then they immediately moved across the country to Kentucky. It's nice because I get updated about his progress on a daily basis and I'm pretty sure they'll be willing to sell him back to me at some point in time, but it's still really surreal to see someone else jumping him and hear about his life without me.

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Dani, I've told u this before, but your horse is BEAUTIFUL! Its too bad that your parents had to sell it, but at least your getting updates regularly. I hope that they will sell you back your horse when you can get him again.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Glad to hear this. :thumbsup:

Thanks! Me too! She's so much more pleasant to be around now lol

[Zombie]

JTIS- That I am SOOOOOO proud of my mother!! After one night a few weeks ago of "partying a bit too hard" she went to the hospital and I think it scared her. So ever since then she's been going to A.A. meetings and now she has a 2nd job and I can tell she's been much nicer and happier. I am just SOOO proud of her!! Its been almost 1 month.

That is fantastic. I hope she keeps it up. Having a parent with a drinking problem is not a fun thing at all.

[ILoveFM]

I'll be in AC in 2 weeks! Oh, and I'm moving out of my childhood home for good (hopefully haha) tomorrow! It's so bittersweet, but I am so excited to be out on my own.

[MissLadyLoki]

I'll be in AC in 2 weeks! Oh, and I'm moving out of my childhood home for good (hopefully haha) tomorrow! It's so bittersweet, but I am so excited to be out on my own.

Don't forget, I'm gonna call you tomorrow. Now remember, I have a New York accent and talk fast, so don't hate.

[ILoveFM]

Don't forget, I'm gonna call you tomorrow. Now remember, I have a New York accent and talk fast, so don't hate.

Honey, my accent is the butt of jokes on a daily basis. I don't hate haha.

[jannieC]

Thanks! Me too! She's so much more pleasant to be around now lol

Excellent article, Caitlin:

http://www.recoverytoday.net/articles/215-dealing-with-a-parents-addiction

[Ghost_Tracker]

I saw a video of my horse for the first time in months today. ....

I miss my pony :( Okay, end of depressing rant.

I know you probably feel it doesn't even begin to compare, but I had to sell my car when I went off to college. Parents always say "some sacrifices have to be made" and it's hard to not feel emotional about it, but in general it really is true. I, also, might have gone to a much better school - I had been admitted to Boston University to study Biomedical Engineering - my DREAM school and I would have been there with friends from high school, several of whom were also studying Biomedical Engineering. Tuition was $14,000 a year and climbing - that was considered to be a LOT back then.
I ended up going to SUNY Buffalo - a fairly good school - not as good back then as it is now, but pretty good. It's "the poor man's MIT." (Kinda-sorta.)
My point isn't meant to be unsympathetic; merely to show that others have been through the same process, to one degree or another. "It's worth it," as they say.
It also shows one that if one wants to have kids some day - and have them go to the school of their dreams AND have a car AND have other things - - -
well, you know the rest.
Tuition is getting OUTRAGEOUS. Syracuse University, last I knew, was over $150,000 for a full 4 years (many are going 5 now...) and that's for one kid. Of course there's financial aid and scholarships, but still - - - it's getting more and more difficult even for the well-off to be able to afford it. And - sorry - there IS a difference in quality (i.m.o.) between a state school and a private one. (Then again, in some ways the state schools have some advantages over the private ones as well - S.U.'s engineering program, for example, frankly sucks.)
End of ramble - you get the gist.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

That is fantastic. I hope she keeps it up. Having a parent with a drinking problem is not a fun thing at all.

I'm sure she will. I just have to keep saying positive things to her about it. Plus she like it when people clap for my mom at A.A. =P No it isnt fun at all! Ive been dealing with this since 1998!! So THANK GOD she finally got the hint lol

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Excellent article, Caitlin:

http://www.recoverytoday.net/articles/215-dealing-with-a-parents-addiction

Thanks Jannie! I love this article!! A lot of it is very true lol Especially this sentance "Children of addicts often develop feelings of anger and resentment toward their parents" =P

I saved this article to my favorites!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that today I was suppose to lay out by Ashley's pool ALL day since I didnt have to work, but it was cloudy and yucky out!! So that didnt happen. Hopefully tmrw will be nicer so I can get my tan on and then work for 4 hours lol

OH and I have an interview with Macy's next Thursday =D So maybe I'll get another job or replace the one at the rectory. I also have an interview with Henri's School Of Hair Design Tuesday. I'll be starting Hair and Cosmetology school in September =D

[Zombie]

I'm sure she will. I just have to keep saying positive things to her about it. Plus she like it when people clap for my mom at A.A. =P No it isnt fun at all! Ive been dealing with this since 1998!! So THANK GOD she finally got the hint lol

Yeah, it's not a good thing, for you OR your mom, so I am glad to hear she's getting help. Definitely keep up with the encouragement, and even go to meetings with her if she wants you to, for extra support - she will need it. Alcoholism is hard for everyone involved, but so is recovery.

I grew up surrounded by alcoholics (until I went into foster care...because of my mom's alcoholism, heh) - my biological father died from liver complications due to drinking when I was 7. My step-dad drank beer like it was water.

And my mother drank a box or more of cheap wine a day for over 20 years, which finally killed her (horrifically, I might add - like, we're talkin' "there are no words strong enough to describe just how horrific it was" horrific) at the end of this past January. A few years ago, the doctors told her that she was going to die if she didn't quit drinking, but she didn't stop. My step-dad finally realized that if he wanted HER to quit drinking, then he needed to quit, too. So he did. He's been clean for about a year now, and there towards the very end, my mom finally consented to start going to AA, and while I am grateful she finally started trying, it was just too little, too late. But I am so proud of my dad for stepping up and trying to correct his problem, even though he could've easily ignored his own issues because they weren't making him sick like they made my mom. And I'm even more proud that he managed to stay sober when my mom died, because he was absolutely gutted over it. And I mean gutted.

So I know how hard it is to have family members with this kind of problem. If you ever want to talk, just give me a holler. I'll be here for you.

[Ghost_Tracker]

JTIS- That I am SOOOOOO proud of my mother!! After one night a few weeks ago of "partying a bit too hard" she went to the hospital and I think it scared her. So ever since then she's been going to A.A. meetings and now she has a 2nd job and I can tell she's been much nicer and happier. I am just SOOO proud of her!! Its been almost 1 month.

That's awesome Caitlin, I'm glad this is finally starting to get better.

[ButterCookie]

Just think I'll leave this here.
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l73stnPwvm1qceqiho1_500.jpg

[GODDESS6]

Just think I'll leave this here.
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l73stnPwvm1qceqiho1_500.jpg

toooooooooooo cute~

[vivfox]

I'm sure she will. I just have to keep saying positive things to her about it. Plus she like it when people clap for my mom at A.A. =P No it isnt fun at all! Ive been dealing with this since 1998!! So THANK GOD she finally got the hint lol


It is so exciting to walk up in front of a room full of clapping people and accept your coin(AA) or keychain(N/A) when you have stayed clean and sober for one whole month. Then on your anniversary date each month(for the 1st year) you get to repeat this process. These moments really do a lot to encourage your momentum. It worked for me. I'm now clean and sober for one year and seven months.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Yeah, it's not a good thing, for you OR your mom, so I am glad to hear she's getting help. Definitely keep up with the encouragement, and even go to meetings with her if she wants you to, for extra support - she will need it. Alcoholism is hard for everyone involved, but so is recovery.

I grew up surrounded by alcoholics (until I went into foster care...because of my mom's alcoholism, heh) - my biological father died from liver complications due to drinking when I was 7. My step-dad drank beer like it was water.

And my mother drank a box or more of cheap wine a day for over 20 years, which finally killed her (horrifically, I might add - like, we're talkin' "there are no words strong enough to describe just how horrific it was" horrific) at the end of this past January. A few years ago, the doctors told her that she was going to die if she didn't quit drinking, but she didn't stop. My step-dad finally realized that if he wanted HER to quit drinking, then he needed to quit, too. So he did. He's been clean for about a year now, and there towards the very end, my mom finally consented to start going to AA, and while I am grateful she finally started trying, it was just too little, too late. But I am so proud of my dad for stepping up and trying to correct his problem, even though he could've easily ignored his own issues because they weren't making him sick like they made my mom. And I'm even more proud that he managed to stay sober when my mom died, because he was absolutely gutted over it. And I mean gutted.

So I know how hard it is to have family members with this kind of problem. If you ever want to talk, just give me a holler. I'll be here for you.

My mom wants me to go to her 1 month sober AA meeting. SO I will. ANYTHING to keep her going and doing well.

WOW that is such a horrific story!! Its too bad how alcohol and drugs can take over someone. I'm glad your dad has been sober for a year! Thats quite the accomplishment!! Thanks so much for the offer if I need anyone to talk to =D I'll definatly take u up on it one day =)

[Enchanted_Stevi]

That's awesome Caitlin, I'm glad this is finally starting to get better.

OMG ME TOO! Its been way too long!!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Just think I'll leave this here.
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l73stnPwvm1qceqiho1_500.jpg

AWWW how cute!!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

It is so exciting to walk up in front of a room full of clapping people and accept your coin(AA) or keychain(N/A) when you have stayed clean and sober for one whole month. Then on your anniversary date each month(for the 1st year) you get to repeat this process. These moments really do a lot to encourage your momentum. It worked for me. I'm now clean and sober for one year and seven months.

Congrats on the sobriety!!

I think its the encouragement from other people who know how you feel and who are in the same boat as you make you feel like your not alone and want to fight =)

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that tomorrow is gonna be like 84 and I am HOPING its gonna be sunny and not cloudy!! So I can get my tan on! We might be having a Jersey Shore party tomorrow =P Prepare for SNOOKI poofs and LOTS of BRONZER LOL I'm excited!

[vivfox]

One of my ultra cool Twitter friends posted this:

Taylor: "watcha listenin to? Me: "rhiannon" Taylor: "oh i love rihanna!"...i hate my friends....

JTIS

[Enchanted_Stevi]

One of my ultra cool Twitter friends posted this:

Taylor: "watcha listenin to? Me: "rhiannon" Taylor: "oh i love rihanna!"...i hate my friends....

JTIS

xD WOW thats probably a mistake I would do but the other way around
Me: whatcha listening to? Friend: Rihanna Me: Oh I LOVE RHIANNON! Stevie Nicks is amazing!!

=P

[DefDumbandBlond]

I'm editing tags for a ton of live shows for a few friends and everything is on my desktop at the moment, and I swear it looks like it exploded. :eek: I'm so organized. :]

[Zombie]

Back when he was shiny and pretty and mine:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs270.snc1/9726_1202254770325_1047240440_30890502_3295408_n.jpg

I miss my pony :( Okay, end of depressing rant.

I sorry you miss your pony. But I have an important question: how's come you get to look so photogenic when sitting upon a pony, but I don't? Not fair!

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/nowgozombiego/anniehorse.jpg

It is so exciting to walk up in front of a room full of clapping people and accept your coin(AA) or keychain(N/A) when you have stayed clean and sober for one whole month. Then on your anniversary date each month(for the 1st year) you get to repeat this process. These moments really do a lot to encourage your momentum. It worked for me. I'm now clean and sober for one year and seven months.

Congrats, my friend. While I was in Seattle for my mother's funeral, I went to a few meetings with my dad. I confess that any time anyone in there opened their mouths to speak, I wanted to shake them like rats or kick them in a punch fight, though. But I didn't. I didn't even yell at them like I wanted to. Because my dad is doing so well there, and he asked me to go for support.

They all just made me so damn angry. From a purely clinical perspective, my reaction was really interesting.

My mom wants me to go to her 1 month sober AA meeting. SO I will. ANYTHING to keep her going and doing well.

WOW that is such a horrific story!! Its too bad how alcohol and drugs can take over someone. I'm glad your dad has been sober for a year! Thats quite the accomplishment!! Thanks so much for the offer if I need anyone to talk to =D I'll definatly take u up on it one day =)

Oh, you have no idea re: horrific. My dad was in the room with her when she finally went, and he still has nightmares about it. The first week or so, he couldn't sleep at all, because every time he closed his eyes, that's what he saw. Think of the worst gore scene in the worst horror movie you've ever seen, and multiply that by at least 5 - then you might be in the general ballpark.

Drinking is NOT WORTH IT, y'all. It's just so not worth it. I'm not a teetotaler or anything, but I am quite vigilant about policing my own intake, due to the environment I grew up in. They say having alcoholic parents makes you more likely to be one, too, and that is not a chance I am willing to take.

But yes. Go with her. Hopefully, you won't want to deck everyone like I wanted to. ;)

[jannieC]

My mom wants me to go to her 1 month sober AA meeting. SO I will. ANYTHING to keep her going and doing well.

WOW that is such a horrific story!! Its too bad how alcohol and drugs can take over someone. I'm glad your dad has been sober for a year! Thats quite the accomplishment!! Thanks so much for the offer if I need anyone to talk to =D I'll definatly take u up on it one day =)

Have you thought of trying Al-anon, Caitlin?

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Oh, you have no idea re: horrific. My dad was in the room with her when she finally went, and he still has nightmares about it. The first week or so, he couldn't sleep at all, because every time he closed his eyes, that's what he saw. Think of the worst gore scene in the worst horror movie you've ever seen, and multiply that by at least 5 - then you might be in the general ballpark.

Drinking is NOT WORTH IT, y'all. It's just so not worth it. I'm not a teetotaler or anything, but I am quite vigilant about policing my own intake, due to the environment I grew up in. They say having alcoholic parents makes you more likely to be one, too, and that is not a chance I am willing to take.

But yes. Go with her. Hopefully, you won't want to deck everyone like I wanted to. ;)

WOW that sounds like a really not pleasent death =( I dont blame your dad for not sleeping for weeks! i'm sure if that was me I wouldnt be able to sleep for MONTHS!!! Only my mom drinks, my dad doesnt, but my moms bf does. So I guess you could say my "parents" are alcoholics since I live w/ my mom and her boyfriend.

I have never really been much of a drinker, like I know my limit and I'll have one or 2 drinks and that about it. I did one night get WAY too drunk and threw up in my driveway and had THE WORST HANGOVER EVER!! So after that I rarely drink. Vodka just doesnt appeal to me anymore lol

Well lets hope I dont wanna deck anyone =P

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Have you thought of trying Al-anon, Caitlin?

I actually did go to a couple Al-anon meetings that they had in my High School, but other than that no. I know they have alanon meetings at the convent for the church I work for since every Saturday someone would come over for the key for the meeting, but idk if they have it there anymore. I think I cope with it pretty well, WAAAY better then I did before. Talking about it really helps.

Idk i might try to go one day.

[jannieC]

Received documentation in the mail yesterday- I am now a fully licensed therapist/clinical social worker. :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[GypsySorcerer]

Received documentation in the mail yesterday- I am now a fully licensed therapist/clinical social worker. :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

Congratulations, Jannie! :xoxo::woohoo:

[SapphireSister]

Received documentation in the mail yesterday- I am now a fully licensed therapist/clinical social worker. :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:
Great, congrats! You down for some pro bono work? :rolleyes:

[Zombie]

Received documentation in the mail yesterday- I am now a fully licensed therapist/clinical social worker. :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

Congratulations! That's awesome, and I can't think of a better person for that job than you. You rock. :xoxo:

****

JTIS I have a summer cold. I was hoping it was just allergies at first, but no. Actually sick. I hope it goes away in time for Friday, because Cute Guitar Boy's band is playing both nights of a weekend-long outdoor metal festival, and wants me to come along. And that means camping. Camping + August heat in Saint Louis + summer cold = WAHHHHHH. :distress:

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Received documentation in the mail yesterday- I am now a fully licensed therapist/clinical social worker. :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

CONGRATS!!!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS I have a summer cold. I was hoping it was just allergies at first, but no. Actually sick. I hope it goes away in time for Friday, because Cute Guitar Boy's band is playing both nights of a weekend-long outdoor metal festival, and wants me to come along. And that means camping. Camping + August heat in Saint Louis + summer cold = WAHHHHHH. :distress:

I HATE summer colds!! Mostly because they are really random! Like why would you get a cold in the middle of summer?!?! LOL I hope your feeling better for the concert ur going to!!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that I worked today 1-5 and then Ashley picked me up cuz my mom was working at Applebees tonight. I hung out w/ her family at her Nonna's house. They are SO nice I just love them! Pretty sure their more like family to me than my own...well other than my uncle AL and my grandmother on my moms side =P

Going to Boston Tuesday for a Ghost Tour thing, which should be WICKED fun!

[vivfox]

Received documentation in the mail yesterday- I am now a fully licensed therapist/clinical social worker. :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

Congrats to you. I bet you studied very hard to earn this degree.:blob2:

[daniellaaarisen]

Excellent article, Caitlin:

http://www.recoverytoday.net/articles/215-dealing-with-a-parents-addiction

Just read that. Extremely interesting and helpful for me, too.

[daniellaaarisen]

Have you thought of trying Al-anon, Caitlin?

I so second this. I've been to a handful of Al-anon meetings and it is SO interesting to hear from other people about their experiences. Also, you'll be amazed at the age range of the members of your group... there were people in their sixties who were still working through their parents' drinking. You should try it-- I wish I kept going to meetings.

[daniellaaarisen]

Received documentation in the mail yesterday- I am now a fully licensed therapist/clinical social worker. :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

Now I have to pay you when I call and bitch about my life ;) I've already said it, but congrats Jannie. So so so so happy for you and excited for what's to come!

[Sahara]

JTIS that my friends introduced me to Bare Minerals makeup last weekend and I'm loving it! I'm not knowledgeable at all about makeup and have never been interested in spending a lot of time on it, but this stuff is fantastic and I feel great wearing it. :)

[Zombie]

Erm. So that doggie I inherited from my aunt? She just went into heat.

I have never had a dog in heat before, and I have no idea how to handle it. Anyone have any advice? Do they make Tampax for dogs? I don't want her bleeding all over my carpet and everything.

I am a bit freaked out by this, I must say. :shocked:

[ButterCookie]

Erm. So that doggie I inherited from my aunt? She just went into heat.

I have never had a dog in heat before, and I have no idea how to handle it. Anyone have any advice? Do they make Tampax for dogs? I don't want her bleeding all over my carpet and everything.

I am a bit freaked out by this, I must say. :shocked:

I'd be freaked out too. My mum wanted me to get a little girle but I said no for that reason. I can cope with a hormonal male, I just feed him and tell him to stfu before putting him in the garden.

Can't you buy those little like, daiper thingies to stop them getting freaky with male dogs when they're out on walkies, I'd imagine putting some tissue in there would work?

[Zombie]

^^^^^

Yeah, I gotta do something (other than wanting to shake my aunt like a rat). Obviously, she needs to be fixed, but I can't do that now until she's done bleeding all over my house. I am caught by surprise! And the kids are all, "OMG EW." As am I, honestly. Because...OMG EW. Also, I am a bad person, because every time I look at her, I have the overwhelming urge to re-enact that one scene from Stephen King's Carrie - "Plug it UP! Plug it UP!"

I am frantically Googling about for suggestions re: diapers. Apparently, they make special dog diapers for this purpose, but they are ridiculously expensive. I'm wondering if I can buy adult people diapers and cut a hole for her tail? If she were little, I think it would be easier with a baby diaper - I have much experience with baby diapers. But she's like 80 pounds, and has a huge butt.

That will be fun at the store. "No, it's for my dog. Really."

She's gonna be mad because I can't let her outside by herself/at will now like I usually do, but there is NO WAY I want her getting pregnant.

Argh.

[ButterCookie]

OMG EW really hits it on the head. I got it from my Rabbit and was like "Bitch you're going seeing the man with the scalpel." Luckily I could keep her in her cage with her being a house bunny.

You could try those pull up pants for older kids? The ones with the cute designs on like Toy Story and stuff. Either that orr a makeshift traditional one out of an old towel with a pin and such.

My doggy has been puking all day and I could really do with a nosebag to protect the carpets in this house :shocked:

[Edgeof27]

^^^^^

Yeah, I gotta do something (other than wanting to shake my aunt like a rat). Obviously, she needs to be fixed, but I can't do that now until she's done bleeding all over my house. I am caught by surprise! And the kids are all, "OMG EW." As am I, honestly. Because...OMG EW. Also, I am a bad person, because every time I look at her, I have the overwhelming urge to re-enact that one scene from Stephen King's Carrie - "Plug it UP! Plug it UP!"

I am frantically Googling about for suggestions re: diapers. Apparently, they make special dog diapers for this purpose, but they are ridiculously expensive. I'm wondering if I can buy adult people diapers and cut a hole for her tail? If she were little, I think it would be easier with a baby diaper - I have much experience with baby diapers. But she's like 80 pounds, and has a huge butt.

That will be fun at the store. "No, it's for my dog. Really."

She's gonna be mad because I can't let her outside by herself/at will now like I usually do, but there is NO WAY I want her getting pregnant.

Argh.

http://www.pet-dog-cat-supply-store.com/shop/index.php?page=shop-flypage-35214

found this on "google", may help,

[Zombie]

^^^^

Thank you for the suggestions! I decided to go with adult diapers, since Chloe has a huge butt. I have cut a hole in the back for her tail. So far, it seems to be working well enough, though she looks completely humiliated and the kids can't stop laughing at her. Also, thank Jebus for self-scan machines at the Wal-Mart, because purchasing adult diapers is kinda...y'know...embarassing.

In other dog-related news, I just spent 20 minutes convincing the kids that the new dog food we got Chloe would trigger a tiny Conestoga wagon pulled by tiny horses to burst through the front door and race around the dining room table exactly 3 times (widdershins, of course) before sailing right out the back door. They've poured a bowl for the dog and are patiently awaiting the wagon's arrival.

I'm a bad person.

[vivfox]

Right now former Fleetwood Mac member Jeremy Spencer is viewing The Ledge:

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[Enchanted_Stevi]

I so second this. I've been to a handful of Al-anon meetings and it is SO interesting to hear from other people about their experiences. Also, you'll be amazed at the age range of the members of your group... there were people in their sixties who were still working through their parents' drinking. You should try it-- I wish I kept going to meetings.

Thanks Dani, I'll definatly keep it in mind. I'll look up some alanon meetings in my town. =)

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that my friends introduced me to Bare Minerals makeup last weekend and I'm loving it! I'm not knowledgeable at all about makeup and have never been interested in spending a lot of time on it, but this stuff is fantastic and I feel great wearing it. :)

I've always wondered about that make up. Like my skin isnt smooth and stuff so I'm always afraid that mineral foundation would excentuate that.

[daniellaaarisen]

Bare Minerals is awesome. I need to buy more before college-- I'm running low. And the best part is that you can accidentally sleep with your face makeup on and you won't break out! whoohoo

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Erm. So that doggie I inherited from my aunt? She just went into heat.

I have never had a dog in heat before, and I have no idea how to handle it. Anyone have any advice? Do they make Tampax for dogs? I don't want her bleeding all over my carpet and everything.

I am a bit freaked out by this, I must say. :shocked:

I nevr had a dog that went into heat but my dads cat went into heat because they took WAAAY too loing to get her fixed. Uhh they just kinda ignored it lol Yea, I dont have any advice. I'd say google it thats what I always do LOL

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS That I'm heading to Boston tomorrow =D We're gonna be walking around all day and then at 9pm we have a reservation with the Ghost Tour =D I'm SO ASIGHTED! But before that I have my appt w/ the Hair School that I am going to. I am wicked nervous! Like I'm all paranoid that my hair and make up HAVE to be PERFECT LOL WIsh me luck on that interview!!!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Bare Minerals is awesome. I need to buy more before college-- I'm running low. And the best part is that you can accidentally sleep with your face makeup on and you won't break out! whoohoo

I NEED THAT! lol Any make up that will prevent me from breaking out=AMAZING lol

[daniellaaarisen]

I take my Lady Gaga seriously. The Telephone music video....


http://sunglassesonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/gaga.jpg

http://indyposted.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Lady-Gaga-soda-can-hair.jpg

plus me....

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs378.snc4/46123_1469656095191_1047240440_31572245_7318287_n.jpg





I had second row seats to Lady Gaga tonight. Anyone who says that she has no talent or artistic capability needs to see her live before he or she can pass judgment. That was literally the most impressive concert I've ever been to. From my camera:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs138.ash2/40231_1469651615079_1047240440_31572216_7204546_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs193.ash2/45654_1469653095116_1047240440_31572229_7858166_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs160.ash2/41345_1469652935112_1047240440_31572227_2118047_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs389.snc4/45175_1469653215119_1047240440_31572231_1164776_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs398.snc4/46161_1469653295121_1047240440_31572232_2329428_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs385.snc4/44790_1469653375123_1047240440_31572234_2894535_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs309.snc4/40809_1469653415124_1047240440_31572235_7471487_n.jpg



It's sad that pictures can't really explain why I think that show was so incredible. Everything that Lady Gaga did for "shock value" during the show had a much, much deeper meaning underneath it. Seriously, that show was like watching visual and auditory art combine in the most interesting way possible.

[holidayroad]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs160.ash2/41345_1469652935112_1047240440_31572227_2118047_n.jpg



Her vocal talent is great, but it's hard to take someone seriously when they are playing the piano in their underwear.

[ButterCookie]

Her vocal talent is great, but it's hard to take someone seriously when they are playing the piano in their underwear.

I bet Christine plays the piano in her underwear at home sometimes. Just because she can.

I got told I couldn't go out today, Tumblr went down so my boredom did this...
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs365.snc4/44830_134811419895069_100000986363034_173946_7863560_n.jpg

[vivfox]

JTIS that Carson Daily looked so much better before his weight loss surgery. Everytime I see him I think this.

[Artemis]

JTIS, results day didn't go as bad as I expected! A in English Language, B in History (just missed that A!) and... a D in Law. (2 marks off a C, and considering I wrote "the case with the Crimean war in it, in the exam, I'm quite pleased with that xD) So, I got into the Uni I want to go to! Woo. Too bad the booklist has 13 books on it. Not 12. Not 14. 13. I hate that number. With a passion. xD

[ButterCookie]

JTIS, results day didn't go as bad as I expected! A in English Language, B in History (just missed that A!) and... a D in Law. (2 marks off a C, and considering I wrote "the case with the Crimean war in it, in the exam, I'm quite pleased with that xD) So, I got into the Uni I want to go to! Woo. Too bad the booklist has 13 books on it. Not 12. Not 14. 13. I hate that number. With a passion. xD

Well donee!! :]

I'm going to go join a rock and roll band with my results...

[Enchanted_Stevi]

JTIS that I was at work yesterday and Ashley suprised me with a coffee =D She is so amazing I love her SOOOmuch and I'm so lucky to have such an amazing best friend and girlfriend!!!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I take my Lady Gaga seriously. The Telephone music video....


plus me....

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs378.snc4/46123_1469656095191_1047240440_31572245_7318287_n.jpg



OMG I LOVE IT!!

[holidayroad]

I bet Christine plays the piano in her underwear at home sometimes. Just because she can.

I'm sure she does!:D At least she respects herself enough to do it at home.

[HomerMcvie]

I'm sure she does!:D At least she respects herself enough to do it at home.I occasionally play a mean Commando Piano. :lol:

[carrie721]

I'm sure she does!:D At least she respects herself enough to do it at home.

what does self respect have to do with gaga's wardrobe choices?

[Kena]

JTIS, results day didn't go as bad as I expected! A in English Language, B in History (just missed that A!) and... a D in Law. (2 marks off a C, and considering I wrote "the case with the Crimean war in it, in the exam, I'm quite pleased with that xD) So, I got into the Uni I want to go to! Woo. Too bad the booklist has 13 books on it. Not 12. Not 14. 13. I hate that number. With a passion. xD


I remember having a particularly hard time with a class in college and struggled my ass off just to earn a D. So as far as I'm concerned D = Done

[ButterCookie]

BRB going on holiday for a week.

[tilthefirefades]

I came upon a stark realization yesterday that perhaps I don't hate Lady Gaga, but her fans. The people who say she is better than Madonna...or Cher...or Cyndi Lauper. To me, and this is completely off topic, but Madonna should be crowned the Queen of Music. Anyway, I do plan on giving Gaga's music a second chance :D

[GODDESS6]

I came upon a stark realization yesterday that perhaps I don't hate Lady Gaga, but her fans. The people who say she is better than Madonna...or Cher...or Cyndi Lauper. To me, and this is completely off topic, but Madonna should be crowned the Queen of Music. Anyway, I do plan on giving Gaga's music a second chance :D

i am totally not the type who would by gaga's music~ but after her grammy performance w/ elton john i bought fame monster~ it's really good~ i'd rather see her not gaga'd up & looking like she does on the back of the cd w/ the long dark hair~ i think her talent stands alone & she doesn't need all the hype & gimmick, it's distracting~

[tilthefirefades]

i am totally not the type who would by gaga's music~ but after her grammy performance w/ elton john i bought fame monster~ it's really good~ i'd rather see her not gaga'd up & looking like she does on the back of the cd w/ the long dark hair~ i think her talent stands alone & she doesn't need all the hype & gimmick, it's distracting~

Good point :nod: I do find Alejandro to be a catchy little song, maybe I can learn to appreciate her and just put the delusional fans on mute.

[vivfox]

Good point :nod: I do find Alejandro to be a catchy little song, maybe I can learn to appreciate her and just put the delusional fans on mute.


This is the first time she's released a single I don't care for and ofcourse you would like it. You know I love you Anthony, right? But your taste in songs, it suc%s.:xoxo::sorry:

[tilthefirefades]

This is the first time she's released a single I don't care for and ofcourse you would like it. You know I love you Anthony, right? But your taste in songs, it suc%s.:xoxo::sorry:

Ehh :shrug: one man's trash is another man's treasure? He who posts random obscure rap artists as his sig :thumbsup:

I love you more :xoxo:

[Zombie]

Cute Guitar Boy made a surprise cameo appearance in Zombistan last night, which led to not much sleeping, which has led to me sitting here before noon, trying to finish my work before deadline.

Which actually means I'm sitting here alternating between staring at an unfinished manuscript in Word without actually typing much and surfing the Interweb to find treasures, like the Gary Busey Cave Troll:

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/nowgozombiego/busey.gif
(there it is, folks - your moment of zen)

Which reminds me of one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time - the "This is Why I'll Never Be an Adult" post on Hyperbole & a Half. "Work? No! INTERNET! FOREVER! (http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html)"