Today I (verb) . - Legion World

ironed

gardened

draw

interviewed

photomanipped

pooped

waxed a hairy woman's chest.

Don't tell me women don't have hair on their chests, you never met my Kindergraden teacher, why didn't she wear a bra...why?

farted

rocked!

welcomed a barbarian.

worked

Alphabetized my porn!

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Originally posted by lil'rhino:
Alphabetized my porn!

Laughed out loud at work!

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Originally posted by PolarBoy:
farted

shook my head in disbelief that you still have a fratulence probelm.

Awoke, which was my first mistake.

...got jiggy with it.

Swam

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Originally posted by RTVU2:

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Originally posted by PolarBoy:
[b]farted

shook my head in disbelief that you still have a fratulence probelm.

[/b]

I choose to see flatulence as the problem of the people around me.

assembled (furniture)

watch far to much of the O.C.

Came - into work. You can tell it's gonna go downhill from here.....

drew

what can i say it's finals.

contemplated about the meaning of life and wondered why the heck we are all here.

Got caught blatantly hitting on the neighboring company’s admin—and then had a good laugh with my boss about it!

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Originally posted by Cobalt Kid:
Got caught blatantly hitting on the neighboring company's admin - and then had a good laugh with my boss about it!

Was she cute?? I mean, that makes it all worth it.

Not only is she cute, she's SMOOOOOKIN' hot!

My 'in' is that we both went to Uconn! Those huge student loan bills each month are worth it for this alone!

Cobalt, I am sssooo jealous.

Does she have "huge tracks of land"?

Noticed this (in keeping with the spirit of the thread

)- I’m more of a Southern Hemisphere guy myself and it is firm, long and yum!

Ageed with CoKi. I prefer the southern hemisphere myself also...but one can't ignore the northern peaks either.

...started another 12 hour work day.

...managed to give the dog her medicine without any trouble.

...came back to LW. YAAAYYYY!!!!

Knarfled the Garthog!

drew

i'll keep updating you all as you are all on the edge of your seats to see what happens tomorrow.

lounged.

bought comics

cried

actually had to work.....

drew. if it seems old to you imagine how i feel.

translated.

gained and lost.

..got into work for 7am. At least that means that I'll get out of here at 3.30pm. I still hate the sound of that alarm though....

...got to work at 7 a.m. and will be here until 7 p.m. but it will be my last 12 hour day. This week.

...had a salami sandwich.

Oh...and I also changed my screenname as to not get comfused with the original Polar Boy.

talked with an old friend.

cleaned (boo!)

shopped!

...took my gorgeous wife out for a great dinner and drinks.

...bought my son's birthday gift, sanded and stained the baby's dresser, saw "Hitchhiker's Guide", and cooked Tortellini Alfredo with lobster, asparagus and broccoli for dinner!

...went to see a brilliant Nova Scotia fiddler, Natalie MacMaster. highly recomended!

....flew back from Cincinnati, mission accomplished.

...took Caroline out to see Constantine at a local cinema pub and had a fantastic spinach salad with a spinach artichoke dip appetizer.

browsed.

translated (again)

...slept very well last night.

..am still deciding on my code-name....but I think I already did.

took prescription strength ibuprofen because 20 hours of "Christmas in April" renovations in a DC rowhouse have taken their toll on this rapidly aging body.

Drank crown royal and club soda all weekend...

woke up

re-arranged.

*sigh*
I made somebody cry.

watched my daughter make my wife's belly look like the alien was gonna pop out (I think she's doing tae-bo in there).

spent most of the day looking forward to going to see Queen + Paul Rogers in Manchester tomorrow.
Still doing it in fact.

Went to work hungover

paid my library fines.

was denied an increase in my credit card limit. Bastards!

wished I was back in Cincinnati.

napped.

sold stuff on ebay.

figured out somethin'

wondered what Teeds had figured out.

stayed home.

still drawin

but i took a final too.

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Originally posted by Cobalt Kid:
was denied an increase in my credit card limit. Bastards!

you went to work on a THURSDAY hungover!?!?!

my kinda guy.

was surprised that it is already Friday.

am going to the baby shower.

HEEELLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!

woke up. That's a good sign.

found something I've been wanting.

played plumber
failed
called Dad

took tablets for a headache

...went to bed way late. Or early depending on how you look at it.

...drive to pick up Faraway and Gigglebot at JFK.

...waited eagerly for next weekend the commencement of my part of Operation: Faraway in the US Part II.

...was woke up two hours after going to bed because the server went down at work. Still working on it.

was naughty

reconsidered

was also very naughty at buddies stag on Saturday. Naughty for even me!

pondered just how far off the naughty scale that has to be.

decided that the best explanation is "Van Wilder" meets "after hours dressing room party at a Led Zeppelin party in their prime".

installed the smoke alarm in the baby's room.

overnapped.

worked.

surfed to find out if there is a new weekly strip on www.adamandandy.com but nope.

Got fired than I surprised myself and had a little cry over it all I'm such a pussy.

...celebrate my birthday...

yes, I'm a old phart.

happy birthday!

also overworked...

overworked... again...

went for an unintentional swim in a very cold harbour.

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Originally posted by Fat Cramer:
went for an unintentional swim in a very cold harbour.

Wondered aloud if FC is OK and what type of story lies behind this comment!

Smoked the sacred pipe of Loolakanda.

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Originally posted by Brainiac 5:
installed the smoke alarm in the baby's room.

You're going to let the baby smoke??

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Originally posted by Fat Cramer:

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Originally posted by Brainiac 5:
[b]installed the smoke alarm in the baby's room.

You're going to let the baby smoke??[/b]

Presumably not, hence the alarm, my dear.

ate cold pizza

zapped things, the correct things of course.

IMed and PMed.

worked my arse off.

was taught by Pariscub on how to FRENCH-kissing.

made yet another pointless trip to legionworld

watched two of my co-workers fight.

fell asleep as soon as I got home from work

made many inane posts

installed a new phone jack and wall plate in the kitchen.

installed a new harddrive

ate a wonderful dinner

picked a pocketfull of poseys.

ordered my hand maiden to polish my crown.

saw Porcupine Tree at a local club.

woke up.

wondered about the meaning of life, universe and everything. Then gave up after 10 seconds and washed my cat.

saw a Baby on Board sign.

...bought STRIPPERELLA Season 1 & John Waters' POLYESTER (complete with reproduction "Odorama"card!!) on DVD!

pissed off the Pope.

wondered how LF223 pissed off the Pope.

graded.

bought groceries

decided to skip the Star Wars movie.

finished watching QaF s4.

bought comics

bought socks and underwear.

went for an evening jog

finished grading.

bought stamps.

Sat outside for an hour and just enjoyed life.

watched VH1's Awesomely Bad Songs countdown...again.

stared at Princess Princess's chest! *opening jaw*

stared at superboymddjr

stared in the great emptyness....OF SPACE!!!
(seriously, i was stargazing for a while)

went to the library so I could catch up with events here.

got a script for sleeping pills to battle my insomnia.

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Originally posted by superboymddjr:
stared at Princess Princess's chest! *opening jaw*

...quoted Superboymdjr.

attended a birthday party.

made tapioca pudding.

burst into laughter as reading MLLASH quoted mine.

looked around sheepishly

woke up sick.

made a b-day card for my roommate's neice

...had an all-around great day and am looking forward to a great weekend.

made more tapioca pudding.

made manicotti

chewed gum and worked -- at the same time.

They let you chew gum there?

Today I

sassed a lass... Alas.

dropped my septor on my baby toe!!! Someone please kiss it?

went to a eurovision party

ironed

got over a cold.

nursed a hangover.

... made a complete idiot of myself at a meeting tonight.

cooked dinner

I voted my fingers off for Bo to win American Idol!

... didn't do just a whole heckuva lot.

ate strawberries.

actually watched Rob and Amber getting married....however I loved watching Collin ah.....cute!

broke down and got cell phones for me and the wife.

... rebooted the wrong server.

(Good thing you're leaving, huh?

)

(No joke!!!!! It was the Student server that crashed, so I rebooted the Finance server - LUCKILY they just completed checks when I hit the power button. *sigh*)

went to the gym

worked my ass off (and wish I had it back..not much there if you know what I mean)

didn't get as much done as yesterday, but I'm still plugging along.

... said goodbye to my family of 4 years, 3 months and 23 days.

... Hugged Beagz to try and comfort him from far away Scotland.

...can say that I've made it to the gym for one week straight!

go pick up little Chris from the airport! YAY!

washed the dishes (and there were lots!!!)

read Legion #6 while stirring tapioca.

saw Black Canary on JLU and loved her!!! How great was it to hear her canary cry?

watched Newsradio on DVD!

planted peas, potatoes, onions; set up bean and morning glory trellises, weeded, brushed the dog, walked the dog, made lunch, read two comics and now back to goofing off.

Bravo Nancy, you little speedster you!!!!! Where the heck do you get all that energy? Lately I have to kick myself in the butt and give myself a pep talk before I get anything accomplished. You go girl!!! And you deserve some goofing off time.

... drank, hung out with friends, listened to a few bands (since "today" started at 12am...), came home, watched "JLU" on tape, slept, woke up early, finished some work, emailed it in, ate, took a nap, came online and then I'm going to watch a bunch of other stuff I taped off Cartoon Network last night.

dozed on the couch after finishing my book.

...slept until afternoon and lounged around doing nothing! (Yay being done with final exams whee~) ^_^

....broke down and ordered that new computer.

saw Munchos in the grocery for the first time in ages and grabbed 4 bags.

woke up late, did some work and emailed it in, drank at my usual bar, saw a few bands, went to another club to see a friend's band only to find out that the show was cancelled because she had food poisoning (and there was another band I had wanted to see that I missed out on), came home.

did a li'l bit of several things and much of nothin'.

went to the gym.

payed the power bill

Unpacked my car finally!!

Wait... why am I celebrating? Now I have to clean! >.<

Started a new Manip!!!

did the usual.

...slept.

That's actually pretty much it. How sad is that?

found that last bag of Munchos in the cabinet just when I needed a snack!

organized.

slept in

finished setting up the new computer.

Had KFC BBQ chicken bites with coffee for breakfast!

planted 4 palm trees....queen palms, natch!

...had many a class to attend and then watched Batman Begins!! It ruled.

... woke up at 3am, tossed a bit, went online, managed to get back to sleep, got up for work, finished early, went home, went out and had some drinks, did a bit of food shopping then came home and ate a Bocca burger.

Sunburnt my poor bald head (and its only 11 am)

RE : My Previous Post

Get you minds out of the gutter

... forgot to put my coffee pot in the cradle of my coffee maker.

So I cleaned up my kitchen before work.

worked it.

...got a job.

~weep weep~

...saw Bewitched and War of the Worlds. And bought my friends dinner -- it was effing expensive!!

...said goodbye Spandex, hello Neoprene.

Woke up with the hangover of all hangovers and took three advil!

made this:

Orange Thyme Chicken Breasts
The orange juice and honey carmelize to lightly lacquer the chicken as it bakes.
Marinade:
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
2T olive oil
2T honey
1T fresh thyme leaves
Salt and pepper, to taste

4 skinless and boneless chicken breast halves, about 6 oz. each

Mix marinade. Add chicken and coat well. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Preheat the oven to 350F. Place chicken, covered with marinade, on a baking sheet. Bake, basting occasionally, until cooked, about 30 minutes.

... finally finished a paper on Hotel Rwanda.

...am going to weed the asparagus. Now. Get off the computer, right now. Good bye. Have a nice day. I'm going. Soon.

am going to snuggle up with Ida very soon

...had an immense hunger pain upon reading Teeds' recipe.

...went to the grocery.

Stayed indoors, i'm horridly sunburnt from the past few days

worried about Legion Worlders in London

... ditto, and listened to endless reports that didn't really tell me anything at all.

(1) had to rely on a trip to the vet as my source of good news, and (2) was inspired by the evening news reports of just how cool Londoners are.

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Originally posted by Thriftshop Debutante:
made this:

[b]Orange Thyme Chicken Breasts
The orange juice and honey carmelize to lightly lacquer the chicken as it bakes.
Marinade:
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
2T olive oil
2T honey
1T fresh thyme leaves
Salt and pepper, to taste

4 skinless and boneless chicken breast halves, about 6 oz. each

Mix marinade. Add chicken and coat well. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Preheat the oven to 350F. Place chicken, covered with marinade, on a baking sheet. Bake, basting occasionally, until cooked, about 30 minutes.

[/b]

Ditto. Well, technically, I started yesterday but... yeah. Good recipe!!

put my kilt on.

... pruned dead branches off a tree.

...worked another Saturday while I watched my personal life slip away.

bought shoes.

...went to Costco!! I know you're jealous.

...made sushi.

Watched Anchorman

Ate french toast with ham and cheese.

went to the park again

Found a new apartment!!! HURRAH!!!!

listened and listened

but it was good

had air blown in my eyes. Eeeek!

Discovered a new Thread, Went to the Psychic Fair, Bought a Happy Tree Friends Keywring (not from the Psychic Fair), Finally read Legion 7 & 8, And, Thanked my lucky stars that I've given up drugs as Police raided a bar that I was at last night and 6 people were arrested for Drug Possesion *phew*

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Originally posted by joeboy:
Discovered a new Thread, Went to the Psychic Fair, Bought a Happy Tree Friends Keywring (not from the Psychic Fair), Finally read Legion 7 & 8, And, Thanked my lucky stars that I've given up drugs as Police raided a bar that I was at last night and 6 people were arrested for Drug Possesion *phew*

I never do the drugs, I just wasn't interested, unless my doctor prescribed it, then I take it, and take it, and take it, with a martini.

slept

Worked another Saturday while I watched my personal life s...

Oh wait, SCOTT! You took my line!

Spent a lazy day visiting the 'rents.

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Originally posted by Mattropolis:

Worked another Saturday while I watched my personal life s...

Oh wait, SCOTT! You took my line!

We three should form a club or something.

Slept in

...saw a leatherback turtle. Don't know if I can take this level of excitement.

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Originally posted by Fat Cramer:
...saw a leatherback turtle. Don't know if I can take this level of excitement.

I'd be pretty exicted, animals fascinate me.

impulsively purchased a carton of Milk Duds.

...tried to sleep but was woken by exciteable roommate over stupid stuff and now is wide-awake from stupid adrenaline.

made jelly bean cookies for my nephew

had chicken

Made friends with a Norwegian

Worked on my novel.

posted (the other way).

Went Surfing (its Winter here)

bought more shoes and stamps. Tee hee!

went to a dairy out almost in the middle of nowhere and got blueberry iced tea, rasberry gelato and squeeky chedder cheese curd. (If it's not squeeky, it's not worth it.)

Danced around in my underwear to Guns and Roses

Buried a headless rabbit (dispatched by a fox last night at 9:38 pm) and thought about the sort of story Grant Morrison could write using zombie headless rabbits. Then went snorkeling.

Cleaned under my bed!

(So, *that's* where that Titans/Legion Special has been hiding!)

Was Late to work...Then Got into trouble for Accessing Legionworld from work

Flew in from Chicago.

The first and last time I'll be using US Airways.

...had a four hour lab. >< Which I will be enjoying again on Wednesday... whoo~ ><

got back online!!!

Realised I drink to much Tea

...got a parking ticket!! >< And I still have that four hour lab comin' up...

tried dill pickle potato chips. A li'l weird, but not bad.

seem to have recovered from a head cold

went to the Hospital. Flirted with a cute doctor. All is good.

had more fun than I thought possible on Legion World!

oh...I also ate a Chicko roll....was yummy.

cruised the Legion World website and got drunk at the same time!

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Originally posted by legionadventureman:
cruised the Legion World website and got drunk at the same time!

isn't that part of the initation process

anyhoo....i cleaned my apt

drove around

it's true i did

Took my best friend out for sushi after his work truck was totalled in an accident.

watched an episode of Prime Suspect I hadn't seen before...and most of an episode of Footballers Wives before that.

Went grocery shopping. Kissed a boy in the juice ailse. Watched Fairly Odd Parents; Laughed at Matter Muncher Lad.

recovered from a hangover

almost took to the bottle after a power outtage nearly wrecked my computer

Went to the Nude beach. was frightened. went to my secret beach instead. got drunk. went swimming. got nipped by a crab. Ate a Chicken Schnitzel Burger.

....have to pick up my car from the shop. It needed some major surgery.

have to work

... Went in a comic shop, got a free copy of Jason Armstrong's Ferro City (pretty cool), bought my first back issue of Adventure Comics, of which they had just acquired a sizable collection.

Curse you Legion World, Curse you Mark Waid's threeboot Legion for reeling me in.

just woke up from what was originally intended to be a short nap......6hrs later here i am

bought Jeepers Creepers 2

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Originally posted by Joey-X:
Went to the Nude beach. was frightened. went to my secret beach instead. got drunk. went swimming. got nipped by a crab. Ate a Chicken Schnitzel Burger.

I thought you were going to say you ate the crab!

I don't know what they make you do to become a cage fighter.

*sigh* its a grueling life...they beat me with socks full of loose change.

...stole my roommate's computer long enough to visit you all and semi-catch up on all the fun I'm missing~!!

..was surprised by my staff with a birthday (two weeks early) lunch.

... accidently deleted NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM from my computer.

Took me several hours to improvise a recovery method to fix it without blowing up my configuration.

cooked up some tuna melts and were they good! Made an extra for tomorrow too.

...had to by a new battery for my car.

Punched my idiot brother (up from Melbourne) in the Neck for stealing my Spam T-shirt and eating all the good cheese. Got Laid...And its only 10:30 in the morning! hooray!

woke up but didnt get laid...only in my wildest fantasies

...bonded with a chem lab mate. Unfortunately, she knows my name and I have yet to learn hers. >< I'm sooo bad with names.

And, no, I didn't get laid either.

...was too busy with my car to think about getting laid, not that I can remember what that's like.

felt sorry for everyone who didnt get laid

...worked on a pic. What's getting laid?

did get laid, but i had a helping hand in it, too

Have to go to work, after getting laid, same as every day. What's the big deal?

...decided that all men suck and I should just become a lesbian. But then I realized I'd really never get laid, so that option was thrown out.

... had a really great time interacting with some wonderful people here on Legion World.

(P.S. I also went to work and got laid. *snerk*)

...quit my job and was late for the Interlac coallation anyway, AND didn't get laid.

...slept in and then spent most of the day chatting with friends.

...painted, watched tv, painted, worked out, went online, jerked off, painted, saw a cabaret show, painted, watched tv, painted, went online...

...renewed my driver's licence at the Ministry of Transportation. Is there a more unpleasant place in the civilized world?

watched more VH1 Awesomely Bad stuff. (This time: breakup songs!)

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Originally posted by Tamper Lad:
...renewed my driver's licence at the Ministry of Transportation. Is there a more unpleasant place in the civilized world?

Is that Canadian for DMV?

I worked, got paid and already spent more than I should...go me...

So do you call it the MOT?

... am recovering from 24 hours of excessive behaviour.

We call it the MTO in this province, Ministry of Transport of Ontario.

Heh heh, the sign said new drivers are now be limited to carrying one non-family member under the age of 19 under a new regulation. Sometimes it's good to be old.

...recovered from excessive behavior by sitting on a bench with a water bottle while watching seniors engage in lawn bowling.

*snerk* Didn't you participate...?

Anyway. Today I studied for my chemistry final like a dork. Whoo~

Lawn bowls, can you get any more old WASP Toronto than that (it's a miracle they didn't stop for tea an crumpets at 2:30)? No...

...then I walked along the beach and watched the folk play beach volleyball on the last weekend of the summer season.

balanced my checkbook.

wrote a few letters.

cleaned my keyboard. Egads.

Bought DVD's...the Dark Crystal, Labrynth, Twin Peaks season one, the Blair Witch project, MTV's Spiderman season one

celebrated Princess Crujectra Day!

am making a casserole.

am taking a rare Friday off from going out.

am spending another glorious Saturday chatting with the online folk at Legion World.

PS: I am not sucking up or brown-nosing!

Overslept.

Have spent most of the day with my dog.

Worked. Again. but, on the plus side, was Comissioned to Design Posters/invites/advertisements for a big Haloween Party. So hooray.

did household-y things.

Reunited

had a headache, so took an aspirin and a nap.

ate one of the worst restaurant meals of my life. Ate part of it anyways, because I was hungry.

Rode in a car for 2 hours, listened to boring speech, drank with a reunion class, froze at a stadium, watched a crappy football game, drank to ignore game, marvelled at how young the class of 09 is, and came back because it's too darn cold for an outdoor keg party.

Now feeling hungry, still drunk, cold, tired and maybe a little middle-aged.

Ohmygod, today I get the computer all to myself because Gramps will be glued to the stinky Football Games.

Didnt sleep....again. I think I need a new sleeping pill....again.

Worked, worked and worked more. Damn Mondays and the doom they bring us all.

Am officially on Vacation. From Studying. Not Work.

went to The Gap. Found green shirt I liked (on clearance too) but it was the wrong size.

found Sergio Aragones Destroys the DCU. And got a headache...

Was bitten by a redback for the 3rd time in my life. went to hospital. Bought the Fargo DVD.

Sent an e-mail to a friend I have not seen in months.

Flew home from Boston.

bought pants.

Took Duncan to the vet.

came down with a cold, broke a lamp and walloped the dog for stealing food. And it's not even 6 a.m.

Failed once again to clean the kitchen.

bought skirts.

Also...oddly enough, bought skirts.

ate lunch at the Magnolia Grill. They have plates with go-go checks!

got up at a decent hour, quickly decided that was pretty stupid, went back to sleep until an indecent hour.

ate Frosted Flakes for a late lunch.

Got my school application underway

took an old chair and microwave to the dump then went on a picnic.

saw "Serenity" again.

watched a llama take a whiz against my friend's backyard fence.

Attached the newly stained and varnished top to my drawing table.

Did laundry

Bought plants and ceramic pots in a garden centre then realised I don't really have room for them

saw a woman wearing curlers in public.

Saw a Wasp fight a Spider. Damn that was cool.

was solicited.

answered phones for my local public radio station's pledge drive.

am sick.

chanted for teeds to feel better!

am still sick, but am now on the couch fixed up with a laptop. Yay for laptops.

dawdled and nibbled.

singlehandedly averted a crisis at work.

seem to be editing all my posts. Scatterbrain.

(Hooray Miner!)

posted in the "Today I(verb)" thread

Finally read JSA Classified #4, Legion #11 and Justice #2

Had to clean up someone else's Vomit

Bought "Jay and Silent Bob do Degrassi"

Bought new Shoes (they're Super-Cool)

Went to the Beach

Ate Indian food

Impressed my Boss.

Bought an AIDS trust Pin.

Thats about it.

woke up. I might do something later, like eat breakfast.

found out an old friend of mine died.

didn't get my pies!

Stole Teeds' Pies

bought many snacks, including a cherry cobbler (not a pie, ha ha!).

Wondered what "Jay and Silent Bob do Degrassi" is.

(Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith Guest star in "Degrassi:"the next Generation for 3 episodes. Alannis Morriset cameos.)

am tidying up around my desk.

Played some Mortal Kombat

Went out to breakfast at Cajun Kitchen. It was delish!!

Fell off a Wagon.

Was called a "Skinny Bitch"

Success!!!

did 30 laps @ the pool

Ate Oporto's

Bought DVD's

Cleaned my room

Found Ninja Turtles and a Sailor Mercury Doll under my bed

Won $60 on the pokies

Am in the process of getting drunk

oh yeah. Made out with my Boyfriend in the local pub. the Old men they did stare

I started a new photomanip!!!!

bought Funyuns in a thrift store. (Vending machine.)

left a half of a banana nut bread on the counter. It is now in my dog's tummy.

Got hit in the Face with a hail stone the size of a golfball.

Have a black Eye. (its neat

)

plan to do something, because yesterday I did nothing nada zip.

re-wrote my resume

Went into town and Watched them Shooting "Superman"...tried to sneak on set, was set upon by security.

Went to the movies...Saw (heh) Saw 2. was not impressed.

ate Oporto's Big Bondi Burger mmmmmm and Lime and Cracked Pepper chips from Red rock Deli.

Applied for a new house to move! hooray! well ok that was yesterday...but still.

Changed my signature

gave a boy my phone number on the bus. his sister was sending me dagger eyes but I got a txt message from him about an hour later.

bought magazines...lots and lots of magazines (simple things)

hunted for nude photos of Jake Gyllenhal. was less then successful.

told my parents I work in a bath-house

and um...did stuff. Im a very busy boy

So how was your day?

also....just now, cracked up at an imdb thread re: Beverly Mitchell : is one of her eyes off centre?

hee hee hee

was glad that last night's snow didn't stick.

have yet to accomplish anything.

Drove through a snow storm. Twice, actually.

Add 512mb RAM to my computer.

Upgraded to Win XP.

Reloaded some programs that didn't like the change. (A task I expect will be repeated often in the following days.)

It's been a busy day.

Cursed the first really wintry weather of the year.

Decided that my winter jogging program might be overly ambitious.

...ate waaaay too much food.

And got to see family that I love and never get to see. And saw Revenge of the Sith for the first time.

It was a good day.

Destroyed one of Tamper Lad's walls.

Decided to end the November Posting Slump all by myself.

Bought a new computer!!!

realized I had a box of mozzarella sticks in the freezer. Then I no longer had a box of mozzarella sticks in the freezer.

Went to work (again)

discovered I really REALLY like Blueberry muffins (as oppsed to Blueberry donughts, my usual 2am snack)

Chatted to a friend who just finnished working on the "Superman" set...he still had shrapnel in his hair from the explosions.

fought my socks. Now I know how Ambush Bug felt.

fought my checkbook.

Got a promotion and an 11% increase. Now I work directly for the corporate IR department.

congratulate Scott on his promotion & raise and enquire if he will be buying us all drinks.

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Originally posted by Fat Cramer:
congratulate Scott on his promotion & raise and enquire if he will be buying us all drinks.

And dinner too.

Ohmygod, Mr. Lightning Lad, Sir, is that gonna be like a posh sit down affair or like Pizza and Sodas in the family room?

Finished my last assignment for the semester.

Am in the middle of a re-finance on my house (at terms very favorable to me) but just found out that the company I work for is going to lay off 2500 people next year.

And while I don't think I'm in danger of being laid off because I work in a very highly specialized area, it is none the less very worrysome.

Dagnabit, I've been through this type thing too many times already...

am adding congratulations to Scott and wishing Abin good luck; I'm sure they'll keep you on.... but... anyone who fires him wasn't good enough to deserve him in the first place!

...finished the semester! Freedom at last!!!

Broke my effing Toe.

Felt extremely sorry for Joe-Boy. Ouch.

Made popcorn in the air-popper with the lid off. It went all over the kitchen and now my dog thinks I'm a genius.

discovered my boss actually knows what the legion is - he commented on my flight ring - and is a G force fan (but then, who isnt)

felt bad about non-scanning of various things (sooooooon)

got "Bus-aye" in the bathroom of a bar (I feel so cheap and dirty)

eagerly awaited New Years

cleaned.

Took the day off from work.

Went to lunch with my best friend and her toddler son who I adore.

Went to see the movie CAPOTE by myself.

Went to the comic book store and used my Xmas gift certificate.

Went to dinner at a restauant I didn't want to go to.

Went to a lesbian bar where I was hit on not only by a gay guy, but a lesbian.

got up before noon. Why?

fought with my computer for an hour.

And ate a big hunk of angel food cake.

was so glad to be back posting on Legion World

bought some shirts.

looked up "Pamela Isley" on the internet, thinking she was some real-world botanist & wondering why I'd never heard of her. * how embarassing*

was impressed that Cramer would admit to the above.

saw Narnia for the second time.

bitched about having conjunctivitis

made lemon bars.

registered for French 102, which starts Tuesday.

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made lemon bars.

so he could bend them?

got out the rubber cement.

Loaded FireFox at home.

Made chicken pot-pies from scratch. They were yummy.

Wrote a fake news article for a show and hooked a lot of suckers.

had a few Krispy Kremes.

Cleaned my Smith and Wesson M&P 40

Spent too much time playing with Lash's head.

Bought a laser sight for my Smith and Wesson M&P 40.

resisted some, but not all, temptation.

worked a 16 hour double. Boy am I tired.

attempted to get over jet-lag and other post-internationl travel joys.

tidied up desk drawers. Overdue, it was.

slept way in.

slept-in.
attended a one year olds birthday party.
watched The Ten Commandments on ABC.
tried to update my PayPal account.

Made myself sick on Easter Chocolate

read the beloved chapter of 'Flotsam and Jetsam' in Two Towers on the way in to work (on the train).

listened to my mother talker about her upcoming boob job....

*SIGH*

Jamie

Watched Season 1 of "the L word"...was slightly aroused

Got my very first ever traffic ticket.

Posted on Legion World for the first time since I got back from vacation.

bought pants.

sent Lash $1 so he would post more, and it seems to be working.

Bought Oblivion

Took a day off work!

Hurrah for days of work!!!!

I made some art.

reflected on how eff'ed up life can get ...

Finished watching season 2 or Stargate on DVD

Shamelesly Posted to hit the 1000 mark. oh and updated the Who's Who thread

check it out!

Dealt with my grandmother's senility. One Day At A Time....

Bought hats.

And shoes.

Made fudge.

Ran tests.

Had my second day as manager of a regional (i.e., much larger) branch library.

Oh, yes, and made cookies.

Worked a few hours on my usual day off.

think I will just take it easy. Again.

Dropped off baby clothes at one of my best friends as a Christmas present (and wine & gifts for my young friend and his younger g/f) and felt pretty good about it!

Fought my way through a snowstorm to get to work.

was hungover. Ate cold leftover Chicken Korma...was surprisingly good.

Posted at Legion World when I should have been packing for the flight home.

looked after bratty little kids like I've been doing for the past two years

will go to my CBS because I couldn't get to it yesterday.

accomplished stuff. Ugh.

...went planet bowling! The crazy lights and bad pop music-- it was awesome!!

...packed my suitcase and will be heading to the airport in a little bit! Happy Holidays!

will get my last minute stuff done for my Christmas dinner ...

will settle in for a quiet Christmas eve, with any luck.

slipped with the kitchen knife. Yeow!!

fell in love for the 57th day in a row!

BouncingBoya

put up the Christmas tree and finished wrapping presents.

Celebrated Christmas a day earlier then most Legionworlders. HA HA! oops...I mean HO HO

Flew from Houston to Orlando and slept most of the way.

Got over a stomach virus in the nick of time to spend 8 hours undoing twist ties from a load of Barbies and baby toys.

...am going to New Zealand!

had blueberry pancakes and creme brulee for breakfast.

...woke up.

given last night's festivities, that was no easy task.

...slept late, again... but today I didn't feel like ralphing so I guess that's an improvement.

got up early and went shopping. Don't know what I was thinking...

went back to work after being snowed in for a few days.

listened to Nina Gordon's long-overdue second solo album, Bleeding Heart Graffiti. I liked it so much I played it all the way through twice. I think I like it even better than her first solo album, Tonight and the Rest of my Life. One of the best songs, Suffragette, is co-written by Wendy Melvoin.

Got home after a late night of board-gaming and a Venture Brothers marathon.

asked the deli guy to put bacon and tomato on my cornbeef and swiss panini in the hope of starting a new East Coast trend!

Ew! Sacrilege!

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Ew! Sacrilege!

explained to Kent that I eat corned beef & swiss about 100+ a year, so I have to mix it up

Slept. And almost finished a pic for the holiday thread in Bits.

....got ready for the trip home.

built a snowman.

had a flavorless sandwich for lunch. Feh!

Woke up.

It's been downhill from there.

Sorry to hear it Miner, unless you're on a sled.

Today I... made an omlete!

...walked around in a daze because I'm so bloody tired...

actually got out of bed before noon for the first time in a week!

actually got out of bed after noon for the first time in a month.

watched Twister for what must be (no exaggeration) the 100th time. This time in HD though. Still just as awesome but the picture quality is unbelievable in HD.

blew my newyears resolutions... oh well start again tomorow

Went back to work.

Started on my Kosher diet.

petted a cat.

(I'm allergic, that's a big deal!)

Asked out a lovely waitress at a restuarant I frequent.....got shot down though, oh well

Realised that my workplace is essentially an NBC ensemble sitcom.

Informed a company that they owed my company $10M. They were not pleased! What a way to begin a morning...

Had a flat tire caused by a nail. Lost $10 and about an hour of my time because of it.

....was insubordinate.

... changed the bed sheets.

...wrote.

saw the "take a leap" episode of Frasier. Niles gotta have it!

Something else else and something and buttons and bows!

... celebrate my love for you.

But I think I was supposed to do that "Tonight."

...celebrated my younger boy's fourth birthday. He got Spider-man stuff and cars, his two favorite things!

watched a documentary on the gestation of elephants, dogs and dolphins.

...ran the house because my wife's down with a stomach bug. *whew* Hard work!

wore a white dress shirt to work, usually reserved for the most special occassions (we young businessmen have to look hip with our pin-stripped and colored shirts).

...struggled with laptop issues at work.

...saw a GREAT AFC Championship game!

...found out that one of my friends is the son of an '80s pop singer.

...feel really guilty about a stupid fight I had with my g/f on Saturday. Nothing makes a Monday feel even more long.

went to work with a really bad cough and (as I am on the phone all day) annoyed all my work collegues with my incessent barking

...am going to have my first quiz of the quarter!

...went to my first class of the semester.

...dealt with a leaking toilet.

...went to the bank.

...have decided I will not do my taxes yet

...turned in my first paper of the quarter! And now must collapse from lack of sleep.

Enjoy the snooze.

Today I bought a brand new super sexy B.C. Rich Warlock bass.

Today I am jealous of ded, since he now has a brand new super sexy B.C. Rich Warlock bass.

.....finally passed my class 4 drivers test. It took 3 tries but I got it.

Yay, ded!

Today I slept in.

...am going shopping and sightseeing in Courtside, AZ, with the new boyfriend. I'll send y'all a postcard.

...am going to see Cosi Fan Tutte at the University of Houston (they do great operas!).

...ate soup. And it was good.

...am going to an Irish event in Montreal.

...am drinking Rum and Coke.

...switched work days in order to make my San Diego reservations.

...froze my yummies off on the way to work...

...bought a new laptop. Its shiny!!!

...learned that CompUSA is closing down most of its stores, including the one up the street from me.

...did pull-ups at the gym today. Man, they SUUUUUCK.

did a li'l thrifty shopping.

picked up 7 weeks worth of comics and ate a whole lot of delicious bad-for-you food.

Went home from work early.

Cut myself with my electric razor...and wondered how the heck that happened.

Bagged and boarded some comics.

Leave for St. Catherines for a conference.

Shoveled snow.

...got up, had a coffee and a cigarette, then went out for breakfast.

went to the carbohydrate store, where I selected and purchased several forms of carbohydrates.

cleaned out my car.

attempted to figure out how my dental insurance works. Failed.

picked up my comics and drank alot of rum and coke.

weeded asparagus beds.

Watched all 6 Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies in a row. Among other things...Im good at multitasking.

Took Hyvvie to the doggie salon, picked up three weeks' worth of comics, got the car washed, went to Target and went to the supermarket. I love days off!

Wait...people actually have jobs? When did this happen?

Found all the issues of Gail Simone's Rose & Thorn limited series in the cheap bin at my local comic shop. Yay!

Went to an organ recital.

Registered as an organ donor when I renewed my license.

They wait til after I'm dead, right?

I went out Friday night.....I finally came home today.

overslept.

Missed my boyfriend

Waited at the DMV for awhile this morning.

Recovered from the trip.

Watched John Stewart and John McCain have an impessive dialogue. Go John Stewart! (Sorry Senator McCain, but you've lost any possible support from me many moons ago).

Prepared for my coup.

HAHA. Beware!

unclogged a sink, cleaned my keyboard, ate some Tootsie Rolls.

Drove with the top down on my jeep.

washed dishes, swept the floor, and pondered mowing the lawn......

went to a thrift shop!

Ate pie! Yay for pie!

Ordered the Limo service to take me to the airport to Key West in 12 days!

...called in sick to work.

Ran an errand during my lunch break and sat in the car in the parking lot of the store I was going to while Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" finished playing on the radio.

took the day off and was laazzzyy.

committed crimes against catnip.

I bought season one of "Medium" and a Peter David Star Trek book "Missing in Action"

Came to the Internet Cafe on my work site because wireless is down

Played catch with my son in the backyard

Saw Spidey 3...And caught my flatmate watching porn by getting home earlier then expected.

Drove nearly 600 miles for the second time this weekend.

Read JoeBoy's above post and instantly felt the need to know more details!

lol...
"What were you just doing watching porn?" as a joke...
realising the truth..
"YOU WEEEEERRRREEEE!!!"
Flatmate runs to bedroom...Flatmate gets chased and laughed at.
lol.

!

Went to bed relatively early with the intention of getting up and being productive yet still managed to not rise from bed until 4:30.

Oh...and was disturbed by my attraction to Gael Garcia Bernal in drag.

Drove to work hungover and running late, stuck in traffic for an hour and a half.

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Drove to work hungover and running late, stuck in traffic for an hour and a half.

cause everybody huuurts...Sooometimes *singing*

I auditioned for this kid musical at the english theater.
And callbacks are on my birthday!

I was on the train heading back from the comic shop. I sat down next to a mormon missionary. Unfortunately it was not one of the cute boys in a crisp white shirt. After I finished reading my comic, she attempted to make small talk. She started by asking how my comic was. I answered and asked how her mission was going. She was a little surprized that I knew she was a missionary. I chatted with her, but did not give her an opening to discuss God with me. I was a little surprized that she was by herself as usually they travel in pairs.

Worked some, then stopped by to check on my Grammy. She's 95 but insists she's 89.

laying in bed with my laptop listening to my s.o. snore ...

Went to the comic book store, found the complete second half of Roger Stern's Dr. Strange run but lots of gaps in the first half. Now I'm trying to decide whether to read the second half now or to wait until I've found the rest of the issues from the first half.

Finished downloading the LSH Chronology. I now have all the LSH comics up to zero hour.
Having the electronic version is nice but I still plan on buying the rest of the archives that i don't own and filling in the other gaps in my collection when opportunity arises.

drove Mr. Cramer to the airport, came home, mowed the grass and made apple crisp.

mmm! apple crisp!

I'm coming over!

I worked til 7 am, slept until 3 pm, and now I'm BSing. I'll try to get some things sorted for the yard sale later, before it's time to go back to work.

had only a few things to get at the supermarket, so I walked there instead of driving.

I took some medication and now I am falling asleep

hid from the heat...

Enrolled in college again.

I scored in the 99 percentile in all four of my assessment tests. Now I get to take College Algebra next month. Oooo, ahhh.

BouncingBoya

Congrats, KK!

got a 600th post milestone.

...bought a new car. Its a 2007 Toyota Corolla. The car won't be ready for me to take for a few days and I go back to work on monday, so I don't actually get the car till june 11th. However its my first ever brand new car and i'm quite excited!!

Congrats, Deddy! Enjoy that "new car" smell!

...think I might've broken a toe.

I keep rolling over my foot trying to maneuver my wheelchair around my trailer. It doesn't help that I can't stand wearing shoes 'cause of neuropathy in my feet. Accident waiting to happen. :rolleyes: I can still move the toe, but what I -can- feel hurts, and it's a bit swollen on the outside of the ball of my foot.

Idiot.

... ate a bowl of cereal on my living room floor while watching Voltron.

The last two new comic book days I did something similar, eating pizza and laying on the floor reading comics. It feels great to be 12yo again, if only for a moment.

Drove down a little old dirt road on the way home from the inlaws, listening to Willie Nelson singing "If You've Got the Money Honey, I've Got the Time." It was one of those moments when all seemed right with the world.

worked til 7 a.m., slept til 3:30. visiting the java shop; back to work at midnight.

took advantage of unseasonably pleasant weather to go for a long walk.

plant tomatoes and pray for no more frosts.

packed my bags to go back to work for another two weeks

Itched my legs all morning after four picnics worth of mosquito bites.

Ouch! Hope they get better soon, Cobie.

Today (tonight rather) I took another long walk. Just got back from it, as a matter of fact. Thank goodness for Daylight Savings Time.

...barely left the couch as I work on a 10 minute presentation and 20 page paper.

Didn't somebody get a new car yesterday, Dedman?

(He must be out driving around.)

Started my first day as a "Mentor" at my nephews' school for their "Dads in Schools" program. I resent being called a Dad...But Im teaching them cartooning

...
oh AND Ive discovered coluring book cookies that come with special food colouring pens to colur them in. I drew boobs on mine.

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Didn't somebody get a new car yesterday, Dedman?

(He must be out driving around.)

I did and I was...ahh that new car smell!!!

My first ever brand new car HURRAH!!!

enrolled in a paralegal program. Apparently money and a social life are antithetical to my existence.

am dealing with a stomach virus that has me running to the bathroom every 5 seconds ...

...went to the wedding of my friends Andrea and John.

Woke up in the middle of the night (yet again) and couldn't get back to sleep. Will probably be a zoned out mess today (yet again), but at least I don't have to work.

Began planning for the invasion of Greenland.

Listened to too much Jackson 5

...served as a "bridesman" at my friend's wedding, ate, drank, ate, ate, danced with an 8 year old girl, ate, drank, drank, drank, drank, then came back to the hotel room to check my email.

returned to Legion World

finally bought all the recent comics that had been piling up in my pull-box during my vacation.

Finally got a good workout in after over a week of none. One more week of serious travel for work and then I finally get about five or six weeks off to get my regiment going again...

cadged some safety pins.

Safety first!

Don't beg.

That's so beneath a deb, even a thrifty one.

...and pointed Pov* to www.dictionary.com

*Cobie is also welcome to follow the pointing

cadge:

verb (used with object)
1. to obtain by imposing on another's generosity or friendship.
2. to borrow without intent to repay.
3. to beg or obtain by begging.
–verb (used without object)
4. to ask, expect, or encourage another person to pay for or provide one's drinks, meals, etc.
5. to beg.

So where am I wrong?

I assume you don't mean as relates to falconry...

blamed Pov for getting me in trouble with him!

Great, I'm being shat upon by birds AND Cobie.

Way to show Nutmegger solidarity! (Although you're practically a New Yorker now...

)

reminded Pov that when Teeds is bezerk its every man for himself!

went grocery shopping and was feeling nostalgic (a new DVD of a childhood cartoon will do that to you), so instead of buying Diet Coke, I bought Tab.

"Tab, Tab Cola, what a beautiful drink."

...fell asleep, woke up, found out classes were suspended and went to Legion World to celebrate

...started another two-day round of steroids, and spent the evening sorting, bagging and putting comics away.

Oh, and I went on eBay and replaced the Classic Warlock statue I had to return because it came out of the box broken. That's two I'm aware of with the same break in the package...right across the cape, just under the shoulders.

I also placed a bid for the McDonalds LSH set.

Finished the drugs, pulled the IV and jumped in the shower... just about finished up and I lost power.

Just got it back, too, after an uncomfortable afternoon/evening-- humid, sticky.

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...jumped in the shower.

Actually "jumped" in Pov? If so, bravo!

Heh. I wish. But my transfers are better after the steroids. Now I'm just waiting for the hiccups to go away...

They just canceled your Thanos statue order.

That scare them out of you?

took a nice cool shower to cool off and got out and was still sweating so i cranked the AC up to 11.

ate pie!

cancelled one of my credit cards after paying it off. Yay! One more (big one) to go!

went swimming; it was early evening and no one was there except me and my friend, and the water was very warm from the heavy sun during the morning and afternoon. In all, a nice time and a nice way to get some much-needed exercise.

ironed.

took my neighbor's car to the shop and ran to the subway from the garage.

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cancelled one of my credit cards after paying it off. Yay! One more (big one) to go!

Hey Cobie, canceling an account lowers your credit score. Your credit score is based, in part, on your debt to available credit ratio. When you close an account you lower your total credit available.

Just keep that in mind if you're going to buy a house or try to get a job with the NSA.

thanked Lad Boy for the advice! I was partially aware of that, so I bought my new condo before cancelling the card

. My latest credit score revealed too many open accounts (student loans, car, etc.). But thanks for the advice!

Watched How Green was My Valley.

Read Suetonius' brutal account of Nero's life in Lives of the Ceasers. Brutal!

will watch the corn grow.

Visited my grandmother's grave. She passed away in 1971 (I was 8) I just recently found out which cemetery she was buried in. The first time I went out the office was closed and I wandered around but did not find her grave. Today the office was open and I got directions to the grave. It was on a hillside, right next to the road (there was a stone wall between the graves and the road)

I went from the Red Line to the end of the Orange Line and then took a bus. The bus left me off near the cemetery and I had to walk (uphill) for about 5 minutes.

My grandmother was born in 1891. Also buried there were my grandfather who passed away in 1930. And two people I don't know. One I think was my grandfather's mother. She died in 1916. The other was man with a different surname who died in 1925. Only my grandmother's and grandfather's names were on the headstone.

shredded.

U sk8ergrrl, u...

...stopped itching on the right side of my head and neck... and started itching around my IV site, on my left wrist...

came home from two weeks away at work to discover that someone had been sleeping in my bed, my desktop PC was trashed and someone had been using my car. I am NOT happy and roommates are in for when they get home.

DAMN those bears...!

edit: mixed my fables... Deddy's Goldilocks here...

Just think what he'd do to them if they'd touched his porridge too!

Give them the Death Touch, Deds! That'll teach 'em!

Which one's still sleeping in your bed? Are they cute?

Back to the subject...

(later) Today (in my time zone, anyway) I...look forward to our esteemed deputy leader joining in on the new roleplay!

{that's a hint, deds

}

Getting ready to work a 12 - 14 hour shift... which means no time for role-playing. And that will probably continue for at least the rest of the week.

Sorry Guys

But getting the submarine we're working on out of drydock on time takes priority (at least for me).

...started by ending. See y'all in about 6 hours or so... *yaaawn...*

..didn't get laid.

...laid out my finances for the next ten months in preperation of the wedding. The cost of these things is ker-aaaaaaazy!

... just paid my quarterly income taxes (ugh -- last thing I wanna do now is think about my wedding costs!)

Elope to SDCC '08! Have the Legionnaire wedding of your dreams! (LMB Wedding sticks optional and extra, but recommended!)

...Made my 5000th post on Legion World!

...still haven't.

(see above)

...affirmed Drake's worries about wedding costs (good luck!--will it be in NYC? 'Cuz that seems like it'd be even *more* expensive...!).

Perhaps its time for a LW Wedding thread?

...went on a date with an angel!

Roma Downey's slumming...

... <strike>have</strike> had a job interview, so I <strike>have</strike> had to pretend to be all smart and serious.

Republican intern...?

...am hot and unmotivated.

Thus, I'm still in bed and online, with my AC a'blowing...

...finally got some! YAY!

...With your wife?

...Went to a library event to kick off our one-city, one-book program for this year.

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...With your wife?

Yeah...

When you've been married 14 years, it doesn't necessarily happen as much when (and before) you were newlyweds!

So get it when ya can!

In between kid-tastrophes, I hear ya!

...got some more! YAYzerz!

...sent my unborn nephew an eviction notice. With instructions for his mommy to read it aloud to him...

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...Went to a library event to kick off our one-city, one-book program for this year.

So what book did your city get? You would think that a city could afford more than one book. It must really be dog-eared by the time the last person gets it.

Quis, you're a lawyer... will this hold up?

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Three-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Vacate

To: DJ Fletcher

NOTICE: you are in default in payment of rent for the property at

In the Womb Ashford, Connecticut 06278. You must either pay the rent due in the amount of $0.02, or move out within three (3) days after you receive this notice.

If you fail to either pay the rent in full or move out within three days, you can be sued for eviction and forced to move. You may also be required to pay all fees and court costs, including attorney fees.

____________________________________

Signature

Uncle Brian

____________________________________

Signature

Mommy N. Daddy

Outside the Womb

Ashford, Connecticut 06278

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Quis, you're a lawyer... will this hold up?

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[b]

Three-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Vacate

To: DJ Fletcher

NOTICE: you are in default in payment of rent for the property at

In the Womb Ashford, Connecticut 06278. You must either pay the rent due in the amount of $0.02, or move out within three (3) days after you receive this notice.

If you fail to either pay the rent in full or move out within three days, you can be sued for eviction and forced to move. You may also be required to pay all fees and court costs, including attorney fees.

____________________________________

Signature

Uncle Brian

____________________________________

Signature

Mommy N. Daddy

Outside the Womb

Ashford, Connecticut 06278

[/b]

According to the Connecticut website, you need to use the official form provided by the court. I would also say that only the landlord (in this case your sister) can properly evict.

I thought the 3 days was too little time. Here in massachusetts, a tenant has 14 days for non-payment (A full rental period for any other reason). But apparently in Connecticut it is only 3 days for any reason.

Oh and you also have to have it served by a state marshall. The fee is about $35-$45. Are you sure your sister would want a notice to quit served?

You rock, Sir Esq. !

And Yes, she is SO ready...

...got home from visiting my mom.

I ate too much.

Lost my work fantasy football games.

Lost the final round of the Counter-Strike: Source tournament with my team tonight.

Think I'll go to bed early and dream about how good Saturday was and forget Sunday happened.

Signed into Legionworld! *GASP*
Also considered starting a new thread telling ya'll what I've been up to but Couldn't be bothered since I start work in about an hour and I want to go get a Giant cup of Coffee...maybe tommorow...
Though in Brief, Ive moved cities. Again.
For another boy...its all very sickening lol
And I have a comic book kinda project that Im working on.
CYA on "cops"
J

..saw Joeboy post again! YAY!

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Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad:
[b] ...Went to a library event to kick off our one-city, one-book program for this year.

So what book did your city get? You would think that a city could afford more than one book. It must really be dog-eared by the time the last person gets it.[/b]

Silly. There are multiple copies! A lot of cities have programs like this where they ask everyone in the city to read one book. For us this year, it's Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. I read the first couple chapters while waiting for my car to be serviced the other day.

Remembered that I finally convinced Lady Cobalt to watch Veronica Mars seasons 1 and 2 with me! We watched 6 episodes yesterday--man, what a great show! I've only watched both seasons one time and am looking forward to seeing the best two season finales in the history of television, not to mention the most clever plot twists and dialogue.

That post should be moved to the VM thread in the AM forum... so I wouldn't have to read it.

Stated with great amusement that Pov, Gary, Scott and others will never be rid of Veronica Mars threads throughout all of LW!

Am forced to work through lunch for a stupid conference call! Don't these people know I go to the gym during lunch rather than eat? Its not like I can work out at my desk like they're eating at their desks. Bah!

...got THE call from Mom; She's on her way to the hospital--Kristin's in "hard" labor, DJ's coming!

Walked head first into a full on Tree branch, Proceeded to bleed profusely from the head, Found $20 on ground, Wasn't so upset. Sprok if it doesnt hurt though.

Activated my new TREO 750! I'm so hip and cool now. (Sheepishly hides the fact that my work bought it for me and pays for it...)

(while holding my PocketPC XV6700) for the first time ever in my life, felt a small tinge of envy toward Cobie.

Made my flight reservations to see my folks in Florida at Christmas.

...didn't go to sleep until quarter to eight in the morning. ><

...held my adorable newborn nephew Damien for the first time. Sooo tiny!

...congratulated Pov! That's awesome buddy!

...am getting sick! Darn you, sore throat.

... ate beef jerky. UGH! Not at all how I remembered it.

...went to check out the Oklahoma University Campus. I love college campuses. So jealous I'm not living/attending one!

skived!

Belinda!!!!

Hey, Chuck, how does one belinda?

)

It can't be explained Brian, It has to be experienced...

With B the poster, or Quis' cat B?

Blew my diet when I took my mom out to celebrate her annual visit to Houston!

Gotta let yourself have those days once in awhile, RL! Just treat it as a reward for all your hard work so far... and remember to get back on the wagon today!

...borrowed the DVD of the Jon Pertwee Doctor Who story Inferno from the Boston Public Library

Took my mum out for for lunch for her her birthday

Aw!

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Originally posted by Pov:
Hey, Chuck, how does one belinda?

)

However one does it you just know it involves immaculate shoes!

</marquee>

...have a job interview (after five straight hours of classes), wish me luck!

You don't need luck with your intellegence, looks, and charm. I wish you well though.

...ended up on the floor.

Not a fall per se; I was trying to transfer from 'chair to showerseat... didn't quite make it. [D'Oh!] My legs gave out mid-stand/pivot transfer. Had to call my brother and wait a half an hour. :rolleyes:

I get more steroids Thursday- I have them now, but don't get my IV put in until tomorrow afternoon. And if I wanna sleep at all tomorrow night, I need to wait and start them Thursday morning...

That sucks, Pov.

Thanks, Quis, I'll take your words with me today-- I've got another job interview for a different job. Bleh.

...helped Lady Cobalt do some of her work during my lunch break in the hopes that she will cook me pork-chops tonight!

...have an unexplainable craving for pork chops!

...put together a scrapbook desk for Caroline, helped move furniture around the house, helped the guy who picked up Mom's hospital bed get it out of the house and on the truck and then played Guitar Hero II for about three and a half hours. Finally beat it on easy but still haven't gotten five stars on all the songs.

Basically just tried to stay busy and not think about stuff.

...moved my computer back to my bedroom from the living room where it had been since my botched attempt to set up a wireless network.

hooked up our new computer and finally got online up and running back at home! FINALLY! I've been pretty much off-line since June

(Lucky I post from work...a lot

)

Yay! Welcome back to Legion World nights, Cobie!

...found out that an old friend I was close with until he converted passed away from complications of HIV this last Saturday.

You will always be Scrooge to me, Scott, and I'm sorry we lost touch.

I'm sorry for your loss, Scott, particularly so soon after losing Caroline's mother.

...put my mom on a plane to head back to Florida

. We had a great visit, though, and I look forward to seeing her and my dad again at Christmas.

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Originally posted by Lightning Lad:
...found out that an old friend I was close with until he converted passed away from complications of HIV this last Saturday.

You will always be Scrooge to me, Scott, and I'm sorry we lost touch.

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Originally posted by He Who Wanders:
I'm sorry for your loss, Scott, particularly so soon after losing Caroline's mother.

What HWW said, Scooter.

prepared to make business trip #6 to Oklahoma City in this year alone

Scooter, sorry to hear about your loss buddy

Just got back on my feet (in time to go to work after the weekend)

after a bug of some sort laid me flat on my back for two and a bit days.

Didn’t even feel up to doing more than a few seconds logged on to LW before I needed to go back to sleep again.

Scott sorry to hear about the loss of your friend.

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Originally posted by Faraway Lad:
...after a bug of some sort laid me flat on my back for two and a bit days...

Was it Parallax??? I hear that big yellow bug's aMEAN summb!tch...

If it is Parallax I have been getting rid of him bit by bit. I think he's fighting back though.

Although to be honest you really don’t want to know the details of just how I have been getting that little yellow bug out of my system.

Stay strong, Darden... he lives for your FEAR!

for Far. I'm in the same boat. I've been ill for days, barely leaving the apartment. (Luckily my laptop doesn't require me to sit up to use.

)

But today I felt a bit better! I even ventured back to school with promising results.

I started my new shift at 6am. So that's what a sunrise looks like!

took a picture of men in the park who were operating a remote-controlled roving vehicle. It's Washington, near the White House, so I took it without stopping to point the cameraphone and carefully compose the image. I sort of walked away nonchalantly, muttering to myself about laundering foreign contributions made to a Republican campaign slush fund so as not to arouse any suspicion.

...cleaned my room and finally put up the last of my wall hangings. I do need to buy a cork board for one sad blank wall but still! It's a vast improvement! (If you're curious, check it out here and here .

)

went for a nice, long bike ride, and demonstrated to myself how out-of-shape I've gotten. I also checked out the botanical gardens (less impressive in the fall, but still nice).

(PS: very nice, Cali!)

...saw my friend Zach in an opera in which he wore little fairy wings and went around on the stage in roller skates.

That's an opera? Wow. *blinks*

Anyway. Today I went to breakfast with my parents while Very hungover, then we went to Costco and I got a new plasma TV as an early birthday gift! (The old one wasn't working anymore.) It's so pretty.

remembered what snow looked like

No! too early! too early!
luckily, it's still a nice autumn here... leaves are just about to peak, and that beautiful brisk October breeze in the air... ahhh... magnifique.

I took a long walk between classes through a bunch of interconnected parks, almost all the way down to the ocean.

It's all over Kent. Just a brief flashback...

Today I wait patiently to see if The Rockies website crashes like it did yesterday.

...am waiting patiently for my sister to drop off my comics. And a DD medium decaf hazelnut w/skim milk and two Splendas.

...have a quiz and a midterm I need to finish studying for. And a film journal due that I need to write. All by 2pm. Yeah, that's going to happen.

went to the dentist for the sixth time in 2007. My filling broke off/fell out and I had to get my previuosly root-canalled tooth a new filling. Didn't do the crown yet still. Hate going to the dentist.

Really, really, really hate going to the dentist.

Today I forgot to take my umbrella with me

Insert the swear word of your choice here.

((((((((((((((((((Harbi!))))))))))))))))))

let our well wishes keep you warm and dry.

made a very risky investment but what the hell, right?

Hi Harbi!

Am 31 years old, saw the Canadian Dollar reach another lifetime high against the greenback and am really contemplating going holiday shopping in Buffalo.

...dyed my goatee again. I had no choice about bald. I refuse to be bald and grey!

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Originally posted by Cobalt Kid:
made a very risky investment but what the hell, right?

It's only marriage...

procrastinated. I'll tell you more later.

stopped by Legion World to remind my old friends in the LMBP that they might have a few new enemies these days, but some of their old ones miss them too.

<grin>

got my heart broken.

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Originally posted by Tamper Lad:
Am 31 years old, saw the Canadian Dollar reach another lifetime high against the greenback and am really contemplating going holiday shopping in Buffalo.

I knew there had to be some reason to go to Buffalo!

...besides visitng Lou, that is.

Lou who?

...

(Come back, Loser!

)

as of this moment, I have made it officially passe.

...bought a car.

congratulated EDE!

...stopped driving.

made a chocolate omelet.

did not attend the rolling rally for the Boston Red Sox.

had two major exams.

bought 124 pounds of beef and a big box of dog bones.

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Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.:
did not attend the rolling rally for the Boston Red Sox.

BAD BOSTONIAN!! BAD!!!

...am late!

Late, or late...?

If Cali is Lucy and AL is Desi, I can just see a little Ricky around the house.

hmmm.... maybe this is why Cali always accuses me of calling her 'fat'...

[Lucy]WAAAAAAAAAAH![/Lucy]

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Late, or late...?

uh...if it's the latter, remember that Cali and my "pop" never did...that, okay? All he ever got was a smooch or two from her--and only, like, on the forehead or cheek at that!

am having a 'boys night out' with my brother and three of our childhood friends, sans girlfriends. There should be some trouble-making going on

ran 5 miles

or 8.04672 kilometers, eh?

got ready for the big blow. (Hurricane, for those of you who have other things on your mind.)

We're inland and off the tracks for the storm remnants, but there's a wind advisory... 20-30MPH with gust up to 50MPH possible.

So batten down those hatches, FC!

...bought four pairs of shoes and then had a surprise root canal. ><

Ugh!! Some surprise. I hope the shoes made up for it.

Dressed up like the Jokester!
[Linked Image]

Where does he get his wonderful toys...

... taught half a dozen people how to play Texas Hold 'em. And still lost $20

am going to a Bad Poetry reading.

And NO I am not going to be reading any of my limericks.

Awww. That's disappointing, Quis.

Today, I am... really tired.

Cut & pasted one of the bad poems from last night. Why here it is.

Raisen Pie
by Edgar Guest

There's a heap of pent-up goodness
in the yellow bantam corn,
And I sort o' like to linger
round a berry patch at morn;
Oh, the Lord has set our table
with a stock o' things to eat
An' there's just enough o' bitter
in the blend to cut the sweet,
But I run the whole list over,
an' it seems somehow that I
Find the keenest sort o' pleasure
in a chunk o' raisin pie.

There are pies that start the water
circulatin' in the mouth;
There are pies that wear the flavor of
the warm an' sunny south;
Some with oriental spices spur
the drowsy appetite
An' just fill a fellow's being
with a thrill o' real delight;
But for downright solid goodness
that comes drippin' from the sky
There is nothing quite the equal of
a chunk o' raisin pie.

I'm admittin' tastes are diff'runt,
I'm not settin' up myself
As the judge an' final critic of
the good things on the shelf.
I'm sort o' payin' tribute
to a simple joy on earth,
Sort o' feebly testifyin' to its
lasting charm an' worth,
An' I'll hold to this conclusion
till it comes my time to die,
That there's no dessert that's finer
than a chunk o' raisin pie.

...went to Hollywood for lunch and some wandering with friends (who live near there)! Kind of a long drive but whatever.

... ate a bagel from an authentic Jewish deli here in the rocky Mountains.

have a job interview.

Good luck! I hope the new position has an even better view!

(yesterday, actually)... discovered that the local CBS is now using American prices for comics, TPBs and most products! So we're still paying more (given the exchange rate), but within reason, at least.

was mistaken for a celebrity. I was approached by a woman, who asked "Are you Michael?" When I said "no", she told me that I look like Michael Moore. Other people have told me this as well.

...got stuck in my second day of a SQL course. Thing is it wasn't planned, my director was supposed to take the class and had to bow out. Nothing like getting back to work after a week off only to be out for another. At this rate I won't get caught up until Christmas.

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Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.:
was mistaken for a celebrity. I was approached by a woman, who asked "Are you Michael?" When I said "no", she told me that I look like Michael Moore. Other people have told me this as well.

Were you wearing a ballcap? I could TOtally see it...

(And sorry to hear you got sucked into the SQL, Scooter.

)

...got my posting alt-ID back. Score.

Had a half day - Hoorah!

...just got done with an Egyptian History test I was somewhat worried about, but it turned out to be a piece of cake.

(BTW, Quis - I can totally see it. Get the baseball cap, let your hair grow a little bit and stop tucking your shirt in)

...in true C.J. fashion, burned my omelet this morning.

If it weren't for birthday dinners, I'd never eat.

am taking the train into NYC for work. I'm by myself, so I plan on sleeping on the way in.

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Originally posted by Pov:

Quote

Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.:
[b]was mistaken for a celebrity. I was approached by a woman, who asked "Are you Michael?" When I said "no", she told me that I look like Michael Moore. Other people have told me this as well.

Were you wearing a ballcap? I could TOtally see it...

(And sorry to hear you got sucked into the SQL, Scooter.

) [/b]

I was wearing a gray Swiss Army cap. It looked like this [Linked Image]

(without the Nazi emblems)

...have a quiz! But I studied last night and will study some more this morning.

It should be okay.

...took the day off work to roll around on the floors in my Awesome new house...now I'm getting gussied up for my boyfriend to come over. I am officially all growed up...

..took a short bike ride. But this is too hilly a town for an out-of-shape person to truly enjoy an extended bicycle ride, unfortunately.

.....am attempting to update my resume.

...trying to beat the first boss on GHIII. And not doing very good at it.

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Originally posted by Outdoor Miner:
.....am attempting to update my resume.

while you're at it...

...reached my target weight on Weight Watchers (Yeah, I posted this on the dieters' thread too. I'm just really excited!).

...congratulate Rocky! Well done!

...also congratulate Rocky! I definitely fell off the wagon yesterday-- Thanksgiving dinner, man. Food coma.

...confess to falling off the food wagon for Thanksgiving dinner as well. That's what holidays are for!

(And thanks, guys!)

Rocky, forget the wagon, you hit the goal!

Logged on to Legion World! And it is good.

Logged on to Legion World and, low and behold, discovered that one of the nicest and most talented Legionworlders had finally found his way back to this wonderful place.

Welcome back Future! We missed you!

rented a tux for two black-tie events in December. Since the job is paying for it, I got one of the most expensive ones!

I went to the dentith and had my teeth cleaned. The had to numb the right thide of my mouth.

finished my third paper of the week.

now I'm relaxing. Tomorrow I start the 1st of 2 smaller papers, and start catching up on readings before next's week's finals.

made fish stew.

Ate fish (tuna) mixed with macaroni.

(well last night actually) overheard a young woman say "It's so cold. I'm freezing my balls off." And yes I am sure it was not a drag queen.

Saw at least 11 accidents caused by icy weather on the way home from Chicago. Almost all of them involved SUV's.

Got soaking wet slogging my way to campus. Again. Shoulda stayed home.

Awoke from a dream about a cartoon with a megalomaniacal, evil-genius baby who could eat anything. His name was Stenzil.

Submitted an outline for a megalomaniacal, evil-genius baby who could eat anything to all the major publishers and to the US Patent Office. I'm going to call him Stenzil.

On a sadder note, I just found out that I lost yet another friend at work. This one a young man I helped train 10 years ago after I started. Reminded me a lot of myself; quiet, introverted and he really excelled at customer service. You'll be missed John. R.I.P.

Crud.

Sorry, Scott.

aw, man. As if you haven't had enough bad news in recent years.

Scott I dont think this year can finish quickly enough for you mate. Hope 2008 is a lot better for you.

for Scooter!

rode a bicycle in a snowstorm for the first time ever. not recommended, but I had to return the loaner today.

picked up my comics, after 2 months. Yay!

came into work at 10:30 AM since I basically had a pass to come in late after a late night work party last night that ended at 2:00 AM. Still tired though.

man, your office really celebrates Repeal! Either that, or Martin Van Buren Day.

...am plotting the next phase of The Covenant .

...finished my poli sci final. Just Newfoundland history to go! Exam tomorrow morning, plus two small writing assignments to finish up. then I have a few weeks to be lazy!

went to the back and withdrew a large sum of money, in small bills. I want to make a pile of money.

have a job interview for a promotion. Any good thoughts/prayers/positive energy/whatever you care to send up between 3 and 5 p.m., Houston time, will be greatly appreciated!

I'm sorry RL, but unless you phrase it in avian time, I can't really help you out.

Good luck Rocky!

Lots of luck, Rocky!!

Not that you need it.

You're gonna get it! I just know you are!

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Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad:
have a job interview for a promotion. Any good thoughts/prayers/positive energy/whatever you care to send up between 3 and 5 p.m., Houston time, will be greatly appreciated!

Who needs luck when you have natural talent and intelligence?

I know you will do well in the interview. My thoughts will be with you.

Thanks, guys! I'll let you know!

Rocky, I may not have been here during the day to send good thoughts/prayers/positive energy, but I can send all of them and more to you now, so that no matter how the interview went, you have the best possible future ahead of you. From one LW Summer 2005 Joiner to another.

Thanks everyone! It went pretty well. Two things stuck with me:

I never made an interview panel laugh so much.

I never thought the word "blog" would come up so much in an interview.

I'll let everyone know when I know something.

Thanks for everything!

had a vision of a penguin doing stand-up comedy.

Good luck Rocky!

...finished my last exam of the semester. Yay!

slept 'til 1 p.m.!

longed to be Lardy

Did the first of my holiday baking: a banana-nut bread for a work party tomorrow. This, BTW, is my first baking since I started my diet in February.

had my MSN messenger password stolen, and had someone SPAM my entire contact list.

walked a mile and a half to my therapy appointment because of a disrailment on the subway.

broke the code! In a good way. Finally got two conflicting JavaScripts to work together creating a new menuing system for our intranet.

finished my holiday shopping. (And by finished, I mean started.)

finished mine today, too. (and by finished, I mean not even started! Oy!)

...am going into Munich!

gute Reise, Schatzie!

Hee. And today I went to Austria for the first time ever! Through the Alps. It was beautiful.

read an article "Herald the Return of the Wapiti".

am jealous Cali went to Austria. Vienna is in my top five places I need to visit!

...resisted making a "vienna sausage" joke at Cobie's expense.

Vienna is actually rather bland (more so than I'd imagined), and it's nowhere near any mountains at all. Other cities larger and smaller have better historic districts, nicer palaces/civic monuments and better arthitecture/landscaping all around.

The Austrian Alps are a far nicer place to be! Good for you, Cali!

...woke up with the pain from my kidney stone and also enjoyed the picturesque snowfall here in Boston.

...can't believe I had to post this again. Another close friend, the person that was basically my mentor at Marriott, passed away last night while wrapping her Christmas presents. And she had to be found by one of her children. I physically can't take this anymore.

Very sorry to hear that, Scott. Bad things should come in no more than three! You and Caroline have had more than your share in a very short time.

Scott, so sorry to hear about that. I feel so sorry for her kids. To lose their mom at this time of year must be particualrly hard for them.

@#$%ing unbelieveable.

...I bought a gift for my roommate. It is the only gift I needed to buy before Christmas. My family gettogether is on New Years Day. I have to but for my great nieces & nephews and one Yankee Swap gift.

Shoveled snow. Brrrrrrrrrrrr

ate some leftover pumpkin pie ...

...am flying to Seattle after less than 24 hours at home.

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...am flying to Seattle after less than 24 hours at home.

...and, boy, are her arms tired!

<ba-DUMP-bump>

Spent some quality time with the folks. It's back to Houston and reality tomorrow evening.

had a day in which a lot of things went wrong or broke, but nothing serious.

...went to a friend's annual New Year's Day open house and ate, drank and made merry, for tomorrow it's back on the diet!

...watched waaaay too much Law and Order. And it was gooood.

went back to work after a week and a half ...

...made a mistake and had one of those days.

...am still sore from yet another trip to the dentist yesterday. Not going for fourteen years really did a number on me.

...finally returned to my home state! Just in time for the rain. ><

...packed my bags, time to go back to Fort McMurray

Have dancing neck. You know...From the Dancing.

Found out I might have a flatmate for the semester after all.

...ran into a guy I haven't seen in almost a year on whom I have an enormous, but totally unrequited crush. This was the first time he had seen me since I lost all that weight and he was duly impressed. Did I mention that this guy is built like a $#!+ brickhouse? Anyway, I had a nice chat with him and his boyfriend (of course

begin the semester's classes in about 40 minutes.

woke up feeling sick still. I can't beat this cold after 3 weeks. Work exhaustion and wedding planning offer no relief.

got a haircut at a hairdressing school. Just as the haircut began, the fire alarm went off. We had to exit the building. After about 5 minutes we were told that we could go back in. However the fire alarm was still going off and did so for the entire time I had my haircut.

found out the starter on my Jeep needs to be replaced. On my way to work...

Laid out my gym shoes & clothes in the computer room. Your living with a boy now, Lady Cobalt

Maybe someday she'll make a man of you yet...

...e-mailed a friend who I don't see or talk to often enough, asking if maybe we can meet for lunch or dinner.

Endured part #4 of my dental fixation that's been going on since June. All that's left is a crown in two weeks. I'm not sure I can't take much more of this.

That's very confident of you Cobie...

Finished assembling my Abbott & Costello clock. Here's hoping I'm better at making clocks than making food.

...saw Cloverfield and found it worthy of the hype. (see my further thoughts on the Cloverfield thread in the Anywhere Machine)

...went to the Metropolitan Musuem of Art (in Manhattan) for the first time. It was one of the coolest things I've ever done in NYC, or hell, anywhere. Mind-blowingly awesome.

[Good move, Cobie! I love that place.]

...resumed classes today, following yesterday's storm/campus closure.

bought a plane ticket to Minnesota. First time in 2 yrs that I've been back to visit. I left there because it was too cold.

Yeah, the irony isn't lost on me...

edited an article on Wikipedia. It was about Paul Kupperberg's Doom Patrol. It mentioned all the members except Tempest.

will be taking the Jeopardy contestant test online at 8pm EST.

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Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.:
will be taking the Jeopardy contestant test online at 8pm EST.

I did, too. just got done. I blanked on a few, I did not know on a few, I struggled to recall on a few... I'm not optimistic for my results. There was one I knew but IU was trying to figure out which part of the scenario they were asking for; it just befuddled me.

I probably got more than I think, but right now I can only beat myself up for my screw-ups and misses.

...stayed home while my oil furnace was replaced with a gas furnace. The oil furnace had been acting up and was filling the apartment with an oil smell. The landlord had a technician out a couple of times and finally decided to replace the old furnace.

am laying in bed ... sick ... watching "The Office" second season ... wishing there were Trisquits in the house ...

...wrote a research paper on Amelia Earhart. I hope I never have to hear her name ever again...

am rewatching Season One of Lost (and finally getting Lady Cobalt into it), while eating Chinese food and drinking ginger ale and gatorade. That's about as perfect a Sunday for me as it gets.

made chocolate omelets for a few people. 3 out of 4 said it was edible!

got a call from a fellow Legion Worlder, worried about his ride to SDCC. I'm working on it.

ordered my 4 day pass to SDCC. Not sure yet if it'll be just me or both Caroline and I.

Also walked our second mile this week. I almost didn't make it but Rob Zombie helped me through.

am still getting over being sick ... contemplating whether to take one more sick day ...

blew up at Dean & Deluca. It was just one of those days.

found a book I haven't read for ages. Now I'm going to go lock my door until I've finished reading it for the, like, 20th time.

drove through the rain, both on the way to my destination and on the way back; thankfully, there were only a few brief spots where it was falling so hard that I had trouble seeing.

Was woken up by a phone call from Sweden to make sure I wasn't drinking Battery acid in a fit of desperation on this most hated of days, the day of Valentine.

Heard Sinatra singing "My Funny Valentine" on the radio and realized the words were really about what a loser his girl was, but he loved her anyways. Terrible! Most hated of days indeed.

was reminded by Warren Ellis what today really is a celebration of. So, Happy Horny Werewolf Day everyone!

Lupercalia = festival of the wolf!

Young Roman boys would run around the city of Rome and try to whack young Roman girls with sticks as part of some horny way to deal with hormones.

Most likely the Roman adults were in the midst of some great orgy involving flute playing, grapes and drugs.

Ever wonder why the Roman Empire fell?

Today I drove through a crazy snowstorm on my way to work. Thanks, Scott!

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Originally posted by CJ Taylor:
Ever wonder why the Roman Empire fell?

Today I drove throw a crazy snowstorm on my way to work. Thanks, Scott!

Hey, don't thank me. We closed the borders here. It crossed on its own.

I actually left home a little after 5 AM, got here at 6:15. Still was the first one in.

... enjoyed the day because tomorrow I go back to work (Ok it's just a temp assignment, but it is still work)

...book a flight to France for next weekend!

okay, not THAT exciting... St. Pierre, a little island off shore that is still French soil.

am still exploring my new Macbook ... have been purely a PC guy up until now ...

.. was just told we are closing at noon because of the snow. I was also told that I would be paid for the whole day. Wo-hoo!!!!

was just told the same as Quis! Yay!

Quis!

...am having a ridiculously bad day and it's only 9am.

am going to do more than I did yesterday.

Far too hungover to be out in public. And at work no less!

...decided to post on this thread because it will be four years before I can post here on February 29th again.

...saw a dinosaur named Sue at the Field Museum in Chicago.

(was it hunting down its dad in a Gatlinburg saloon?

)

...walked around the town and island of St. Pierre. It's my first time on French soil since 1991 and the first time I've had euros in my pocket in almost 6 years.

Saw probably my last high school basketball game of the season. Now I'm officially bored.

am making blueberry buckwheat pancakes.

Am relaxing and trying to work on a paper until it's time to go to l'aeroport.

...am eating a hotdog, Chicago-style. Which is the only real way.

...Am going to hear a performance of the Duruflé Requiem. The organist for the performance is a Facebook friend with whom I play Scrabulous and he got me a free ticket.

... had a quickie

Had lunch with one of my best friends at a bar called Bimbos where they serve the most amazing $4 Pizza in the history of the world, Came into work where I'm listening to Jason Mraz, talking to people online and generally avoiding doing anything productive, And tonight I'm going to the opening of an exhibition called "The history of Computer games" where I shall meet the inventor of Pong.
My exciting life.

...handed in the first major (15-page +) paper of the term.

... am finishing up my temp assignment. The people here like me and may have another position in a week.

...walked home from work instead of driving, which was suprisingly relaxing.

...finished my first night of another 14 night stretch

...I have voted and will participate in tonights caucus. I like saying caucus.

... completed a spreadsheet for the imminent Charities Commission review. It wasn't terribly exciting really.

...finally read all of the Brand New Day Spider-Man stories (like eight of them). They're actually quite good!

I guess you prefer sleeping with Aunt May to MJ...

Helped a friend out by being her victim in a Modelling comp, But on the plus side found out that her real name is actually "Paula". I pretended not to hear.

***Which would be hair modelling, in case you were wondering

Quote

Originally posted by Pov:
I guess you prefer sleeping with Aunt May to MJ...

Reminded Pov that with age, comes experience, and I'm always up for new tricks

and with great age comes great responsibility!

So by that token I must have the greatest responsibility of all legion world!

...am not feeling well, so I'm taking a sick day.

Today I burnt my thumb on the toaster.

Over did it at the gym. Very stiff, which is probably going to segue into very sore by morning.

Recovered all day after the New Haven St. Patrick's Day parade.

For the first time ever I felt 'tiredness' at the parade itself creeping in. Today was even rougher.

Slipped and twisted my knee while on patrol.

Ironically this happened while I was checking the doors of the Medical center.

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Slipped and twisted my knee while on patrol.

Ironically this happened while I was checking the doors of the Medical center.

well at least you didn't have to walk far to get some help.

I hope you feel better soon.

Stole chocolate from someone in the office. Dont you Judge Me!!!

so today at work, my friend says i have my lunch upstairs and tell her i have to buy mine so we part ways and agree to meet in the break room. i give her all my stuff and go. i get back with my food she is no where to be found..... so i go off looking for her , and i bump into my manager and she tells me "oh on Friday you and me going to handbag conference. in Connecticut, and you and me are carpooling and we have to leave at 5:30 am"

....and so my natural response was."when will we get back."

and she gave me a look and said "why do you need to know that."

"id like to make plans for the weekend, a lot of it depends on my Friday night."

he response. "pack a bag."

i can't tell if she was joking

Ate a breakfast of scrambled tofu, which was surprisingly not bad

procrastinated and chickened out of job searching.

...umm....I got engaged!!!!

Yes, this is for real!

Hope you feel better soon.

Wow Deddy! Congrats!

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Ate a breakfast of scrambled tofu, which was surprisingly not bad

Try vegetarian tacos with tofu. The best! Been eating a lot of tofu lately instead of meat.

Congratulated my buddy Deddy! Congrats Ded! Thats great news!

Awesome, man!

Congratulations, Deddy!

How romantic.

Congratulations, dedman.

Bought the worlds best Purple velvet Jacket. In paisley no less. Ahhhh retail therapy.

....and indeed. congrats!

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[b]Ate a breakfast of scrambled tofu, which was surprisingly not bad

Try vegetarian tacos with tofu. The best! Been eating a lot of tofu lately instead of meat.[/b]

My best friend is a vegan and makes me feel bad when I eat animal products. My beer is apparently filtered with fish scales, But I have a steadfast refusal to give up my recious fish-beer.
:aqualad:

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...umm....I got engaged!!!!

Yes, this is for real!

Congrats, amigo!

ended my boycott of HFCS by eating jellybeans.

am wonderin' why Cobie's suddenly givin' us the "Runaround".

am smiling deviously

am wondering why referencing Blues Traveller makes one smile deviously.

am remembering how hot that girl was in that video, in her Dorothy costume.

am wondering if the Cobester is covering up for his Toto fetish.

am shocked!

Blues Traveler??????

BOR-ing.

The true classic "Runaround" is the song by Van Hagar.

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Blues Traveler??????

BOR-ing.

The true classic "Runaround" is the song by Van Hagar.

That statement is SO wrong in so, so many ways....

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[b]Blues Traveler??????

BOR-ing.

The true classic "Runaround" is the song by Van Hagar.

That statement is SO wrong in so, so many ways....

[/b]

Hee hee hee hee

And did I mention that "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" is my THIRD favorite Van Halen album, behind "1984" (2nd) and the self-titled debut (1st)?

Heretic, moi? But of course! I am, after all, a lapsed Catholic.

I'm meeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllting!

listened to an interview with a lawyer representing a time traveller's mother, in her/our present but the time traveller's past.

Remembered how annoying and overrated David Lee Roth is

(That actually sounds pretty fascinating FC!)

Made an appointment for Lasik. And now I'm terrified.

saw a bunch of people dressed as anime characters on the subway. There is an anime "festival" (not a convention) here in Boston this weekend.

Giggling at all the kooky old people who are calling to complain because Celine dionne has cancelled a concert and we wont refund their airfare (for the moment).
Also slightly excited by the fact that I can open dlist.com on my work computer which not only can I look at cute boys while Im working, but I can do it without getting my internet cut.
Oh and reading www.johndiesattheend.com (you should aswell)

was in Tennessee but now I'm not.

file papers in a class action suit, for which I stand to gain about $20 if successful. Principles, principles.

Remembered that my brother did that too once FC against his Credit Card company for overcharging, and ended up getting about $15-20. Still, it was worth it, like you say, considering the total hit the company took was in the hundred-millions. Screw those bastard companies

Refused to cry.
Because I'm a Supergirl...and Supergirls just fly...

I burned a sensitive area of my body with a cup of coffee. And I don't even drink the stuff!

spent some birthday money. I found cheap used CD copies of the first two Waterboys albums. Until tonight, I only knew (and loved) one song of theirs ("The Whole of the Moon".)

I just finished listening to the self-titled debut album. It's a bit overblown in spots, but overall I like it. The best song is "I Will Not Follow", of which the title alone pretty much sums up how I try to live my life.

Am finished with papers and finals!

sit on my butt, anxiously awaiting some free time tonight to work on Legiony art projects.

Am all packed for a few days away. I may not be around much until Sunday.

was swamped. Swamped.

am freaking out over my LASIK surgery. Sure they say everything will go just fine... but I'm not normal.

Experienced my first earthquake...in the Chicago area.

...got the 1,000th post on this thread.

Have the worst Flu in the history of Flus. Ever.

ate cod tongues for the first time (yesterday, actually, but too late to post). gotta try all the Newfoundland delicacies I can while I'm still here (one week! almost time to panic!)

Walked 3 miles in 49 minutes, then went to work and worked my butt off.

went on a Smashing Pumpkins kick and downloaded all of my favorite songs of theirs from the 90's. I'm all about the 90's when it comes to music.

slept in late, helped a 16 year old open his first bank account, picked up the dry cleaning, went to Target, walked the dogs, did some laundry and had Chinese take out.

continue to work on unpacking in my new house ... which includes a pool ...

<splash>

Had my worst hangover of the last three years and died all day. Finally starting to go away at 10:30 PM...(I did get to have my hangover cure of Chinese food and gatorade though).

re-entered the US, after spending most of the past 10 months under the flag of the red maple leaf.

spent all afternoon cooking and baking.

slept late, visited the local CBS for the 1st time since Labor Day weekend, ran all around campus doing paperwork, and spent the last of my Canadian money.

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spent all afternoon cooking and baking.

...and this differs from normal... how?

I can vouch that Cramer's kitchen is a wonderous place.

went to Moody Gardens Aquarium in Galveston and saw the penguins: They have kings, chinstraps, gentoos and, yes, rockhoppers!!!

Bought Shoes. OMG.

had my transfer case repaired. And my clutch.

felt the familiar weight of an impending depression.

For KryptonKid. I know how that feels.

griped, generally about nothing but it felt good anyway. somedays are just right for a gripe!

had warm pizza for breakfast. Man, what a meal

Had cake. Twice. Then, walked three miles in an attempt to counteract it.

am in a really bad mood. A Lucy Van Pelt level bad mood.

laughed out out loud when when I read the previous post. Thank god for Lucy.

saw Indy.

threw over what I was supposed to do and read what I wanted to. (Not comics though.)

...worried that I may have seen my grandpa for the last time today. It's his second run-in with cancer in the last three years, and he's in his '80s.

Scheduled appointment to pick my wedding ring on Saturday morning (jeepers! :shiver:)

And

to Lardy!

have one less cat. *sigh* Makes me think of my own mortality - death is probably worse than a big wedding, Cobie!

Lardy

hope things go ok for you and grandpa.

FC

sorry to hear about your cat how long did you have her or should that be how long did she have you?

Des
No hugs for you young man, just hope the ring fits and you'll be as happy as me and Jen.

... sitting along the counter seating in McDonalds. I noticed the young woman seated near me looking around. I looked over to her and she said "Did you take the napkin that was here?" indicating the side of her tray. I replied "no" seeing as I hadn't taken her napkins. She continued to look around and I did as well. I then said "are you talking about the napkins in your hand?" She looked at her hand and the napkins and busted out laughing. She then said "I need to get a job because I'm losing my mind"

Has she considered running for President?

No, she appeared too smart for that job.

...am sick from work. Sad face for missing my half-day at work. Gives me some time to reacquaint myself with Legion World though!

...went to the library and rented 30 CDs.

Woke up
Went to the gym
Went on two sales calls
Came home
Mowed and weed whipped
Pretended I didn't have a garden that needs serious weeding
Right now, I want to take a nap but it's a bit late for that.

doing nothing particular.

Tomorrow however, I am picking up my 3 great nieces and spending the day with them in Boston. Not sure what we will do. I said to them to think of what they want to do. Might do a picnic lunch in the Public Gardens followed by a swan boat ride.

got additional banking info for my mortgage broker

Back spasm... argh! There goes the weekend.

... fought off an alien invasion, escaped from a giant chamelon, and narrowly avoided a car accident.

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Might do a picnic lunch in the Public Gardens followed by a swan boat ride.

The Duck Tours thing? I heard that those are pretty fun.

I'm partial to the aquarium or the museum of science, but I've been to both so many times they've lost their shine for the moment.

Today, I'm just sitting at work. The boss is out. I have no tasks outstanding. I'm just killing these last few hours slowly...

How slowly? I just laughed at a lolcat. I'm rilly, rilly bored.

I downloaded and burnt a set of new karaoke discs

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Might do a picnic lunch in the Public Gardens followed by a swan boat ride.

The Duck Tours thing? I heard that those are pretty fun.

The swan boats pre-date the Duck Tours by many decades. Read the book "Make Way for Ducklings"

... I went to the emergency room. I should have gone yesterday, but I had the 3 nieces with me.

It started as we were headed into Boston. We were going to the track to get the train. The older two nieces started down the escalator. I was with the 6 year old. I stepped onto the escalator, but she hesitated. She then goes "I'm scared!" So I start going up the down escalator to get her, trip and cut my knee. It didn't hurt and after pressing some kleenex against it the little bleeding there was stopped.

So we spent the day in Boston. This morning after looking it over (it was a little deep) decided to have a professional look at it. If I had gone in yesterday, they would have given me some stitches. However, after 12 hours, they don't give stitches as the wound has started to close on its own.

The doctor did prescribe antibiotics and I got a tetanus shot. I think I might end up with a scar. I wonder how many people I can convince it is an old fencing scar?

Back spasm better, weekend saved!

...got pulled over for expired tags.

...went in 3 hours late for work to keep me from getting overtime, per boss's orders.

...still got a little over a half hour's worth!

Picked up and paid for my wedding ring. Still won't be putting it on until the wedding three months from now, but man it feels a little weird/cool.

Oh, also watched my favorite movie of all time, Casablanca, on the Green in a neighboring town this evening. It was really cool, I've never done that before (sit outside on a green with a ton of people and watch a movie in the summertime). Definitely would like to do it again if the movie is great.

Watched about 5 or 6 episodes of Stargate SG-1

am waiting for my Mom to call. She's supposed to drop of a prescription, and I'm hoping she can make either a Taco Bell or Dunkin' run for me, too...

Am burning episodes of the Legion cartoon on to DVD
(I hope, I'm a real dunce at that sort of thing)

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...got pulled over for expired tags.

Ouch!

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Picked up and paid for my wedding ring. Still won't be putting it on until the wedding three months from now, but man it feels a little weird/cool.

You guys should get custom Legion rings for your wedding bands.

Just saying...

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Originally posted by Cobalt Kid:
[b]Picked up and paid for my wedding ring. Still won't be putting it on until the wedding three months from now, but man it feels a little weird/cool.

You guys should get custom Legion rings for your wedding bands.

Just saying...

[/b]

Nah, he's not fan enuff!

digitize.

Went swimming.

I went two weeks ago, also-- my first time in over two years. My little sister's boyfriend's sister has an inground pool, and I'd been invited previously. I finally decided strength and energy issues be damned, I'd give it a try.

I'd read elsewhere how swimming was good exercise for MS; The water helps lower the body's core temp, which can help with nerve conduction and cooling from the exertion, and the bouyancy helps support the body when we're no longer strong enough, like with standing.

Anyway, the first attempt was just weird. Much better experience today. My attempts at "walking" were more successful- The first time around I kept kicking one leg into the other. The best part, though? Getting to spend time in the pool with my 5-month old niece, Mackenzie.

Did Mackenzie beat you at water polo?

She was too busy trying to drink the pool water... chlorine, eeww...

But she kicks her little legs like nobody's business... I'm thinking she could make the 2028 Olympic water polo team...

returned to Legion World...

...have to go back to work, boo.

Have the day off.

went for a long walk on the boardwalk ... and then ate ice cream ...

read 2 weeks of comics in one sitting. Ah bachelorhood...

...need to do my take-home final, ugh!

went to work for the 1st time in a week and a half.

Worked hard retrieving very boring material at the library all day (well it was just the morning but I'm billing for the day). Had lunch at a vegetarian restaurant, and then went shopping to see if there was any good Spring/Summer merchandise still after clear out sales the entire month of July.

Am now reading 200+ pages of material now. Really its just back up for three paragraphs of a report.

Logged into Legionworld...EGADS!

Got put through the wringer at work, so much so that I suddenly don't know what my future with this company will be anymore. I'm grateful for Legion World tonight to have as an escape, for sure!

Hang in there, Lardy!

I will, Rocky--it's my nature. But to go in two days 180 degrees from where I thought I stood is pretty rough. We had a Standard Practice Evaluation at my store (kind of like an audit but of business practices moreso than financial), and I was expecting high marks because I'd busted my ass fixing the issues from the last one. They blindsided me by focussing on something altogether different that had only been introduced recently and absolutely BURIED me with it!

And all this just before I take a week's vacation starting Saturday! I just hope I can enjoy myself.

Appreciate the

, though!

You're making me very glad I've made my career in the public sector.

Enjoy your vacation, though! You've earned it. And a good vacation can make all the difference--having just come back from the best one I've had in ages, I know!

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You're making me very glad I've made my career in the public sector.

Enjoy your vacation, though! You've earned it. And a good vacation can make all the difference--having just come back from the best one I've had in ages, I know!

Well, I wouldn't exactly call working in a grocery store "private sector", y'know?

had a massive spirtiual experience at Niagra falls yesterday,..and it was AWESOME!!!!
i got wet and giddy and i kept my clothes on!!

...am being naughty and posting from work.

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...am being naughty and posting from work.

that's naughty!?! I've been doing that for years! (when I've been employed, that is)

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[QUOTE]that's naughty!?! I've been doing that for years! (when I've been employed, that is)

the one explains the other...

Calie's being naughty....thats good enough for me.

beth

Wore a new striped shirt, which makes me totally look like I'm going for the indie-rock look. I'm cool with it, but its unintentional.

PS - Hang in there Lardy

And try to focus on relaxing on your vacation!

Hang in there Lardster!

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Wore a new striped shirt, which makes me totally look like I'm going for the indie-rock look.

Either that or a convict.

(

)

Discovered that the boat the guy I'm seeing has is in fact a $15 million luxury yacht. Acted blase.
(Actually its his dads. Semantics)

may have overdone he exercise.

came down with a stinking cold.....no infact its man flu!!!! Quick phone for an ambulance.

I Feel like S*%@ and my throat is full of razor blades.

As is to be expected in these situations Jen is totally ignoring me so I have come to LW for much needed tea and sympathy.

Oh no Darden! Did you get something infectious from the French over the weekend??

Sorry, couldn't resist the tease... I found pamphlets from the Red Cross among my father's World War II letters and belongings that told the American GI's to stay away from French women..... Yeah, pretty backward, but well intentioned I suppose.

Feel better! Force the vitamin C and fluids other then ale!!!!!

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Discovered that the boat the guy I'm seeing has is in fact a $15 million luxury yacht. Acted blase.
(Actually its his dads. Semantics)

I don't normally swing that way, but hey, is Dad single????

What? I'm just saying. I like boats.

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Originally posted by Jokester:
[b] Discovered that the boat the guy I'm seeing has is in fact a $15 million luxury yacht. Acted blase.
(Actually its his dads. Semantics)

I don't normally swing that way, but hey, is Dad single????

What? I'm just saying. I like boats. [/b]

Most likely Dad (being a Dad) doesn't swing tha way either. I'd work on the adoption angle if I were you.

Spent a lot of daddy time with muh boys...and improved my still-pathetic bowling skills in the process! (and no, I didn't use the boys as pins or balls

)

woke up at 3:30am with wicked acid reflux ... bad chum, I guess ...

woke up without a hangover to my surprsie. Last night I was a concert/festival and on stage was Boyz II Men of all groups. They were actually pretty cool! I didn't realize they had so many songs from my childhood.

celebrated my 15th wedding anniversary!

lost a softball tournament.

packed for week on Cape Cod ...

vacation, all I ever wanted ... vacation, have to get away ...

had a big fight with my fiance about whether or not he was my fiance.

won't you marry me, Biiiill?

-er, why not...?

Cleaned my house and setup the gaming systems on the livingroom tv

took the first step in getting over someone.

Good luck, JOHN. They say the first step is the hardest in getting over a breakup. I'm not convinced of this, having gone through a breakup myself. But every day does get a little better.

Yeah, at least I found out before we made it all the way to the altar. Still, its been a suck day.

for KryptonKid and LegionJOHN.

Your Legion World family is always here for you.

thanks guys,..appreciate the luv.

...knocked over a can of hairspray that my mom left when she last visited (I have no need of such things) and popped off the nozzle. It started spraying and wouldn't stop. I scooped it up and put it in the trash, but it was still spraying 20 minutes later.

Maybe it was possessed, Rocky: BE GONE DEMONS!!!

Hmm. The evil Aqua Net.

...finally uploaded buttloads of pictures, including ones from SDCC! Fun times.

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Hmm. The evil Aqua Net.

Decided Aqua Net is a fantastic villain name.

... bought a shirt to wear to my niece's wedding.

Just a shirt?

cursed someone's name.

1. Went to a a high school scrimmage game with my son, who's in the marching band (They play starting next week at the first real game). The quarterback fumbled twice near the goalline and threw an interception.
2. Decided it's going to be a long football/marching band season.

Started to decorate the bed room. (and I hate decorating now)

Ate TGIF potato skins chips and watched Olympics on tv, Police Academy on the computer and played freecell, all at the same time.

Multi-tasking: not just for work anymore.

...put myself in a food coma. Guh, so fuuuuuuulllllllll.

..made plans for tomorrow,...

am wondering if Cobie's currently hospitalized with alcohol poisoning!

...tried to explain the relationship between Clive and Time Teller Lad to a person not on Legion World. He didn't get it.

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...tried to explain the relationship between Clive and Time Teller Lad to a person not on Legion World. He didn't get it.

What was so complex about it that he couldn't understand?

...watched Olympic history... and, in doing so, tried to stifle the somewhat unpatriotic thought that I wished Michael Phelps were somehow a bit more... I don't know... eloquent.

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[b]...tried to explain the relationship between Clive and Time Teller Lad to a person not on Legion World. He didn't get it.

What was so complex about it that he couldn't understand?

[/b]

Their relationship isn't complex at all.

I think it's mostly that he doesn't understand Legion World. For that matter, he doesn't really understand the Internet.

Ah, well . . . that's like explaining Legion reboots to someone who doesn't understand comic books.

.. am bored shitless on a rig at the far flung ends of the British Sector.

...ate veal milanese in Manhattan

...used every thread I hate on the MMB to inflate the post counts of myself and Quis, who did the same.

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...used every thread I hate on the MMB to inflate the post counts of myself and Quis, who did the same.

Except, I don't hate those threads.

...mistakenly implied Quis doesn't hate those threads, when in fact, I believe he enjoys them quite frequently!

...never doubted that Quis enjoys his insa-- err... inANity... yeah, that's the ticket...

...had a CT scan.

Gave a

to Rhonda!

...had another in a series of seriously crummy days.

Hoping tomorrow will be better!

...

ed Cali. Chin up, kiddo!

gave hugs for everyone!

...stole Cobie's

...gave a hug to Cali, and held on perhaps two seconds too long!

...rolled my eyes at the Cobester's shamelessness. :rolleyes:

...smiled back at Lardy and thought "you expected any less?"

went in for a group hug ...

I passed on a CNN press pass for the DNC to go play softball in Seattle.

Something else else is wrong with me...

...need to take a shower...

...realized I've posted over 100 posts in the last 24 hours. When inane posters called down the storm, I decided I would then bring the thunder and lightning and hit 20,000 posts before the wedding. How childish of me

And yet she still wants to marry you.

You're lucky she's never met ME... I'm so childish, she'd leave your @$$ in a heartbeat!

...realized that if Lady Cobalt saw Pov and me goofing around with Darden during Hellboy or when we went to the Incredibles, her view of me would be quite different.

In college I would totally play the rebel badboy type role, popular and stuff. Now she's beginning to understand this was just a charade and the real me reads comics and posts on comic book message boards!

...woke up at 2:45 a.m. when I got a text message from a certain U.S. Senator.

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...woke up at 2:45 a.m. when I got a text message from a certain U.S. Senator.

Heh... I signed my brother and best friend up for that...

learned to stop blaming myself for certin recent events that have happened in my life and accepted them as maybe it wasn't ment to be.

reaffirmed John's sentiment as its best to sometimes just accept things as they are

continued moving into the new digs.

prepared for chaos beginning tomorrow when people start working on the house.

woke up with a charlie horse. OW!

realized the radio really sucks now without Mike and the Mad Dog

am wondering who Mike and the Mad Dog are. Radio personalities indubitably, but why should I put my care face on?

visited the DC Boards and was saddened and confused by some posts I found from a former prolific Legion Worlder. Mentally debated whether or not to open a topic here about it and decided against. Didn't want to open a can of worms, I guess. Still a little saddened, though, so I made this post, at least, to help me work thru it.

feel better, now that I got that off my chest.

wondered who Lardy might be referring to (PM me!)

Also, Mike and the Mad Dog were long term sports radio personalities in the New York area. I always enjoyed them. I've grown to really like sports radio when its good. Unfortunately, too many times its not so good, including 90% of what's on ESPN these days.

became the number 3 poster.

am congratulating Quis.

am also congratulating Quis! Pretty impressive! Prob #2 pretty quickly!

just now hitting post...

[Linked Image]

offers more congrats!

am slightly afraid of the dancing exclamation mark.

Do not fear the dancing exclamation mark. It is your friend.

And congrats to Lardy for 7000 posts

agrees that BB should be! (afraid, that is)

welcomes Lardy to the arbitrary Big League!

accept everyone's congratulations...while plotting their downfall.

...kissed a girl. I liked it.

had my tattoo fixed.

...have a family cookout to get ready for.

Later, 'gators!

am frustrated ...

finally unpacked my suitcase,..once i got home from SD and Toronto i just flung the thing into the corner and totally forgot about it,..got some laundry to do now.

returned from seeing my mom for the holiday weekend.

...probably gained about 10 pounds while there.

...had to make an emergency run to Target because my old microwave almost 'sploded.

had to get up early on a day off to get my car maintenanced.

had a school full of kids to contend with ...

scored well below my already pitiful average in bowling two games.

Learned that Luke Skywalker is now a widower

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Learned that Luke Skywalker is now a widower

what????

More info please

R2 died?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I'm guessing he's talking about a certain character from the Expanded Universe whom Luke married and was created by Timothy Zahn. If so, didn't that happen at least a year or two ago?

Oh!

It could have happened a while ago, but John did say he just learned of it.

They killed Chewbacca, too. Bastards!

yes to both of you,...Luke was married to Mara Jade, and in the current Star Wars series of books "Legacy of the Force." i just finished reading the 5th book in the series she is poisioned in a fight by the new Sith Lord and dies,..

and yeah the book came out about a year ago but i'm just reading this book now.

SPOILERS!

Yeah, they're kind of vicious with the Expanded Uni characters: Click Here For A SpoilerHan and Leia's two son's have both been killed off, one after having become a Sith Lord and killing Mara.

am about to return to work after an 8-day vacation.

(oh well, at least I missed the hurricane-panic rush

)

am finally going to the doctor about a huge bug bite on my arse

Returned from London and Germany.

(Today? Yesterday? Who can tell anymore?)

And you were in London WHEN, young man!!!!!!!

And i am tired, we are painting bedrooms.

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And you were in London WHEN, young man!!!!!!!

Ask your daughter, she knows...

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And i am tired, we are painting bedrooms.

At least you're in the right place by the time you finish for the day.

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[b] And you were in London WHEN, young man!!!!!!!

Ask your daughter, she knows...

[/b]

I knew there was a reason she had flown to Mexico, the things a girl has to do to stay pure.

Kissing Cobie, drinking Mexican agua... Which'll give you the worst diarrhea?

after being asked this for the umpteenth time i told off a tourist in my cab that i drove down to the U.S. Open: "Just because i'm black and drive a cab does not mean i know where to score you some drugs or hookers!!"
and i wont even go into how many times i was asked this when the All-star game was here at Yankees Stadium in July!!

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after being asked this for the umpteenth time i told off a tourist in my cab that i drove down to the U.S. Open: "Just because i'm black and drive a cab does not mean i know where to score you some drugs or hookers!!"
and i wont even go into how many times i was asked this when the All-star game was here at Yankees Stadium in July!!

But do you know where the nearest comic book store is?

People are idiots.

Sorry for that, John. It sucks when people make assumptions they have no business making.

I woulda dropped them off in Harlem and told them to knock themselves out... :rolleyes:

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Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.:

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Originally posted by l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN:
[b] after being asked this for the umpteenth time i told off a tourist in my cab that i drove down to the U.S. Open: "Just because i'm black and drive a cab does not mean i know where to score you some drugs or hookers!!"
and i wont even go into how many times i was asked this when the All-star game was here at Yankees Stadium in July!!

But do you know where the nearest comic book store is?

People are idiots. [/b]

Ohhh hells yeah!! that i can do no prob.
but after telling folks that if they want hookers just look in the phone book under "Escorts" you'd think they'd get it!!

What??!!?? You mean that those services provide a service?

Happy Ending guaranteed!

did see the naked ass of one of my blankety-blank neighbors as I was closing my kitchen wiondow to block out the noise of their stereo.

Intentional or accidental mooning?

well, we have decided that all of them over there are "fucking oblivious". F.O. or faux for short.

am dismayed that the bug bite turned out to be a cyst ...

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am dismayed that the bug bite turned out to be a cyst ...

"ouch Sharky!" my roomate had a nice sized one on the right side of his jaw and he let it go for awhile and when he finally had it taken care of he told me that the doctor told him it had hardened so removing it was not easy and he came home with a few stitches on his right cheek.

am excited to have the NFL season starting! Did anyone see my Panthers pull off that thrilling last-second upset of the Chargers?

missed the Panthers game but caught the highlights. Looked like a good opener to week one!

Also missed the Giants game on Thursday while I was in London...

learned that Tom Brady may have suffered a season-ending injury.

But his brothers Greg, Peter and Bobby are all doing well with their respective teams.

'Specially Peter!

Always a crowd pleaser in the locker room.

wondered if Brett Farve will or will not succumb to the "Madden Curse"?

began a horrible 5 day crash course diet for wedding for the single reason that I want to 'feel thin' on wedding day.

I feel like an anorexic 14 year old. And I'm only 6 hours into it.

Have you tried a colonic?

Seriously, dude...

HEY, KRUEL! WHERE DO YOU GUYS KEEP YOUR GARDEN HOSE? AND YOU WANNA GIVE ME A HAND WITH YOUR BROTHER?

Today I became a Time Trapper for the second time. I'm concerned that this is more bad than good

There's no redemption for a Time Trapper twice over....

It's like dividing by zero! It must not be done!!!

gee how will you guys feel when I reach 20,000?

Eh.

Second Place is just the first loser.

</marquee>

JUST KIDDING! You're getting a great big parade, in honor of your quality versus quantity ratio being better than Cobie's!

(Not to mention your spelling...

)

...got caught up on how STU became Masked Stu and now Hot Stu...

...called a guy about getting an estimate to repair my kitchen flooring.

... put up bulletin board at work

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... put up bulletin board at work

A real one or an electronic one?

a real one ... with a border and everything ... though the 1st grade teacher down the hall told me hers was better ... what a b_tch!

had trouble with my internet connection. I had the same trouble Monday, but it corrected itself over night. Basically, I just lost the connection. I called Comcast. Did the "unplug it and plug it back in". They sent a refresh signal. Nothing worked. They said I had a bad modem. So it was off to the store to get it replaced (less than a month so, it was just swapped) The new one is working now. cross your fingers.

i got caught staring at the cashiers cleavage (and might i add it was a well endowed cleavage

) while buying books at Borders and learned i can do a very good Ralph Cramnden stammer Homina-Homina-homina!!!!

went to my town's newly opened diner for dessert. I had a slice of the coconut custard pie; my wife had a slice of chocolate cream pie; we each had coffee. It was a good night.

ate cake for breakfast. My work got us a cake, Sue's work got us a cake, and we have cake tonight at the rehearsal and the of course cake tomorrow, so we're trying to get rid of it.

Let them eat CAKE!

ate 5 donuts ...

It's the holes that are fattening.

That's why I only eat jelly donuts!

Chauffered my Dad (who just had minor surgery) around town.

am stuck in the office, on a beautiful day, doing database release testing. Grrrrrrrr!

Look on the bright side. It gives you a reason to post more on Legion World.

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am stuck in the office, on a beautiful day, doing database release testing. Grrrrrrrr!

... had to make the call to do a rollback on the database when it was discovered that the 3rd party vender didn't have the proper licensing in place (Hey, at least I can go home early!)

am experiencing the Sunday blues only two weeks into the school year ...

i tried to comfort a friend that's going through a break-up with his GF. told him i seriously know what he's going through having still not entirely gotten over mine. hope it helped he seemed in an aweful way.

am off on a Sunday! Yay!

woke up married!

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woke up married!

(...and then got on the computer?

)

Just kidding! Congrats, you old married thang!!!

It's all downhill from here...!

finally settled a minor ongoing argument with my wife about a song lyric. I always thought Stevie Nicks sang about a "one-winged dove", but it was a "white-winged dove". Oh well, at least I didn't think it was "Pour some shook-up Ramen"!

I never understood that lyric until I moved to southern Arizona. Ms. Nicks is from these parts and white winged doves are very common here.

and it also reminds me of a fun interview I saw with Christine McVie once. She was talking about how she never understood Stevie's lyrics. She was laughing about it saying that she had been singing those songs for years and never knew what they meant.

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Originally posted by LardLad:
finally settled a minor ongoing argument with my wife about a song lyric. I always thought Stevie Nicks sang about a "one-winged dove", but it was a "white-winged dove". Oh well, at least I didn't think it was "Pour some shook-up Ramen"!

Growing up, I heard the lyrics to "Be Close" as "Meatloaf, the night belongs to lovers" I did know I was hearing it incorrectly.

...need to get to bed earlier.

got into an argument with my therapist,..so much for progress.

..Went to my Primary Care for a 9:00 AM blooddraw, and my Neuro for a 1:30 follow-up with his Nurse-Practitioner.

Fun, fun, fun...

... drove from Philly, PA to Reston, VA (3 hours) ... took an IT certification class... drove back.

...got my 8th Tysabri infusion.

...also need to get ready for a "Rehab Reunion" the L&M Rehab Unit throws for former patients, going on 7 years now. This'll be my first; Last year's was pre-empted by the birth of my nephew DJ.

am going on a one day temp assignment to do internet research.

Not the Pete Townsend kind, I hope.

...am recovering from yesterday's two trips to the SE corner of the state.

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Originally posted by Pov:
...also need to get ready for a "Rehab Reunion" the L&M Rehab Unit throws for former patients, going on <strike>7</strike> 6 years now. This'll be my first; Last year's was pre-empted by the birth of my nephew DJ.

The reunion turned out nice, but the dining hall was very tight and crowded. You'd think a rehab unit would plan for patients returning in wheelchairs. Once we found a table, I was locked in for the duration until the crowd started thinning.

But I got to see one of my OT's

and several of my RNA's (including my favrit...

) and the food was good, so the evening was not lost. Just glad I didn't have to hit the head in a hurry...

am sooooooooooooooooo bored at work!

dreamt something strange, woke up, and saw something stranger.

am watching Maury to see who dat babydaddy!

ate some shredded wheat

had some increasingly evil thoughts about someone.

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Originally posted by l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN:
had some icreasingly evil thoughts about someone.

Given your line of work, I'd be surprized if you didn't have evil thoughts about someone everyday

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Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.:

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Originally posted by l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN:
[b] had some icreasingly evil thoughts about someone.

Given your line of work, I'd be surprized if you didn't have evil thoughts about someone everyday [/b]

the customers i can deal with most of the time,..this was something more personal!!

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am watching Maury to see who dat babydaddy!

Four "You ARE the Father!"(one happy)

Two "You are NOT the father!" (two happy GUYS, one dancing)

wrote a very pissed off rant to a poster over at Devaintart.com that didn't appreciate my non-comic book artwork. so screw her!!!

have to get ready for a job (temp) interview tomorrow.

All right, Quis! Good luck tomorrow!

bade farewell (at least in a professional sense) to the man who I've considered as my mentor, as he resigned from a very senior position to, as he put it, "face the next challenge."

pinched Stu's butt repeatedly!

made multiple foot patrols of the work camp i am at

X-rayed a person with Situs Inversus Totalis. All the internal organs are on opposite sides from the normal one. Heart and stomach are on right side, liver on left, etc.

made a pain and suffering settlement on my children's for the auto accident we were in a couple of weeks ago.

(They suffered just enough to fully pay for our replacement vehicle.)

posted on Legion World after about 10 days off (that's like a record for me

)

How goes the honeymoon Cobie?

He's HERE, isn't he?

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Originally posted by Cobalt Kid:
posted on Legion World after about 10 days off (that's like a record for me

)

Oh no, I remember I sent you a PM once just before you disappeared for three weeks (I know you don't like replying to PMs, but I remember thinking that was a bit extreme

)

took my dog to the park. (Yay!)

Told a guy in an x-ray machine to turn around or a bunch of doctors would start moving his organs.

Told a lie today on a message board.

i realized i was getting old when i uttered these words today:"Goddamn these F*#%king kids!!! WTF is wrong with kids these days!!!!

had a kitten fall asleep on my neck.

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Originally posted by Reboot:

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Originally posted by Cobalt Kid:
[b]posted on Legion World after about 10 days off (that's like a record for me

)

Oh no, I remember I sent you a PM once just before you disappeared for three weeks (I know you don't like replying to PMs, but I remember thinking that was a bit extreme

)[/b]

hm, remembered that clearly but can't remember why. I think it was a combo traveling for work and having a really bad cold (which is rare for me). Usually absences of 10 or more days have been far and few between in the last five years.

Still don't try to check PMs too often though

am still sore, two days after exercise. This aging bit isn't any good for me.

watched what may have been the most evenly matched Presidential debate I've ever seen.

am feeling ambivalent.

managed to reinsert Danny the Street into "The Amalgame", as I am wont to do, and to revive my recurring "Ambivalent" thread (despite my prevailing ambivalence today).

got rained on at a football game.

just did the dishes. They were yucky!

I gotta teach that woman o'mine to scrape the damn dishes off when she stacks them in the sink!

(Please don't tell my wife I said that--she'll hurt me!

)

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...she'll hurt me!

And NOT in a good way!

finally got a slow leak in two of my tires taken care of. Filling up air in the tires ever two weeks since June was getting a little bothersome.

Am trying to copy Cobie's head from his "First Dance" pic onto DellSteve's friend in this photo,but all I have on my laptop is crappy MSPaint.

Lucky, lucky Cobie...

...went to a party for my aunt and uncle to celebrate their 25th anniversary. My sister Melinda did a fly-by from Baltimore-- she flew in just in time for the party, and flies back out tomorrow night around 7 so she's back and ready to teach her Monday morning classes.

My niece Mackenzie was the life of the party. Gramma, Mommy Krystal, Auntie Min and my cousin Dawn had her out on the dance floor most of the evening until Gramma sat down with her and gave her a bottle.

Watched my son's high school band win 3 first place and 2 second place awards, PLUS, highest total score out of 11 bands.

And got sunburned in the process.

got back from DC ...

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got back from DC ...

...the $$ you wasted on COUNTDOWN?

worked my last shift of this rotation...3 and a half hours to go and I'm off for two weeks. YAY!

Watched a scene straight from the waning days of the Roman Republic. Unfortunately I realized that the window on my PC wasn't a time viewer, it was live on C-Span.

did a raisin meditation ...

sat on my porch swing with my wife and a glass of Chianti, watching my dog running around, thinking how good life can sometimes be.

am having a blast revisiting (and finally continuing/completing) "The Story of Lard Lass" over on Bits!

Thanks to GRL for temporarily lebianizing me, so that I could become Lard Lass II for awhile--which reminded me eventually of that incomplete tale!

am having my oil heating system replaced with gas ...

am wondering if I somehow missed Stu's werezompirization or if it happen "off-camera"!

had a huge fight with my significant other ...

...and my wife fixed some household plumbing issues.

slept in for the first time in weeks

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Originally posted by Arm Fall Off Boy:
...and my wife fixed some household plumbing issues.

...and all it took was a little blue pill?

...am getting my kitchen floor fixed.

... had a cocktail at lunch and was useless for the rest of the afternoon.

The things Cobie will do for a new lap...top.

Er, fellas, I deleted those posts.

I like a good joke--but TOO FAR!!! Please don't post images of me like that

:sniff:

I'll have to use my mod abilities to start deleting!

...sharpened my claws to scratch anyone posting bad pictures of Cobie!

Have you ever seen a good pic of him?

Other than my Cobie/Zoolander pic...

contemplated (yet again) quitting my job and going to work at Disney World

apologized to a friend, she was telling me something and it totally washed over my head till i got off the phone and had a moment to go back over what she said.
i guess it's true, when women are talking to men we listen,..but do we really listen?

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contemplated (yet again) quitting my job and going to work at Disney World

They might have you working full shifts running the "It's a Small World" ride...

burst into affectionate laughter when, in the midst of a bickering spat, my wife referred to me as a "dullard." What a great word!

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Originally posted by Cobalt Kid:
Er, fellas, I deleted those posts.

I like a good joke--but TOO FAR!!! Please don't post images of me like that

:sniff:

I'll have to use my mod abilities to start deleting!

found out I do not have tuberculosis (TB). I had to get tested for a possible temp assignment. They test you twice, seven days apart. You get injected with some liquid and go back in 2 days. If there is "a red circle", that is evidence that you have TB. My first test was OK. There was an initial mosquito bite-like bump that went away quickly. In checking 2 days later, the nurse even said "Where did they do the injection?" The second time there was a small red circle where they injected me and it didn't go away. SO I am thinking "Oh No, I have TB" But when the nurse looked at my arm she was "You're fine." I asked about the little red circle. And she said "Oh if it was TB, it would be a big circle and all bubbly." Needless to say, I was relieved.

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Originally posted by l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN:
apologized to a friend, she was telling me something and it totally washed over my head till i got off the phone and had a moment to go back over what she said.
i guess it's true, when women are talking to men we listen,..but do we really listen?

We absorb.

There should be points for that too.

IMO

learned how to cook seitan.

learned the maximum number of images allowed in a single post is 8 when I tried to put a zillion

s on the Today I (verb) thread in response to Ram Boy's HILARIOUS photomanip of yours truly!

...went out to dinner for my baby sister's 19th birthday.

I remember doing "Brother Daycare" for her when -I- was 19.

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learned how to cook seitan.

And if you're not careful, Satan will one day be cooking you...

I kid. Bless you.

was in Philadelphia, so I took a swing by the apartment that I lived in 10 years ago.

It's now a coffee shop.

I ordered a coffee from the kid standing in my old kitchen; added some sugar in the corner where I once decorated a Christmas tree for the first time with my future wife; and drank it sitting on a comfy couch in the same spot our bed used to be.

You can't go home again... but if you do, be prepared for it to taste slightly bitter.

did yardwork ... I hate yardwork ... really ... a lot ...

Woked on my basement...getting it ready for renters.

just cleaned my mouse. It is working so much better now.

accidentally drywalled the cat in behind the tub. We can laugh about it now, right Jack?

...gave Hyvvie a bath. No drywall was harmed.

stopped at a convenience store and, in an experimental mood, bought my very first "Red Bull".

Ho...ly...crap!

How do these kids (and Grant Morrison) drink that stuff? I felt like I was shot out of a cannon for the next five hours.

relaxed with the in-laws

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stopped at a convenience store and, in an experimental mood, bought my very first "Red Bull".

Ho...ly...crap!

Yeah, and that's about how it tastes!

If I wanted something that tastes like cough syrup, I'd buy cough syrup!

(never really felt the energy boost, either)

went to a Madonna concert ... the girl has still got it ... amazing effin' show!

Of course she's still got it... all that plastic's going to outlast HER!

saw Pov repeat himself. and then fix it.

blushed

went clothes shopping with a female friend @ a few locations in Midtown Manhattan and i didn't have the usual male meltdown like most men do when shopping with females weither it's their mother,wife,girlfriend whatever. although i did notice that while in Macy's every guy that was with his wife or GF shopping had that "what am i doing here?" look on their face and all i could do was give the sympathetic look "i feel your pain" look back.

went to the CBS and was amazed there was another new issue of The Walking Dead waiting for me less than a month after the last one! Whoa--Kirkman's SERIOUS about getting them out on time!!!

saw Stu made a mistake in the "Never have I ever" thread that he apparently has yet to notice or correct!

am atoning for my sins by eating cookies and cheesecake

found out about my year end raise! Yay!!!

See? All that sitting on your boss' lap taking "dictation" paid off!

... saw a woman pissing in the street. It was just after the sun went down. I was walkking down a side street near my house. I passed one woman (bull dike actually) who was sitting on the curb, looking at her cell phone. It looked like she had been working on the car parked in front of her and there were two empty beer bottles next to her. I walk along the car behind her and here the sound of running water. There between two cars was another bull dike, squawting down, releaving herself. As I passed, she looked up towards me. I quickly shifted my eyes forward and continued walking. I think I made the right decision for all concerned.

...planted a tree for the first time since elementary school.

...went to another high school band competition with my son. They didn't win this time, but got 3rd place. Thought they deserved better...

learned that it's not me but the choices i've made and i need to stop walking around with blinders on.
i guess therapy does have it's merrits.

...was reminded about a stellar performance I put on at the bar at 2:00 AM on Saturday of R Kelly's 'Bump 'n Grind' (its on a CD in my car lately)

Actually Belinda my cat is working extra hard to get me to feed her her evening spoonful of wet food. Every night is seems to take her at least 2 hours of hard work to get that wet food in her bowl.

got back from a weekend on Cape Cod ...

...called Beagz to wish him a happy birthday!

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planted a tree for the first time since elementary school.

Quis might be able to help you out with getting that watered.

Took a sick day for the first time in 8 years. It was fun. I might be sick again tomorrow.

Is it a headache?

Oh, yeah. Helped my Dad move a refrigerator.

went on a field trip with my 5 year-old's kindergarten class to the local fire station.

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Originally posted by LardLad:
went on a field trip with my 5 year-old's kindergarten class to the local fire station.

I don't suppose you got to slide down the fireman's pole?

(I hope you and your daughter had a good time)

trying to hold my nose long enough to vote in the Canadian election.

Who gets my vote?

Dubya's Lapdog
Professor Milquetoast
The Photogenic Socialist and Wife
Throw my vote away Green Party

Well, it beats the choice between

Guy who claims to be totally different than W. but seems intent on carrying on most of his policies with ever so slight variations of emphasis

and

Other guy who claims to be totally different than W. but seems intent on carrying on most of his policies with ever so slight variations of emphasis

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Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.:

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Originally posted by LardLad:
[b] went on a field trip with my 5 year-old's kindergarten class to the local fire station.

I don't suppose you got to slide down the fireman's pole?

(I hope you and your daughter had a good time)[/b]

Son, Quis, and no poles in sight!

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Originally posted by LardLad:

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Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.:
[b]

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Originally posted by LardLad:
[b] went on a field trip with my 5 year-old's kindergarten class to the local fire station.

I don't suppose you got to slide down the fireman's pole?

(I hope you and your daughter had a good time)[/b]

Son, Quis, and no poles in sight!

[/b]

Well, when you dress him up in pink taffeta, anyone could have made that mistake.

What... they were wearing matching outfits!

Yeah, real men can pull off the pink, dontchaknow?

So why were you guys wearing it?

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So why were you guys wearing it?

...says the clothing expert?

...voted. I was going to vote for the best-looking candidate, that's how bad it is, but relented and went for a fringe party that has no chance of winning anything. Maybe a vote will cheer them up, and I have thereby done a good deed.

well actually yesterday i felt like i finally closed a very difficult chapter in my life. it was a very hard learning lession and i learned alot about myself and saw a side of me that i really didn't like. but now i feel that the demons have been laid to rest, my spirit and self esteem have returned and i can get on with things. i regret things ended the way it did. but i did learn it took two to tango and maybe it was for the best.

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Originally posted by l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN:
well actually yesterday i felt like i finally closed a very difficult chapter in my life. it was a very hard learning lession and i learned alot about myself and saw a side of me that i really didn't like. but now i feel that the demons have been laid to rest, my spirit and self esteem have returned and i can get on with things. i regret things ended the way it did. but i did learn it took two to tango and maybe it was for the best.

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by LardLad:
 <blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Pov:
So why were you guys wearing it?

[qu33reye4daLardguy] "That taffeta doesn't go with that beard..." *tsk,tsk*

[/qu33reye4daLardguy]

...was pleasantly surprised to see the Rays took to Boston one more time last night. I hope they win it all, first by finishing Boston off in game 5.

...went to see snooker in person. The last (Steve Davis) match went on so long I had to leave before the end and *still* missed the last train home.

..am taking care of the neighbour's dogs for the second day and had to physically haul the youngest Lab off the couch, where she'd been since yesterday.

Things labs love. Water, children and couches.

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..am taking care of the neighbour's dogs for the second day and had to physically haul the youngest Lab off the couch, where she'd been since yesterday.

Was she going to the bathroom?

That's what I was worried about, but she seems to have camel kidneys. Anyways, today they're back home, so she's happier and I only have one dog to worry about.

...have a big fat job interview that could mean beaucoup bucks. Wish me luck.

Luck

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...have a big fat job interview that could mean beaucoup bucks. Wish me luck.

...had said interview and, after having been told at the outset that interviewing and candidate review would continue for at least another week before I heard anything, nevertheless received a call four hours later with an incredible offer. I am in a state of numb shock. Pleasant numb shock, mind you... but shock nevertheless.

...also had celebratory martinis with Mrs. Nihil, so forgive the rambling post.

Congrats.

But don't forget that I did wish you luck and none of the St'balla tribe did.

Bribery will get you everwhere.

...bought a new vacuum cleaner and a new cell phone. Hyvvie is already on the wallpaper on the phone. Parts of him (namely hair) will soon be in the vacuum.

...had my father's old desk delivered. It is a solid metal desk. 39 x 34 x 30 inches. The movers did have to take the upstairs door off to get it into my apartment. It doesn't seem strange having it here, but I think it will be strange going back to his house (now my niece's) and not seeing it there. It had been in its place there from before I was born.

...had a yard sale and made $60.

...watched the snow fall

looked out my livingroom window at the NJ Palisades and noticed the leaves and totally digging the reds and yellows and orange colors they have turned. i soo love this time of year.

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...was pleasantly surprised to see the Rays took to Boston one more time last night. I hope they win it all, first by finishing Boston off in game 5.

They're going to game 7...

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...watched the snow fall

TOO SOON! TOO SOOOON!!!

Had sunday lunch with my mother.

...saw the impossible, as my wife bought a comic book. (She's loves dogs and though she usually just tolerates my comic thing, she could not resist the "Dog of Steel" cover of this month's "Action". And so it begins.

)

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...saw the impossible, as my wife bought a comic book. (She's loves dogs and though she usually just tolerates my comic thing, she could not resist the "Dog of Steel" cover of this month's "Action". And so it begins.

)

The next step is to get her to post on Legion World. We have some lovely Krypto avatars.

Went to the NC State Fair. Waaaaaaayy too crowded.

...went to the ER because my injured foot was hurting more. I now have to stay off it for TWO WEEKS with the assistance of crutches. This two week period includes a trip to Massachusetts, my birthday, Halloween and giving a 20 minute presentation... not in that order. Yeah. I am grumpy pants.

for Cali.

Hang in there, Tiger!

Listen to the docs Beth, they do know what they are doing.

<switches off fatherly voice mode>

... resigned from my job. (... gave notice, actually, but "resigned" sounds so much more dramatic!)

Were they surprized at your job?

No, my boss and I are pretty good buddies, so I told him a couple of months ago that I was going to start looking. He supported my decision because he knew I was tired of the travel aspect of my job. I was tired of being a globe-trotter, and wanted something closer to home so I could spend more time with my wife.

am still sick

slept in late

Had steak. Beef. It's what was for dinner.

had a front row seat for Lynda Carter's cabaret show at Feinstein's in NYC ... A-M-A-Z-I-N-G ...

I voted for a black man for President of the United States.

coveted AFOB's steak.

Got a call from Caliente. I'll be having dinner with her tomorrow night.

Wondered if Caliente has seen THE picture...of the...y'know...cheese puffs n' stuff...

wondered if AFOB was referring to THIS picture:

[Linked Image]

in previous post?

Dude, Caliente has had the Quislet, Esq. live experience twice. Last time I even held her salad.

Did you toss it?

...am waiting at the Toyota dealership while my Yaris has its 25000 mile service. Let's hear it for free wireless in the waiting room!

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Did you toss it?

NOW,NOW Pov,..i'm sure whatever Quis did to Calie's salad,.....fun was had by all.

wondered if Cobalt Kid has checked his PM box for an interesting PM Raging Bull (I think) sent him.

responded to Raging Bull, unaware that he had discussed with Lardy before. I kind of was leaning against such a move, but perhaps I didn't really give it a thorough enough look through?

suggested that maybe Cobalt should look again.

am finally getting into the bar brawl Legion World has been waiting for!

...wished Kent would change his underwear as often as he changes his avatar...

Did bugger all...Actually thats a lie...I walked to the store to buy teabags whistling Rhianna the entire way (A very gay moment if I do say so myself), Completed 4 pages of sequentials so have VERY sore hand, Watched "the Descent" for like the 5th time, Chatted to people online and got annoyed with my boyfriend for being too busy to chat today and for being in another state (though that part is my fault as Im visiting my parents). And and did my washing. Well SOME of my washing.

Hoorah!

Busybusy, huh Joeboy?

Lol...not at all...I'm bored witless...Stoopid visiting stoopid parents in town where they refuse to serve shots in bars! *shakes fist*

... had dinner with Caliente and her friend John. No salads were held or tossed.

...had my exit interview with my current company, and became unexpectedly nostalgic.

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...had my exit interview with my current company, and became unexpectedly nostalgic.

Did you...cry?

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Did you...cry?

N...n...no.

It was just rather odd, bidding farewell to a place which, for four years, was home to my mentors, colleagues, traveling companions, poker buddies, et.al. I'm going from what was essentially a company of about 200 to a company of around 10,000.

It's a bit daunting.

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It's a bit daunting.

But MUCH better paying, going by what you said before!

Admittedly, that does help with the "daunt."

Today i learned that men look better dressed up as Sarah Palin then Women do,..at least in the Village anyway. and that's all i have to say on that.

was a shark and an urban pirate ...

am still eating Halloween candy.

relished the thought that this election is almost upon us and the current regime will be gone soon.

am still undecided about who to vote for.

encouraged Eryk to do a write-in vote for Cobalt Kid!

... had two tuna fish sandwiches on toasted bread. The crunch one makes when biting into a toasted sandwich is so satisfying.

really, really, really wanted to hit a kid ...

... ya know... voted.

That was today?! Shoot...

didn't vote because the polls had a minimum 2-3 hour wait and...well, I just didn't give a damn, I guess.

today i voted~

... saw history

am more proud of my country than I've ever been ...

saw Daniel Radcliffe, Richard Griffiths, and Kate Mulgrew in "Equus" on Broadway ...

packed my suitcase. I'm off to the House of the Mouse for a week.

... am getting real pissed with my roommate. Something else else happened yesterday to get him upset at me. When I saw he was upset, I asked "Are you OK? Did I do something to upset you?" he snapped at me "You aren't always right. And I'm not going to be told I am wrong." Since then he has stayed mostly in his room and has been giving me the silent treatment.

...bought a new garbage disposal unit and new pipes for under my kitchen sink. A neighbor is going to install all that. And I'm waiting for the plumber to clean out a clog in the drain.

Isn't home ownership grand???

... have hot water again. We have a horribly tempermental hot water heater. Isn't home ownership grand, indeed.

got home from an overnight to Binghamton, NY ... I made it out without slipping into a coma ...

...went to my friend Tom's mother's wake. Tomorrow is the funeral. I've been asked to be a pall bearer. RIP, Doris. We'll take good care of your boy.

...went into work an hour early by accident. I think when resetting my alarm, I reset the clock by an hour. I didn't realize until I was already on my way into work.

ate a peanut butter sandwich for lunch ...

...went to my best friend Tom's mother's funeral. Also today, another friend, also named Thomas (though he goes by "Thom"), also lost his mother.

Just for some background, Tom is my friend who took me in after I had a fire in my building. Thom is the friend whose weight loss inspired mine.

It's been a very emotional week.

My condolences to your friends, Rocky.

got sick as a dog and stayed home from work.

... stood outside my new office building in Philadelphia, looking up at the skyline, thinking, "Wow... how does the Batman swing off of a building on the Bat-rope without slicing off his hand, ripping his arms out of socket, or... if he's really lucky... winding up just dangling at about the 20th floor?"

I guess that's why he's the Dark Knight... and I work in an office building.

plotted to have an administrator fired ...

... plan to go to an anti-Prop 8 rally.

Went to the rally despite the overcast skies. It was pretty good. There were a lot of people there. I'd say at least a thousand. Three of the Massachusetts US Representatives spoke at the rally. (Not Barney Frank though)

.. just started feeling annoyed for no apparent reason.

...woke up with some energy for the first time in like three weeks. Business and the first few weeks of being really cold drain me; hopefully I'm getting back to normal (it helps I finally got back to the gym last night after almost two weeks off).

...am going to a high school football game with my son and the marching band again. It's supposed to be 20 degrees and it came a light snow last night.

...gave a short presentation for my Spanish class.

... am heading out to a reading of bad poetry

Have a much needed day off.

received a Geoff Johns bonanza of an eBay shipment, consisting mostly of a couple of his GL issues and his "Last Son" arc on Action.

drove to Philly for a concert ...

woke up. After the last few days of being sick, I wasn't sure that would happen.

...was asked to sing in a quartet on one verse of one of the carols our choir is singing on Christmas Eve. That probably doesn't sound all that exciting, but I've always been very self-conscious about my singing. I love doing it, but the fact that I have so many friends who are so talented at it has always made me feel a little uncomfortable about any singing where my voice is so exposed. The fact that they felt comfortable enough asking me (and three of the other volunteer choristers) makes me feel like my contributions to this choir (with which I've been singing for six and a half years) are appreciated.

...wondered if it's a good sign or a bad sign that Johnny Rotten is doing butter commercials.

...finished up my last class of the week before Thanksgiving break (my Tues class was canceled).

was a trouble-maker

...have two sick kids, one with an ear/throat infection, the other with a stomach bug.

I warned you about petting CJ...

...have not been let go home early yet and its not looking good

ate an entire bag of Goetze's Caramel Creams.

received my copy of Adventure 247 (my prize for winning Survivor: Marzal) in the mail from Exnihil! Thanks, Ex!

Envied LardLad for his prize.

day dreamed about being single ...

started posting again.

will go to church.

discovered that "End of the world - Fiction" is a subject category for libraries. There didn't appear to be an "End of the world - Fact" yet.

developed a rash over most of my body ...

Watched it snow and wondered if SharkLad had remoras.

got a shot ...

Good. Nobody wants a rabid sharkbite.

toiled

am still itchy ...

...wondered yet again (since I usually post after I get off work at night), should I post what I did, which was actually yesterday now, or what I plan to do today, since it's after midnight.

stuck my neck out further than I thought I would...

blame Cobie for my hangover.

Had a day off and slept til noon. Okay, 1 o'clock.

... I got woken up at 1:18 am by my %$#@%%#$ neighbors playing their tv too loud. I called the police. It seems they have turned down the TV even though the police have not shown up yet. I really really hate my neighbors.

Going to try to get back to sleep now.

...kill time before my Spanish final.

I got to sleep nice and early, but then a car crash a few doors down woke me up around 2-3ish. I only got intermittent sleep thereafter. Blaagh.

Watching my favorite game of the year: Army-Navy.

...just finished my spanish final. Think I did okay. Should still pull an A.

watched the Florida-Alabama football game, and pushed this topic to the 100 page mark!

think about the men and women lost at Pearl Harbor. I think about what our country was like then, and what it is like now, and wonder how long it will last.

ditto that first sentence, Rick.

drove home from a concert at West Point ...

Met Dev-em at the airprot and had dinner with him. A very nice guy. And apparently, I am his first in-person Legion Worlder.

So you broke his cherry, so to speak?

so who broke your cherry? er Legion Worlder meeting that is.

start another work week.

look forward to tomorrow

bought a salt bagel and a six-pack of porter.

.. bought a postcard and wrote "Having a wonderful time. Tell you about it when I see you. R" I plan to send it to some random person

...saw it snow in Houston for only the second time in the ten years I've lived here.

...played Marshall Crenshaw's Field Day LP for the 5,234,678th time since 1984. Approximately.

Gnarfle the Garthog!

... broke exactly even after 3 & 1/2 hours of poker.

...suggested the names Rokk, Garth and Imra to a friend/colleague who is expecting triplets and he got the reference!

...got another cat, from the shelter. My Xmas present from Mr. Cramer. Her given name is Mitzi, but I don't really like that, so she's under review for a name change. All the other animals are totally pissed off, of course.

had a very long, thoughful and soul revealing talk with someone,..hopefuly it's the first step in mending a broken friendship.

(sounds good, John!
see? even stealing the last donut at Thanksgiving is forgivable)

Finished my last paper. My semester is officially over.

went to the NYC World of Disney store ...

...blew the dust off my sketchpad and doodled pictures of mice.

(No, I don't know why, either.)

...started cleaning my apartment,had my landlord fix my sudden loss of hot water - and baked two pumpkin pies!

went Christmas shopping at my kids' insistence.

.. am disgusted by the number of typos I am finding in work e-mails I have sent out. I really need to take a minute and proofread my e-mails before I hit send.

have to shovel out my driveway ...

...will shovel the walk and also fill the bird feeder. My cats need live bird action, not just this youtube stuff.

...slipped on the ice and was laughed at by my wife.

...remembered where I put the Christmas tree stand last year.

...walked through the snow to go to the store.

ate cookies and hung a new supercool Superman ornament on the tree ...

wrapped the last present. Whew!

...drank a whole pot of tea (the tea, BTW, was bought at a little shop I went to with Suddenly Seymour in San Diego).

...got all the latke fixins' together. Tonight it's the big fry-fest, followed by the ritual watchings of A Christmas Carol and Victor/Victoria.

Whoo-hoooo !!

Prepared for a relaxing night with my wife...homemade pizza, drinks and Nightmare Before Christmas when she gets home from work

am getting ready to watch at least 4 hours of the 24 hour marathon of "A christmas story" on TNT

...watched as my parents overly spoiled their grandkids again.

...will look for a Christmas tree, since we've postponed the whole thing by a few days.

... hope all of Legion World is merry and bright! Peace to all my friends!

caught a bat in my spare bedroom!

...find myself inexplicably staying up late when I'm actually incredibly sleepy. Weird!

There's something in the soap Lardy...

Today I completed my most recent jigsaw puzzle- a picture of the NYC skyline.

...must must must vacuum vacuum vacuum.

... had an online comment to the NY Times editorial page picked as an Editor's Selection. I feel embarassed but pleased like when a teacher would read a paper out in class - it's not much of an achievement but it's nice to get my ego stroked a little.

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Originally posted by matlock:
... had an online comment to the NY Times editorial page picked as an Editor's Selection. I feel embarassed but pleased like when a teacher would read a paper out in class - it's not much of an achievement but it's nice to get my ego stroked a little.

Congrats. It's the digital version of having a letter to the editor printed.

... my work was complimented by a notoriously hard to please person.

...just got back from lettering the Specials signs at the co-op. Last of 2008. It's the only reason that I'm compelled to draw something almost once every week for the past two years, proving conclusively that my art degree was not a complete waste of... everything.

Brussel Sprouts: 4.99 per lb. ! C'mon down !!

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Originally posted by matlock:
[b] ... had an online comment to the NY Times editorial page picked as an Editor's Selection. I feel embarassed but pleased like when a teacher would read a paper out in class - it's not much of an achievement but it's nice to get my ego stroked a little.

Congrats. It's the digital version of having a letter to the editor printed. [/b]

Thanks, I looked back at it again and realized I had a typo. So my feet are back on the ground.

think of it as your homage to Cobie.

am beginning reading DnA's Nova series from the beginning, having just recently acquired the whole thing (including the Annihilation mini).

...renewed my membership in the American Library Association.

got stopped (and ticketed) by the fuzz on the way home from work on New Year's Eve...because my tag light was out! Grr!

,,.will shovel.

...pooped.

First dump of the new year! HUZZAH!

can't get my house guests to leave ...

well last night anyway i was told by many a drunken women that 2009 is the year i will supposedly find my "significant other" and get married and settle down,... :rolleyes: didn't know i so unsettled.

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actually since it was after midnight i guess it was Today.

...made some food for the New Year's guests stopping by later. But my personal chef, Trader Joe, actually did the lion's share.

... was mistaken for a heterosexual. I was in North Station waiting for the train to my brother's. The station was crowded with people, mostly young people, who had come into Boston to celebrate the new year, stayed over night, and were returning home. As I stood looking for a place to sit, a guy hawking trolley tours asked me if I need help. I said "I just need a seat." He thought I said "I need the T (aka the subway)." He started to tell me how to get to it, but I and a guy with him corrected him. As I started to head off to find a seat, this guy says to me "Well, there's lots of pretty girls around."

I should have said "There are a lot more handsome men."

Got another good deal on back issues of Green Lantern. Bought 15 issues for $11!

I made an appt with Dr to find out what's wrong with my legs and calves. they have been bothering me for a long time. Hope it turns out okay. *praying*

^^^
Sounds familiar. Tingling?

Today I ...

barium...uh, you don't want to know. Roll left hold your breath. Roll right hold your breath. Stand on your head and sing the National Anthem.

sigh

...woke up from a nightmare where I was being attacked by dogs. What the heck did I eat last night?

... mourn the end of a lovely week and a half off from work ...

... watched West Side Story on TV

...watched "My Super Ex-Girlfriend." Meh.

... locked a thread. Tremble before my mod powers!

Watched Canada win gold in the World Juniors hockey tournement

... called in sick ... ironically, I think I ate some bad fish ...

... took a half day to avoid driving in hail.

...totally rocked my part A power engineering exam.

...went home for lunch to feed and walk my puppy. I'm getting all domestic

...watched 80% chance of rain turn into 100% chance of snow. Very beautiful scene.

...(s)logged another day in the Job Search That Won't Die. Tripped all the way out to Outermost Suburbville in the process. This lasted from 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM, thanks to the wonder of the car-free lifestyle. Seriously contemplated faking my own death beforehand, but chickened out. [sulk]

...suffered from a cold. Sore throat, headache, minor aches, slightly congested chest. Some Mucinex took care of the chest congestion.

...am headed to the Red Cross to donate blood. AB+, thankyouverymuch. Yes, I can receive almost anyone's blood in an emergency while almost no one can receive mine. Look, who ever said life was fair ?!

Anything for free Franz Bakery cookies and Saturday morning cartoons on six TV screens, doncha' know...

...am studying hard for my ABSA exam which is this monday. ABSA is the body which certifies power engineers, so its a VERY important test.

...did sod all.

Everyone deserves a day like that once in a while.

...watched a lot of football. That's about it.

,,,heard an early morning radio program about Pole Shift and how it will destroy most of civilization and figured I might as well try making some coffee frozen yogurt today, and not bother with balancing the checkbook.

... had a very rare bout of insomnia. I keep wondering why I feel funny today, then I remember I only dozed for a few hours. I usually sleep like a log.

...will be fixing tacos for supper.

Mmmm... tacos...

...wrote my cerifcation exam. Am now drinking beer.

Picked up BSG 4.0 at BB.

thought impure thoughts

...ate some Chick-Fil-A for lunch.

... again stayed home from work due to my cold.

[passes Quis nice hot bowl o' soup]

...discovered the phrase,

"The internet broke in half today over news that..."

thanks to another Legion board.

This is officially my favorite phrase ever, until further notice. Thank You.

...hooked up new component cables to my TV. I was using AV cables before. Dramatic improvement to the picture!

... signed up to take the on-line Jeopardy test on January 27th.

...started planning a revenge prank on one of my prankster co-workers.

...got up earlier to start the fire. And the cold spell hasn't even started.

...woke up too #@$%ing early. :grumble:

Today I got the best email EVER!!!

A few weeks ago in a semi-drunken haze I signed myself up for some raffle at one of the bars we go to, and forgot all about it. Flash-forward to tihs morning when I check my email, only to find out that I won! What do I get? My very own private party happy hour, up to 25 people, $2 "you call its" (you pick the drink and its $2), and I pick the date. Best raffle ever!

Looks like I'm celebrating Lupercalia, festival of the Wolf after all!

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... signed up to take the on-line Jeopardy test on January 27th.

...once again wished I could do this, but I work second shift.

Good luck Quis!!!!!!!

Cracked open yet another accounting tutorial. Would somebody please just shoot me ?

(Go, Quis Go !)

...learned about pumps and air compressors

Drank a lot of straight vodka, while making a fool of myself commenting on why i love Julia Stiles, all the while winning a lot of money playing poker, and am now gonna have a good night doing something naughty with sometin' before passing out..

...am going to install satellite at the in-laws place

...am hoping this isn't the result of Dedy's day.

drove home from a wedding in Boston ...

...did lots of nitpicky corrections to a huge art-fart project I'm working on at home. Same as yesterday.

My eyes HURT. But it's a good kinda' hurt.

[AFOB, thanks for reminding me why I never clean the gutters or fill the birdfeeder without a spotter on hand. Yikes.]

...did nothing but watch football.

..chatted with a guy on Facebook for an hour. At the very least, he and I are going to be friends.

...did stuff for a change!

...went to church, had some spagehetti and toast, watched The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, watched football, went out and walked for 2 miles, went to church again, watched more football and fell asleep during the game.

... discovered that Pov has a mancrush on me.

...had a half day at college

...bowled in my wife's place (she's sick) at her bowling league.

...found out my hometown congresswoman is getting Hillary's senate seat.

...am worth approximately $1.37 (U.S.)

... am in pain from an ambitious 10k run through the snow.

Thus i get to spend the evening in bed.

...got my certification grades back.

I passed, halfway to being a Power Engineer now.

...bought a present for my best friend's son's birthday party tomorrow.

am going to the dentist

...have another job interview, and another tussle with Unemployment. In that order.

...watched someone who didn't know what he was doing try to cut down my neighbor's dead tree.

...attended two kids' birthday parties. Ugh.

... buy my first English dictionary.

... went to Circuit City and bought a digital camera.

...bought my Dad a new robe for his upcoming hospital stay.

...spent about 8 hours playing City of Heroes

...will work on the sketch I promised Snakeguru Lass. Better late than never, right ?

...will have my first sessions of the semesters for 3/5ths of my classes.

...am happy to report my Dad's single bypass surgery was a rousing success. Surgery at 11 am, sitting in a chair drinking Sprite at 5 pm!

...got woken up by a call informing me that my son threw up at school.

...drank two pots of coffee...so far!

[congrats to AFOB, and condolences to Lardy & Son]

...organized my home work-space. Somebody's coming by for a visit on Friday.

... shoveled snow

... am absolutely disgusted with DC for soliciting the final issue of the Legion with neither a writer, an artist, nor a plot that matched the contents of the book.

...had to fire somebody at work today.

...will do what I didn't get around to doing yesterday, maybe.

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...had to fire somebody at work today.

I'm so sorry, Lardy. I've only had to do that once and it's one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.

...walked on the harbour ice for the first time this year, then went through the ice, but only one leg and into 2 feet of water.

made a pizza

...snotted up a storm. @#$%&!! allergies. [sulk]

had to fuss at my kids for talking too loud while their mom was sleeping.

...had a date with a really wonderful guy.

am going to try to get a lot of work done ...

... am jealous of Rockhopper Lad.

... sent congrats to Rocky

...put off my usual rant about how much Valentines Day reeks, so as not to jinx Rocky.

...said thanks to my LW friends. We'll see what happens.

... am having an anti-superbowl party

... sent a pm to Cobalt Kid and there was room in his mailbox for it.

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... sent a pm to Cobalt Kid and there was room in his mailbox for it.

This post belongs in the "Imaginary" thread, right?

went back to work after taking some time off for my Dad's surgery.

...made a wonderful cinnamon raisin bread and ate 4 big slices.

...decided to splurge and buy coffee AND a donut.

... got an e-mail picture of my newest great niece Gabriela Sylvia

... read a very complimentary obituary for a college professor I had in his last class before retirement. He was blatantly phoning it in, and about half of us went to the department head to complain and got blown off because they didn't want to bother with it. Apparently he had an exemplary career, prior to that last semester. At least that's how they wrote him up.

...saw a poor woman who fell and broke both wrists. I felt bad for her, because I thought "how's she gonna wipe her tuckus?"

...had an excellent meal with the In-laws

...contemplated selling all my LPs for cash.

...wished I had a few adorable first-born babies to sell instead. [sulk]

...tried to haggle on a trade-in. Left 'em to stew.

...am really cold.

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...saw a poor woman who fell and broke both wrists. I felt bad for her, because I thought "how's she gonna wipe her tuckus?"

Hopefully she has a bidet.

...worked hard.

...then worked not so hard.

...used Mids hero design to work out a new build for my City of Villians toon

...did nothing.

Well, the day's less than an hour old, ya know!

...spilled soda on my desk and spent 20 minutes wiping off the bottom of my keyboard and a bunch of CD's among other things.

... rest

<splash>

...am trying to do some writing, but it's going rather slowly.

...washed the dishes

finished my presentation ...

...went aaaaalllll the way to work this morning before being asked to go aaaaalllll the way back home and come back later to close because my boss made an error. I'm such a schlup!

...drank ginger tea for the first time. Not bad.

hid out in someone else's office ...

...helped my mom join Facebook.

...cursed the squirrels for messing with the bulbs. Again. Wondered if squirrel pie goes well with cheap white wine.

...rocked out in Rock Band 2

...finally got to try out my new laptop!

got furloughed.

...got woken up and called in early.

...took the day off for kitty surgery and taxes!

...hopes Candle's kitty is ok (and her taxes too!)

... drove to Pittsburgh for an open casting call for Survivor

...returned. On such an auspicious day as well.

...was assassinated for Legion World...?

...went to my son's All-District Band Concert.

...slept off (I hope) a cold/flu that's been coughing-up for about 2 months now.
sigh

(dedman ~ kitty lost all of her teeth! we adopted a neighbors castoff a couple of years ago and she had been so neglected!
taxes went badly, too.

)

attempted to sleep late ...

...got out the caulking gun and waged war against household drafts and the cash-guzzling evil that is the natural gas company...

... return to work

On President's day?????

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On President's day?????

President's Day (or, as the Federal Government still calls it, Washington's Birthday) is ignored in many jurisdictions. The City of Houston, my employer, does not observe it (Monday is my late night, so I'm still home now). We also have to work on Columbus Day.

Sadly, President's Day is just an excuse to sell cars and furniture. Accounting departments still need to crunch numbers.

...I'm killing time until I go to have a tooth extracted, probably. Unless the dentist has something heroic up her sleeve.

...wondered if they have Groundhog Day in Canada

enjoy a quiet day off ...

...observe that I skipped supper last night and felt fine, and wonder if I shouldn't skip supper every night....

(and, yes, there is Groundhog Day in Canada. I believe each province has their own groundhog , though maybe not Nunavut...)

... have an interview for a part-time job I don't even want ...

...threw not enough money at too many bills. Flipped the universe the bird. Again.

...also noticed that my art is looking fantastic. Financial ruin (Unprecedented leisure) = Artistic triumph. You heard it here first.

...worked the entire day and spoke to not a single person face to face. Ain't technology grand?

surfing through facebook.

reloaded my muskets. Both of them.

ventured back into Dr Gym'll's section here at Legion World. I wasn't able to get my comics last week and have wanted to avoid spoilery discussion

Finally did my tax return which like...broke my brain. But ironically I'm getting $2008 coming back to me...which...weird...

also did my tax-return! Operation: pay off credit card debt in 2009 commences.

...had to go out and buy red wine for the spaghetti sauce I'm preparing.

. . . gave half of my Halls Naturals Wild Cherry to the little beggers in first period Math.
6th graders are a funny lot.

... had to call my landlord because my toilet is backed up.

Sounds like a personal problem...

ate a nice little kitcheonette down my block I've never tried before. I work in the heart of all the best bars/restaurants/delis/diners in Stamford. (Hey's its no Manhattan, but what is?)

...told somebody that if she didn't return some "borrowed" property of mine soon, we'd both be visiting Small Claims Court next month. (Sadly, being a nice person doesn't always get results. So I'm going to try being a big jerkface and seeing if that works out any better. Wheeee...)

[rolleyes]

...am coming into the home stretch of coordinating a three-day long corporate software application release. I just love working weekends.

...saw my wife off to a business trip to Michigan. Thus, for the first time ever, I will have to take care of a puppy by myself for the entire week.

. . . had some repair done on my garage by my oldest son and his BFF.
I made them chicken veggie soup and biscuits for lunch.

...watched a good bit of the Oscars, which surprised me, but it was what my wife was watching, so...sigh.

... went back to work after winter recess

...did day 2 of a very heavy workout routine I'm trying to get back into shape. I'm already exhausted.

...will go to bed...eventually.

Got a birthday message from Fred Hembeck! Yay!

Told my boss that I planned to accept a new job in our agency. Look for me on CSPAN in the coming months as one of those mysterious whispering advisers sitting behind the person testifying before Congress, hopefully to be known as the first person to wear a Legion flight ring in a Senate Finance Committee hearing.

Complimented Lad Boy on the new job! That's pretty awesome! I also must meekly tell you that sometimes at work, the Senate Finance Committee is actually on television and I watch it. Yes, its for work, and yes, work is turning me into such a nerd

..pondered that someone on an Internet forum devoted to a relatively obscure comic book could imply that anyone here wasn't already a nerd.

...reflected for a moment and realized above comment was 100% accurate

...found out that at least one of my four grad school applications has been accepted.

...was picking up Hyvvie at the doggie salon and it turned out there was a man there dropping off his girl-beagle who was a lemon beagle like Hyvvie (white and tan coat--no black). She looked like Hyvvie's mini-me. While the man and I were chatting, a woman walked in and said "I here to pick up my beagle!" Happy Beagle Day!

And congratulations, Kent!

What you gonna do in grad school?
I'm happy for you ~ don't forget to tell us the school!

. . . started the day with a song and a smile and it's Friday!

...posted for the first time in a while.

Good going, Kent.

(Go Kent, Go !)

...tried to home-treat a mild illness, because I don't want to visit the doctor until we've got our carrier switched out. (crosses fingers)

...had to resist temptation when one of my students brought up the possibility of two universes occupying the same place if they vibrated at different frequencies...

It's hard, I know!

. . . brought fresh fruit and cool whip for the staff room ~ for 3 lunch shifts!
lol
wheeeuuu

...had my 14th Tysabri infusion. Knock wood, no problems, and it seems to be keeping the MonSter in check. XcrossfingersX

...was very excited to have pried nearly $130 from the fist of OR State Unemployment after a four-week delay.

Today, The Beaver State. Tomorrow-- THE WORLD !!!

...at my business lunch today I tried something called "Yogurt Soup" at a trendy Mediterranean Restaurant. Not bad!

am going to see Watchmen ...

Who Watches The Watchmen???

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Originally posted by Cobalt Kid:
...at my business lunch today I tried something called "Yogurt Soup" at a trendy Mediterranean Restaurant. Not bad!

Uh, Cobes, that manyogurt "soup" wasn't on the actual menu...

. . . decided to put Pov on my prayer list.
I'm sorry I haven't thought of it before.
I knew you were sick, too.
sigh

...got an e-mail from Dan DiDio.

It was in response to an e-mail I wrote him back in January, miffed at the handling of LSH #50. No new info, but it was just nice to know that he read it and took the time to respond.

...got paid to watch three high school basketball games. Missed the visit from Fred Phelps and the Westboro nut-squad as a result.

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Originally posted by Candle:
. . . decided to put Pov on my prayer list.
I'm sorry I haven't thought of it before.
I knew you were sick, too.
sigh

Aw, thank you, Shady.

Much appreciated.

am still reeling from watching the Watchmen ... brilliance ... sheer brilliance ...

<splash>

am also hoping Pov is well!

. . . realized I should preview my posts.
(The results are less editing and embarrassment.)

Somehow, everything is clearer in blue and white!

... call the police (again) on my neighbors for playing their stereo too loud.

Durned kids! :grumpyoldman:

...was in the theater watching the previews before The Watchmen--when I had to leave because my wife was suddenly feeling ill.

...was walking on a wave chicade.

...explained that Pov has been in my prayers for awhile. For health reasons and also because...well...that boy needs help

...saw a live hockey game for the very first time. It was a championship match, and our school won in sudden death overtime.

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Originally posted by Cobalt Kid:
...explained that Pov has been in my prayers for awhile. For health reasons and also because...well...that boy needs help

...grumbled about the time change, to no good purpose, but it's a tradition to complain about it.

...spent much of the day (and indeed almost all free time since Friday) looking for a missing notebook vital to the senior project I'm working on, and specifically for a section draft due Friday. After checking all the likely and not-so-likely spots, I was convinced I'd left it at a restaurant Thursday (but the restaurant said they hadn't found it). I just found it 20 minutes ago tucked into a thick government report binder... I could scream. But at least I have it.

...managed to post to this thread before midnight for once!
That, and watched my Carolina Tar Heels beat Duke again!

. . . saw a trailer on ION for a Terrry Pratchett movie airing on March 22nd!
Even though it's from one of his earlier books, I'm estatic!
Hurrah!

... cooked a roast with pan-roasted potatoes.

...am breaking in a new used Mac that was free to a good home. Too bad I got the word first.

Congratulations, cleome!

Would you like to 'break in' a new used cat?
We'll bring her to Portland for you.

. . . went to the dentist.
sigh

Hit my 2000th post-THIS ONE!
[Linked Image]

Ok. Now what?

...I took the fourth of eight exams I must complete before I can recieve my CPCU designation for the insurance/reinsurance industry. This one, Corporate Finance, was much more interesting than the previous one, the Legal Environment of Insurance (*choke*, eyes glazing over just thinking about it)

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Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare:
...saw a live hockey game for the very first time. It was a championship match, and our school won in sudden death overtime.

Don't they rock? There's no overtime like Hockey overtime.

...was impressed (and somewhat dismayed) that Arm Fall Off Boy hit his 2000th post AND sat in traffic for much too long and worked much to late and now I have to run to the store...sigh, I just want to go to bed already (but at least my chicken turned out really well, yum, lemon chicken)

regretted taking on a part-time job ...

...finished figuring up my taxes, and am fairly happy with the refund I should get... now if only they could be processed by the end of the month.

...made the final payment on my student loans! I finished my master's almost 11 years ago and now it's paid for!

Congratulations on the student loan !!

walked my dogs. did some dishes and some laundry. (congrats rockhopper)

am packing to go to Edmonton for a week and a half.

... and... Congrats, Rocky!

will ask my son when he gets up why he didn't call me at work to tell me he got his Learner's Permit to drive.

*plink*

Sigh...another white hair.

...awoke to helpful emails from a temp agency that utterly treated me like crap last year. They think that I should beg them for more work and take more of their tedious quizzes, or else they'll tell Unemployment that I'm antisocial and smell bad.

I don't believe in solving life's problems with gunfire, no matter how fashionable it becomes. However, maybe envelopes full of itching powder will prove to be an adequate and safe substitute.

Stay tuned.

Um...don't know if powder in envelopes would be the best course..

Today I rode with my son for the first time since he got his permit...and he did amazingly well.

Still, we took my wife's car, just in case.

did you tell her in advance?

Yes, but I said it was for the "better brakes."

... met Lynda Carter (actually it was last night, but still ...) ... she'd probably still look good in the star-spangled panties ...

...pot of coffee

...fic writing

[repeat nine times or until sundown, whichever comes first]

slept late. wandered around looking for a currency exchange. went to the farmer's market.

...lost my dog in the woods for about 3 hours and freaked out because I feared she might have gotten caught in a trap. I couldn't think of any other reason why she wouldn't come to the whistle or bark if she'd hurt herself. One minute she was behind me and the next ... gone. Anyways, after hours of tramping through the woods, I went home and there she was, sitting by the front door. And a neighbour comes out and says, oh, your dog has been there for an hour. She's pretty annoyed with you.

Been there.

Today I sat on my butt and watched basketball and tried to do very little else till I dragged myself to the computer.

is cooking chili for friends coming over my place tonight. Chili.....ahhhhhh. It's kind of chilly outside. so perfect dinner.

watched the Comedy Central Roast for "Larry the Cable Guy".

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Originally posted by SharkLad:
...she'd probably still look good in the star-spangled panties ...

Wouldn't we all?

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Originally posted by Arm Fall Off Boy:

Today I sat on my butt <strike>and watched basketball</strike> and tried to do very little else till I dragged myself to the computer.

What he said, plus trying and failing to do some yardwork before the #$!&@$% sleet and hail started up again.

Bah.

...will not be eating the traditional corned beef and cabbage.

booked a trip to Disney World ...

enjoyed a half n' half (Harp & Guiness). I won't ever ask for a Black and Tan on principle.

... made an appointment to deliver some original art I've done-- it's been accepted for an unjuried show that's running for a whole month. Whoo-hooo !!

...paid the electric bill for Feb 09 (including heat). It was down significantly from January. Yay! Spring is here, electric bill goes down each month for awhile!

Until you start using the AC...

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Originally posted by SharkLad:
booked a trip to Disney World ...

Do us all a favor and eat a few of those Suleman kids...

... made plans to eat a few of the Suleman kids

What are 'Suleman kids'?
I need to know in case I have one and need to get it out of your way.

Oh, wait.
You're going to Disney WORLD.
Not to worry.
That's a long way from DisneyLAND!

. . . struggled with kids all day, trying to get them to want to learn something.
sigh

The only light in their eyes was when we were talking about someone (probably Vulcan) hitting Zeus in the head with an axe and Athena springing, fully grown, from his split head.
sigh

...was thankful for the Candles of the world who have that much patience...

...baked a chocolate cake.

Thanks AFOB, but I don't feel like I have any patience.
:rueful:

. . . slept in until 1:00PM, :embarrassed:, and then put on a pot of blackbeans and ham to cook for dinner. (I'll make the cornbread just before Chuck gets home.)

. . . will spend most of the evening alone since my 73 yr. old husband is studying for his motorcycle endorsement classes this weekend.
gads!

...went dog-sledding (for a short jaunt).

got a vaccination. Pertussis (whooping cough) is actually going around.

...gave someone a '51' on an exam. Which is even worse when you consider that fifty points were earned for successfully writing his name.

...bought mulch and slug beer. Tomorrow, barring another damn sleet/hail/drench-fest-- YARDWORK, Baby !!

Watched most of Season Three of the Office. Just finally getting into that show--its pretty groovy!

Enjoyed a good day with the family at my daughter's B-day party. She got a Wii, which mader her go "Whee!"

scored a free copy of Fuller's abridgement of Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Romans. Plus some other groovy old books!

...arrived back at home, well past 1 a.m., 17 hours after commencing travel.

... was woken up by my dog barfing. Things have gotten better since then.

...am a little freaked out, because I took a five-hour energy drink twelve hours ago, and am still feeling the effects. Which is especially odd because they've never seemed to do anything at all for me in the past.

...don't have a trek to suburban Hell for another fruitless job interview. Unlike yesterday or tomorrow.

(I don't care if I'm the biggest damn elitist in sixty-two star systems. I don't own a car and I hate "dining" at T.G.I.F.U., ergo Suburbia bites. This is not negotiable.)

came down with a cold ...

... relived my childhood by watching some episodes of the Arabian Knights on YouTube.

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Originally posted by cleome:
...don't have a trek to suburban Hell for another fruitless job interview. Unlike yesterday or tomorrow.

(I don't care if I'm the biggest damn elitist in sixty-two star systems. I don't own a car and I hate "dining" at T.G.I.F.U., ergo Suburbia bites. This is not negotiable.)

no wonder you fled Jersey.

I agree fully, BTW.

...wore a pair of pants I haven't put on in over a year. The new workout plan / eating healthier (re: not dieting) is working pretty well thus far...one belt size down...

Contemplated not going to art school due to prominent blemish. Changed my mind and decided to go anyway (FYI Im late)

...am packing to go to a conference in the Niagara area.

was in Manhattan again and walked down Wall Street. Not an easy place to get to these days, even more so than usual. Impossible by car. Likely on purpose, I'd suspect (for their safety).

still have a cold ...

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Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare:
...am packing to go to a conference in the Niagara area.

Say Hi to Loser lad for me... I miss that bloke.

...enthused dramatically to a potential employer about a poor-paying job that will doubtless make cole slaw of my brain within 72 hours of my being "lucky" enough to get it.

Wheeeee...

...was served spinach quiche for dinner and then waited till my other half was out of the room before serving it to our dog (who liked it much better than I did).

... was watching Game Show Network. And in their own little quiz/game during the ad break, they were taking to Aaron from Georgia. Except Aaron sounded like a woman. And I think the hosts heard "Aaron" as "Erin". So the hosts kept saying things like "She's doing real well." At the end, Aaron goes "Just so you know, I'm a guy not a woman." I was roaring with laughter.

...had a day off to spend with my son since my wife and daughter were out of town. As it happened, my Dad was in the hospital, so we visited him. He's doing okay. Said some prayers for him.

(Hey, AFOB, hope things are still going okay for AFOB, Sr.)

... am trying to beat back the ol' allergies with truckloads of tea and Sudafed [tm]. Again.

began my spring break ...

Vegged out...

have to take the wallpaper down in my bathroom ...

Owned Page 1, briefly...

you're still fighting to retain ownership, I see.

Yep!

Janitors! give em an 'attaboy' and they think they own the place...

really hated taking down the wallpaper in my bathroom ...

... am being mean and horrible to my cat, Belinda. It is 20 minutes til her evening wet food and I won't feed her early. I've only left down a bowl full of dry food. She had tried head butting me, scratching the furniture, laying down near me and flicking her tail. She has been giving her "poor, poor me" mew.

(bad! mean, Quis!

)

...went to the CBS for the 1st time in about 2 months. And grocery shopping for the first time in more than a month.

[Oh, Quis. You horrid monster.]

...wrote and wrote some more, while listening to the CBC's Jazz station (how I love you, iTunes radio). Just waiting for a late dinner (marinated chicken) to come out of the oven now.

accidentally left the milk on the counter this morning. Just got home.

dooooowwwwwn the drain.

s'okay. It was that crappy fat-free kind.

Called the Legion World chapter of PETA to report a horrible case of <strike>cat</strike> ..... flamingo abuse.

Visited LEGION WORLD! The best hero fansite on the whole INTERNET!

... bought tickets to the ballet. I am taking two of my great nieces (13 & 8) to see Sleeping Beauty. I don't think the 3 month old one would appreciate it.

Wow!
What a great uncle you are!
(You're like a Jekel(sp) and Hyde(sp), great to your lucky nieces and HORRIBLE to your poor kitty!)

. . . endured one more day of 6th grader madness.
:gads:
:groan:

1

...am inexplicably sleepy. Too much caffeine? Not enough? Who can say...

let' take a weekend-long sabbatical.

... am going to the ballet (Sleeping Beauty) with two of my great-nieces.

...ran my unit at work by myself for the first time. I didn't blow up the plant so i guess I did good.

...raised a bottle of limon' Penafiel [tm] in honor of dedman's return. (Sorry. It was all I had on hand.)

Finalized my plans for the rest of the week while I'm in Manhattan. My boss and I will have three of our clients coming (from same company) and we'll be taking them to meetings but also taking them out around Manhattan.

Should be lots of great dinners & lunches, plus we're going to see God of Carnage tomorrow night on Broadway (James Gandolfini, Marcia Gay Harden, Hope Davis and Jeff Daniels--great cast!). This is the fun part of my job!

Brushed the snow off my car. Yes, snow at the end of Arpil. You can all be jealous now.

...am starting an 11-day work stretch that will end in my going to Florida for a week to see the folks (yes, I'm going to see my mother for Mother's Day).

...gave a new brand of food to the cats. They are getting big now, so I'm moving them from kitten chow to adult food.

get upset at work

...was irked at the temp agency for not calling. And at my ex-insurer for reasons that nobody wants to know. Including me.

.. am going to the gym.

...just went thru a 2-hour power outage in the middle of a hot summer-like day.

yuck!

studied a map of Austin, TX. I'm off for a weekend of softball and sorority with my team sistahs.

[sends Lardy his own kindly temp from Tharr, for the duration of the crisis]

...hope to hear from the temp agency, 'cause naturally they called yesterday while I was out doing the volunteer thing.

BTW, this month marks my three-year anniversary as a volunteer. Let's hear it for my bizarre collection of quirks and the fine people who put up with 'em year after year! [bows] Thank You!

...go back to the dentist. And now wonder if there are any volunteer dentists out there.

... am suffering pain in my shoulders.

...went to the preview of Wolverine, picked up some action figures, and will be working the midnight show.

... had a glass of orange juice with a hint of chocolate. MMM, taste so good!

...am fixing myself breakfast and then starting the <strike>Masochism</strike> Unemployment Tango allllll over again.

:rolleyes:

...got so mad about the torture video leaked with the United Arab Emirates Prince being so sadistic that I'm having trouble concentrating at work. The US needs to do something.

This is why I could never be a politician. All I want now is blood and assassinations.

...saw the Wolverine movie and loved it!

...am sitting here like an idiotwith duct tape on several fingers, because that's one of the online remedies I saw for "How to get fiberglass out of your skin." *sigh*

...was surprised about AFOB's assessment of the Wolverine flick because it's been getting really, REALLY bad reviews! (I haven't seen it and have considered not doing so because of the reviews)

...heard the movie was rated as "Too much like a comic book." Hellooooo? That's like saying Cats was too feline. I mean it's no Dark Knight, but it also helps that I just go to these movies for fun. I am one of the few who doesn't read Marvel, I just see the movies. About the only one I haven't liked is Elektra.

Two things:

1) found out our new washer is easy cleaning.

2) found out our new washer doesn't like feather pillows.

Finished organizing '08s tax info. Go me.

:rolleyes:

Had two major parts of Lo3W spoiled for me other websites even though I've avoided Legion World and the internet in general for a week now while I wait to get my copy this weekend. *Sigh*

That sucks hairy balls, Des. I've been avoiding the DCMB Legion board and various newssites just for that reason. I hate morons on the DCMB's trying to be "cute" in thread titles.

I get my copy tomorrow when Mom drops off my DCBS shipment. But I won't be able to read it until AFTER we go see my new niece Morgan.

Darned inconvenient kids...

Yeah, I'm pretty pissed. It was at either newsarama or comic book resources in an article link (I didn't even click on the article). The other one was at the "Cosmic Teams" website, where I was just looking to find something on some random obscure character.

Avoid all websites! Spoilers are everywhere!

told a mom her kid was emotionally disturbed ...

...missed a record total of three buses by a matter of seconds while trying to get around town. But also narrowly avoided overdrawing the remains of my checking account.

am going to see my friends' entry in the 48 hour short film project.

...found out the kids who go to my library call me Voldemort. That works for me.

Am going to <strike>Traffic School</strike> Defensive Driving Class to keep the points off my license.

...am digging weeds. All day. Audiobook time.

am taking my niece to the city for the day ...

am taking my great niece and great nephew to see Dora Live: Search for the City of Lost Toys.

Ask to see Diego's Green Card. I don't trust the little bugger.

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Originally posted by Pov:
Ask to see Diego's Green Card. I don't trust the little bugger.

The actor who played Diego has a few things I'd like to see.

...gave my mom one of those Mother's Day cards on which you can record a message that plays when you open it.

Visited my Dad who's in the hospital with pneumonia.

...wish AFOB's father a speedy recovery.

...did a two-fer for Mother's Day. I treated Mom and sister Krystal to dinner at the Chinese buffet.

...took my mom to see Star Trek. Loved it!

...finally dusted off my bookshelf in my bedroom.

No mean feat, that. There was much involved in the process and limited space in which to do it.

I had to:

1) Remove two shelves worth of various trades and hardcovers

2) Remove and dust 7 statues and busts and several action figures, all Warlock and Thanos-related

3) Dust the 5-shelf unit itself and attempt to gently hammer several gaps closed

4) Vaccuum the area it had been standing on

5) Put everything back and

6) Add all of my newer trades and HC's to the mix... taking up a third shelf and displacing some stuff I'll deal with later.

A good 2-1/2, 3-hour job... still not sure exactly how I want the books organized, but I'll leave that for another day.

Put them in chronological order based upon the author's date of birth.

celebrate 5 years of couplehood ...

...put together almost 500 packets in 4.5 hours. Only got one paper cut in the process. Go me.

... saw the new Star Trek movie and I thought it was very very good.

,,,also saw the new Star Trek movie and thought it was very very good, even though I didn't go see it with Quislet, Esq.

...felt that veryvery's recent abscences from Legion World are a very very bad thing.

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Originally posted by Fat Cramer:
,,,also saw the new Star Trek movie and thought it was very very good, even though I didn't go see it with Quislet, Esq.

What time was your showing? I went at 1:50. We could have been seeing it together in differnt theaters.

found out my car needs about 500-800 dollars worth of work

ouch.

yeah i know:S

... read the last 4 pages of this thread ~ pretty interesting lives, everyone!

Well, accept maybe Cleome, dear woman.
My husband just got laid off.
The unemployment dance is a terrible thing.

I didn't do it today, but I(we) visited with a son who lives in Guam last Wednesday and Thursday.
He's spent his last to times stateside with his dad for a short time, then he goes on extreme white water trips with his brother, who's a guide.
He's in his middle 40's but acts a lot like a kid, but so does his brother, who's 50 next year.

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Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.:
]What time was your showing? I went at 1:50. We could have been seeing it together in differnt theaters.

I went at 6:30, but perhaps we had an early supper together.

Ugh. Candle, sorry to hear about your spouse.

I'm pretty sure OR is at the bottom of the employment barrel right now, and people just keep moving here. Gack.

I've worked for wages maybe one entire non-consecutive month since '09 began.

Today is not one of those wage-earning days, though.

Bricked my cell phone when it ended up submerged in water.

Put a new blade on the mower.

...had fish tacos at a place called Tacos à Go-Go.

...had zero interest in ever trying fish tacos. (sorry, Rocky

)

...went to see my daughter's artwork in the countywide school art show. Very nice work. Apparently talent skips a generation (me).

... am playing with my new cell phone and am both excited and disappointed by its capabilities.

was rejected by more potential employers...

...wished that I'd accomplished as much as BCofK.

[grrr...]

... showered.

...am glad.

...went to four (!!!) different stores on a futile quest to buy a dishpan. Apparently nobody else in America besides me still owns a crappy single-compartment kitchen sink.

bought a Wii

...went to the funeral of a colleague who passed away this week.

...held my tongue after Mr. Cramer backed the car over my flower bed, by mistake, or so he claims.

...have the day off and the kids don't--snow day makeup. They're kinda mad!

... am watching the "Land of the Lost" marathon on the Sci Fi channel.

...made beet salad for a potluck later today.

posted.

...calculated my comics budget for the next 3 months.

Well technically it's yesterday now but mine was:

...take my grandma iPod shopping and later work 2 shifts.

(BTW, sorry to hear about your colleague, Rocky.)

...have temp work. Theoretically, this will continue through Friday. Wouldn't that be nice?

...returned from a week's vacation to Orlando (that I forgot to tell anyone here I was going on!)

...hope I didn't worry anyone with my unexplained absence!

...just realized that Lardy was gone.

...am really sad that Lardy was in Orlando just a few weeks after I was.

...got a flat tire on my work truck about 30 mins before shift change.

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...just realized that Lardy was gone.

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Originally posted by dedman:
...got a flat tire on my work truck about 30 mins before shift change.

That sucks, Ded...

.. saw a rainbow. It filled the sky in a giant arc. Mostly saw the yellow, but saw some blue and red.

...did some writing, and some yardwork.

Wasted days and wasted nights.

...worked my last night shift. I now have 6 days off....hello beer and video games!

am drinking green tea to help a stomach ache. I hate green tea, but it works.

Congratulate every one. Because we've all won shares of GM stock.

...realized that I hadn't posted for a week and wondered if anyone noticed.

...wondered why the weeks go by so quickly, since it doesn't seem like a week since AFOB posted, or a week that Lardy was gone.

In Lardy's case, a week just wasn't long enough...

took my intern out to lunch for her birthday ...

...am getting my car serviced, taking Hyvvie to the doggie salon, taking my plastic bottles to the recycling center, going to the CBS, getting my eyes examined and buying new shoes. I often wonder how I would get by if I didn't have a weekday off every other week.

Graduation ceremonies tonight for the high school.

...buying white rocks for the garden

... went to a cook-out.

...got soaked to the bone in a freakishly and suddenly violent thunderstorm. Seriously... like "the end times are nigh" violent.

...should try and mow at least the front lawn. Maybe the back can wait for tomorrow.

... drove a BMW.

...hope it's a slower day at work (x-rayed a lot of people Wednesday who had trouble not crashing their cars into other people).

..am taking my dog to a groomer for the first time and am nervous because the dog is very high strung and I figure I'll go pick her up and be told "Your dog is impossible!" and I'll have a half-groomed hysterical dog and, so I'm getting a little high strung myself over it. But maybe it will be okay.

...had a managers' meeting, had to deal with a grumpy patron, went home at lunch to walk Hyvvie, had to deal with another grumpy patron and then went to choir rehearsal. It was a tiring Thursday.

sit home again. Rashed out a few days ago (which got me out of summer school duty) but Doc can't figure out why, so, medicines to treat the symptoms.... won't let me sleep.

My 13 inch color tv no-longer works. Convertor box can't get a signal.

Electrical went down in the neighborhood, so I got to spend some time resetting clocks.

It's me, some library DVDs, a well thumbed copy of Watchmen (my LSH books still in storage since the fire last year), the internet and nothing to do but find message boards.

Oh wait, I get to qvetch about the Wings losing the Stanley Cup, in a game that I couldn't watch...

poor children in Africa, poor children in Africa...

sigh

am driving home from Catskill, NY and will attend the Long Island pride parade ...

...am poaching some chicken <strike>breasts</strike> chests for a late-night supper. A "Portland": Chicken, pear, toasted walnuts, blue cheese crumbles, plus homemade lemon dressing over lettuce.

...helped mr_cleome move some boxes and files to his temporary office, while he looks around for a new one.

Got new glasses and sunglasses.

Noticed Rocky was lookin' GOOD in both new pairs of specs!

Had a pretty productive day off (for me, anyway) as I:

a) took my boys out bowling.

b) went to the CBS to pick up my weekly stash.

c) mowed my junglish back yard (did the front and sides Monday before having to stop for an incoming storm).

d) did the dishes (three days worth piled up).

Who knows? Day ain't completely over yet!

Especially cool in sunglasses, Rocky.

Today I am going to buy frozen peas. That's about as exciting as it will get.

...still thinking about what might be the funniest movie I've ever seen, the Hangover. It was awesome. Too awesome for further description actually.

. . . enjoyed the posts here.

Rockhopper Lad has no hair, but somehow that just highlights his beautiful smile and cool glasses!

Lardlad is his darlin', industrius self (3! days! worth!)

Fat Cramer is so funny ~ peas isn't so bad!
I'm planting flowers in the containers that seeds didn't grow in and repairing broken garden ceramics today!

And CK saw and IS, awesomeness!

sigh
Thanks guys.

reveled in a post from my secret internet crush, Shady ...

. . . aaaarrrrghhh!
(I HAVE to remember that I can't hug a shark!!!)

Oh, did I mention that I have to go to the doctor today, too?!

... am taking two of my great nephews to see Blue Man Group. They also want to go to a comic book shop.

They loved Blue Man Group. Alex picked up Joker Arkham Asylum and David got New Mutants Classics vol 1. And Uncle Quis payed.

Got the convertor box working:

Walter Koenig, James Caan. Caan plays a journalist based upon Harlan Ellison!!! who infiltrates a gang led by Koenig. Based upon a true story written by Ellison.

I love this digital tv. More stations (when they come in).

Had Chicken BBQ! Woohoo!

...am going back to get my new crown$ at the denti$t. I ju$t love vi$iting tho$e folk$.

...coulda' sworn that somebody at my volunteer gig was flirting with me. But maybe I'm just getting a jump on senility.

...did laundry and nothing else.

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Originally posted by Arm Fall Off Boy:
...am going back to get my new crown$ at the denti$t. I ju$t love vi$iting tho$e folk$.

'Tis a princely sum paid for a king-ly smile...

...was listening to my favorite Legion podcast at work and almost jumped out of my seat when I heard them mention my name. Sort of the 21st century equivalent of getting into a letter column... total geek cred.

... heading in to work on my day off, then going to a dental appointment. *sigh*

OH YEAH - I'm also posting on LW.

. . . realize that I haven't got the slightest idea of what to do with myself!

It's time for a nap, I guess.
sigh

...I finish the last of my report cards and attend my students' graduation.Then I can finally catch up on more than 3 hours of sleep. Another year done!

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Originally posted by Beagz:
...['m] going to a dental appointment. *sigh*

A beagle without his bite is a sad thing indeed. Take care of those choppers!

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Originally posted by Beagz:
OH YEAH - I'm also posting on LW.

YAY!

Convinced a pregnant woman to go to Dairy Queen with me.

In addition to everything thing else, I did a VERY bad thing.

I was at the office, dealing with a payroll problem. She called on my cell phone, and I was afraid something was wrong with Grandmother. Mom just said, rather breathlessly, "TURN ON THE TELEVISION!"

Grife - we've had ENOUGH goofy stuff happening, and I had all sorts of things runnin' through my head - are we at war? massive tornado wipes out parts of Oklahoma again? My brother is caught giving the President a piece of his mind?

*sigh*
I explained to her I was at work, and she said, "Oh. That camera on that you want is on television!"

Somewhat relieved, I talked to her for a few minutes, and I assured her I would check things out as soon as I got back home. I did. And I just ordered a damned camera.

...found out that the temp agency "misplaced" my last time card, and that Unemployment is playing "lalala, we can't heeeear you" this week.

...am finally quite tired of the continual rain.

...need to buy some new plant stakes.

... mistyped a word in the shout box and decided not to correct it.

...teased Quis about his typo. The joke would have been on me if it hadn't been a typo, of course.

.. found my old Wonder Woman figure/toy. This was the one where if you squeeze her legs together, her arms would go up like she was deflecting bullets with her bracelets.

...was too woozy from donating blood on Saturday to get anything important done. Tomorrow, maybe...

. . . laughed at Quis' Wonder Woman doll find.
And they say boys won't play with girl action figures!
Such a picture you created for me.

sigh

I'm sorry you aren't doing so well, cleome.

Oh, and I accidently bit into an earthworm this evening.
I thought my husband's fishing bait was left over raspberries.

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Originally posted by Candle:
. . . laughed at Quis' Wonder Woman doll find.
And they say boys won't play with girl action figures!
Such a picture you created for me.

sigh

More pathetic, I was in my 20s when I bought it.

That info creates a whole new picture!

Did/do you have adventures with her?
All of my statues/figures go on a shelf or in a box.
Boring.

...got bitten by more mosquitoes. It's getting ridiculous.

... bought $75.00 worth of books today. (that turned out to be 4 books: Pride and Prejudice and zombies; The Truth with jokes by Al Franken; the unoffical Guide to Making Money on Ebay; & Enemies & Allies a Superman/Batman novel set in the 1950s)

I bought these books because when I bought my washer/dryer, Sears refunded me the delivery cost. However, they don't send a check that you can deposit into the bank. Instead they send you a MasterCard gift card for the amount of the refund. The same thing happened with my cell phone.

I could have used it for groceries, but saw a person trying to use one in my grocery store and having trouble using it. SO, books it was, I decided.

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Originally posted by Candle:

That info creates a whole new picture!

Did/do you have adventures with her?
All of my statues/figures go on a shelf or in a box.
Boring.

She came out ... of the box. At the time I was a teller in a bank and I had her (and a Dr. WHo TARDIS bank) at my window. At the time, I also had a Red Tornado (now missing). When you squeezed Reddy's arms together, his legs spun around.

...looked in vain around the house for a cat-safe zone in which to display more action figures (or anything displayable, really). Failed utterly.

Found a really good price for a round trip flight to NYC and tried in vain to find a reasonable hostel with 7 open days. Try again tomorrow, then maybe book the flight. Or not. Sometimes the fun is in the planning. I'm getting too old for implementation. lol

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Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.:
She came out ... of the box. At the time I was a teller in a bank and I had her (and a Dr. WHo TARDIS bank) at my window. At the time, I also had a Red Tornado (now missing). When you squeezed Reddy's arms together, his legs spun around.

You find REAL action figures, huh?!

(Funny, I love the TARDIS but I've only enjoyed a couple of the Dr. Whos over the years, including the current one.)
Anyway

. . . decided to check my action figures to see if any of them have any action!

...have a three and-a-half hour workday which is to include accepting an employee's resignation, attending a memorial for a colleague who passed away last month and then a birthday party for an employee. Then I'm off till Monday.

... was awoken (twice) by thunder. One peal of thunder set off car alarms on the street.

... finally caught up on my LSH comics. I hadn't read one since #47.

Just got reminded of #50,

sigh

Found out a friend of mine from college died of cancer a few months ago. We had lost touch with one another and now I regret that I didn't maintain contact. She was always so full of life, I can't believe she's dead. It really saddened me, like of all people, she shouldn't have died.

ed Cramer.

...have enjoyed posting back and forth about PAD & particularly "Cry for Justice" over at Gym'lls!

Picked up my son from camp, visited a sick friend in the hospital, went to the mall with my kids, went to the comic shop, took a nap, then went to Walmart for groceries. It's the first day of my 10 day (counting weekends) vacation, and I'm beat!

...managed to get quite a bit of weeding and trimming done in the yard before it got too hot out. Next up: making some "pickled" green beans (just string beans steamed and cooled in homemade vinegar dressing) and going to a friend's pot luck; <strike>;where I plan to keep so busy eating that I can't discuss politics with anyone</strike>.

...made my third Evil Man video using xtranormal.com.

...worked a double-shift sans overtime even though I was guaranteed the day off. It was pretty dead and the day could of been better spent packing/moving/cleaning/getting my new place looking spiffy.

...discovered that the wax seal on the toilet is leaking. I'd really like to just call a plumber but we do everything ourselves here. ugh. It doesn't look like too bad a job for two people, one of whom will actually know what he's doing, but I'm worried that the floor beneath might be rotted. Ugh ugh ugh.

... went to the gym for a session with my personal trainer only to be told that he no longer works there.

... swam some laps in the gym's pool.

...got some of my essential comics out of storage to put them with my main collection.

...was surprised to find some reboot Legions among them as I thought all my Legions were with the main collection.

...rectified that problem!

. . . finished hacking away to beautiful bushes in the front of my house because I'm tired of having to trim them every year (my OCD husband has donkeys about anything not 'trimmed'!)

I have no idea what I'm going to put in their place.
sigh

. . . put off harvesting my 'winter' crop of garlic, yet again.
They should stay till August, I'm told.
But the thick onion like shoots are really uglying up the front of my house!

(Candle, have you thought about some kind of ornamental grass? It seems to be pretty popular around these parts, though some varieties are more invasive than others.)

...roughed out a couple of specs for a web design, by hand, to be delivered to the designer later-- if she ever surfaces.

...tore out my hair because the Photoshop knockoff I was trying to use was clearly designed by Satan, or a coterie of drunken one-armed astigmatic chimps. Possibly both.

...looked up "coterie" in the dictionary. This site is so edjumacational!

...attended the tenth annual Blob-Fest in my hometown, watching a screening of "The Blob," in the very same theatre in which the teens in the movie were watching a movie when the Blob attacks. Bizarrely meta.

wielded scissors unwisely

saw Brüno with my buddy Sondee. We laughed ourselves silly.

Finished doing inventory on 7 of my 12 longboxes of comics, plus 1 short box. I had been meaning to do it for a long time.
On the positive side, I have every Volume 1 Superboy comic from #83 on (except #88 I don't yet own and #183 which I know I have but can't find yet).
On the negative side, my son, who went to HeroesCon with me, pointed out "Hey Dad, a lot of your comics were in the Dollar Bins!"

...made lots of strawberry rhubarb jam (technically, made yesterday, but it has to sit for 24 hours before being stored, so it's finished today).

... go to the eye doctor (glaucoma specialist) for a 6 month check-up.

... miss my Legion World time.

...miss my CJ time.

...saw a prisoner. I was at the eye doctors waiting for my pupils to dilate when they called another patient. THis one guy got up as did the two men with him. At first I thought "Why are you all going in?" Then I noticed the handcuffs on the first guy and the shackles. And I thought "Oh!"

...found a fraudulent charge on my credit card.

...realized there's a pest in my room.

Learned where Exide Batteries are manufactured...

...had chili for lunch.

...woke up at quarter to 6.

After getting to sleep around 1. >_<

PPPPPPPPPbt. X-P

...gave our grumpy, ancient cat her morning doses of meds. Two more days of "fun" to go.

... took a boat ride to Georges Island in Boston Harbor. It was Free Fun Friday so there was no charge. It was FREE fun Friday so there were lots of people.

Got up early, packed, left for the airport, got on my 1st flight, layover, got some food, got on my 2nd flight, arrived in SD, took shuttle to hotel, checked-in, unpacked, and collapsed. I'm now debating if I'm going to order room service or go out to eat.

...got rid of a phone solicitor by disclosing what I make on Unemployment. Not that it's anyone's business, but anything for a quiet evening without interruptions, y'know?

...had a banana for breakfast. They're supposed to be so good for you, but I always forget to grab one (Lady Cobalt buys them).

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...got rid of a phone solicitor by disclosing what I make on Unemployment. Not that it's anyone's business, but anything for a quiet evening without interruptions, y'know?

Yeah, telling them my SSD total has the same affect...

[raises fist]

Fight the power, Pov!

<strike>Pain.

Pain pain pain pain pain pain pain on stilts, steroids, large giant super economy size own-zip-code-sized pain.</strike>

Wage work for the second day this week. Standing all day on a concrete floor. Did I mention that it involved pain?

Got out of the shower, dried off and started to get dressed. All while still having conditioner in my hair. Not to worry though, I remembered to rinse it out during my second shower of the morning.

called time on this good ol' thread because it has hit the post limit. Please feel free to start a sequel if you are so inclined...