MAI

Wow. Just realized I've been hanging out here for exactly one year. What did I do with my time before I found all you crazy people? (You know who you are).

EMMA

Thanks for your comments - they are very helpful and lovely Cozen, this is just for you. I have a couple of days respite from hell because my bloke is taking me somewhere for my 30th birthday which is tomorrow. I have just been given a birthday card with a train ticket and instructions about meeting at the airport - madness! Hopefully, it will give me some energy and a break so when monotony returns on Monday it will be more bearable. Thanks everyone

MANWITHPEZ

My wife in I got in a quasi-heated conversation about my tickets to the BDM advance screening. She said "Are we meeting someone there?" I said "Yes, a woman called CallMeSerenity. I said I'd get a ticket for her." She humphs and looks away disgustedly. So, I have to ask: "What? What are you mad about?" "What am I mad about? You're talking to women on the INTERNET and not telling me about it, and you're giving tickets to them." "First off, I am not giving anyone anything. I am selling her a ticket at face value. Second, I hardly ever talk to her, we just talked today so we could coordinate and try to get tickets. That's all." "Is Weird Girl going to be there?" "I sincerely doubt it. She lives elsewhere. And what does that matter?" "I just don't like it. Are we making a profit off the extra tickets?" "NO! I would never do that! There are scalpers charging at least 50$ a ticket on the internet. I'm not that guy!" "But, we could make some money." "No. Doesn't the fact that people are price gouging advance screening tickets to a movie they know people are desperate to see bother you?" She sits in contemplative silence for a moment. I know that the next few moments are crucial, or I could end up having a very bad night. "Yes, it bothers me. You're right. Its not right that people are doing that." She said, grudgingly. You see, my wife loves money, but she loves what's right too. She knows I'm right about this. And, as for the other thing. When my internet came back up, my AIM signed on automatically. Of course there were a few Browncoat names on there...Lochravin was one...ThatWeirdGirl was another. Now, no matter how I try to explain it, she just won't understand that I'm not trying to "get with" ThatWeirdGirl. She's just a friend. To my wife, ThatWeirdGirl is someone that I met on the internet talking about Firefly (My wife likes Firefly, but only likes...She has a different view of fandom. She doesn't obssess or tlk endlessly about it.) something I dearly love, and to my wife's view, Weirdess must be someone I have more in common with than her. I think its a strange way of looking at things. I like ThatWeirdGirl...she's one of the nicest, strangest, and well, best people I've ever met on the internet, but she is a friend. I know she sees things the same way. And, the both of us are in committed relationships with people that we truly care about. Also, for some reason I have to explain to my wife that I'm pretty sure she's the only one on the face of the earth that finds me attractive. There have been times when I've gone to the bar, come home, and had to answer this question "Were there girls there?" Well, of course there were. But to them, I'm that lump on the barstool. I take a passive stance in the bar...I won't harass you, you certainly won't talk to me, so I'll sit here and get drunk, and never the twains shall meet. My wife. I love her dearly, and with all my heart. She's the mother of my children, and my partner...I'll say it again...partner. As I go through life, she's the one next to me, making me feel better about what's bad, sharing what's good, and constantly providing challenges that make life interesting. And, when she isn't sharing the good, she's making the good herself. And, lastly on the CMS thing. I said "Yes, we'll be meeting her at the theater...We will. You'll be standing right next to me...You jealous shit!" Hey, can't let her have the upper hand forever, can I?

GUNRUNNER

I know a few if no many of us have dreamed about Firefly but last night I dreamed about a firefly SNL/MadTV skit! Most of it was from a 3rd person perspective but I interacted with Jayne (actually HER name was Bob or something) near the end. Since it was a skit of the show everyone was played by someone else and were almost caricatures of there characters. It started off that the crew was hanging around and Simon started feeling ill, Kaylee lays him down on the couch and covers him up, Book sits on the edge of the couch with his bible saying a prayer and I see Kaylee has a hand under the cover and Book stops talking and looks up, he says “That better not be what I think that is Simon.” Book gets up and runs out of the room, everyone starts laughing Simon is of course embarrassed. The ship starts to land on a planet and the owner of the planet tells the crew that no pets are allowed off ship and Kaylee wanted to bring a dog with them. (Don’t ask me how the dog got aboard). She brings in the dog dressed in old cloths and a hat saying no one will notice, Mal just walks away. There are some very weird things that happen here I won’t try to explain. But at one point Wash was a cartoon of some sort... They land and we (I’ve somehow joined the crew) start loading cargo, I decide to play a joke on Jayne (The female Jayne AKA Bob) and Mal, I see “Bob” flirting with Kaylee (damn this is a good dream, oh and did I mention "Bob" is frikken HOT), I won’t mention some of the stuff I see cuz its really dirty (Like I said good dream). I eventual get “Bob” away from Kaylee and have her grab a wheelbarrow and a shovel and head in to the woods. She starts getting curious about why we are out here, and I pretend to take a swing at her with a shovel, she gets very pissed (obviously thinking I’m going to kill her and burry her in the woods) I just start laughing and say we got to dig a big hole and get Mal out here and do the same thing. We head back and meet up with Mal and then I wake up…

SIGMANUNKI

As some may know I've have completed the requirements for a 3-yr degree but was waiting till I knew what was going on next academic year till I made a decision on what to do. Well, we finally got confirmation on where we'll be. So, I talked to the faculty members about the possibility of supervising me on an honours project (independent study can be done by distance and I'm won't be that far away) and one said yes. I didn't even have to try to convince him. I just sent an email (he's currently out of the country) explaining my idea and his answer was just yes. I even had another prof. tell me that it was a good idea. So, thinking everything is in order (I have a member of the honours commitee saying it's a good idea and a willing supervisor) I'm thinking that all is well and good with the world... until today. My dad called me; got a letter from my University (it's been 3 years or so and I've still to change the address)... a rejection letter for my honours project. I'm in my final year of study, I've been admitted to the honours program and I've been denied entry into a required course?!?!? What the hell? To add insult to injury, in the letter there was a suggestion that I ask my former potential supervisor to do a reading course on one of the topics I was interested in. The problem with this is that there has to be an existing course to do that. And all my ideas for projects don't have courses; they're not taught at the undergraduate level (like most honours projects). Let me tell you, this isn't over. Also, given that I'm a senior student, I cannot transfer to the other university; I had to apply for a letter of permission to get equivalent classes transfered back. I find out about that next week. Quite frankly, my hopes aren't exactly high. We'll see.