Imponderables: Bobbin' For Apples

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NVGHOSTRIDER

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 8:52 PM

Almost Halloween!

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KELKHIL

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 8:59 PM

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GORRAMGROUPIE

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 9:02 PM

Missed firsties by THAT much!

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ZEEK

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 9:03 PM

Missed firsties by THAT much + 1.

GORRAMGROUPIE

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 9:17 PM

Confession: I have never bobbed for apples.

Sad, no?

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NVGHOSTRIDER

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 9:38 PM

Not really. Ya gotta figure yer tryin' to grab an apple that might have already been bitten or slobbered on by the people in front of you, the water has already had faces in it, and with it being cold folks are snottin' and stuff in the water. Yeah, kinda gross really.

ZEEK

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 9:41 PM

lol I've never bobbed for apples either but with NVGs shiny description I don't think I'll ever want to.

MSB

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 10:11 PM

I don't know where that game came from , but every time I see it all I can think is way to spread the germs...eeeeeeeeeeeeew

Ok this headache is blinding and then some... 7 hours with one of the top 10 most oppositional kids I've ever worked with...at least I can head home soon

and Halloween( Samhain) soon....so so so thrilled for so many reasons
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FREELANCERTEX

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 10:56 PM

ooh, are they caramel apples?? ^_^

TRAVELER

Thursday, October 9, 2008 12:00 AM

I never did the apple trick either. Never thought how unsanitary it is. It is not as if I have not done unsanitary things. But I will leave that for another discussion.

I hate carmel apples. I have a small mouth and the carmel makes them slippery so I never get my teeth to bite in to one.

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AIKO

Thursday, October 9, 2008 12:01 AM

wait, people actually do that??? I thought that was just something done, like, waaaaay back in the past, or was just something that's a common joke in cartoons and stuff

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Thursday, October 9, 2008 12:26 AM

yes, people do. I even won once, but now have to go singe the germs from my skin........thanks NV

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FREELANCERTEX

Thursday, October 9, 2008 2:37 AM

yeah i remember bobbing for apples when i was a kid. it was at school. and it was fuckin COLD. *shivers* woulda been more pleasant if we did it in like the summer ><

i love caramel apples. it's candy apples i hate :P never could stand those things ><

MSB

Thursday, October 9, 2008 4:43 AM

EEEWWW bobbing for apples at school. Lord only knows what kind of hellish germ soup that would be...

HUGS FMF consolingly

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FREELANCERTEX

Thursday, October 9, 2008 2:16 PM

lolz, well we only did it once, and I never got sick from it anyway :-P guess I got lucky lol.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, October 9, 2008 3:44 PM

'Morning folks.

I see everyone is kinda grossed out by the whole bobbin' thing.

What are some of the other gross/dumb things they made us do in school?

I ALWAYS hated square dancing in music class.

FREELANCERTEX

Thursday, October 9, 2008 3:55 PM

the only gross thing i remember about school were the lice outbreaks in elementary >< but then again that was because they had us all putting our coats in the same closet, so when one kid got it, *everyone* got it @_@ dumbasses.

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Thursday, October 9, 2008 4:36 PM

Hey y'all.

I don't think I ever bobbed for apples, though I know I was at parties/events where bobbing was going on. I've just never been very interested in putting my face under water with my hands behind my back, call me crazy. Never thought about the germ issue as a kid, but given my germ sensitivity now, probably not such a bad thing that I never partook.

So speaking of candy apples and Halloween and all that fun stuff, maybe you guys can help me brainstorm a bit. I hit a pretty bad flare last week, so my health is back in the dumper and I'm back on pain meds. I'm doing my best to cut this flare short (ie, not 3-6 months) by sticking to my diet 100%. That means nothing processed, no sugar, no corn syrup, no artifical sweeteners. Right before Halloween. Crap.

So I've been trying to come up with options for Halloween candy. I have a type of ice cream I can eat and a recipe for cookies that works for me, but I haven't been able to find any candy that I can eat. Not one single thing. We have a party to go to on the 31st, which should be a blast but I'm not sure I'll get to enjoy any of the food.

And while we won't have trick-or-treaters (we'll be gone anyhow), every year they do a round of trick-or-treating at hubby's office, with the kids who are too little to go door to door. I went last year to hand out candy and had a blast. I really want to go again this year, but I feel weird about handing out candy that I can't eat. Everyone knows each other there, so something homemade would probably be ok. I'm just not sure what. Cookies? Like sugar cookies in shapes (using evaporated cane juice) maybe? My other thought was homemade popcorn in little baggies -- I'd love to find little orange jack-o-lantern bags, but I'm not sure if they even make them that small.

Anyhow, any thoughts? I'm trying really hard not to get depressed about Halloween. Thanksgiving always makes up for it (since I cook everything myself, and can make sure it's all safe), but the time between then and now is rough. Especially being back on the pain meds, sigh.

Oh, and one other question -- any thoughts on alcohol? ^_^ I'm going to a convention this weekend (Zeek knows what it is!) and there will probably be a lot of drinking at the little convention bar and at restaurants, I think. But I've recently realized how little I can actually drink, especially because I like sweet drinks, don't really like anything just straight or on the rocks, and don't really like beer. I've figured out that I really like extra dirty vodka martinis, but most places won't make them dirty enough for me. At home I drink vodka and cranberry, but only when I can buy the cranberry juice myself, and be sure that it's 100% juice. So drinking out is gettig harder and harder -- of course, right around the time of all the parties and fun stuff. Sigh.

Anyhow, if you guys have any ideas, let me know. I don't know what the point of autumn is without treats and alcohol.

~CK

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SOLARFLARE

Thursday, October 9, 2008 4:43 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee:
Oh, and one other question -- any thoughts on alcohol? ^_^ I'm going to a convention this weekend (Zeek knows what it is!) and there will probably be a lot of drinking at the little convention bar and at restaurants, I think. But I've recently realized how little I can actually drink, especially because I like sweet drinks, don't really like anything just straight or on the rocks, and don't really like beer. I've figured out that I really like extra dirty vodka martinis, but most places won't make them dirty enough for me. At home I drink vodka and cranberry, but only when I can buy the cranberry juice myself, and be sure that it's 100% juice. So drinking out is gettig harder and harder -- of course, right around the time of all the parties and fun stuff. Sigh.~CK

maybe gin and tonic would work?

ZEEK

Thursday, October 9, 2008 5:26 PM

CK! I'm so jealous btw. I was worried when I got to the paragraph about your flare that you weren't up to going anymore. Glad to hear you're going anyway. That's the spirit! I bet you're going to have a great time.

As for halloween stuff I bet they do have little halloween themed bags you can put popcorn in. Mainly because I know I've seen people make popcorn balls to give out and I've seen them in little halloween bags. So, you might be able to find something like that.

I'm not much help on the alcohol though. I bet some others will be of better help.

MSB

Thursday, October 9, 2008 5:44 PM

Ck ok waaaaay cool idea of the popcorn balls I bet the little ones would love that and their parents would like them getting something not so processed:) Also you could do pully candy with cane sugar or homemade caramels( I have recipes if you need them)
HUGS sorry about the flare up sweety...hmmm well why don't you contact whoever's throwing the party and ask if you could bring some appetizers or a dessert and then you'd know there was something there you could eat.
You do know you can specify to the bartender I want a vodka martini ( practice at home and figure out how much olive juice you like in the martini) with 1/4 oz or 1/2 oz of olive juice. They have the measures there and most bartenders really want to make it the way you like. Have you tried a vodka martnini with a lemon twist? Also try an old fashioned or a sidecar

Hmm elementary school things that seemed stupid... I'm not much help there as I went to a private school, but I did hate it when we all had to do those ridiculous school programs

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MSB

Thursday, October 9, 2008 8:45 PM

bumping with a ponder...well more a frustration

I've been doing evals of 5-6 year olds with major behavior issues and all of them know swear words and sexual language I didn't know at anything near that age and until college in one case seriously what in the hell is going on that a 5 year old kid can use the C word ( and spell it) or that a 6 year old calls his teacher a dirty whore... sorry just disgusted with parents who have either got home situations or something else that has exposed kids to abusive language like this...so my ponder/question is do you think exposing your kids to this is child abuse?

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ZEEK

Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:13 PM

I don't think it's abuse. I'd call it poor parenting because I would hope I wouldn't expose a child to that language. I think that stuff is sort of up to parents though. Some people really don't believe that sheltering their kids is the right way to go. That's pretty much their right IMO.

To me abuse is something that should involve taking the children away. I don't fit this under that category.

GORRAMGROUPIE

Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:13 PM

Here's a twist that the kids will love. In the center of the popcorn balls, put a wrapped treat, like a jawbreaker or square bubble gum, the kids love it and it's out of your sight. Did that for treat day in Kinder, and all the kids loved it.

I give a blanket sympathy hug, not knowing you personally or the circumstances behind the flare up, but anything that causes pain I wish was better.
(I didn't want to be callous and just post a cheerful suggestion)

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MSB

Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:21 PM

well the kid's not just using the C word he's saying " you f'ing C you should die like the f'ing C you are" to the teacher. That seems like less sheltering and more the kid has overheard sentences like that and I'd definitely classify that as verbal abuse.But just using the C word ( since the kid does actually know what it means) is not a good sign at all. Plus it's ok to decide not to overprotect but a kid saying those sorts of words is in for a world of trouble at school and is likely to be labled as a problem kid. It's fine if you let your kid use whatever words you want at home, but it's a bad idea to let them think it's ok to say anywhere..
I'd say violent aggressive behavior in front of your kid is definitely abuse. It cause all kinds of emotional problems and psychological damage and I'd say teh F word is common usage enough that the kid could easily have picked it up in a myriad of situations but the C word is not one that gets said in movies or in public for the most part so he more than likely heard it at home and if he uses it in an aggressive context then that's likely the context he heard it in... hence my thinking that something else is going on. I'm all for people having the right to raise their kids the way they want, but if they'r going to expose their child to a lot of profanity and allow the kid to repeat it at school they're going to have to expect a lot of parent teacher conferences with the school psychologist ...

So if you like your kid to talk like a sailor on shore leave make sure you tell him/ her to pretend to be a nun/pastor at school:)

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GORRAMGROUPIE

Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:22 PM

New post for the ponder. It has a lot to do with the home situation, and if they think that kind of language is common and appropriate, that's an indication of the home life, and you can bet that there is worse going on.
So the answer is yes, abuse.
My dad was a police officer for 20 years, and most of that as a school resource officer, and the leading detective on child abuse cases, and what little we heard about that, this is pretty common.

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ZEEK

Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:52 PM

I think you'd need to be able to show the psychological harm the child is experiencing. At that point it's not really a concern about how the parents caused the harm as much as just getting the child into a better environment. That's just the way I look at it though. I don't see the kids on a regular basis and I'm not a parent. So, big grain of salt there.

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Thursday, October 9, 2008 11:28 PM

yowwwie, that kid needs some soapage in the mouth!

I feel like shit people, feel free to hem and haw over me.

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NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, October 9, 2008 11:52 PM

Hem and haw? More like bring you snacks and stuffs.

WHat's up?

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Thursday, October 9, 2008 11:55 PM

the flu

I have the freakin flu

I AM death warmed over

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NVGHOSTRIDER

Friday, October 10, 2008 12:02 AM

Holy poop on a flag pole!
(Sends some immunity tour way)

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Friday, October 10, 2008 12:07 AM

and I think that I am getting hives in reaction to the antibiotics I got for the sinus infection the flu caused, and this is not good because it means I can not take sulpher antibiotics, Keflex OR penicillin so basically I am screwed

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FREELANCERTEX

Friday, October 10, 2008 12:49 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsB: well the kid's not just using the C word he's saying " you f'ing C you should die like the f'ing C you are" to the teacher. That seems like less sheltering and more the kid has overheard sentences like that and I'd definitely classify that as verbal abuse.But just using the C word ( since the kid does actually know what it means) is not a good sign at all. Plus it's ok to decide not to overprotect but a kid saying those sorts of words is in for a world of trouble at school and is likely to be labled as a problem kid. It's fine if you let your kid use whatever words you want at home, but it's a bad idea to let them think it's ok to say anywhere..
I'd say violent aggressive behavior in front of your kid is definitely abuse. It cause all kinds of emotional problems and psychological damage and I'd say teh F word is common usage enough that the kid could easily have picked it up in a myriad of situations but the C word is not one that gets said in movies or in public for the most part so he more than likely heard it at home and if he uses it in an aggressive context then that's likely the context he heard it in... hence my thinking that something else is going on. I'm all for people having the right to raise their kids the way they want, but if they'r going to expose their child to a lot of profanity and allow the kid to repeat it at school they're going to have to expect a lot of parent teacher conferences with the school psychologist ...

(O)_(O)....
wtF?
that...sounds like a huge parenting problem. first off them even saying stuff like that in front of the kid, and second them not drawing the line by telling them 'this is stuff you dont repeat ever' if something does slip out that the kid shouldnt hear. but yeah thats..thats pretty gorram bad if the kids obviously think its okay to say that kind of thing. and the fact that he knows what it means, which means its been explained to him (and it really shouldnt have been, not at age five or six) indicates some sort of issue on the parents' part as well. but thats just me ><

HELL'S KITTEN

Friday, October 10, 2008 12:57 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MSB:
{naughty language}...so my ponder/question is do you think exposing your kids to this is child abuse?

Impolite words constitute "child abuse"?

Fuck no.

Poor parenting is more likely.

But you start down the path where taboo or inappropriate words constitute abuse, and you're on a path I can't fucking abide.

--HK, Opinionated Cunt

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Friday, October 10, 2008 1:14 AM

I am with HK

fuck is just a word, so is C9nt

any word is bad if the intent is there, but saying that, little kids should not be using that word. I don't use it. I hate that word

It is not child abuse, if using bad language in front of your kids is, then call social services cause I talk like a sailor

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MSB

Friday, October 10, 2008 3:21 PM

OK thanks guys this helps me balance and realize it wasn't so much the language that bothered me but that the imagery the kid used and the abusive tone of it indicates one angry little munchkin... I think the big thing is say whatever you want at home just be sure your kid knows there's a time and place for that language and school isn't it....( well elementary school and probably junior high) You don't want your kid being the one who crosses the principal's doorway constantly and ends up labeled.

OK new ponder... weather change joy! It's snowing right now and I am little kid thrilled ( partly 'cause I already arranged the day off so I could totally clean) So my ponder is... how do you feel about the first snow of the season?

HUGS FMF and sends her virtual soup and tea

OK and in a side note... what exactly is the origin of the word cunt??

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KELKHIL

Friday, October 10, 2008 3:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MSB:

OK new ponder... weather change joy! It's snowing right now and I am little kid thrilled ( partly 'cause I already arranged the day off so I could totally clean) So my ponder is... how do you feel about the first snow of the season?

HATE IT

I hate the snow! Hey Jack Frost! Go to hell you elf-ish bitch!

Ok now that that is out of my system.

I truly hate the winter. I hate feeling closed in. I get cabin fever I guess you could say.

Some men just wanna watch the world burn

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NVGHOSTRIDER

Friday, October 10, 2008 3:27 PM

Dry as gawd knows what for months and now..

...SNOW!

KInda feeling it too. Yay.

Loves for HK and the waggly brow giggles MSB had last night when I read her your post, priceless.

ADD: FIREFLY VODKA IS AVAILABLE IN NEVADA. YAYYYYY!!!!!! Just need to hunt for it now.

MSB

Friday, October 10, 2008 3:29 PM

But but...don't you go outside and play in it??

I hate large quantities of it as it impairs my ability to wear cute clothes and shoes, but I do love it when the first snow swirls... NV started yelling when he got up and I came to see what the fuss was...yippee!!! snow :) time for sweaters and hot tea and toasted marshmellows and stews and homemade bread... snowmen and snowball fights and sledding, and definitely time to clean everything completely and then take a hot bath,put on some comfy sweats and curl up in my squashy chair with a book and some hot tea:)

NV

HUGS HK..I do so adore you ...opinionated cunt:)

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ZEEK

Friday, October 10, 2008 3:42 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MSB:
how do you feel about the first snow of the season?

Is "glad that there isn't one" a fair answer? A great part of Austin is no snow! If I could convince my family to celebrate christmas down here I would. Stupid snow.

I can obviously survive snow. I can put up with it. I don't like it though. If I had my choice I'd probably never live in a snowy location.

MSB

Friday, October 10, 2008 3:48 PM

Hey any answer as good as long as it's the one you really feel:)

So you're dreaming of a brown christmas???

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KELKHIL

Friday, October 10, 2008 3:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MSB:
But but...don't you go outside and play in it??

Not enough to make it worth it. I do take my daughter sledding a couple times a season but not enough to make me like the snow. You can't just decide to go out and "play". You have to put on warm clothes, then put on snow pants, then you jacket , hat and glove... oh and a good pair of boots. Too much work to go outside for a few minutes. Oh and did I mention it was cold???? Blah!

Some men just wanna watch the world burn

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ZEEK

Friday, October 10, 2008 4:17 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MSB:
Hey any answer as good as long as it's the one you really feel:)

So you're dreaming of a brown christmas???

Nah...Austin is fairly green year round. There's not really any color change here. I'm fine with it. The whole "oh the fall is so pretty" stuff is no big loss to me. I'm a creature of habit. I don't need change.

HELL'S KITTEN

Friday, October 10, 2008 4:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MSB: OK and in a side note... what exactly is the origin of the word cunt??

((appalled!))

MsB, I find your language both offensive and disparaging. Please tone it down.

It is apparently a very old word, being traced back to the late 1200s, all versions of which seem to have a similar meaning....

As for the complete origins of the term, needless to say, I didn't really dig into it.

^ (horrible, horrible pun) ((so ashamed))

NVGHOSTRIDER

Friday, October 10, 2008 6:34 PM

Well, snow's gone, it's just cold now. Very, very cold.

MSB

Friday, October 10, 2008 6:38 PM

ROTFLMAO!!! Ok HK I do so love you...and your terrible terrible pun

OK back to cleaning 2 large rooms to go and all closets, bathrooms, and rooms have been cleaned, dusted, windows washed, everything scrubbed....sooooo nice ( yes I am a total nut who derives great satisfaction from taking a day off and scrubbing, cleaning and organizing an entire house:)

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Friday, October 10, 2008 6:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsB: OK new ponder... weather change joy! It's snowing right now and I am little kid thrilled ( partly 'cause I already arranged the day off so I could totally clean) So my ponder is... how do you feel about the first snow of the season?

O_O!!! YOU GUYS ARE GETTING SNOW???? IM IN CONNECTICUT AND WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY SNOW!! our first snow of the season usually gets here bout novemberish. Kinda can't wait cuz past few winters we've had green christmas :-\ green christmas is no fun.

Quote:
Originally posted by NVGhostRider: ADD: FIREFLY VODKA IS AVAILABLE IN NEVADA. YAYYYYY!!!!!! Just need to hunt for it now.

NOT FAIR!!!! the closest it's distributed to me is new york. granted its next door, but it's still a hike :-P

GORRAMGROUPIE

Friday, October 10, 2008 6:43 PM

Utah is next to Nevada, and we have no snow, just a light frost. Bummer, I have a 12 year old who needs a whitewash.

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NVGHOSTRIDER

Friday, October 10, 2008 6:50 PM

We haven't had rain in months (a few sprinkles) and it went from sunnier than hell to gray and snow. Should be about 75 degrees and hot by Tuesday, IMHO.

FREELANCERTEX

Friday, October 10, 2008 6:53 PM

O_o its like 60 here now, and its been in the low 40s the past week. stupid wonky weather.

GORRAMGROUPIE

Friday, October 10, 2008 6:58 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by nvghostrider:
We haven't had rain in months (a few sprinkles) and it went from sunnier than hell to gray and snow. Should be about 75 degrees and hot by Tuesday, IMHO.

We just had 4 or five rainy days, so I guess that makes us even.

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MSB

Friday, October 10, 2008 9:14 PM

Ooh rainy?? I love rainy:)

All but front room is so clean it squeaks

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GORRAMGROUPIE

Friday, October 10, 2008 10:12 PM

Scratch rainy, we are heading for snow, looks like what you had has come east to us. COOL!

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AIKO

Saturday, October 11, 2008 12:03 AM

Still hot over here. Though it's been cooling down some, is still summer/fall waether (cold mornings, warm afternoons)

FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, October 11, 2008 2:24 AM

omfg does anyone know where i can find a serenity movie poster? every time i see the one i want *see avi pic* it's effing unavailable @_@

AIKO

Saturday, October 11, 2008 2:26 AM

Try searching Amazon.com? Or Ebay?

FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, October 11, 2008 3:01 AM

amazon's a no go, as is allposters

i'd buy the one i like on ebay IF IT WOULD FUCKING LET ME!!! *smashes computer a few times* theyre making it so effing hard @_@ FINALLY!!! THE EFFING REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION @_@

oh. my. god. after this. im not using ebay. anymore. holy fucking shit batman.

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Saturday, October 11, 2008 3:39 AM

Is this the point at which I butt in to say that it is hot here, has been hot here and will continue for the foreseeable future to be hot here. I WOULD be in a bikini right now except for the whole I have the flu and want to die thing and nobody needs to see that.

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FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, October 11, 2008 4:01 AM

and..where r u?

GORRAMGROUPIE

Saturday, October 11, 2008 7:08 PM

Snow came, blew around for an hour and turned to rain. Very gray Saturday.

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FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, October 11, 2008 7:25 PM

YOU had snow TOO??? wtf?

GORRAMGROUPIE

Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:30 PM

Got from NVG and MsB, they were done and sent it over.

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FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:44 PM

WELL THEY NEED TO SEND IT HERE O_O *goes to the arctic until snow arrives in CT*

hey, look, the fortress of solitude. guess i can hang out there.

FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, October 11, 2008 11:16 PM

wow, once again, site has died :-P

GORRAMGROUPIE

Saturday, October 11, 2008 11:29 PM

People are out gettin' their groove thing on, except me who's stuck at work.

'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.'
Police Squad

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, October 12, 2008 12:10 AM

aaaaw i sry G^2. want me to keep u company?

AIKO

Sunday, October 12, 2008 12:23 AM

rl has killed the site, like it always does. It attacked me, which is why I've been kinda absent, but I'm back for the rest of the evening at least! Of course, I'll be majorly distractzorz with chatting to a million people and trying to get some personal projects of mine accomplished, as always, but yeah...

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, October 12, 2008 1:27 AM

theres no such thing as rl

there is only the virtual.

LEOPARDFLAN

Sunday, October 12, 2008 2:01 AM

You might think so, but unfortuately there is a mythical thing called rl that meny people get entrapped in from time to time :P

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, October 12, 2008 3:45 AM

lmao, so i see u changed back to one of ur previous names RF.

well ppl shouldn't get trapped by rl. i never do XD safely avoided it for years.

MSB

Sunday, October 12, 2008 4:56 PM

OK loving the flan pic:) HUGS LF

Morning all:)

Gorram lives but one state over to the East( he lives where I used to live :) So the snow traveled... snow flurried a bit yesterday but it's all melty and now it's sunny but cold..still means I can wear my sweater tomorrow:)

I do soooo love how clean the house is right now:)

HUGS FMF and I hope you feel better sweety

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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage."
Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.”-Dave Barry

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, October 12, 2008 5:09 PM

not faaaaaaaaaaaair.
the leaves are hardly even changing over here, i think the trees are confused. when cold weather hits theyre gonna go from green to brown, shrivel up, and die right there on the tree like "SHIT!! WHERE did this COME FROM??" i blame global warming XD *JK!!*

LEOPARDFLAN

Sunday, October 12, 2008 10:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
lmao, so i see u changed back to one of ur previous names RF.

I changed the name back because I was getting to be kinda tired of being Aiko (I know, I know, such a shocker >:3), but I've been in kind of a rut with new names lately (been joining a whole bunch of websites and creating accounts and all that good stuff), and I didn't quite wear down the name LF yet to the point where I was disgusted with it, so, I recycled it ^_^

Quote:
Originally posted by MSB:
OK loving the flan pic:) HUGS LF

Thankee ^_^. I just did that since we recently studied a new unit in espanol (and I still need to look up key commands for accent marks, I apoligize, it keeps slipping from my head), and this unit is centered all around food- and those pics of flan just look so good in that textbook, and I rather like semi-puns, so it kinda happened ^_^

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
well ppl shouldn't get trapped by rl. i never do XD safely avoided it for years.

Well, see, not all of us can be as wonderfully talented as you are, so some of us do kinda deal with rl on a regular basis :P.

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, October 12, 2008 11:15 PM

well why do u feel the need to change names anwyay? guess ive never gotten bored with a username before :\ only one i ever changed was my AIM screenname..

MSB

Sunday, October 12, 2008 11:55 PM

Hey I do have an excellent and very authentic Cuban flan recipe if you want it:)

Hmm never gotten tired of mine, but it is my actual name so I guess that would explain it y last name starts with the letter B and my students and now all the kids I work with call me Ms. B) mind you it's changing pretty soon, but just the one letter and all ( will be MSA or I guess more correctly Mrs.A)

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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage."
Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.”-Dave Barry

HELL'S KITTEN

Monday, October 13, 2008 12:09 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MSB:
snow flurried a bit yesterday but it's all melty and now it's sunny but cold..still means I can wear my sweater tomorrow:)

Ha ha.
Sunny Nevada gets cold and snow.
Frozen Minnesota gets 75 and sunny.
Take that Polly-f**kin'-anna! XD

((eHug))

LEOPARDFLAN

Monday, October 13, 2008 12:32 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
well why do u feel the need to change names anwyay? guess ive never gotten bored with a username before :\ only one i ever changed was my AIM screenname..

Reason why I keep changing the alias is because I'm bored! I'll tend to get periodically bored with stuff, then run around changing things until I'm interested enough to not be bored ^_^. Yes, I tend to have a hard time with constants- only reason why I'm not trying to change my name the whole time is that pracically everyone around me has a different nickname for me, lolz. And I change all my usernames for things that I go to regularly- if I visit a place only once in a blue moon, I tend to not get bored enough with the name I have there to change it.

Quote:
Originally posted by MSB:
Hey I do have an excellent and very authentic Cuban flan recipe if you want it:)

Ooh, si, me gusta! I'd love to have one ^_^

Aiko Kitahoshi, passenger aboard the LoS, frequently awol due to the phenomina that is rl.

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, October 13, 2008 1:07 AM

u know, i tried making flan once, and its literally the only dish i've ever fucked up trying to cook. never came out right, really disappointed me :\

Quote:
Originally posted by MsB: ( will be MSA or I guess more correctly Mrs.A)

^_^

O_o whats NV's last name?

HELL'S KITTEN

Monday, October 13, 2008 2:54 AM

I'll give you a hint:

Starts with an "A".

XD

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, October 13, 2008 2:28 PM

oh ur so funny. all i can think if is like Anderson and Allen but he doesnt look like either of those :-P who knows, stranger things have happened.

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, October 13, 2008 4:15 PM

muahahaha, thought this was great XD

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b63427_which_sci-fi_series_should_retu
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ZEEK

Monday, October 13, 2008 4:24 PM

Bah it's gloomy out today. Zeek sleepy.

So, CK how was it?

*looks around for CK*

MSB

Monday, October 13, 2008 5:04 PM

ROTFLMAO...HK I do so love you...giggle

HUGS FLT

Morning Zeek HUGS

Hmm ok I'll pm you the flan recipe unless others want it then I'll post it

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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage."
Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.”-Dave Barry

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Monday, October 13, 2008 5:12 PM

Heh, was just coming by to check in.

It was loads of fun. I got stinking drunk on Friday night (during and after the costume contest, hehe), so ended up sleeping in a bit on Saturday, which was nice. Overall it was a very cool show. I think I picked up a cold or something (on top of my flare from about a week ago -- still taking pain meds every day), so I'm not sure I have much to say beyond that. Oh, D3 looks awesome, though I didn't get to play around with it that much.

Also, I hate hot chicks who pretend to be into gaming just so they can get on tv or whatever, and I hate it even more when they whine about being called attention whores. One of my least favorite of that community (which unfortunately I'm waaaay too familiar with) was a host for the pay-per-view coverage of BlizzCon on DirectTV. At one point, apparently, on live PPV, she said she was excited about the Wizard class in D3 because she played an Enchantress in D2. -_- The people on the boards ripped her to shreds, which warmed my evil little heart. ^_^

On snow: Never ever ever ever. My brother got married in Utah in January last year, so I actually had to see snow for the first time in probably a decade. I told him he was lucky he was marrying such an awesome girl, otherwise I totally wouldn't have braved the snow to see him. I hate the cold so much, and cold with cold stuff on the ground or in the sky is even worse. Last night it dropped down to 57 here (we went to Disneyland), and I bundled up for that. Anything below about 72 and I start breaking out the sweaters.

Looks like Santa Ana Winds season has started here, just today, which means it's officially fall in southern California. Wish me luck avoiding all the fires this year.

ETA: Since I know Zeek will say "pics or it didn't happen!", here's a link to a story about that chick: http://blogzarro.com/?p=98 I keep tabs on her more than the other girls because she's a perfect example of everything I don't want to be. The pressure to go that way can actually be pretty heavy at times, so it's nice to be able to look her up and remind myself, lol.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

ZEEK

Monday, October 13, 2008 5:43 PM

lol...clearly she's trying to show how intelligent she is with those outfits. I saw commercials all week peddling that PPV package. It was almost $40. Seriously who would watch enough of that coverage to be worth $40? Sitting in front of the TV watching that stuff would be so lame. Especially since everything important will be online in a matter of days anyway.

I'm really liking the Wizard class btw. That looks to be the class I'll start with unless they top it with one of the last two classes. Some developer said that he thought we'd hate the wizard because of how similar it is to the sorceress. I think he totally misjudged that one. Which has me worried cause he then went on to say he thinks we'll really love the next class to be revealed. If he continues his streak of being wrong this next one might be a real problem.

Glad you had fun though. Plus you get a SC2 beta key so jealous. Don't know how I feel about them breaking it into 3 games though.

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Monday, October 13, 2008 5:58 PM

Lol, yeah. So she posts pics like that aaalllllll over the internet (those are her claim to professional modeling, but I kinda doubt she got paid for it) and then complains when people say that she's an attention whore. "Just because a pretty girl plays video games and likes to take photos doesn't mean she's an attention whore, you guys are so mean!!!" Bugs the shit out of me.

So I think the PPV package was $40 for both days, and like 9 hours per day, and you could TiVo it, so really not that bad. I bet they'll put it out on DVD at some point, though really I just want a highlight reel or two -- one of the awesome stuff, and one of Becky being stupid. ^_^

And the Wizard totally looks awesome. Just watching the preview movie they had (which was mostly in-game footage) made me want to go play a Sorc again. I'm sure the other classes will kick ass too, but currently I definitely want to play a Wizard when I can.

Our SC2 beta keys may end up going to my brother and his wife, we'll see. They're much bigger SC fans than we are, and depending on when it comes out, we may be totally caught up in WotLK. Though knowing Blizzard, the SC2 beta won't be out until we're just about tired with WotLK anyway, lol.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

MSB

Monday, October 13, 2008 6:05 PM

OK when you two are done speaking in tongues...

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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage."
Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.”-Dave Barry

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Monday, October 13, 2008 6:24 PM

Lol I think we're done. To sum up:

BlizzCon = awesome
games = awesome
girls who pretend to be gamers to get attention = lame
snow = super lame

How was your weekend MsB?

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

MSB

Monday, October 13, 2008 7:29 PM

Weekend was super busy and now poor NV , who has been working hard so much recently, is sick. I'm home fussing over him a ton:)

Glad you had fun at your party though:)

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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage."
Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.”-Dave Barry

ZEEK

Monday, October 13, 2008 8:19 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee:
Lol I think we're done.

Awww do we gotta be? hehe I could have gone on about the new changes to the stats system and the skill trees. Though the worst part is an event like that gets me all pumped up about the game and it's probably still like 2 years away :-(

Oh well I guess we can talk about more mainstream stuff.

Ponder: A friend of mine is planning his gf's birthday. He's sending her to a spa for the day then out to dinner then home for homemade cheesecake. He's debating whether cheesecake should be just for the two of them or if she'd rather have her family there. Opinions?

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, October 13, 2008 9:09 PM

*makes some hot chicken soup for NV* chicken soup fixes everything :P

here's a ponder: is it a sign of the apocalypse when saturday afternoon cartoon characters start flipping each other off during the course of an episode? I mean, they did the cheap tv thing where they blur it out with those little pixel squares, but it was still plain as day that she was throwing the at another character. my jaw dropped to the floor.

ODDBODSKINS

Monday, October 13, 2008 11:08 PM

Probably falls a little short of being a symptom of impending armageddon. Doesn't say a lot for the imagination of the creators, but who watches TV on a saturday afternoon except the severely hungover?

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'That torpedo hit us hard. We've got serious damage to the thrusters, heat warping in the secondary camshaft and the right side emergency jets completely knackered. We can't thrust, our shafts bent, and we'll probably never shoot off from the right hand again!'

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, October 13, 2008 11:14 PM

my 11 and 12 year old cousins, thats who :-P theyre still into the whole cartoon thing

ODDBODSKINS

Monday, October 13, 2008 11:29 PM

Did they laugh?

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'That torpedo hit us hard. We've got serious damage to the thrusters, heat warping in the secondary camshaft and the right side emergency jets completely knackered. We can't thrust, our shafts bent, and we'll probably never shoot off from the right hand again!'

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, October 13, 2008 11:31 PM

they didnt even catch it, theyre not observant enough XD

they get in front of the tv and go o.o

ODDBODSKINS

Monday, October 13, 2008 11:36 PM

Well then, no worries

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'That torpedo hit us hard. We've got serious damage to the thrusters, heat warping in the secondary camshaft and the right side emergency jets completely knackered. We can't thrust, our shafts bent, and we'll probably never shoot off from the right hand again!'

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, October 13, 2008 11:42 PM

lol, cept the same characters in the show were also talking about getting to first and second base with other characters in the show, and neither of them knew what that meant either @_@ i was like 'holy shit, is this the quality *cartoons* have sunk to?'

ODDBODSKINS

Monday, October 13, 2008 11:47 PM

H'mm, but if kids WERE to get that, they'd already know what it means yes? One advantage to euphemism I suppose, can't corrupt any more then already corrupted.

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'That torpedo hit us hard. We've got serious damage to the thrusters, heat warping in the secondary camshaft and the right side emergency jets completely knackered. We can't thrust, our shafts bent, and we'll probably never shoot off from the right hand again!'

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Monday, October 13, 2008 11:57 PM

*FMF now feels bad that maybe she accidently sent xome of her sickage to NV*

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"We don't fear the reaper"

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FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 12:20 AM

i know, Odds, but srsly, why the hell would anyone put that in a kids show when they know the kids wont get it? not to mention the replies the kids are likely to get from the rents ><

and it cant really be funny if the audience doesnt get it :-P

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