AM Fast Chat

[Deviate]

seems more people than just i frequent the board during the day. however, when the sun goes down the board goes nuts and posts start falling out of zeFrank's ears.

so i thought i'd dedicate a thread to us 8-5'ers wake to the rooster to schlep to the grind stone.

not sure what to talk about, though.... i would just love to know what's going on with everyone.

-st.

[NekoPunk]

whoo goin' to class!!!!!!!!!! *heavy sigh* *mumbles* i'll be back later.... *stomps away*

[Deviate]

ah, i miss class.

-st.

[bealeblues]

i'm more of a 5a-5p user.... i typically sit in my office all day and avoid calls from clients.... it takes me about 30 minutes a day to check on what's happened during the night-- i just can't keep my head up after the sun goes down to keep posting....

[Deviate]

i hear ya.

for me, i work all day on my sate-o-the-art comp here at the company office, then i go home to my messy office and my not-so up-to-date computer and figure, oh screw it.

not to mention i'm busy with other things once i get out of here. i've managed to train my eyes to see past the computer screen.

i know if we got a real-time chat i'd be screwed, glued to my computer day in and day out...

geek test - i pass.

-st.

[bealeblues]

question: am i the only one on the planet who doesn't like greek/lebanese food?? a client has insisted that we eat that for lunch and i just can't stand the thought of it.....

[Deviate]

sorry Beale, i love it. especially greek. i could eat feta and kalamatas every day and be a very happy me. why didn't you just go for a salad?

-st.

[bealeblues]

well, i'm typically a carnivore, but i might have to take the salad route today.... and while i'm not neurotic, the thought of that chicken turning around in the open air all day just turns me off..... just gimme a steak and let me be done with it.....

[Deviate]

rock on.

i'm getting italian today, spaghetti with traditional red meat sauce, salad, bread, mmmmmm. every Thursday.

-st.

[JudyPatooty]

Okay. Now you've gone and got my stomach growling!

I'm off for Tex-Mex in a few minutes. Nothing like a plate of enchiladas on a chilly day to warm the cockles of my heart. (What are heart cockles anyway?)

[bealeblues]

now hold on judy-- i'm pretty close to houston, and it's a glorious day down here-- not chilly at all! what's going on in texas that i don't know about...

and the greek/lebanese was just as bad as i feared... lots of little bean looking things, lots of spreads, lots of things i can't pronounce... but i muddled through it, just to find out that my secretary ate pizza.... i hate them all

now back to my misery with my own head cold

[Deviate]

my assistant is off to lunch and i'm still sitting here. looks like it's not italian for me but rather Subway or whatever quickie-food joint i can hit while i'm buying new athletic shoes. i'll probably eat in the mall (fun, fun).

meanwhile you're getting Tex-Mex and Greek and i'm sitting here drinking my now cold tea wishing i was anywhere but in my office.

grumble, grumble.

-st.

[bealeblues]

well, i would rather trade your subway, or something quick in the mall, for the hellish greek that i had to eat... what is they say, beale's greek trash is deviate's culinary treasure?

and i am leaving today at 3, but no one around here knows that yet.... (shhhhh)

[Frieda]

tell em you're not feeling well because of the greek food and leave now..

i can't take greek food myself.. nor mexican food.. yuck!

[Deviate]

HEY EVERYBODY!

BEALE'S LEAVING
EAAAARRRRLYYYY!

(snicker, snicker)

-st.

[bealeblues]

ARRGGGHHHHHH!!!!! cat's out of the bag--- ***mad dash for the door***

dammit, the boss was waiting for me, so i'm trapped again....

[Deviate]

i actually left an hour early yesterday (which is like 3 hours early when i'm usually here until 7). it was like paradise!

i would just like to leave for lunch.... grrr.

-st.

[NekoPunk]

ahhh.. the working world... ^_^ i went to class, which wasn't as bad as i thought it was gonna be today. we got our deadline pushed back again. ^____^ then, i went and got stir-fry 'clurg style (our dining hall) and pumpkin pie. and dr. pepper. and, now, i've got nothing to do for the rest of the day.

darn. *snicker*

[bealeblues]

speaking of school, i almost went to school in your part of the woods neko-- i got accepted to vanderbilt but decided against it.... i went west for the blues instead....

[Deviate]

laugh it up, Neko. you know what's funniest? in a few, fly-by years you'll be wishing you were back at school as well.

-st.

[red]

Yea! Free pizza! There's a student group here and they ordered pizza for them. I am so lucky 'cause I am so broke. Tomorrow is payday, but I need to eat today. YEA! Free pizza!

[NekoPunk]

you got accepted to vandy? nicely done! my granddaddy taught there for many, many years... ^_^ and a few of my friends' moms work there. it's good you didn't go, though, the students are a bunch of stuck up bit... uhh... jerks. ^_^;; i'm down there a lot, for food, and they're so rude...


laugh it up, Neko. you know what's funniest? in a few, fly-by years you'll be wishing you were back at school as well.

pfft. in a few years, i'll still be at school... i'mma gonna be here a long while..

[bealeblues]

precisely why i didn't go to vandy.... i'm not the frat boy/rich kid type at all.... but i just liked the vibe in memphis a lot more and it seemed like more of my kind of place (plus i got to go for free)

and yes, you will miss your college days when they're gone, and they will fly fly by..... (sighs wistfully)

[surflugen]

I am down to my last eight hours of sick leave.
Boss is not here.
Surf is somewhat good today.
I want to go home but having a difficult time thinking of excuses since I will for sure have to come back tomorrow.
Any sugguestions?

[Deviate]

"few years" was not literal. it will, eventually, seem like only a few years.

and if you party into oblivion it'll seem like only a few, short days... at least the ones you remember...

-st.

[NekoPunk]

surf, just have a 24 hr. thing. then, be back happy tomorrow!

[Deviate]

FINALLY!

off to lunch, see you all in a coupla hours.

-st.

[NekoPunk]

i remember once my teacher left for lunch with his wife... and didn't come back that day. :3

[Deviate]

well i came back, better than ever with a full stomach and a new set of runners.

-st.

[JudyPatooty]

And I'm back from Mexican food. You're right Beale, it wasn't the least bit chilly out there. It just looked like it through my window. All gray and overcast and windy. The only problem was the wind was from the south!

Now I'm burping quesadillas. :rolleyes:

Judy<---who would LOVE to have the freedom of being in college again!

[bealeblues]

tell you what judy, i don't know how you deal with houston-- i was there last week on business and i absolutely hated trying to navigate around there... luckily i made it without any problem, but i won't go back unless someone forces me too

[JudyPatooty]

Originally posted by bealeblues
tell you what judy, i don't know how you deal with houston-- i was there last week on business and i absolutely hated trying to navigate around there... luckily i made it without any problem, but i won't go back unless someone forces me too

Sorry you had such a bad time, Beale!

To be honest, it's the people and the attitude here that makes me like it. It's a very multi-cultural city. And there's none of the "we really wish we were Berkley" attitude that Austin can have sometimes. Or the "we're not really in Texas" attitude of Dallas. Houston's attitude is sort of like "yeah we're smoggy and hot and humid and overcrowded. So what. Let's sit over there and have a beer." :)

[Deviate]

well, that's then end of today. i'll see most of you bright and early.

thanks for distracting me from work, the owners love it.

-st.

[saskuoch]

You tell 'em Judy! Houston is one damn cool city. And in my opinion, Dallas is a loser. I lived there for six years and hated it. It's trying to be all rich, and therefore has no class. And if you're looking for diversity, Houston is right up there with all the other places you think of as diverse. It's not rub-it-in-your face diversity, it's just a lot of different kinds of people hanging out, enjoying a lot of different kinds of things.

So the roads are bad...maybe it's a plot to keep judgemental out-of-towners away!.

P.S. sorry for posting here during your night. It's about noon for me. From now on I'll stick to during your day hours, which, depending on your time zone is 9,10,11, or 12 at night until 6,7,8, or 9 in the morning :)

I like to talk about lunch at any time of day.

[amanda]

Even when they are talking about greek, tex-mex and sub sandwiches, all of which is nearly non-existant in this part of the world...?

No worries about greek food here- doesn't have a following. But I found an excellent indian curry place, which I've been trying to personally keep in business.

Heavens be praised!! And I'm not even religious.

[red]

originally posted by JudyPatooty
Houston's attitude is sort of like "yeah we're smoggy and hot and humid and overcrowded. So what. Let's sit over there and have a beer." :)

I don't like the smog, but I think of it as taking one for the country. We are polluting our beautiful skies so the rest of the rest of the States can have whatever petroleum products their little hearts desire.

[Deviate]

morning everyone.

did y'all have a good night? excited for another long day of work distraction?

-st.

[amanda]

Evenin', Deviate.

Yeah, I had a pretty good day. Taught a few classes: passed around some postcards of sort-of famous paintings, tried to get people to come up with complete sentences about them (Mona Lisa is wearing A smile.) Not a bad day.

Hey! Pull out a dollar bill. Look at the back- can anyone tell me what the symbolical reference is with the pyramid with the one eye? Or what the latin phrases mean? I know what E Plurbus Unium means, but I forgot Annuit Coeptis and Novus Ordo Seclorum (New World Order?)

How about the front- the numbers B4 and 12 (printed in San Francisco)? I did a discussion today about the cultural values on a country's money, but I forgot to check these points. Shoulda done my homework instead of chatting on here...

[red]

For some reason I was thinking Masons or secret schools.
I don't know really.

[Deviate]

The circles on the back are from the great seal of the United States, both the front and the back.

The Eagle: notice the 13 stars representing the original colonies. The olive branch and the arrows stand for peace and war, the eagle holding both stands for power in peace and at war.

E Pluribus Unim:
From many, one

The pyramid:
Strength and duration. The fact that it is uncapped signifies that we, as a country, are not finished. The eye stands for a divine presence. At the bottom the number for 1776 is inscribed in roman numerals.

Annuit Coeptis:
God has favoured our undertaking

Novus Ordo Seclorum:
a new order has begun

E Pluribus Unim:
From many, one

[Deviate]

For some reason I was thinking Masons or secret schools.
I don't know really.
The concept of the “All seeing eye” above the pyramid is a classic Masonic symbol, but it is not believed that this was intentionally a Masonic symbol on the bill.

-st.

[Deviate]

ahh!

the system froze on me and it automatically posted the same thing three times.

sorry!

-st.

[amanda]

Yip. Knew all the other's except for the pyramid, and the latin phrases "Annuit Coeptis" and "Novus Ordo Seclorum". Thanks.

A sidenote- when I told my students about the meaning of the great seal with olive branch and the arrows, it received an "Oh, I understand." sound. Not exactly the sound one wants to hear about their country- "Oh, I understand why your country is a partial war-monger, partial peacemaker- it is a deeply held cultural value."

*Shrugs* Time for bed, methinks.

[Deviate]

night!

-st.

[amanda]

"In God We Trust" - any idea how that started?

[bealeblues]

mornin' all.... interesting bit of history there on a friday... you know, we all should probably know all of that about our currency, but i admit that i knew none of it....

[Deviate]

Amanda:

In 1861 the treasury received a letter asking to add a religious statement to coins. It was enforced by asking the question, if the country were reduced to shambles what power would build it up? Money or God?

The treasury answered that no country is strong without God and that a statement declaring so would be added to currency in the fewest number of words possible.

Our Country; Our God and “God, Our Trust” lost out to “In God We Trust”.

[amanda]

Hmm...sneaky buggers. That helps answer the question. But the tenitment of "separation of chruch and state" is being treaded on by a very fine line here...

Is there any way you could send me a reference to this stuff?

I've been gone awhile... what's the deal with the gold dollars?

[Deviate]

you know, we all should probably know all of that about our currency, but i admit that i knew none of it....
well, who looks at their own money? it's a green and silver blur to me.

-st.

[Deviate]

Originally posted by amanda
Is there any way you could send me a reference to this stuff?

let me see if i can find any reference to it. this is stuff i'm embarrased to know.

-st.

[amanda]

Sort of the reason why I have the discussion- I ask my students to look at their own money (Actually, I have them hand it all to me. Then, I pocket it.) They have to tell me what they can about their own country just by looking at it. Usually, most people can't tell me very much about their own money.

Then I break out my US one dollar and two dollar bill along with my Chinese yuan. I ask them what can they tell me about these two countries. We talk for awhile about cultural values that are exhibited on the different currencies.

Then I have them look at their own currency again now that they've synthasized the idea of looking at culture as an outsider, and turning that critical eye on to their own. The answers become much more detailed at this point- people realize they know more than they think.

[red]

How very cool. I never even gave money so much thought.

[amanda]

Alright all, I'm going to bed. Especially if I have to be on the train in a few hours- I hate to be a snoring, drooling gai-jin on my way to Tokyo.

You kids have a fun Friday. : pats random heads:

To answer the question before it's asked: read my name and custom text together quickly to understand what it means.

thanks for the info again, deviate.

[Deviate]

cute, Amanda. very crafty...

hey Red, dig the new avatar. i'll have to add it to my collection.

so what did everyone else do last night?

-st.

[surflugen]

Originally posted by NekoPunk
surf, just have a 24 hr. thing. then, be back happy tomorrow!
Thanks to the sugguestion of the 24 hour thing. I went home, got my doggie and my surfboard(+ my wet suit-brrrr) and went to the dog beach. My dog, Oliver(http://home.earthlink.net/~markngrace/Yes2.jpg) had a blast running around like a mad dog as I caught more than a few waves before realizing I should get out before I get a sunburn on my face. Then my wife took me to see 8 mile. Great night.

[Deviate]

rock on, Surf. was it a good movie?

btw, dig the waves, would rather body than board, though. i was always jealous of surfers, it being a relatively inexpensive hobby/sport.

-st.

[surflugen]

I was very good. I am not a big fan of Eminem or rap but I do enjoy his music and I do think he is brilliant. This movie is very entertaining and Marshall really did a good job (although how hard is it to play yourself). The movie really does show how lyrically talented he is.

[Deviate]

anyone got anything going tonight? i'm going stir crazy here!

-st.

[NekoPunk]

yeah, i don't care much for the man himself, but i will admit that he's a lyrical genius. ^_^ my suitie went to cranbrook... the school they talked about in the movie. when she went to see it, she stood up at that part and yelled "WHOOOO!!!"

[Deviate]

i'm not fond of him myself, his lyrics are incredibly offensive.

i'm jamming to some Morcheeba and Cibo Matto right now.

-st.

[red]

Originally posted by Deviate
hey Red, dig the new avatar. i'll have to add it to my collection.

so what did everyone else do last night?

-st.

Thanks. I was tiring of my moon. I went to a surprise party for my yoga teacher. I had a really good time. I left early to be with my husband. We went and ate at The Red Onion. They serve "Latin Fusion" whatever that is. I call it tasty!
I have to go to a wedding outside wedding in Galveston which, normally would be really nice this time of year, but we have a cold front in that is making it a little chillier than I'd like. I'm a cold wimp. I hate living in snow. I'll play in it, but I hate driving in it, shoveling it, basically doing anything with it that isn't fun.
After the wedding we will be cleaning the house so we don't have to do it during the week. This is the last weekend before we are in Europe!! (WHOPPEE!!)

[Deviate]

Rock on Red, sounds like a good weekend.

and here we are starting a brand-spankin' new week. woo hoo! how was everyone's weekend? what's going on this week? did anyone get more than 3.5 hours of sleep last night, 'cause i didn't....z...zzz....

-st.

[red]

I got sleep, but I LOOOVE my sleep and I'm older.
The wedding was okay. The dj sucked and there's nothing worse than a bad dj to kill a party of any kind. Ya know, now that I think about it, the crowd wasn't exactly rip-roarin' fun either. Everyone was dancing to some quasi-country song and the dj put on Brick House by the Commodores and the dance floor cleared. THE DANCE FLOOR CLEARED?! What was wrong with those people? I think I was the only funky person there.:mad:

[JudyPatooty]

Originally posted by Deviate
how was everyone's weekend? what's going on this week? did anyone get more than 3.5 hours of sleep last night, 'cause i didn't....z...zzz....

I got plenty of sleep this weekend, thank goodness! Hope you can catch up on some ZZZs, Deviate!

Friday night I got to hear Richard Lederer talk. He's the author of several books on words and language. He's a great speaker and has quite a rapid-fire delivery. Probably the funniest bit he did was a recitation of "Prinderella and Her Cince", which was a fairy tale full of spoonerisms. The best part was when he told about Prinderella "slopping her dripper." :-)

Judy

[dickieC]

"slopping her dripper" - I love spoonerisms.

I played Diplomacy for 6 hours on Sunday - played as England and lost badly, all because I trusted Germany who turned out to be a traitor and stabbed me in the back by invading Edinburgh when he'd promised to help me invade Belgium. Just goes to show you never can tell... Served him right in the long run though as Russia went on to win outright.

DC

[Deviate]

i hope to get some sleep, Judy, but, knowing me, probably not.
glad to hear the wedding went well, no crying brides or anything. i don't think i'd want to break down with anyone who sci-dattles at Brick House. i mean, c'mon, 'she's mighty mighty, just lettin' it all hang out', how can that not push your funk button?

dickieC - come on. Germany: i could have predicted that one. especially as England, you shoulda been all on that like sheite on a shingle. sounds like a fun game, nonetheless.

last night i watched Mulholland Drive last night twice, up till 3:30A. you'd like the flick if you enjoy being blindfolded, being spun in speedy circles on an office chair, then being dropped in the Sahara while wild rainbow animals that climb down from the clouds scream "boogety-boo!" in your face.

really trippy. it was fun to figure out, though.

-st.

[red]

I was thinking the same thing about Germany.

Hey does anyone have their crying face up? I do.

[Deviate]

getting mine in there as we speak. i'm looking for the best one...

-st.

[bealeblues]

loved mulholland drive.... i liked memento too--- i'm all for the mental kick in the stomach movies....

i tried to heal myself from this head cold i have with sleep, but i ended up going out and hearing bands as usual..... then i had my usual testosterone rush and watched football saturday (my team got killed)

so, usual weekend, nothing monumental....

anyone have any good t-giving plans? i'm headed for the mountains, myself to chill with family... i'll be suicidal by week's end, no doubt... that's why i moved here from the mountains

[red]

I'm not eating turkey this year for Thanksgiving. Everyone is bored to tears with my plans as I've been going on and on about them for weeks. I'll be in Paris drinking wine and eating cheese by the time t-day comes around.
If I wasn't going anywhere I'd spend it with my friends. (Time off is too precious to waste on relatives when all they can do is argue about petty shit) We all bring a dish, drink like fish, stuff ourselves silly and play games 'till we eat again.

[Deviate]

going to all the way to Minneapolis, seeing Star Wars on IMAX while i'm up there, hit the god-awful Mall of America the day after (not my idea) and, hopefully, eat like a cow gone mad.

on the day i'm watching Harry Potter, Monsters Inc. and Spiderman with my two little cousins. haven't seen any of them.

nothing like Minnesota in November though....

who's your team, Beale?

-st.

[red]

I loved Monsters, Inc., but I really like Pixar stuff.
Team? I think you mean Bealeblues?

[Deviate]

whoops, caught that a little late.

i'm jonesing to see that movie; heard nothing but good crud about it. i'm not a Hollywood follower, i would rather look towards Sundance, WY for inspiration.

-st.

[Deviate]

I CAN'T FIND MY STAPLER!

-st.

[Deviate]

dainty - no.
demure - not even close.
devine - definitly.

-st.

[bealeblues]

seeing Star Wars on IMAX - deviate
that would be incredible i think.... and monsters, inc. was very good too (having a 4 year old makes a difference)

and to answer your question, deviate, my pathetic team is LSU, one of my alma maters...

[Deviate]

don't worry, mine sucked it up too. so, so sad. i screamed till i was horse yelling at all the fofos at the bar cheering for the other team.

grr.

now my damn stapler remover is hiding. i'm going to lose it.
oh, there it is. never mind.

-st.

[bealeblues]

and who were you rooting for? the bar i go to has 5 huge screens side by side and smaller tv's perched in the corners... we can watch 7 games at once... we usually start with the 11:30 am game and finish with the late ESPN game... we're torn to shreds by the time it's all over and we have to find creative ways to get home....

[Deviate]

Husker fan, through and through here. love the big red, hated by everyone else (not that i'm not used to that).

we stunk it up big time. sad year for the Huskers.

-st.

[bealeblues]

no kidding? i lived in lincoln last summer so i know all about the husker nation....

[Deviate]

rock on. what were you doing in lincoln?

-st.

[bealeblues]

my ex-wife was working at st. elizabeth's (is that the right name, off O Street across from the vet admin hospital) for that summer and i took a sabbatical to travel around with her.... we left first of october to come back south....

lincoln was a culture shock for me in a way b/c it was relatively clean and pretty much crime free (compared to what i'm used to down here) but i will say that, while the people were hospitable once you got to know them, they lacked that southern charm of never meeting a stranger, know what i mean?

my favorite part of the whole summer trip was hanging out at the baseball stadium where the saltdogs and huskers play... i must've gone to 10 games that summer.... people always ask where i got my saltdogs shirt

i hung out a little in omaha too (to go to rosenblatt mainly for the spikes)

[Deviate]

no clue about St. Elizabeth's. very little clue about lincoln in general.

i've been to the college world series before, but that's it for baseball or Omaha's stadium. i dig playing sports but i'm not all that keen on watching them. but love Husker football, though. until these past couple of years they used to play real good ball, real clean and all. now they blow.

-st.

[surflugen]

Originally posted by bealeblues
no kidding? i lived in lincoln last summer so i know all about the husker nation....
The last Rose Bowl when Nebraska came to town was a very interesting week. Everywhere I went, I saw big corn fed people wearing red.(stereotypical, I know. No offence) I have an incredible ability to attract out of towners and nearly everyone of the Nebraska fans I saw had in some way approached me. My friends just laugh. I can't go anywhere with out having to give directions or explain something. Any way I don't mind to much. I was just shocked to find out that their loyalty had brought out so many to S. California. During the Rose bowl time you usually see people wearing the playing teams colors but it is usually local transplants. This time it was obvious that they where from out of town. I had never seen so many people in need of a tan or some sun screen. One guy came up to me (again, because I am a tourist magnet) as I was walking out to surf in New Port Beach and asked, "is that a surf board?". I am sure that he was being funny, god I hope so. I have never seen any one get sun burned to quickly. I surf for about 2 hours and when I past by him on the way to my car wishing him a good stay I notice that his skin was now the vibrant color of his hair. Oh man, I know he must have been hurting at the game.

[bealeblues]

well, st. e's is a small hospital just off O street, way on the other side of town away from downtown....

and i've never been to the CWS, but had to go to rosenblatt b/c LSU has such a rich history there.... people in omaha came up to me out of nowhere when i was at the spikes game b/c i was wearing my LSU jersey and hat-- they just loved the LSU fans being up there over the years (probably b/c we bought so much alcohol and food that it boosted the local merchant economy)

[Deviate]

well, i think i'm cuttin' out of this god-forsaken office now while the coast is clear. everyone wish me a clean escape and i will see y'all on the flip-sidea tomorrow.

bright and early.

-st.

[bealeblues]

godspeed.... (or "insert your favorite deity here"-speed)

[amanda]

vishnu-speed
jizu-speed
ganesh-speed
buddha-speed...

Or my favorite: rajneeshi-speed

Zarathustra-speed, Aphrodite-speed, hare krishna-speed, Allah-speed...
gimme that old time religion, it's good enough for me!

[Deviate]

morning, all!

-st.

[amanda]

Mornin' Deviate. I was just going to get my evening cup o' cha and try to stay up with you crazy kids.

But only if you are going to talk...

[Deviate]

i'm trying to get fired, so i'll talk all i want! woo hoo! reckless inhibition!

-st.

[amanda]

Wild reservations? Uncontrolled reticence? Reckless inhibitions..what will they think of next?...

Gotta love oxymorons.

[Deviate]

lol

something or other. i kinda trailed off at the end of that post...

;)

-st.

[surflugen]

Good morning all. I just can't wait to waste another day reading all these post and ignoring my work. This may be my last day of play though as I really do need to buckle down and get things done before my vacation.

[Deviate]

~cricket, cricket~ (http://www.worldtune.com/audio/cricket.au)

where is all the chat??? i'm growing weak, so very weak...

dig the new avi, Surf.

-st.

[bealeblues]

i apologize for my lack of contributions this am.... i've actually been in court working all morning-- they force me to do that from time to time....

[Deviate]

no big. i'm just having difficulty ignoring my own private hell with no zeFrankenfurter chat to distract me...

glad to hear you are over that cold, Beale.

-st.

[NekoPunk]

i'm pleased that class is over for the day... and that i've only got 3 weeks left of this semester. yay for this... yeah.

[bealeblues]

dammit dammit dammit.... they've made me work all day (sniff sniff)... i am mentally drained without my usual theraputic ze-frankenfurters.... at least i have had my day from hell accompanied by norah jones to dull the pain..... maybe tomorrow will be better....

[NekoPunk]

meh... it could be worse. we just got our access back in our dorm, the network went out here. *gah* i've been at the library to post. ehhhh

[Deviate]

i've had a headache for 3 days and one of the worst days at work i've ever had.

i feel for you, bb.

-st.

[NekoPunk]

i'm so glad i don't work anymore... not for a while at least.

[bealeblues]

yikes deviate... my sympathies..... i'm sure the dull florescence doesn't help either....

[Deviate]

we're using a 2 lamper with F32T8/CWs - bright eye-piercing light. and i want stab a hole in the part of my brain reserved for knowing this bullshit information.

Neko - hold out as long as you can. this is my post-college, get-a-job-to-make-money-for-the-masters job. it sucks you in!

-st.

[red]

We have those florescent lights all over our office.
I hate them. They are the worst lights to work on a computer with, you can hardly see your screen for the glare. So, I've unscrewed them and brought my own lamps. People thought it was weird at first, but now it's the norm up here on the creative floor.
I feel for you Deviate.

[NekoPunk]

Originally posted by Deviate
Neko - hold out as long as you can. this is my post-college, get-a-job-to-make-money-for-the-masters job. it sucks you in!

-st.

oh, i'm planning on it... i've gotta go to grad school, and intern. i'm hoping to be able to jump right into what i really want to do. seeing as it's not really a rising field, i hope i don't have a problem. ^_^;;; *knock on wood*

[amanda]

'Morning all. Did you kids have fun while auntie manda slept?

[dickieC]

Ah, the gentle art of permanent studentship...

Having said that, here's me at gone midnight trying to get stuff done for a deadline tomorrow. What am I saying? Today! Arghh!

Don't lose it. University and life and all that stuff.

Maybe I should sober up before I start writing again.

[Deviate]

welcome Amanda. i hope to catch you in the AM when i am back on. have a great day.

and to all the rest of you, hope the evening is well for all. i'm going to chill at home, hop over to the gym and beat a bag for an hour or so and then crash.

see you on flip. ai.

-st.

[bealeblues]

morning all..... back again in my hollow cave to "flitter and waste the hours in an offhand way"

[JudyPatooty]

Hey Beale,

I'm here early at the office because we have a business development meeting. The only good thing about these meetings is that we get kolaches and sweet rolls!

Judy<--waving down I-10 at ya

[Deviate]

BB -

you gave me your damn cold! and here i am in the office 'cause my assistant decided she was going to call in sick instead of finishing her last two days here.

and now i get to train her trainee. i'm going to throw a gut.

how is everyone else?

-st.

[dinzdale]

Not to big of a job for Bond, surely?

[Deviate]

hopefully, D. i'm thinking about hooking up the trainee with a text book and zipping home for the rest of the day. international super-spies need their rest, too.

-bond.

[bealeblues]

good idea deviate-- i'm jetting out of here on friday for the mountains, so you know my next two days will be a wash.....

and sorry about the cold--- i just had to spread the love....

[red]

I'm disgustingly chipper! It's beautiful outside, I'm healthy, my car is getting washed and lunch is only and hour away! Let's see what do I want for lunch…

[Deviate]

GREEK.

-st.

[red]

Deviate! Did you scan your face? If you did, I think I may have found you.

[Deviate]

no, Red, i didn't. i just sent my pic in, though, so it should be up soon.

-st.

[Deviate]

~cricket, cricket~ (http://www.worldtune.com/audio/cricket.au)

-st.

[JudyPatooty]

Boo Hoo!

My face is up! Sixth row center.

Judy

[red]

Someone else scanned their face then.
Poor Devi, how's the training going?

[Deviate]

Originally posted by JudyPatooty
My face is up! Sixth row center.
the one on the pillow?

training's alright. my assistant done showed up for part of the day, so i can sit and grump instead.

-st.

[red]

Yea! for grumping!

My pics up too. not flattering, but none of the pics really are.
6 row from the bottom, 2 over from the left.

Edited to make sense.

[JudyPatooty]

Originally posted by Deviate
the one on the pillow?

-st.

No, the one above that one.

P.S. Glad your assistant finally got her sorry self in to do her job!

[JudyPatooty]

Originally posted by red
Yea! from grumping!

My pics up too. not flattering, but none of the pics really are.
6 row from the bottom, 2 over from the left.

Below the guy with the goatee?

You're right about how flattering these photos are! I wonder what Ze is planning to do with them?

Judy

[red]

yep. That's me. loverly.

[Deviate]

rock on, Judy.

about flattering: you should see the ones i didn't send in. i was scared i'd turn new comers away forever from zeFranktopia. gargoyles, man, gargoyles.

you should do a self-portrait in the artwork section. there you can look however you want...!

-st.

[red]

~cricket, cricket~

[red]

someone w/o a digi camera. No one in here apparently.

[red]

5th row from the top, left side. scanned face.

[red]

He looked familiar to me too. Maybe a tv personality? Maybe just one of those average faces.

[Deviate]

most of these people seem familiar to me....

odd...

-st.

[NekoPunk]

ah! love the guy with the horizontal eyebrow ring!

[Deviate]

rant and rave time

**** me.

my assistant just walked out the door for the last time and the realization hit me that i am going to be stuck training another one. as if work wasn't stressful enough now i get to spend the time i could be working teaching someone else how to keep me from opening my skull and stewing my grey matter.

and i'm sick as hell and i need a day off and won't get it until December.

a special thanks to the board bleep-in-ator for the blatant profanities.

-st.

[NekoPunk]

your assistant is a ****.

so, yeah. deep breaths and whatnot... and remember, if nothing else works out, i got a gun, a shovel, and 10,000 acres of forest. i bet she won't be missed. ^_~


geez, i'm like the southern mafia here. *lol*

[AllegroNg]

****s Deviate

;) did not, just kidding

[Deviate]

damn NG! and here i thought i was getting lucky. great way to end the day.

;)

-st.

[NekoPunk]

wait, wait, wait... Ng, is Dev on the list? 'cause she don't get nuthin unless she's on the list. ^_~

[AllegroNg]

Oooooh.. you mean a REAL list? Hmm.. who's on it already?

MoN. Actually, I just want the hand.
Beale (tho Beale MAY be married, or a 13 y/o teenage girl)
Now Deviate! The application is in the mail.

[NekoPunk]

i think he's a 13 yr old teenage girl. or a 60 year old transvestite who wishes he was a 13 year old girl. ^___^ *lol*

[red]

Yesterday sucked! I was at work 'till 7:45pm and I missed my yoga class. :mad: I had leftovers and then I was up late cleanin' up the house so I don't have to do it tonight before vacation. That's the only thing that's making this morning good.

[bealeblues]

i think he's a 13 yr old teenage girl. or a 60 year old transvestite who wishes he was a 13 year old girl. ^___^ *lol*

i thought we were going to keep this to ourselves, neko.....

[bealeblues]

how am i going to get my ze-monkey fix today? i have to go teach a class (guest lecturer; take a minute and imagine how hilarious that concept is) and i will be on the road all day.... say nice things about me when i'm gone

[Deviate]

have fun B.

Red - forget about last night and chat your worries away!

as shitty as i felt last night i still managed to make it to the gym and make my court time.

-st.

[NekoPunk]

Originally posted by bealeblues
i thought we were going to keep this to ourselves, neko.....

i figured this was a pretty accepting board altogether.... i thought it was time for you to be really seen... ^__^;;;;

[Deviate]

nice things about B:
he's swell!
he's keen!
he sports a refreshing new-car scent!

how's today going for you, Red? better i hope.

-st.

[red]

Yeah, okay. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood…a beautiful day for a neighbor…would you be mine? Could you be mine? Won't you be mine neighbor? Hi neighbor.
I really can't complain having just read the GRUMP thread.
Life is treating me pretty well.

[Deviate]

ouch. yeah, its good the GRUMP thread is removed from the rest of them. need a thick skin to get through that sheite. go in depressed, leave moreso. ;)

-st.

[red]

I would say something like, everyone goes through tough stuff in their early twenties, but it seems some people keep going through tough stuff throughout their lives.
I can't help wondering if it's because some lesson hasn't been learned and we need to keep on experiencing to "get it".

[masterofNone]

why do bad things happen to good people?

[red]

It's character-building?

[Deviate]

i wish i knew. perhaps i could lose a lot of this anger if i felt it was going towards something cosmic. i hope. i hope.

well, time to head out of the office and drown my sorrows in beer and music. thank god its Thursday.

think happy thoughts, all.

-st.

[bealeblues]

ok, i'm back and i survived the french quarter....

deviate: did the beer cheer you up? it always works for me... hope things are better today....

the lecture went pretty well, all things considered.... i tried to create a round table discussion on terrorism profiling... the class had just finished a vanilla discussion on drug courier profiling/police stops without individualized suspicion, etc., and i thought it would be good to discuss terrorism profiling/invasion of privacy if you fit the 'profile' and the overall dangers of profiling--- they didn't do half bad

neko: today i return back to my roots--- i will be in TN by midnight... if i was passing monteagle, i'd honk at you, but i'll give you a quick wink when i hit the 59/24 split....

ng: WHAT'CHA WEARING?

[Deviate]

glad to hear things went well, B.

how is everyone today?

last night: no beer, just mental break down. drove around for hours and talked and bought shitloads of candy, childhood favourties and drove some more. by the time i popped open a bottle i pooped out on the couch. damn.

oh well, whatever gets my mind off of whatever, blah blah blah. hoping to get sauced tonight, though. it's been awhile.

how was everyone else's night? note: this is directed towards everyone BUT the Nightime Flirting Crew, or NFC. we know how your night went, you dirty people. you make me jealous ;)

humming: "the K K K took my baby a-way-hey..."

-st.

[bealeblues]

wish i was part of the NFC.... damn 5-5 job....

[NekoPunk]

beale: hmm... i'm planning on being stone-cold drunk starting, oh, about 6 tonight. *grins* have fun on the mountian. ^_^

[Frieda]

ah drunk.. well, it's 6 pm here now, and i'm planning to start drinking at 11, being drunk at 1 am and returning home at 4.30..

what are you going to drink tonight? i'm a Tia Maria addict.. coffee liquor.. and wodka-applejuice..

:D

[NekoPunk]

i drink whatever i can get... ^__^ prolly natty ice.. (not great, but it gets the job done), vodka, jack, and whatever else i can scrounge up. i'm real excited about saturday night, though. VIKINGS!! YAY!!

[Frieda]

what's natty ice?

[NekoPunk]

natural ice. it's a kind of beer. sorta classy, as beer gets anyway ^_^;;; it's a staple here on the mountain.

[Deviate]

i think it's jack and cokes (if i get to the bar it'll be Jeanie Jacks, the best kind) all night for me. or Dr. Morgan's. as long as it's loaded i don't even care, i just need to get sauced.

-st.

[Frieda]

ever tasted a "leave me alone, motherf*cker"-cocktail?

when i was on vacation in Miami last year a waiter made me one.. he put every liquor he could find in a blender with some ice and some soda.. the stuff was diarrea-colored, and had the severe chemical taste of cheap bubble gum.. drinking it through a straw, it got me drunk in 15 minutes.. sigh.. i still have the recipe somewhere.. :p

[NekoPunk]

well, i can't exactly just go to the bar and order what i want. as nice as that would be, i've still got a couple years before that can be cool with, y'know, the government and all. ^__^ ya'll have fun, though. i will SOOO be drunk by the end of the night, though. i will find a way.

[Frieda]

wow i totally forgot that i'm living in the country where everything's possible..

cigarettes: 16+
alcohol: 16+
marihuana: 16+
casino: 18+
driver's license: 18+

:D

[Deviate]

~sigh.~

there's nothing so moving as a youngster drinking. kinda brings a tear to my eye.

haven't decided whether or not i'm going out. i might just sit at home and wallow.

-st.

[Frieda]

just go out! have some fun.

[NekoPunk]

shit dog. that's so great.... ^__^ the DL thing, though, i don't think i could handle that. i've been driving since i was 15. i love driving. i love how weed is legal there. pfft. not like it stops anyone here. ^_~

seriously, d33v, just go, get your fun on. it's friday, for goodness sakes! ^_^

[Frieda]

well the roads in my country are usually full of people.. lots of traffic jams.. no parking spots.. well, at least not in the cities. a lot of peope have bicycles to get around..

besides, if i had to choose between drinking and smoking on my 16th and driving on my 16th, i'd choose the 1st.. at 16 most people get a -- don't know the word in english -- just look at the picture :D

http://www.aprilia.com/ridezone/common/models/ditech/dtech.jpg

[Deviate]

i think it would seriously f*** up the USA if teenies can drink and toke before they can drive. hopefully it'll mean it's out of their system before then jump behind a wheel.

and, on a personal rant, i'd be cool with outlawing mj if someone, ANYONE besides tobacco-owned politicians could tell us WHY it is harmful and WHAT it does to the system. scientific study has shown that it makes people happy and friendly. that's it. damn gov't. grr.

if you ever get the oportunity to watch the documentary "Grass" please take it. it's narrated by Woody Harrilson (not one of my faves). good flick, gets you thinking.

-st.

[Deviate]

Frieda, the word is CROTCH-ROCKET.

-st.

[NekoPunk]

i've seen that, i watched it with one of my friends when he was doing his report on why weed is the best thing to smoke. ^_^ it was pretty cool. we watched part of it in class, too. ^_^;;

[Frieda]

Originally posted by Deviate
Frieda, the word is CROTCH-ROCKET.

-st.

:D

[saskuoch]

In fact, you guys, a study was just released comparing the harm of smoking marijuana with that of smoking tobacco cigarettes. Damn it, I can't find it now. I'll keep looking. Anyhoo, smoking 1 joint is the equivalent lung cancer-wise of smoking half a pack of cigarettes. And it's recently been shown to increase the probability of developing schitzophrenia, especially when smoked at a young age.

Don't get me wrong, I support legalization and recognize several medical uses for marijuana. I just wanted to make sure you guys had the whole picture.

If I can find those studies, I'll post them.

[NekoPunk]

well, sure. taking anything into your lungs that isn't supposed to be there is bad for you. but if you're going to do it.... at least you should have fun, right?

plus, weed is, at least where i've been, more socially acceptable than smoking ciggs. ^_^ just a side note. *lol*

[Deviate]

i'd rather toke than suck a cig anyday. and most people will smoke several packs in the time they would smoke 1 joint, so, comparitivly speaking, it's considerably less damaging.

i just feel the government should be somewhat consistent. it has been proven that cigarettes is the only product that, if used exactly as directed WILL kill you. meanwhile tobacco money keeps mj away from the public because of what it MIGHT do. and mj has many helpful uses as well, not to mention that hemp is one of the most useful resources we could ask for and we bypass it for money and 'fear' of its connection with dope.

if cigarettes are leagal so should be marijuana. if marijuana is illegal then so should be cigs. and perhaps even alcohol (not that i would dig that in the least). i'm just asking for consistency above all else.

not that anything in the government is consistent.

-st.

[amanda]

Hear, hear!!! Articulated eloquently, I might add.

[surflugen]

TOTALLY.. and those studies have made me become more of an special occasion (-liberal term) toker, but I still have yet to see studies that show some hard core evidence. I mean there has been so many habitual users of all types of personalities for so many years that I find it hard to believe that these conflicting studies will ever change my mind about it. Sure their studies show this and that, but who exactly are they studying? Some people are just idiots and ill to begin with.

[zenbabe]

bump

[RuneT]

Where can I get a drink around here?