This Is The Thread Where We Have An Announcement To Make...

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

^ Congratz & be happy living there. :)

[Odbe]

We are officially homeowners. :) All done and legal. We have the keys and everything.

That is cool :) Congrats!

[MoJoRiSin]

^ YES CONGRATULATIONS !!

and ::
apartment therapy is a groovy site for inspiration :)

[lukkucairi]

I have become a clean air advocate, almost accidentally. A week ago I woke up with a nosebleed because of the crappy air in this valley and I started a Facebook group to protest. We now have 500 members, a connection to the governor's council on air quality, and a plan to take on the legislature.

Last night I went over to a friend's house for a few hours' DJ practice, finally had some time to reflect, and wondered what the fwk had just happened to me :p

[Odbe]

IT'S 2009
And has been for a month!
OH MY DOG!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/PawsandBaby/SurprisedDog.jpg

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I'm taking a break. Or, at least, attempting to. For a month, maybe... :confused:

[Frieda]

i'm sick with flu or some other virus and i'd like to announce that i am back here at zefrank.com/bulletin_new to piss all of you off with all of my ramblings. for starters, i'm keeping my hat on.


and you ^ make sure you get back here in time for your birthday :)

[lukkucairi]

^you can keep your hat on - it's cute :)

I'd like to announce that I bought a set of Technics turntables last week, and a Rane mixer. the monitors arrived in the post yesterday. once I have the basement a little more soundproof, watch out :D

[Frieda]

my toe hurts!



thought i'd let you know.

[zero]

give it a rub

[Odbe]

With some help, I stretched the canvas for my HSC major artwork that will be consuming my life until August. And it's bigger than I am. I've never worked on anything bigger than A1 paper, so it's quite daunting, and has had me wondering quite seriously whether I've had a lapse in rational thought to undertake such a thing.

[zero]

li'l 'be - i hope you'll maybe possibly perhaps let us see a picture of it when it's all finished.. just if you want to, y'know?

it's going to be a very, very thing, so it is.

[Odbe]

^:o On shaky legs about putting its picture up on the internet - what with all the paintophiles these days. But certainly I will send pictures via email for the interested people.

[Frieda]

*waves hand*

interested! :):)

[MoJoRiSin]

i'm in

[Odbe]

:) Thanks for the interest guys, it's going to be a bumpy ride for a good few months before it's done though. The buckle-your-seatbelts light has been on already, and I haven't even put brush to canvas yet.

[Brynn]

How 'bout now? :)

[trisherina]

The buckle-your-seatbelts light has been on already

See? It's already interesting. :p

[Odbe]

http://www.dorothynelson.com/images/pups/BrothersInCarLOL.jpg

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

The woman who was supposed to come teach instead of the retired thieving biddy didn't pass her exams so she cannot teach at our school.

I'm starting to lose my patience as well as my mind because there's so much work that I don't have time for anything pleasant.

:mad:

[Jack Flanders]

^ well that really sucks. Sorry.

[lukkucairi]

for the first time in years and years and years, I really want a cigarette...

[Frieda]

fwking plane crash :(

[Hyakujo's Fox]

lucky is a relative term

[Frieda]

http://www.nrc.nl/redactie/foto/vliegtuigongeluk/soundslider.swf

awful :(

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

^ unbelievable! as if the airplane was made of paper

[Coffee]

Airplanes are built like paper...they are NOT deisgned to both fly And survive a "hard" crash. They couldn't fly if they could survive a hard crash...the extra weight would ground em.

If I were king of the world, i would insist that "crash landing ponds" would be created adjacent to every airport...and spaced every 50 miles between major airports along heavily flown routes. Imagine if there was a handy mile long "reservoir/lake park" that was 8 feet deep available to "soft crash" in during emergencies. A splash down is far safer than a sparking metal tearing/scraping emergency landing on concrete. When not being used for emergency landings, they could be used as Park and Rec areas. When needed for an emergency landing, speakers around the park blare out an emergency signal and folks enjoying the park have time to get the fark away from the area just in case.

oh...an anouncement. The people in charge of our safety in the air are stupid.

[trisherina]

Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect.

-- Captain A. G. Lamplugh

[Odbe]

Mm, yes, I see what you mean Frieda. It just doesn't suit you.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/72/220469169_249c0e4877.jpg
Silly aeroplane heads :(

[Jack Flanders]

my house has a new roof. it's dark green. no more leaks. my crappy old TV is finally safe. damn. i want a new one. I do like my new green roof. :o

[madasacutsnake]

1200 words down, 8800 to go.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

1200 words down, 8800 to go.

bow chikka chikka wow wow

[Frieda]

i have a new neighbor!

she looks nice, i hope she and her builder friends are going to stop working with the powerdrill very soon

[Stephi_B]

Dreadful February is gone NOW :p I'll go dancing into March thus :)

[MoJoRiSin]

dance into March Stephi_B
fine:p :) ;) :cool: :D

[Odbe]

I tried to post this last night but it seems it didn't go through :confused:

For those curious, I am making little updates about my artastic adventure on my slightly used Twitter (http://twitter.com/Odbe). Also does anyone here have a Twitter for me to watch?

[Stephi_B]

I wanna announce that March was properly danced into (6h long) :D and that the physical and psychical unfitness November, December, January and particularly February (:p @ ya) brought over me was successfully overcome.

:D

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I don't want to go to bed, although I feel extremely tired.

[zero]

i suggest that to pass the time you go outside and report back on the wind strength, direction & colour in your slovakias

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

No. My Mum told me I was not to go out in my nightie after ten o'clock, because it's not ladylike.

[zero]

especially if there's a big pink wind blowing down your mountains of tribeč!

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

ok, ok, the wind is southerly, but blowing from Slovenské rudohorie.

:mad: Now you've made me lie - there's absolutely no wind atm.

[zero]

..there's absolutely no wind atm.

http://www.millan.net/aim/windy.gif

:D

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Ahh, you secretly took a picture of me when I was practicing levitation in my blue jammies! How impudent.

I still maintain that there's no wind in Košice, even though it's an extremely rare occasion.

[zero]

... there's no wind in Košice ...

a folksong!

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

a folksong!

:D , yes, accompanied by the tune of various wind instruments. A bit lewd, too. They way most folksongs are.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I HAT tetanus shots. :mad: They're pain in the... well, upper arm.

[lukkucairi]

I love Ysa's avatar - it brings me great pleasure.

[Stephi_B]

^me too!! :)


My best mate is daddy now :):):):) Of the sweetest girl ever! :):):):)
(since Thursday, he is more than forgiven to be late -- yesternight -- in congratulating me to my, already established, bday)

So wow, gonna visit them threes in the Viennas when the hyperstress is over; just now my mate is taking on zillions of calls and preparing everything, from the scratch, so typical, he's a last-minute man out of principle :D, his two ladies are still in hospital, but both healthy and fine and all!

[lukkucairi]

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[seebe]

I'm going to make coffee.

[lukkucairi]

^I'm sure he'll be pleased. does he get a diamond pinky ring, or just a violin case for his tommy gun?

[seebe]

hahaha cute girl.

[Frieda]

my toe hurts again!

[zero]

give it a rub again

[lukkucairi]

my main sewer line is clear again

[Jack Flanders]

IT'S HAPPY PI DAY!!!http://samanther.com/pictotd/.reduced/food-midnightbakery-pi07.jpg

[Brynn]

^:)

The Streamy nominations have been announced (http://www.streamys.org/nominees.shtml)

[Coffee]

I'm going to make coffee.

What are u going to make me?
Rich and strong i hope. :)


==========================

My annoucement:
Im fawking PISSED! :mad:
OFF! :mad: :mad:

But too much detail to bug u all with it.

[lukkucairi]

I am really tired!

[Marcus Bales]

Lukku's party went great! I had a truly excellent time.

[lukkucairi]

Marcus took off his shirt to show us all how he's had laser hair removal treatments on his back. Whoo-ee!

[Marcus Bales]

Having seen the photos, I only regret that the double row of pimples on either side of my spine, that in order to get Linda to pop with her fingernails as I lay face-down on the sofa groaning with pleasure I had to promise to re-reroof the garage this spring, hadn't completely scarred over. But the hair, into which I used to have Dale Earnhardt's car number shaved,

http://officespam.chattablogs.com/archives/Number-3-Shaved-on-his-back-thumb.gif

was completely gone!

[Jack Flanders]

omg!!! I think Marcus and Linda may be at one of the almost, maybe, sort of highest areas in Ohio!! What a view!!! Cleveland rocks!!!

[lukkucairi]

I am going to drive to Wendover for no reason at all right now.

[Frieda]

my toe still hurts

[lukkucairi]

^ so does mine!

[zero]

my toe still hurts
so does mine!


both give them a rub. or arrange to meet up and rub them together - jointly, so to speak. if that doesnie work then i give up

[Odbe]

My toe was hurting quite pugnaciously yesterday, but it's fine now. Hope yours toes are okay :)

[zero]

my toe still hurts
^ so does mine!
..my toe was hurting quite pugnaciously yesterday, but it's fine now...


^li'l 'be prolly just gave hers toe a rub.

however, the sore toe outbreak is clearly spreading and there is a danger that it will reach pandemictacular proportions. unfortunately, i am unable to provide anything further than rubbing advice to any of you and so must now refer you to my learned colleague, jhonda (http://www.zefrank.com/bulletin_new/showthread.php?t=5487&page=13&highlight=obesity). as can be seen in post #64, jhonda possesses a wealth of expert knowledge in matters of toe.





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[lukkucairi]

Frieda and I synchronized watches and did simultaneous transatlantic toe rubs and now mine's all better.

Hi friend
The toe plays a very important role to hold a thing in your hand, the best thing for blisters is a product called skin, which you should be able to pick up at a drug store. You put the second skin over the blister than use a couple band aids to keep it in place and you won't even know it's there anymore, skin problem normally occur in the toe so please keep concentrate on it.

I have to say this is good advice though - I had been wondering why my toe bones were all visible. of course, silly me, I had never bothered to clothe them in skin.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

^ Wow! In America you have Second Life, second skin (that can be comfortably bought in a drugstore...) I bet you have a second chance, too... ;)

Or is that second skin second hand? :eek:




My announcement: I'm incredibly stupid. :(

[Frieda]

^^ mine's a bit better!

^and what are you on about?? whatever could be so stupid to give you great unhappies?

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

^too long a story. I should've kept my big mouth shut. Plus other things, too. I wish I could join a convent or something and give up speech for the rest of my life.

[Peregrine]

Who among us has never had a moment like that. It'll pass.

[brightpearl]

^too long a story. I should've kept my big mouth shut. Plus other things, too. I wish I could join a convent or something and give up speech for the rest of my life.

Oh lord. Perhaps I've somehow infected you with my own affliction through the interwebs. Do let me know if you find an antidote. The liberal application of ice cream has so far proven ineffective.

But delicious.

I suggest sewing your own habit out of lemon-print broadcloth as you spend a lot of time in your bathrobe.

Announcement: I am really, really allergic to whatever tree pollen is befloating in the slithy toves. So although my toes are fully skin-lined and unhurty, my ear is throbbing and my lungs are on fire.

How TF do I rub my lungs? :mad:

[lukkucairi]

zyrtec and red wine, plus a bath of hot water and non-iodzed salt

best lung rubber known to humanity.

[Frieda]

steaming with dried camomile flowers does miracles for me

soothing for the lungs and the mind

[Marcus Bales]

I'll be happy to rub Brightpearl's lungs.

[madasacutsnake]

I put my proposal in.

[Frieda]

my thumb hurts

[zero]

give it a suck

[Brynn]

Kale, baked until crispy with olive, salt and pepper is unreasonably delicious.

[lukkucairi]

I fixed my popup tent, but I got a fiberglass splinter in my finger

[Brynn]

My son's band just posted their first song, yay:

Nasty Amounts Of Joy (myspace.com/crimespree123)

[zero]

^bless them


it reminds me of this:

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....and that's no bad thing!

[Hyakujo's Fox]

Dexter has the most mouth watering credits on television.

[Marcus Bales]

Polished marble is the best surface on which to do bakery preparations.

[lukkucairi]

Jon has told me that I am crazy.

[MoJoRiSin]

^ all artists are crazy to soem degree

always keep in the back of your mind that grey wig and costumes
idea of mo's (she was serious)

[Marcus Bales]

How many forum members does it takes to change a light bulb?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed
14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently
7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs
1 to move it to the Lighting section
2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section
7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs
5 to flame the spell checkers
3 to correct spelling/grammar flames
6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"
15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct
19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum
11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum
36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty
7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs
4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's
3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group
13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.

[lukkucairi]

we are over the hump :)

[Brynn]

I tried on some old jeans. Not only do they fit again with room to spare, but I've also found three bucks stuffed into the front pocket. Flush with a heady sense of accomplishment, I've done 120 extra sit ups to reward myself.

Now the sun is shining faintly.

Soon I'll run to the coffee shop to tell Rico all about this. He'll be faintly but politely bemused, and scratch his gray stubble. Then I'll spend the three bucks. This will be great because Village Coffee only takes cash, and I never have cash. I'll be wearing my favorite black t-shirt that says
"Ni Franca, Ni Espana
P A I S O S
C A T A L A N
LLiures I Solidaris"

Rico will know a little something about Basque politics.
I'll spend the morning in a sunny window, randomly casting kindergarteners in a play I wrote for them about Cesar Chavez. Today after lunch, I'll teach them to chant "The People, United, Will Never Be Defeated." They're going to really enjoy that.

I will be twittering this shortly in tiny increments, but you heard it here first.
It's all a part of the big publicity push now that I fit into the jeans.

[Stephi_B]

^kudos!! :):):):)


(However, may I add that, although both of them are ni-franca-ni-espana,
Catalans ain't Basques, sorry, please excuse me my wisecrackeredness :o ,
but I gotta have to, for I share office with a half-Catalan and one of my two best friends
used to live in Basque and since then talked off my ears with the Basque thing ;)
but anyway, you sure look hot in that t-shirt!!! :D)

[Brynn]

oops. Thanks Stephi. Good thing I posted safely here first!
My instincts are impeccable today.

The problem is, Rico will want to talk about the Basques anyway. I do not want to set that man straight. He's volatile. He throws pottery.

[Stephi_B]

.... and actually your Catalan t will be the perfect intro to reach via discussing (how my friend calls it) 'the centrifugal forces in Spain' the Basque :) (and if your Rico is like my Annika you might end up with the world revolution ;):D)

[Odbe]

I survived two exams yesterday :D

I'm pretty stoked about the first one; I think I boobed up the second one but it won't affect my final mark so it's a set of coordinates on a learning curve now.

[Marcus Bales]

I survived two exams yesterday :D

I'm pretty stoked about the first one; I think I boobed up the second one but it won't affect my final mark so it's a set of coordinates on a learning curve now.


Didja boob it up cuz you were blootered?

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I cleaned the windows and the gerbil tanks, potted some plants, made an onion-bacon-cheese cake and a sauerkraut-onion-bacon-cheese one, went to vote in the second round of presidential elections and at 8 I'm going to watch Miss Marple on TV. I feel satisfied (but tired).
Also, I'd like to announce that spring lasted cca 3 days here and today it was like summer.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

We'll have the same fvcker of a president for the next four years. :mad:

[lukkucairi]

Also, I'd like to announce that spring lasted cca 3 days here and today it was like summer.

the snow we had for the past three days hasn't caught up to your side of the globe yet

[Marcus Bales]

I actually have a real announcement:

Judi, Heidi, and I have published VanZeno Press's 8th book, and the 2nd book in the Lyric Series, Don Dixon's Songs 101.

You can see it at www.vanzenopress.com

M

[Stephi_B]

While searching (and finding) a splendid gift, they did catch my eye, and I wanted to have them, and they were only 4 Euro, and now they are dangling on my ears: 6 lil red dice! :) A bit creepy though (cf. my post earlier today in Knigi)

[Stephi_B]

& major congrats to MB and Odbe!!! :):):):)

[MoJoRiSin]

Don Dixon is an amazing poet !
Thank you for turning me on to him Marcus :)
((They play one of his songs on the radio quite often :: "you found me"))
wow

Congratulations !!

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I did something stupid: downloaded a game from gamefools and with it an unwanted toolbar, too and now I cannot get rid of it. :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Frieda]

my coffee machine is broken

[zero]

give it a rub

[Frieda]

i am sorry to inform you that percussive maintenance did not work in this situation

thank you for your kind assistance in this matter

[zero]

suggestion: have TEATIMES instead

[zero]

my LAPSANG SOUCHONG sense tells me she's away in her kitchen having a TEATIME to herself right now

[Frieda]

boo, my mom`s got a tumor, please stand clear while i manipulate the universe into it being benign!

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

^ Ow. I'm sorry.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/recipes/1509001170_magic-potion-recipe.jpgHere's some magic potion.

[madasacutsnake]

6525 words down

2475 to go

[madasacutsnake]

7312 words

[Stephi_B]

Am finally breathing freely again!! :):)

[Stephi_B]

I've really done it now.
I filled out and submitted the online application form to become teacher in Berlin.
So, dear science circus, you can kma :p, starting Feb 2010, or if they are in need there, and they are in those subjects I can teach (chemistry, physics, mayhap also mathematics) starting this Sep

[Marcus Bales]

I was going to post in the procrastination thread, but I put it off until later.

[lukkucairi]

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/recipes/1509001170_magic-potion-recipe.jpgHere's some magic potion.
^this picture scares me^

I have figured out a hack to rewire the RGB color changing body lights so they will run off AA batteries instead of AG3 button cells

this expands effective run-time from 4 hours into days-long :)

LUKKU HAPPY. MAKE BLINKY. GERRRRRRAAAHHHH!!!

[ally]

I'm still here.

[Brynn]

boo, my mom`s got a tumor, please stand clear while i manipulate the universe into it being benign!
Crap, Frieda.
I'm sorry.
Any news?
(thinking good thoughts for her)

[Frieda]

^yeah, my manipulation didn't work :( docs say it's fixable but there's going to be surgery and/or radiation and, well, i'll just say it sucks big blue monkey balls cause i can't find any other words to describe it. she's going through a rough time and it's hard for me to see her in so much pain. thanks for asking, please keep sending good thoughts, i really appreciate it :):)




and ^^ally welcome back, how the hell have you been?? good to see you! :)

[lukkucairi]

^ damn Frieds, sorry - good vibes her way from me too

[Frieda]

^thanks lukku :):)

[xfox]

Frieda, I hope you two can pull through. Good vibes coming your way from here.

[MoJoRiSin]

and here.... always
((when my mother died i was holding her head in my hands thanks be unto whoever positioned her hospital bed in the middle of the room to allow more peole to fit into the room (and perhaps to me taking a 3 day course in craniosacral therapy thus giving me the confidence and natural urge to do it)
(this took place at her house not the hospital)
to this day it feels like god orchestrated the whole thing
the truth is we were never really very close
as mothers and daughters go

"the truth is we were never really very close" >>>>UNTIL THEN AND NOW :)

[Odbe]

Aw Frieds :( :(
Best wishes for you both
http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/6927/2785085680100689828S425x425Q85.jpg

[Stephi_B]

Oh my, sorry to hear :(

Sending her & you all good vibes!!

Give her all confidence, positivity and love you have. This helped my grandpa (he had also an operation and radiation therapy and it worked out 100%, every test since then shows zero cancer cells, actually he looks and feels better than for a long time before that all!), the worries my grandma and me had we kept between us, for the sick person is scared enough.

[Frieda]

thanks everybody for the support :):)

it's still kind of weird.. i really don't know what to expect.. i have plenty of TLC but she doesn't want it, she won't accept it yet. hopefully that'll come soon.

thanks again :)

[Hyakujo's Fox]

sorry to hear Frieda, best wishes to you both!

*sending good thoughts* :)

[brightpearl]

Yes, sorry to have been missing this discussion. It's so lovely that you want to care for her. Maybe she will let you after a while, when she realizes it might make you and her both feel better.

Both my parents have had serious illnesses over the years, and it's always hard. Take good care of yourself.

[Marcus Bales]

^ That's right. Put your own oxygen mask on first. You can't help others if you can't breathe.

[brightpearl]

Tally ho, Ginger. (http://www.sedberghofficeservices.com/talklikeapilot/phrases.php)

[lukkucairi]

I love Edge (http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge286.html#lehrer)

[Odbe]

Oh, I forgot to remind yous people but it was Towel Day (http://www.towelday.org/) today - I carried mine around all day, it was multicoloured and a good conversation starter.

[lukkucairi]

I'm not afraid

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I've found out where Tuba is... horsing aroud with the ghost of Magritte and a Prussian helmet.

for example with videos of him horsing around with a Prussian helmet and a tuba. (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/theatre-of-the-absurd-is-a-belated-tribute-to-magritte-1694534.html)

Click on Quote for more! :p

[brightpearl]

I am officially an intern.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

^ Congratulations!

You might want to have a look at this ad:
http://en.blog.buzzparadise.com/files/2008/09/super-intern-buzzparadise.jpg

[lukkucairi]

I am almost almost finished with Ganesha.

I have only the tusks to add, and the top cover to glue down and I think we're in business.

[Marcus Bales]

I'm off to buy a pair of chaises longues.

[lukkucairi]

^ a pair? I might have said a brace :)

I finished Ganesha:

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs097.snc1/4725_98662462413_511972413_2426112_3893219_n.jpg

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs097.snc1/4725_98612062413_511972413_2425409_4542299_n.jpg

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs117.snc1/4725_98612217413_511972413_2425410_4034096_n.jpg

[xfox]

BP, congrats. Lu, nice job!

me? going to the beach, with Mom for a week

[MoJoRiSin]

^ :) wowie zowie Lukku
that is
FANTASTIC!
I LOVE IT! :)

[Odbe]

Awesome, Lukku! :D
http://www.zefrank.com/bulletin_new/images/icons/icon14.gifhttp://www.zefrank.com/bulletin_new/images/icons/icon14.gif

[lukkucairi]

^ thanks guys! :)

now please send good vibes my way because my mom has pneumonia :(

I'm an only child, my father is dead, and I live 7 time zones away from her - looking right now at whether I need to jump on a plane (if she gets hospitalized)...

bleh :(

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

oh. :(
if she's alone, you should definitely go.

[lukkucairi]

yah, I know - waiting right now for info to see how things are going - guess I'll have more of an idea by tomorrow sometime

[lukkucairi]

Hm, doc sez it's not pneumonia, but she's still quite ill and they don't know what it is. Chest x ray tomorrow. I'll most likely fly out on Monday.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

Best wishes to you and yours, lukku!

[Odbe]

Goodness vibes, Lukku :o Get well soon, Lukku's mum!

[MoJoRiSin]

Lukku, how is your Mother?
I have been keeping her in my prayers
as of late
With blessings and kind regards,
OX L,Mo

[lukkucairi]

a little better this morning

still poorly

I fly out to see her sunday, arrive monday - scans then, dx soon

[MoJoRiSin]

lets all post pictures of our moms in their high school days
>you first :)

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

My gerbils are getting old!
They don't make babies any more, instead, they're busy fighting and biting each other.

[Stephi_B]

I'm absolutely smokefree since 73h now! :):):):)

I even been out yesternight in a heavy smoking place and managed it, OK that I could not drink any alc cos of the meds I still gotta take helped a bit ;)

Oh and guarana in all it's blessed forms of consumption is the very thing :D (junkie remains junkie.... ;))

[MoJoRiSin]

^ you can do this steph i know you can
i smoked once as well
between the ages of 15 and 24
if i can quit
anyone can
my only advice is
stay out of smokey bars
for a couple of months
at any rate
>>>>>GO STEPHI :)

[Stephi_B]

^Cool, that rocks :):) and thanks :) I'll make it!!

Smoked a pack (sometimes more when I had exams or on the weekends) for 13 years, and actually I already started 4 years earlier (age 12 :eek:) with smoking one here behind a garage one there under the bridge, and so on till I bought my first pack (laws were soft and cigarettes cheap then), you know how it runs....

I already confronted the smokey bar yesterday, successfully! :) But I'll watch out with the alcohol for a while, drunk I could get drawn back.

[Coffee]

20+ yr smoker and 15 yr ex smoker congratulates Stephi.

[Brynn]

Go Stephi go and don't look back!

[Stephi_B]

Thanks :):) and I won't go back there!!

[lukkucairi]

congrats Steph! :)

I'm in the IOM with mum - she's doing better today - scans yesterday but still no diagnosis. Yargh.

waiting on ADSL so I can get online from the flat - right now I have to go down to the sea terminal lounge to connect :o

[Peregrine]

I have now watched every episode of Mythbusters that has aired this season. And if Discovery has an issue with how I obtained them, they can damned well start airing them in Canada at the same time as they air in the US.

[lukkucairi]

^ congratulations :D

[LadyCrow]

Cancer is a c**ksucking f***ing whore. That is all.

I forget how graphic we can/can't get on this site, otherwise I'd be more eloquent with my feelings. :mad:

[xfox]

Go Stephi

Every part of your body will be thanking you!

So will everybody else!

Tomorrow is 789 BTW

[lukkucairi]

she's feeling better :)

[Peregrine]

^^ Well, that's good.

[Brynn]

Cancer is a c**ksucking f***ing whore. That is all.

I forget how graphic we can/can't get on this site, otherwise I'd be more eloquent with my feelings. :mad:

Agree completely. It's a h**p*s-ridden **** full of the ej*****tions of multiple c*k*-snorting d*****-bags. So very sorry.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

well, that's pretty eloquent.

[Brynn]

I like to save it up for those special moments.

[trisherina]

That was horrible, Brynn. I'm putting you on ignore. :p

(Seriously, I thought that was hilarious... I would be very surprised if anyone had put you on ignore. Ever! Anywhere!)

[lukkucairi]

needle biopsy today

[Brynn]

urgh argh. please don't make me have to swear again, lukku :(

[lukkucairi]

she's home, did very well :)

SO much better than she was! still no prognosis though, but it's good to see her with energy again.

[Frieda]

^any idea what the medical plan is now?

[brightpearl]

^^Hope the energy is still going.


I think I found a relatively safe, decent apartment that I can afford, within reasonable driving distance to my son's school.

[Frieda]

mosquitos SUCK! :mad:

[lukkucairi]

still no prognosis on Mum - they're taking their bloody time with the cytology :mad:

she is, however, well enough to have kicked me out and sent me home - her plan is for me to get pregnant before she dies :o and that ain't gonna happen unless I'm with my husband :rolleyes:

I'm glad to be home though :p for however long that lasts - she's well settled with a good support group, but I miss her already

[Frieda]

^ohh i hear ya, cytology took one month for my mom, then liver and bone and other tests another 3 weeks. it feels like an endless episode of impatience.

must be hard to be so far away.. and good luck getting pregnant :D:D

[lukkucairi]

^yeah, I know, right? gee mom, way to ease up on the pressure! ;)

how's yours doing? figure out what's wrong?

[Frieda]

well yes, one boob & sentinel armpit thingies gone, new plastic boob implant, refused chemo, is going for local radiation therapy. after that comes hormone therapy. oh, and she's also on this weird antioxidant diet that makes her feel better. she didn't get an expiration date yet so i guess everything is possible.. i'm still pretty much confused about it, sometimes i'm ok and sometimes i cry.

no baby pressure, thankfully :p

[Peregrine]

Well, at least she's well enough to send you home. That's a good sign. It's good to keep her spirits up, when you can.

[Marcus Bales]

Today is the first day that The Dictionary Game has had more views than any other thread.

[lukkucairi]

more biopsy results tomorrow :o

[Coffee]

Today is the first day that The Dictionary Game has had more views than any other thread.

http://www.n-k-d.co.uk/images/balloon_pop.jpg

Dictionary thread 157k+
Image Association 232k+
This is the thread where everyone is random 287k+

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c21/coffeespics/stuff/BalloonPOP.jpg

[lukkucairi]

I have a nosebleed :mad:

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

http://familydoctor.org/online/etc/medialib/famdoc/images/100-200/132b.Par.0001.Image.gif (http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/healthy/firstaid/basics/132.html)

[Odbe]

^Ah, so that's why it works.

[Marcus Bales]

http://www.n-k-d.co.uk/images/balloon_pop.jpg

Dictionary thread 157k+
Image Association 232k+
This is the thread where everyone is random 287k+

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c21/coffeespics/stuff/BalloonPOP.jpg

In the Fiction Project, the Fiction Project. Get it? The Fiction Project. No doubt there is some politics thread on some other board with millions of hits. Go on, find THAT.

[Brynn]

Settle down now - everyone knows that you are the undisputed king and creator of the ZeFrank Message Board Dictionary Game, Marcus. What more on earth could you possibly want? Power? Riches? Balloons?

[Frieda]

my toe hurts!

[lukkucairi]

my tummy hurts!

I'm waiting for zero to tell us both to "give it a rub"

[Stephi_B]

^Is zero out of order?? :confused: (he should give his order or his out - or better both - a rub!)

So, Lukku, Frieda, I'm only a more or less poor ersatz doc here, but here we go:




both of you should give it a rub :)




& someone should give your toe/tummy a Bussi
& further I'd prescribe both of you a heartshaped lollipop http://www.smileydesign.net/smileys/imotion03.gif

[Frieda]

my fingernail fell off!

[Hyakujo's Fox]

crikey!

did you give it a rub?

[Frieda]

no it got rubbed in a conveyor belt at the grocery store in may, almost 3 months ago already, was kind of waiting for the moment it would come off.. i'm giving it a sweet rub now :)

[Odbe]

My artwork is getting exciting.
D-day is September 7th, and it's gonna be a squeeze but I think I'll have it done. I'll be emailing 'round photos some time after.

[xfox]

Freida, now that's an announcement! :eek:

Can you stick it back on?

O - Sept, I'll remember.

[lukkucairi]

Frieda - this was the turtle band-aid garnish event, right? I was wondering how that worked out!

Odbe - pix please :D

I would like to announce that since giving up alcohol and caffeine for a week, I now have a freakishly sensitive sense of smell. I go back on the booze tonight :p

[Frieda]

^^ nah, it's fine, there's a new bit of healthy nail growing so i'm sure it'll all be ok-- looks gruesome but will be fine in another couple of months!

^ yeah it was, that enormous bandage unit with the turtle bandaid :D

[Brynn]

^^ so that's why I can't smell anything

http://static.open.salon.com/files/coffee1242220886.jpg?http://www.ingoodtastestore.com/images/martini_olives.jpganyone?

[Jack Flanders]

no - it's the heat!

[Frieda]

my knee hurts!

[zero]

just rub it

[Brynn]

I've overwhelmed myself into a state of mental paralysis

[lukkucairi]

she's having chemo for the first time today - we'll see how she does

[Frieda]

how did it go??

[Marcus Bales]

I think we're alone, now.

[lukkucairi]

so far so good - I have to call her today and follow up

but I just feel like I want to go for a long drive by myself, actually

fwk my life :mad:

*sigh* - I'm allowed to be angry about all this once in a while, right?

[Frieda]

^anytime you feel like it should do the trick i think

hang in there :)

[Odbe]

IT'S SPRING! :D

I could smell it in the air today, the golden wattles are in full bloom now - big brightbright yellow clouds everywhere.
http://home.myaccess.com.au/~keldyn/blog/wattle.jpg

Also, I've got due dates and exams and such coming up, so I won't have much internet time for a while - I'll be thinking of you guys, and brightbright to Lukku & Frieda & mums & anyone else who needs it.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

IT'S SPRING! :D

I could smell it in the air today, the golden wattles are in full bloom now - big brightbright yellow clouds everywhere.
http://home.myaccess.com.au/~keldyn/blog/wattle.jpg

Also, I've got due dates and exams and such coming up, so I won't have much internet time for a while - I'll be thinking of you guys, and brightbright to Lukku & Frieda & mums & anyone else who needs it.

so much has come out this last week! good luck with your exams odbe!

[lukkucairi]

^^ yay Odds!

it's almost fall here - the last hurrah of summer in the desert will be at the end of this month, and then the weather will turn

[trisherina]

I am going to attempt a dietary approach to my illness. (I'll miss you, Pioneer Woman.)

[Brynn]

^ :cool: Back to basics, huh? Pulling for you, trish.

[lukkucairi]

good luck, Trish - I've gotten a lot healthier by doing that

no grains other than corn and rice, and a ton of probiotics is what worked for me, but everyone has a different body

:)

[trisherina]

(sigh) I know what will help, but I prefer to live in denial. And eat mattar paneer and Murcan potato salad and pastry cream and... oh well. There's no chance of living w/o meds or anything like that, but I can certainly rig it so I don't take so many.

[12"razormix]

dietary adjustments my arse!

[trisherina]

dietary adjustments my arse!

I am so with you! (sigh)

[madasacutsnake]

IT'S SPRING! :D

I could smell it in the air today, the golden wattles are in full bloom now - big brightbright yellow clouds everywhere.
http://home.myaccess.com.au/~keldyn/blog/wattle.jpg


I have the hayfever to prove it. Taking antihistamines landed me in hospital last year so this year I guess I will just have to choke to death.

[Klynne]

I have a six week old pomeranian puppy. A rescue puppy. She is cute, I am working with her on some issues, such as SHE IS LARGE AND IN CHARGE. Trying not to let her control things, but, boy, she does like to run things. She is only 1.5 lbs, but she does not know it. In her mind she is 250 pounds, don't tell her anything else. We start obedience classes Sept. 21. Hope we both learn something. I am firm with her, redirect her attention/aggression, and she gets it for the most part, but still would like her own way. I have learned to be firm, and praise her for the behaviour I want and ignore the bad stuff. That is what the trainer told me to do anyway.

[Jack Flanders]

^ Puppy!! Great! Roommate? What's up?

[lukkucairi]

she's back driving her car, and she vacuumed her flat today.

all in all, coping with cancer/chemo amazingly well - a little fatigue, not much else

my mother is made of titanium, I think

[Peregrine]

Oh, good! :) That's a considerable improvement. Important to keep spirits up, so as to give the treatment a chance to work.

[brightpearl]

Titanimum!
:D

[lukkucairi]

Titanimum!
:D

bwahahahaha!

yes, thanks :D

[Coffee]

Awesome to hear some good news bout your mum Lukku.
/cheers

[lukkucairi]

Mum continues to do well with chemo :)

this time next week I will be at the burn :D

no art for me this year, and a shorty visit because of my mother, but I'm looking forward to it all the same :)

[brightpearl]

^I'm so happy to hear you happy.
Looking forward to dusty fur cape photos.
In the last ones, you looked like a Star Wars queen, only prettier and far more kickass.

[brightpearl]

I feel I may have been possessed by James Joyce.

Or the guy who invented corndogs.

It's harder to tell the difference than I would've thought.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Mr Zero's post in the moon thread is hurting my computer. I can see the photo for a flash of a second and then the link is broken. It must be some internet ghots. :eek:

[Peregrine]

Does this help? (http://www.booooooom.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/damien_rudd_01.jpg)

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Yes, thank you.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I got bitten by a mosquito on my right cheek! Aaaaaargh! :mad:

[Jack Flanders]

I got bitten by "Bejeweled Blitz." Game on u no who!!! cheater!

[Brynn]

Honest, it was pure fluke. :D If you beat it, I will crown you queen of all you survey.
Bring it on, biotch.

[Frieda]

my sinuses hurt!

[lukkucairi]

You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour.
Now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour.
And there are things to be considered:
Where are you living? What are you doing?
What are your relationships? Are you in right relation?
Where is your water? Know your garden.
It is time to speak your Truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for the leader.
This could be a good time!
There is a river flowing now very fast.
It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid.
They will try to hold on to the shore.
They will feel they are being torn apart, and they will suffer greatly.
Know the river has its destination.
The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle
of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above water.
See who is in there with you and celebrate.
At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally.
Least of all, ourselves.
For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.
The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves!
Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary.
All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we've been waiting for.

- The Elders, Oraibi, Arizona Hopi Nation

[MoJoRiSin]

^ yes Lukku the hour is nigh :)

[Brynn]

Thank you Lukku. You have incredible timing. I came in here to announce that I'm down to no immediate prospects.
I'm awake with worry that we're going to lose our mooring.
Perhaps now is the time to let go of everything and test providence.

[lukkucairi]

Brynn, I have this overwhelming impression that there has to be a better way.

I don't know what that way is, but I do know that every time I've tried to figure it out, I've ended up doing the wrong thing. It seems like maybe I should just close my eyes and navigate by sense of smell. Good luck to you, and hope you got more sleep last night than I did.

[Brynn]

We were probably both up giving it all some pondering.

It may be time to find something service-oriented. There are a lot of older folks out there that need help with physical stuff like buying groceries and going to the doctor. This artist business is not terribly practical.

[madasacutsnake]

I just ate two chocolate biscuits.

[zero]

congratulations!! well done asmadasamadmad!! GOOD JOB!

CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE!

[trisherina]

Shipping truck full of Imitrex.

[lukkucairi]

^ :(

[Stephi_B]

I should just close my eyes and navigate by sense of smell.

Yes! :)

[madasacutsnake]

congratulations!! well done asmadasamadmad!! GOOD JOB!

CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE!

Commitment is the key.

[MoJoRiSin]

commitment is the key? you mean like the ants (termites?) that Epicurus
spoke of? working nonstop from the moment they are born intil a couple of moments before they die?
Isn't that more weight on your shoulders than needed? :)