What are you REALLY supposed to be doing right now?

Ok fess up! What are you putting off, or ignoring to get your LT fix?

I'm supposed to be moving to a new office! "last letter" is on much more fun tho!

Writing that @#$% paper, of course. Or any of the seven other homework assignments due this week. (Eight things due, three classes -- why does this seem a little over-the-top?)

Working at my job, of course. I do keep up with it, though. Haven't missed a deadline in my life.

Same here LG. Somehow I juggle both :)

Ditto to 3 &4 it helps me get through the workday to check in periodically, especially when working on tedious projects.

Online classes. English Lit class reading questions. An essay. Reading a book for Women's History about witch trials.

Nothing! I'm sitting on my sofa with the TV on. Except I do kind of want to be getting on with Twilight...

edited to say #7 - I find all the witch trial stuff fascinating....

*looks up* Some have it made!

usually I"m in school, but right now I'm avoiding homework and sleeping

#7 LadyN:
Me, too.

#8 suge:
Totally agree. :)

#9gpwts:
Good! Get those Zs.

i didn't sleep last night either, so I instead practically slept through my first 5 classes thank god for my friends keeping me up

#11 gpwts:
Oh, I thought you meant you stayed home. (Silly me!)

I should be homeschooling my kids. I actually tore myself away from here twice today to make sure my son understood algebraic expression and to read to my youngest. Luckily, my 14yo daughter is self motivated. And she's been helping me add to the last letter first game. *blushes* You think my old brain could remember all those words?

#8 - too true! I love this time of day!

I should be correcting projects and writing lesson plans. I have banned myself from LT at school, but at least I can procrastinate at home!

Oh, yeah. My dog feels I should be walking him. Poor guy!

#15 comp:
There's the spirit! ;)

I should be reading 2 chapters out of my textbook and taking the quizes right now. but maybe i'll hust take a nap.

6am is way too early to get up in my opinion.

I'm realy supposed to be getting ready for work, but that's what I really have to do now. Bye, LT! Back maybe 11:25pm LT time. :)

I'll see you tomorrow then I"m hoping to be asleep by 7:30

Sweet Dreams G!

9:45 pm american eastern time and all day I should have been cleaning my house...what am I saying..all weekend I shoulda been cleaning!

Typing that blasted essay.

tsk tsk k (and foggi) *wags finger*

harry potter is good

randomness SB

#23 -- Hey, just because you aren't undergoing academic torture right now. . . .

*lifts feet on desk and polishes an already imaculate nail* mmm can't say I am....

g you crack me up.

*growls something inaudible (and probably unprintable) before returning to her paper-writing*

you'll tank me later (hee hee hee)

no one ever thanks you suge (I"m with you foggi, I'm avoidign spanish!)

mas te vale que hagas to tarea, tonta.

suge, I just translated that...bite me!

donde y cuando?

oh and btw did you use THE BABELFISH?



(hee hee hee you guys are soo CLUEless

I don't do pictionary and no I used freetranslation.com

as for where and when, you pick. And now I"m going to bed

Dare I ask the translation?

I didn't get to type my paper. Stupid cousin stole the computer from me, while he was being paid by the hour to help dear old grandma learn to use her computer and not my computer. What does he do? Helps for five mins, then goes on my computer (during which time she pays him as well)! He's so on my bad list right now.

I have 5 1/2 pages, which is good. Of course, the paper is supposed to be upwards of 12, and I'm running out of things to say, which is bad. I also did all but one of my assignments (and will finish it in the next few minutes) for my other classes, which is good. However, the paper is due Thursday morning, and tomorrow I have work and class, which is bad. Pretty soon here I'm going to sleep, which is good. You probably won't see much of me around here tomorrow, either, which is . . . bad? Anyhow, after Thursday, I'll have slightly more free time to spend here, and I, at least, think that's good!

#36 foggi:
So dedicated! You're definitely a positive influence. Also get some extra sleep after Thursday, huh? You can probably use it. :)

Sleep? What is this "sleep" of which you speak?

I have to leave. Goodnight, foggi! :)

I'm off to bed, too. Good night!

I'm sorry but that pillow would distract me from sleep. Now I don't remember the translation

LOL. It's the stripes, huh? :)

that or the shineness, every time I'd move my head something would flash and I'd have to get my brain to stop getting all distracted

Whoohoo! Yippee! I'm done with the stupid paper; it is out of my hands! Hooray!

*stops jumping around and looks around sheepishly*

Um, I mean, I turned my paper in this morning, so you won't have to hear me griping about it any more. Aren't you glad?

Congratulations foggi!

Surely that isn't the last paper you will have to turn in this term! I'm sure they'll be plenty of opportunities for further kvetching.

But in the meantime, congrats!

thank goodness Foggi! Now we can have some real fun!

#46 -- no, but unless I'm reading my syllabi incorrectly, it's the longest and worst. Of course, I take N.E.W.T.S this semester (the muggles around me call them comps, but we know better), so yes, you'll be hearing from me again in mid-November, I'm sure!

Congrats FD when it comes to mid november i will ust wack you over the head

Thanks, g, I'll appreciate it.

I'm supposed to be sitting back and relaxing 'cause I rid myself of my essay three hours ago! :) Oh, yeah, and I didn't eat luch yet, so I should be eating.

#44 foggi:
YEY! :)
I was mortified. The instructor took our papers, put us in groups of three, and passed back the essays for us the critique. *groan*

I should probably be asleep, but its Friday (almost Saturday) and what self-respecting college student goes to sleep before midnight on Friday?

#352 Child_of_Light:
The kind that are exhausted. 11:40pm for me last night. ;)

Okay, here's a bit of scandal for you: I am currently teaching a class. My students are discussing their reader responses in groups and I am, in theory, supposed to be listening to their discussion, evaluating their participation, and collecting ideas for our regroup and discussion as a class (in 7 minutes).

But I just took attendance in my college's online system, and this was too good an opportunity to pass up.

Back to discussing Milan Kundera!

#55 - Nuaghty beserene!!!!! Hee hee!!

well there are lots of things I could be doing, but i'm doing my favorite thing of all!

I should be tucked up in bed getting some beauty sleep. (I'm going to a v. posh hotel for lunch tomorrow! No idea what to wear....), But I feel like I've not hung out round here for AGES.

#58 -- You haven't! And we've missed you! Good to see you around again, even if you must suffer sleep deprivation to be here! ;-)

Ha ha! Thanks foggi! I think I may be missing quite a bit this week too. I'll hopefully be here tomorrow and weds, but thurs is my birthday (woohoo!) and friday and saturday I'm not here either. Agh!!!

Well, happy birthday in advance, in case I don't "see" you again before then!

Well, I thought that on weds I'd post a picture of the pub where my party is, so that you could all be there too (virtually!). I'd hate you all to feel you weren't invited!

Edited to add - Thank you!

I should be hemming a wedding dress, but I miss LT. I've been waayyy too busy the past 6 weeks!

Lefty how're you doing??!! Good to "see" ya! Who's dress is it?

lefty! and happy bday LadyN if I don't "see" you before

Oh yes by all means we should celebrate your birthday too LadyN! Happy Birthday!

Thanks! I'll put the pub on here tomorrow so you can all come along!

Ooh Happy happy joy joy lady!

Teaching. But I've taught my lesson for the day, and now they are having free read time. I suppose I should be keeping a better eye on them! LT is too compelling at times, though.

#69 - I totally agree!

Happy early birthday, LadyN! :)

I think after my very demanding assignment I did yesterday, that I deserve to sit and chat on LT. :)

Nothing! I am actually allowed to be on the computer! I finished all my home work and practiced my flute (for once)* so now I am catching up on LT.

*well really I am supposed to practice 15 minutes everyday. A total of 105 minutes a week cause of our new band teacher. It started last week but I only practiced like 40 minutes. I wrote down that I practiced 105 (we have practice records that have to be signed by a parent) but I'll try harder this week!

Oh. And Happy early birthday LadyN!

Thanks everone! :-)

#72 Chelsea:
I used to 'play' the flute! One of my sisters and I had an afterschool class together when we were 11 and 13. Our evil (now ex) step-father never once let us practice, so you can imagine we struggled.

Yey, one more day LadyN! :)

Woohoo! I'm nearly all grown up!

LOL. Is 30 all grown up? Or what age? I've always wondered. When I turned 18, I was in high school still. When I turned 21, I didn't go out and drink. So now I have to wonder!

Ha ha! Every year I say "I'm nealry all grown up". This year it's 28. BUt this time next year I'll be saying the same about turning 29!

Yey forever young!

*I don't wanna grow up I'm a Toys 'r' Us kid... *um* there's a million things at Toys'R'US that I can play with*
I don't remember the rest something about bikes and video games

something something, it's the best toy store there is!

Hehe, one of my sisters used to work there! She knows the words, too bad I can't call her right now. :)

LOL so we're not very good Toys R US kids Kerian!

Mary what in the WORLD do you think google is for?? Its precisely for these kind of burning questions!!

I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R' Us kid.
A million toys to choose from, that I can play with. ♬
♪ From bikes to trikes and video games,
its the biggest toy store there is. GEE WIZ!
I don't wanna grow up, cuz baby if I did....
I wouldn't be a toys r' us kid! ♬♩♪♪....

Thats one version

hey i'm twice your ages at least and I'm still waiting to grow up

#82 MEM:
Guess not. :)

#83 suge:
LOL. I didn't know google could tell us the lyrics! :)
How did you manage the music notes?

That's not the words in this country! We had...

It's a magical place
We're on our way there,
With toys in their millions all under one roof,
It's called Toys R Us

*stuff about bikes, dolls and what not*

There's millions says Jeffrey (the giraffe)
All under one roof -
It's called Toys R us, Toys R Us, Toys R Us!!

So different! :)

uk version:

TOYS "R" US (ADVERT)

There's a magical place
We're on our way there.
With toys in their millions
All under one roof.
It's called Toys "R" Us!

Soon after bedtime
When dark night-time falls
Geoffrey and helpers
Stock up on the shelves.
>From ceiling to floor
Books, board games and bikes.
Teddies, puppets and dolls.
Bats, spaceships and trikes.
"There's millions!" says Geoffrey
"All under one roof".
It's called Toys "R" Us,
Toys "R" Us, Toys "R" Us.

k there are few things that google can't do!

ah the notes? I just cut and paste

I just never thought of looking at google, silly of me. :)

I think what I'm really supposed to be doing is eating lunch, but I am so not hungry! Lunch will wait.

darn typos

For one brief, shining moment, there isn't anything pressing that I ought to be doing, other than LT!

Thanks suge!! THe stupid thing is, that the ad is only shown at christmas now, and they've cut Geoffrey and his helpers from the visual, but kept the lyrics the same, so it makes no sense! There are vast numbers of children who have no idea whoi on earth Geoffrey is!! Ha ha ha!!

#90 - Me neither foggi! I've just cooked myself a lovely meal, and now i'm here with the TV on in the background. Then I'll have a bath and go to bed with New Moon, ready to grow up in the morning!

I think Geoffrey was better known when I was little than with kids today. There was a giraffe on the wall of the store when I was little, but it's gone now. (I don't shop there, just pass it on the way to work!)

#91 -- You make the process sound like Wendy from Peter Pan -- will you have to move out of the nursery tomorrow? Do you get to fly to Neverland tonight?

Yep! Second star on the right, and straight on til morning!

LOL.

Well, that's something to look forward to, then! (My 28th birthday is this coming June.)

mine is in december. and I know you cant tell but I sound like egor when I say that.

Why are so many of you 27? I feel too young! :(

Ah, but few (if any) of us act our age, so it's okay.

yeah foggi, I meant to say that before, its a shame how you people carry on in here.

(Case in point.)

So I don't need to be 24 in - oh, yuck - eight in a half weeks?

Yikes! Time flies! My LT moment is over, and I'm off to class. See you guys later this evening! Feel better, suge! And you're perfect at the age you are, Kerian!

Bye, foggi! I wish you no assignments! :)

*snorts*

(thanks for the thought, though)

You're welcome.

Are polly & I think only old folks (over 40)? Jeeze, I knew I was immature, but wow.

#107 littlegeek:
Not immature, the word is fun. :) Imho, I think there are others out there who just think we're all too childish.

I don't have any idea what they're talking about.

Well I'm just past the 30 mark I don't know where that puts me on the old spectrum. I tend to think it matters very little and less and less.

LOL.
That poor girl will be doomed. People will argue over whether her hair is brown or blonde. *sigh*

I don't post my age on my profile as many others do, 'cause I simply don't think it matters.

I'm lucky, I'm young by anyones standards being only 15

Oh I am happy not to be 15 g and you will be too when you get to this point.

I would never want to be a teen again. Nothing personal, gpwts. :)

I'm really not bothered by what age I am. I feel like I've not changed since I was about 18, so..... Nothing to worry about!

I really think I'd willing cut off a body part than go back to the age of 15. Maybe I'd go and be 17 again but never EVER 15. I haven't recovered from the 1st time around! LOL 8)

Not even 17 for me. Even age 21 was absolute h e double ladders. *shivers*

DAMNATION!! FIREPITS (and all that other stuff!)!!! I've missed most of Ciminal Minds!! you see why I can't watch network television or a follow series?

Sorry you missed most of your show, suge! I've given up on all shows except Grey's Anatomy. I must watch that, but it doesn't start again till next week.

ETA

wow guys, i feel great about being 15 now!

(Suge, I'm with you. I always try to follow a TV show and i never ever do, that's why now i just get them all on DVD)

ah I call it ADD, g.

The only shows I have on DVD are Sex and The City and Dharma & Greg. I would love to get Supernatural and Criminal Minds, maybe Medium and perhaps Ghost Whisperer on DVD too!

But g you should feel fine about being the age you are and taking it what it has to offer now and then you will be content not be 15 when you are older.

Thanks for the welcome back, suge & gp! I've missed you all! But next week is looking as crammed as the past few, so I'll just have to continue to miss you all. :/

The dress is one of 20 or so I have in the house right now -- I do alterations both through a local bridal shop and through my home, and fall seems to be a popular time to get married this year! Between teaching, coaching cross country, and sewing, I'm happy if I get 10 minutes of play time (and/or sleep). :(

Less than a month left of cc season though!

#122 suge:
You can't help it if you're sick. You were probably just distracted from being tired. :)

lol nope k cant blame it on that. I've missed the whole season, catching an episode here and there every year! ah well.

lefty its awesome to see you again, even if its only a very little! I never associated he fall with weddings. I guess the winter is hard season to be single :(

#107-not 40, but I'll be 39 in December. But I still watch Saturday morning cartoons. :o)

#126 suge:
Well, it was a try. :)

I'm really supposed to be not ignoring Aloof instead of typing, or at least that's what he would tell you. =^^=

Pets are like that! LOL

#129 polly:
Aloof is terrible in the morning. He wants to be pet, then he wants to play, next thing I know he's trying to trip me while he grabs my ankles. ;)

Okay, something I'm not supposed to do but want to: it's sprinkling (closest thing to rain in months) and I want to walk outside. Why, why does it have to be night?!

#130
LOL! Your cat is like my son's cat, Merlin. Merlin watches my son in the morning. As soon as he stirs, Merlin jumps up and starts climbing all over my son, purring and rubbing. If my son doesn't get up, Merlin jumps to his desk and starts knocking down his toys!

my dog likes to steal socks and flip flops.

#130 -- Water? From the sky? I am sooooo jealous! (It's been exceedingly dry here, too.)

#131 juggling:
Aloof's sister, Aloft, does that to my kid sister. When my sister doesn't get up, Aloft tries to sit on her face. Lucky for me or I'd have to wake her up multiple times each morning! ;)

#132 suge:
Easy solution: don't wear socks. ;) OMG, I'd die without socks - I love them! :)

#133 foggi:
Yeah, first stupid thought in my mind after work when I saw it was 'My hair will get frizzy!' cause I straightened it earlier today. Then I thought to myself, 'you're crazy!' cause of course it's rain (sort of!) and I love when it rains for the first time in the fall. :)

#133 Kerian:
I hate the first time it rains in the fall around here, because it gets cold. last week the highs were in the eighties and this week when it rained twice, the highs were in the low sixties.

135: first of all I love your cats name, much better then my cats names! It's been super dry here as well. We had one rain last week and that's been it for months. I wanted to go play in it but my mother freaked.

#136 Letta:
That's what wonderful coats are for. Oh, yey, I can wear mine today! It's really raining now. :) (My house says it's 68 degrees inside, btw.)

#137 gpwts:
Are you refering to my cats, Aloof and Aloft, or jugging's son's cat Merlin? :) Hehe, I should lend you my mother - put on a jacket and she'd be fine with it. No calling her a freak, though!

*continues to be madly jealous of anyone with rain and/or cooler weather*
It's HOT around here -- low 90s -- and no hope of rain until at least Tuesday (and maybe not even then)!

Yuck. Sorry, foggi!

Does this help or make it worse? :)

We could use a little of that wet stuff too. But it says no until Tues. My cat's name is Kitty, sometimes called Miss Kitty.....she's a calico.

My cat named Kitty is mostly white, wth grey spots and a stripped grey tail. I think she may not have much more time before we have to put her down. (She's the one with cancer.)

I'm so sorry, Kerian,
We had to put our dog down because of arthritis, and our cat because he got shot through his eye, and because of that, his jaw was fractured and metal bits got into his chest.

*starts crying*

*hugs all around*

I so sorry guys!

A_R I feel terrible, what a horrible thing to happen *gives A_R a tissue and an extra hug*

the only thing that will cheer us all up is ice cream strawberry cake!



edited b/c the first cake was a dud!

oh no i lost my pic mojo! thanks foggi!

this is a disaster!

*speechless*

suge without pics?

The world must be coming to an end!

I know i'm so deppressed!

must. get. pic. mojo. back..... must. post. pics. to. live.

Well, you seem to have done fine over on the Pictionary thread, so all is well.

yeah, but i feel defeated. no picture had ever eleuded me once i chose to bring it into our world.

oh me. oh my.

*pats suge on the shoulder*

There, there.

thanks foggi i'm having a mid-post crisis

there! stupid cake! I will conquer ye!!

Woohoo! Cake for everyone! suge's picture-posting skills are back!

*a collective sigh of relief is heard*

*followed by the sound of people chowing down on cake*

*followed by the sound of spoons striking the table as the people clammor for more*

more!! more!!

Yeah, I'm dieting, so this is the only kind of cake I get!

well i have zero discipline so im eating some bread pudding... hey, i was starving!

Hey, enjoy it! I think I'll have some, too:

wow thats just divine looking! and dont tell my mom (she made the bread pudding) this looks nothing like that!

No, I've never had bread pudding that looks quite like that, either!

i mean it looks moist, and just the right amount of raisins, it looks nice and toasty on the outside wich would be a wondeful contrast to the soft interior. perfect pudding.

Mmmmm . . .

*both foggi and suge drift off into pudding-induced stupors*

snap out of it foggi!

*hands foggi a hankie*



heres some tea, it has no caffein so its ok to drink now.

I'm okay now! Thanks!

#143 Always:
*hug*
Sorry about your dog and cat. I have family whose pets were always getting shot at by their dumb, stupid neighbor kids. People can be so mean.

#144 suge:
Kitty has had a good life, she got loved by three families, though the other two were stupid enough to leave her behind when they moved.

#147 foggi:
I quite agree! ;)

#148 suge:
For you! Google says this is Mojo. :)


#152 suge:
That cake looks wonderful. :)

#158 foggi:
Yey, no calories!

I've never heard of bread pudding before.

Oh, it's good stuff, K!

I'm hungry but I can't eat this early. I think a virtual breakfast is in order, but since we finished the day (or a couple days? ;) long breakfast in Durmstrung...



Edted: Well, the picture was way too big, this one looks terrible.

*looks up*

terrible in a mouthwatering way, k.

omg k!! mojo looks just like cocoa when i let his hair grow!!

#136 OMG! That's just like my weather here in So Cal. Kind of hot last week then rained two times this week. Weird! It actually rained an inch! That was the first time it rained in 150 days! Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today I'm supposed to be making a gift for my cousin's wedding. Instead, we went to a shelter this lady runs out of her house and decided to foster two kittens. Keep in mind we just adopted a cat from this lady two weeks ago. And we already had two cats to begin with.

But they're so cuuuuuttttttteeeee!!!!!!

Kittens are cute.
They kinda look like bear cubs, ya know? Maybe not, i just had the privilege to see them on a trip a couple months ago, and you wouldn't believe how much cubs look like kittens! They even make little mewling and snuffling sounds, it's soooo cute.

I never thought about it, but maybe that's why so many of our cats got bear nicknames--Pooky bear, teddy bear, etc.
We do have to give at least one of these guys away eventually. 5 people and 5 cats in one house is a bit much. *sniff!*

I wish I could get a cat, but my mom's allergic. we do have a dog and a bunny though. and Henry, the bunny, acts more like a dog or a cat than a bunny.

Letta, I can relate to that one!

My friend had eight pugs, and one was raised with cats. That one pug purred for the rest of his life...no joke. I heard it, and he frickin' purred!

#172 juggling:
But they're so cuuuuuttttttteeeee!!!!!!
Always! I love cats. I got two of mine as kittens when they were three weeks old. Someone had ditched them in a parking lot, and they had to be bottle feed for a while.

#177Kerian: I did that too, once. That's how we ended up with Dusty.
These two are 7 week old orange boys, a tiger stripe and a tortoise shell. Dusty is growling at them, Merlin and Rosie are scared to death of them. Tonight should be interesting...

#178 juggling:
Poor things! I hope they have a good night!

I have three cats and two dogs (and only 4 people!) My kittens are smudge, michief *so perfectly named* and Mr. Tux.

#180 gpwts:
Can I safely assume Mr. Tux has mostly black fur, with a little white?

good guess

oh...so cute...I wish i didn't have this territorial-pee-on-everything cat. Even inside the piano! Honestly... He's an outdoor cat now.

My friend has kittens though...

I dont' like cats. At all.

Cats make me itch. I don't have anything against them, personally, but can't be around them for more than a little while.

#184 suge:
Aww, come on! They're so cute! Would you say that to Aloof if you met him? I would never be like that to Cocoa!

That is cute.

Achoo!

oh very well, you caught me dearest, he is rather adorable. And for your sake I would love the loofy and lofty as if they were my own :)

bless you foggi! here's a hanki!

what does that last bit mean?

#187 foggi:
Have you heard of the hypoallergenic cats? They're pricey, but if I were allergic, I'd so save for one! :)

#188 suge:
Thank you. And I swear I wouldn't feed Cocoa any cocoa puffs! :)

#190 Always:
loofy and lofty are two of my cats. :)

#191 -- Thanks for the thought, but I'll stick with dogs.

I am enlightened...
1-K explained
and
2- I didn't know there were hypo-allergic cats. I may have to do a debate/speech event on that...

#193 foggi:
Does this mean only cats bother you?

#194 Always:
I first heard about them in the fall of 2003. The price may have gone down since then, but imagine it's still a small fortune.

#195 -- Cats are the worst. I may just be immune to dogs (or at least my dog) since I've always been around them (we had a cat when I was little, but it was an outdoor cat, my Wild Rose). My dad is allergic to horses, but they don't seem to bother me. Not sure about other furry things.

#196 foggi:
I had a rabbit till my ex-step father took it away from me. He had two dogs, and didn't take care of his toddler daughter. She'd constantly go out to play with my rabbit... you can imagine everyone's fear. It wasn't even my fault, I was recooperating from major surgery and couldn't even walk on my own. So bye bye rabbit. Checkers was the sweetest rabbit! :(

*hugs k* I had a bunny too! His name was pochi. he was light brown, gorgeous and evil! I adored him!

Thanks, suge. *hugs back* Checkers was black and white. I used to walk him on a leash.

Now I just really want a rabbit so I can walk it on a leash and watch people's expressions.

LOL! I'll send you a posh rhinestone one to piss them off even more!

#200 foggi:
I got Checkers for my 8th birthday, hehe, so I was a kid mostly when I walked him. (I was 13 when he was taken away from me.)

#201 suge:
Hehe!

What happened? I don't check in for a while and suddenly everyone is talking cats and rabbits!

Funny about rabbits. All our cat and kitten stuff started with me wanting to take in a dwarf bunny (a friend had two rabbits she thought were both males, then she had seven rabbits, and before the proud papa could be fixed they had 13 rabbits!). Hubby was against the rabbit because we had 2 cats. He took our daughters to the pet store on an adoption day and all they did was look at him with quivering lips and we had 3. We befriended the shelter lady and all of a sudden we were taking care of the 2 kittens!
If he had just listened to me about getting a rabbit...

#203 juggling:
Well, a book quiz did say I talk about rabbits too much. ;)

Darn. I've been at the computer so long I can't move my legs...

*tries to shift from under sleeping kittens*

Ohhh, how cuuuuute! I know all too well what you mean! It's been colder here lately, and Loofy has been my shadow. If I am on the computer, he's sitting on the back of the chair or on my lap. I normally set up blanlets for him on the couch at night, but he wants to sleep in my room lately. Btw, Loofy is described as an orange tabby as well, though he's rather creamy and not orange. Also, he's a classic print tabby.

Hmmm...I'm not succeeding at the picture thing...

*sigh* I'm tired, I'll try again tomorrow...erm...later today.

Huh? I can see the pic, juggling. I saw it in post #205, then #207 (gone now), and now in #208 (edit: gone now as well). Do you mean on mastering resizing the photo perhaps? (No idea how to do that, sorry.)

Yes, it's the resizing that is going wonky. I'll try to resize it and upload it onto photobucket again. But in the morning when I can focus.

Good night, K!

One more try...



Yes! Now we do happy dance!

Good night, juggling! :) I'm going to sign off LT now, too. Bye!

CUTE!

My friends and I had a discussion about a science teacher we knew once...she was addament that if she didn't unplug the microwave, the cats would fry themselves.

J-"so...one would go in and the other would shut it? Is that what she thinks?!?!"

A-"Yeah...guess so."

J-"So the cats would be, like, '2-30 enough? or popcorn setting?'"

My friends are weird at seven in the morning.

*sneaking away from my busy day for a moment to read #212...*
LOL!!!! Thanks for the laugh!

197. K im sorry about checkers. :( cute name though. I have a bunny named henry who i got this summer. he's very soft. :)

#214 reena:
I didn't even pick his name. He had belong to my aunt before she gave him to me as a birthday present.
Oh, they are the best, so soft! :)

Polly can't talk as she shovels cake and bread pudding and other such things into her mouth at a fast rate of speed.

How can you eat when the most adorable animals on the face of the earth are being discussed?!?!?

Wait...don't tell me that microwaved cats got you hungry.
*barfs into nearby can*

*pats Always_Reading's back and glares at polly* ;)

*rinses mouth out with water*
Thank you, Kerian, and other sane people out there.

OH GAG!!

*runs off*

No problem. We all love animals in my family. (Those who do not ... ekk... they are so jealous of the pets! ;)

your not goign to find sane people on LT

#22 gpwt:
I am so very sane, gpwts!

OK, let's get to a better topic, like,

when I was small(er), I used to say "The racoon did it!" when my parents asked me things.

#220 suge:
Another bucket!
*Brings bucket to suge and rubs her back*
I know, it sounds awful!

(Polly, I am too amused.)

sorry, I just got the last three entries.

I agree, I'm not very sane either

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#224 Always:
Sounds very good! On a new thread?

*weakly* thanks k.

K- sorry about the misconception, I meant here. Unless you've got any better ideas.

#228 suge:
You're welcome. Tooth brush and paste? :)

#229 Always:
Silly me, okay! :)

Grrr, stupid phone rang and dogs barking. Hate the message taking!

speaking of nasty tastes from barf in your mouth...
Has anyone puked out their nose? i know i have.

Oh gook. Nope. I've never even had a flu shot, but have been safe for twelve years. Must knock on wood now! *knock, knock!*

Something differerent: I have eaten a starburst and leaned down. It burned my nose so bad! I'm not sure how long I didn't touch fruit flavored candy after that, LOL.

Never puked out my nose (although if this thread carries on in this vein, I may do!), but once I was eating a jelly baby and someone made me laugh. I chunk of jelly baby shot up the back of by nose, and out through the front. Felt WEIRD!!!

Is a jelly baby like what we call a jelly bean you suppose?

I think it's more like what we call a gummy bear -- but I could be wrong.

They're made of the same stuff as gummy bears, but the'yre shaped like babies. sort of!

Jelly babies!

I always associate Jelly Babies with the list of treats in the BBC adaptation of Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales.

"There were moist and many coloured jelly babies, marzipan, glaciers, and butter Welsh for the Welsh" (If I remember the book correctly though that whole section was added by the adaptation- still lovely though)

Not quite as dramatic as I had imagined I am afraid. Still a little chuckle imagining you with one of those up your nose Lady. . .

Yikes! Um, they look positively, um, delightful! LOL, the differences between countries. Bet you think gummy bears look insane, huh, LadyN? :)

ATTACK OF EVIL GUMMY BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Still Kerian maybe you can find some to give out with your Halloween Graveyard- they look a little like mummies or corpses- good for Halloween.

Hehe, I've tried handing out candy that look like ears in the past, too. One of my concerns has always been finding things for the little ones, though. I probably upset the parents that are just taking their kid out to get the candy for themselves. *ducks in case of any parents with babies or toddlers appear on thread*

We have gummy bears here too!

Wow, gummy babies and gummy bears.

But these are the best!

Who wants to go swimming in skittles? Hehehe!

Okay, I have to finish getting ready for work, fun is over for me.

Those skittles look positively delightful, but I love chocolate more!

I think I would die without it.

LOL. Chocolate's great, yeah. I always go back and forth between liking fruit candy or chocolate better. Right now it's fruit.

now that were on junk food I'm very partial to sno balls. anyone like those?

I've never heard of sno balls but I love chocolate. I also LOVE ice cream. It is so good. Yummmm.

*is there any more bread pudding? (mouth stuffed)

Not crazy about sno balls. Now, Swiss Cake Rolls, on the other hand . . .

I am getting so hungry right now. It's dinner time but none of my family is home so I don't get dinner. They better get home soon!

Poor chels! Well what are you guys waiting for?! Chels is hungry! Lets fix her dinner!

to start:

yuuuuuummmmmmm

And then this:



What do you want for your main course, Chels?

Yummy! Thanks suge and foogi for the awesome dinner.

Here, these will go well with that salad:

How 'bout the beacon?

poor chels is probably parched!

Here, Chels, your midnight snack!



(I'm sorry, but it's 1:45am for me right now. Am I ever tired!)

Good morning (or afternoon)! Thanks for all the food! I had pizza last night.

what kind?

Cheese pizza is the best. Pepperoni burns! (Says the super picky eater. ;)

Italian garlic supreme and pineapple & pepperoni with onions. And those twists. I forget what they're called. From Round Table.

Sounds delicious!

Hold the pineapple, though.
Have you ever tried Meditteranian? It is the BEST!!!

Oh, guck! Do you know pineapple contaminates the rest of the pizza to taste like pineapple, even the parts without pineapple? Yep, it's like an epidic to cheese or soemthing.

OMG I just heard the scariest sound!!! I've never heard a gun, but EEEKKKKK!!!! Dare I open my front door? *quivers in corner*

Just a car. Wow was that freaky.

*pats Kerian on shoulder*
I hate that sound too. Scares the crap out of me when I'm waiting for the bus.

Thanks.
When I wait for the bus, it's sometimes the other people waiting for the bus that scare me. Tuesday was awful!

What happened on Tuesday?

Um, I made the mistake of sitting next to someone where we were the only people and the woman was yelling on her phone. Guess she sells drugs. Not a happy camper, seemed to want money. I was very thankful when the bus turned up and I could get the h e double ladders out of there.

Yikes. I hate taking the bus home from school. It is so loud and the bus driver doesn't let us sit "past the emergency exits". Buses are made to kill the kids if they get in an accident. I mean no seat belts? Come on. You could have like a long seatbelt that adjusts.

I fell off a seat on a bus once when the driver was driving like a maniac. Not fun.

poor K, (anyway you can get me some crack with your sweet conections?) LOL

Sorry for both of you!
I'm so busy I get a ride to school to be there an hour early every day.
And a ride to my next activity right after school's over.

I've only had to ride the bus once this year. And it wasn't so bad. Just a few nerds talking about how to kill Spartans.

I've thrown up on the bus four times from the bumpy conditions.
Once, all over my best friend's sweater.

#273 gpwts:
NO!

I'm assuming that no was directed at moi?

i ride the bus home everyday. I love it, cuz I get to play my favorite sport "People watching"

Sounds like you're better off not taking buses. Some people don't do well on them.

I have to take a bus four or more times a week.

So, people watching is like "I spy a cute guy/girl wearing...." or what?

nothing like that AR my friend missy and I invented that:
you pick someone and watch them for three minutes then you have to make up a story about them. Like name them, tell where they work, if their married. Often these stories escalate and send us into fits of giggles, but it's good times

LOL, I would hate to be the victim of that. If I catch someone staring at me, I swear I'll star right back until they look away. I hate when people think they can stare at anything like it's they're right. (Okay, I think I mean to word that differently.)

difference between stare and watch. You can't just stare at them, you have gaze sneekily, it's half the fun I tell you

Sleeping. After all, early to bed, early to rise... I could use any of the healthy, wealthy and wise...

today I should be cleaning my carpets. bleah

I'm posting this from my English business writing class. :D

I should be doing schoolwork, and I will -- I'm just taking a short HE break! ;-)

I should be processing a sales report..... But i just can't put myself through that just yet....

I should be writing an essay, but I'm not.

Oh, sales reports...I think I'm going to die of excitement!

Sucks for you guys/gals!

Hi Kerian, someone's on!

Yep. :)

What's your essay about?

Short stories.

I'm supposed to be paying attention in computer class but surprise I'm not!

g! you should pay attention in class. *tsk tsk tsk*

that class is an insult to my intelligence, trust me.

i should be filling out fafsa forms

I should be sweeping out the garage that my sister just flooded from the washing machine again. My mom was singing and was a little too enthusiastic sweeping with the other broom and got me all wet.

I should be in bed.

I would love to still be in bed, but I should be waiting to see if my kid sister turns up for lunch money before she goes to school.

being that I slept till 1 pm i'm feeling oddly well rested

I should be attending to the piles of books I laid on my floor by genre to reshelf. Too many cross-reference, what to do!

That's sick...
To be sleeping until 1 in the afternoon!

LOL, not all people think so! Me, I can't sleep past 7 am. :)

Same here. No matter what time I go to sleep! Like, 2 in the morning. ;(

ah AR i can sleep like no ones business! I like to stay up till like 4 am and then sleep till 1

blah

*vomits into trash can, then realizes it's one of the ones that has little holes in it*

ewwww! *hands AR some paper towels and a plastic bag*
I don't like being up late either but sometimes Even tho I'm tired, I can't sleep. I wake up around 7 each morning tho I guess its years of habit.

Ah yes there are the other insomniacs. K and AR that's me as well. I can stay up late but can't sleep in. This is why I get something like 5 hours of sleep at night. If I sleep less as I age I won't sleep at all. Sigh.

#309 -- Horrible, isn't it? I keep staying up later and later, but I can't seem to manage sleeping in any more.

wow I didn't realize I was the only night owl on here! Where's suge where I need her??

Oh no I am a night owl too g. I just still can't manage to sleep in past about 7:30 am it doesn't matter how late I go to bed. Night owl and early bird.

That is like me, too! I can stay up really late but then I wake up at 7:00 no matter what. Luckily I can go back to sleep for another hour and then I wake up again at 8:00. I can't sleep past 8:00 though.

# 312 That's what I always call myself, night owl and early bird.

I used to be a morning person, but hubby and kids are night owls. Now if I get a chance to sleep in, I take it. Homeschooling is nice in that I can honor their inner clocks. I'd rather have them wake up late in the morning than fight the losing battle to get them to sleep early.

I might go to bed at 10pm if I'm feeling especially sleepy, otherwise between 11pm-1pm. (I'm far from a night person - this is just to chat to LTers!) I would love to sleep past 7am, but I get at that time five days a week. Ideally, I'd like to sleep till 8-8:30am.

#307 Always:
*cringes*

#311 gpwts:
She's definitely a night owl! :)

I should be sleeping but the early morning 4-7 seems to be my thinking time. I can't sleep and just process all the thoughts of all the things going on in my life.

I slept till 8am, yey me!

So did I!!!

I bet it was just luck. I'll probably wake up at 7am tomorrow. Bleak!

I have to wake up by 7:30am tomorrow or I'll miss my bus.

Don't you hate buses? They're so awful! One day I was outside waiting an hour for a bus to work before I gave up and called some people to try to find another way to work. (I was very late that day.)

An Hour? poor you. there's two different buses that go by my house every half hour and the bus to school from downtown goes every fifteen minutes. of course the buses from my house are at the same time though, so if I miss one I have to wait half an hour for the next one. but I am moving in two weeks and then the bus will be every fifteen minutes and I won't even have to catch a different bus from downtown because they're both part of the City Loop. Yay!!! and I won't have to walk 6 blocks from the bus stop to my ballet studio anymore. now it will only be a block to 3 blocks.

#322 Letta:
The bus didn't show up, or the one after that. Normally I have to wait 30 minutes for that bus. I actually live in a good place in my city to take public transportation. :)

I hate it when a bus doesn't come. that has only happened to me once maybe twice. what's really annoying is when it comes on time but doesn't stop. that happened one time when I was waiting with my little sis and at least 3 other people.

I would have those rats writen up for it!

Okay, now I'm feeling guilty for driving my car every place. I really need to reduce my carbon footprint, but the idea of waiting for a bus makes me cringe. I'm so impressed with people who take public transportation (and who live in places where the system is good--suburbs kind of suck that way).

Oh, and I'm supposed to be teaching again, but it's peer review day so they are working in groups. I'm not in the mood to walk around and listen in--instead I'm collecting copies of their review notes because some have not been completing them (shame!).

I should be trying to figure out how to safely install Macromedia into my computer.

I really ought to be culling and packing books so we can move by the 22nd.

328---> *increduoulsy* of october?? so... you start packing on the 21st... at night.... I work best under pressure.

no surprise there ^^

#329 suge:
LOL. Good luck moving yourself!

*ruffles g's hair* yak yak yak yak

Thanks k!

actually suge, we're moving on the 20th and according to the schedule my mom made, the books have to be packed by Sunday night.

SCHEDULE SMEDULE!!!! ANARCHY RULES!!! CHAOS REIGNS!! WHOO HOOO!!

Yeah! Anarchists of the world, unite!
(Wait, that kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it?)
;-)

I've always hating packing books. For some reason it always feels as though I'm parting with them forever instead of a couple weeks.

but planning not to unite is making plans.... I'm sooo confused. what kind of free spirts are we?

The free kind. ;) (Sorry, that was bad of me!)

What am I supposed to be doing right now?

Leaving for a family dinner. Instead I'm reading LT posts.

I am supposed to go watch fireworks, but I don't want to deal with the crowds anymore today. An art fair and two parades was enough.

Hey, all! I haven't posted here before, but I saw the name of the thread, and it is just so perfect for me today I couldn't resist. So, instead of packing for a trip I'm leaving on in the morning, cleaning the fish tanks and getting them in good condition so all my little fishies don't die while I'm away, and doing a quick clean of the apartment so I don't return to a pigsty, I'm reading posts and posting on LT. *sighs* Well, I can always stay up late until I finish and then sleep on the plane tomorrow, right?

341: That sounds just like me. I'd probably be on the computer instead of packing for a trip. Right now though, I shouldn't probably be on the computer! ;)

Hi Storeetllr! (how do you pronounce that? Is it Finnish?)

have a good trip!

Thanks, MrAndrew! I'm really looking forward to seeing my daughter and two of my sisters, and doing some snorkeling and lazing by the pool and good stuff like that.

About my name, it's supposed to be Storyteller, but that was already taken, so I took some liberties with the spelling.

Well, I can report that I have taken care of the fish, so they should be fine until I get back in 9 days, and I've also chosen & packed the (eight) books I'm going to be taking along, plus the electronic devices I will need (iPod, cellphone & charger, digital cameras & battery chargers, portable hard disk to download pics to, in case I take more than my 1-1/2 gig cards can hold, & charger, etc.).

I still haven't gotten around to packing clothes for the trip or cleaning the apartment. At this point, it's pretty clear that the packing is going to be a bit haphazard and the cleaning will wait until I get back (except for taking out the trash and washing up the last dish and cup I use in the morning).

I was supposed to be at yoga but I got to the studio and it had been cancelled. Now I should be doing the dishes from yesterday's party.

Welcome Storeetllr!

At this very moment, I should be walking out of the gym after spending an hour in Zumba class, but since I skipped out in favor of watching the Women's Finals of the Championships at Wimbledon (Venus won!), I could be balancing my checkbook and writing out bills. Instead, I'm sitting in my rocking chair learning how to navigate through this fantastic new website I just discovered!!!

oh! what website is that?

Is it this one:

http://www.actuaries.asn.au/Education.htm

Actuaries? What made you choose actuaries? I'm curious because my dad is an actuary and most people have never even heard of them.

Word association. LibreLove said "fantastic", i immediately thought of actuaries. The mind is a wondrous place.

KIK! I just read your post out loud to my parents. My mother laughed, my dad looked at me like, "of course he did, what else would he think"!

I should be getting ready to go to bed, but I'm about to raid the fridge for leftover birthday cake. I'm sleep-deprived and have no shame.

I really, really should be sleeping. Maybe in a little while. . . .

Welcome, Storeetllr and LibreLove!

I should be taking advantage of my free time by organizing my suitcases. I'm a very good packer, but only when I take the time to be so.

I should also be reading suge's book so I can actually finish it before I leave, but I'll get some reading done on the train, because I really should be getting ready to go meet her.

As usual, I should be sewing. Instead I'm digging up old posts just so I can tell myself I'm doing something and will get to the dresses in a minute..

Right now I should be taking a shower, trying on my shirts, practicing my flute, and reading the book for school that I don't really want to read. *sigh*

oh just boring stuff, cleaning my house, washing my laundry, balancing my checkbook, nothing important

I should be going to bed, but I couldn't resist going on LT first.

Same here, K!

Actually, I should be already sleeping. Or at least doing something worth not-sleeping for. Like finding that magical new job that's going to be my second love AND pay the bills, while allowing for a schedule where i can (a) spend some time with my partner and (b) go to school.

Just barely missed you, laia!
I have to find a job now, too. It seems a lot of us have been job hunting.