Male and Female Imponderables--Safety Dance by Tristan

Morning, Imponderable-ers!
I am home ill today, so I may be on and off at random.

Ah, swords...I am not a creature possessed of a great deal of grace (being a Caucasian male), but once I have a weapon in my hands, I become oddly graceful. There is nothing like competing with your fellow human in mock combat.

Magda, I would be more than happy to teach you! Do me a favor when you go target shooting...take a camera and let us see the pics, k? Women using weapons of any sort is a major love of mine.

Howdy, Penguin! Haven't had much chance to talk with you lately. Glad to see you! And thanks for that emotie...I do feel like that most mornings.

SpaceAnJL, I would love to face you one day...sword, dagger, boots, tankard, table...you name it!

Nico, my brother had the same eye-dominance problem. It took awhile for him to learn how to use his right eye to aim.

DeepGirl! Also have not had a chance to say hello to you lately. Sorry things are going poorly...we are here when you need us! :hugs:

Ok...let's see if I can keep coffee in my system today...

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:56 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Oh I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers such things! Yay for virtual sisters!
And, um, that's all I have. It shouldn't be. My brain is fuzzy. Anyone know a cure for fuzzy brains?

http://www.bigdamnthankyou.com - show Universal your gratitude!

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow in sunlight. - Gautama Siddharta

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:56 AM

NICODEMUS

If nothing else, the benefit of being right handed but left eye dominant means I can keep a ranged weapon in my left hand and a melee item in my right hand, so it gives a slight advantage when being piratical at a renfair (not that we have many round here).

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:57 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

It said it didn't save my message! It lied to me!

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:02 AM

Morning, PR!

Nico...huh...never thought of it that way!

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:04 AM

MAVOURNEEN

Tristan:

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:08 AM

Morning all:)
Hmm dancing ..yup but I can never get MisterG to learn so I never get to go dancing as I've no partner.

Sports- pretty good at rugby, but never had gym classes as my 4-5 hours of daily dance rehersal were deemed sufficient.

Fencing- I can fence, but haven't in a few years so I'd assume I am quite rusty ( no pun intended)

Cold still ongoing and I'd really like to be home in bed, but one of my students chose to commit assault in front of a police officer so I have meetings to arrange and files to deal with ...you'd think the little weasels could at least learn to do this without the police around..argh!!

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:25 AM

MAGDALENA

"No power in the 'verse can stop me!"

Hi Tristan - so sorry to hear you are not well... poor love!

I'm sending get better magic your way Darlin'!

I'll have to see what I can do about photos - but I'm not sure I'll be allowed to take a camera on to the base... if I can I will though - my friend totally understands that I am a camera whore at times!!

Hey Mavourneen! Haven't seen you around much! How you doing Sweetie?

Love you too Mei Mei

And thank you dear Penguin!

it's always lovely to see you!

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:36 AM

ooooooooooh Magda's got a gun...warrior woman pics even:)

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:39 AM

ODDSBODSKINS

sports and fencing?

sports i've been mixed at, not so great at team sports, but pretty reasonable at others.

fencing i was good at, fencded for scotland before i, well, got lazy and unfit

keep making attempts to get back into it, but, shift work make's it kinda impossible to do regularily anyway.

Ah! What is not a dream by day
To him whose eyes are cast
On things around him with a ray
Turned back upon the past?

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:45 AM

MAVOURNEEN

I'm good, Magda.

, but been busy.

Yesterday was Columbus Day here in the States, and for some reason its become traditional to buy furniture on Columbus Day...and I work in a furniture store.

I have a negative sports ability. Can't hit a baseball to save my life, shoot a basket or even hoola hoop. The only thing I've ever been decent at was track and field ( in High School ) but that was many, many moons ago.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 5:01 AM

odds- wow I bet you have really muscular legs and ...oh goodness maybe I should stop now:)

Mavoureen- I still can't quite see where the tie in comes...I landed and conquered all these indigenous peoples...so let's buy some furniture at a greatly reduced price... Nope still makes no sense.Though maybe it has something to do with moving and needing new things ...still weird

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 5:06 AM

RUGBUG

Morning all. Job has changed around some, so I have less posting/reading time.

Magda, I would love to teach you to ride. Being able to harness the power of a huge animal is an amazing feeling. So is galloping along with the wind in your hair, but since I always wear a helmet, I kind of miss out on that.

Sports. Ah, I LOVE sports. Except for basketball. Don't so much like that one. I was a P.E. major in college (pre-physical therapy)so while we had a lot of science (nutrition, physics, biomechanics, etc) we also had "activity" classes that were designed to teach us how to teach different sports/games. They were fun, but at 3 hours a week for 1 unit a quarter, you only picked the best ones. And avoided gymnastics b/c that prof was eeevil. (You were graded on what skills you could do. You HAD to be able to do a back handspring to get a B. Yeah, right).

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Originally posted by Nicodemus:
I'm left eye dominant, which means that while I do most things right handed, anything that requires precise aiming (shooting, archery) or just plain squinting (using a camera viewfinder, not that anyone does that these days with the digitals and their display screens), I have to do it left-handed.

Hey, me too.

I was the only one in Archery to have to shoot with my left hand. I apparently don't use my right eye for much, except to keep the eye socket all open, I suppose. I also have no depth perception, but have learned to make up for it using other visual clues. I actually didn't know I didn't have dp until about a year ago when the eye doctor tested me. Well, I'll be. No wonder I have such a problem finding the distance my horse should leave the ground before a jump.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 5:07 AM

ODDSBODSKINS

hihi, not for a wee while now MSG, although i'm told i used to have a very nice arse to match nice legs, they're now all a bit on the scrawny side. still, getting back up since i stared cycling to work ^^

a festival for buying furniture? i hope you guys don't take this the wrong way, but, that's a bit bizarre...where do you fit the inebriation and leud behaviour? =S

Ah! What is not a dream by day
To him whose eyes are cast
On things around him with a ray
Turned back upon the past?

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 5:21 AM

Thank you, Mavourneen! I'm tryin'!

MSG...rusty....

That was bad!

Thank you for the magic, Magda!
I had not thought about taking a camera on base...my bad.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 6:22 AM

MAVOURNEEN

I don't get it either. Generally, Christopher Columbus is not known as the Father of the Italian Leather Sectional. Go Figure.

*FFF.net is acting wonky. I haven't been able to get on for an hour. Hope this posts okay.

On a non-related note, did anyone see my thread on the LiveJournal effort to post letters to Joss thanking him for changing their lives? I thought it was pretty cool

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 6:22 AM

GOOD MORNING!

No luck on trip, but had a good time. Lotsa pics with new camera. Busy morning. Glad to see y'all.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 6:29 AM

RUGBUG

Quote:
Originally posted by Oddsbodskins:
a festival for buying furniture? i hope you guys don't take this the wrong way, but, that's a bit bizarre...where do you fit the inebriation and leud behaviour? =S

Odds, it's BYOA(alcohol). The stores supply all the tables tops for dancing, all the couches for smoochin' and all the mattresses for the really determined. ;) It's win-win, yes?

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 6:52 AM

Rugbug- you are so terrible;)

NV- so details details...we must know :) SO what did you do? Did you get anything>? Must I pull all these little things out of you? LOL just kidding I'm just glad you had a great ime, we did miss you though:)

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:00 AM

No luck. Got to cuss out some drunk (young) people at 5 am in Elko at breakfast. Scared them and my aunt and uncle. But it felt so good. Took 110 pics of the country side, some for fic research. Can't figure out how to reset my damn screen at home. Set the resolution too high and it goes to black after logging in. Feening to write but can't.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:02 AM

wow that bites ( the screen problem) but super cool you got all those pics:)

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:03 AM

MAGDALENA

"No power in the 'verse can stop me!"

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
ooooooooooh Magda's got a gun...warrior woman pics even:)

Hey there MsG!! We must have overlapped posts before and I lost the screen... silly 'puter thingy!! (Oh & I just sent you an email!!)

EDIT: OK - success at last - I have finally got that.. other ... music out of my brain - it has been replaced by Aerosmith's 'Jenny's got a gun'... thank you MsG!

I said I might be able to... don't get too excited y'all!! It could all be really disappointing for you...

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:05 AM

Was able to get a Hitachi digital vid/still camera before leaving Friday. It rocks.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:08 AM

And where to find these Warrior Woman pics?

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:19 AM

MAGDALENA

"No power in the 'verse can stop me!"

Yay NGV!! So we'll be seeing pictures of you too then???

Well - goodnight fellow imponderers - it is now after 3am, I've got my stuff typed and sent and I will turn in for the night! Enjoy your day, wherever it is being spent!

Love you all - Magda x x x

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:22 AM

LITTLEALBATROSS29

Greetings Ponderers

Seems this cold is spreding nationwide.I'm just out of bed for the first time since Friday.
Nasty,nasty thing.My head still hurts.
Sorry to hear it got you too Tristan.

MSG - how are you feeling ? Any better ?

NV - how're you sweetie ?

Magda - are we really on at the same time ?

And to everyone else I didn't mention -
how are you shiny folk today ?

Bryce
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I swallowed a bug.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:27 AM

Nighty night Mags. New pics to follow (hopefully) soon.

I think the cold moved from West to East. Surprized there aren't any repots of anyone dyin' from it. It really sucks. I hope you get plenty of rest LA.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:29 AM

Well, I'm good

But busy as heck and will have to go soon. Had to call in first though. Heck, maybe I'll rob a cuppa tea and then go...

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:29 AM

Night lovely Magda...the pics were awsome! I can't wait to see more:)

cool:)...crazy here must kill children.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:32 AM

I have a big soup pan and can whip up some quick oven bread.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:42 AM

mmmm... oven bread...

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:42 AM

oooh you should post that bread recipe NV:)

%$#&(**%^##$^%*(&(*%&*%$$@&&$W#^&I*%$#@$^*&*(&)*(&) kids are extra fun today and sadly my patience is at a low ebb ..gonna go have lunch and see if I can calm down:)

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:45 AM

LITTLEALBATROSS29

NV - no such thing as rest with 2 space monkeys about.As I'm sure you know.BUt I did sleep a huge amount over the weekend.And the way you said this cold is moving east reminded me in a eerie way of The Stand- by Stephen King.Captain tripps,anyone ?

OK -so I'm a bit morbid.Sorry.

DTH -Love the website !And I even signed the guestbook.

MSG - take a deep breath,close your eyes & sing the FF theme song. Then return to not killing students.It always works for me with the kids.

Bryce
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I swallowed a bug.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:54 AM

I have the first edition hardback of that book. I thought the same thing. Kinda scary.

As for the oven bread, I have no recipe. My mom makes Poor Boys oven bread. It looks like a thick batter and comes out all fluffy and yummy. I'll experiment tonight and see what I get.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:59 AM

PENGUIN

Boy the imponderables sure talk a lot!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:02 AM

Wassup Penguin.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:07 AM

ZEEK

What's with all the sickies? I refuse to catch what you all have. *puts on surgical mask*

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:10 AM

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Originally posted by LittleAlbatross29:
DTH -Love the website !And I even signed the guestbook.

I saw! My list of friends has reached double digits! I'm happy

Feeling popular!

*tucks LA into bed and gives her a hot whiskey and leamon drink* I know, I know, you just got out of bed... but you need your rest!

MSG - hope the kids improve. I know it's hard but try not to get stressed. Plus if you have a low cut top nearby that you can wear that should at least quiet the guys down...

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:28 AM

It's ok I have dark belgian chocolate:) much better now. It's just when I'm sick I have less patience and I'm tired so it's harder for me to deal with the violence and such:)

NV- wow sounds nummy so let us know how it turns out and how you did it.

DTH- LOL are you suggesting I use my feminine wiles to distract my students???? 'cause eeeeeeeeeeeeew I really would prefer not to give them any ideas our visions of me in a sexy way.

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:33 AM

My chocolate just told me something profound...it says "watch the harvest moon rise". I may do that...I have Thursday and Friday off and I think a hot toddy and moonrise.

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:38 AM

Its been passed around the board. If I can get it, anyone can get it.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:40 AM

'night, NVG! Enjoy the moon!

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:44 AM

Good night DTH. I got a few pics of the moon in the early morning. Digital cameras rock

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:45 AM

hmm I think your evil nasty version of this cold may be the starting point..you typhoid mary you...LOL just kidding. Actually for me the typhoid Mary for my school is our principal who brought the cold in last week and by this point 26 teachers are now sick...we voted he stays home next time he's sick:)

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:48 AM

Chocolate and the moon. May have to do that too.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:50 AM

Erm... ooops! I was actually wishing MSG goodnight and a good moonrise... because I assumed she was going to bed... which she wasn't... and I mixed her name up with yours... because I'm very clever...

You know, maybe I should take this as a sign and really go to bed! Goodnight all! Good moonrise MSG and hope I get to see those photos NVG! And thanks for signing my guestbook!

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:53 AM

You are very welcome. I may be messging you with ideas for a sig soon. Good night.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:55 AM