Browncoat Bar and Grill- enough whiskey in the world?

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MSA

Monday, October 18, 2010 3:51 PM

Here's the old thread
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=2&t=45274

And to explain the title.... there may not be enough whiskey in the world for me to make it through this next few weeks...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

KELKHIL

Monday, October 18, 2010 5:25 PM

q

MSA

Monday, October 18, 2010 6:49 PM

YAY firsties for Kelkhil .. I assume you now have pants??

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

PHOENIXROSE

Monday, October 18, 2010 7:15 PM

You should probably never assume that...

Just because something can't be explained doesn't mean it becomes yours.

KELKHIL

Monday, October 18, 2010 7:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
YAY firsties for Kelkhil .. I assume you now have pants??

Crap! I knew I forgot something!

Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
You should probably never assume that...

That predictable eh? Guess I gotta change it up a little. Maybe next time I will be sockless!!!

MSA

Monday, October 18, 2010 8:09 PM

I swear I need to write a behavior plan for you

Kelkhil will arrive fully clothed and maintain this clothing status for the complete day as measured by random behavioral observations in 3 consecutive weekly assessments

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

KELKHIL

Monday, October 18, 2010 8:34 PM

But....but.......
I'm the Shirtless Bartender. If I have to wear clothes then that title is no more

DANCINGNEKO

Monday, October 18, 2010 10:25 PM

MsA: Sorry to hear that the next few weeks are going to be of teh insane...
We could always ease the issue by going from Irish Whisky to Canadian, followed by good Japanese (yeah, it sounds weird, but gorramit the Suntory whisky is awesome), then Kentucky Whiskey, followed by Scotch....then maybe margaritas until the need goes down?

LOL @Kel....'swhat you get for streaking through the bar so often.
Hrm... "Kelkhil will arrive in the bar with appropriate clothing for the waist and below(shorts, pants, jeans, etc. *) and keep it on for the duration of his stay in or around the bar-and-grill to be monitored randomly at least 3 times a day for a four-week period. If Kelkhil is found wearing inappropriate clothing (speedos, underwear only, etc.) or not wearing any clothing covering waist and below, Kelkhil will be required to wear a covering assigned by the person monitoring Kelkhil."

(and Kel, I'm quite sure that wearing a lovely floral 2-yard piece of fabric as a lavalava or "skirt" will be quite fetching 'round your waist if you decide to streak here again...)

*...and yes, that means you need to wear shoes -- can't have the glassware landing on your feet...

*fades into the shadows*

PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 5:42 AM

No one ever told me that getting a degree would put me in the position of having to file an appeal to get another one. Why did no one ever tell me this? Gawd, this was a long day.

I want chocolate. Have I ever mentioned how much hyperinsulinism sucks sometimes?

Just because something can't be explained doesn't mean it becomes yours.

KELKHIL

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:22 PM

I have sometimes been known to wear a kilt... does that count?

Oh and beware everyone... I heard this from a very reliable source..... "Ombies" are everywhere. 2 year old english is awesome

MSA

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 4:43 PM

Ombies... Oh eeek ombies?? Seriously that is sooooooooooooo cute!!!

Hugs Rose...oh just wait.. more paperwork and inanities to come. That's the joy of college. Random people in charge tell you to do one thing, then someone else tells you something different and by the time you've collected all teh stories/ requirements/crap you're not even sure you have to take classes let alone which classes to take

Ooh awesome goal Neko...giggle. HUGS

Basically I just need my students to stop getting in trouble for long enough to get my paperwork done:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

STINKINGROSE

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 9:23 PM

Waivers to take undergrad courses, for subjects you haven't studied, because you're considered a Graduate student even though you're not pursuing a graduate degree? Yep, did that all this summer. Then I matriculated as an undergrad and nobody batted an eye. Weird.

MsA: You, my dear, are an optimist. Don't you know students are an administrative conspiracy tactic to keep you from getting the required paperwork done so they don't have to give you a raise for meeting or exceeding expectations?

Kel, I have a lovely selection of aprons.

Okay, I have a midterm tomorrow in physics. I will not whimper audibly at this point. Doctroid was yanked out of town for a week unexpectedly so my underutilized tutor is gone.

I also have a paid gig for a flu clinic tomorrow between my first class and the exam. Two hours of cashy-money is two hours of cashy-money, and the first I've brought in since May sometime. Not gonna bitch.

I will be happy when the semester's over. I'm loving being back at school, but I'm getting a little tired of having so much to do in so little time. (whine whine whine)

The good news is that I've got the nod from administration to teach a course next semester. Yay me!

KELKHIL

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:00 PM

(Enters the Bar wearing an Eskimo Suit ala' Willow in that Inca Mummy Buffy Ep)

Is this outfit within my new uniform codes?

So it is hump-day. Thank god this week seems to be flowing pretty well. Seems like for the last couple months the weeks have taken forever and the weekends went by in a blink.

(Gets SR a nice cold drink to ease her frantic nerves)

MSA

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 4:00 PM

HUGS Rosie YAY for the cashy money...but what is this "raise" you speak of. Teachers in my state haven't been given a raise in 5 years. Also since I came from Utah we weren't given a raise for the last 7 years before that so I don't know as I have ever been given a raise. You move up a bit for years experience, but a COLA or anything like that is out of the question. Usually happens about once a decade or so. At least starting salary is better in NV. In Utah it's $21,350 here it's $28,975 so I guess that's kinda like a raise

Kel- whooo speedy week. Here's hoping a weekend of longish proportions BTW nice um coat??

Doing the happy dance of house.. closing soon!! Ugh on the moving, but at least it's a full sized house and Johnny will have room to run about

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

STINKINGROSE

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 8:25 PM

(Grabs drink, slams it, face-plants into bar)

MSA

Thursday, October 21, 2010 4:57 PM

WOW rough day Rosie???

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

STINKINGROSE

Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:01 PM

(nods, naps..)

STINKINGROSE

Friday, October 22, 2010 1:51 PM

Okay, I'm going to go to physics lab and see how badly I did on the midterm.

(That IS being optimistic for those who were about to tell me to not be negative, I'll be surprised if I get credit for 1/4 of each question. But thanks.)

Then I get to go see if a nurse managed to vuck up my shoulder when she put a shot somewhere other than where it's supposed to go, strictly speaking. I might get lunch in there somewhere.
My ecology class is having a debate on Monday, and my group is meeting at a time I can't be there. We have not got a lot of communication happening and there's dissent in the ranks, someone was muttering insurrection to me this morning. It's a fucking freshman level class people, get a grip.

MSA

Friday, October 22, 2010 4:10 PM

WOW Rosie those are a ton of frustrations to carry
Hope the shoulder is better:) Physics is seriously hard.HUGS

At least it's Friday

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

MENDUR

Friday, October 22, 2010 4:29 PM

I prefer Irish Mist to Irish whiskey. I find the honey cuts the bitterness like Kaylee's cheerfulness cuts through Mal's gruffness.

I've been thinkin' about going to grad school but your tale o' woe has me ponderin' the wisdom of that choice.

Don't give up, though. Nearly ANY college degree is worth it these days.

The Codex Menduri: http://mendur.blogspot.com

MSA

Friday, October 22, 2010 4:40 PM

Well sort of generically worth it, but in terms of preparing you for a career it only really seems to do that if it's a career that requires that specific degree.
I'm all for higher education ( have more than a few degrees myself) but I have to say in the job market it doesn't appear that one degree has a higher value than another unless it's for a specific job.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

STINKINGROSE

Sunday, October 24, 2010 2:50 PM

Graduate school is a whole other ball of (ear)wax from what I've heard.

The debate's tomorrow. I hope I'm not the most prepared person at the meeting today.

I need to take ibuprofen and do gentle stretching, but my shoulder/arm/hand will get better with time.. no MRI or X-ray required. (Yay!)

I'm probably dropping physics tomorrow. I got a 50 on the midterm and even with a very generous curve it's highly unlikely I'll be able to pull at least a C out of it. I'm going to take precalc and calculus before I try again. (It wouldn't hurt to review the algebra/geometry/trigonometry I haven't used in over 2 decades either...)
I hate admitting defeat, but I have to protect my GPA. It's a strategic retreat.

Doctroid's back from Virginia, safe and sound!

...aaaaand now something's crawling around in the walls. Ew.

GREENKA61

Monday, October 25, 2010 1:09 AM

I'm still waiting to see if I've made it out of grad school....I turned my three papers in three weeks ago tonight.

Sigh. I DO NOT want to have to redo the final Capstone experience. I am so very ready to be able to play with others again.

Barkeep, I think I'd like a nice dark ale to keep me company in maybe-post-grad-school limbo.....

On a brighter note, I did manage to sneek in some Serenity graphic novels with my Friday book order. Just doing my part to train the next generation of fans........

Someday, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness the energies of love. Then for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. --
Teilhard de Chardin

MSA

Monday, October 25, 2010 5:09 PM

Ah yes grad school.. such annoyance, such frustration...so theoretically worth it:) I'm still debating the PhD.

but first, I must register for and take a test on Nevada law and constitution...yuck. ( grumble ...move to a new state and have new stuff...)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

MSA

Monday, October 25, 2010 7:00 PM

pardon me... I must go into the breakables room... in case of shrapnel could you all don your protective gear

!@#$%^!@#$%&*!!!!!@#$%^&*!!!!!@#$%^&*()!!!!

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

GREENKA61

Monday, October 25, 2010 7:16 PM

Nodding in sympathy.

Passing down my empty bottle to add to your collection of breakables.

MSA

Monday, October 25, 2010 7:30 PM

Thanks:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

STINKINGROSE

Monday, October 25, 2010 10:01 PM

(Ducks flying shrapnel.)

Um. I'm going to join you in there after I get a large and highly potent beverage.

I got the paperwork signed by my adviser, and my professor, and handed it to the registrar and she said something that totally blew my cool and after rambling at Doctroid for another 10 minutes or so I talked myself out of dropping Physics 101.
I've never failed a college course before, it could prove interesting. I also might be able to salvage a C out of it if I give up sleep for the next six weeks.

I'll be Zombirific!
(Don't have to worry about zombie attack, not enough brains...)

Ts2Q!
(Too stupid/stubborn to quit.)

Now where'd I put that bat..?

GREENKA61

Tuesday, October 26, 2010 12:13 AM

And as soon as I get bottled up again, I'll also be joining you in the flying glass room. The university didn't like one of my answers, so now I have to decide if I appeal their decision or if I take Capstone again in the Spring. I am so mighty pissed off right now! I WISH I had a room full of breakable objects!

I don't know whether laugh or cry right now.

STINKINGROSE

Tuesday, October 26, 2010 12:17 AM

Quote:

I don't know whether laugh or cry right now.

"Both" usually works for me. Though not at the same time. (Snorking your epiglottis up your sinuses and out your ears is not comfortable.)

Raise hell and then try again if that doesn't work? (Isn't this what advisers are supposed to be for?)

GREENKA61

Tuesday, October 26, 2010 1:25 AM

One would hope so, but this one is in Texas and has a hundred other students to advise, too.

I'm kinda feeling a bit like Mal looked when he watched the Alliance ships arrive in Serenity Valley.....

Speaking of Mal - always a cheery subject for me - I was listing to the Linda Ronstat version of "Desperado" today. (Well, OK, they played "Space Cowboy" too, but that one is only marginally a Mal song.) I think "Desperado" fits him to a T.

And pour me a Jack Daniels, please.

GREENKA61

Tuesday, October 26, 2010 2:11 AM

I've decided to fight this. I'm filing an appeal. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't, but it feels better to try.

My lord, this has been a crappy month. Dad had a heart attack, their Gordon Setter Sarah, who wasn't old and was in perfect health, died in her sleep, and now this. I sure hope November is better. Can't wait for the elections to be over. I'm very tired of the pitter patter of political combat boots.Wish they would all shut up.

Thanks for letting me vent.

MSA

Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:39 PM

HUGS Green:) Yeah dealing with the fabulous administrative junk always makes you feel a bit like last man standing in a battle.. Hang in there and I hope the appeal works

We're doing an appeal ourselves in a desperate attempt to get the USDA to see reason and acknowledge that a crawl space is not the first floor of a house... so we can get the loan and close on our house. Otherwise it's borrowing money from the parents. Which sucks

Rosie.. you can do it!!!

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

GREENKA61

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:52 AM

Quote:

We're doing an appeal ourselves in a desperate attempt to get the USDA to see reason and acknowledge that a crawl space is not the first floor of a house...

You gotta be kidding! They really think a crawl space counts as an entire floor of a house?!

That is just all kinds of stupid on their part!

LILI

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 1:17 AM

I need a drink, I need a drink, I need a gorramn drink!

Facts are stubborn things.

PHOENIXROSE

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 4:55 AM

Damn, seems like everybody's had a stressful week. Tell y'all what, if I was a drinking woman, I'd probably be feeling the need for a drink myself. Hey, rum buckets for everyone!

Just because something can't be explained doesn't mean it becomes yours.

GREENKA61

Thursday, October 28, 2010 12:34 AM

Me. But tomorrow night is the harvest festival. I've volunteered to get "pied". If the kids actually hit me with a pie, they have to check out a book. If they miss - they have to check out two. :)

Either way, I win.

GREENKA61

Thursday, October 28, 2010 12:38 AM

Quote:
Hey, rum buckets for everyone!

QUOTE]

Mmmm. Rum buckets. Thanks!

I feel a little better today. I FAXed in my appeal. I reread my answer to the question an it was a well written answer that covered all of the parts of the question. Sigh. If it had been crap writing, I would have let it go, but it wasn't. So maybe the respectful appeal will work. Fingers crossed.

Good virtual rum.....Mmmmm. Thank you - I appreciate that kindness.

Kelly

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MSA

Thursday, October 28, 2010 5:23 PM

LOL hey nice use of pie.. hope you have goggles

HUGS Rose

Still hopeful on the house...we may be able to get an exemption.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

GREENKA61

Thursday, October 28, 2010 8:19 PM

I hope they have them, too. I brought my ugly tie dye t-shirt to wear. The wind is blowing. It's going to get cold out on the playground when the sun goes down.

I posted on the wrong list, but my appeal worked and they changed the grade on my essay to passing, so I am now free of graduate school! Yipee! I really didn't think the appeal would go through that fast, but it did. I am so relieved.

You have no idea how much I want to through all my papers and notes out, but I don't dare until I the official diploma in my hand. I wish could just back a dumpster up to my house and start pitching!

Good luck with your house exemption.

Drinks for everyone, with or without alcohol!

STINKINGROSE

Sunday, October 31, 2010 2:52 PM

Yay for the upswing!

If a rum bucket's a bucket full of rum, I'm in!

A friend was having a housewarming/Halloween party yesterday. I went as a college student with a bad attitude about studying. "The book's in the car, BACK OFF!"
(I read on the way down, and got another paragraph in at a gas station on the way home.)
I also had a beer, good food, and saw friends I have been missing.

And Costa Romanesco broccoli. Which is freaky mutant veggie looking enough for Halloween, and green and pointy enough to be used for a Christmas potluck as well..

Fractal vegetables. No sh*t! Check it out if you've never heard of/seen it. Iz teh win.

GREENKA61

Sunday, October 31, 2010 10:42 PM

HI Rose,

Congratulations on getting out and having some fun. I went to a viewing party of yesterday's March on Washington to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. It was good to laugh a lot.

The mystery broccoli - does it look like the picture at this link?

http://www.examiner.com/sf-in-san-francisco/broccoli-romanesco-strange
-but-good

It looks like a bunch of greenish white snail shells stuck to something to me...or Reaver broccoli. And its cauliflower! I hate cauliflower! Now that I'm an adult, I no longer have to eat it. :) My mom would really like it, though. I'm trying to get her to grow more heirloom vegetables next spring. Do you garden?

STINKINGROSE

Monday, November 1, 2010 12:46 AM

Dat's der bunny.

BTW, I'm Rosie (Stingkingrose or SR) not to be confused with Rose (PhoenixRose or PR)
She was here first so I get the diminutive form. Also there's a long story attached to it.

Just to avoid confusion.

Then there's other nicknames and RL names in addition to the screen names. "AAAaaaaaaa....!"

Oh, has anyone seen Penguin or FloralBunny around lately? I can see Roxy on FB. I'm pretty sure
to a given value of "certainty" that (dontaskmetodotheconfidenceinterval) HK's lurking somewhere.

I think Jimibear's still passed out in the smoking room...

NICODEMUS

Monday, November 1, 2010 1:09 PM

*slinks in to refill people's drinks and then buggers off again, muttering about sub-zero Novembers*

PHOENIXROSE

Monday, November 1, 2010 4:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by stinkingrose:
BTW, I'm Rosie (Stingkingrose or SR) not to be confused with Rose (PhoenixRose or PR)
She was here first so I get the diminutive form. Also there's a long story attached to it.

Just to avoid confusion.

Then there's other nicknames and RL names in addition to the screen names. "AAAaaaaaaa....!"

Trying to avoid confusion, I put my real name in my screen name, that being Rose, but that doesn't always work, either

Just because something can't be explained doesn't mean it becomes yours.

MSA

Monday, November 1, 2010 4:58 PM

LOL Jimi's um...distracted by girlfriend ATM:)

HUGS Rosie... like the embittered student idea:)

Way to go Green..but throw nothing away for at least a year. You never know when the university will come back at you...

HUGS Rose

Ok so we took Johnny trick or treating. At first he was unclear on the whole why are these strangers dropping stuff in my pumpkin bucket, but he enjoyed running freely around main street( closed off for trick or treating) and he loved passing out candy.
NV went as Winnie the Pooh and Johnny was Piglet. SOOOO cute. I will post pics tonight:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

STINKINGROSE

Monday, November 1, 2010 5:36 PM

"Get yer stinkin' candy outta my bucket!" is not something you really ever hear out of a child...

AAAAAAAAaaaaaa (did I mention the two exams are back to back first thing tomorrow morning and I have a lab report to finish tonight as well?) aaaaaaaaaa.......!!!!!!

Coffee good.
Sleep is for the weak!
(Just kidding, no sleep= EPIC FAIL X 2.)

MSA

Monday, November 1, 2010 6:02 PM

AHHHHH!!! HUSG Rosie sorryabotu that

Well Johnny has never tasted candy so as far as he knew they were dropping random trash in his bucket:) He has tried a cupcake and liked that a lot... we're careful about how much sugar he gets

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

GEE

Monday, November 1, 2010 6:47 PM

Hey all,

I'm not dead and holding, just about...

Tired, getting better all the time but kind of bored with dealing with groggy head and not being able to run/lift.

Sorry to hear how crazy you schedule is SR, isn't it meant to settle down soon?

The whole Halloween thing is a bit weird to me due to it being an American import in its current form and bearing very little relation to Samhain but sounds like Johnny was both v cute and had a good time MsA.

*magics up a round of drinks for all*

*passes out in the corner*

MSA

Monday, November 1, 2010 9:31 PM

HUGS Gee... it's kind of fun and we did do a corn maze for Samhain:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

GEE

Tuesday, November 2, 2010 7:57 PM

that's cool MsA, I think the other problem is that I also get incredibly grumpy when anyone rings me or knocks on my door who's not a friend, probably a product of having a job that involves a lot of help it's broken phone/call emails, including 24/7 cover one week in three and frankly, when I'm home, I want to be left alone.

Wow, that came out of nowhere, hope everyone is having a good Tuesday.

GREENKA61

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 12:08 AM

Quote:

AAAAAAAAaaaaaa (did I mention the two exams are back to back first thing tomorrow morning and I have a lab report to finish tonight as well?) aaaaaaaaaa.......!!!!!!

How did the tests go, Rosie?

MSA

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 3:53 PM

Well first we need to know what you consider fun...
'cause I think it's fun to play four square at night with a glow in the dark bouncy ball, but it's not to everyone's liking

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

STINKINGROSE

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 4:16 PM

Ya... my idea of fun might not quite live up to your standards of "Whoopee! Let's do that again!"

MSA

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 5:15 PM

Cleaning, packing and hoping the loan goes through

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

STINKINGROSE

Thursday, November 4, 2010 1:04 AM

Studying.

STINKINGROSE

Thursday, November 4, 2010 1:05 AM

Oh hey! This gang's PERFECT!

Question:
The statement "Intolerance will not be tolerated".. irony or oxymoron?

I'm teaching a course in human sexuality and it's going in the syllabus.
(Note: HUMAN SEXUALITY, not ENGLISH.)

GREENKA61

Thursday, November 4, 2010 1:27 AM

Cleaning house and doing laundry and thinking about going out with a guy I met on a dating site.(and eating leftover Halloween candy at the stress of possibly going out on a date).

STINKINGROSE

Thursday, November 4, 2010 2:31 AM

Quote:
(What would Zoe do?)

Shoot something.

PHOENIXROSE

Thursday, November 4, 2010 3:22 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by stinkingrose:
The statement "Intolerance will not be tolerated".. irony or oxymoron?

Irony. I would definitely say irony.

Quote:
Originally posted by beatupplenty:
...what are all the cool kids doing?

Looking for jobs, reading tvtropes, and playing Robot Unicorn Attack. Wooo

Just because something can't be explained doesn't mean it becomes yours.

MSA

Thursday, November 4, 2010 5:48 PM

Oh I totally forgot the most important thing I will be doing this weekend

Celebrating Johnny's 1st Birthday!!!!!!
There will be cake...and the cake is not a lie

Also I will be desperately hoping the seller for our new house grants us an extension and the IRS gets off their asses and actually bothers to look at the documentation we provided in a timely manner so we can close on the loan

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

PHOENIXROSE

Friday, November 5, 2010 6:14 PM

Happy birthday, Johnny!

I hope to get him a gift, so when you guys get the loan all worked out and move, please get me the address.

Just because something can't be explained doesn't mean it becomes yours.

STINKINGROSE

Saturday, November 6, 2010 2:28 PM

Speaking of gifts (blatant plug)...

I, um, kinda made a cafepress shop.

It's not FF related, but I figured there's enough of a subset of suitable outside interests here that it would be a good place to tell people about it.

For your entertainment and holiday shopping, may I present SpiikGiik.

http://www.cafepress.com/SpiikGiik

(No purchase neccessary, void where prohibited, tax tag and title extra.)

If you know someone who might think this stuff is funny, please pass the word along. If nothing else I can make people or lol!

We now return you to your regularly scheduled Pub Crawl.
(Shuffles off in search of the buffet.)

MSA

Monday, November 8, 2010 6:04 PM

Johnny's birthday was awesome... He ate a lot of cake and ran around and had a ball. HE was so cute
The house on the other hand not so much.... the seller has canceled the transaction. He wasn't willing to wait for our clearance. So in a month or so when we clear and his house is still on the market ( it had been on the market 9 months and we were the only offer he had...plus it's the holidays when house sales drop to almost nothing) we will make another cheaper offer on the house and he'll have to take it.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

STINKINGROSE

Monday, November 8, 2010 7:10 PM

Yep. Seller can stick it. Maybe there's a reason and you're destined to find an absolutely wonderful place you love even better. Next door.
And his place can sit there and rot as he drops the price while nobody wants it.

(Sorry, I tend to get a little touchy around real estate having been both a buyer and seller a few times.)

Glad to hear cake was applied liberally internally and externally!

MSA

Monday, November 8, 2010 11:25 PM

It was mostly an external preparation. he kept patting the frosting and then kissing his hand like he couldn't believe his good luck

Oh I know we're getting that house, we'll just save a few thousand 'cause the seller lacked patience. Even his realtor was angry with him and kept pointing out the no other offers, going into real estate dead zone of holidays, that we were a valid offer and just needed a few extra weeks because we had to drop the first loan we qualified for because his house didn't qualify due to being in a flood plain, etc...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

STINKINGROSE

Monday, November 8, 2010 11:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
It was mostly an external preparation. he kept patting the frosting and then kissing his hand like he couldn't believe his good luck

Too cute! I feel the same way.

Now I want to go make a mug brownie.

This is paraphrased from Instructables website: ("Cooks Sourcing" bad!)

4Tbsp sugar
4Tbsp flour
2 Tbsp cocoa powder
2 Tbsp water
pinch of salt

Mix dry ingredients in mug. Add wet stuff and stir. Nuke 1-2 min or until done.

I like to drizzle heavy cream over it to make it almost inedibly rich and gooey.

(Mixes up a mudslide.)

MSA

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 4:11 PM

I do love that mug cake. It's perfect for a crappy day:)

So how's the schoolin' going???

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

STINKINGROSE

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 6:48 PM

Turkey Day break is coming up. I am veryverylookingforwardto about it.

Just another 4 weeks to Finals.

on so many levels.

But the class for Spring's a "go", and I'm waiting for the hiring paperwork in the mail soon(ish).

GEE

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 8:28 PM

Oh man, work is a grind at the moment, second day in a row on my own.

Had an ace weekend with niece and nephew, hope Johnny had a good birthday.

Glad to see the schooling is working out SR, I think...

Anyone mind if I collapse in the corner and have a sleep.

Just caught up with the Monday night football, man my Bengals suck, or at least weirdly schizophrenic in play well, bonehead moment, play well, rinse, repeat, lose.

Arghh!

*collapses in corner*

STINKINGROSE

Thursday, November 11, 2010 1:45 AM

(Covers Gee with +3 blankie of snugness.)

BARDOFSHADOW

Thursday, November 11, 2010 4:14 PM

**stumbles in**
Oh! Finally found it...

Hey all!

Bartender! An Irish Carbomb and a Taxi, please....

quick question from the n00b:

Is there a thread or site or something about Shindig-Etiquette, as in what mistakes and pitfalls should a N00b try to avoid, ect. and other helpful hints and tips, like cookies and punch are enuff for the first time if you don't know how many are coming or so.

Thanks all!

Slainte!

It's a strange World, Charlie Brown

I <3 Darth Whedon

MSA

Friday, November 12, 2010 4:45 PM

Oh my dear and fluffy lord... sorry guys been insanely busy
I now teach all 7 periods with no consultation or prep. A bit hard to manage since each of the 7 is a different subject so I have to prep lessons for kids with different abilities for 7 different subjects. I'm having to make around 28-30 lesson plans per day

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

STINKINGROSE

Friday, November 12, 2010 6:20 PM

....

...wowwwwww....

(Proffers strong drink.)

MSA

Friday, November 12, 2010 6:32 PM

Yeah but if I start drinking now, the kids will overtake me...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

AVERYFINECOMPANION

Friday, November 12, 2010 6:34 PM

I get to drink lots tonight!!!!!

I can't wait!

STINKINGROSE

Friday, November 12, 2010 6:38 PM

What would happen if you hid under your desk and pretended you weren't there?

MSA

Friday, November 12, 2010 8:00 PM

Whooo Avery...it's DEW-Tequila for you:)
Happy Birthday oh fabulous and amazing Avery!!!

LOl Rosie- oh I think they'd massacre several kids and tear the room to shreds...they are " unique"
It's an ED( emotionally disturbed) classroom for students whose behavior is so severe they cannot be allowed in normal classes.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

PHOENIXROSE

Saturday, November 13, 2010 9:23 PM

Somebody please explain to me why I always find men with serious emotional damage. How do I do that? What is it that makes me so magnetic to the people who just can't actually function or commit in a relationship, but really want to?

Just because something can't be explained doesn't mean it becomes yours.

MSA

Monday, November 15, 2010 1:09 AM

Hugs Rose... I'm sorry sweety that sucks

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

STINKINGROSE

Monday, November 15, 2010 2:06 AM

That's a puzzler PR, for sure...

If it's just men that you have trouble with,then that still leaves roughly half the planet's population wide open for success... provided you've got an open mind about that sort of thing.

I'm teaching a human sexuality course next semester. It should prove interesting.
I'm hoping I won't have to spend most of the three hour lecture playing referee. I'm going to have to be pretty good at playing ring-master depending on who signs up. It's intended to foster discussion in a non-judgmental setting.
So far the most often asked question about it is how much work will be involved.
It's a three credit 200 level course sooo.. answer: "Some. But I'm not trying to kill anyone, including myself. The more people enrolled the lower the likelihood of term papers!"
(I am NOT reading 50 of those suckers on top of my own 14 credit course-load.)

MsA- The pics of the munchkin are sooo cuuuute. He sleeps too!

GREENKA61

Monday, November 15, 2010 3:16 AM

I can't explain it, but they find me, too. There is one I like in the news singles meetup group I joined, but his ex left him for another woman, so now he wants all new prosepective girlfriends to take lie detector tests just to make sure they're not going to turn out the same way...he doesn't want to be a "lesbian starter kit" for someone new...

Maybe when one gets to a certain age, damaged goods come with the dating territory...

PHOENIXROSE

Monday, November 15, 2010 9:02 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by stinkingrose:
provided you've got an open mind about that sort of thing.

You know I do. Sadly, I haven't had much luck with the ladies, either. It's proven quite difficult to find mutual interest. Lipstick lesbians are only a small percentage of the population. I dated one for a little while about seven years ago. She also proved to be a bit damaged.
Now, no denying that just about everyone has some baggage and issues and things, including myself. I was just hoping that as people grew and matured, it would start being less of an obstacle.
Ah well. I'm gonna try going out with this guy who seems to have a really sexy brain, even if I'm not immediately attracted to him. Sexy brain seems to be the way to go. Plus my oldest friend has been selling him to me for a few years, now; maybe she knows something I don't.

Just because something can't be explained doesn't mean it becomes yours.

STINKINGROSE

Monday, November 15, 2010 11:09 AM

I tell everyone: "Date the Geeks, they try harder."

I married an Alpha-Nerd. (I <3 my Doctroid!) 15 years of married and counting without any major complaints on either side SFAIK.
Plus one year of some really hot sex before that.
(Nerds try harder there too..)

Everyone has baggage, it does NOT improve with time you just upgrade to bigger bags. That lie detector test guy is a little over the top though.
Avoid
1)fresh breakups
2)serial victims (fifteen boyfriends later and it was always his fault they broke up...?)
3)and prowling at support group meetings (let's play "who's more fucked up?"!).

If your friend's been after you to give him a try for years, they're probably on to something.
Looks aren't everything. You can have sex with the lights off or your eyes closed if you need to, but after things go all "Saggy-Baggy-Elephant" and the colors fade to grey you still want someone who you like/can talk to/remembers how you like your tea.

Chin up, tits out.. and remember there's nothing wrong with serial monogamy, dating around, or waiting until you're in your thirties to settle down IF EVER.

PHOENIXROSE

Monday, November 15, 2010 5:51 PM

I've dated nothing but geeks since I was nineteen. It's at the very top of my criteria list; I don't know how any geeks deal with dating non-geeks.

Just because something can't be explained doesn't mean it becomes yours.

STINKINGROSE

Monday, November 15, 2010 5:58 PM

It doesn't really come up that often, which is part of why I encourage people to Seek The Geek.

MSA

Monday, November 15, 2010 8:56 PM

Thanks Rosie ...I think he's the cutest ever
Rose all I can say is " date grown ups" Life is too short to waste time on people who haven't worked hard on dealing with their own issues and have a decent understanding of how to be a true partner in a relationship

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

STINKINGROSE

Monday, November 15, 2010 10:11 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:

Rose all I can say is " date grown ups" Life is too short to waste time on people who haven't worked hard on dealing with their own issues and have a decent understanding of how to be a true partner in a relationship

Seconded!

GREENKA61

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 4:30 AM

If they had speed dating at Comic Con, I'd consider buying a ticket.

Of course, I wouldn't be wearing a cat suit or bustier, so I probably still wouldn't be anyone's geek dream.

GREENKA61

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 4:32 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by stinkingrose:
Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:

Rose all I can say is " date grown ups" Life is too short to waste time on people who haven't worked hard on dealing with their own issues and have a decent understanding of how to be a true partner in a relationship

Seconded!

Thirded! Don't mind a bit of milage on a man one bit as long as he's learned some common sense along the way..

PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:19 AM

Guys, I appreciate it, but it's not like I've made an effort to not date grown-ups. Frank was in his thirties. And yeah, that went really well, and we're still on fantastic terms, and I like that, but he still had that whole emotional damage thing. And it's not like anyone just comes out and says they're a man-child, or that they've been traumatized, or that they're still in love with someone who died six years ago, or that they've been suicidal. That's the kind of shit that I'm talking about. It's a rare thing that I find out about such issues this early on. Usually it takes close to a year, when I'm already invested. And that's if I ever actually find out the root of the problem at all.

Just because something can't be explained doesn't mean it becomes yours.

GEE

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 11:02 AM

see what happens with a +3 blankie of snugness, you miss all the fun.

Alternatively, work has been hell, managed to be on my own again yesterday and late home again and was shattered in the morning despite two 13 hour nights over the weekend, I need things to calm down in the office, I'm still broke people.

As for main topic of conversation, not sure it's just one side of the divide hear people, in fairness I was mainly used as safety blanket support rather than boyfriend material but had plenty of the, 'why does he treat me so bad?' (he's a cock, a fact you acknowledged previously but then went back to him anyway), a personal maths/science tutor (my fault that I didn't apply myself and do something properly academic myself but maybe I could get a percentage of her doctor wages?) or just plain crazy (being unfair here, one had good reasons to be messed up after what happened to her folks as a kid and no one chooses to be obsessive compulsive).

Think I'm drifting here but the point is to me that generally people are odd, I have to be careful as happily coupled off for nine years now (yes there are problems but what ever runs smoothly) so people in glass houses and all that.

Hopefully, the right person is just round the corner PR and my only suggestion is, and I don't know the full situation so as ever, feel free to tell me to mind my own business, is to try to meet people via a hobby or interest. Always better to have something to in common other than being single.

*magics up a round of drinks for all*

*collapses in corner again*

MSA

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 4:40 PM

This is why I think truth in advertizing ought to apply to people as well. We should all come with a little disclosure packet.

Hmm ok mine would read
Pros- good cook, very loyal, loves to read, good parent, able to support self, reasonably smart, good sense of humor
Cons- Tend to obsess over welfare of child, a bit neurotic when it comes to my mother, easily frustrated, often repeats stories already told, talks too much and too fast, a bit of a know it all,

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 7:54 PM

Yeah, that's a good idea! You're more than 'reasonably' smart, though, you know that right? How many degrees do you have, again?

Ok mine would read
Pros - honesty, genuine interest in how the world works, will geek out, affectionate and loyal, good memory for random stuff

Cons - takes things too seriously, just now getting some handle on career and the future, moderate to serious anxiety issues requiring plenty of reassurance, not always good at staying in touch, will probably be in school for a very long time

Heh, thanks Gee. I have tended to date people I have common interests with. In the fairly distant past I had some first dates with people I couldn't really talk to, and that was basically hellish. Like I said, I don't know how geeks date non-geeks without going bonkers. I just wish I had a way to spot the ones who had some serious unresolved issues (other than the fact that they seem to be attracted to me, and I to them, because that's not too helpful, ya know? )

Just because something can't be explained doesn't mean it becomes yours.

STINKINGROSE

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 2:41 AM

For a while there I'd swear I got my radar crossed with my gaydar.
Me: "He's cute!"
Reality: "Gay."
Me: "Oooh.. how about that one?"
Reality: "NNnope, Gay with a big G."
Me: "Him?!"
Reality: "You really suck at this, you know?"
Me: "Apparently so does that one too. Frak!"

My disclosure statement would probably need an entire desk drawer all to itself..
(Good thing I let Doctroid think he was signing a warranty. The marriage license was carefully slipped into the stack.)

(Stalks over to Gee. Firmly readjusts +3 blankie of snugness and adds sound dampening Fluffy Pillow of Nappage.)

PHOENIXROSE

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 5:41 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by beatupplenty:
Are you sure about the man whose wife died six years ago?

Well, it wasn't his wife, it was a little more...complicated than that. He said they were engaged, but I suppose that's not really the important part.

Quote:
I will always love my late husband and remember him with love but it doesn't mean there isn't room to love another man now in the present. Is it possible your analysis of his feelings for his late wife was a little excessive?

Well, I kind of said the same thing. I said that I understood loving and missing someone, but that it didn't mean he couldn't be happy with anything else, ever. He said that he mourned the life they had planned out, and that when he thought about moving forward it still gave him pause because he didn't want to give up more of this fiance. He is clearly far from over it and gives me the distinct impression that in his heart of hearts he wants no one else, and I don't think I can really manage to compete with a ghost. There are some serious unaddressed issues here, issues which have apparently crippled him for years. Maybe I am wrong, but I did have to ask if he was really in a place where he wanted to be dating at all. I'm a very different person. I can't offer him a single thing that they had 'planned.' He seemed more than a little unsure about it. I haven't stopped talking to him, but I smell emotional damage. I know that smell. My most recent relationship was with someone who I had a lot in common with, could easily talk to, formed strong attachments with, and he was seriously traumatized, a trauma that ultimately broke us up. And he appreciated me. He still does. He didn't want anyone else, he had other demons to fight. It only worked as long as it did because he ultimately wanted me around. He's the only lover I've stayed close friends with because he ultimately wanted me around. If someone doesn't truly want me around, I think it's pretty pointless for me to date them, hoping for some change in their emotional landscape. As Lila said, life is too short. I can't waste any more of mine on people who might not appreciate what I have to offer because they actually want something else. I've done that, and it's rubbish.

Just because something can't be explained doesn't mean it becomes yours.

MSA

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 4:45 PM

I feel like I should apologize for taking one of the apparently last decent men available.... but here's the thing.... I'm not sorry and I'm certainly not giving him back

(Nelson voice) Ha HA!

I shall now smile slightly over the fact that my awesome husband(NV) is, at this time, home lovingly feeding our baby breakfast and then reading him stories, cleaning, and doing laundry.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

GEE

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:22 PM

ah man, I wish I had more brain cells to contribute to conversation and often feel incredibly lucky to have met my other half.

Situation does sound crappy for you PR, clearly the men of America are dumb, don't understand how they're not beating a path to your door to do battle for your affection but then I do score highly on the geek scale.

Sleep is getting worse, went to bed reasonably early last night and then had a nightmare that works me up at half four this morning and poor other half when I elbowed her in the ribs. I guess that one goes in the cons column?

Man, my sports teams suck, Bengals are 2-7, Chelsea lost at the weekend and have no cenrebacks, England loosing 2-0 to the French and getting a football lesson to boot.

Going back to try SRs adjusted +3 blanket, with beer - non alcoholic of course.

I'm sure I've missed people out but brain cells work, I aplogise, have a drink on me, the wands waiting at the bar.

*collapses in corner*

MSA

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 10:35 PM

* puts a pillow under Gee's head and a blanket over him* Poor guy:)

I sympathize on the sleep thing. For reasons known only to his peculiar little internal clock, Johnny keeps waking up between 2-3am and being up for an hour or so. Not hungry or sick, just restless. I think he's growing again.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

PHOENIXROSE

Thursday, November 18, 2010 4:14 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by gee:
clearly the men of America are dumb, don't understand how they're not beating a path to your door to do battle for your affection but then I do score highly on the geek scale.

Heh. It's unfortunately not restricted to just this country. That's very sweet of you to say, though

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
For reasons known only to his peculiar little internal clock, Johnny keeps waking up between 2-3am and being up for an hour or so. Not hungry or sick, just restless.

That sounds un-fun

Wish I could offer advice. My mom claims that I always slept through the night, but there didn't seem to be any secret to it. Guess I've always had an excess of naturally-occurring brain tranquilizers.

Just because something can't be explained doesn't mean it becomes yours.

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