So what have you heathens been up to for the past 4 or 5 years?

[lovemyboys]

Everyone update! lol I haven't been to ii or ff in years and years and suddenly, I started wondering what happened to everybody. I checked out ii, and didn't see many names I recognized, and many of the ones I do, are on "inactive status." I'm so sad and shocked to hear how many people have passed away...pescifish, clark adams, etc. :( It's a damn shame.

I was Pensee back long time ago. (I can't recall my pw or email acct. associated with it, so I'm screwed; hence, the new screen name.) I lived in MS, moved to FL, and became a teacher. Ring a bell? haha I'm still in FL, but now I'm a SAHM to 2 rambunctious little boys. My oldest (Peyton) is 3, and my baby (Cainon) is 20 months.

Just wanted to say hey, and see what ya'll are up to. :wave:

~Crystal

[livius drusus]

Oh wow, major blast from the past. It's great to hear from you. Congratulations on your burgeoning fambly. :glomp:

[Adam]

What's a SAHM? I'm assuming the M is "mother" from context, but I have no idea on the rest.

[LadyShea]

Hi Pensee! I am now a mom too, via adoption 3.5 years ago. My threads are on here from that whole drama and excitement!

SAHM = Stay At Home Mom

[Adam]

Oh, duh. I think I've even heard that one before. :dopey:

I only drop by IIDB when someone feeds me a good drama link, but I was Pompous Bastard there a Brazillian years ago.

[lovemyboys]

oh wow, I totally remember all 3 of you! Brandi, you adopting a little boy is one of the last big things I remember. I was so excited for you! lol I think I was pregnant with my oldest son at the time (wasn't it around Dec. 05?), which is around the time I started posting in my mommies forum, and the heathen stuff took a back seat...then squandered into oblivion. :P

It's good to "see" all of you!

[LadyShea]

Exactly, yeah, Kiddo was born January 2006 so that is the right time frame

Nice to see you again too

Did you find a good Mommy forum? I went through like a dozen and hated them all

[Lauri D]

Pensee! I remember that you were wanting to become a teacher. Congrats on the family. Great to hear from you again.

(formerly COAS or christ-on-a-stick)

[Crumb]

Hi Pensee! I never knew thee. :wave:

(congrats on the :M: Lauri D :thumbup: )

[Waluigi]

I don't know you, but hello, and welcome back!

[Shake]

I remember a Pensee on the Intarwebs some time ago. I've got a boy the same age as your oldest (age 3), one who's 8.5, and twin girls who just turned 1 last week.

Nice to see you again! Welcome back!

[Dingfod]

Hey, lmb. I ustabe Warrenly in the olden days (2002-2005ish). Back then I was somebody, now I'm not.

[lovemyboys]

I absolutely remember you Lori, Shake, and the user formerly known as Warrenly. lol I can't believe how many of you guys (and gals!) are still around!

Hi to Waluigi and Crumb! It's nice to meet you.

LS--I LOVE my mommy forum. (justmommies.com) There's about a bajillion different forums there, and I guess it all depends on which group of gals you get. I hang out in the May 06 playroom (for moms of babes born then.) It's ironic that your little one was born Jan. 06, b/c I know that playroom had tons of drama, and lots of people got mad and left, and now it's a combined Dec. 05/Jan. 06 playroom. But there's lots of other forums there, too, that you may be more comfy with, some more active than others--atheist/agnostic parenting, moms of boys, moms of preschoolers, twenty-something mommies, thirty-something mommies, first-time mommies, attachment parenting, traditional parenting, the mommy lounge, progressive mommies, same-sex mommies, and then there's forums for mommies based on hobbies (scrapping, photography, crafting, traveling, etc.), and just a ton of them.

The May playroom has had its share of drama--when you've known each other for 4 years, there's bound to be disagreements (and, in fact, I recently lost one of my closest friends b/c of the Michael Jackson bullshit, but I digress)--but overall we remain close-knit. We go through cycles of having lots of activity, and having not so much, but it's just b/c we're busy moms. I actually was just able to meet-up with 4 other moms and their little ones a couple of weeks ago. I'd met two of them previously, but two were the first time, and it honestly felt more like a reunion than anything. I guess it's about finding whichever forum/group of ladies suit you the best on jm. B/c I tried to post in the Nov. 07 PR when I was pregnant/had my new baby, but I just never really clicked with those ladies. So I post about him in the May PR, and it works out great. :super:

[livius drusus]

Ooh, I want to hear about the Jackson mommy drama. :dotell:

[lisarea]

Me too!

I'm speculating a lot, but I haven't come up with anything very plausible.

Plus: Hey! I remember you!

[LadyShea]

Yeah, good friend estrangement over Michael Jackson is a new one on me. We need to hear about that.

[lovemyboys]

haha, how did I know you all would want to know about the MJ drama?

this is long.

me and (let's call her) Kas as--we were really good friends. As on any forum, there are people you connect with more than others. We'd actually texted and talked outside of the forum. Her (May 06) son was born 2 days after mine, and we both were among the first women to have a second child. I actually texted her when I was on my way to labor & delivery w/ baby #2, and then after I had him so she could let the other mommies know.

everything was great. then michael jackson died. ha! So there was this thread about how sad it is with all the celebs. who were dying, and she went into this long memorial about him, what a great man he was, and on and on. Since I vehemntly disagree (I think he's a child molester) and *ironically* didn't want to start any drama, I said nothing. I decided not to participate in that thread. Then I went to myspace, and got into it with my hubby's 17 yr. old cousin's atheist friends who were attacking her and being really mean b/c she said something like, "why would you want a child molester to rest in peace?" Then I read all the stories of the fans in mourning, and it was just too much.

So at that point, I changed my myspace status to say something like, "Crystal wonders why so many people are devastated that there's one less child molester in the world." And I put my mood to "good riddance."

Then, Kas goes back to justmommies, and replies yet again in the memorial thread (which again, I had not said a word in), not using my name, but obviously directing it towards me by using my phrasing, "Good riddance."

It'll probably be easier for me just to give you the text of that thread from there.

"It's terribly sad about Michael...

People who sit here and rag on him and say "good riddance" make me ill... No one can seem to get past the accusations from YEARS AGO, that he was ACQUITTED FOR... That man did nothing wrong, it was never proven that he did anything to those kids, if anything, those children were LYING - probably stemming from greedy parents who wanted Michael Jackson's money.

Now, I don't necessarily agree with him having sleepover's with children, but I would stand by his side any day and support him. There was no molestation. Please."

So then, I replied:

"i wasn't even going to talk about this here, but this is obviously directed at me. (For those of you who don't myspace, my current status and mood is, "Crystal wonders why so many people are upset that there's one less child molester in the world." mood: "good riddance".) BTW, <Kas>, I wasn't even specifically talking about you with my status statement. It's in response to all the news reports of fans in mourning.

#1 it's extremely difficult to prove "he said, he said" accusations...if only he'd been as dumb as R. Kelly and recorded it.

#2 he was only cleared of the second accusation which i agree was probably the result of greedy parents. he settled out of court with the original accusation in 93.

#3 why would a grown man sleep in the bed with a child "friend"?

#4 why do child molestors drive ice cream trucks, give out candy, and ask kids to help look for lost puppies? b/c they're trying to attract kids. what does a filthy rich child molestor do? build a f*in theme park on his private property!!!

#5 when people finally got a clue and stopped letting their kids stay with him, what does he do? breeds his own.

#6 why did you underline and bold YEARS AGO like that makes a difference? He only molested kids back in the early 90's...

#7 if he's so innocent, would you leave your kids alone with him? i sure as hell wouldn't. not for a second.

now i'm dropping out of this conversation.

it is sad about Ed and Farrah. "

At that point, I just assumed that we'd had a little disagreement, but we were still friends. What friends don't get into arguments every once in a great while? But you work it out and move on. I mean, we'd been friends since our first pregnancies.

Until I went to myspace and realized she deleted me from her friends' list. We haven't spoken since. She went on a little hiatus from the board for a while after that, and now just avoids me like the plague. :(

[LadyShea]

Dude, that's quality drama right there.

I'm sorry you lost your friend, but I cannot help being amused at her extreme emotional response.

[livius drusus]

That's a damn shame. I lurked on the now-defunct Court TV board during the molestation trial, and it was like a war zone. In a matter of minutes any OP on the subject would explode into a 20-page flamefest of fans and antis dissecting every little piece of presented evidence, rumor, trial transcripts, news articles, whatever.

I'm afraid I never saw the twain meet, even if they had a million other things in common.

[Plant Woman]

I was on II, but not a prolific poster, but I remembered LS and Pesci, both who treated me wonderfully. I was Debbie something or other (can't remember now, it's been so long.) Anyway good to hear from you, but what I really wanted to say is I agree with you on the MJ stuff. I too was surprised at how many people adored a man that molested children. I shudder every time I think about him and his little fun park of horrors and how many children, we may never know the numbers, he messed up.

It's always a shame to lose a friend, but sometimes these things help weed people out that aren't the best people to be in your life and what you are left with is the cream of the crop.

[livius drusus]

DebbieT!

[Plant Woman]

Ahhhhh! Thanks! Glad someone has a good memory!

[BrotherMan]

For good or ill, the livius never forgets.

:knock:

[Petra]

Hi, Pensee! Long time, no see. :wave:

I used to be lunachick. And I probably still am at heart. :)


Nice to see you around, and nice to hear that life is good for you. :yup:

[Plant Woman]

Oh, you were Lunachick! I remember you along with liv too! :woohoo:

[lovemyboys]

Oh wow! Hey lunachick!!! lol DebbieT, I remember you, too! This is awesome.

Yeah, I never in a million years would've guessed that I would've lost a "friend" over something so stupid. But whatever. Life goes on. :D

[freemonkey]

I remember you, Pensee. I am the same as I ever was.

[wildernesse]

Hi, Pensee. I remember reading your posts. It is good to see you again.

[The Lone Ranger]

Hi Pensee!

[Ari]

Pensee sounds familiar and not, eitherway welcome!

[Deadlokd]

Hello Pensee/lovemyboys. I only joined ii and :ff: back in '07 so I don't remember you. But hello. :D

I did learn something interesting in this thread. LauriD is COAS. I did not know that. Loved your work on II.

[Corona688]

I have not aliased my aliased alias. I was Corona688 on II, and remain so here. I've moved, got a job, had my car dented and un-dented, got and sick and better a few times, and pretty much general normal stuff over the last 5 years. Oh, and a vacation to Nova Scotia.

[godfry n. glad]

I remember Pensee...but from here at FF. Five years, huh?

Well, I've probably gone from being a loose cannon to just unpredictably annoying.

Meh. It's a lifestyle....