The No Drama Thread

[livius drusus]

I'm at work. My back still hurts but it's on the mend, and most importantly, I have a Cherry Coke. I so love Cherry Coke. If I could marry it, I totally would.

Also, I really love smilies. I seriously feel this wash of affection roll over me when I see a particularly cute one, or when I find a new artist with a big ol' stash just waiting to be added to the hoard.

You know what else is cool? When people who know their shit talk about it in a casual way, like John Carter did about baseball over here (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3942), or Hot Sauce and Scarlatti over here (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3625).

[LadyShea]

Ensign Steve brought some friends from school over and we had drinks and went on a boat ride. She had promised them dolphins and we were totally able to deliver. I love that we see dolphins every time we take the boat out...I love that we can promise them because the sightings are so frequent. And no matter how many times I see them, I still love them.

[livius drusus]

That's so cool. Did they follow you around again?

[Veritas]

Vanilla coke. Going to the library and finding a brand spanking new book with virgin pages that no other eyes have read, summer breezes, fruitella, kinder eggs (duh), good hair days, realising you have no chores to do for the rest of the day, 80's music (Ahhhhhhhdam Ant :heart: ).

:workgold: Smilies. They're the dog's bollocks. :drunksgn:

[LadyShea]

That's so cool. Did they follow you around again?

No, they were following a tiny shrimping boat, we just knew they would be behind that boat and so Frankie headed straight there.

Oh and another cool thing, after a number of delays, they finally got the foundation poured for our house, and the framing lumber was all delivered. Very cool.

[livius drusus]

Yay foundation and framing! That is cool. Shrimp are cool too, especially combined with butter, garlic, lemon juice and a nice minced chive.

[viscousmemories]

:woohoo:

Congrats, Shea.

I love that I have little brown bunnies running wild all over my neighborhood. :bundance:

[livius drusus]

Going to the library and finding a brand spanking new book with virgin pages that no other eyes have read

Oh yeah. That's money right there, especially if it's an old-fashioned book with those folded pages, if you know what I mean.

:qcool:
:read:

Smilies. They're the dog's bollocks.

Wait. You mean they lick themselves for hours on end? They're even cooler than I thought.

[Ex-zombie]

I have a nest of chipmunks living under my deck. It is relaxing to go out in the evening and watch them scamper around.

[livius drusus]

Bunnies and chipmunks scampering around together would be just about the cutest thing of all time.

[LadyShea]

Scampering bunnies and chipmunks are about as non-drama as you can get. That's very, very cool guys. Take pics!

[Veritas]

Today when I was at my favourite place in the world - the library - (2nd favourite place being the Kinder Egg Factory) I found this:

The Historian (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316730319/qid=1124119466/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_11_1/202-9604456-6209435)

Ooh ooh I just realised something else that's the dog's dangleberries...Inserting a hyperlink correctly!
:wash:

[curses]

Shrimp are cool too, especially combined with butter, garlic, lemon juice and a nice minced chive.
I think I've just decided what to cook for dinner. Thanks for that. Shrimp are also cool dipped in rice flour batter and served with tempura sauce. Add sweet potato tempura to the cool list.

I have a stuffed Peeps bunny on my desk. He guards my letter opener and pens.
http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/photo/photo02/54/26/c2965ece1fa0.jpg?tw=305&th=228&_rh=5gat1acxbct4c69pm6hjthcjj

I also have a bobbleheaded black cat, guardian of the mailbox keys.
http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/photo/photo05/3a/d8/c8d59b828c48.jpg?tw=305&th=228&_rh=3av40o3uuw21g8u1ma3xakbzf
I have a betta fish that sits on my desk as well, but I don't have a picture of him.

[viscousmemories]

In my back yard:
http://www.freethought-forum.com/images/bunny.jpg

And in my front yard:
http://www.freethought-forum.com/images/bunny2.jpg

[Leesifer]

I have a nest of chipmunks living under my deck. It is relaxing to go out in the evening and watch them scamper around.

I totally misread the first sentence as "I have a nest of chipmunks living under my desk".

That happens to me a lot - that'll teach me to speed-read. :abook:

[livius drusus]

Today when I was at my favourite place in the world - the library - (2nd favourite place being the Kinder Egg Factory) I found this:

The Historian (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316730319/qid=1124119466/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_11_1/202-9604456-6209435)

Hey cool! A co-worker was just telling me about that book last week. She said it actually scared the crap out of her, which has to be seen as an advantage.

Ooh ooh I just realised something else that's the dog's dangleberries...Inserting a hyperlink correctly!
:wash:

God yes. All BBCode tags used correctly to create lovely, appealing, tidy, organized, easy to read formatting. Oh how I love good formatting.
:smitten:

[Roland98]

No dolphins, but my parents and sister came out to visit about 2 weeks back and we took a Mississippi river cruise out of Dubuque. They did get to see a bald eagle, which they'd never seen in the wild before.

Hubby and I borrowed a boat and putted around the local lake last week; saw several heron, turtles, snakes, and 2 osprey fishing (forgot to bring the camera though, dang it).

[livius drusus]

I think I've just decided what to cook for dinner. Thanks for that. Shrimp are also cool dipped in rice flour batter and served with tempura sauce. Add sweet potato tempura to the cool list.

Oh hells yes. I LOVE sweet potato tempura. It's far and above my favorite of the tempura veggies.

Good luck with your shrimpy dinner. If you can find it, pick up a bottle of Aragosta to go with. It's an otherwise unremarkable Sicilian white which goes so well with shellfish it's almost hard to believe.

I have a stuffed Peeps bunny on my desk. He guards my letter opener and pens.
http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/photo/photo02/54/26/c2965ece1fa0.jpg?tw=305&th=228&_rh=5gat1acxbct4c69pm6hjthcjj


He's gorgeous.

I also have a bobbleheaded black cat, guardian of the mailbox keys.
http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/photo/photo05/3a/d8/c8d59b828c48.jpg?tw=305&th=228&_rh=3av40o3uuw21g8u1ma3xakbzf

He's intimidatingly gorgeous. :thumbup:

[BDS]

Not to throw a monkey-wrench into the works -- but I don't like smilies. Of course I recognize that this puts me in a minority here at Freethought Forum. However, it seems to me that smilies are:

1) A failed attempt at being cute (always a bad thing).
2) An admission that the user has nothing to say, or lacks the skill to use verbalize his feelings.
3) A trite form of expression.

I don't like IMHO or LOL, either.

[livius drusus]

Taking it to another thread would be cool.

[Dingfod]

Not to throw a monkey-wrench into the works -- but I don't like smilies. Of course I recognize that this puts me in a minority here at Freethought Forum. However, it seems to me that smilies are:

1) A failed attempt at being cute (always a bad thing).
2) An admission that the user has nothing to say, or lacks the skill to use verbalize his feelings.
3) A trite form of expression.

I don't like IMHO or LOL, either.Bad form!

[viscousmemories]

You can disable all smilies by choosing "No" under "View Smilies?" in your user options (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/profile.php?do=editoptions). The end result is that you'll see a lot of words between colons, but you won't have to be offended by the little images anymore.

[viscousmemories]

Taking it to another thread would be cool.
Hey, no drama!

[livius drusus]

Been doing any cycling lately, Warren? You talking about motorcycles is definitely one of the cool things I mentioned in the third para of my OP.

[viscousmemories]

So, if you like smilies then show us how you :dance: :hotmoves:

How about you? :interview:

What?! :nutty:

Okay, too lazy to work the rest in...

:orthanc: :prisoner: :ethiopia: :or: :dilbert:

:smugnod:

[Godless Dave]

Yay foundation and framing! That is cool. Shrimp are cool too, especially combined with butter, garlic, lemon juice and a nice minced chive.

Is there really a singular form of chives?

By the way, this thread offends me, I hate you all and I'm leaving for good.

[viscousmemories]

:melo: :drama: :dramaq:

[livius drusus]

By the way, this thread offends me, I hate you all and I'm leaving for good.

:chuckle: The singular chive within us all is thrilled.

[Dingfod]

Motorcycling? Yup, that's cool. I went for a ride not too long ago on a nice summer evening, starting out just about sundown.

[livius drusus]

Very cool. I rode on the back of a motocross bike all up and down the sides of the Circus Maximus once. It was after sundown too, but like, 6 hours after sundown. That was some cool shit right there.

[Godless Dave]

I rode on the back of an ATV the weekend before this last one, ride behind the sign that said "DO NOT CARRY PASSENGERS!" Driving it was more fun (and safer). Also fired my shotgun for the first time ever, and actually hit a target at 50 yards. Not the target I was aiming for, but they were both stapled to the same piece of plywood.

[viscousmemories]

Is this now the "you might be a redneck if..." thread?

[curses]

Also fired my shotgun for the first time ever, and actually hit a target at 50 yards. Not the target I was aiming for, but they were both stapled to the same piece of plywood.
Fun! What gauge shotgun?

[Ymir's blood]

I cleared off one of the kitchen counters and cleaned the bathroom counter and sink yesterday. It is amazing how much better both rooms look now. There is still so much more that could be done though, but only after I set some more rabbit traps.

[livius drusus]

Mmmm... Cleared kitchen counters... :homdrool:

[viscousmemories]

[...] but only after I set some more rabbit traps.
Hey! :glare:

[Ymir's blood]

[...] but only after I set some more rabbit traps.
Hey! :glare:
No drama...

:innocent:

[Crumb]

Okay, too lazy to work the rest in...

:orthanc: :prisoner: :ethiopia: :or: :dilbert:
You had the great state of Oregon in there and blew it...how sad.

Oops, no drama. Um my day is filled with no drama so I got up took a shower and am posting here. Later I will go to the library, get them mail, send out more resume's. Maybe I will look for cute bunny pictures.

Bunnies reminds me of the WA state tournament though. The field in Seattle was infested with large brown bunnies that would not leave left field no matter how many balls were hit over there. I was surprised none of the umps ordered them chased off. I guess they didn't want the drama.

[livius drusus]

:giggle: You can dress 'em up but you can't take 'em out.

Okay okay okay. Chances are good that I'll be able to score an oatmeal raisin cookie after a certain meeting is over in an hour or so. These are really quality oatmeal cookies too, so this is excellent news.

[viscousmemories]

I think I might be addicted to online forums, but the presumption of a 'life' to interfere with is axiomatic to all addiction theories I'm aware of. Ergo, no problem.

[viscousmemories]

...and for some reason I'm now craving a :cookie:

[SharonDee]

The Powers That Be where I work decided what would be just the thing for relieving our stress: a hopscotch grid. I can see it right outside my window where it was painted but so far, no takers in the two weeks of its existence.

What are the rules of hopscotch, anyway? :girlthink:

[Joshua Adams]

Hey, no drama!

I'm carrying your baby!

[Godless Dave]

Fun! What gauge shotgun?

12 gauge Winchester, firing sabot slugs. My buddy's 16-gauge was more fun because it blew the plywood into several pieces that flew up into the air. His semi-automatic .22 rifle was also fun; the scope is broken so I couldn't sight down the barrel, which gave me the perfect excuse to hold it at hip level and squeeze ten shots off as fast as I could.

:assault:

Mmmm... Cleared kitchen counters... :homdrool:

I cleaned mine on Saturday. There were dishes that had been in the sink for over a month, as well as two homebrew kegs that needed to be cleaned out and stored in the basement. Those kegs take up a lot of space on the counter!

[curses]

I love surfing back to FF and finding an Eddie Izzard quote on the front page. It's almost as good as finding a Bill Hicks one.

[Dingfod]

It's Friday for me. The only way they could piss me off now is to tell me I have to work tomorrow.

[viscousmemories]

I'm carrying your baby!
Well put 'er down and make me a damn sammich!

[lisarea]

I have a pretty cool bike.

Also, if you look behind it: Pretty cool stereo.

And one of those monkeys with cymbals.

[xyza]

I've been out, it was a crazy circle of a journey on the tubes, then when I got there I could've just got on one single bus :doh:

Now sitting playing the waiting game, I'm waiting for him to stop sulking :rolldead:

[livius drusus]

I have a pretty cool bike.

Also, if you look behind it: Pretty cool stereo.

And one of those monkeys with cymbals.

I like how your whole room looks like a fun house mirror thing or a shroom visual thanks to the camera angle and the curves of your CD rack.

[Veritas]

In a bid to stick to the no-drama rule, I am pregnant with everyone's baby, last night I was abducted and probed by aliens, I hear voices in my head telling me to eat my own faeces* and from now on I shall post only in Bulgarian.

*Eating other people's would be waaaaaaaay crazy. :cuckoo: :kookoo:

[Ymir's blood]

I have a pretty cool bike.

Also, if you look behind it: Pretty cool stereo.

And one of those monkeys with cymbals.
and a rather fierce rodent problem as well. :eek:

[lisarea]

I have a pretty cool bike.

Also, if you look behind it: Pretty cool stereo.

And one of those monkeys with cymbals.

I like how your whole room looks like a fun house mirror thing or a shroom visual thanks to the camera angle and the curves of your CD rack.

I am also trying to murder that fugly entertainment center by putting too many books on it. That bowing on the shelf is not a camera angle thing. It's actually fixing to break, and I don't even care.

And now that you bring it up, I have the stupidest CD storage system ever. It starts on these two shelves, continues, alphabetically mind you, onto one of those lazy susan style things, then continues again onto that wavy one.

So when I started taking my CDs back that the Little Muffin stoled, it was worse than Delaware. I can't fit them all any more.

I am not being dramatic. That was totally benign complaining, because as soon as I manage to off that entertainment center, I will be allowed to make myself a new, beautiful storage unit.

Ymir's Blood: I totally forgot that was there. I was all like, "HUH? What he talking about?"

[freemonkey]

I've barely finished the first page of this thread, but I had to rush to add my bunny!

http://home.comcast.net/~freemonkey/tea_bunny.jpg

Yay! for bunnies, dolphins and smilies!

[Dingfod]

Gads! Put that thing out of it's misery.

[livius drusus]

OMG, freemonkey! It's the Velveteen Rabbit! I should have known you had it. :wriggle:

[LadyShea]

Oh my gawd, that was my favoritist story when I was little, or so my mother says.

[freemonkey]

Gads! Put that thing out of it's misery.
:glare: Its supposed to look like that!

[livius drusus]

I loved that story too, Shea. I should totally reread it now that I know where he ended up.

[Veritas]

I hope I'm not speaking out of turn if I say it looks like a moth..? (Sorry).

[curses]

Fun! What gauge shotgun?

12 gauge Winchester, firing sabot slugs. My buddy's 16-gauge was more fun because it blew the plywood into several pieces that flew up into the air. His semi-automatic .22 rifle was also fun; the scope is broken so I couldn't sight down the barrel, which gave me the perfect excuse to hold it at hip level and squeeze ten shots off as fast as I could.

:assault:

Well, you may not have hit anything with the .22, but you must've looked damn cool firing it, and that counts in my book! :cool:
I fired a 12 gauge once, I ended up flat on my back about 10 feet away from where I was standing. I'll stick to a .22, easier on the kick.

[xyza]

If we are posting pictures of stuff I have to show you all my collection, it sits on the top of my wardrobe :giggle:

[Veritas]

I fired a water-pistol once; does that make me hard?

[Crumb]

I fired a water-pistol once; does that make me hard?
Only if you are into that sort of thing. And you're a man. :innocent:

[xyza]

Only if you are into that sort of thing. And you're a man. :innocent:
:roflmao: Oh that was such a great answer :roflmao:

I've been shot before, have a scar and everything :cheerful:

[Ymir's blood]

Well if we're going to start posting pictures of plushies, here is a pair. The one in the hat is mine. The small one resides with pescifish.

[Dingfod]

Gads! Put that thing out of it's misery.
:glare: Its supposed to look like that!Hey. No drama.

[Veritas]

Only if you are into that sort of thing. And you're a man. :innocent:
:roflmao: Oh that was such a great answer :roflmao:

I've been shot before, have a scar and everything :cheerful:

With my usual dignity (and modesty) I chose to rise above it, Xyza. Now be a good girl and put the kettle on. :wink:

[livius drusus]

I bet Cthulhu could totally knock up Ling Ling. None of that in vitro shit for the Unspeakable Old One. :cthulhu3::pandarol:

Tales of the Plush Cthulhu (http://www.logicalcreativity.com/jon/plush/01.html)= Very, very cool.

[Crumb]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/3/0/1/MtHoodSunset.gif
:peace1:

[pescifish]

:imsmile:

[pescifish]

I bet Cthulhu could totally knock up Ling Ling. None of that in vitro shit for the Unspeakable Old One. :cthulhu3::pandarol:If he did, Antoinette (the alien in a tutu and the mother of BabyCthulhu) would have a wry grin and a nasty (and possibly multi-dimensional) consequence ready for him. Or perhaps her own go with Ling Ling.

Here is Antoinette, enjoying the afternoon with some of the BoneKnee Gang.
http://www.pescifish.net/boneKnees/boneKneeGang1.jpg

:pandarol: Hey, is it just me, or is Ling Ling's roll ending with a nice "hit this, big boy" spanky?

[LadyShea]

I still have the little skeleton guy, like the ones in the pic above, that Pesci gave me :)

He usually sits on my monitor, but he's in storage right now. I miss him.

[pescifish]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/3/0/1/MtHoodSunset.gif :study: Wow, that is so cool that you caught a photo of the mushroom cloud after nuclear holocaust!

[pescifish]

He usually sits on my monitor, but he's in storage right now. I miss him.They seem to like sitting on monitors:

http://www.pescifish.net/boneKnees/onMonitor2.jpg

[livius drusus]

I bet Cthulhu could totally knock up Ling Ling. None of that in vitro shit for the Unspeakable Old One. :cthulhu3::pandarol:If he did, Antoinette (the alien in a tutu and the mother of BabyCthulhu) would have a wry grin and a nasty (and possibly multi-dimensional) consequence ready for him. Or perhaps her own go with Ling Ling.

I say both. Antoinette's voraciousness demands nothing less.

:pandarol: Hey, is it just me, or is Ling Ling's roll ending with a nice "hit this, big boy" spanky?

I never noticed it before but, yes, yes it is, and that is very cool.

[xyza]

I have that alien toy, you can see it just towards the centre on the back row, my real, non plush cat is to the left :D

[livius drusus]

I like how all the other plushies are keeping her enormous dark powers under control. :giggle:

Your non-plush cat is just too, too cool.

[Crumb]

:study: Wow, that is so cool that you caught a photo of the mushroom cloud after nuclear holocaust!
No drama there.

[Ymir's blood]

I have that alien toy, you can see it just towards the centre on the back row, my real, non plush cat is to the left :D
Who is that on the opposite side from the cat, on the top row of the pile? It sort of looks like Lupin III.

[Ensign Steve]

I really like Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Today has been the afternoon of pretty guest stars. Ambassador K'Ehleyr, Worf's former lover and Alexander's mom from "Reunion", and Ishara Yar, Tasha's sister from "Legacy".

[livius drusus]

I loved Ambassador K'Ehleyr. She was so the perfect woman for Worf.

[Ensign Steve]

Yeah, until she snuffed it. :giggle:

[livius drusus]

Hey, no drama. :giggle:

[CARLA]

:hotmoves: :hotmoves: :hotmoves: :hotmoves: This made my day I haven't seen this dancing banana before, love it. :wink:

[livius drusus]

Ah yes, that is indeed a cool banana. :thumbup:

[xyza]

I have that alien toy, you can see it just towards the centre on the back row, my real, non plush cat is to the left :D
Who is that on the opposite side from the cat, on the top row of the pile? It sort of looks like Lupin III.The right of the alien is a dog with a yes/no head and the left of the cat is a monkey dressed in a pilots coat, no Lupin III

[livius drusus]

Oh xyzaaaaa... I have a surprise for you (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=99959#post99959). :wriggle:

[Leesifer]

I know it's not for me but that smilie is the cutest! :yup:

[livius drusus]

The hoard is for everybody, Lees, and that's cool. :purr:

[Leesifer]

I'm just waiting for my chance to request a smiley. The only one I can think of really is Pepe Le Pew. But then we do have this: :skunk:

(Not that I'm trying to make more work for you, liv, honest). :workload:

[livius drusus]

Like this: :pepe: ? And yes, your name is a keyword. :D

[Leesifer]

Oh my god! Thanks liv, that's great. :blush:

:glomp:

[viscousmemories]

I love Pepe Le Pew! :pepe:

[Leesifer]

Me too. He's so damn cute. I have Pepe Le Pew pyjamas, pen holder, t-shirt and a drawing that my husband did for me. He got them all for my birthday a few years ago.

[D. Scarlatti]

... Hot Sauce and Scarlatti over here (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3625).

Thank you, you're very kind.

So did you watch 8-1/2,* or what?

* Comedy, no drama.

[viscousmemories]

Good luck getting her to watch a movie...

[D. Scarlatti]

I sense the drama about to explode ...

[livius drusus]

:suckthumbscared:

[D. Scarlatti]

Is that Ariel Sharon?

[livius drusus]

:giggle:

[Ymir's blood]

Is that Ariel Sharon?
Can't be. It is obvious there was no pull out.

[MooseIBe]

I haven't seen cherry coke for years .. am not sure if it's still sold here. We have vanilla coke and lemon coke though but I have to say I don't like either :)

Am watching Fawlty Towers and feeling happy..

[Crumb]

Am watching Fawlty Towers
Am jealous...in an entirely nondramatic way.

[MooseIBe]

Yeah it's making me happy :) I dunno how many times I have watched these videos but they never get stale.

[Ymir's blood]

The refuse to feel badly but this way bad as long as a rat which has died to the tube of pursuit of living, presents tan the questions for the person not to the costume of.

[Ensign Steve]

Word.

:shrooms:

(we need more "tripping" smilies)

[freemonkey]

The blackberries are beginning to ripen, I'm gonna go pick me some!! Absolutely no drama.

Except for thorns.

And yellow jackets.

And maybe spiders.

[livius drusus]

:spider3:

:peace2:

[curses]

The blackberries are beginning to ripen, I'm gonna go pick me some!! Absolutely no drama.

Except for thorns.

And yellow jackets.

And maybe spiders.
And ticks. But fresh blackberries are worth it. Yum. What do you plan on doing with them? (don't say eating, I figured that part out already :P )

[livius drusus]

I vote cobbler. Blackberry cobbler is very, very cool.

[Crumb]

So are blackberries on homemade vanilla ice cream. :homer:

[freemonkey]

I'm having some in my homemade yogurt this very minute.

I vote cobbler, too, with vanilla ice cream. But if I make it, I'd have to send it away immediately as I can't resist the temptation to eat the entire thing.

'round here, blackberry is a noxious weed. Except, of course, when the berries are ripe.

Fortunately, I don't think we have ticks out here. And the spiders are mostly harmless, some sort of beautiful garden orb-weaver.

[livius drusus]

With a splash of Chambord. :homer:

Erm... The berries and ice cream, not the spiders. :shudder:

[Ensign Steve]

Serves: 4

1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup milk
2 cups fruit
3/4 cup sugar

Melt butter in 10-inch round baking dish. Mix flour, sugar and baking powder. Add milk and mix. Spoon over melted butter in dish. Heat the fruit with sugar. Pour over dough. Bake at 350° about 30 minutes until crust is golden brown. Crust will rise to the top around the edges.

Mommy used to make this all the time with the mutant apricots from our tree. Mmm!

[xyza]

I have spent the last 24 hours cleaning a flat that has some crawling guests ... It really wasn't a drama but when I found the kitchen sink full of black, smelly gunk I screamed that we needed to go straight back to Tesco because I needed Marigolds and a gas mask :verysick:

Damn, I've drunk out of cups from that kitchen, I'm bloody lucky to be alive :egad:

[livius drusus]

Yes, yes, but did you see :purr: ?

[SharonDee]

Yes, yes, but did you see :purr: ?
I did. But I thought the purple orb was slowly squashing a spider. Which, come to think of it, reflects the pleasure I take from squashing spiders and other crunchy critters.

[xyza]

Did I see a cat and a purple ball ??? :eh?:

No, I didn't :ffgiggle:

I did however see a live, running across the wall cockroach, that 'Mr couldn't harm another living creature, I'm vegetarian' let run off into the crack :doh:

[freemonkey]

y'know what else we don't have here in the bee-yu-tee-ful Pacific Northwest region of the USA?
.
.
.
.
.
.
Cockroaches.
.
Or those ultra-drama-inducing house centipedes.

[Ymir's blood]

Today on the spur of the moment, I left work early and drove to Hickory to do some shopping. Mostly I wanted to get to Michaels before the Halloween stuff got totally picked through. I also hit Barnes & Noble, Media Play and Best Buy. The total haul was an 18" resin skeleton; a small cemetery statuette; a coffin-shaped plastic box that I intend to refinish and repaint for storing odds and ends; volumes 2&3 of Invader Zim; Kaptain Kronos, Vampire Hunter; and an Echo & The Bunnymen CD. I also got a sore butt from being in the truck so long, but that doesn't count towards the haul - I drove the speed limit for most of the trip after all.

[Godless Dave]

Blackberry pie is the best use of blackberries.

[Ensign Steve]

... volumes 2&3 of Invader Zim

:cartwheel: Let me know once you've seen "Dark Harvest." That is by far my favorite episode.

[pescifish]

The total haul was an 18" resin skeleton...Post photos! Isn't this the "Show Us Your Skeletons!" thread?
http://www.pescifish.net/boneKnees/graduate+posse.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

That is the most bizaare Nativity setup I have ever seen!

[lisarea]

Post photos! Isn't this the "Show Us Your Skeletons!" thread?

Yes, Ma'am!

(See? Even though you guys all ignored my cool bike, I am not being all dramatic about it or anything. See? SEE?)

[Ymir's blood]

... volumes 2&3 of Invader Zim

:cartwheel: Let me know once you've seen "Dark Harvest." That is by far my favorite episode.
That was on the first disc, which was the one that came defective from Amazon. The replacement arrived last week but I didn't get around to checking it till today. It seems to be fine. (I think my DVD player is defective though, which doesn't help.)

Dark Harvest is great. :smore: :organ: :smore: :man:

So far, I've watched the first couple of episodes on volume two. Good stuff, especially the Gameslave 2 episode and the one with the mall security guard.

[Ymir's blood]

The total haul was an 18" resin skeleton...Post photos! Isn't this the "Show Us Your Skeletons!" thread?
This one isn't that nice. It's more of a 'SD' skeleton.

[Ymir's blood]

Post photos! Isn't this the "Show Us Your Skeletons!" thread?

Yes, Ma'am!
I see you've disarmed him. Good job.

(See? Even though you guys all ignored my cool bike, I am not being all dramatic about it or anything. See? SEE?)
I was too busy looking at the rat.

[viscousmemories]

I commented to liv about how cool the bike is, but forgot to post something.

Cool bike.

[lisarea]

I commented to liv about how cool the bike is, but forgot to post something.

Cool bike.

*sniff*

Thank you.

I made it.

By which, of course, I mean that I ordered the parts and put it together. And my brother the bike nerd helped some.

I took all the product logos off* because it's MINE. And I want to add that it's like twelve years old, so I had the curvy retro frame before they were cool. I also just took off the Santa Claus horn, because for some reason, when I have that on, people look at me.

Anyway, thank you for noticing that my bike is cool.

* I think there are still logos on the seat and the panniers, actually.

[freemonkey]

Post photos! Isn't this the "Show Us Your Skeletons!" thread?

Love the skeletons!

Here's my skeleton. He's almost as pretty as my bunny.

http://home.comcast.net/~freemonkey/guitar-bones.jpg

[LadyShea]

After I closed shop last night, 'round 5pm, we changed into our swimwear and drove to the beach. The Gulf has been very calm, no storms, so there were barely any breakers and the swells were gentle. Visibility was excellent and I could see the sandy bottom even 100 yards out.

There were some kind of fishies eating little krill or shrimps or something off the sand, and since walking disturbs the sand a bit, they would gather all around us eating the little critters, with no fear at all! We could touch them. The water was like 85 degrees, it was evening so the sun wasn't killing us, the beach we chose was all but empty. Fabulous time and made us crave more, so Frankie is signing us up for scuba lessons as I type this!

[Godless Dave]

My aunt turned me on to swimming in the evening. The water has been getting sunlight all day and since it cools more slowly than air it's nice and warm at 7 or 8 PM. ('Course, this was on a lake).

[LadyShea]

My aunt turned me on to swimming in the evening. The water has been getting sunlight all day and since it cools more slowly than air it's nice and warm at 7 or 8 PM. ('Course, this was on a lake).

It really is awesome, I loved it and plan to do it more often.

We swam until around 7:20 which was dusk, then went across the street and had Bushwackers and fried pineapples.

[livius drusus]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/images/chick.jpg

[Crumb]

Oh no... :deepsigh: Not another one of those threads.

[livius drusus]

:qnever:
:chicken:

:qjk:
:chicken:

[xyza]

I so want to know how long it took mooseIbe to get that high score in Alchemy, I've been playing for hours :yawning:

[Ensign Steve]

I don't know if it counts as drama, but if it does, it is "good" drama and anyway it is on topic.

I watched "The Offspring" today, which is the episode where Data makes the android "child," Lal. The end of it always gets me cuz I am a total sucker.

But here's the thing. I always think it's not going to get me, because it's all cliche and cookie-cutter and I've seen it a million times. Lal goes, "I love you, Father." And Data goes, "I wish I could feel it with you." Then Lal goes, "I will feel it for both of us."

:sarclap: Sweet, yes. But honestly, who didn't see that one coming? Once it gets to that point, I always feel like I've gotten past the hard part, and I am going to make it through the ep without losing it. Then Lal always sneaks up on me and goes, "Thank you for my life," and I turn into a blubbery mess.

Now I am watching "Yesterday's Enterprise" which has my uncle as the First Officer of the Enterprise C. The one AU Tasha has it for before she gets knocked up by that Romulan. This is also the first ep where Worf tries prune juice.

[livius drusus]

Your uncle eats pieces of shit for breakfast? That's way cool.

[Ymir's blood]

It rained pretty much all day at work. I wasn't going to stick around the project but my boss called and said someone from Traffic Services was coming to lay out the school pavement markings. This was at just after nine o'clock. So I waited and waited...

I went to get some coffee around ten. At the convenience store, someone recoiled from seeing me. They didn't say anything but it still cheered me up considerably. I went back to the project and started drawing (attached below) until lunchtime. At lunch, I went to the slightly less nasty McDonald's in Avery County where someone else seemed to take offense to my appearance and muttered something not quite clear. That cheered me up even more, which was good because the food was really not much better than going hungry.

After lunch, I finished the little drawing of the the whatsit and did the mushrooms*. Around two, the people I was waiting for showed up. They did their thing, spoke to me for a minute and then I returned to Boone and then home. I decided to take off tomorrow so it will be another three day weekend. Yay.

Since then, I've been watching Invader Zim. I hope to make some related smilies plus some for Nightmare Before Christmas this weekend.

* Edited to add that doing the mushrooms refers to the drawing. 'Shrooms have never done anything for me and I certainly wouldn't try them again sitting in a state owned vehicle parked across from a high school.

[livius drusus]

Your arid post-apocalyptic treescapes rule, Ymir's blood.

[Crumb]

I expected more skulls.

[Ymir's blood]

Your arid post-apocalyptic treescapes rule, Ymir's blood.
Well, thanks but they're really just supposed to be winter trees. :shiver:

I like drawing trunks more than leaves. The bleakness of winter is appealing as well.

I expected more skulls.
Use your imagination! :wink:

[livius drusus]

Winter trees would look great with skulls hanging from the branches like Christmas ornaments.

[Ymir's blood]

Winter trees would look great with skulls hanging from the branches like Christmas ornaments.
That would make a great decoration for my home! I'd need a lot of small skulls, plastic would be best for the weight factor, and a broken branch...

:boythink:

[livius drusus]

Make it so. :smskull:

[Ensign Steve]

I went to get some coffee around ten. At the convenience store, someone recoiled from seeing me. They didn't say anything but it still cheered me up considerably. I went back to the project and started drawing (attached below) until lunchtime. At lunch, I went to the slightly less nasty McDonald's in Avery County where someone else seemed to take offense to my appearance and muttered something not quite clear. That cheered me up even more, which was good because the food was really not much better than going hungry.

What about your appearance makes people recoil? Are you horribly disfigured or something?


Your uncle eats pieces of shit for breakfast? That's way cool.
:yup: Yes he does.

[livius drusus]

Your uncle eats pieces of shit for breakfast? That's way cool.
:yup: Yes he does.

:dancing:

[Ymir's blood]

I went to get some coffee around ten. At the convenience store, someone recoiled from seeing me. They didn't say anything but it still cheered me up considerably. I went back to the project and started drawing (attached below) until lunchtime. At lunch, I went to the slightly less nasty McDonald's in Avery County where someone else seemed to take offense to my appearance and muttered something not quite clear. That cheered me up even more, which was good because the food was really not much better than going hungry.

What about your appearance makes people recoil? Are you horribly disfigured or something?
It's probably the fact that my clothes are all black plus the Doc Martens boots. My hair is rather disordered as well. My apperance isn't really that weird, but this is a pretty backward area and some people are just intolerant.

It's the intolerance thing that makes me happy to bother them. If I actually wanted to dress to shock people, there are much better ways of doing it.

[pescifish]

So many skeletons! WhoohooO! :skell:

Yes, Ma'am!

(See? Even though you guys all ignored my cool bike, I am not being all dramatic about it or anything. See? SEE?)I didn't ignore your bike; me and the ROUS took it for a ride around the drainage pipe! :bikefall: Is that what happened to your guy's arm?
This one isn't that nice. It's more of a 'SD' skeleton.He's looks good hangin' around like that. I like the :skell: figure on the shelf.
Here's my skeleton. He's almost as pretty as my bunny.No kidding! He looks absolutely ready for dia de los Muertos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead)! He's wonderful, freemonkey -- where did you find him?

[lisarea]

Winter trees would look great with skulls hanging from the branches like Christmas ornaments.

Back in the old Forney's Transportation Museum, which was a museum of old cars and trains and stuff, in the basement they had this big model train setup, and you'd be looking at that, and then you'd turn around and say WTF? because of the life-sized wax replica of a blood-spattered Alferd Packer directly behind you, sitting next to a little flocked fake Christmas tree, draped with what appeared to be a spine and some intestines.

They had like bought out the contents of this old wax museum, see, and just kind of threw the stuff around among the cars and shit. So there'd be some random wax famous person propped up in a car or on a penny farthing bicycle or something, and sometimes, there'd be some period dress displayed on a headless mannequin, and then you'd find the head later sitting on the hood of a car or on a shelf next to the fish or whatever.

Because of oh, yeah, Dell Canty's Fish Museum was the other submuseum of Forney's: A museum of mounted fish that a guy named Dell Canty had caught. That was a whole separate room, with its own sign reading "Dell Canty's Fish Museum."

Anyway, fucking REI or whatever bought that whole building and made it all dumb with rock climbing walls and shit because they suck.

I hate REI or whatever. But in a totally cold, hard, calculating way, not dramatically or anything, in case you were trying to say THAT.

Anyway, I was just saying about the tree.

[Ymir's blood]

REI does sell some nice gloves, however. The pair I have are actually flexible enough to write with or allow me to get my car keys from the pockets of my pants without taking them off. They are quite warm as well.

[freemonkey]

Here's my skeleton. He's almost as pretty as my bunny.No kidding! He looks absolutely ready for dia de los Muertos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead)! He's wonderful, freemonkey -- where did you find him?
I got him back when I lived back near Chicago from some little gifty type shop. He certainly did not belong there, so I took him home with me. :smskull:

When I lived there I participated in a couple group dia de los Muertos art shows. So much fun.

[Ymir's blood]

A dia de los Muertos gift from pescifish to me.

[pescifish]

Hey! So that's the guy - I'd forgotten about him. What's he getting friendly all over there?The pair I have are actually flexible enough to write with or allow me to get my car keys from the pockets of my pants without taking them off. They are quite warm as well.That's good, 'cuz I bet it gets pretty cold in the winter if you have to take your pants off every time you need your keys.

[Ymir's blood]

:LMAO:

[Godless Dave]

'Shrooms have never done anything for me and I certainly wouldn't try them again sitting in a state owned vehicle parked across from a high school.

And that, sir, is the difference between you and me.

[livius drusus]

Shrooms rule. :shrooms:

[curses]

Shrooms rule. :shrooms:
They made for an interesting senior year in high school, that's for sure. *there's this story about the time we used 'shrooms as an ingredient in Foods class... :mischief:*

[livius drusus]

Must. Tell. Story. NOW! :wriggle:

[Crumb]

The picture I posted earlier in this thread (it is in the gallery too) is Mt Hood. The tallest mountain in Oregon, it is 11,235 ft. tall. It is a volcano that last erupted about 200 years ago. A year or two before the arrival of Lewis & Clark. Debris flow from the eruption is what led them to name one of the rivers that flow down its slopes the quicksand river. It is now simply called the Sandy river even though it isn't particularly sandy.

:teacher:

ETA: I live less than forty miles from Mt. Hood, so I eagerly await its next eruption. :scared:

[godfry n. glad]

The picture I posted earlier in this thread (it is in the gallery too) is Mt Hood. The tallest mountain in Oregon, it is 11,235 ft. tall. It is a volcano that last erupted about 200 years ago. A year or two before the arrival of Lewis & Clark. Debris flow from the eruption is what led them to name one of the rivers that flow down its slopes the quicksand river. It is now simply called the Sandy river even though it isn't particularly sandy.

:teacher:

ETA: I live less than forty miles from Mt. Hood, so I eagerly await its next eruption. :scared:

Yeah, right...

Portland's water supply is on the northwest slopes of Mt. Hood. :scared:

[Crumb]

Oops maybe that's too much drama. Oh well. :shrug: It's a dangerous world we live in godfry. We are also due for a big earthquake around here.

[xyza]

This is not a drama it's a crisis ... My chocolate digestives melted and now I have a long row of them all stuck together and they crumble when I try to seperate them :crybaby2:

[livius drusus]

Your only choice is to open as wide as possible and shove the whole big melty lump in there. Your digestion is bound to rock after that.

[xyza]

You mean deep throat the chocolate digestives ??? :yikes:

Mind you I guess they would taste better than the other :naughty: :giggle:

[pescifish]

On Thursday, we had our semi-regular Girl's Day Out in the beautiful mountain city of Tehachapi, CA. I found some simple ceramic bowls in an local art gallery. The photo doesn't do justice to the details of the pottery or the glaze; the green graphics on the light bottoms are in grooves cut into the clay, the circle of the foot of each bowl has two notches (the artist says it helps cut down condensation and the bowl sticking to smooth surfaces, but I think it looks neat, too), the drippy green on the bottom of the large bowl are actual thick drips making for interesting texture.

And if that isn't cool enough, by the time we were leaving the gallery, an Every Thursday street farmers market had been set up, where I bought those heirloom tomatoes (and a couple others that have been eaten already) at $1.25 a pound, hand picked that morning by the father/daughter team who sold them to me.

[livius drusus]

Oh my yummy yummy God. Those look absolutely gorgeous, pesci. Both the bowls and the tomatoes. :homdrool:

[pescifish]

It's too bad I ate the two ugliest ones -- the deep purple and the lime green ones would have been awesome in that bowl.

[livius drusus]

That's the stuff that still-lifes are made of. :bow:

[Skep]

My sister would probably kill you for those bowls. :D

[Ymir's blood]

Those bowls mentally transport me through time to Ancient Greece for some reason. Sort of a temporal bowl movement.

[pescifish]

My sister would probably kill you for those bowls. :DThe artist was practically giving them away, too: I got all four for less than $50!

The most wonderful thing of the day, however, was when I complimented the woman running the gallery on two very unique diamond rings she was wearing. I guess she could sense my genuine interest and admitted that she had her favorite diamond jewelry piece with her (something about something her husband was doing with their safe at home...).

Her rings had caught my eye because the diamonds were slightly off-white and sparkled in yellows, gold and red. She explained that she prefers the natural colored diamonds to the colorless. The ring she pulled out of her purse had a very large (probably 4-5 carat) emerald cut natural cinnamon diamond. More red than the fairly common champagne colored diamonds, this was an example of true art of nature.

The gallery had only lameass flourescent lights so she encouraged me to take the ring outside in the midday sunlight! Oh my goodness, that thing burst out with so many colors it was absolutely mesmerizing. I told her experiencing that truly made my day.

[koan]

I've thrown mushrooms out because I suddenly realized they were poisonous. I would try to make a tea and just couldn't do it anymore. Then I kicked myself for days because I threw them out. But I know if I hadn't I would just keep looking at them and not be able to use them. Then again, maybe it was a terrible waste.

I'm much better now. But the mushrooms are gone. :byecry:

[pescifish]

Sort of a temporal bowl movement.:q?:
:toiletdance:



:giggle:

[Corona688]

What...Fungal Toxin Tea? I'll pass, thanks.

[xyza]

It was possibly a good idea you threw them out, anyone could've used them thinking they were good to eat after all.

[xyza]

The men of the house can now pee using both hands to direct the flow :think:
I fixed the toilet seat so they don't need to use one hand to hold it up anymore :potty:

[livius drusus]

Everyone within touching distance of any of the surfaces in that bathroom thanks you, I'm sure of it.

[Crumb]

The men of the house can now pee using both hands to direct the flow :think:
I fixed the toilet seat so they don't need to use one hand to hold it up anymore :potty:
You are a goddess among women. :bow:

[pescifish]

Just because they can now, doesn't mean they will, does it?

[Veritas]

The men of the house can now pee using both hands to direct the flow :think:
I fixed the toilet seat so they don't need to use one hand to hold it up anymore :potty:
You are a goddess among women. :bow:

She's great in the sack, too. :bow:

[xyza]

I do look great in whatever I'm wearing, even a sack, thank you Peaches for that lovely compliment :giggle:

[xyza]

I electrified myself the other day when cleaning my boyfriends kitchen, strange I've only just remembered :ffconf:

[livius drusus]

You clean his kitchen, you fix his toilet seat... That dude better be worth it. :kisshand:

ETA: Just because the Simpsons always have something positive to add.

[xyza]

Not his toilet, I fixed one in my house ... His had coakroaches, I sleep there too. :worry:

[livius drusus]

Roaches suck. I don't want to be all :dramaq: about it, but I really hate cockroaches.

[Veritas]

You clean his kitchen, you fix his toilet seat... That dude better be worth it. :kisshand:

He's got a huge cock. I set fire to it once for a bet and even with 50% burnt off you could still use it to lasso a stallion. :bow:

[livius drusus]

You're just saying that cause you know I like the burnt bits.

[Veritas]

You truly are warped in the head. You could join my club. You get special badges 'n' stuff. There's a special handshake and new members have to wear their knickers on their head for three weeks and only say the word "Wibble."

[Leesifer]

Don't you have to put pencils up your nose as well?

[livius drusus]

Pengvin.

[curses]

Must. Tell. Story. NOW! :wriggle:
*a bit of backstory*
Ok, every high school student in the state of Georgia is required to take Home Economics or Foods. I suck at sewing, so Foods it was. The class was spring quarter, last period of the day. Perfect! A slack class! The teacher I was assigned was this little bitty woman, you could scarcely imagine her drinking, much less doing an hallucinogenic drug.

Now, each class composed of larger groups, since there were only so many "kitchens" to go around. I was in a group with several of my good friends. We had this nasty habit of negatively influencing one another. On one particular Monday, when the assignment was handed out, we discovered that pizza was next on the menu. Fast forward two days. One of my friends, Beth* I think, said she had a grrrreat idea for a topping. Mushrooms! Not regular ones, but magic ones. Did this sound like a fantastic idea to a group of 18 year olds? You bet!

Friday rolls around, and it's time to make the pizza. We roll out the pizza dough and arrange our toppings. Beth pulls out a jar. Full of honey...and mushrooms? Eew. We were assured it was to hide the taste of the mushrooms. OK. On to the pizza it goes. Of course, such a strange concoction has garnered the interest of none other than our illustrious teacher, who says she can't WAIT to try our pizza.

Can you see where this is headed?

Oh shit, we're SO busted. And so close to graduation, too. Timer goes off, pizza is pulled out of the oven. we cut it up and quickly devour a few slices. This particular pizza ranks in the top 5 most vile things I've ever tasted. Teacher comes over to claim her piece. She makes a strange face after she takes a bite, but manages to finish the whole slice. A few other groups had figured out what we were up to and were snickering at us. TAG teachers came in an finished the rest of the pizza off. Fuck. One teacher was bad enough, but 4 was just comical.

Twenty or so minutes pass, and nothing happens. A bit disappointed, I decide to go to the restroom. On the way there, the hallway did the most peculiar twisty thing. I was now walking on the walls as opposed to the floor. It didn't last long, and I don't know how much of the trip was me expecting something strange to happen. We were all a bit let down by the after effects, but what can you expect when we only got to eat one slice?

Poor teacher let us go early citing an upset tummy. Never heard whether the TAG teachers figured anything out or not, but we were never reprimanded. We vowed next time to use more mushrooms. God we had some stupid ideas.

Sorry that the story is a bit anti climactic, but that's how it goes. It's probably a good thing, in retrospect.

*Name would have been changed if any of us were actually innocent.

[livius drusus]

Oh man, I'm gagging even as I type. You basically made cowshit pizzas and fed them to half the staff. Naughty, naughty minus. :dielaugh:

[Ymir's blood]

Today was rather uneventful yet managed to pass swiftly nonetheless. Apart from boring work related stuff, I listened to music, drew a bit and that's about it. Now I'm tired. :yawn: