Warning: Some Violence and Much Strong Language.SHE WROTE: Did You Bring Your Towel?
The server for our website went down and took the blog with it. Now it's back again. Panic over. I assume you all had flashlights, plenty of chocolate, bottled water, batteries, and of course, your towel. (Did you know Douglas Adams was cremated with his?)
Everything's okay now. Resume whatever you were doing.
Why do I have this picture in my head of the lights coming back on and Cherry Bombs being caught in various disreputable poses? Like eating out of the refrigerator or dancing in your underwear? To "Freebird." Bleah.
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Oh Man! Finally back up! I was starting to feel like my computer was in on a conspiracy to ruin my day. Some on JCF were saying they were able to see the blog last night but when I checked this morning all I saw was GAM? I can now breathe easy and my day will be a good one.
P.S. My word verification is just too long to even consider a possibility.
Listen, when it's this hot, it makes SENSE to dance in one's underwear. Maybe it's only disreputable if it's white cotton, à la Min's mom. But probably more comfortable, too.
wkysc: wise, knowledgeable yeti seldom charge
Oh, Jenny you have no idea what we've been up to, do you? Go back to mid-June if you really must know, but be warned that it may scar you for life. Poor baby.
Prepare your E&E plan first, though. Just in case you get stuck there. Oh, and bring your own chocolate. We're hoarding our own hard won stash in case of future emergencies.
bw
i wasn't doin nothin. i swear.
Why do I have this picture in my head of the lights coming back on and Cherry Bombs being caught in various dis"reputable poses?"
Sometimes a healthy imagination really isn't a desirable thing. **wipes chocolate from various locations**
OMG Douglas Adams was cremated? Where have I been?? (No, not dancing in front of my refrigerator in my underwear...except...um...very occasionally)
All of us have guilty looks because we all think we were the one who broke BLOGGER. So we were FORCED to go eat ice cream in our shame.
I was just reading DLD again with my flashlight, honest.
Hmmm, no one wants to see me dancing in my granny thongs! I know, TMI, but I still can't get over that one.
And now my neigbors stopped by (actually, their only ten feet away), but they brought Ding Dongs, ho ho's and twinkies. Their grand kids were visiting and didn't eat them all so they thought my kids would like them. Well, my kids can have the twinkies, I hid the ding dongs and spilt the ho ho's with them.
So turn off the lights, crank up freebird and get out those granny thongs!
"He's on the dance floor yelling freebird, he signing off key, but he knows every word....Billy's got his beer goggles on!"
dolwxwh - darling otter loves watching xaivier wiggle hotdogs
Blogger really hates me today
qboquwnl - nope, sorry not touching that one.
Gina Black said: OMG Douglas Adams was cremated? Where have I been??
Surely you don't mean that you didn't know he was dead? He died in 2001, at the shockingly early age of 49. He had a fatal heart attack while working out in a gym: exercise is a dangerous thing.
Jenny how come you came into my kitchen and didn't let me know you were there? Did the lack of clothes and the black eye patch scare you? Scares DH! /;)
I got so lost. I wasn't smart enough to comment on the June 16 site. I just whined because the server was down. It took me a day and a half to figure out that if I typed in your last post and hit Search this Blog I would get it.
Don't let server do this again. Although DH got Godiva Dark Chocolate (from me) for his birthday he wasn't sharing so I am not only J&B deprived but chocolate depraved too.
gree nvxgvto
Not vegetarian, Xavier gives Vito T-bone orders.
Nope blue umdhzk
Usually Mayer desires his zesty killers.
Actually it was kind of fun living in the past. BCB was gearing up for a mythic journey, Glamour-Geek was setting up her rock-climbing wall next to her shoe store, and I'd just gotten the ice rink looking nice. (And let me tell you, watching intrepid CBs trying to scale a rock wall wearing 4-inch heels was an event in itself ;)
ufccdlld
Upward fellow climbers cheer: "Don't like looking down"
scope dope: Tell your DH that he is risking his GAM status by refusing to share Godiva Dark Chocolate, gift or not. That should do it.
bw
SDCB - I can't believe you DH refuses to share! that is so not right. Tell him no GAM status if he doesn't share (then send some my way, my mother eat all mine!)
papvavo pap vav o
As far as what happens when the lights are off - it's all about plausible deniability.
*flicks her Bic*
Freebird!
Sheesh! You guys had all the fun! I was left at the last blog on comment #26 and that was it. I didn't get to time-travel. Waaahhhh!
Just came back from reading the Gam blog, some great stuff over there. Very creative.
Comment for the writers, especially those going to Nationals in a couple of weeks and pitching to an agent or editor. There was an article in the L.A. Times magazine today on pitching, The Rules of Hollywood, by Fred Rubin:
As unpredictable as an armored car heist, and sometimes as profitable, pitching is a caper that requires the combined skills of a professor, prostitute, stand-up comedian, negotiator, vacuum cleaner salesman, magician, psychologist and Wal-Mart greeter.
So ... Cherry Bombs ...I think we've got it covered. (grin) He continues:
In my years of honing those skills I have developed some key components to the optimal pitch that I call the four O's of Pitching -- Optimism, Observation, Options and Opportunity. Of all these, I tell my students, learning to recognize and grab an opportunity is the most important.
Good luck to us all, eh?
rg
onrkwited love
One cannot dance to Freebird.
Air guitar, however, is compulsory.
peeking, she rocks kicking xrays, jigitty gig.
camilavonswope - "One cannont dance to Freebird."
sorry, I beg to differ. Back in the day at good old Camp Chingachgook, we did a lot of dancing to Freebird. It was kind of weird, non specific, movement with arms overhead waving as if at a concert, but we were on the dance floor and you couldn't get through a single dance without that song being played.
I was ridiculous enough to actually email J&B to tell them we broke blogger. I watched History of Violence last night and laughed throught outt much of it. I could hear Bob yelling all the wya through and it just tickled me in ways the director never intended. Oh well, I enjoyed the experience. Nothing a well placed Moot couldn't fix.
But if we still have to right click to reload the page does that mean blogger is still broken.
Did you know May 25 is Bring your Towel to work Day in honor of Douglas Adams? I found out on the 26th : (Next year. ust find a cherry towel.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEE!
and christina, i hope the traveling went ok.
BTW Jenny who was in my kitchen when I was dancing nude with eyepatch (is that still nude?)I was dancing to Perry Como's "Round and Round" or was it "Catch a Falling Star"? Hmm! Can't remember.
reuyyoph green skinny leaning
re: Unshaven Yankee youngsters. Oprah prefers hair. (so you're okay)
The Italians are celebrating up and down our street with horns blaring and fireworks popping. Dog is in the bathtub again.
Meant to tell Jenny that it wasn't "Freebird" I was dancing to but the two tunes I mentioned. Don't know "Freebird" still back in another dimension.
cherry magic sheryl Tony is in 9th.
blue txgvutlq
Took Xavier gliding virtually under the last quilt.
Ok, Jupiter jen, tell me you had lit lighters in your hand and I can see it!!!!!
dweebs think sarcasm is simple!
Camilavonswope - sigh, I wish I could tell you had lighters in hand, but since the campers weren't supposed to um, play with fire, and well, the counselors and staff memembers were um, supposed to set a good example, well, we just pretended. But really, we were dancing.
I have Freebird on my ipod and I've been listening to it today for inspiration. Funny, I have it play then switch to Billy's got his beer googles on, which mentions freebird, then Sweet Home Alamaba, then right to Taquila makes her clothes fall off. Boy, I've really got issues.
Okay, it looks like rain, so I must move inside. Besides, I need to mow the lawn. Geez, why does life things have to get in the way of my blogging!
Oh SDCB - Only an eyepatch? yes, you were still naked.
i would dance naked in the kitchen but a) rather not have a family member see me (it would scar us both) and b) rather not give the golfers (i live across a couple of holes) a show.
i do, however, enjoy swimming naked. very freeing. but only at night. too many helicoptors and other things during the day. including neighbors. and their small children. again, i want to prevent as much scarring as possible.
does this fall under TMI?
tylnu: trust your little nothing umbrella (in the rain)
What were we up to? Oh, it was a blast from the past. Fortunately we found your notes on chaos theory and quantum mechanics and figured out how to get the universe started again. Blogger, of course, will take all the credit.
Oh, OH - please no naked swimming at night. Remember the opening scene of Jaws? Geez, that did scare me for life.
I once saw my father naked in the kitchen. No lights on, but the he had the refigerator opened and he was getting a beer. He closed the door, patted me on the head and told me to go back to bed. Which I did and we never spoke of it again. Of course I was only maybe seven or so. I told my brother about it and talking about scaring someone for life - geez, he told me all about the birds and the bees.
Talk about TMI - my DH walks in his sleep. After he scared my poor mother one night (yes, he was naked), I made him sleep in his undies (no they are not pink). I have two kids who walk in their sleep and younges one has been having nightmares lately. Last night he said the "pike" in the lake were trying to eat him. I think he watched Jaws with the older kids. See, that movie is just bad!
On to one more subject. I finished the lawn, and it didn't rain, so here I sit looking out over the lake (where jaws lives). Anyway, Bob must be rubbing off on me because there is a parasailer in my little cove on my little finger lake. I had this bizzare thought (after seeing jaws 2 this after noon where the kids is dangling fron the jib sale on the sail boat before jaws eats the skier and blows up the boat driver). Anyway, this random thought was what if I shot holes in the parasail (girl is screaming her bloody lungs out, driving me nuts). What would happen if I did that? Would she plummet into the waters and would Jaws acttually show up.
I think the seaweed has gone to my head.
siegn - sing ingoramous even going nowhere.
RG: Enjoyed your quotes from Fred Rubin (who is???). Are you actually planning to SPEAK to an Editor? Gasp. Gasp, again. Because I've heard they're rather skittish, delicate and, um, quite fragile creatures. They are easily frightened, so do be careful.
You know, before joining RWA I would have said that editors were probably a friendly, chatty bunch, eager to meet new writers with unpublished work that might help catapult them and their company to fame and fortune. But no. I've heard that is not the case.
I never knew that an unpublished, unagented writer was considered to be such a horrific creature. But apparently we send Editors into a blind panic.
My advice (keep in mind I have never personally even seen one of these elusive beings): If you are talking to another writer about your work and your aspirations for publication and an editor walks into hearing, stop talking immediately. Do not make eye contact. Do not smile, except in a vague "can you point me to the nearest restroom" sort of way. Do not ever, under any circumstances, take a deep breath as if to speak while in the presence of one of these creatures. They have been known to run straight through solid walls in their attempt to flee. If you manage to capture one, their tolerance for close contact is only about five minutes, so be concise.
Yes, I can see why Rubin, unknown wise man that he is, says the process is "As unpredictable as an armored car heist..."
Someone could get hurt. You are a brave woman.
I'll be in the bar or the hot tub, avoiding editors and the like, if you want to commiserate over your unintended brutality once you're done pitching an editor into the nearest wall. WTH, I'll even buy you a drink for your show of courage.
bw
I wasn't doing anything wrong, honest ;)while the blog was down. But I was worried when I couldn't get my blog fix.
We got up to 307 posts back there in the blogger past. Is that a record?
Lori, good job with those chocolate - I'm sure they made all the difference. Especially the Dove Dark.
OH: Its the people who don't come to the party who get sacrificed.
Mary: no climbing in 4" heels! They don't provide good traction and the walls scuff the heels.
But it puts me in mind of a very interesting shoe store: one could sell fashionable heels and flats, flip flogs (for the cherrybombs) and climbing shoes. Hell, we could even throw in cleats and tennis shoes and rollerblades for people into sports that require those. Footwear of all kinds, everywhere!
Hm. Though perhaps hard to keep in stock and not actually a profit-making business. Oh well, details, details...
Profit? G-G I'm ashamed. How dare you let your reality intrude upon my fantasy. The way I see it there will be every kind of shoe imaginable, but only one or two pairs, that way we're not all walking around in the same shoes. And through Cherry Bomb magic the size in stock is always the size needed. And this shoe store will also have a bar in one corner. It will be well stocked with a variety of dark chocolate, chocolate liquer, margaritas, and other beverages of Cherry Bomb choice. For those for whom shoes are merely something to keep the concrete from burning your tootsies the other corner will have a well stocked newstand that will carry some books. And even though when you glance over it only looks like a few dozen titles, it won't matter because whatever you're looking for will appear on the shelves.
Now, I'm going to go get a few more boxes packed for the move and work on making my fantasy come to life.
conscripted: LOVE IT! Sorry for interjecting any practicality there. So unlike me. :)
I always wanted a 4-dimensional bookcase. Because sometimes you want things sorted by topic, sometimes by author, sometimes by some other criterion. 4-dimensions gives you time, so the organization could change based on when you were looking.
I'm still re-reading WTT and having a lovely time.
Hey BCB:
I believe Fred Rubin is a screenwriter/producer, he is on the teaching staff of the UCLA and USC film departments. I just liked his article and it was quite timely so I sent it off in it's entirety to my chapter members as well.
"Yes," she says sucking in her gut, (grin) "I am going to meet with both an agent and an editor."
Personally, I've never had an awful conversation with any of them, well, bar one way back when I was a virgin writer, she scared me half to death. I've sat in bars and talked with them and had very enjoyable times.
I never pitch if it's social. Unless of course they ask me to. I think they get so brain dead after those sessions and just want to kick back and not talk shop. I remember sitting with one guy and talking for hours about the L.A. Kings and the Lakers and our different travels around the world.
Pitching your story is easy, I perfected the art at the GAM's retreat. He taught me how to use the concept of the original idea. You write it into one sentence. Once you know that, it ties into your opening for your synopsis, your back cover blurb, your query letter, your pitch. Everything. And you practice it until it becomes second nature.
He says and I quote:
"The original idea is the foundation. It's the one sentence beginning. Then you have to figure out how you are going to tell that idea. That's the story. It's the building that goes on top of the foundation."
Smart guy our GAM. I think we should keep him.
rg
pthsri (a cousin of Pffft.)
Speaking of chocolate as we always are, I liked a liqeur I found in Germany called Vandermint. It tasted like chocolate mint and I loved it. I found it here a few times but somehow it just didn't taste the same. I think they have to water down the alcohol content or something. Cologne girl have you ever tried it?
On the other comments, those long in the past, in that other dimension, margarita cherrybomb suggested that the fact we had to be in the past was jupitor jen's fault because of "Lake House" and JJ being at the lake. I saw it and liked it but JJ can have the blame for the problem. Dee found it, "Lake House, too confusing so we can't blame her for what has happened.
JJ didn't you go to your meeting this weekend? Did I misunderstand that it was this weekend? Oh dear, whatever can I do? If Lani went and you didn't and you live in different cities...I feel like the White Rabbit in "Alice in Wonderland".
green fat guys nsjoit
No sense Jenny only injoying this. Cheating is allowed.
Going back in time was fun so I did it again ... all the way back to January. Remember January? Good stuff back then. We meet him and her together for the first time, there are 13 foot alligators, we first meet Moot and the poker playing clams, Jenny plays pool, Agnes is on the horizon ...
And it was funny all over again.
Psst... RG? You know that was sarcasm, right? Heavy duty, tongue firmly in cheek sarcasm?
[I was writing this while you were were writing that, but I'm going to post it anyway for those who still don't understand my sense of humour. Such as it is.]
Your reaction is supposed to be: Oh c'mon, editors are just people, too. To which I will say: Exactly.
And yet you are busy memorizing the strategy with the four O's (I know you are) and JJen has spent all weekend at the lake practicing her pitch and RSS is planning to spend the whole conference in the corner not talking to anyone.
Do you guys read the dedication thing at the front of books? You know, where the author says: With grateful thanks to my wonderful and patient and wonderful and helpful and wonderful editor without whose wonderful help I never would have even written this book. Yeah, that thing.
And while it is true that to my knowledge I have never seen an editor let alone met one, I'm willing to bet they are wonderful people, just like you, who by some strange coincidence want exactly the same thing you want. To publish books that sell like chocolate. And like shoes, if we are to believe SOME people on this blog.
So will you all please just relax? Next thing you know Dee will be in the bathroom getting sick again. And I'll have to resort to even more outrageous behaviour to distract you all. And frankly, I'm running out of ideas here.
Now agents, though, are another thing entirely. They are sharks who will eat you for a mid-day snack as soon as look at you. Which I've been told is a good thing.
bw
G-G: I love the 4 dimensional bookcase idea. One of the demensions should be what you remember the book by, which often has nothing to do with the title or author. Like "the book where the dog goes in and out the kitchen window" or "where they go to Australia and find aliens." It would save me a lot of time browsing thru the blurbs.
RG said ... "Yes," she says sucking in her gut, (grin) "I am going to meet with both an agent and an editor."
You GO, girl!
rzmrb: Remember zees: More rum (is) better. (but not as good as tequila)
Oh, BCB, you reminded me of something I've been meaning to ask Jenny. Okay class, everyone go get their copy of "Welcome To Temptation" and open to the acknowledgments. First Jenny thanks Meg for keeping her book out of the erotic fiction section and then goes on to thank those who taught her to play pool, make porn, hide money, *almost* kill someone, electrocute people and get away with all of the above.
But - she doesn't say who taught her the Dempsey scam routine.
I shouldn't admit to this, but I have tried the 5-step Dempsey plan for a very minor thing (because, generally, I forget things like that) and it did work. Then again, it was with a guy I was dating and there's a chance I might have gotten what I wanted anyway (no, not that. Jeez.), scam or not.
I should try that again sometime, though. For kicks.
Took Old Friend for Chinese for lunch today and got a fantastic fortune: Your troubles will cease and fortune will smile upon you.
My mother says they only come true if you eat the whole cookie. Be assured, I ate the whole damned cookie.
JJ: here's something that freaked ME out (i don't really worry my chlorine filled pool will be shark infested, my neighbors don't dislike me). i was watching a commercial for the news when i was about ten and they said something about a snake coming up through the drain and biting some kid on the toilet. couldn't even watch the show. spent several months trying to finish my business very quickly.
rg: that's what they taught me in film classes. you have to hook the person with one line, explaining your story and it's coolness and why they should give you money. we had a class practicing it once. i was good. (says modest me...and my teacher, i think).
BCB: i LOVE dedications. Jenny's are very funny. i also like the notes that go "any errors are their [the experts] fault and this author takes no blame." things like that.
Davy's scam: i love this. and it works. NLP (neuro linguistic programming) teaches you the basics of the scam. maybe Jenny took NLP training.
SDCB - Yes, i went to my meeting, but sigh, Lani couldn't make it. She's sending me my little gift. I so can't wait to get it. She promised me she'd send it this week. I've already bugged her about twice. I blogged you too.
OH - Laughed my butt of about the snake! My brother put a frong in the toliet once. This time he didn't get me, but my older sister. She'd had a little too much to drink, and well, instead of her butt going to the seat, it was her face and while she was heaving, the frog leaped up at her. The next morning, while my brother and I made all sorts of noises and tried to hint to our parents that the perfect child had been drunk, she told us about this wild dream she had about her prince charming being in the toliet. It was classic.
Living with my brother for all those years, I always learned, never turn your back on him and always look before you sit.
FYI - not that anyone cares, but I'm home for the week. We go back to the lake on Thursday. Dang kids. One has hockey, the other has lacrosse and the middle one has golf. It never ends. I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I wish the eldest was old enough to drive. Okay, so not really, but it would help.
Also, right before we left, the lights at the lake went out. Very weird, I couldn't figure out what happened, because all the neighbors lights were still on. Just as I went to the fuse box, all the lights flickered back on. Weird. I think blogger was trying to beam me somewhere.
McB said...Lori, good job with those chocolate - I'm sure they made all the difference. Especially the Dove Dark.
Thanks McB. I like to think I contributed to the cause, but it's really nice of you to notice. BTW- The comments about beautiful men in May got up to 323, so not quite a record.
G-G & CC: Brilliant! I'm sold. Put me to work.(As long as shoes are a part of my benefit package of course.)
JJ said...Living with my brother for all those years, I always learned, never turn your back on him and always look before you sit.
Amen and Amen. Don't forget: when they tell you to come look, don't. I've seen entirely too many weird colored boogers, ginormous bugs, and naked brother butts in my lifetime.
ksolux: A cleaning aid?
JupiterJen: I sat on a cane toad in an ouside toilet on a sugar cane farm in Northern Queensland many years ago. Had chills up and down my spine for days afterward. Uuuugh! Gross. Never went to the loo at night after that without a torch ( that's Aus. for flashlight.)
BCB: Sarcasm? Oh, never did get the American sarcasm or humor, I have to work at it. My ex told me I didn't have a sense of humor. I understand the British though.
So, I stand guilty, I always take everything so seriously, sorry. My major downfall. And then I went and gave you pointers on pitching ... how funny, eh? Oh well, maybe someone else got something out of it. Hah!
I do need to lighten up and get a life that isn't all about writing, even though I had a fabulous writing weekend, and I love my WIP. I'm having such fun writing this hero.
rg
itoacwkd It's awkward (speaking with a mouth full of ice cream)
re: eating out of the refrigerator
or dancing in your underwear? To "Freebird."
...With a Bic.
...In someone else's underwear.
!
PS: and ate the last of the Java Ripple.
...that was in the icebox
...that you were saving for breakfast
Forgive me
it was delicious
so sweet
and so cold
RG: Hey, no worries. More than half the American population doesn't get my humour, if past experience is any indication. I keep doing it anyway. Just didn't want everyone to think I was serious about the whole delicate, fragile creatures thing. I think that more accurately describes most writers.
But I've got to tell you, if I do happen to meet an editor in Atlanta, I'm going to have to take a big deep breath, just to see what happens.
BTW, I thought your pitching pointers were very good. Someday when I work up the nerve and have a completed ms, I'll remember them. ;-)
bw
Ugh Robena - a cane toad. OMG, they are the ugliest creatures in the world. You just know if you were altered enough and in desperation kissed one of them you're gonna get a seriously ugly faux prince with no money, no charm and lousy in bed. I think that experinece would make me constipated for life.
Well I didn't even know blogger was down thanks to a run of night duty. But when I logged on just now and saw so few comments after a 2 day absence I just knew something had gone wrong. So I missed the dancing naked in the dark eating chocolate party :-(
God I hate night duty!!!!!
hocahvo - hey only cherries are hot, vibrant (and) orgasmic
JJ: Jaws (the movie) made you scared and the snake (real life) made you laugh? sometimes i wonder what your drinking at that lake house...your brother sounds like a great one for April Fool's Day.
lori said "I've seen entirely too many weird colored boogers, ginormous bugs, and naked brother butts in my lifetime."
you think you saw brothers naked butts? excuse me, i have been scarred by the number of times i saw my brother's naked behind. he got great joy in going in front of the TV and flashing me so i would leave and he could watch his shows. i'd leave...but first i'd screw up the TV so he couldn't watch anything either (i am the queen of electronics in my house, and he...well, the kindest thing to say is he isn't).
BCB: that's me. i can get heavy with the sarcasm and no one realizes what i'm doing. sometimes i worry about what they think i am serious about.
DUG said "hocahvo - hey only cherries are hot, vibrant (and) orgasmic"
cool. learn something new about yourself every day. :)
hey dee, you survived your b-day, right?
red: odwnot: on dames watch, night opens time.
(am i poetic or what?)
orangehands said... (i live across a couple of holes)
Ah, good! You're in training to be a Mole's maid.
Glamour-Geek: As Terry Pratchett said, "A good bookstore is just a black hole that knows how to read."
pvinzurf -- Crown Prince of Aphasia, turned into a cane toad and just waiting for some CherryBomb to be drunk enough to kiss him
jpcmnrlc -- Jenny, please cut my nice red, long curls.
Dont do it cherrybombs...those cane toads just aren't worth it ;-)
Trust me, there isn't enough alcohol in the world.....
zgqzf - zo go quickly, ziggy. Fast!
BCB - when do you get into Atlanta? I arrive on Tuedsay evening. And I love your humor! You make me smile. :)
What is it with boys/men and butts anyway? My brother always got a kick out of "mooning" anyone. Met DH at the whapping age of 18 and he mooned to his hearts content. Weird, I mean butts are just "butt-ugly".
And now the favorite saying in my house is "Say no to crack." This is me and my daughter talking to my two boys who let thier pants hang down showing off the "butt crack". The boys laugh hysterically and usually drop their draws and do a little waggle. I don't get it. It's stupid. So why do I laugh?
RG - Oh, no! That would totally freak me out. Ugly toad!
OH - as far as Jaws (not real) snake (real) thing goes, lets just say that this morning when I went to use the toliet, I checked. Yeah, I know I'm pathetic, but if my boys ever got such an idea, they'd be digging up the gardner snakes and shoving them in the toliet just for a laugh.
April fools day is not a pleasant experience. Two years ago my DH called me from a writer's conference and told me he totaled his brand-new car. At least he said no one was hurt, but he wanted me to come home because he said he'd been driving "too fast" and well, he was in trouble. Since I know how the man drives, I believed him. I sat down to have breakfast, and tell everyone that I was going to have to leave when someone mentioned to me it was April fools. I called my husband back about an hour later and told him I was on my way home. He laughed and said I better turn around, I didn't laugh, called him a few names and told him I was staying an extra day. He got the idea from my dear brother! Men, you can't live with them and you can't shoot them.
You know, growing up with three sisters I always wanted to have an older brother (mostly because I assumed he'd have drop dead gorgeous friends who would find me irresistable), but I'm starting to think I was really, really fortunate. Then again, I was the one in the family who had a pet snake I "rescued" from the park, and then there were those salamander races across the kitchen floor. They were so wonderfully cool and slimy (the salamanders, not my mom's floor.)
JJen: I'm arriving Tuesday also (in time for the person with whom I am riding to have dinner with her [gasp] editor). Sort of vague on times at the moment. You know me, I just go where I'm told, when I'm told. Ever obedient.
bw
SDCB, you really made me curious for that Vandermint stuff because I had never heard of it - and there isn't much liquor out there which hasn't made me sick some time or other. So I googled it and it's Dutch. There was a recipe for a cocktail called "Siberian Dutchman" and it goes like this:
1 shot Vandermint® chocolate mint liqueur
1 shot vodka
1 shot Kahlua® coffee liqueur
1 splash cream
1 glass coffee
Mix together and pour over ice. Makes you forget you ever had an eyepatch, I guess. But a nice variant of a dutch treat.
Douglas Adams was cremated with his flashlight??--he was a Brit, he didn't have a flashlight he had a torch :) Sorry. I know, the towel, I get it. I even get DA.
And regarding previous post--Dixie Chicks have a new albumn out??? How did I miss this and thank goodness for this blog because it keeps me straight (Brit straight, not American straight). I need coffee except I don't drink coffee! Sorry, mom with young kids having a nervous breakdown here :)
OH said...you think you saw brothers naked butts? excuse me, i have been scarred by the number of times i saw my brother's naked behind.
Dear, I believe you've been scarred yes, but have you forgotten I have three naked brother butts that jump into my line of vision at any given moment? When we were younger, they would plan ahead to do the synchronized dropping of the pants, the wave drop (one right after another) and many more delightful variations. Then there was that time we had to drive by a guy three times, so they each had a chance to flash the full moon. I crouched on the floor of the car and prayed nobody saw me.
BCB said...I always wanted to have an older brother (mostly because I assumed he'd have drop dead gorgeous friends who would find me irresistible), but I'm starting to think I was really, really fortunate.
Much as I complain, life with three sisters? *shudder* Having to fight for bathroom time, people stealing my shoes, and nobody to kill the big, hairy bug. I got enough of that life my year in the dorms. (BTW- could be the 'sota connection, but I usually get a big kick out of your sarcasm/dry humor thing. So much it scares me a little.)
ucmizujy: Uncommon cherrybombs make interesting zeniths, Jenny. Yep.
Okay, so my Aussie mom is kind of hard-nosed (after having raised seven brats of her own she takes no nonsense) and my kids are free-wheelin American kids. She totally ticked off my son when he was about eight or nine years old, so he took a Polaroid phot of his naked butt and put it in her freezer. Go figure.
rg
lsanq, I lsanq because I swam too soon after eating.
You all make me even more grateful that I'm an only child.
CG said ... There was a recipe for a cocktail called "Siberian Dutchman" and it goes like this:
1 shot Vandermint® chocolate mint liqueur
1 shot vodka
1 shot Kahlua® coffee liqueur
1 splash cream
1 glass coffee
Well I think the splash of cream is a bit over the top. har har. Query: is that 1 glass of coffee or 1 glass into which you pour coffee. It sounds pretty good, actually.
BCB - I'm volunteering at the registration desk from 1-3 on Wednesday. Come find me.
Jenny said:
I assume you all had flashlights, plenty of chocolate, bottled water, batteries, and of course, your towel.
I live in the hurricane zone known as the Keys. I always have all of those things and more. Of course, now I have to replenish my hurricane supplies. *g*
I went back in time after Scope Dope explained how to do it(I'm supposed to be the computer whiz?)and caught up on all the posts. Nothing keeps the Cherrybombs down.
I have to clarify on the whole solstice thing though. Winter Solstice you stay up all night to watch for the sun the next day and celebrate its return. On summer solstice you get up with the dawn and celebrate all day until sunset. The first year we drummed on the pier for summer solstice we went there right before dawn to welcome the sun. No one considered the reverb 10 drums would send through the aluminum boats docked there(new torture method Bob)That night we drummed the sunset and there were about 30 drummers. It's now grown to approx 150 drums, at night only. I still get up at dawn on both days but no longer stay up all night for winter solstice(work committments) or drum on the pier at that hour(Police agreement)
Hershey Special Dark with almonds is my chocolate du jour. We don't get Dove Dark up here in Canada. I'll have to stock up while in New Jersey. I've had it at conferences (gotta love the goodie table) and am craving it as I type
Chaos Theory, A Study in Ice Cream on the Sheets (for OH):
She is in bed, eating a bowl of ice cream with lots of chocolate sauce, sheet tight over her knees, bowl balanced on her knees. The cat jumps onto the bed from the foot. Oops, on this trajectory, the cat will dump the bowl into her lap. In comes the toddler through the door on the left. Oops, on this trajectory, the baby will pull the sheet and dump the bowl to the left of her knees. Behind the toddler races the DH. Oops, on this trajectory, DH will dump the bowl to the right of her knees. All 3 are attractors. Calmly she secures the bowl, scooping the last of the ice cream into her mouth. No more chaos!
I love the line "Like eating out of the refrigerator or dancing in your underwear?"
Love it!!!
LOL
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Older brother? Not fun. Mine used to push my babysitter in the canal in our backyard. It had alligators. But...she always wore white tshirts and no bra. I guess I understand,now.
My son(7 yo) took a pic of himself in my daughters bra (13 yo)and put it on her cell phone. Talk about scarred. She didn't talk to him for 3 days (not so bad in my book).
Davys scam? It does work. I use it all the time and taught my daughter. The one part she has trouble with is NOT walking away when the "mark" (that would be me) is on to her.
looove them kids. Back to spray painting....
lbooth
By the way, NOT dancing to "Freebird". Maybe some reggae, maybe a Viennese waltz, or the B-52s, or the Goo Goo Dolls. Or something I'm humming to myself. Which may be even more disreputable.
fdjnus: "Freebird" disturbs Jenny, needlessly upsetting serenity
cologne girl thanks for the excellent recipe for Siberian Dutchman. I think I will take the receipe with me to New Jersey and try it out there if the bartender will make it for me. If I have to go buy the Vandermint I will. It is so good. Can some of you American Cherrybombs check it out in the liquor store for me to see if they sell it? I think it would be good as a hot coffee as well as a cold coffee. Thank you.
Jupiter Jen don't get too excited about what Lani has for you. It is just a little surprise.
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Bob has uually allowed Zoe zinging good (times).
Scope Dope, I'll try to remember to check this weekend or before if I happen to be near the liquor store.
Geez I was sooo lost when the blog went downbut ice-cream doesn't do it for me, i had a stiff whisky [medicinal purposes of course]and worked for an hour to get myself onto JFC, it wouldn't let me use nanaimo g, unfortunately being non literate regarding this stuff, i boggled [one of my favourite words] at the screen all those people I didn't know.
I scrolled down to where one stranger said the blog is back, and scurried back to see what y'all had been doing. I must admit I haven't danced naked in front of the freezer [with or wothout underwear] for a couple of years, alas my tango days are done.
my dh and I used to love to trip the light fantastic.
Anyhow glad were back.
sdcb you told me how to do bold but I can't find it would you mind doing it again? Please.
The B-52's and Love Shack!. What a hoot. Thanks, Diane.
I can see the Love Shack video (early 80s?)in my minds eye, don't worry because it corresponds nicely with the voices in my head, and the bee-hive hair do's.
Bold is
< b >
-- without the spaces --
put in what you want bold, then close the tag with
< /b >
Italics works the same way.
Sigh ... sorry.
Meant to say "italics work the same way." It's very bad to make that kind of boo-boo with a bunch of writers.
anonymous - Your 7 year old is funny. My son has done similar things to his older sister. And I love my older brother, jokes and all. He's got my back.
SDCB - I'm excited because you even thought of me! So sweet. I can't wait to see you in NJ!
Freebird? Nah. How about a good 80's tune like Girls Just Wanna Have Fun?
BCB & lori: my brother is a pain, and i don't think i'd like having a sister that much, but would much rather have one than three anything. oh, my bro has two hot friends, has never squashed a bug in his life, smells up the house when he uses the bathroom (so there really is no fighting involved if he gets it first, i've left the building), and no one steals my shoes because frankly, they- or at least most of them- aren't that great.
TMI about the bathroom?
lori: you make me laugh. they orchestrate the pant droppings. LOL.
gatorperson: like the ending of the chaos theory. it's true, i always get my ice cream.
Wel, I don't know how that happened, but the server just came back to life about 2 minutes ago in my neighbourhood (Toronto). I know cause I've been checking it every few minutes for the past hour or so, and frequently on Sunday (yeah, I know, I need a life). And lo, there were 77 comments already. Wow! Cherries work fast.
angvvn - Angie and Vivien
In need of a poor baby here in CT. We just put the family dog, Goose down this morning. She was a great dog and it was unfair for her to have her life ended so shortly. damn neighbors...
Anonymous - so sorry about your dog. That's tough.
Anon - so sorry about your dog. That's really hard. Yeah you get a poor baby for that.
Anon:
That's so sad. It's always sad to lose a pet no matter how long they've been with you, or what the circumstance. Blessings to Goose and the whole family.
rg
Anon: poor, poor baby .
anon: terribly sad. poor baby time how many you need it. putting down a pet is horrible, and especially if its not based on the animals sickness. Poor, Poor, Baby.
well it was kind of on sickness, because the neighbors poisened their trees with pool chemicals. Our yard is seperated by some shrubs and trees. They didn't like Goosey because she barked at them when they were outside.
Anon- Poor baby- that sucks- and let us know what you want us to do to the neighbor- I'm thinking more along the line of low key harassment, maybe air out of tires, pizza showing up at the door- nothing too much just constant, dragging annoyances- things that can't be proved and aren't really deadly, but cause life to be inconvenient
did some quick research, and vandermint is available in the States- it isn't available in all 50 (found out you can't get it in Vermont) but it is available- also found a recipe for vandermint cheesecake- sounds yum
cold spaghetti straight from the fridge is a delicacy in my world- thnk I'll go find some supper- later
Vain Professional Ranchers Zing Orangehands
Anon so sorry about your dog dogs are so close to family POOR BABY.
Lynn thank you so much, I thought it wasn't working because I don't see it working, but when it was published Voila! bold.
Anon, sorry about Goose. Big hugs.
Am trying out the bold thing now - bear with me bold bold bold
asxkxgk - blogger god out done itself
a scintillating xtra kiss is xtra great, kelly
no, failed, failed failed. Never mind.
Ooh - it worked!!!! It worked!!!
Does anyone know why some of our names appear in blue and some in black?
Woo! This is cool.
hrt acz - hrt, a crucial zing
Sorry will stop now with the bold. Just practising a few times so I don't forget
;-) :-) ;-) :-)
zxpzalnc - blogger god not appreciating my excitment over bold featrure :-( Think it's trying to scare me off.
Bwah ha ha ha
zucchini's xtra, porcupines, zebras and lhamas not cheap.
Anonymous, terribly sorry about Goose. Dogs are the greatest pets so it is hard to let one go. Poor baby.
green sdfgy
Some days find gypsies yodelling.
DUG yes, blue indicates a blogger handle and is a link that can be followed to your blogger profile and to your blog-- Black indicates that you have chosen the center option of "Choose an identity" and took the "Other" option and typed in a user name- the last option is "Anonymous" and then the person often signs their initials or what have you in the body of the response.
Zingerd eXcite David. Yolanda Nods Sleepily
About the Davy scam, isn't actually the Dempsey con, passed down from generation to generation of degenerate Dempseys? And yes, it does work. I think about it everytime I'm at work and ask someone if they'd like to apply for a Target credit card. Its a process that starts from the moment you first meet the guest.
My brother never did any of those things all the other cherries listed. But then again, he's turning sixteen this summer and going through his "Down with authority, I'm a hard-core rocker who's edgy and authentic and everyone else is fake" stage. Its getting old. I can't wait to get back to college.
CC has the right idea, anon. low key harassment. does sugar in the gas tank count? or is that middle key harassment? because in books i keep reading about the sugar in the gas tank.
in john grisham's book (blanking on the name, when the boy saw the lawyer kill himself in the car and people are after him and he gets himself a cool lawyer and bro is in hospital), kid orders hundreds of dollars worth of food to be sent to the cops office. loved that. made the whole book worth it. do that. make sure you leave a fake number when they ask, or the people can check up on you.
what else is there? usual halloween pranks, bag filled with shit and set on fire, spreading ants to their house, ummm...
CC said "Vain Professional Ranchers Zing Orangehands"
sounds promising. (didn't you like using zaza better? SHE never answered verifications. makes you almost miss the "z")
red: lptads: which looks like lap toads, and that's good enough for me.
Thank you conscripted cherry. It's all making sense.
Yes, I promise this is my last time with the bold. ;-) Until I really need to use it of course.
dmlpecpb - still pissing off the blogger god.
doesn't matter, lets play eh cherries? pass (the) bongs
....sorry meant bombs :-)
OH: Think the book you mean is The Client. Yes, I'm obsessive, I had to look. I liked that Grisham book.
DUG: LOL! Glad you are enjoying bold, knock yourself out. Not literally, though.
The radio station morning show is having listeners call in to talk about bad things they have done to their brothers. Are you cherry's channelling dj's in Cleveland?
BCB:Am not going to spend my whole weekend in the corner not talking to anyone. I will talk. Stuttering but I will talk and just for that I will check at the desk and give you a call and you will say oh no what have I done this woman never shuts up.
Am only a little way through these blogs. Got lost a couple of blogs ago when you guys went from 30 to 100+ blogs while I wasn't looking.
I have an appointment to pitch to an editor and at the moment am so freaked by the rejections I have been getting that I'm wondering why I did that. All the advice I've seen here is helpful.
I wondered what happened Sun. but didn't think to check to see if you guys were having a blast from the past. I just figured something was up with my server.
Back to catching up.
Anon: Just finished reading through. So sorry about Goose. I've had to put some of my pets down and it is so hard especially if they are young. Stupid idiot neighbors.
RSS: Glad to see you're back and feeling feisty. Was a bit worried that seeing the house was just too awful. Good to hear you plan to be talking, because I plan to introduce you to everyone -- even people I don't know, like J&B, whom you thought to avoid [evil grin].
JJen: Will try to catch up to you Wed 1-3, but supposed to have lunch with SIL that day so it'll be later rather than earlier.
ANON: I truly am sorry to hear about the loss of your dog. I've been through that a couple times myself and I know it's a heart-wrenching thing. Even so, I'm having a hard time keeping a straight face every time someone says: Sorry about Goose.
Remember the movie Top Gun? When Tom Cruise's navigator dies after a close encounter with the canopy? Too sad. And then in the locker room the rival pilot comes up to Cruise and offers condolences? Well, my kids have been mocking that scene for YEARS.
They stand up straight, suck in a deep, noisy, chest-swelling breath through the nose, hold it, and say: "Maverick. Sorry about Goose. He was a good man." And then dissolve into hysterics. Guess they thought it was a bit over-acted.
So I'm truly sorry about Goose, but reading these comments also just evokes inappropriate laughter. Maybe someday you can look back with a little smile, too?
bw
Has anybody else noticed that now you are involved in this blog you start seeing cherries everywhere? I don't eat cherries so never paid attention to them I guess. Just yesterday I went to harryanddavid.com to order a gift and 1st picture up is a big bowl of cherries. Then I went to my Weightwatchers meeting and they gave out a packet of recipe cards featuring cherry recipes. Then I went to Walmart to get a prescription filled and there was an sign on the counter saying they now had flavorings for the electrolyte solution - including cherry. Then walking around the store I saw cherrybomb water balloons. I wouldn't even go on the grocery side - I was afraid a crate of cherries would fall on me or something!
Anon, are you saying that the neighbors deliberately poisoned their trees? Do those trees hang over your yard, drop leaves on your property, etc? If they did something that resulted in the death of your beloved dog, I'd report them in a heartbeat. I'm not normally a litigious person, but if my neighbors did that, they'd be safer battling me in court.
Whatever the case, a huge poor baby, condolences and hugs to you on the death of Goose.
Dancing to Freebird? I haven't danced to that song since I broke my finger wailing on a huge air guitar riff to it back in 1984.
bgxrwwnr: Brave gnomes x-onerate roving wise women newly raided.
Yes it is the Dempsey scam. Davey is of course a master at it, but he and his sisters learned it at their father's knee.
And speaking of the Dempsey's, Davey had many many good revenge schemes he used on Sophie's behalf. We could put them to good use on Anon's neighbors. Teach them to mess with a CB.
DUG: Time to move on to italics.
Um, BCB already met J&B, that's how I got started reading this blog.
I've had an easier time getting Bob's back list because he sells them and sends them out almost before I log off the site. For some reason, the books of Jenny's I've ordered from BAM haven't come yet so I'm totally lost with Y'all's references. I'm going to the library down here today to see if I can find some.
The house was awful in the sense that they aren't doing didly squat and we will be traveling back and forth probably until Christmas unless we can find something closer to rent that will allow all our animals. But I'm being Scarlet O'Hara right now and will think about that tomorrow or maybe after nationals.
I'm really sorry I missed all the fun Sunday. I was scrolling through the MLS looking for a house for the characters in my WIP.
The dogs are making I want to go out noises so I better take them for a walk.
I need to find that Davey book.
On brothers, my poor brother was the youngest with three oldest sisters so he didn't get to do any of that fun stuff poor baby at least nothing he told us about.
I love the say no to crack comment and am going to use it on my boys the next time they let their pants slip down.
RSS: Davey shows up initially in Welcome To Temptation, but then he gets his own book in Faking It.
Try ordering Jenny's books through Amazon. I have issues with them but straight book purchasing hasn't been one of them.
rss: good luck with your pitch. remember: short and sweet. (not literally sweet, i mean good, and, oh, don't listen to me. just, good luck).
djr: that happens to me a lot. i'll learn something new or have this one object and i'll see it EVERYWHERE. can drive a girl crazy, it can.
mary stella said "since I broke my finger wailing on a huge air guitar riff to it back in 1984"
how did you break your finger on an air guitar? truly, i'm impressed.
and g-g: i'm going to the gym (after weeks off) today after my interview so good job with all that bootcamp talk.
Are we going to have a little gathering at Nationals somewhere?
mary stella, yes the nieghbors purposely poisened the shrubs because Goose was known to munch on them from time to time. They thought she was dangerous becuause she was a german shepherd black lab mix and had a big bark. She was not dangerous, she was a big wuss and was always on her back waiting for you to rub her belly and smiled every time someone did. She was also very fond of giving big huge sloppy kisses. The worst she could do to a person was lick you to death.
They happen to be getting work done on their basement shortly and I know full well they don't have permits.
We also spray painted a huge sheet that hangs on the third garage door that reads: "The neighborhood is safe, our dog is DEAD". Now they all have to look at it.
I swear my neighborhood is crazy. There's a couple around the corner who painted their house bright pink. They did it because they put up the wrong siding on thier house and the neighborhood got mad and started a petition. The couple have a sign in their front yeard that says,"Barbie and Ken live here". Must be something in the water up here. Maybe I should become friends with the happy couple...
Thanks to all the CB's for all of your support.
As you can see I'm a little new to this blog, I've already read all the archives so I think I'm pretty caught up.
Liz
((((Liz))))
I'm so sorry you have such horrible neighbours. Don't do anything that can result in you getting fined or jailed but jeez, how can some people be so mean?
Anon/Liz: if you can prove it was intentional, you have a law suit, should you choose to pursue it. I'm not litigious by nature either, but I don't hold with intentional poisonings of animals or other beings. There is suitable evidence to indicate that those who start maliciously harming animals are more prone to graduate to maliciously harming people. And really you shouldn't murder anyone, no matter how much they deserve it some days. You might consider consulting a lawyer.
OH: Bootcamp resumed yesterday and, since Jenny mentioned Douglas Adams, I'll quote Marvin the Paranoid Android: "I hurt, therefore I am."
Climbing tonight, fit test at bootcamp tomorrow morning (help me!), dancing Argentine tango tomorrow night and I have to go because (1) I like it and (2) my friend who also dances doesn't usually have Weds nights off (she's a labor and delivery nurse), but she has tomorrow off so she can meet me there!
Hi Liz - Welcome,
Geez, you're neighbors must be related to some of mine. We built our house 14 years ago and we opted for vinyl siding versus wood, well the neighbors didn't like that much since we were the first. They left horrible messages on our machine saying we were trashing the neighborhood. Then when we finally moved in, they didn't like my car. I drove a suburban, bright red and it was a little old. They asked that I not park the eye-sore in the driveway. I owned that car for five more years and never parked it in the garage. Yes, I'm vindictive by nature. I know drive a nice little mini van, but geez, I keep my cars for like ever! I get my money's worth.
Now I have to laugh because all the moms drive "eye sores", (suburbans), of course they are a lot nicer than mine was. Also, six of our neighbors have gotten ride of their ceder siding and replaced it with vinyl since the ceder doesn't hold up as well in our winters and the maintance was so high. And, the neighbor who put up such a stink about us doing vinyl and tried to force us to do ceder, well, he was the first to go vinyl. Geez.
Alright Cherrybombs, here's the definitive answer on Scope Dope's health issues. She has autonomic neuropathy as a result of her diabetes. This explains the vision, swelling, passing out etc. The good news is she isn't going blind the bad news is she won't get better. We've been living with most of the symptoms for months now so it's just a matter of adjusting to that reality. I personally can't thank you all enough for all the support and laughter you give her. We will be in New Jersey cherries, flamingos and all. I told her you don't care what she looks like but she wants to make a good impressio so I'm going to embroider the eye patch. And later we're going on a flamingo search. She wants something classy lightweight and infinitely portable. This cherry/gator/flamingo obsession could easily take over : )
Cherry Magic: Thanks so much for the update. Of course its hard to learn its not something they can FIX, but if it won't get any worse at least its something you know can be dealt with. I don't know if that's a comfort to her or not.
Please assure her WE DON'T CARE what she looks like(although I think I nice pink feathered boa and some alligator cowboy boots would look fab with the embroidered eye patch). Cherrybombs might be half a plumb off center, but we're not shallow.
Thanks for the update, CMS. As you said, good news bad news. Emphasize the positive.
And really, the woman is not satisfied with being smart and funny and wise, not to mention writing the best verifications ever and being married to a GAM, she wants to look good, too? What is the world coming to? You Canadians sure are demanding. Never knew that about you before now.
Scope Dope: accessorize your heart out.
bw
Sheryl: thanks so much for the update! I am familiar with a lot of the side effects of diabetes; my father's adult-onset, insulin-dependent. Please give your lovely, charming mother a huge hug from me (and she can give you one from me as well).
SDCB: TONS of hugs and kisses, darling! Just take care of yourself and go with the gator/flamingo/cherry trends wherever they take you. Those going to NJ are SO lucky that they will get to meet you in person. I'm just lucky I already have!
MCB sez: Cherrybombs might be half a plumb off center, but we're not shallow.
I LOVE this! Thanks!
And now I see us all going out and getting things with plum(b)s, to go with the cherries because, well, who wants to walk around with a plumb bob all the time? We already have a Bob who's a peach. :)
G-G said ... And now I see us all going out and getting things with plum(b)s, to go with the cherries because, well, who wants to walk around with a plumb bob all the time?
yeah 'cause those things get heavy after a while.
CMS - Thank you so much for the update on SDCB. I've been thinking of you Scope Dope! Please, take good care of yourself! See you both in NJ! Maybe we all should get eyepatches, matching ones! How cool would that be!
SDCB:(((hugs)))) I'm glad you have found out what is wrong. I think the embroidered eyepatch sounds classy. I picture a flamingo with its foot raised above the handle of the cherry bomb at this site with Moot swimming by. Probably too much for a patch, huh. There is a site I've bought totes and bags from. WholesaleAccessory Market.com They have flamingo totes and shopping totes for less than three dollars. I have one and it is nice. Also cherry totes same price and cherry cosmetic cases, duffles, wheeled shopping bags. Nothing with alligators tho, I checked. I hoped they might have scarves with one of the above but it doesn't look like it.
From what I've read on this site, SDCB you are a beautiful person and that is all anyone meeting and talking to you would see. CMS you sound beautiful too.
Anon(Liz) We have a lab mix we think is part German shephard and she is also a honey. I like your sign, but you need to add "Beware the neighbors." One of our neighbors once fed his two beautiful labs antifreeze because they got into his barn and bothered the poultry or so the story goes. I believe it and know that he has also shot other dogs. I can't understand people like that. Again, I am so sorry.
OH good luck with the interview
Liz: I'm so sorry about your dog, it sounds as if you have neighborhood that is toxic in more ways than one! What inexcusable behavior.
SDCB and Cherry Magic Sheryl: I'm sorry that you can't expect much health improvement, but both of you are such an inspiration on coping! Grace and good cheer and family love - that whole thing (about which I'm usually pretty skeptical) where tribulations are an opportunity for character growth has obviously proven true for you. Bless you both!
If the mascots and insignias don't stop multiplying, Cherry bombs are going to look like 19th century women with their crazy, over-decorated hats! Or Carmen Miranda.
xhsye: xebecs hardly sail yacht events
rss, where are you trying to find a house? You're trying to rent? Or are you planning on buying? Yeah, I'm nosy, but I also have an empty house right now, up in King George. It's just sitting there costing us money right now. We WERE gonna rent it, but may just end up selling now.
And OH, I made it through my birthday, but was not at my best. I was kinda sick this weekend. But I'm ok now. Thanks for asking.
And GG, I promise - no more puking. I'm conquering my fears, with a little help from my friends.
And JJen, I think matching eyepatches would be the coolest! I really am so excited about NJ it isn't even funny!
Ahh Carmen Miranda. If I had a body like hers, I'd dress like that. Plus, I like her style. She always seemed so happy and carefree. I wonder how much it would cost to completely overhaul my wardrobe...
Did J&B have any idea what a great community they were building when they started this blog?
Scope Dope and I are off to shop (gotta love retail therapy) then going to watch The Devil Wears Prada. It seems like a CB kind of movie.
Then I need to revise, revise, revise while we watch House.
I'm not sure where to post this since we're running two blog post comment areas at once, so I'm picking the most recent.
Is anyone familiar with The Quill Awards? I'm doing some collection development - spending money that isn't mine! -this afternoon with SLJ and there is a short blurb in the journal. Unfortunately it does not look like a book can be nominated without first meeting their specific criteria, but I find it interesting the group is letting readers/consumers vote on the five final nominees in August.
Dee, honey, so sorry you were sick this weekend. I've heard time-travel hits some people that way. Something about the brain being out of sync with the event horizon.
Eye patches. The other authors in NJ are going to be so jealous that they don't have an obsessive-compulsive fanatical following like Bob and Jenny have.
mcb sez: Eye patches. The other authors in NJ are going to be so jealous that they don't have an obsessive-compulsive fanatical following like Bob and Jenny have.
Yeah, cuz it's so hard to get good stalkers these days...
CMS wrote: Did J&B have any idea what a great community they were building when they started this blog?
and then--
MCB wrote: The other authors in NJ are going to be so jealous that they don't have an obsessive-compulsive fanatical following like Bob and Jenny have.
LOL! I think it's safe to say, had they known, they would have taken up stamp collecting instead. BTW, MCB, you forgot the grim paranoid conspiracy theorist faction. I know, I know, I'm the only one, but I feel so left out.
bw
azaxmgt: around zaza and xavier, management gets tricky
I'm probably going to be shot (by bob or jenny) for this one, but I keep coming back not just for their words of wisdom (and stalking like tendencies) but geez, you people have grown on me.
Ummmm, who's in charge of eyepatches for NJ?
SDCB and CMS - Have fun shopping. I'm not much of a shopper, unless I'm annoyed at my DH and want to spend his money! And since he's such a GAM, that doesn't happen often. Actually, sometimes I think I'm missing the female shoping gene, I don't like shopping. I actually avoid it. Weird, I know.
SDCB: hang in there, glad you're staying positive on this and having fun with eye patches and other accessories. It's not easy. And glad you have a loving daughter to care for and about you, and a GAM. Let's not forget the GAM!
Your voice comes across loud and clear and very pleasant on this blog and I always look forward to your comments. That's all you need, that and a smile, and a cute eyepatch.
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Hey Dee glad you're feeling better. Adds insult to injury to feel sick on your birthday doesn't it. We're looking for a short term rental though it's looking longer and longer term since they are dragging their feet working on our house. Now they say five more months but that was if they started July 1st which they haven't. We need something closer (less than 90 minutes drive) to Ashland. The problem besides not wanting to sign a year's lease is we have 4 dogs, 4 cats, two lizards and two goldfish. (and 3 boys, I'm wondering if that is the problem:)) King William is definitely closer than we are but there's the pet/short lease thing.
I am sitting here giggling at the picture of a crazy group of women wearing eye patches and hats decorated with bunches of cherries, little bombs (that might be hard to get through any security checkpoints)flamingos and alligators. I love it.
Red Hats eat your hearts out.
okay mcb, you asked for it ;-) Conquered bold. Moving on.
Liz - great sign. I have two black labs and the very thought of them dying is horrifying. They went missing for 3 hours once and I was a complete mess.
Scope Dope - you're going to be the classiest cherry there. Wish I could be there to witness it. Someone take some photos, okay?
ebnhsoj - ever been naked, honey? so joyous
liz: first, of course, welcome. (Kimi you too. and anyone else). i suggest the 2 prong attack: 1) sue their asses off and 2) harass them constantly (with ideas that don't get you in trouble legally. or at least not ones you'll get caught on). and i really hope that sign is huge and has arrows pointed at their house. assholes. those *beep beep beep beep* neighbors. hope you get them well. i've had to put a few dogs put down and thinking about them can still bring me to tears. especially Cookie, who was administrated the shot wrong so it was twice as painful as it had to be. (hate that vet.) get those jerks for all of us.
in other news, got the job (thanks rss) and went to the gym for 2 hours. next, the library, and then depending if my books came in reading and being here or swimming.
CMS: thank you for the update. good thoughts going out to SDCB and the whole family. enjoy the movie and shopping. (JJ- i'm not really a shopper either. can spend hours in a bookstore. five minutes in a clothing/shoe one and i want to scream. food shopping isn't so bad.) and SDCB, i bet you look lovely. so do you, CMS. inside and out. so there.
dee: sorry you were sick for your b-day. glad your feeling better.
g-g said "Yeah, cuz it's so hard to get good stalkers these days..."
LMAO. yeah, there's so few who are willing to wear food and birds all over....
BCB said "you forgot the grim paranoid conspiracy theorist faction. I know, I know, I'm the only one, but I feel so left out."
i'm one of those too. i just hide it better. :)
HA! my books are in at the library. well, not all, i have about 29 on hold, but the couple i really really really wanted are there. yeah! let's celebrate. *smiles broadly*
such a good mood, i'll do the verification (you know, cause it's really long and all): blue: ocyhy:
on cherries, your husbands yoddle.
really excited. you may not see me for a bit.
Just started my new Nora, Angels Fall. *sigh* I'm only posting now because I had to break to go to the bathroom. Yeah, I know, TMI. Love the character so far. That girl's got problems. Bet the writer guy can help her with that.
I don't have time to catch up reading where I left off so someone may have already mentioned this. But I thought ya'll might like to know that the Bulwer Lytton worst opening line contest winners for 2006 have been posted.
Enjoy.
The eye patches are at the drugstore for $2, cherry appliques are at Walmart with some lovely red glitter glue. I bought a couple of foam flamingos, still looking for some gators. Don't tell Scope Dope but it's going to be a surprise.
Uh, CMS doesn't she read this?
in case didn't know, Jenny posted again. (here, on he/she writes. or whatever it's called)
MCB: is Nora's new book the trilogy one? lost track of hers...
resting cb: thanks for the heads-up. love those. also, Adam Cadre has a contest like that:
http://adamcadre.ac/lyttle.html
they are hilarious. seriously, check them out.
blue:ujzlvq: under Jenny('s writing instructions), zaza licks vanishing quills.
rss: ROTFL. that was great. "Uh, CMS doesn't she read this?"
LOL. over and over and over again.
green: xmxtk: Xavier makes Xavier (the) Third kill.
damn grandpas.
OH why damn grandpas?
rssasrb - yeah she reads this but it's driving her crazy trying to figure out what I'm up to.
Me being the absolutely darling daughter that I am, I had to poke the bear : ) It's what kids do, no matter how old we are.
Plus I'm not entirely sure what I'm up to and thought that might nudge all the appropriate brain cells into a cohesive unit.
I was wrong.
So far.
rss, here's the deal. Like I said, we have a house. It's in King George, which is about 50 minutes from Ashland. E-mail me off list and we can discuss it further if you want. Or just go to my blog and leave me your e-mail addy in the comments section, and I will e-mail you.
Thanks to everyone that left me well-wishes, and birthday wishes. I'm feeling better now, and the birthday was nice and stress free. I actually went fishing with my oldest son. We caught nothing, and it was still totally perfect.
IRT "The Lake House"...someone (SDCB?) mentioned that I thought it was confusing. Well, I blogged about it a little, and I mentioned it here also. I enjoyed the movie, I really did. It was just a movie where, if you actually sit and think about plot and how the timeline works, you end up either angry, confused, or somewhere in between. If you just watch it and say "Yeah, this whole idea can't really happen, so just go along for the ride" then you're fine.
*****SPOILER ALERT***** The problem that I had was towards the end of the movie. I'm guessing that it's supposed to be about 2008. She realizes that something really bad happened to him in 2006. So she runs to the mailbox and tells him to stay away from the place where something bad happens in 2006. BUT...the reason that they are able to correspond is because she was actually a witness to the 2006 bad thing, and that prompted her to start writing. Soooo, if she, in 2008, warns him, in 2006, away from the thing, then the bad thing wouldn't have happened, she couldn't have witnessed it, and they would not have started writing. See, if you just watch it and don't think about all of the implications, it's not a bad flick. But thinking about all of that other stuff tends to be something I can't NOT do, so the whole movie is kinda shot for me.
Anyhow, glad the blog is back up. I got a headache from the time warp thing, and am glad to see that we're back to regular time. It's good to be home. ;>P
Angels Fall is a stand alone novel like Blue Smoke and Northern Lights. Robert's next triology comes out Late Aug-Late Oct and it has vampires. Yep, VAMPIRES. hee hee. But the vamps might be the bad guys? In order: Morrigan's Cross, Valley of Silence, and Dance of the Gods
Scope Dope: Sending my love over to you! I wouldn’t dare question the great impression you make when it’s so apparent through the responses here what an amazing person we already think you are. I can only imagine how wonderful it would be to meet you in person. Maybe someday.
rss "Xavier makes Xavier (the) Third kill...damn grandpas." grandpa Xavier makes his grandson (Xavier the Third, aka XIII) kill. oh, never mind. not that funny. even when i was writing it, not that funny. i have hits and misses. that was miss.
lori: thanks for update. can you tell me if new Nora is good? for a while i liked her (she was basically the start of romance for me), then didn't, and now even JD Robb (who i loved) is annoying me. though, when is the new Robb coming out? (hey, she annoys me, but i still want to read it. she hooks you, she really does).
blue: ywotg: yes, witches only teether goats.
Ok OH now I get it. I'm slow this time of night and had to read your explanation three times.
Dee I'll go to your blog tomorrow
OH: Angels was just released today, but it will be waiting for me at work tomorrow. My guess is McB will beat me to the end and share her thoughts. I'll tell you what I think too, if you still care in a couple days.
Born in Death is due out November 7th.
Yeah, she hooks you, me, and the dozens of people I help order her books every day at the library. Crazy the power that woman has.
Oh Anon... hugs and my deepest condolences. I don't want to think about the defense lawyer's fees or the bail money we'd have to find if somebody messed with my dogs. May those neighbors' karma come quickly, last long, and be extremely painful.
Have I ever told you Cherrybombs how great you are? Well, you are. Great.
This was a very bad day for me because one of the other men with GAM status told me he couldn't fix my eyes. I will continue to have times when I am blind in the one eye and times when I am not. The thing was this neurologist flies all over the world giving diagnoses and treatments and I thought he could treat this. He cannot.
But as cherry magic sheryl points out I also get Picasso vision and not everyone can get that. That is when the actor on televison has two noses, two mouths, four eyes and the rest of the picture is clear.
So the upshot is to wear the eyepatch when the eye is being difficult and after several hours I can take it off and see more clearly. So tonight we went shopping for patches for the eye patch. Sheryl found the neatest little clusters of cherries that will fit perfectly on an eyepatch. Then she found other stuff she won't show me and yes rss she knows I read this blog religiously. I have been ordered to get three more eye patches. At $2 a throw I guess I can afford that.
DH said, "you aren't going to put the cherries on the patch until you go to New Jersey are you"? Damn straight I am.
There is another guy who eats at the same restaurant we go to frequently for breakfast who has a black eye patch. I don't want to be mistaken for Albert.
LMAO at all the patch and accessory suggestions. They were great. Thank you for that. Needed it. I think we should all wear eye patches in NJ then Jenny would have a really hard time trying to figure out which one I am. Not.
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Query Jenny. Maybe everyone better order extra. (eyepatches)
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Jenny has told Yolanda, "Yex!!!"
SDCB wrote: DH said, "you aren't going to put the cherries on the patch until you go to New Jersey are you"? Damn straight I am.
That's it. Right there. You are going to be just fine.
I am very proud of you.
bw
BCB is right. you kick ass, scope dope.
lori: of course i care about your opinion. please, give it. and thanks for date release news.
Scope Dope--you are a Goddess Among Women.
Why doesn't everyone going to NJ make up an eyepatch for her?
sprsgwvy -- grocery-list abbreviation for "asparagus gravy"
dennd --That's all there is; there isn't any more.
SDCB you are an inspiration. I like the Picasso vision thing. I wonder if he had the same condition and that's how he came to paint his masterpieces. Wouldn't that be something.
Brains not awake. Going to see if coffee is done.
red bxzxrnj Bob executes Zulu extreme revenge nods Jenny
Message to dee: How do I email you off list. I went to your blog but it seems I can't post a comment without an account. Bear with me I'm new to this blogger stuff. Help!
Scope Dope: Picasso vision? LOL - ah I know its not so funny from your end, but I've got this picture in my head, where you want to pop someone in the snout but don't know which one to hit! But seriously, now you need a trench coat and hat to complete the look.
OH - Angels Fall is pretty good so far. Someone is messing with the heroine's head, like she didn't have enough problems, but fortunately the writer guy is the reluctant hero type and will come through for her. *sigh* this paying job thing is interfering but I'll get through some more of it at lunch. The usual crowd with just have to deal with my antisocial behavior. Hey, ITS A BOOK. You guys would understand, I know.
mcb you're right. Sometimes I wouldn't know which one to hit. Right now is one of those times. Thank God for that typing teacher I hated in Grade 10 who made me come after school to learn to type without looking.
Got the trench coat, just need the hat. Preferably one with flamingo or flamingo feathers. /;) Can't figure out how to make a little face with an eye patch. This is the closest I could come.
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In France no worries Xavier. Intrigue tantalizes Doherty.
MCB: of course we understand. it's a book. duh. i have one i'll be getting back to shortly myself.
scope dope: use your eyepatches like earrings. have one for each kind of outfit. like tawdy for your tawdy days, and classic for your classic days, and casual for your...you got it, right? but it's not just something you need to wear, it now compliments your outfit.
Scope Dope how's this for a one-eyed happy face? . )
We can colour co-ordinate the eyepatches to all of your clothes if you show me how to thread your sewing machine.
As for Picasso vision, try some line drawing and see if you can start a new trend in art.
I'm hosuehuting for us but it needs a nice big fenced yard so we can have Moot and Cerise over to play with the dogs. Yikes! . o
I forgot to mention the yard needed a nice big pond for Moot and Cerise. The humans' needs come after the animals but a nice big room in which to entertain the Cherrybombs when they come to visit would be nice too.
Cherry Magic Sheryl - and the house should be well out of reach of the gator, but where we can keep an eye on 'em! Nice to think about Cherry Bomb hospitality in your house hunting!
wbtxqvi: while building towers, xanax quiets vicious inklings
Are you kidding me? My whole world seems to revolve around the cherrybombs. Walmart has become Neiman Marcus thanks to Jenny. Shoes! When did I become a shoe fan? Right before I went to NEC and was going to meet The Cherry herself. And Glamour Geek has encouraged that interest. Her tango shoes made me weep with envy. Then there was the camo skirt I bought for Bob's benefit. My car is cherry coloured and now we're looking for flamingos with every little thing we do. And every conversation with Scope Dope includes some CB reference so it only makes sense we should look for a house that would accomodate the cheery cherry camoflauged flamingo loving gator friends. Phew. Did I miss anything? LaFavre is on his own. But Gloom is more than welcome to come help me decorate. I liked Gloom
CMS: know what you mean. i talk to you guys more than i do most people. feel the love. and good luck with the house-hunting.
cherry magic sheryl said:
... house that would accomodate the cheery cherry camoflaged flamingo loving gator friends.
I know what's with that? Do you think J&B cast some kind of spell over us? Jenny was practicing her magic spells with the Mare story.
I bought a big green plastic gator bath toy and she has three little squeaker gator babies on her back. Now when the dog comes in and tries to drink the bath water and snap at the bubbles, I toss her a baby gator to play with. (grin)
If that's not bad enough, I just found a flamingo themed planter, in a magazine. It's hard to describe but it's the ugliest yet cutest thing I've seen in ages and only $14.99. Here's the blurb:
display your sense of humor along with your green thumb. The bikini-clad dame with her pink flamingo inner tube brings smiles all around. Hand painted polyresin.
9 1/4 d for planting. 9 1/2 W x 11 1/2 H.
Don't get excited Bob, it's not a whole chick in a bikini, more a thunder-thighed older woman (I can relate) and just from the waist down with inner tube at the waist her chunky thighs and flip flops forming the base. Cute!
In case you're interested, Bob, (heh heh) www.collectionsetc.com
They also have a gator floater that you can put in your pool.
rg
gkcpgzvn Ah, come on
Great kings, courtesans, pages, gracefully zap virgin neighbors
Well as to why we chat here, where else can you go and be guaranteed that everyone will get your sense of humor? Where folks know when you need a poor baby and when you need a swift kick? Where else do you go to discuss both romance novels and action/thriller books?
cherry magic sheryl the daughter from heaven, I guess I have to communicate with you here since you're working a double today, Dad and I looked at that house. It looks okay to me but Dad was upset that there was no porch, only a "stoop". /;) or .)
Just joking. See you tonight. Don't worry cherrybombs. I am not being bad. DH is here so I can play all I want.
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Obviously, since friend Doherty quickly writes, Jenny seethes.
Scope Dope. giving this some thought; try this one using the comma:
,~D
yeah yeah, I'm going back to work now.
tilac: what you get when you cross a tulip with a lilac.
McB- love your Scope Dope smiley- but is that a big grin or a talking mouth?
Conscripted Cherry said...
McB- love your Scope Dope smiley- but is that a big grin or a talking mouth?
*g* Whatever works!
Trust me, it is probably a talking mouth. I find my mouth does that a lot without much conscious thought from me.
mcb love your Scope Dope smiley too. Now I have threee. /;) .) ,~D
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Did you always observe Bob's Xavier everywhere?
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