Off-topic randomness - a place to ramble?

[BeNJeNWaFFLe]

Well, I thought he might learn after watching so many times....you know, like a puppy? He did make the bed the other day. Nice surprise. Although, just because you forget to put the sheet on the bed doesn't mean that you should just put it on top of the blankets and call it done. :rolleyes:


Sounds like my uncle. When he was a teenage my grandmother would tell him that he can't sleep on a bed without sheets. So he'd go to bed, on top of the sheets that were still folded!

[MaliaMichelle]

Hi.

Just wanted to ask for some prayers, good thoughts, whatever for my son Kristopher and his school mates.

His Music/Band teacher was killed last night and two other teachers from his school were injured in a car accident.

Kris is upset naturally. What makes it even harder for him, was today was to be his first day of band. He had to be at school 40 mins early, left the house all excited then he got there to find out no band, and that she had been killed. His drum arrives tomorrow, I am nervous about whether that will upset him more with it being another reminder of her.

[Tishke]

Hi.

Just wanted to ask for some prayers, good thoughts, whatever for my son Kristopher and his school mates.

His Music/Band teacher was killed last night and two other teachers from his school were injured in a car accident.

Kris is upset naturally. What makes it even harder for him, was today was to be his first day of band. He had to be at school 40 mins early, left the house all excited then he got there to find out no band, and that she had been killed. His drum arrives tomorrow, I am nervous about whether that will upset him more with it being another reminder of her.



((((HUGS))))) to you and your son! I can't imagine something like that happening. Hopefully he still goes on to play....music is a great way to work things out. Maybe he will work harder to do his best at the instrument in order to honor the teacher. Turn his pain into something positive. Best wishes and pixie dust to you both :wizard:

[Captain Brain]

Im from Poplar Bluff(2 hours away from St.Louis)President Bush came their last year!WOOT!

I have only been to the East Coast once,Florida WDW.

[deba]

Hi.

Just wanted to ask for some prayers, good thoughts, whatever for my son Kristopher and his school mates.

His Music/Band teacher was killed last night and two other teachers from his school were injured in a car accident.

Kris is upset naturally. What makes it even harder for him, was today was to be his first day of band. He had to be at school 40 mins early, left the house all excited then he got there to find out no band, and that she had been killed. His drum arrives tomorrow, I am nervous about whether that will upset him more with it being another reminder of her.

Prayers for your son and his classmates. :grouphug: Things like this, though so hard on a child at the time (and even harder for mom to watch him go through!), can make him stronger and even more compassionate in the long run. My thoughts are with you both! :goodvibes

[MaliaMichelle]

Thank you both.

I just learned the identity of the driver of the other car. I didn't know her personally, but her 7 yr old daughter is one of the students at the school I work. The driver had the 7 yr old and a 2 yr old. Her husband is deployed and was in Kuwait. He is on his way home. My heart is breaking for the kids.
I was reading her page on myspace and reading her blog. There was pictures taken on Halloween that she had just posted a couple days ago.

The music teacher didn't have kids of her own, but was engaged to be married with the wedding planned for just before Christmas. Her and two teacher friends were on the way to her fianance's daughter's bday party when the other driver lost control and they crashed. The music teacher just had her bday a few days ago.

[disvaclub92]

Ok - its official - I really hate my job. I support people who are just so darn lazy!!! Sorry to vent but peeps are really ticking me off today!!!!

[HollyJoy]

Thank you both.

I just learned the identity of the driver of the other car. I didn't know her personally, but her 7 yr old daughter is one of the students at the school I work. The driver had the 7 yr old and a 2 yr old. Her husband is deployed and was in Kuwait. He is on his way home. My heart is breaking for the kids.
I was reading her page on myspace and reading her blog. There was pictures taken on Halloween that she had just posted a couple days ago.

The music teacher didn't have kids of her own, but was engaged to be married with the wedding planned for just before Christmas. Her and two teacher friends were on the way to her fianance's daughter's bday party when the other driver lost control and they crashed. The music teacher just had her bday a few days ago.

My heart is breaking for them all too. How very tragic. Will keep them in my prayers.

[Tishke]

I'm sitting here working on school work, and one of our assignments is to write how effective the "twinkie defense" could really be. It just got me thinking how good a Twinkie sounds right now....and I don't even eat them :rotfl2:

[redbaybound]

Ok, now I have to know, what is the "twinkie defense"? :confused3

[Tishke]

Ok, now I have to know, what is the "twinkie defense"? :confused3


You can read about it here: http://www.ohnonews.com/twinkie.html

Basically a man used the fact that he was depressed to get a murder charge reduced. He "proved" he was depressed by stating that he ate Twinkies and drank lots of Coke during that time, and as an ex-athlete, it was not normal behavior. Absolutely insane, but it worked :rolleyes:

[redbaybound]

All I have to say to that one is:

Wow.

[nmudisneyfan]

I fell down a flight of stairs today. I have several bruises on my left legs from the fall.

[pilikia97]

JamesLynn, I don't think you were supposed to literally defy gravity like in your sig! Bumps and bruises aside- are you okay? :earseek:

:grouphug:

[nmudisneyfan]

JamesLynn, I don't think you were supposed to literally defy gravity like in your sig! Bumps and bruises aside- are you okay? :earseek:

:grouphug:

I'm fine, just really sore today. My entire left side hurts. I can't lift my arm really high.

[Tishke]

Feeling any better today???

And to keep this post entirely OT.....has anyone ever bought a puppy online? Totally sight unseen that gets sent via airplane to your town? :rotfl: Am I crazy for considering it?! :rolleyes: (Yeah, I know, I am just plain crazy!)

[marypops!]

we've started to collect disney pins for some reason so we are buying them from ebay

missed getting a splash mountain piece of disney history pin and soarin' pin yesterday because my dad wouldn't let me get them and the smell of the drains stink :crazy2:

[kitashus]

And to keep this post entirely OT.....has anyone ever bought a puppy online? Totally sight unseen that gets sent via airplane to your town? :rotfl: Am I crazy for considering it?! :rolleyes: (Yeah, I know, I am just plain crazy!)

Well, I haven't actually bought a puppy online, but have talked a lot to a breeder online. I have learned a lot from this breeder and will share what I have learned. You should make sure you get to know the breeder...ask a lot of questions and be comfortable with their answers. The breeder should also be asking you a lot of questions--you want this because you want to know that they care what happens to the pup and that it is going to a good home and an appropriate home. You will want a contract to be in place. Some breeders (like the one I am in contact with) will not send a puppy in cargo. If I buy a puppy from her I have to fly to Florida and get the puppy. She feels riding in a cold, dark, noisy, unknown place like a cargo hold is too much for a puppy's first time away from its mother. Not all breeders feel this way obviously. You just want to make sure you are not getting a puppy from a puppy mill or someone who does not know enough about the breed to breed the dogs properly. :dog: :pug: :dog2: :paw:

That's my 2 cents... :)

[NJ Mike]

I often wonder about the country of Germany. I am sure it has happened many times by now, but if a person from frankfurt marries a person from hamburg what happens?

I mean if your mother is a frankfurter and your father is a hamburger, then what are you?

:confused3 :confused3 :confused3

[Captain Brain]

POP!Here I am again!

Yesterday,I got first chair saxophione!WOOT!I got a 93%.While the others got 92% and 91%.

[Someybody]

OK I want a home for completely off-topic randomness. Maybe what you had for dinner, or what your dog dragged in.

Yeah, yeah, I know there's a Community Board, but they scare me. And I'm temporarily avoiding the DVC CB for a little bit. This thread will probably deserve to be moved or locked, but...

======

I got this by email today, and for some reason found a lot of it funny. Anyone else, or do I need to be locked up?
They scare me too! And how does this lock in with a place to ramble?

[peoplemover913]

Feeling any better today???

And to keep this post entirely OT.....has anyone ever bought a puppy online? Totally sight unseen that gets sent via airplane to your town? :rotfl: Am I crazy for considering it?! :rolleyes: (Yeah, I know, I am just plain crazy!)

Don't get me wrong, I received my dog, sight unseen, as a gift from my boyfriend's parents and I love her more than I ever thought I could love a dog, BUT please consider getting a dog from a shelter!!! There are so many great dogs out there that just need a good person with some faith to give them a good home! My friends have two chihuahua mixes from the pound that are just great dogs who would not have had such a good life if they weren't taken in! Please, please, please consider a pound puppy!

[queenlizzie]

okay...have to show my super mutt now........ahem...
INTRODUCING.......FLETCHER THE WONDER DOG!!!!!
http://images.snapfish.com/3454737523232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E2353%3D823%3D965%3DXRO QDF%3E23239%3C8%3A64%3B42ot1lsi
trying to teach him to fly with those ears!!!!

[Tishke]

Don't get me wrong, I received my dog, sight unseen, as a gift from my boyfriend's parents and I love her more than I ever thought I could love a dog, BUT please consider getting a dog from a shelter!!! There are so many great dogs out there that just need a good person with some faith to give them a good home! My friends have two chihuahua mixes from the pound that are just great dogs who would not have had such a good life if they weren't taken in! Please, please, please consider a pound puppy!



We've been looking at the shelter's in my area, and all they have are large dogs....which my DS6 are absolutely terrified of. I don't want anything large either. Plus, with DS allergies, breeds are limited. So, we've been checking the shelters and if one appears that that we like, we will go see it, if not we have to look elsewhere.

[peoplemover913]

Oh, Queen Liz, if only our dogs could meet...they could both fly!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/ncullen/daisy2.jpg

[lab_girl]

We've been looking at the shelter's in my area, and all they have are large dogs....which my DS6 are absolutely terrified of. I don't want anything large either. Plus, with DS allergies, breeds are limited. So, we've been checking the shelters and if one appears that that we like, we will go see it, if not we have to look elsewhere.

We did that too... we had a check list:
Male Dog (heard that the don't kill the lawn as bad :confused3 )
Short hair (one that doesn't shed)
Not a 'hyper' breed

then we went shopping and ended up with:
A FEMALE dog with VERY LONG hair that SHEDS year round. Oh, and she is VERY HYPER .
But, we love her :)
Good luck!! :teeth:
:dog2:

[MKbrat]

Oh Queen, Fletcher is so cute :dog: ! I believe Fletcher fly. I believe he can touch the sky, think about it every night and day. Spreads his ears and flies away! :rotfl2: :rotfl:

[queenlizzie]

THANK YOU! strapping a tiny parachute on him now......we'll start up on the roof......wish us luck! err, him....I'll just watch :) hee!

[queenlizzie]

well...good news is......Fletch will be just fine....a month or so, he'll be back on his feet......just an FYI........dogs don't know anything about ripcords.

http://images.snapfish.com/3454776%3B23232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E2353%3D823%3D965%3DX ROQDF%3E2323%3B%3C97489%3C2ot1lsi

[hagen]

well...good news is......Fletch will be just fine....a month or so, he'll be back on his feet......just an FYI........dogs don't know anything about ripcords.

Have you ever had that talk with Fletcher about opposable thumbs? The moment might have passed...

hagen

[pilikia97]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: I can't stop laughing at those last few posts!

[BriarRosie]

I often wonder about the country of Germany. I am sure it has happened many times by now, but if a person from frankfurt marries a person from hamburg what happens?

I mean if your mother is a frankfurter and your father is a hamburger, then what are you?

:confused3 :confused3 :confused3


Uh.....a Son of a Bun? :confused3

[NJ Mike]

Uh.....a Son of a Bun? :confused3


Well, i know iamspuds' kids will be tater-tots, but this one still has me puzzled. ;)

[BriarRosie]

Well, i know iamspuds' kids will be tater-tots, but this one still has me puzzled. ;)


Heheheh. Tater tots. :teeth:

But I couldn't think of much on such short notice. "Frankburger" and
"Hamfurter" sound like characters in the "Rocky Horror Picture Show".

Son of a Bun seemed less freakish. :rolleyes1

[marypops!]

i feel sad

i could of got a piece of disney history test track pin for about £8.00 but it came up too late so i asked my dad if he could bid on it for me
i come on today to find out he didn't bid on it because he fell asleep

well another chance soon anyway :)

[deba]

i feel sad

i could of got a piece of disney history test track pin for about £8.00 but it came up too late so i asked my dad if he could bid on it for me
i come on today to find out he didn't bid on it because he fell asleep

well another chance soon anyway :)

Don't be sad. :sunny: I have on occasion found a Disney pin that I've really wanted on eBay. Sometimes I win, but when I don't, whether it be because I didn't bid enough or because the auction slipped my mind, I almost always get an even better deal later!

You might want to try a free snipe service. Try auctionstealer...it works great! Show it to your dad. You enter your info and the site places your bid for you in the last few seconds of the auction.

The pin that you want is a great one. I have it (wish I had an extra for you! :goodvibes ), and you'll love it when you finally get it. Worth waiting for! :

[peoplemover913]

Just a bump, a friendly bump!

[kitashus]

I finally finished faux painting my bedroom. :cool1: It only took me, like, I dunno, 9 months or something! lol I feel like that painter dude on Murphy Brown. Now what was his name...? :teeth:

[qruthie]

I finally finished faux painting my bedroom. :cool1: It only took me, like, I dunno, 9 months or something! lol I feel like that painter dude on Murphy Brown. Now what was his name...? :teeth:

Eldon (I think)

qruthie (the 'q' is silent)

[kitashus]

Eldon (I think)

qruthie (the 'q' is silent)

Yes! I think that was it...I was thinking it started with an 'E'! Thanks
qruthie (the 'q' is silent)! :teeth:

Now, let's see how long it takes me to paint my kids' bathroom! :rotfl2:

[MiakodaWDW]

Ramble ramble ramble. I am very bored. My fiance is at work until about 6 am and I am bored bored bored. Um, here is a picture of my cats:

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/5469/timmieblueeyesandlibby3dr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

And here is a picture from EPCOT of ME as a cat:

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/7702/selenaepcotcat3aw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Um, here is Ben Affleck before his chin job (I took this picture and refused to sell it to the press):

http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/5985/benbeforechinjob9xp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Here's a tiny pic of a Hidden Mickey I discovered and may be given credit for in the next printing of the Official Hidden Mickey book sold at the parks:

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/5676/btmhm1yj.gif (http://imageshack.us)

When I am bored, I post pics.

And here is a list of some things on my desk right now: my cell phone, an empty Aquafina bottle, a butterfly barrette, a coaster, some VMK cards, some allergy medicine my cousin left here, and a drawing I made of a guy getting hit by lightning...wait I'll take a picture real quick and post that:

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/3530/guy8rr.png (http://imageshack.us)

Ok, I guess that is all.

Love,
~Mia~

[Captain Brain]

I have no scholl today!!WOOT!

Deer seaon,our school gets out one day for it!

~Billy~

[kitashus]

Can someone tell me who turned the heat up? It is 90 degrees here today! :sunny:

What is up with that? :confused3

Just a couple of days ago I had the heater on and fireplaces going. :cold: Who has connections with Mother Nature? If you do, tell her to get her act together-- this is THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER!!!! :cool2: ...and I don't like to sweat. :smooth:

OK, rant over...
:teeth:

[kitashus]

I have no scholl today!!WOOT!

Deer seaon,our school gets out one day for it!

~Billy~

You get out of school to kill deer? :rolleyes: Don't let Bambi hear you say that. :rotfl:

[Captain Brain]

You get out of school to kill deer? :rolleyes: Don't let Bambi hear you say that. :rotfl:
I don't hunt(candiarian-doesn't eat vegetables or most meat,but eats candy!)

I wouldn't dream of killing poor Bambi!

[Someybody]

I don't hunt(candiarian-doesn't eat vegetables or most meat,but eats candy!)

I wouldn't dream of killing poor Bambi!
i have only half days this whole week! Its Hunting time!

[MiakodaWDW]

It's ALWAYS 90 degrees here..... :blush: :blush: :blush:

~Mia~

[lajones81]

It's going to snow on Wednesday here! :cold: :guilty: :(

[Captain Brain]

It's going to snow on Wednesday here! :cold: :guilty: :(
Cool!Me too!-I hope anyway,I LOVE snow-

[lajones81]

Cool!Me too!-I hope anyway,I LOVE snow-

Well, Brain...guess what? It's you lucky day! You can have my snow! I am not a fan of cold weather! For those of you that know me that means I have to wear socks and shoes! (Gasp! Gasp!) Besides it's so depressing when I get up and it's dark and go into school and leave when it's dark, too. :guilty:

[kitashus]

Well, Brain...guess what? It's you lucky day! You can have my snow! I am not a fan of cold weather! For those of you that know me that means I have to wear socks and shoes! (Gasp! Gasp!) Besides it's so depressing when I get up and it's dark and go into school and leave when it's dark, too. :guilty:

Friend, you can have my 90 degrees, how 'bout that? :sunny: :flower:

[Captain Brain]

Well, Brain...guess what? It's you lucky day! You can have my snow! I am not a fan of cold weather! For those of you that know me that means I have to wear socks and shoes! (Gasp! Gasp!) Besides it's so depressing when I get up and it's dark and go into school and leave when it's dark, too. :guilty:
Can you fed-ex snow?

[lajones81]

Friend, you can have my 90 degrees, how 'bout that? :sunny: :flower:

That sounds fantastic! :sunny:

[lajones81]

Can you fed-ex snow?

Sure thing! :)

[MiakodaWDW]

Boy, I do not miss snow. The other day I was watching this old video I found from when I was in college in NC, I was snowed into my apartment ALONE for 3 days....my roommate was with her folks and my boyfriend at the time was snowed in near his work...I had no snow gear so I couldn't go play in the snow with the other college kids in my complex...I was just sitting at home in my PJ's for 3 days. The video is of cars out the window trying to get "unstuck" and make it up the road, which was uphill. It was the most exciting part of my "incarceration", other than playing Super Mario RPG on my super Nintendo....
I had no cable. It was awful!

~Mia~

[Someybody]

Can you fed-ex snow?
Yea you can. But youll need these guys:
http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/95611fedex.jpg
:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:
Have fun!

[pilikia97]

We are currently getting dusted with the white stuff...only the second time so far this season. I think it's a record for Denver, and for once it was not snowing on Halloween!:faint: :duck:

[NJ Mike]

-Tries to read the dis, head pounding too much..-

-goes to bed mumbling over and over again "stupid cowboys, stupid cowboys, stupid cowboys.." -

:sad2: :scared1: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint:

[disvaclub92]

-Tries to read the dis, head pounding too much..-

-goes to bed mumbling over and over again "stupid cowboys, stupid cowboys, stupid cowboys.." -

:sad2: :scared1: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint:

That was just an utter disgrace last night. I cannot believe I stayed up to watch the whole game. :sad2: :sad2:

[MiakodaWDW]

That was just an utter disgrace last night. I cannot believe I stayed up to watch the whole game. :sad2: :sad2:

Maybe someone needs to explain this to me????
If it involves football though, which I expect it does....then I don't want to know. Football is the second most boring/irritating thing I can think of. The first is listening to sportscasters. Sorry if anyone disagrees but....that's how I feel! I had to endure listening to sports casters talking about some game for about 2 hours while waiting in the doctor's office Saturday...I wanted to kill myself.

Sorry, sports fans.

:flower: ~Mia~ :flower:

[lovethattink]

Lol Miakoda. I'm not much of a sport fan either. However, a game was on the tv while cutting Campbell's Soup labels. (I'm the school's Campbell's soup mom...) Anyway, my dad fell asleep on the chair watching football. Not sure if it was the same game, but someone was ahead by 13 points when he fell asleep. When he woke up, the other team was ahead. He and my husband were utterly amazed.

[disvaclub92]

Maybe someone needs to explain this to me????
If it involves football though, which I expect it does....then I don't want to know. Football is the second most boring/irritating thing I can think of. The first is listening to sportscasters. Sorry if anyone disagrees but....that's how I feel! I had to endure listening to sports casters talking about some game for about 2 hours while waiting in the doctor's office Saturday...I wanted to kill myself.

Sorry, sports fans.

:flower: ~Mia~ :flower:

Hmm!! Yes it involves football, but please note I agree it is boring until the last few minutes of the game. Hence, why I was playing VMK up until the late hours of the night. :rotfl2: :rotfl2: I actually prefer to watch Hockey - a little more entertaining.

[okwdreamin]

:sad1: Being a football fan has become so frustrating for me!!!! lol
That was just an utter disgrace last night. I cannot believe I stayed up to watch the whole game. :sad2: :sad2:

[MiakodaWDW]

LOL... there are only two sports I will watch if forced: basketball and hockey. I was really into college ball in HS (Duke and NCSU....I went to NCSU later on). Hockey I only watch if I am at a game.

I was in the marching band in HS so I had to go to every football game. I spent the time talking and goofing around with my friends and when we made a touchdown the band played and I...as part of the colorguard...had to do a stupid little dance. We were like the reject nerd cheerleaders. I never paid attention to the actual game.

BTW, I don't know if anyone has heard of this...maybe it's a North Carolina thing...but once a year we had this thing at a football game called "Cow Bingo" or something like that. The field was marked into a grid by a land surveyor and you bought a "square". A cow was let onto the field and...well...if it pooped in your square, you won! Wow, we were rednecks.

:flower: ~Mia~ :flower:

[marypops!]

i know it's VMK related but on ebay someone is selling a space mountain room code and i'm in the screenshot also someone is buying it for $25.00 :earseek: so crazy

now back to off topic nscklehmgxfckgxkvsa.gcxxxxnvj,dsvhzcv,hszcjx,bloob loobloocnbgxanzfsjyksafycy,jxvz,bynxfcymbsnvcxmcsg hdsshdlalalalalalalazsfjxyvykn\gxc\ygdnv,gkfys,jxg ny,gfdshehehehehehejxrhmlkhglkxgklcugkuvucdvgd,vgc vyouujmxhdcan'tfhnhseegiufnethis;ofihdsabecauseiou fgcigrfcnsayc;oihsnsso!!!mhcxfms.vlkhdvlklhkm

[SorcMickey]

you think that was bad try this..

RARE Disney VMK Pirates of the Caribbean Quest Cards
US $71.00


dont you love ebay

[marypops!]

you think that was bad watch this... http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/232855

it's the most annoying song EVER (next to the crazy frog, the cheeky girls song, the ketchup song and itzy bitzy teeny weeny yellow polkadot bikini)

[marypops!]

my favorite episode of the simpsons is on (break right now)
it's the teacher of the year awards it's the best because it has WDW in it (well really epcot but still) well gotta go it's on :)

[Someybody]

Hmm!! Yes it involves football, but please note I agree it is boring until the last few minutes of the game. Hence, why I was playing VMK up until the late hours of the night. :rotfl2: :rotfl2: I actually prefer to watch Hockey - a little more entertaining.
i missed that game! aww. :guilty:

[Captain Brain]

you think that was bad try this..

RARE Disney VMK Pirates of the Caribbean Quest Cards
US $71.00


dont you love ebay
My Gosh!The person that bought is a real sucker!(no offense if someone here bought it)

[MiakodaWDW]

you think that was bad watch this... http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/232855

it's the most annoying song EVER (next to the crazy frog, the cheeky girls song, the ketchup song and itzy bitzy teeny weeny yellow polkadot bikini)


Ok if you think that is the most annoying song ever...I guess you haven't heard "cat, I'm a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance and I dance dance dance" http://www.ebaumsworld.com/kittycatdance.html
Or "I'm a hippopotamus and I got noodles on my back, noodles on my back, noodles on my back...." http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/hipponoodles.html
Check 'em out! They will be stuck in your head for days, or even years!

[NJ Mike]

Ok, so i had 3, count em, 3 light bulbs blow out on me last night, and of course 1 is in the ceiling fixture in the kitchen which i need a stepladder for, and the other 2 are hall lights that i also need a stepladder for.

So i finish changing all 3, go grab a drink and it hits me.

How come lightbulbs blow out so darn quick, but your refrigerator bulb lasts 20 years? :confused3 ;)

[blizzard]

How come lightbulbs blow out so darn quick, but your refrigerator bulb lasts 20 years? :confused3 ;)

Maybe it has something to do with the cold? :cold: :cold:

[MiakodaWDW]

you want to know the truth about lightbulbs? This is what I read somewhere. Actually, lightbulbs can easily (and cheaply) be made to last years and years (if not forever). However, light bulb companies would never make money if people didn't constantly have to buy new ones, being that they are so cheap. So they are purposefully made to blow out after a while.

True story.

:flower: ~Mia~ :flower:

[wdeversole]

Well, i know iamspuds' kids will be tater-tots, but this one still has me puzzled. ;)

:rotfl2:

[wdeversole]

It's going to snow on Wednesday here! :cold: :guilty: :(
It's supposed to snow here today, too. HIGH TOMORROW - 35 degrees !!
:cold: :cold: :cold: :cold: :cold:

[wdeversole]

BTW, I don't know if anyone has heard of this...maybe it's a North Carolina thing...but once a year we had this thing at a football game called "Cow Bingo" or something like that. The field was marked into a grid by a land surveyor and you bought a "square". A cow was let onto the field and...well...if it pooped in your square, you won! Wow, we were rednecks.

In our part of Ohio, it is referred to as "meadow muffin bingo" ;)

[BriarRosie]

It's supposed to snow here today, too. HIGH TOMORROW - 35 degrees !!
:cold: :cold: :cold: :cold: :cold:


It is snowing right now. :earseek:

[SorcMickey]

it is about 80 degrees and cloudy here

the life of living in Sunny Florida (i miss the snow)

[HollyJoy]

It's 74 right now, here in Maryland, with a bit of rain falling now and the loom of thunderstorms hanging over us. Crappy thing is, tomorrow the HIGH is supposed to be 46! :confused3

Needless to say, everyone will be sick next week! :guilty:

[Tishke]

It's 82 here today (Savannah) with a slight chance of a passing thunderstorm from that cold front. Tomorrow the high is expected to be about 61. A twenty degree drop in temperatures? :confused3 I am in the minority here in that I would MUCH rather have the 61 (lower would be nice :) ) temperatures than 80's in November. How un-holiday like :rolleyes:

[VirtuallyMe]

It's 74 right now, here in Maryland, with a bit of rain falling now and the loom of thunderstorms hanging over us. Crappy thing is, tomorrow the HIGH is supposed to be 46! :confused3

Needless to say, everyone will be sick next week! :guilty:


We were 80 degrees yesterday- in the 50's today and will be in the 40's tomorrow- and you can add to that temperature change- the fact that because the hurricane blew off all the leaves on the trees we are currently experiencing Spring time with flowers in bloom, new leaves on trees, and all the associated pollen that goes along with it- plus the mold- sick is the thing to be in South Louisiana lol :guilty:

[NJ Mike]

it's about 75 here, warm breezes but very windy, which is just bizarre.

I mean there are dead leaves blowing everywhere, the lawns are dead, the trees are bare, and here i am in a t-shirt and shorts. :confused3

But, since the big dude upstairs has a sense of humor with good ol mikey, i made sure to go find my snow shovel today. because i know its just a matter of time ;)

[MiakodaWDW]

WOW. We have GOT to stop talking about the weather...we sound like a bunch of old farts.

So, who likes pandas?

~Mia~

[VirtuallyMe]

So, who likes pandas?

Not sure- I've never met any personnally :)

[marypops!]

i'm still waiting for kingdom hearts 2 to come out
the new trailer makes it better i mean stitch is in it! wait is that good or bad (i'm talking about evil experiment 626 stitch not ohana means family stitch)

anyone else waiting?

[MiakodaWDW]

Stitch...is that bad? Well all I know about Stitch is the travesty that has become of Alien Encounter....mourn, mourn.....so I will say it's BAD.

~Mia, missing Alien Encounter and dissing STITCH~

[lajones81]

Today was a fantastic day! Today we wore slippers in school reminding us to slip into a good book. I was in heaven all day...that is until I went outside and saw the flurries! AH!!

[Captain Brain]

Today was a fantastic day! Today we wore slippers in school reminding us to slip into a good book. I was in heaven all day...that is until I went outside and saw the flurries! AH!!
Lucky!I want Snow!!-maybe next time-

[Tishke]

So, it's after midnight...I'm stressed, can't sleep and keep craving Tonga Toast....which I have never had. :confused3 I guess it is back to the grocery store for me :rolleyes:

[pumpkinfish]

Well...

its after midnight and I just got home from work a little while ago. I then get the response of "WHAT?!" from my sea star like she is so surprised by this...like she doesn't know I work in retail ;)


But I still heart you and your cravings...oh, and thanks again for making me crave and want something I have never had...

[marypops!]

my trousers just broke
well not torn but a part to join them together just came off

and they were my school trousers as well

meaning no school tomorrow yay :)

[MiakodaWDW]

So, Marypop's pants....popped? I guess you have to change your name to Marypantspops! :rotfl2:

If your school uniform breaks...you just dont' have to go? that must be nice! I used to do whatever I could to get out of going to school in HS and Middle School. College too, but that was easier: if I didn't want to go to class, I just didn't go. I even missed a regular test and a FINAL EXAM in my German class this way (by accident...had my dates wrong). He still let me make both of them up later :)
No idea how I made the Dean's list....

~Mia~

my trousers just broke
well not torn but a part to join them together just came off

and they were my school trousers as well

meaning no school tomorrow yay :)

[peoplemover913]

Just as a note on the weather: it is supposed to be in the mid seventies today here in old San Francisco...what the hay? We NEVER have nice weather and now when I am trying to convince my customers that Christmas is right around the corner, everyone is asking for sunscreen...not Cranberry Body Butter! :sunny:

[wdeversole]

not Cranberry Body Butter! :sunny:

Sounds tasty. Does it go well with turkey? ;)

[marypops!]

well still school tomorrow

and boring H/W

anyone know what type of energy a pendulum clock uses?

[blizzard]

well still school tomorrow

and boring H/W

anyone know what type of energy a pendulum clock uses?

potential and kinetic?

[marypops!]

potential and kinetic?
cool thanks :)

well let's try more shall we

for all it will be changes ___ energy into ___ energy and also if no energy changes into no energy use not

example:
weight lifter changes chemical energy into mechanical energy
biro uses no energy

so:
car
telephone
magnifying glass
lamp
microphone
doorbell
electric kettle
glasswool insulation
radio
dynamo
pendulum clock
central heating
chair
tree
thermometer
coal fire
calculator
plastic
food processor
TV
battery
barometer
refrigerator
candle
solar cell
double glazing
motor
match
radioactivity
waterfall















oh and thanks for helping me with my H/W

[blizzard]

cool thanks :)

well let's try more shall we

for all it will be changes ___ energy into ___ energy and also if no energy changes into no energy use not

example:
weight lifter changes chemical energy into mechanical energy
biro uses no energy



OK, you can use my answers to check your work :teeth:

so:
car - chemical, kinetic
telephone - electrical, sound
magnifying glass - no change
lamp - electrical, light (and heat)
microphone - sound, electrical
doorbell - electrical, sound
electric kettle - electrical, heat
glasswool insulation - no change
radio - electrical (or chemical for battery), sound
dynamo - (not sure what this is)
pendulum clock - potential, kinetic
central heating - chemical, heat (for a furnace - I think that's what you mean)
chair - no change
tree - solar, chemical
thermometer - heat, mechanical
coal fire - chemical, heat
calculator - no change
plastic - no change
food processor - electrical, mechanical
TV - electrical, light
battery - no change
barometer - no change
refrigerator - electrical, mechanical (to compress the gas), heat
candle - chemical, heat & light
solar cell - solar, electrical
double glazing - no change
motor - electric, mechanical
match - chemical, heat & light
radioactivity - no change
waterfall - potential, kinetic & sound


OK those are off the top of my head, and I'm not guaranteeing the answers. Some of them are certainly open for discussion.

I'm off to go shopping, so don't give me more!

[MiakodaWDW]

wow. I just have no idea. Physics was not my best subject. Got any grammar or math questions?

~Mia~

[marypops!]

i have french but it's a put the right answer for the room it is and it's drawn up

[MiakodaWDW]

i have french but it's a put the right answer for the room it is and it's drawn up

Oh.....well I am pretty good at French also (not as good as I should be for taking it for 5 years...but still good), so if you could describe them to me I can help!

:flower: ~Mia~ :flower:

P.S. Le travail d'école est une douleur. Je sens votre douleur.

[peoplemover913]

Sounds tasty. Does it go well with turkey? ;)

No, but it sure does great things to your skin...yumm! It does kinda make you want turkey, although to me it makes me think of drinking an icy cold cosmo!

[marypops!]

well if you could write out the places in a home mentioned in the text then you might

could take awhile to write though :)

and thanks for helping out with homework which i'm too lazy to learn by myself

C'est une très grande maison. Au sous-sol, il y a le garage à gauche et la cave à droite. Au rez-de-chaussée, vous entrez et la première pièce à droite, c'est la salle de jeux et après ça à droite, il y a la salle à manger. à gauche, en face de la salle de jeux, vous trouverez le salon qui donne sur le jardin. Au bout, il y a la cuisine toute équipée. Au premier étage, il y a une salle de bain et quarte chambres. Vous montez l'escalier et la salle de bain est un face. Au fond du couloir à gauche il y a la chambre principale avec une salle d'eau. Au deuxième étage, il y a la cinquième chambre à gauche et un bureau à droite.

:)

this took about 10 mins to write out

[nmudisneyfan]

Oh! I forgot to post this yesterday! I was so busy that I didn't have a chance to get on the boards much.
NMU had a Snow Day yesterday! Our first of the year!
I spent mine working, shopping, and seeing a play.

[MiakodaWDW]

What are you supposed to do with that? I can help if you tell me what the assignment is. Although, you should be learning on your own! Had to add that. I can understand the paragraph but what are you supposed to do? Maybe you have to draw the house and label the rooms? I remember doing something like that in High School French....

~Mia~

well if you could write out the places in a home mentioned in the text then you might

could take awhile to write though :)

and thanks for helping out with homework which i'm too lazy to learn by myself

C'est une très grande maison. Au sous-sol, il y a le garage à gauche et la cave à droite. Au rez-de-chaussée, vous entrez et la première pièce à droite, c'est la salle de jeux et après ça à droite, il y a la salle à manger. à gauche, en face de la salle de jeux, vous trouverez le salon qui donne sur le jardin. Au bout, il y a la cuisine toute équipée. Au premier étage, il y a une salle de bain et quarte chambres. Vous montez l'escalier et la salle de bain est un face. Au fond du couloir à gauche il y a la chambre principale avec une salle d'eau. Au deuxième étage, il y a la cinquième chambre à gauche et un bureau à droite.

:)

this took about 10 mins to write out

[JeanJoe]

I'm such a proud papa... Daddy's little Beasts are growing up to be Sith Lords... My "darling" daughters and a friend:

http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/87044sithbeasts.jpg

(oh fine, yes, I'm a Star Wars geek...)

[Captain Brain]

I'm such a proud papa... Daddy's little Beasts are growing up to be Sith Lords... My "darling" daughters and a friend:

http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/87044sithbeasts.jpg

(oh fine, yes, I'm a Star Wars geek...)
My gosh Joe,Which one is the 'beast' I have been reading about?

[peoplemover913]

I'm such a proud papa... Daddy's little Beasts are growing up to be Sith Lords... My "darling" daughters and a friend:

http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/87044sithbeasts.jpg

(oh fine, yes, I'm a Star Wars geek...)

Be, your kids are adorable, really really cute!

[JeanJoe]

Oh, they are both Beasts. Many people are fooled by their occasionally cute appearance into underestimating the Horrors that they truly are. Don't be fooled! They Are Beasts!

My gosh Joe,Which one is the 'beast' I have been reading about?

[Captain Brain]

Oh, they are both Beasts. Many people are fooled by their occasionally cute appearance into underestimating the Horrors that they truly are. Don't be fooled! They Are Beasts!
Want to trade my 7 year old brother for a beast?

[FlyThenFall]

Ah, it's been a while since I posted so...hello there in Dis world. ;) You're all so much more friendly than my calculus teacher who pretty much told me going into the liberal or fine arts as a career is a waste of your time! *Insert Sarcastic Grin*

Hope to see you all in VMK!

BTW: I'll trade taking care of a beast for an A in Calculus! :D

[Captain Brain]

Ah, it's been a while since I posted so...hello there in Dis world. ;) You're all so much more friendly than my calculus teacher who pretty much told me going into the liberal or fine arts as a career is a waste of your time! *Insert Sarcastic Grin*

Hope to see you all in VMK!

BTW: I'll trade taking care of a beast for an A in Calculus! :D
Wow a Fly sighting! :earseek:

Welcome back.

[lajones81]

Ah, it's been a while since I posted so...hello there in Dis world. ;) You're all so much more friendly than my calculus teacher who pretty much told me going into the liberal or fine arts as a career is a waste of your time! *Insert Sarcastic Grin*

Hope to see you all in VMK!

BTW: I'll trade taking care of a beast for an A in Calculus! :D

AH! Calculus! That is the only math class that I could not understand! *Shivers* You bring back painful memories from my senior year in high school! ;)

[Alyce]

Oh, they are both Beasts. Many people are fooled by their occasionally cute appearance into underestimating the Horrors that they truly are. Don't be fooled! They Are Beasts!

You take a break.........I will mind the beasts.........With no fear ! ! ! ! !
Miss little ones !

And NOT TO WORRY..........THEY WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU !
I AM NOT A GLUTTEN FOR PUNISHMENT ! ! ! ! !

The Fairy Mummy,

[marypops!]

What are you supposed to do with that? I can help if you tell me what the assignment is. Although, you should be learning on your own! Had to add that. I can understand the paragraph but what are you supposed to do? Maybe you have to draw the house and label the rooms? I remember doing something like that in High School French....

~Mia~

yeah i finished that
the house was already on a sheet of paper

and i'm too lazy to learn also really bad at french and i hate it


and i can't think of anything else to say except i'm going to the ministry of mayhem tomorrow (a tv show over here in England) no logos on shirts but gonna wear a pin or 2

[Captain Brain]

You take a break.........I will mind the beasts.........With no fear ! ! ! ! !
Miss little ones !

And NOT TO WORRY..........THEY WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU !
I AM NOT A GLUTTEN FOR PUNISHMENT ! ! ! ! !

The Fairy Mummy,
Miss Alyce!

I can't believe you!Do you want a seven year old?He's toilet-trained!;)

[lajones81]

OK I'll tell a secret, which isn't a secret to some people! LOL! I am a very fast typer and people used to pay me to type their papers in school! Shhh!

[Alyce]

Miss Alyce!

I can't believe you!Do you want a seven year old?He's toilet-trained!;)

Should I open a Dis Day care Center ?

:confused3 :confused3 :confused3

I am just afraid that the "parents" here will get sooooooo involved with VMK...........well, you know what I am saying..........

:rolleyes1 :rolleyes1 :rolleyes1

[Captain Brain]

Should I open a Dis Day care Center ?

:confused3 :confused3 :confused3

I am just afraid that the "parents" here will get sooooooo involved with VMK...........well, you know what I am saying..........

:rolleyes1 :rolleyes1 :rolleyes1
:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[Captain Brain]

OK I'll tell a secret, which isn't a secret to some people! LOL! I am a very fast typer and people used to pay me to type their papers in school! Shhh!
Friend How Could you!!!I'm telling on you!

[lajones81]

Friend How Could you!!!I'm telling on you!

AH! I've been found! (Hides)

[Captain Brain]

AH! I've been found! (Hides)
Muahaha!I will go tell the teacher peoples or what ever they call them...

[MiakodaWDW]

I just have to say I saw "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Poo"...I mean "Fire"...tonight after years of anticipation. Not only did I fall asleep on and off near the end b/c I had just gotten a flu shot (apparently they make you tired and crappy feeling...I did not know since i haven't had one in years), but I was also SO disappointed at the movie. I'm not going off about how they cut a bunch of stuff....I mean, I know if they didn't cut stuff the movie would be about 6-8 hours long. But it was just HORRIBLE. I am too tired to go into details....but if any other HP fans out there who have read the book have seen this...tell me what you think about it!

:flower:~Mia~:flower:

[Captain Brain]

I just have to say I saw "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Poo"...I mean "Fire"...tonight after years of anticipation. Not only did I fall asleep on and off near the end b/c I had just gotten a flu shot (apparently they make you tired and crappy feeling...I did not know since i haven't had one in years), but I was also SO disappointed at the movie. I'm not going off about how they cut a bunch of stuff....I mean, I know if they didn't cut stuff the movie would be about 6-8 hours long. But it was just HORRIBLE. I am too tired to go into details....but if any other HP fans out there who have read the book have seen this...tell me what you think about it!

:flower:~Mia~:flower:
Uh-oh!I have read every book twice.I hope the movie really isn't that bad...

[MiakodaWDW]

Uh-oh!I have read every book twice.I hope the movie really isn't that bad...

Sorry, but it is :( My favorite book....worst HP movie. I went to IMDB and some people disagree with me, so form your own opinion. There was absolutely no characterization, you don't get to know the new characters (Fleur, Cedric, Crouch, Krum) at all and the old characters are barely there. I don't think Snape or Malfoy even have lines. And Dumbledore is a jerk, and Hermione does not seem like the same person at all. There are a lot of silly jokes thrown in for laughs that are not even in the book. And worst of all...NO VEELAS! Plus, this movie is much less child-appropriate than the books and other movies (hence the PG-13 rating I guess).


:flower: ~Mia~ :flower:

[pumpkinfish]

Well speaking as someone who only read the first three...

My DH and I went and saw this last night too. I walked out of the theater feeling the EXACT same way I did when I walked out, after seeing Two Towers....I don't want this to end!! I am in such love with the movies that I am glad (gasp) that I stopped reading the books.
Obviously not every character or situation is going to be able to fit into an appropriate time frame (especially for those younger children in the audience...-even though it IS PG-13!), but I think this is really my favorite movie (HP) by far. :wizard:

It is understood that die-hard HP fans who love the books are honestly, bound to be disappointed continuously down the road. You (HP Book fans) have been reading and have a deep emotional connection to the different characters. As we go along, HP is going to be faced with many dark things (which makes your love for him grow deeper since it is more adult based...know what I mean?) and the books just seem to be getting longer and longer. A lot really is going to have to be cut which only sets you up to be upset at what was not included in the movie, instead of what the movie DID have.
I really am sorry you did not enjoy it. I for one, am excited by how the characters are really growing up. This was one of the many conversations DH and I had afterwards. It WILL be interesting how they will keep the movies PG-13 and under (if it ever goes back to G...highly unlikely IMHO) in the future. Also, how are they going to keep it kid-friendly?! There were quite a few scenes I was a little taken by last night (can we say...bubbles?! :earseek: :rotfl: ), but since I am way over 13, I have no problems with it. Just curious how those out there with under 13s felt about those scenes. And seriously, we all know the road that will probably have to be taken during the last movie (well...DH doesn't think so, but we have a $10 bet on it :rotfl: ) so how are children going to react to this?

But I digress...this has been quite a long post and I need to grab breakfast before work. MiakodaWDW, I hope you have not given up yet on the HP movies...and for the rest, I really hope you do sit back and enjoy this very entertaining story!

[marypops!]

anyone from England watch M.O.M? (ministry of mayhem) just went to the set to be apart of the audience and it was really fun
my 2 friends got to play one of the games and one of them won a mobile phone (with the help of girls aloud)

[NJ Mike]

Well speaking as someone who only read the first three...

My DH and I went and saw this last night too. I walked out of the theater feeling the EXACT same way I did when I walked out, after seeing Two Towers....I don't want this to end!! I am in such love with the movies that I am glad (gasp) that I stopped reading the books.
Obviously not every character or situation is going to be able to fit into an appropriate time frame (especially for those younger children in the audience...-even though it IS PG-13!), but I think this is really my favorite movie (HP) by far. :wizard:

It is understood that die-hard HP fans who love the books are honestly, bound to be disappointed continuously down the road. You (HP Book fans) have been reading and have a deep emotional connection to the different characters. As we go along, HP is going to be faced with many dark things (which makes your love for him grow deeper since it is more adult based...know what I mean?) and the books just seem to be getting longer and longer. A lot really is going to have to be cut which only sets you up to be upset at what was not included in the movie, instead of what the movie DID have.
I really am sorry you did not enjoy it. I for one, am excited by how the characters are really growing up. This was one of the many conversations DH and I had afterwards. It WILL be interesting how they will keep the movies PG-13 and under (if it ever goes back to G...highly unlikely IMHO) in the future. Also, how are they going to keep it kid-friendly?! There were quite a few scenes I was a little taken by last night (can we say...bubbles?! :earseek: :rotfl: ), but since I am way over 13, I have no problems with it. Just curious how those out there with under 13s felt about those scenes. And seriously, we all know the road that will probably have to be taken during the last movie (well...DH doesn't think so, but we have a $10 bet on it :rotfl: ) so how are children going to react to this?

But I digress...this has been quite a long post and I need to grab breakfast before work. MiakodaWDW, I hope you have not given up yet on the HP movies...and for the rest, I really hope you do sit back and enjoy this very entertaining story!


We saw it last night as well, along with my brother and his gang. My opinion, not the best hp movie ever, but it was ok. I looked at it much the same way as i did The Empire Strikes back, in the star wars series. To me, at least, it was a total "set-up" movie. Meaning you came out of it wanting more to see the next movie than actually appreciating this one, and that was EXACTLY the same thing that empire strikes back did to me the first time i saw it.

So all in all, meh, it was alright. :confused3

I agree that when they get to the "big scene" in half-blood prince, that many kids will not be in good shape after that. I think that pretty much guarantees that that movie will be a pg-13 at least. I mean, after all, they can't skip that part. ;)

Oh, and talk about vmk invading your real life... Every time they said "Yule Ball" i couldnt help but picture Mal and Canadian and think about the next mule ball lol.

[stejohno]

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: thanks for the laugh!! :rotfl: Not sure if this is too risque, but it is completely random:

Upon hearing that her elderly grandfather had just passed away, Katie went straight to her grandparent's house to visit her 95-year-old grandmother and comfort her. When she asked how her grandfather had died, her grandmother replied, he had a heart attack while we were making love on Sunday morning." Horrified, Katie told her grandmother that two people nearly 100 years old having sex would surely be asking for trouble. "Oh no, my dear," replied granny. "Many years ago, realizing our advanced age, we figured out the best time to do it was when the church bells would start to ring. It was just the right rhythm. Nice and slow and even. Nothing too strenuous. Simply in on the Ding and out on the Dong." She paused to wipe away a tear, and continued, "He'd still be alive if the ice cream truck hadn't come along."

[Captain Brain]

Oh, and talk about vmk invading your real life... Every time they said "Yule Ball" i couldnt help but picture Mal and Canadian and think about the next mule ball lol.

I will probably think that when I go see it tomorrow.Every time I here Kingdom,I want to shout "Vmk where?"

[MiakodaWDW]

I see your point...I know that they had to cut a lot of corners to fit the whole story in, but it just felt way too rushed for me. You can really tell it has a different director too...he changes the entire feel.

I have one thing to ask you....PLEASE read the rest of the books! You can still enjoy the movies (I have the first 3 on DVD and watch them all the time) but ESPECIALLY if you have already read 1-3...and especially now that you have seen GOF....please go out and get GOF and read it! Not to mention the next two...the later books are the better ones and you will have so much more understanding of the whole story if you read GOF that you would from just seeing the movie (hint: Rita Skeeter is more than she seems...House Elves have rights, too!...and you may want to get to know the character of Fleur Delacour a little better...)

I can enjoy the movies and not get too upset about this one. I have cooled down since last night ;). But seriously, if you like to read, get back into reading the books. You can find them pretty cheap (used) on Amazon. com! It's where I buy all my books. I got my fiance into reading them (he didn't want to..but I told him "just read the first one and if you don't want to continue, you don't have to") I think within 2 months he had read 1-6....back to back....he hardly ever put them down! These books are not just for kids, and if you like to see Harry growing as a person (as well as the others), you will have a much fuller understanding of everything from the books.

Sorry for the diatribe...but I am a big fan of reading (everything!) and HP is too wonderful NOT to read from start to finish.

BTW, another great book series for both kids and adults (more directed at children than the HP books...but I really enjoy them and so does my fiance...) is the Series of Unfortunate Events. There will be 13 in all (I think 12 is the next to come out) and I have read up to #6 or 7. If you've seen the EXCELLENT movie....it is based on the first 3 books. They are very short, I can read one or two in a day. I love the way Lemony Snicket writes! Great, great books. Sorry, I am such a nerd and reading nut.

~Mia~

P.S. Please PM me with what you and your DH think is going to happen in the last HP movie/book....I have an idea too and I want to see if you have the same one! ;)

Well speaking as someone who only read the first three...

My DH and I went and saw this last night too. I walked out of the theater feeling the EXACT same way I did when I walked out, after seeing Two Towers....I don't want this to end!! I am in such love with the movies that I am glad (gasp) that I stopped reading the books.
Obviously not every character or situation is going to be able to fit into an appropriate time frame (especially for those younger children in the audience...-even though it IS PG-13!), but I think this is really my favorite movie (HP) by far. :wizard:

It is understood that die-hard HP fans who love the books are honestly, bound to be disappointed continuously down the road. You (HP Book fans) have been reading and have a deep emotional connection to the different characters. As we go along, HP is going to be faced with many dark things (which makes your love for him grow deeper since it is more adult based...know what I mean?) and the books just seem to be getting longer and longer. A lot really is going to have to be cut which only sets you up to be upset at what was not included in the movie, instead of what the movie DID have.
I really am sorry you did not enjoy it. I for one, am excited by how the characters are really growing up. This was one of the many conversations DH and I had afterwards. It WILL be interesting how they will keep the movies PG-13 and under (if it ever goes back to G...highly unlikely IMHO) in the future. Also, how are they going to keep it kid-friendly?! There were quite a few scenes I was a little taken by last night (can we say...bubbles?! :earseek: :rotfl: ), but since I am way over 13, I have no problems with it. Just curious how those out there with under 13s felt about those scenes. And seriously, we all know the road that will probably have to be taken during the last movie (well...DH doesn't think so, but we have a $10 bet on it :rotfl: ) so how are children going to react to this?

But I digress...this has been quite a long post and I need to grab breakfast before work. MiakodaWDW, I hope you have not given up yet on the HP movies...and for the rest, I really hope you do sit back and enjoy this very entertaining story!

[MiakodaWDW]

Not sure if this is too risque, but it is completely random:

Upon hearing that her elderly grandfather had just passed away, Katie went straight to her grandparent's house to visit her 95-year-old grandmother and comfort her. When she asked how her grandfather had died, her grandmother replied, he had a heart attack while we were making love on Sunday morning." Horrified, Katie told her grandmother that two people nearly 100 years old having sex would surely be asking for trouble. "Oh no, my dear," replied granny. "Many years ago, realizing our advanced age, we figured out the best time to do it was when the church bells would start to ring. It was just the right rhythm. Nice and slow and even. Nothing too strenuous. Simply in on the Ding and out on the Dong." She paused to wipe away a tear, and continued, "He'd still be alive if the ice cream truck hadn't come along."

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

MAY be a little risque for the DIS...but I am dying over here. That is great!
I will tell that one.
~Mia~

I have a very cool puzzle for you guys to try. It will drive you crazy, but please do not cheat. Trust me, it's so worth it when you finally figure it out. My friend cheated (you CAN find the solution if you search online...) and she was SO mad at herself. It's SO cool!

Go here first to read the story behind it: http://www.borrett.id.au/computing/petals-bg.htm

Then go here to try it yourself! http://www.borrett.id.au/computing/petals-j.htm

You will want to read the story before you try it, just to get an idea of what it's about. Read the whole thing: the last few lines about what Bill Gates wrote on a napkin are very important and you will see why it's funny once you have figured this out.

Even though you are only supposed to know 3 things about this game, as stated in the Bill Gates story: I will tell you this. You do not have to be a math whiz or even know anything about math at all. Smarter people (like Gates) tend to take longer to figure this out, so if you are stumped, feel intelligent!

And if you figure it out, PLEASE do not post the answer here or anywhere....it's one of the most important of the 3 rules of the game...you cannot give away the answer!!!!

~Mia~

[MiakodaWDW]

OK make sure you check out my previous post, it's cool.

I have a "poll" of sorts. My hair is long and red now, like in my sig picture. I'm thinking about going short and blonde again (my natural color), tomorrow or maybe next week sometime. I would like some opinions on whether or not I should do this! I like it short, but it has been growing for so long I'm kinda scared to cut it again.
Check out this old picture, its about what my hair would look like if I change it (except for the bangs, I would have short pieces in front but no bangs...I know they look bad). But the length and general style is what I would be going for. Sorry it's such a goofy pic but it's the only one I could find with the hairstyle I'm thinking about going for.
Your opinions are greatly appreciated! you can PM me if you want so this thread won't be taken over with junk about my hair.

Yes, I realize my tongue is hanging out in every picture. :p Like I have said before, I am a weirdo. But MOST people do not have a problem with the tongue ring :p

http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/5590/selenashorthair1wp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Thanks!
~Mia~

[CoughCoolGhoul]

Mia and I were both expecting them to cut out a LOT of stuff, but in my opinion they cut out way too much. I know that there are time issues involving movies, but I think this bodes as a bad omen for the rest of the movies.

I don't think that anything in the movie was too controversial to children, you have to put it in perspective. I mean, how many 5 year olds are watching this movie, and how many of them understand what is going on? The first movie came out in 2001, you have to figure that the average age of the children seeing the movie was probably 8-11, at least the ones that understood the movie, or even paid attention to it, so by now most of those children would be 12-15. I think by 12 the bathroom scene with Myrtle isn't too shocking, and it's not like they're doing anything, it is all very innocent, and besides, she's a ghost.

There are things I was glad to see cut. We didn't need to see the entire World Cup match, we've seen plenty of Qudditch already, but we did need to see the Veelas.

We definately didn't need to hear about SPEW. Totally unnecessary.

After reading all the books (except the last one for obvious reasons), I do think that it was very important to get to know Fluer better, know what happened to Percy, meet Bill, and know -- if not all of -- more about what happened with Barty Crouch.

And where was Winky and Dobby? I felt that they were critical to the story.

And why was Dumbledore such a raving madman in this one? He is never in such a state, not even in book 6.

Also, why was Krum acting so strange in the maze? I know, but can anyone else figure it out -- who hasn't read the book?

From the very beginning the movie felt extremely rushed and just didn't have the same Harry Potter kind of feeling about it, and I would be totally confused if I hadn't read the books.

I think this movie did accomplished a few things though: it did give us a pretty good introduction to Voldemort, and the vileness of the Death Eaters (at least Wormtail), it showed just how much you money you can spend on CGI effects in a relatively shallow movie, and it provided a very weak bridge for parents to link to their children regarding the story.

Honestly, I liked Jurassic Park 3 better than this movie, and that isn't saying much.

But what can you expect I guess, no 12-14 year old is going to sit through a 3.5 to 4 hour movie. In the future I'm just going to see the HP movies on DVD or in-demand.

[SorcMickey]

what would you do if this was your neighbor

http://media.putfile.com/WizardsofWinter-SM

(turn on your speakers)

[lab_girl]

what would you do if this was your neighbor
http://media.putfile.com/WizardsofWinter-SM
(turn on your speakers)


WoW!
http://bestsmileys.com/clapping/3.gifThat was amazing http://bestsmileys.com/clapping/3.gif

[kitashus]

what would you do if this was your neighbor

http://media.putfile.com/WizardsofWinter-SM

(turn on your speakers)


Whoa, that is way cool. :cool1: Does kinda remind me of my neighbors though (they aren't that creative though, just obnoxious). :rolleyes: :rotfl2:

[marypops!]

that video was really great :)
best thing to watch after a cross country run at school in freezing cold nearly about to snow for about 40 mins in shorts and t shirt getting lost half way through and getting dehydrated near the end

[Alyce]

what would you do if this was your neighbor

http://media.putfile.com/WizardsofWinter-SM

(turn on your speakers)

Thanks for sharing that....What would I do if it was my neighbor ?

Ask them to include my house in the production !

:Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

[pumpkinfish]

I love that!!! I am so jealous I am not advanced enough in Holiday Lighting Placement and Technology (HLPT for short) to even remotely come up with an idea like that! I really wish I had those skills...

[wdeversole]

I have a very cool puzzle for you guys to try. It will drive you crazy, but please do not cheat. Trust me, it's so worth it when you finally figure it out.

Great puzzle Miakoda - i figured it out. I :love: puzzles.

[VirtuallyMe]

I'm a big time Harry Potter fan- even wrote some of my own fan fiction- and have read and re-read all the books more than once and books 1-4 probably more than 10 time- yeah I reread after each new book comes out- because when you know what to look for suddenly different little trivial things in the earlier books have all new meanings.

I went Friday to see the movie- went during the day while the kids were in school- mainly because of that PG13 rating I wanted to see what it was like before taking my 8yo who is "in love" with Harry Potter -lol

I have a different opinion about the movie- I actually liked it- but and that is a big but- I try to block out my expectations from what I read and watch the movie for the movie's sake. BTW I won't be bringing my 8 yo to the theatre I think this one was a bit too intense for her to see on the big screen- and she can watch it with me in our living room when the dvd is released in the spring.

Yeah I think I do agree with you on the absense of some things- Veelas, Winky, the real story of Barty Crouch, Jr., and I was most upset by the absense of Charlie and Bill and especially Percy= So much in that book comes out later that I can't believe it was omitted from the movie. For Instance- Snape showing his dark mark to the minister of magic to prove that Voldemort is back and Dumbledore calling for the "old gaurd" to be notified which is sort of important to lead into the fifth story lol. Oh and Rita Skeeter- she isn't in a jar for the summer now? what was up with that lol

I think all the movies were writen in a way that assumes that the viewer has read the books- because there is so much that has been left out in all of them- (I think the second movie followed that book the closest and still was off lol)

And the third movie - can we say "super Hermione" lol - that was my favorite book and so much was off in the movie that if I had looked at it only for that I would have hated the movie.

But if you look at this movie as a stand alone movie - it is really good at portraying a lot of emotion and undercurrent that would have been hard to show in a movie. And book five will have more trouble since lots of what is in book five is thought. And as much as some of the differences upset me in book three I loved the feel of the movie.

This last one doesn't dwell on the magical world so much- they aren't showing you so much new and incredible things in the story -but they are leading you up to future movies just as the books lead you to future books- things aren't nice and tidy- this is just part of a story a really long story- lol

And I liked the story- I wish I had seen it with someone else to discuss it with immediately after the show- because I had lots of emotions running around. And yes- had I seen it with other Harry Potter friends- the ones I know from the internet- I would have been more critical of the ommissions of things from the book that we all thought so important. But since I didn't do that I took the movie for what it is.

I do want to warn parents out there though- this movie does earn its PG-13 rating- and should point out the JK Rowling says she intends the books to be read by kids around the same age as Harry is in each one- at book four we are talking a high school freshman. I have a sister-in-law who has been reading the books to her kids- and I strongly cautioned her against reading book 4 to them and just shook my head when I heard she was reading book 6 to them this past summer (before she had read it herself). And I think there will be quite a few parents of young children who take their kids to this movie expecting something happy and fun and getting a pretty emotional wallup. In the time I saw the movie there were a few small kids- younger than my 8yo- most came in very excited- some began to play with other things and not watch the movie before it was halfway through- and two who looked to be about 6 yo girls were crying when we left- not sure if it was the movie or not- who knows mom could have said they couldn't have a candy or something- but they were upset.

But I did enjoy the movie for what it was and in the context of the other movies- now if I sat here and harped about things that were omitted or changed well- my opinion may change a bit. But I knew for this one there was lots that would have to be cut to get all the information in much less some of the fun stuff I wish they had included- but I am a bit surprised by some stuff that was omitted and/or changed- in the past JK Rowling has always been consulted as to what is important to future story lines to make sure that critical parts (that you may not know are that important now) aren't omitted from the movies- so now it makes me wonder if all those things that were left out won't matter in the future.

I was thinking that Dobby and Winky were probably left out because of the fact that Kreacher will be in the next movie and they don't want it to look too old when they do that... but some of the other things- well it certainly is making me think and rethink some of my predicitions for the last book.

BTW- Book 4 is what triggered my fan fiction- at least the first chapter did lol- I sort of took off from there when people asked me to continue what was supposed to be a one shot story- but never did finish it... sigh- I got lazy and book five beat me to the finish line and then I had no desire to go on any more...

[MiakodaWDW]

Is anyone gonna try this??? Besides wdeversole? It's cool, please play!!!
Also I need opinions on my hair choices on the previous page of this thread. Please help, I am unable to make decisions. It's a heriditary thing.



I have a very cool puzzle for you guys to try. It will drive you crazy, but please do not cheat. Trust me, it's so worth it when you finally figure it out. My friend cheated (you CAN find the solution if you search online...) and she was SO mad at herself. It's SO cool!

Go here first to read the story behind it: http://www.borrett.id.au/computing/petals-bg.htm

Then go here to try it yourself! http://www.borrett.id.au/computing/petals-j.htm

You will want to read the story before you try it, just to get an idea of what it's about. Read the whole thing: the last few lines about what Bill Gates wrote on a napkin are very important and you will see why it's funny once you have figured this out.

Even though you are only supposed to know 3 things about this game, as stated in the Bill Gates story: I will tell you this. You do not have to be a math whiz or even know anything about math at all. Smarter people (like Gates) tend to take longer to figure this out, so if you are stumped, feel intelligent!

And if you figure it out, PLEASE do not post the answer here or anywhere....it's one of the most important of the 3 rules of the game...you cannot give away the answer!!!!

~Mia~

[marypops!]

yes i have tried out the puzzle but i think i know how to do it and just when i'm getting it right i get one wrong

so still trying

[MiakodaWDW]

VirtuallyMe, about your fanfic....did you not finish it? I would like to read it...I got into reading a fan fiction (about another Magic School like Hogwarts with different characters) written by a girl of 18 on IMDB. From her writing, I would have guessed her age to be about 11 or 12. I was amazed that she was 18! Not that it was a BAD story...just seemed childish in its wording.

ANYWAY....if you don't mind I would really like to read one written by an adult, if would like to send it to me! Even if it's incomplete. I can PM you my email address if you want (or it may be on DIS...I don't remember).

On a side note, CoughCoolGhoul is writing a zombie story, loosely based on George Romero's films. He is either making it into like a diary form, or a novel. I told him he should make it a stage play, since I am into theater. I even joked that it could be a musical and he took me seriously! I can't wait until he is finished. I'm not into zombies like he is, but he is an excellent writer so it should be good. His best friend who owns a software company is even talking to him about making it into a video game!

:flower: ~Mia~ :flower:

[PurpleDuck]

what would you do if this was your neighbor

http://media.putfile.com/WizardsofWinter-SM

(turn on your speakers)

Whoa! Actually, I think those were my neighbors! :rotfl2:

Thanks for sharing it!

[BuddyGenie]

what would you do if this was your neighbor

http://media.putfile.com/WizardsofWinter-SM

(turn on your speakers)

That's the Trans-Siberian Orchestra playing, isn't it? :goodvibes

[debbiedoo]

what would you do if this was your neighbor

http://media.putfile.com/WizardsofWinter-SM

(turn on your speakers)



Trans-Siberian Orchestra -- saw them here in the ATL -- greatly recommend if you have the opportunity :goodvibes :goodvibes

Wizards in Winter -- can be found on The Lost Christmas Eve -- release date oct 12, 2004(front of CD snowglobe with electric guitar in globe)

I own several of their music--will not be disappointed with any of it :goodvibes

[lajones81]

what would you do if this was your neighbor

http://media.putfile.com/WizardsofWinter-SM

(turn on your speakers)

So awesome!!!!!

I love that!!! I am so jealous I am not advanced enough in Holiday Lighting Placement and Technology (HLPT for short) to even remotely come up with an idea like that! I really wish I had those skills...

HLPT! LOL! :rotfl2: You are too much girl! ;)

[Captain Brain]

Who wants to know a word that starts with 'Q' that's not followed by a 'U'?

Its quintar.

I found this while reading the dictonary this summer at the evil place.

I found others too:Quaid and Quat

There is always qruthie. :rotfl2:

[pumpkinfish]

I just wanted to be the first to congratulate PrincessLynda and Pengin on their new baby....their new FUR baby that is!

Welcome to the family Oliver!!!

:paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw:

[MiakodaWDW]

Who wants to know a word that starts with 'Q' that's not followed by a 'U'?

Its quintar.

I found this while reading the dictonary this summer at the evil place.

I found others too:Quaid and Quat

There is always qruthie. :rotfl2:


Um...I don't understand. All those words start with a Q and ARE followed by a U..... qruthie is the only one that isnt'! I'm confused.

~Mia~

[Disneyfan_77]

Um...I don't understand. All those words start with a Q and ARE followed by a U..... qruthie is the only one that isnt'! I'm confused.

~Mia~


I believe he means qintar ( a form of currency ), qaid, and qat.
Absolutely the most useful words to know when playing scrabble! :rotfl2:

[HollyJoy]

Wow, for a moment there you had me really thinking! lol Welcome Oliver!



I just wanted to be the first to congratulate PrincessLynda and Pengin on their new baby....their new FUR baby that is!

Welcome to the family Oliver!!!

:paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw:

[MiakodaWDW]

Pengin....Pengin....is that name from South Park? The Chinpokomon episode? "No Kenny, I want Pengin!"

I like Shoe the best.

~Mia~

[marypops!]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_4450000/newsid_4452400/bb_rm_4452426.stm

just some funny thing on children in need on friday

well people in england might know what it is but if you don't it's a show called eastenders and someone called catherine tate appears who does this other show :)

and the video might not be good but just listen to it anyway

[kitashus]

Ok, so I'm driving to Disneyland last Thursday. Going from one freeway to the next. Right at the exit, this :snooty: blonde in a beamer cuts me off to take the same exit. I gave her the "WHAT *ARE* YOU DOING?" hand (no not the finger). Then I started busting up laughing because I realized I was wearing my gold mickey ears (as were my kids). It's difficult to have road rage while wearing mickey ears. :teeth:

So I think they should hand out ears when you get or renew your license and then make all drivers wear them. And poof! No more road rage. :earsgirl: :earsboy:

Huh, huh? I think Walt would approve. :rotfl2:

[MiakodaWDW]

Ok, so I'm driving to Disneyland last Thursday. Going from one freeway to the next. Right at the exit, this :snooty: blonde in a beamer cuts me off to take the same exit. I gave her the "WHAT *ARE* YOU DOING?" hand (no not the finger). Then I started busting up laughing because I realized I was wearing my gold mickey ears (as were my kids). It's difficult to have road rage while wearing mickey ears. :teeth:

So I think they should hand out ears when you get or renew your license and then make all drivers wear them. And poof! No more road rage. :earsgirl: :earsboy:

Huh, huh? I think Walt would approve. :rotfl2:

Good idea. Maybe she cut you off b/c she thought your ears looked stupid. I'M KIDDING! :rotfl:
Mickey ears rule. I actually get strange looks AT DISNEY WORLD for wearing my Pooh ears. Ok, I know I'm 27...but it's DISNEY WORLD! This one kid asked his Mommy if he could get "Simba Ears" like mine. I ignored it until she asked me where I got my cute Lion King ears. I simply said "it's Pooh". I got a strange look. I realized what I said and added, "I mean, they are Winnie the Pooh ears, not Simba". She laughed. One of my favorite things to do at Disney is find a kid wearing a Winnie the Pooh shirt and say "hey, you've got Pooh on your shirt!" I always get an odd look from the kid. The parent(s) either laugh, or give me a strange/scared look and slowly pull their child away from me. Where are these peoples' sense of humor, huh? :earsboy:

:flower: ~Mia~ :flower:

[FlyThenFall]

I've gotten the "What are you doing?" look from concerned parents too at Disneyland...especially when engaging their child in singing Disney songs before a parade, fireworks, etc.

About the parenting thing, I have an interesting story from my Knott's Berry Farm trip yesterday. I was taking my little brother through the "Peanut's Playhouse" in the Camp Snoopy section...known for it's sized for kids between 5-10 slides and whatnots (and ghosts, but that's another story) when we went up some stairs to a slide. It's a pitch black twisty slide from the upper floor, and this father keeps telling his kid to go down the "whee." By this point the kid is starting to get really nervous and is screaming not go down the slide. So...the dad takes the kid and puts him into the slide. So the kid goes down about 3 feet and stops himself and proceeds to wail inside the slide. After a little bit of the dad talking to the kid from the bottom of the slide to come down, I take it upon myself to get in the slide and help him down. Jamming my 5'9" body into the 36" inch wide slide, I scoot down to the kid and hold his hand as he went down the slide. He got down in one piece...I however twisted myself in a very awkward position bending my neck into directions it really isn't supposed to go in.

...And the dad tells me, as I lie exhausted and kind of hurting on the ground, "Thanks for helping him out. I didn't want to go in the slide." ZOMG.

[lajones81]

Brain check your mailbox, as I just sent you some snow from here via FedEx. Enjoy because I don't want it!

If you are bored at work today, turn on the TV and watch the NIU Huskies game on ESPN. I will be freezing my toes off at the game! :cold: Woot! Go dogs! :pug: :dog: :dog2:

[MiakodaWDW]

Sorry to repost this, but can someone please help me with your opinions on this? I have not gotten ANY responses and although you guys probably do not care at all...I like to get opinions and I'm getting to the point where I want to run things by my DIS friends before I make a decision! I have a very short time to decide b/c I want to have my hair the way it's going to be when I start my new job! So should I cut and dye it or not? Please help!!! Thank you!
~Mia~
P.S. In the blond pic I have very light pink highlights in my hair, but I would not do that again. Just blonde.




I have a "poll" of sorts. My hair is long and red now, like in my sig picture. I'm thinking about going short and blonde again (my natural color), tomorrow or maybe next week sometime. I would like some opinions on whether or not I should do this! I like it short, but it has been growing for so long I'm kinda scared to cut it again.
Check out this old picture, its about what my hair would look like if I change it (except for the bangs, I would have short pieces in front but no bangs...I know they look bad). But the length and general style is what I would be going for. Sorry it's such a goofy pic but it's the only one I could find with the hairstyle I'm thinking about going for.
Your opinions are greatly appreciated! you can PM me if you want so this thread won't be taken over with junk about my hair.

Yes, I realize my tongue is hanging out in every picture. :p Like I have said before, I am a weirdo. But MOST people do not have a problem with the tongue ring.

http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/5590/selenashorthair1wp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Thanks!
~Mia~

[x13igDudex12]

BEHOLD THE MAGICAL RED BUTTON!

get some popcorn and hold tight, and get something to bite on because you might get annoyed....

http://www.85qm.de/up/BigRedButton.swf

[MiakodaWDW]

BEHOLD THE MAGICAL RED BUTTON!

get some popcorn and hold tight, and get something to bite on because you might get annoyed....

http://www.85qm.de/up/BigRedButton.swf


OMG> that is annoying. But you can't stop...you just can't. PS...is there really a white button?

~Mia~

[lovethattink]

Ice Station Cool is back, without the ice, with a new name...but the drinks are back!!!

[AdioSkater]

I really liked Ice station cool. I am really really disapointed on "Club Cool" The drinks are still the same. The horrific Beverly and my favorite the smart watermellon. It went from something that could allow you to cool off and get some free drinks now it is just boring. They had to take the snow away because some crazy people decided to run in the ice room and then they slipped. I wish they would have taken more time and come up with something better than "club cool"

[marypops!]

my aunt has gone to Florida today :)

once when we went we got lost at the resort

we went to the magic kingdom and we had fast passes for BTMRR but half the group wanted to eat as we were going to fort wilderness to do that

so they went and we had 2 rides then we took the bus to wilderness lodge then the bus from there to fort wilderness

then we found out the lunch was not on anymore so we decided to go get a bus to DTD but we didn't know how

then i found out and we took a bus to this other part of fort wilderness and waited for a bus then we got the bus to DTD

we then waited for another bus to OKW hoping that the other half had gone back so we got the bus and got there but nobody was there

this took about an hour

the other half came about quarter hour later saying they took the boat and i don't remember the rest




i hope you enjoyed my story and happy thanksgiving to all and to all a good morning

[marypops!]

something strange about our family is that we rarely get fruit juice (at least twice a month) but when we get it it's gone in 2 days (that's for 3 cartons of 1 litre)

[lajones81]

I have a fever! :( :( :( :( :( Gr!!!!!

[Captain Brain]

AWWWWWWW! :grouphug:


P.S.Thanks for the snow!

[Disneyfreak92]

I just wanted to be the first to congratulate PrincessLynda and Pengin on their new baby....their new FUR baby that is!

Welcome to the family Oliver!!!

:paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw:


Oliver, who is sleeping on his back right next to me, says, "Thank you!" Actually, he mostly says, "Meow", but I can tell he appreciates the welcome. :rotfl: :rotfl:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/pb36523ef5747324b90de661e994175f2/f15c7877.jpg

[SorcMickey]

aww pretty kitty

[Captain Brain]

aww pretty kitty
Hmm,now we know that mickey has a soft spot for kitties.

I can't have cats.If my Dad gets around one,the whites of his eyes swell.It looks very very scary.

[SorcMickey]

actually when my cats were small and babies still the one ate the others whiskers off and it was pretty funny to see a cat lose its balance trying to walk with no whiskers

and anyway this mouse doesnt really like cats but they are soft to use as a pillow

[Funniebunny]

Hi, I'm not sure if any of you guys are interested in Soccer but I have news.
George Best, who is a soccer legend, has passed away this morning. He used to play for Manchester United many moons ago and was a highly respected player. My thoughts are with his friends and family at this difficult time.

[peoplemover913]

actually when my cats were small and babies still the one ate the others whiskers off and it was pretty funny to see a cat lose its balance trying to walk with no whiskers

and anyway this mouse doesnt really like cats but they are soft to use as a pillow

My cats are old (13 and 12 years old) and they still chew off eachother's whiskers. Actually, it is usually the eyebrows...very silly I think! :paw:

[MiakodaWDW]

actually when my cats were small and babies still the one ate the others whiskers off and it was pretty funny to see a cat lose its balance trying to walk with no whiskers

and anyway this mouse doesnt really like cats but they are soft to use as a pillow

I've always been tempted to cut off my cats' whiskers just to see what happens...but no way am I mean enough to actually do it. do they ever grow back? do the cats just run into stuff or fall down or what? And if you like using cats as pillows you would LOVE my baby girl Timmie. She is just over a year old, twice as big as her Mommy, and we are pretty sure if we shaved her she would just be a pair of eyes, ears, a nose, and whiskers. I mean, she is WAY too fat and fluffy to be only a year old. And we can't figure out where she got the hairiness from........neither her parents, nor her maternal grandparents (have never seen the paternal grandparents :rotfl: ) have long hair at all. Timmie has 2 inch long hairs coming between her toes. I'll try to get a good pic for you guys if you care to see her. And if it fits on the screen.

Also, SorcMIckey, I think it's funny that you have been on DIS since, what, June or something? And you have 200 and some posts, while I joined LAST MONTH and have over 600.....I must really have no life. Oh wait....I've been jobless for the past 6 months, THAT'S right. Now I get it :rolleyes:

:dog: ~Mia~ :dog: <----pretend those are cats....I think the DIS is...not racist...but, speciesist? Meaning they have 3 dog smilies but NO cats! Also if you hover your mouse over the dog I used, it says it's called "Spencer" which is my ex's name. :rotfl2: Fitting! (j/k he's not a dog)

[Captain Brain]

does anyone else but me post on the CB?

If it wasn't for the CB I would be tagless!


Captain

[Tishke]

When did the Black Friday sales online become such a push and shove match?! I started shopping for DS earlier. I would add things to the cart, get to checkout and they've been stolen from my cart and are now unavailable?! Of course, this all did not stop my mom and I from heading to WalMart to buy $350 of Christmas decorations to go along with my 8-foot inflatable Santa Mickey......retail therapy does a girl good ;)

[Captain Brain]

Wow,an 8ft.inflatable Mickey.Wow...

[MiakodaWDW]

When did the Black Friday sales online become such a push and shove match?! I started shopping for DS earlier. I would add things to the cart, get to checkout and they've been stolen from my cart and are now unavailable?! Of course, this all did not stop my mom and I from heading to WalMart to buy $350 of Christmas decorations to go along with my 8-foot inflatable Santa Mickey......retail therapy does a girl good ;)


Wow. I worked in the mall once...and I swear to God....I never have, and by all that is good and holy....NEVER, EVER WILL go to any store on black friday. I don't understand why people do. If I walked into a mall Friday I would probably have shot myself then and there. Not that I ever set foot in a mall anyway unless i have to. Thank goodness for Amazon.com!

~Mia~

[VirtuallyMe]

My oldest dd wanted me to take her to the mall today for a pair of cowboy boots that were going on special- but Said, "No Way" my mom even tried to guilt me into it all.

Again I stood my ground- and guess what dd spent last night with my mom and she got up bright and early to get the boots and lots of other things lol and I got to stay home and sleep in- I've been sick- but there is no way I would have gone to the mall on Black Friday- I try to avoid shopping on most days when there isn't anyone there why on earth would I go when it was packed with crazy people lol...

[pumpkinfish]

Wow. I worked in the mall once...and I swear to God....I never have, and by all that is good and holy....NEVER, EVER WILL go to any store on black friday. I don't understand why people do. If I walked into a mall Friday I would probably have shot myself then and there. Not that I ever set foot in a mall anyway unless i have to. Thank goodness for Amazon.com!

~Mia~

I work in a mall...my first customers this morning (err...yesterday morning) were at 4:20 AM. We (my sales associate and I) got there at 4 AM and I threw the money in the registers and opened the doors. Our line was never more than 20 minutes long (this is a VERY good thing...in years past it has been hour to hour and a half long). Customers were in high spirits which helped as well!

We ended up doing $4000 above last year's goal which is a good thing. And I had gotten plenty of sleep the day before so I didn't crash until I got home at 4 or so.

But yeah, if I was not in retail, I would have been home sound alseep in my bed!

[lajones81]

I'm hoping I'm done with this fever now because it's really making me crazy!

On a good note, I read tonight that my school was ranked #38 in the state this year (including 8 gifted/magnet schools)! Woot! Woot! :)

[MiakodaWDW]

I work in a mall...my first customers this morning (err...yesterday morning) were at 4:20 AM. We (my sales associate and I) got there at 4 AM and I threw the money in the registers and opened the doors. Our line was never more than 20 minutes long (this is a VERY good thing...in years past it has been hour to hour and a half long). Customers were in high spirits which helped as well!

We ended up doing $4000 above last year's goal which is a good thing. And I had gotten plenty of sleep the day before so I didn't crash until I got home at 4 or so.

But yeah, if I was not in retail, I would have been home sound alseep in my bed!

The worst part of working in the mall (camera store/one hour photo) during the holidays was that these kiosks would pop up like little zits everywhere in the mall. We always had the same one right outside our store....a very small enclosed square of glass shelves which held lots of breakable pottery and other glass stuff. The people that owned it....there were usually 2 or 3 of them in there, mother, father, and daughter....were, shall we say, a little bit too large to be in such a small space together, running around stuff full of glass. We used to have fun counting how many crashes we heard, and keeping a record for the time the kiosk was there. I think the record for one year (for the whole day....every shift worked on it) was 12. :rolleyes:

~Mia~

[JeanJoe]

Because I had to work on Thursday and Friday, we're having friends over and doing the turkey day thing today instead.

Actual quotes heard in the Bezoar household today:

- "For the third time, stop sitting on your baby sister!"

- "Is your pecan pie supposed to be doing that?" "Doing what? OH NO!!!"

- "Uhh, there's egg all over the microwave. It exploded."

- "What should I use to chisel this off the oven? What else should I do?"
- (reply: "We could try to burn it off.")
Shortly thereafter:
- "I guess all the smoke alarms in the house still work."
- (to DD3yo) "Don't worry, the house is not going to burn down. Put your jacket on while the smoke clears."

It's only 9:30 am...

Let's see, what do I have to be thankful for, on this Thanksgiving? I think I'm thankful that on Monday, I can go back to work...

[Tishke]

Wow. I worked in the mall once...and I swear to God....I never have, and by all that is good and holy....NEVER, EVER WILL go to any store on black friday. I don't understand why people do. If I walked into a mall Friday I would probably have shot myself then and there. Not that I ever set foot in a mall anyway unless i have to. Thank goodness for Amazon.com!

~Mia~

Funniest thing is that I tried to avoid Black Friday by doing it all online. I had things stolen out of my VIRTUAL shopping cart :rotfl: Today I can laugh about, yesterday I was ready to scream :rolleyes:

[Tishke]

Because I had to work on Thursday and Friday, we're having friends over and doing the turkey day thing today instead.

Actual quotes heard in the Bezoar household today:

- "For the third time, stop sitting on your baby sister!"

- "Is your pecan pie supposed to be doing that?" "Doing what? OH NO!!!"

- "Uhh, there's egg all over the microwave. It exploded."

- "What should I use to chisel this off the oven? What else should I do?"
- (reply: "We could try to burn it off.")
Shortly thereafter:
- "I guess all the smoke alarms in the house still work."
- (to DD3yo) "Don't worry, the house is not going to burn down. Put your jacket on while the smoke clears."

It's only 9:30 am...

Let's see, what do I have to be thankful for, on this Thanksgiving? I think I'm thankful that on Monday, I can go back to work...

You know Be, when all else fails, most grocery stores have those all in one turkey dinner that just need reheating ;) If I didn't love making Thanksgiving dinner so much, I would be all for those. :goodvibes How far are you from a KFC?!

[JeanJoe]

Well, that's the clever part of the Master Plan. On Thursday, lots of other options were probably closed. Today -- order out, take out, eat out, all are options, after the flames are under control.

So, should which kind of fire extinguisher should I use? And afterwards, can we still eat the turkey?


You know Be, when all else fails, most grocery stores have those all in one turkey dinner that just need reheating ;) If I didn't love making Thanksgiving dinner so much, I would be all for those. :goodvibes How far are you from a KFC?!

[Alyce]

Well, that's the clever part of the Master Plan. On Thursday, lots of other options were probably closed. Today -- order out, take out, eat out, all are options, after the flames are under control.

So, should which kind of fire extinguisher should I use? And afterwards, can we still eat the turkey?

Turkey Rescue Recipe :

Wash off all traces of white powder from extinguisher......
Put back in oven for about 3 minutes on .....say.......Broil........
Now it is Cajun style ! ! ! !

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Happy belated Turkey Day to you and yours !

:wave2: :wave2: :wave2: :wave2: :wave2:

[dznymagic1]

Well, try working at Disney during Black Friday, let alone any holiday!! And you thought the malls were bad! Ha!

[JeanJoe]

The foam fire extinguisher worked great on the yams! People just wondered why the marshmallow topping wasn't as sweet as they were used to.

Turkey Rescue Recipe :

Wash off all traces of white powder from extinguisher......
Put back in oven for about 3 minutes on .....say.......Broil........
Now it is Cajun style ! ! ! !

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Happy belated Turkey Day to you and yours !

:wave2: :wave2: :wave2: :wave2: :wave2:

[Someybody]

blEAH! thath tated bath!(mouth was full)

[Tishke]

When did the Black Friday sales online become such a push and shove match?! I started shopping for DS earlier. I would add things to the cart, get to checkout and they've been stolen from my cart and are now unavailable?! Of course, this all did not stop my mom and I from heading to WalMart to buy $350 of Christmas decorations to go along with my 8-foot inflatable Santa Mickey......retail therapy does a girl good ;)

Well, Mickey has now invited a friend over.....I have an 8 foot tall Pooh on a hunny pot in my yard along with two rows of candles and a reindeer that is all lights. Maybe I should start charging for people to ride around my driveway :rotfl:

[peoplemover913]

I have been in retail for over 20 years (glutton for punishment) and have worked in almost every mall in the SF Bay Area. I now work in a Body Shop in my neighborhood, street store, no mall. I actually missed the fun of Black Friday and was disappointed at how slow we were...no one needs lotion that bad I guess! The best times were when I managed a Disney Store and folks would line up at 4 am to get a Pooh beanie toy...good times!

[MiakodaWDW]

Well, I guess no one cares what I do with my hair :(

I will just have to decide on my own I guess. I have been forsaken by my DIS family! (*cries*)

:rose:Mia:rose:

[SorcMickey]

pirate:

[lovethattink]

New stuff at WDW

Stayed the weekend and noticed some things I hadn't taken notice to.

1. POR---new tables, chairs, and lounge chairs at the Theme pool. These were much more comfortable!

2. New character greeting area at Epcot called Character Greeting Connection. It's located across from the fountain and beside the new Ice Station Cool.

3. New chairs at Pecos Bill's. These aren't chairs, but stools. They were very uncomfortable and very easy for small children to fall off. Big thumbs down from me.

4. We noticed alot more characters at Epcot. Probably just for the holiday.

5. The food and wine festival booths are still up. They are decorated for Christmas. The food inside them has changed. Didn't read all the menus, but one of them had cheesesteak sandwhiches and another had BBQ sandwhich.

6. On Sunday, there was a significant decline of attendance. The parking lot at Epcot was only half full when we left the park around 3pm.

[disvaclub92]

Well, Mickey has now invited a friend over.....I have an 8 foot tall Pooh on a hunny pot in my yard along with two rows of candles and a reindeer that is all lights. Maybe I should start charging for people to ride around my driveway :rotfl:

LOL!! My Mickey has some friends too. I have opted against another inflatable - instead I have a family of deer. I was a very good girl at WalMart - I did not let them just load up my cart this time.

Why do they always load my cart? I think there are subliminal messages sent through the music in WalMart - that is why I wore earplugs yesterday. :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[tolkien7]

Miakoda,

I care about your hair! I have always wanted to buzz mine, but have never had the courage. Last summer I had my hairdresser use the razor on the back of my head, down to a three! But I didn't have the guts to go for the Natalie Portman look! I have also always wanted to go white-blonde, like Annie Lennox. I am afraid to do that also.

So my advice to you is this (so I can live vicariously through you): Dye it blonde and lop it off! Woot! Post pics so we can see...

[marypops!]

i know some strange people

i wait outside for a 229 bus to get home adn some others do as well
the strange part is they get off the next stop which is about a 3 min walk maximum but instead they wait for more then 5 min for a bus

also our car broke down so i missed about an hour of school yahoo :)

and my grandad isn't feeling well and had to go to hospital today :(

[MiakodaWDW]

Miakoda,

I care about your hair! I have always wanted to buzz mine, but have never had the courage. Last summer I had my hairdresser use the razor on the back of my head, down to a three! But I didn't have the guts to go for the Natalie Portman look! I have also always wanted to go white-blonde, like Annie Lennox. I am afraid to do that also.

So my advice to you is this (so I can live vicariously through you): Dye it blonde and lop it off! Woot! Post pics so we can see...

Thank you! Finally, a response! I am thinking that I will go to work (today I hope...they are still waiting for my background check :rolleyes: before I can start...or else I cannot start until the 19th!) That would majorly suck b/c I would not have a paycheck before Christmas :( Anyway, I think I will start with the hair I have now and then just show up one day with it short and blonde to see if anyone notices/recognizes me in class. I have considered going "boy short" but do not have the guts. The hair in the blond pic is the shortest I have the guts to go.

And those of you talking about Christmas decorations in your yard: I can't do that since I live in an apartment, but I saw the coolest thing in my fiance's parents' neighbor's yard on Thanksgiving. It was a huge inflatable, clear ball with a snow man inside and air that blew fake snow around so it looked like a huge snowglobe! We took a walk to go see it up close, and the daughter came out in the yard. She said it cost like $140 at Walmart. Not a bad price for how cool it was! If I had a yard I would get one. I hate tacky decorations but that one was just too cool not to buy. Anyone ever seen one of those?

~Mia~

P.S. EDIT: Just got the call, background check in, so I'm starting work today! 6pm to 3am M-F until training is over (2-3 weeks), then after training who knows what days I will have off. So on workdays you will only see me on vmk between about 1pm and 5pm :( However, rest assured that on my days off i will be prowling vmk in the evenings until closing as usual!

[Tishke]

LOL!! My Mickey has some friends too. I have opted against another inflatable - instead I have a family of deer. I was a very good girl at WalMart - I did not let them just load up my cart this time.

Why do they always load my cart? I think there are subliminal messages sent through the music in WalMart - that is why I wore earplugs yesterday. :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

I'm not so sure that it is WalMart making us put things in our carts....I'm starting to think things just "jump in". This also happens at the grocery store. (espescially when I bring the men folk rofl)

[SorcMickey]

why do you think most men folk hate to shop we never get what is on our list

[lovethattink]

men folk make shopping lists? Lol, just speaking for the men folk in my family.

[BuddyGenie]

Mia, have I ever mentioned to you how much I love your avatar? :teeth:

A bit of advice about your hair: Don't let Strong Bad practice his "barbzardry" on you. You may wind up with lighting bolts or big bushy eyebrows or one of those weird "sweetiecakes" characters.

Did you get any of their DVDs yet?

[MiakodaWDW]

Mia, have I ever mentioned to you how much I love your avatar? :teeth:

A bit of advice about your hair: Don't let Strong Bad practice his "barbzardry" on you. You may wind up with lighting bolts or big bushy eyebrows or one of those weird "sweetiecakes" characters.

Did you get any of their DVDs yet?


LOL! I don't have the toon dvd....but I bought my fiance the DVD set of the first 100 SBemails either last Christmas or for his birthday, I don't remember. Probably his birthday since I don't think it was out a year ago. I don't know if I want to get the other one or not....it depends on how much extra stuff there is. I mean, I can just watch them on the site for free....

I added this after I made this post: I don't know why, maybe b/c I am so tired and I like to proofread my posts and make sure the spelling and grammar are perfect, but it took me like half an hour to post this so please take the time to read :)


In other news:

I just got back from my first day of training at work and it was SO BORING. I am a web support agent for Home Depot, I will be doing customer service for the site, answering product questions, etc. Our trainer is a MORON and cannot answer a simple question to save his life. He just talks about something that has nothing to do with the question for like 10 minutes. For instance, this was a question of mine, that I asked because the trainer mentioned that we needed product knowledge, and I thought the job was just answering questions about the website itself:
"When I got out of my interview and was offered the job, I sent in a a test email to Home Depot web support with a random question just to see how they responded, to get an idea of what kind of emails we will be sending, and how knowledgeable we have to be about the different products and services. I asked about the X product just to see if they answered my question or referred me somewhere else. They referred me to the product dept., so does that mean we do not have to have any product knowledge?"

Clear right? (at least somewhat?)

Well his answer consisted of spending 5 minutes at least explaing product X to me. I told him TWICE I did not care about the product, it was just what I asked about in the test email to get an idea of our job duties. He continued to explain product X until about 5 of my classmates were giggling. He never actually answered my question, I gave up after staring blankly at him while he explained the product to me and then acted like he answered my question so he would shut up.

Later, during our break, I ask my classmates if they were laughing at me because my question was stupid , or because the trainer did not understand what I was trying to ask. (I was sleep deprived and on pain meds so I wasn't too capable of explaining things clearly...not to mention I get nervous talking in front of a lot of people who are looking at me....so I was not really sure if I worded my question in a way that made sense, so I was not sure, right?). They said that they all understood what I meant, and that they were laughing at the trainer because he was obviously dumb as a brick, as proven by his answer. At least my classmates are cool...there are 14 of us and by lunch break (or whatever...lunch...at 10pm) we were all friends :) We literally spent the first half of the day playing a "get to know you" game where you get slips of paper and have to find who has your match, and interview them, then introduce them to the class (btw, funny thing is the guy I was paired up with was also in my training class of my last job! Weird, huh?) The "game" lasted a few hours b/c in telling about ourselves and each other, it sparked conversations, debates, and just general chatter about nothing to do with our job and the trainer did nothing to get us back on track. He just sat there like a lump (and kept turning around to look at the blank wall behind him like he thought there was a clock there or something). It's like he does not even want to do the job. Also, he is super creepy: I don't know if it's because I was sitting directly across from him, or because I was asking most of the questions but it seemed about 90% of the time he talked he was staring at me. Not even looking around at the rest of the people, except when I felt weird and looked away for a while.

It's nice to be out of my apartment and interacting with real people again (not that I don't love you guys...by real people I mean face to face!) I went to lunch with two very cool people, a younger girl and a really funny and cute gay guy (I dunno why, but I just LOVE gay guys...they make the best friends :)). I don't think I have ever known one single gay man who was not funny as heck and extremely sarcastic....I love sarcastic ppl like myself....and of course cute as all get out. Why are the cute ones always gay? Not that I care, I am deeply in love with my man but I'm just saying. The thread is for rambling, right?

I was so tired the last half of class that I wanted to die. I had to actually stand up in class to stay awake and still almost dozed off against the wall twice :rolleyes:

:rose:Mia:rose:

[JeanJoe]

OK time for a posting faux pas (i.e., reply to self), because I'm up before 5am and am bored. I doubt anybody cares, but here's an update on:
- "What should I use to chisel this off the oven? What else should I do?"
- (reply: "We could try to burn it off.")
Shortly thereafter:
- "I guess all the smoke alarms in the house still work."
- (to DD3yo) "Don't worry, the house is not going to burn down. Put your jacket on while the smoke clears."
Airing out the house dropped the inside temperature to ~40 degrees F, and the we spent much of the morning waddling around the living room in parkas. However, miracle of miracles, the rest of the meal went great. We had a beautifully juicy and tender turkey (after we scraped off the fire extinguisher foam, jk jk!), cranberry-orange relish, potato casserole, candied yams, corn, bottle of wine, etc. etc. I thought we were all over the initial, uh, "difficult" start.

Ah, but apparently some scars never heal.

Overheard from dd3yo to mom, at bedtime, days later:
- "Mommy, what should I do if the alarm goes off?"
- "The smoke alarm?"
- "Yes, the scary smoke alarm."
- "Oh, don't worry, mommy is not going to cook tonight, so there shouldn't be any more smoke."
- "But... But... aren't you going to make my lunch for tomorrow?" (which is usually something like PB&J, or left-overs put into Tupperwares)
- "Well, yes. But that's not really cooking. There won't be any smoke."
- "No. No! NO! Don't make lunch! I don't want the alarm to go off!"

Oh well. Guess we are now forbidden to cook at home. Guess we'll have to order out for pizza until dd3yo gets over her "issues." (Speaking of which, she still has the fear of the Number 8).

(Yeah, yeah -- proper response to DD3yo's initial question would be some lecture about not hiding in closets or under beds, calling for help, feeling doorknobs before opening doors, commando crawl under the billowing smoke, not leaping out of windows, stop-drop-and-roll, etc etc. But somehow, I thought that would not defuse the Smoke Alarm Incident.)

Wow, I ramble. Perhaps before 5am is meant for sleep, and not posting.

[disvaclub92]

Mia Mia Mia

You poor girl!!! Most trainers (in my experience) are dumber than a box of rocks, if that is even possible. The best thing out of work - will be your co-workers. They will help you get that reality check. It seems that you have a nice crew you are starting with. Good Luck with your job. More on's (vmk speak) always make your day fun. lol

[pumpkinfish]

YAY!!!! Christmas time has offcially begun in my household! Santa Claus: The Movie is on Family channel right NOW! If you have not seen this adorable movie, I strongly suggest you tune in to it :)

My sis and I grew up with this movie. We even had the record and we would put it on and dance around the livingroom. Mom would have just the Christmas tree lights on and some candles and the fire...and my sis and I would dance and make up our own routine to the soundtrack....talk about bringing back memories!! :goodvibes

But yes, PLEASE watch this movie...it has so much Christmas spirit in it :)


I heart you Santa!

[Captain Brain]

hi everyone.

My computer(I'm on family one now)stopped working on Sunday.Therefore,I can't be on vmk as much.

I will be full time again after Christmas.

[soarincutie]

Sorcmickey, you always get what is on your list. you just have to stop adding to everyday. :earboy2:

[Tinkerbelle739]

Soarincutie!! Welcome to the DIS!!! :wave:

[penguin77]

yeah baby!! take that tar heels! Illini all the way baby! :cheer2: :cheer2: :cool1: :cool1: :banana: :banana:

[lajones81]

Sorcmickey, you always get what is on your list. you just have to stop adding to everyday. :earboy2:

Are you shopping for me, as well? Oh! This could be fun! LOL! ;)

[FlyThenFall]

I've officially decided that the VESPR Theory will have no real effect on my life and therefore that 1.5 hour long Chem class was a complete and total waste of my time. Except that 20 minutes I spent practicing conducting my one pattern while conducting an imaginary choir (necessary for conducting the Waltz of the Snowflakes in the Nutcracker, btw).

As the other million things to do...Dis'ing gives me much greater happiness. :D

[Funniebunny]

Pumpkinfish, I totally agree. Santa Claus The Movie has to be my all time Christmas favourite. I now have it on DVD and put it on to get into the festive mood. In England they seem to show it every year and I still do not tire of it.

Happy Christmas to all - It's December 1st tomorrow woot woot :Pinkbounc

[pumpkinfish]

Ok, so something funny/interesting happened to me just now :rotfl:

(Knock knock) "UPS!"

I open the door and sign off on accepting two packages. Both are from Dell. I double check to make sure they are for us (since I have not ordered anything from them...and DH had not mentioned ordering anything from them), and they are both addressed to my DH.

So the wheels begin turning...
I am THIS close to opening one of the boxes and decide to call DH.
"Hey, did you order something from Dell?"
"Wha? What are you talking about?"
"UPS just came and we have something here from Dell. One box says something about a printer."
"There is only one box?!"
"No, there are two"
"-Did you open it? Don't open it!"
"I didn't open it, don't worry...sheesh"
"Darn, alright, love you"
"Love you too"

So, the $100,000 question of the day- what did he get me for Christmas?!?!

:rotfl: :cool1: :rotfl:

[Tishke]

So, the real question is......Is the box bigger than a breadbox?!

[lajones81]

Today I got to go Christmas shopping for some of the needy kiddies in a neighboring town! My kids raised $66 dollars, which I thought was pretty good! :) I bought a bunch of card games and some Koosh balls for the four kids we sponsored. We will make our own wrapping paper and cards tomorrow. Woot! :)

[pumpkinfish]

That's nice to hear Friend! Always makes my heart happy to see kids helping out other kids who may be in need.

And Tishke...yes...BOTH boxes are! :earseek:
But I doubt he bought another 360 ;)

[MiakodaWDW]

Mia Mia Mia

You poor girl!!! Most trainers (in my experience) are dumber than a box of rocks, if that is even possible. The best thing out of work - will be your co-workers. They will help you get that reality check. It seems that you have a nice crew you are starting with. Good Luck with your job. More on's (vmk speak) always make your day fun. lol

I think out of 8 hours today we spent about, maybe, one hour learning. We had more supervisors come in and introduce themselves, and of course they wanted to know us so we had to talk about ourselves AGAIN. I think by the end of training we will know each other better than our own families! Oh I was gonna ask what "on's" meant....but I get it now..."more on's". Hehehe.

~Mia~

[marypops!]

i'm searching things for xmas, i search playstation on the tesco website and i come up with this book: Hacking the PSP : Serious Hacks, Mods and Customizations for Sony's Playstation Portable

sounds fun :) it says for the description: Over 500,000 Sony PlayStation Portables were sold in their first two days on the market. Hacks include adding an external Wi-Fi antenna, saving Xbox games on the PSP, transferring movies and TiVo-recorded shows to it, and running Linux on a PSP. This book shows readers how to access the hidden Web browser and surf the Web on a PSP, turn it into a USB hard drive, add solar power, and use a PSP as a universal remote control. It gives readers the information they need to create their own PSP hacks.

anyone think of playing VMK on their PSP?


also there's a band over here called girls aloud. They have a new album called chemistry and a new single called biology. The question is do they like chemistry or biology more? and do they hate physics?

[Funniebunny]

I was wondering whether all there songs had a school theme like Maths, English or German :rotfl:
So pleased to see another UK VMK and Dis lover, woohoo :Pinkbounc

[marypops!]

yeah i just thought of a new song for them involving I.C.T

-sings to love machine- i just love I.C.T, it is my specialty, play on computers for free, this time now oh, microsoft word now, to write up my conclusion now, and that's all i've made up now :)

[Funniebunny]

That's great! What about one involving Physical Education, that would make an interesting song. :rotfl:

[Tishke]

How in the world does a person get a swollen taste bud, and why do they hurt so bad!? :confused3

[JeanJoe]

That doesn't sound right ("swollen taste bud").

Are you sure it's not a blocked salivary duct? Those can be blocked by little calculi (rocks) that form from salts and whatnot in saliva. And yes, I could imagine that'd be painful.


How in the world does a person get a swollen taste bud, and why do they hurt so bad!? :confused3

[Tishke]

rofl, you had to get all doctor technical on me ;) I have no idea if that is what it is or not. Wednesday night I ate dinner at the mall, nothing spicy or hot or out of the norm. Woke up yesterday with it being sore. Good thing there is anbesol in the house.

[JeanJoe]

Who me? Technical? Never ;)

It's on your tongue? Weird...

If it's under your tongue, or on the inside of your cheek, and it hurts more when you eat a lemon drop, it's probably a blocked salivary duct. Oh wait, you don't want technical.. Umm, a clogged spit tube?

Hmm, this is degenerating rapidly.


rofl, you had to get all doctor technical on me ;) I have no idea if that is what it is or not. Wednesday night I ate dinner at the mall, nothing spicy or hot or out of the norm. Woke up yesterday with it being sore. Good thing there is anbesol in the house.

[Tishke]

It's on the very edge of my tongue and yeah, it burns when I eat sour...or salty. Hmmm...now off to research how to fix this blocked spit tube. Thank you oh wise Be for your invaluable knowledge of spit tubes :) You simply must appear more now, we need you! rofl

[pumpkinfish]

Ok, so DH and I just got back from the movies. We went and saw Walk The Line. Now, I come from a long line of Johnny Cash fans (parents, grandparents, heck- even great grandparents). This was music I grew up on during long car trips to and from Ohio and Florida. I must say this is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It has soul, it has love, it has darkness. Most of all it has love (not mushy love...deep soul wrenching love that hurts so good you want to scream). I was singing and stomping my foot the entire movie. I must warn you though, there should have been a road sign before the movie
"Caution- Major Waterworks Ahead" :umbrella:

But yes, even if you are not a fan- or even know that much about Cash's life...PLEASE go see this movie. It is amazing!!! :goodvibes

[lovethattink]

Towel Animals at POR

We got our 1st ever towel animals during our stay at POR. The Mousekeeper made a snake soap dish, flower toothbrush holder, and an elephant for the bed!

http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Uc=sf5pbk2.5bwyiixu&Uy=quo6xx&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&mode=fromshare&conn_speed=1

[Tishke]

We've just switched over to POR for the Zeta trip. I'm excited to hear that there are towel animals being given out. I haven't yet gotten one! :banana:

[lovethattink]

This was our 1st ever towel animal. I was just so impressed at how clean the room was and that the towels on the rack were arranged real fancy. I gave a $10 tip the 1st night. That next day we got the towel animals!

[okwdreamin]

DH and I just booked the DVC 2006 Member Cruise!! :cloud9: It will be our first cruise together and our first real trip without the kids.
I am SO excited!!! :cool1: :cool1:

Any other DVC VMKer's going?! :flower:

[lab_girl]

DH and I just booked the DVC 2006 Member Cruise!! :cloud9: It will be our first cruise together and our first real trip without the kids.
I am SO excited!!! :cool1: :cool1:

Any other DVC VMKer's going?! :flower:

WOOT!
Congratulations!! I hope to one day take my DH on a cruise :banana:
Have a great time

[Tishke]

Good News: My weird tongue is getting better. DH said it looks like I cut or burned it, but it feels remarkably better. :banana: Sour and spicy foods here I come!

Puzzling News: Every year at Christmas, we would all treck out to a tree farm and pick our tree. In fact, this was DS6 most favorite part of the holidays. This year, the closest tree farm is in SC, and we can't exactly drive that far thrown in the back of DH's car. (this ONE time I wish we had an SUV) So, we got our tree at WalMart. Not bad...it's a 7 foot Fraser Fir. It still feels fresh and smells so good. We cut off a chunk of the trunk and put it in the stand with lots of water overnight to let it fall so I can decorate it today (the boys are not allowed to decorate rofl, they have their own tree....something about me being crazy about how they hang two same colored balls next to each other. I have no clue what they mean :rolleyes: ) The tree has barely drooped. Come on tree! Work with me here! I have decorations to put on you!! :confused3

[lovethattink]

At least you got a real tree! We ended up with a 36 inch $10 fiberoptic tree. The toddler would not leave the trees alone. Starwarskid thinks this tree is great. He always wanted colored lights, and I have always had them all white lights. I'm hoping we can still put up our old artificial tree (14 years old). I got the cutest carousel ornaments from my secret Zeta mail pal, and I really want to use them!!

[threeboysmom]

Good News: My weird tongue is getting better. DH said it looks like I cut or burned it, but it feels remarkably better. :banana: Sour and spicy foods here I come!

Puzzling News: Every year at Christmas, we would all treck out to a tree farm and pick our tree. In fact, this was DS6 most favorite part of the holidays. This year, the closest tree farm is in SC, and we can't exactly drive that far thrown in the back of DH's car. (this ONE time I wish we had an SUV) So, we got our tree at WalMart. Not bad...it's a 7 foot Fraser Fir. It still feels fresh and smells so good. We cut off a chunk of the trunk and put it in the stand with lots of water overnight to let it fall so I can decorate it today (the boys are not allowed to decorate rofl, they have their own tree....something about me being crazy about how they hang two same colored balls next to each other. I have no clue what they mean :rolleyes: ) The tree has barely drooped. Come on tree! Work with me here! I have decorations to put on you!! :confused3

Glad to hear your tongue is getting better! Nothing worse than a sore tongue!! LOL!

Your post about decorating your Christmas tree made me laugh! Sounds so much like me. I do, however, let my boys help in the decorating (I'd feel so bad making them sit on the couch while I did all the work! They don't have their own tree - but that sounds like a GOOD idea! Lol!) BUT as soon as they go the bed, most of those ornaments magically get switched around and moved to different spots... Hmmm.... :rolleyes:

[NJ Mike]

anybody want some snow? How about all of it?

white christmas my patootie, it'll be warmer and raining here by then, always is.

Well if you all want to see how bad its snowing here right now, turn on the football game at 9 (est). We only live about 10 minutes from the stadium (on the jersey side of the delaware river lol).

Where's global warming when we need it? :rotfl2: ;)

[Tinkerbelle739]

Dude!!

Want to meet me for a snowball fight?!

I love **SNOW** :cold:

[aeryn]

The snow is all yours :) We had a balmy 74 degree day here. Partly sunny, but clouds are moving in. There should be rain later tonight. We have a cold front coming in and temps are going to dip all the way down to the mid 60's! BRRR! ;)

I moved here from a year of living in Northern Virginia and a 3 year sentence before that in Cherry Hill, NJ. I am *thrilled* to be in Florida now, where I belong :)

I grew up in the Mid-Atlantic with the crazy weather there and I don't miss it a bit. I'm willing to risk a few months of hurricanes for never ever seeing snow again.

[Captain Brain]

anybody want some snow? How about all of it?

white christmas my patootie, it'll be warmer and raining here by then, always is.

Well if you all want to see how bad its snowing here right now, turn on the football game at 9 (est). We only live about 10 minutes from the stadium (on the jersey side of the delaware river lol).

Where's global warming when we need it? :rotfl2: ;)
The world knows I love snow!For some reason,Missouri has been snowless. :confused3

[Tishke]

anybody want some snow? How about all of it?

white christmas my patootie, it'll be warmer and raining here by then, always is.

Well if you all want to see how bad its snowing here right now, turn on the football game at 9 (est). We only live about 10 minutes from the stadium (on the jersey side of the delaware river lol).

Where's global warming when we need it? :rotfl2: ;)

I saw all the snow headed NJ's way. I am so jealous. Here we had thunderstorms and the threat of tornadoes. I will gladly trade :goodvibes

Does my checking my old NJ zipcode weekly to see if they are getting snow give away how much I love it!?

[lajones81]

The world knows I love snow!For some reason,Missouri has been snowless. :confused3

Look outside...there's a FedEx box again from me with more snow!

Take it! I can't feel my toes! :cold:

[NJ Mike]

I moved here from a year of living in Northern Virginia and a 3 year sentence before that in Cherry Hill, NJ. I am *thrilled* to be in Florida now, where I belong :)

I grew up in the Mid-Atlantic with the crazy weather there and I don't miss it a bit. I'm willing to risk a few months of hurricanes for never ever seeing snow again.


I am SO with you on that one. Ugh, cant stand the snow. So much in fact that my family has nicknamed me Heatmizer lol. I'm bascially miserable from decemeber to may, but hey i can admit it lol.

What did i ask santa for this year? same as every year, a TAN! lol. I'd much rather be stringing lights in the palm trees and singing silent night with my toes in the sand, but hey thats just me. ;)

And bella, we can have a snowball fight. We used to do it all the time as kids. Of course my brother and I would always make a bunch of snowballs, dip them in a bucket of cold water, and then let them sit outside for about an hour, before taking them in buckets to my friends field for the snowball fight. Hey, everybody plays dirty when its a snowball fight. :rotfl2:

[lovethattink]

I'm with DisAeryn! Moved here in part to escape it!! I'll stick to Disney style snow...bubbles!

[disvaclub92]

Ok I am with you on needing to move away from the snow. But I have to admit, when I woke up this morning to my surprise my street was clear of snow. I must have a public works employee who lives on my street. Also, no peeps on the road to work - so I was very happy about that. I think this is just the start of a very bad winter. :(

[Tinkerbelle739]

And bella, we can have a snowball fight. We used to do it all the time as kids. Of course my brother and I would always make a bunch of snowballs, dip them in a bucket of cold water, and then let them sit outside for about an hour, before taking them in buckets to my friends field for the snowball fight. Hey, everybody plays dirty when its a snowball fight. :rotfl2:

thanks for the heads up Dude, I have been known to make a mean frozen snowball!

Dude, I think the Eagles have flown the coop... :guilty:

:Pinkbounc 1000th post on this thread!! :Pinkbounc