Conservative thread: We're still smiling!

[Soarin08]

TWELVE HOURS!!!!!!!!!!! well, okay. it's worth it, right?

I'm hoping so!!

 

[wonderlanne]

am i the only person who purchases things like to/from tags and wrapping tissue at the after christmas sale, then can't find it when it is time to wrap?

update: HERE they are...hid them in a gift box so they wouldn't get squooshed.

 

[wonderlanne]

clearly i'm not focused today. was just wondering if anybody else is looking forward to the harry potter theme park. anybody? anybody?

 

[Michelle67]

am i the only person who purchases things like to/from tags and wrapping tissue at the after christmas sale, then can't find it when it is time to wrap?

update: HERE they are...hid them in a gift box so they wouldn't get squooshed.

I'm the one who always intends to go buy them at the after sale, and then FORGETS until I'm wrapping presents and I have no tags. I'm intending to go buy some this year...

 

[wonderlanne]

I'm the one who always intends to go buy them at the after sale, and then FORGETS until I'm wrapping presents and I have no tags. I'm intending to go buy some this year...

my SIL saves christmas cards and manages to cut them up just right so there are little scenes to be used for to/from tags. never works for me 'cause i usually get cards without winter scenes; just letters and globes.

i need a maid and a valet.

 

[Soarin08]

clearly i'm not focused today. was just wondering if anybody else is looking forward to the harry potter theme park. anybody? anybody?

Me!!!! I'm a HUGE HP fan!! My loyalty to Harry might explain my disdain for Twilight, which appears to be attempting to dethrone HP's popularity. Uhhh.... no way is any book series better than HP!!

 

[wonderlanne]

Me!!!! I'm a HUGE HP fan!! My loyalty to Harry might explain my disdain for Twilight, which appears to be attemting to dethrone HP's popularity. Uhhh.... no way is any book series better than HP!!

aha! i cannot WAIT to see what they do with that park. i'll bet disney is still kicking itself for passing on the movie rights.

i haven't read or seen twilight, but nothing will compare to the potter books or movies. they were so well done. except that the movies had to cut so much out in order to maintain a reasonable length. i think they should have done the movies like the old serials...each book as two movies, with cliff hangers to bring the audiences back.

 

[Soarin08]

aha! i cannot WAIT to see what they do with that park. i'll bet disney is still kicking itself for passing on the movie rights.

i haven't read or seen twilight, but nothing will compare to the potter books or movies. they were so well done. except that the movies had to cut so much out in order to maintain a reasonable length. i think they should have done the movies like the old serials...each book as two movies, with cliff hangers to bring the audiences back.

Yeah. I saw Order of the Phoenix at the theater and...... Wow!!!! It's my favorite of all the HP movies. They're saying the last book will be split into two movies. That should've been done with the rest of them!

 

[TeresaNJ]

LOL, Robin my girlfriend and we use the same photobucket account sometime. She introduced me to this site back in 2002 but left because of the nastiness here. I don't quite blame her.

Oh shoot, you mean there's no mystery? Darn! I love a good mystery.

 

[wonderlanne]

as y'all may have heard, california doesn't have enough money to operate past february. arnold is being pretty hard-nosed (thankfully) and has directed representatives to make cuts. 'course that isn't popular here, because it means cutting nonsense programs, and these guys want to be elected again, but whatev.

they are attempting to pass tax increases, obliterating the 2/3 majority vote as provided by proposition 13. part of this attempt is calling the increase a "fee" rather than a tax. gimme a break!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_13_(1978)

you don't change the constitution to make up for stupidity.

i'm just sayin'...

 

[wonderlanne]

They're saying the last book will be split into two movies. That should've been done with the rest of them!

oh good...the movie angel heard me!

 

[wonderlanne]

talk about current events. the news just showed this fundraiser on t.v. they have a stand-up of blago, and people pay for the privilege of throwing a show at him.

 

[Soarin08]

talk about current events. the news just showed this fundraiser on t.v. they have a stand-up of blago, and people pay for the privilege of throwing a show at him.

 

[SorcererDonald16]

Would you consider this racist? If not, IMO it certainly does fly in the face of King's message of judging a person not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

http://www.suntimes.com/business/1341775,CST-FIN-buyblack21.article

Uh, wow. Hmm. Well, I can understand wanting to give business to businesses run by people of your culture, race, religion, etc. I personally feel no need to support White-owned business even though I'm White, but I like to support Christian-owned businesses (namely Heaven & Earth). But to only support businesses owned by people I have some factor in common with and essentially boycott all the others? That's ridiculous. Stuff like that only divides people more. Somehow I don't think it would be received so well if I ran around saying I would only buy things from stores I knew were owned and/or run by White Christians. And it shouldn't be, IMO.

Now that you've said that, I feel that way too. Plus I bought this today for the ride down-

http://www.amazon.com/Real-America-...=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229992773&sr=1-3

I doubt you'll get sick, Soarin. I've been to WDW 10 times now, and I've only gotten sick on maybe 2 of the trips. Just wash your hands, try not to touch your face while you're at the parks, etc.

am i the only person who purchases things like to/from tags and wrapping tissue at the after christmas sale, then can't find it when it is time to wrap?

update: HERE they are...hid them in a gift box so they wouldn't get squooshed.

I know better than to buy anything almost a year in advance, because I know I'll lose it.

clearly i'm not focused today. was just wondering if anybody else is looking forward to the harry potter theme park. anybody? anybody?

I might have to go to Islands of Adventure just once when it opens. Never been to Universal, and have no desire to go. But I may make an exception for that.

I just like to pretend books 6 & 7 never happened. I hate Hermione and Ron together, and don't get me started on my disdain for Ginny Sue, er, I mean Ginny. I wanted Harry and Hermione to get together, or even Hermione and Krum. But no, the smart girl always gets stuck with the immature, rude dolt.

 

[wonderlanne]

I doubt you'll get sick, Soarin. I've been to WDW 10 times now, and I've only gotten sick on maybe 2 of the trips. Just wash your hands, try not to touch your face while you're at the parks, etc.

i actually came down with a horrid flu on the 2007 november trip with then boyfriend, but i caught it from my next door neighbor who was coughing and spewing all over me. i REFUSED to let it affect my fun. although i physically felt crummy enough to stay in bed for a couple of days, i went out and enjoyed myself anyway. all of the stores at wdw sell cepestat with anesthetic, and i was suckin' those things down all day. that with tylenol and i still had fun. i had almost forgotten this. maybe in comparison to the boyfriend the flu wasn't so bad.

I just like to pretend books 6 & 7 never happened. I hate Hermione and Ron together, and don't get me started on my disdain for Ginny Sue, er, I mean Ginny. I wanted Harry and Hermione to get together, or even Hermione and Krum. But no, the smart girl always gets stuck with the immature, rude dolt.

proves my prior point.

 

[wonderlanne]

i just heard charlie gibson ask, "if you could tell the new president one thing, what would it be?"

i'll take the fifth.

 

[wonderlanne]

where'd everybody go? i'm boring myself....putting myself to sl....zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

 

[Michelle67]

I'm here, but I'm afraid I'm not very entertaining. I'm sooooooooooooo bored. I'm sick and tired of being stuck at home. I want to go somewhere....anywhere. Heck I'd be excited about a trip to the grocery store right about now. Sigh.

 

[wonderlanne]

I'm here, but I'm afraid I'm not very entertaining. I'm sooooooooooooo bored. I'm sick and tired of being stuck at home. I want to go somewhere....anywhere. Heck I'd be excited about a trip to the grocery store right about now. Sigh.

awwww....sorry. can you armchair travel with cable t.v.? maybe youre cable has something good on. mine is showing the creepy food guy for the next three hours.

 

[Michelle67]

awwww....sorry. can you armchair travel with cable t.v.? maybe youre cable has something good on. mine is showing the creepy food guy for the next three hours.

Dish is conspiring against me and there hasn't been anything decent on ALL WEEK that I've been stuck here. Ugh...

I have a lot of DVDs but of course I've seen them all. I'm contemplating pulling out some Shakespeare (a la Kenneth Brannaugh) though. Whadya think...Much Ado about Nothing, or Henry V...Hamlet seems too depressing when I'm already cabin crazy...DEFINITELY not Othello.