# Clearing my stuff – an MMP give-away, sorta **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [June 12, 2006, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395 "2006-06-12T09:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/21 "2006-06-12T13:37:39Z")
I refuse to discuss packing. After packing a 3-bedroom house and trying to figure out how to downsize into a house about 1/2 the size, I am still not recovered from last summer’s move. Nope, no packing for this Tiger! **FCM** , if you’re sending stuff Priority, you can get free boxes delivered to your house by the Postal Orifice. Just go to their website and pick the size boxes you want. They make some conveniently sized Priority boxes; I only pay for boxes if I’m sending big stuff these days. I stayed up too late working last night, trying to get a job done that had to be emailed in by this morning, and then my scaredy-cat golden retriever woke me up too early this morning. Fortunately, I can take a lazy day, and plan to. The question is: Take a morning nap before more coffee, or wait till afternoon and do it up right? ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/22 "2006-06-12T13:43:11Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] You too? My cell phone, which rings at roughly sonic-boom levels so I can hear it over the car radio, rang at 3:18 this morning. Gah. [/QUOTE] That is weird!! :eek: **taxi** , make sure you try out the mattresses. I mean really lay down on them and flop around like you would in bed. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/23 "2006-06-12T13:44:57Z")
Good morning, all! Funny, I had a really hard time sleeping last week too. I put it down to the jetlag - after all, I was getting tired a couple of hours after my bedtime - but upon reading here I think it must be MMP-syndrome. FCM, great OP! Seeing as I already have a piece of yours, I’ll wait for other people to make their selection. I certainly do want one, too. Please put up the link again? In other news, we saw a bunch of movies this weekend: Saw X3, was disappointed. Saw Brokeback Mountain, loved it. Saw this one mainly to take the taste of X3 out of my mouth. Saw A History of Violence, with Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn). Pretty good, for a simple little thing, though I have to tell you guys - Ok, we watch R rated movies all the time. However they are rated R for violence or language. This one had both those things but it also had some raunchy and downright filthy straight sex…some passionate oral, for example. Me and the So kind of looked like this :eek: and we laughed, realizing we really weren’t used to these kinds of movies and we were actually a little bit squeamish! He’s like “Do you want me to forward?” And I said, “No, we may as well watch it and get used to it…” Brokeback also had some pretty raunchy gay sex, but then we were expecting that more. With a name like “A History of Violence” you don’t quite expect that! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/24 "2006-06-12T13:49:38Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Tiger] The question is: Take a morning nap before more coffee, or wait till afternoon and do it up right? [/QUOTE] Oh, definitely wait till afternoon. Anything you’re thinking you need to do today, get it done and out of the way, and then you can go nuts with the napping. I would even go so far as to bed-nap, rather than couch-nap, because the bed is just so much more luxurious for napping. Why yes, I am a student of the naptastic arts. I’ve put a lot of thought into this over the years. > [@Anaamika](#): > > Saw Brokeback Mountain, loved it. I thought it was a very well-done film, and it was definitely worth seeing and deserved all the acclaim it got. _I never want to see it again,_ no matter how much I like Heath Ledgr. By the time it was over, Roomie and I were so depressed we could barely find the energy to shut off the television. Not like I was expecting it to have a happy ending, or anything, but I found it so completely soul-crushing that I couldn’t even get up to pee when it was over. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/25 "2006-06-12T13:57:17Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] I thought it was a very well-done film, and it was definitely worth seeing and deserved all the acclaim it got. _I never want to see it again,_ no matter how much I like Heath Ledgr. By the time it was over, Roomie and I were so depressed we could barely find the energy to shut off the television. Not like I was expecting it to have a happy ending, or anything, but I found it so completely soul-crushing that I couldn’t even get up to pee when it was over. [/QUOTE] I’ve seen much more depressing flicks. Brokeback had a bittersweet ending. Watch Grave of the Fireflies sometime. Or rather, don’t, or you’ll never smile again. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/26 "2006-06-12T14:13:25Z")
Yeah. I’m told _Grave of the Fireflies_ takes all the happy out of anything, forever. I saw _A History of Violence_ when it was in theatres last summer, and liked it. I quite liked X3, too, and I agree, **Drae** : I never want to see _Brokeback Mountain_ again. Too sad. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/27 "2006-06-12T14:16:06Z")
Thanks for the warning. I’ve got Grave of the Fireflies on my Netflix list. I may take it off! I haven’t slept for roughly – no, make that exactly – 21 months. Guess how old someone is today? Prior to that I got a few months of sleep, but basically I haven’t slept in nearly 12 years. Tis the price I pay for motherhood – wakeful children! But poor baby Cherry has some virus~y cold thing going on, which I also have, and which laid me quite low yesterday. I am perkier today, but not much. Dreams. Do you all dream much? Since I was up and down with the baby night before last, I think my brain was firing too much and when I slept, it was still busy, because I had the most vivid dreams. Mainly, of someone I knew years ago, who, sadly, has been gone for nearly 20 years. I imagined a whole life for him, the life he would have and should have had. It was so sad. i met his wife, his little son – his whole life! That he never had. I couldn’t shake it for hours. But that said, it was still nice to see him. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/28 "2006-06-12T14:17:07Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] Thanks for the warning. I’ve got Grave of the Fireflies on my Netflix list. I may take it off! [/QUOTE] I recommend everyone see it once. Have a box of tissues next to you. I’m sooooo glad I didn’t put any spoilers, btw! It’s a beautiful movie but damn it’s sad. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/29 "2006-06-12T14:28:05Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] It was so sad. i met his wife, his little son – his whole life! That he never had. I couldn’t shake it for hours. But that said, it was still nice to see him. [/QUOTE] One of my closest friends died about three and a half years ago, and every couple months I wake up (usually not even remembering the dream I had about her), and I actually _forget_ for a little while until I get downstairs and see the big photo collage I made for her funeral hanging on the living room wall. Makes me cry every damn time. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/30 "2006-06-12T14:29:46Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] Oh, definitely wait till afternoon. Anything you’re thinking you need to do today, get it done and out of the way, and then you can go nuts with the napping. I would even go so far as to bed-nap, rather than couch-nap, because the bed is just so much more luxurious for napping. Why yes, I am a student of the naptastic arts. I’ve put a lot of thought into this over the years. [/QUOTE] The choice between bed-napping and couch-napping may depend on the weather – with a dog who’s scared of rain even though he _loves_ the beach (I’d ask what he’s thinking except that assumes that he, y’know, _thinks_), it’s often easier to sack out on the couch. We’ll just have to see. I may end up just going to bed early tonight; I have lots of around-the-house stuff I ignored for the last week while I was working to get a couple of rush jobs done. Why does making money _always_ take precedence over cleaning house? Speaking of bittersweet, that dream about your friend, **Ellen Cherry** , definitely falls into that category. I’ve had a few old friends who are gone now come to me in dreams, and it’s always hard to shake that feeling of loss that returns full force when I wake up. But I’m always glad for the dreams. Like you said, it’s still nice to see them. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/31 "2006-06-12T15:12:11Z")
I have dreams about one of my high school teachers who died unexpectedly while I was in college. I hadn’t seen him in a few years, but when he died, I started having dreams very regularly about him. Don’t know why but it always was kinda bittersweet. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/32 "2006-06-12T15:18:17Z")
I have dreams about one of my high school teachers who died unexpectedly while I was in college. I hadn’t seen him in a few years, but when he died, I started having dreams very regularly about him. Don’t know why but it always was kinda bittersweet. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/33 "2006-06-12T15:22:59Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] Not like I was expecting it to have a happy ending, or anything, but I found it so completely soul-crushing that I couldn’t even get up to pee when it was over. [/QUOTE] Remind me to sit somewhere else if I ever come to visit. Please. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/34 "2006-06-12T15:24:27Z")
I never dream about people I’ve lost. My dreams are either good, in which case I usually don’t remember them, weird, or about my family…and they used to be really bad dreams but have graduated to being OK ones. Which is a good thing. I was so late this morning that I didn’t have time to either eat breakfast or pack a lunch, like I always do. And now I’m hungry! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/35 "2006-06-12T15:28:50Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Remind me to sit somewhere else if I ever come to visit. Please. [/QUOTE] It’s okay, we got rid of that chair. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/36 "2006-06-12T15:45:07Z")
I never remember my dreams, so you don’t get to hear any of them. Sorry. I do, however, remember to write puns … > [@](#): > > Pun of the Day: > > “WHAT THE HELL!? ARE YOU CRAZY!?” > “Quit yelling, I just did some redecorating.” > “YOU PUT A PINE TREE IN OUR KITCHEN.” > “I just wanted to spruce the place up a bit.” Enjoy. **FCM** , I sent you a request. Yay pottery! Boo being back at work! Blech. I was actually nodding off earlier. The only thing saving this day right now is that I have begun construction of [my MASTERPIECE](http://www.nelsonthornes.com/sampleideastoinspire/templates/product/images/157_rubberbandball.jpg). It will be glorious. Men will sing my praises and women will flock to my door. Governments will build statues and name schools in my honor. I’ll receive the keys to cities, and I’ll run around locking them all up so no one can get in! Muhahahahaha! Oh, for the record, no movie could possibly be as depressing as the movie version of Arthur Miller’s _All My Sons_. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/37 "2006-06-12T15:48:25Z")
[QUOTE=Spatial Rift 47] [my MASTERPIECE](http://www.nelsonthornes.com/sampleideastoinspire/templates/product/images/157_rubberbandball.jpg). It will be glorious. Men will sing my praises and women will flock to my door. Governments will build statues and name schools in my honor. I’ll receive the keys to cities, and I’ll run around locking them all up so no one can get in! Muhahahahaha! [/QUOTE] I already have one. And it’s bigger than that one. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/38 "2006-06-12T15:51:53Z")
My dad shows up in my dreams now and again – he died 13 years ago. The day after that is always kind of rough. Yay, it’s my Friday! I know that sounds weird, but right now I’m working four evenings a week, Friday through Monday. So Monday is my Friday and Friday is my Monday. Retail. Such FUN. Not. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/39 "2006-06-12T15:53:29Z")
Hey **FCM**! If you’re sending Priority Mail, the PO will give you boxes for FREE! I loves me any kind of free stuff! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395/40 "2006-06-12T16:03:45Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I already have one. And it’s bigger than that one. [/QUOTE] Why must you always rain on my parade? 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-my-stuff-an-mmp-give-away-sorta/360395.md?page=3)