Game On! A Hockey Roadtrip MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Home from work to a phone message from the cable company. SIL had made an appointment for a technician to come check their digital box since it stopped working. He assured me he’d be here till I got home, at which point I could wait. Well, he wasn’t home when I got here, and the cable guy arrived at 2:30. Grrrrr @ SIL!!!

I’m beginning to think I work in a sick building - seriously! I felt fine when I got up this morning, but within an hour of getting there, I was coughing again, and working my way thru a stack of tissues. My cube neighbor made the same observation when he came in. What a pain!

On the other hand, it’s sunny and mild and loverly out, and the snow is melting and the yard is mush. We’ll have to get gravel for the kids’ parking spaces or they’ll end up axle-deep in muck. Still, tomorrow, it’s supposed to get into the 60s, then 70s for the weekend. Huzzah!!

Must plan supper. Sounds like a good day for the Supper Fairy to come. Stoopit Supper Fairy always lets me down.

FarmMa (love that nick) - would it be cruel to say better thee than me? 'Cause that’s what I was thinking…

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You’ll get my Dune when you pry it out of my cold dead hands.

I have most of the front yard raked for the first time in a couple of years. All that’s left is a little bit in the corner and I can get that tomorrow morning no problem.

On Saturday I’m going to visit the blue whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling of the Natural Sciences museum in Raleigh. I haven’t seen Mr. Blue Whale since I was in…eighth grade? In 1994? Excuse me, I have to go tell some damn kids to get off my lawn.

Don’t tell the Canuckistanians, but it’s going to be in the 70s down here this weekend. :stuck_out_tongue:

Oh I like the new spoiler.

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OK, I’ma shut up about the weather now. That’s some storm, FarmMa.

throws a snowball at Spaz

It’s supposed to be fiddy 'Murican degrees this weekend in this part of Canuckistan… so be glad it’s snow now as opposed to the wet slushball it would’ve been on Saturday

Mumsy Dearest is coming for a visit this weekend. I suppose that means I have to clean the house, huh?

Only 30 minutes to go. Just half an hour. Siiiiiiiigh.

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Moonie, you’re cute! And I’m a straight guy, so I don’t say that about men very often.

**Nava **-- congratulations on the last day of an assignment you grew to hate. Good luck with Translation School!

{{{Ivory}}}

Sorry to see **Criminey **go :frowning: But she is over at one of the over boards. The one ***without ***tall African animals.

I’m kind of overwhelmed right now by having 3 boards to try and follow – I’m trying to keep up, we’ll see what gives. At least the weekend is going to be (mostly) mine and not my job’s… :slight_smile:

Oh, and it’s going to be in the 80’s here tomorrow, Spaz. So there.
And it’s “Canuckistanis”

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I can’t keep up with 3 boards… Just isn’t going to happen. So** Noonie**, you’d better damn well stay here!:smiley:

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I don’t have time to join a gazillion boards. I’m a member of Skip’s, but I rarely post there any more. I joined Fathom and the Unaboard eons ago, but rarely read either. I looked at the new ones that have cropped up and joined one, just because. Sheesh, I hardly post in my LJ any longer.

Each to his own, I suppose, but I don’t have the energy for overreactions and other drama.

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I’m staying here. 'Cause we’re nice dammit.

And there’s no MMP over there.

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Wow, FarmBabe, that looks so not fun. But I loved your video because it made me clearly remember what that type of storm is like (and be grateful it’s not like that right now).

Cute pics, Moonie.

Sorry about your colleague, Soapy. I hate hate hate academic politics.

Please read Pie’s and FCM’s (ETA: and taxi’s) most recent posts and pretend I said that. Cuz I’m too tired to say anything else about that…

Cheer up, MBG. Spring will be showing up any minute now. (Please, please, please!!!)

Made it through the whole day at work, but faded rapidly starting at 4:30 or so.

Now I’m exhausted and need a nap before reading something I should have been reading at work yesterday.

Also ETA: Entropy’s adventure made me laugh. Glad it ended well.

Hugs.

GT

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The last word in that clip sums it all up perfectly.

Ditto, except substitute “mostly gay chick” for “straight guy”

I just donated 26 inches of hair to Locks of Love. My head feels 26 pounds lighter!

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Let me repeat my serenity prayer to get me through tonight’s shift:

Lord, please PLEASE help me to not shoot a bitch. Not the freshmen who can’t narrow down a golfrignagian topic*, not the person I’m at the desk with who’s bitterness is getting on my LAST RAW NERVE, and not the people who IM the desk tonight. While you’re at it, please help me get the introduction to my third chapter written. Thanks ever so much.

*F: I want to find articles about at-risk youth.
S: What in particular about at-risk youth?
F: I just need some articles to write a paper.
S: You’re going to get about 5000 hits with that kind of search. Is there a particular aspect you’re going to focus on.
F: blank stare
S: thinking Must…not…kill…at…work…

I have expressed my rage constructively as it is Thursday. Y’all do remember that Agony Aunt Ryl has a Tuesday-Thursday schedule now, right?

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Safely home in Mayberry. Did ya miss me?

Liars.

The Tale Of The Trip will be the subject of Monday’s OP, as if none of you guessed…

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There was a car chase on our street! Ok, it was a motorcycle cop chasing a pickup truck at low speed. My neighborhood is not conducive a high speed chase of any kind. Sooner or later, you’re going to hit a parked car or a tree or both. I heard something go crunch after they passed by, but haven’t been out to look yet.

I’ve really been enjoying the weather lately. It rains, the sun comes out, it rains some more, the sun comes out, rinse, lather, repeat. I like it. Especially when hills turn that brilliant shade of green for a few weeks after the rain. I think I might go over to the coast tomorrow or this weekend to take some pictures.

I’ve also started working on an art project. It’s either going to be really awesome or really dorky. Possibly both.

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Hmmmmmm… Did BBBobbio say he was goin’ somewhere this week? I can’t remember if he’s been around or not. :stuck_out_tongue:

Moonie you are a cutie! I’m a gay guy and I don’t say that much either.

Chick I’ll say it. Glad it’s you and not me! :smiley: Oh and hope the baby goat birthin’ goes ok.

I went pants shoppin’! Yep. Pants. Not one single shirt. Just pants. I braved the maul with ol’ y’all know who and we went to Dillard’s and Jacques Pene cause they had sales. I bought nine, count ‘em nine, pairs of pants. The most I paid for any one pair was 12.99 and three pairs were just 7.99 each. Score! Plus we had bad Chinese from the Chinese place at the mall. Then we parted ways cause ol’ y’all know who has some work to catch up on, poor thing.

spaz don’t kill the freshmen. Just pick a few up and toss 'em around. They’re fun to juggle.

Off to read Agony Aunt Ryl.

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Delurks in order to let you know that you are INcorrect! I took it upon myself to bring a torch of MMPness over to the non-tall-African-mammal board, because there can never really be too much Mumping. And I will continue with it, even if nobody decides to play along, which so far is not a problem… :stuck_out_tongue:

engages cloaking device

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Of course we missed you Bobbio!

I meant to add my good wishes for Soapy’s friend and Soapy yesterday. I’m sorry I forgot to.

I’m glad you found your gerbil without much incident, taxi. When my daughter had a gerbil, it escaped too. It somehow managed to get down inside the couch. We literally had to untack the cloth bottom on the couch to get at it. Then the damn thing bit me so hard, it drew blood!

FCM, I plan on staying here too, although I did sign up at other er…places. I would miss you guys too much if I left completely. Frankly, it’s hard keeping up at all three places.

Soapy, unfortunately, I’ve suffered the same fate as you WRT workplace “friends” on more than one occasion. Wish I could say something to make you feel better.

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Wow, FarmGal, that is one helluva storm. In my more insane moments I do kind of miss the wildness of Chicago winters, but then I come to my senses. :smack:

Have finally cleaned up the remnants of yesterday’s dinner. I ended up making beef stew after all because I was out of time and didn’t have the ingredients for pasta (namely: pasta) but the girl seemed cool with it.

Yesterday Mr Irishman and I discovered that (not gross, but maybe a little TMI)

fooling around in the shower is hard when everything’s slippery and one of you is just barely tall enough to reach the other’s shoulder. :stuck_out_tongue: After a few mintues I was feeling lightheaded and he was complaining about cramps in his thighs. It always looks easy in the movies!

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Hah! Thanks for the chuckle, Haze! Wish I’d been there for your stew. Have you made the lesbian gingerbread for Irishman yet? :slight_smile:

Hope you’re feeling better, GT! I have an idea for an upcoming MMP, let me know what date is open and I’ll fill a slot. Thanks!

Farmer Chick, wow that is a lot of snow! :eek: Hope the baby goats make it through okay!

One board is enough for me, although I -may- check out some of the others. SmartyPants, thanks for de-lurking, cause I surely miss ye!

CutiePie, how are your toesies doing? Did you go to the doctor? SpecialOne, hope you can have a relaxing weekend. I’m so glad tomorrow is Firday!

And finally … welcome back, BBBBobbio! Looking forward to the tale of the birthday boy in the next MMP. Oh yes, and Doggio, maybe you need to get a new mattress; your pets all seem to have the wrong idea about your current one! ducks and runs

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Home from class, ready for bed. I wish I’d taken tomorrow off - it’s gonna be nice here. I may leave at noon. We shall see.

Nighty night!

MWAH!

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Flattery will get you nowhere, m’lady… At least, not until I know what you’re after! chortles

I could say the same thing to you - why are none of the cute girls (or guys) I meet online ever in Maryland? Probably because that would just be too damn convenient. It’s a shame - you’re pretty, and pretty interesting. :wink:

Actually, upon further reading… Did I just get called “cute” by a straight guy, a gay guy, a straight girl, and a gay girl, and like six other people whose gender and sexuality I either don’t know or can’t recall? And all in the space of 24 hours? Yeesh, if you’ll excuse me I’m going to go spend the rest of the night trying to remove the blush from my face - although at this point I suspect doing so would require skin grafts and a belt sander!

Now, if only I could find pretty girls in my age bracket with such low standards…

Swampy - Wow, great deal! I always shop at discount stores in order to afford enough clothes to keep my arse covered without busting my meager college-student budget, so I can appreciate 8-dollar pants on a deeply personal level!

Blue - Awesome and dorky are synonymous, didn’t anyone tell you?

Spaz - I go through that same basic thought process during every Thermodynamics lecture. That… professor… CANNOT… teach… ANYTHING! seethes I swear I come out of her lectures more lost than I went in. Oh, and as STG mentioned - yeah, we students have to deal with those people too, and don’t worry, we loathe them as much as you do. Especially that bastard who sent me his part of our group project at 4AM the day it was due, and it was done wrong…

FCM - I could use the Supper Fairy when you’re done - I haven’t eaten dinner in a week. Send her my way wouldja? Oh, and tell her I want something with gravy!

Farmer - I’m jealous, to me that kind of weather is beautiful.

Taxi - Best pet names ever. I’m glad the little one is safe, too!

So much work to do. Behind on practically everything. Tests next week, three of them. Doom! DOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!

Ugh, I still have more HW to do. It needs to be spring break. Now. Or better yet, end of semester.

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Shower sex is not all it’s cracked up to be. A little bird told me…

I can’t keep up with 3 boards, either. I am completely lost and more than a bit bewildered. I am also tired from a long day at work and have no patience to try to sort them all out.
Daughter comes home late tomorrow night!