Something Interesting About You

[rachel]

wow this is wonderful. I am taking all of your images on my trusty camcorder and the guys that are still awake are laughing hilariously as Jackyyy tells his tale and bounces pine cones off his knobbly knees at the same time.
Oh I love daffodils thank you Riesa, here try one of my rather spicey burritos dear and here's a genuine Canadian beer and a hug for you.
Okay so we don't get thrown out here is something interesting about all of you. YOu are all able to be children for a little and believe me in this world that is rare and unusual
Thank you Scher, that picture reminds me of a lot of guys still hiding in the bushes in Nelson because they don't know there was amnesty toward draft dodgers. smokin, tokin and laughin they be still up in those hills.ever met any of them Jackyyy?
Chmpman I am so thrilled you are here. pizza?
woeful said he is very ill right now so a group hug and collective GET WELL WOEFUL to him from all of us right? of course right.
Aim how on earth did you get here so quickly, such a gem you are.

[kilted exile]

hmmm, I dont think I will get peace until I enter something here :p . However my childhood is quite boring & I dont remember much before I was 8.....so I'll just leave a song that was taught to me by my granny (a quite incredible woman: beaten cancer 3 times; been a widow for 37 years; turns 90 this year & is still sharp as a tack)

Jist a wee doch n' doris
Jist a wee dram thats a'
Jist a wee doch n' doris
Afore ye gang awa'

Jist a wee wifie waitin'
At the wee but n' ben
If ye can say its a "braw, bricht
moonlicht, nicht. the nicht"
Then yer aw' richt ye ken

[jackyyyy]

hahahaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, and can ya sing that?

Jist a weeeeeeeeee dock n' Doris. Its great.

I got a aunt in Edinburgh with a carpet tack.. somewhere deliberate, and proud of it.

Rachel, I can't say I met them in the bushes, think they are in Canadian politics now..

[Virgil]

Am I late for the party? Has it started?

[kilted exile]

Jist a weeeeeeeeee dock n' Doris. Its great.


But of course I can sing it, and point it is doch as in Loch, not dock as in lock. (damned sassenachs and there inability to pronounce och correctly :goof: :D :banana: )

[Ryduce]

PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !





:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[tn2743]

I have a little childhood story, it is absolutely true:

When I was 5, my "school" was trying to improve level of hygiene. So one day the teacher told us to ask our parents for rubber slippers to bring with us to school the next day, because the new rule was that we would not be allowed to go into the bathroom without them.

I forgot to tell my parents. I stayed away from the bathroom for most of the day. But as the afternoon was ending, I really needed to "p". I was too scared to break the rules, and too shy to borrow slippers from someone else. So I went outside to the balcony, which was far away from the classroom, and ...! The principle just happened to walk by beneath me, and I p'd on her head!

My mom was called into school and she had to talk to the principle for an hour, I'm still unsure what about. I just remember sitting nervously in the corner and watching them talk and laugh. But I wasn't punished, and I was quite happy - the end.

PS. I would be embarassed but my mom has told pretty much everyone I know this story, so no harm done here.

[jackyyyy]

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyaya, but I prefer DOCKIN' DORIS... (rude these, scuses..)

[Virgil]

How about I sing a Neopalitan folk song that has been playing in my house since I was born. My father would always sing it. Now I must tell you there are two typs of Italian men in the world: those that can sing and those that think they can sing. My father was in the latter catagory. Now in reality, I can't hold a tune to save my life. But this is virtual reality where I can now sing as well as Luciano Pavarotti. So here goes:


O Sole Mio

Che bella cosa na jurnata 'e sole,
n'aria serena doppo na tempesta!
Pe' ll'aria fresca pare gia' na festa
Che bella cosa na jurnata 'e sole.

Ma n'atu sole
cchiu' bello, oi ne'.
'O sole mio
sta 'nfronte a te!
'O sole, 'o sole mio
sta 'nfronte a te,
sta 'nfronte a te!

Quanno fa notte e 'o sole se ne scenne,
me vene quase 'na malincunia;
sotto 'a fenesta toia restarria
quanno fa notte e 'o sole se ne scenne.

Ma n'atu sole
cchiu' bello, oi ne'.
'O sole mio
sta 'nfronte a te!

I always think of my father when I hear that. I hoped you liked it, and I hope you don't criticize my singing like my wife does.


I have a little childhood story, it is absolutely true:

When I was 5, my "school" was trying to improve level of hygiene. So one day the teacher told us to ask our parents for rubber slippers to bring with us to school the next day, because the new rule was that we would not be allowed to go into the bathroom without them.

I forgot to tell my parents. I stayed away from the bathroom for most of the day. But as the afternoon was ending, I really needed to "p". I was too scared to break the rules, and too shy to borrow slippers from someone else. So I went outside to the balcony, which was far away from the classroom, and ...! The principle just happened to walk by beneath me, and I p'd on her head!

My mom was called into school and she had to talk to the principle for an hour, I'm still unsure what about. I just remember sitting nervously in the corner and watching them talk and laugh. But I wasn't punished, and I was quite happy - the end.
What a story!!! Holy cow!

[rachel]

yay V I R G I L (no more of that) is here. yes the party started about nine this morning my time. And already Robin and Elizabethe were here setting up .She is gone to bed now and others beside her but they don't mind our carrying on. this party will be on til tomorrow so it can include everyone.
Kilted how wonderful, I know that song so well me own Grannah Mathews sang it to me when I was a wee bairn. sighs, wipes eyes.
And always in the Ialian district and the Giovanni household next door they sang or played loud , real loud O sole mio and I loved it so.
Nguyen, that is so horrible and funny. I was petrified of principles my whole life, I mean I am afraid of Admin and he's younger than me. I don't know how I would have coped with that. but theylaughed, that is wonderful.

Jackyyy how right you are .They ARE all in politics. And Virg where is a baseball story or two from your school reader. Don't all American primary books have a story here and there of baseball?
Now please help yourselves to all that you want and go outside for a walk up the mountain side. The moon is full and enough stars are out and you can use my camcorder with the night attachment. everything looks fabulous.
milkshakes anyone or how about real gelatto, I bought some for you Virgil.

hey Ryduce where is your little kid story eh? I am sure you have had your share of funny experiences.
ONce when I was little the man who raised me told me and his son my little brother Nelson to wait at this by pass , I think in California, while he checked something down the road. why we had to get out of the car I will never know. So there we stood and no way could we move from that spot or be killed and time went on and on and on. Finally he came charging up the highway, stopped and picked us up. It seems he got busy and forgot us. sheesh, parents!

[jackyyyy]

When I was 5, my "school" was trying to improve level of hygiene. So one day the teacher told us to ask our parents for rubber slippers to bring with us to school the next day, because the new rule was that we would not be allowed to go into the bathroom without them.


Was that Bristol? Geepers, they sure scared the heck out of us didn't they. I'm sure the Principal was laughing at the rule, and the rest of the class was equally bent up all day, turning various colours. I went through something like that at school too, had to find a bush, when a Principal's head would have been easier.

[kilted exile]

go outside for a walk up the mountain side.

Cant go walking up a mountain side without singing
Wild Mountain Thyme

Oh, the summertime is comin'
And the trees are sweetly bloomin'
And the wild mountain thyme
Grows around the purple heather
Will you go? Lassie, will you go?

And we'll all go together
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the purple heather
Will you go? Lassie, will you go?

I will build my love a tower
By yon pure and crystal fountain
Yes and on it I will lay
All the flowers of the mountain
Will you go? Lassie, will ya go?

And we will all go together
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the purple heather
Will you go? Lassie, will you go?

If my true love won't come with me
Then I would surely find another
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the purple heather
Will you go? Lassie, will ya go?

And we will all go together
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the purple heather
Will you go?
Will you go?
Lassie will you go?

[tn2743]

Non non, it was back in Vietnam.

[jackyyyy]

Ayeeee.. I got to dock me bed after that song, Kilted.. its too beautiful for words..,, I'm singing it in me head... gn.

[Virgil]

Oh I'll take the gelatto.

Ok, here's a baseball story that says something about me. I've lived in New York City since three years old, and you would think that being a baseball fan I would be either a New York Yankees fan or a New York Mets fan. Well, my nature is to go against the grain, if you haven't noticed. Even at eight years old I just couldn't like the same team that all the other kids liked. I had to be different. I got hooked on the Baltimore Orioles, a small city team who always seem to play above the amount that they could afford to pay, at least when I was growing up. They had great ball players: Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Jim Palmer, etc, players who were not showing but gritty and played their hearts out. Their manager was a feiry, fisty little guy named Earl Weaver, who would just explode with anger and emotion when something went against him. He was famous for arguing with the umpires. He would run out of the dugout, stick his face up against the umpires face and scream until he was red in the face. And when the umpire would yell back, Weaver would start bobbing his head so that the bill of his cap would poke the umpire in the face. At that pont you knew Weaver was getting ejected out of the game. And then later there was a great ball player who I idolized, Eddie Murray, a quiet strong guy, an ironman type. He didn't say much, just let his play say it all. They last won the world series in 1983, and I've now been struggling with their losing seasons for 25 years now. Good God! I refuse to change loyaties. Balitimore is a four hour drive and I will go and catch a game in person once year or so. I refuse to go to New York games. I can't stand them.

[rachel]

oh Kilted, the words of that song evoke Scotland's wild beauty and the beauty of the lasses so much. what girl wouldn't go with words like that. reminds me of cyrano's words to Roxaanne, beautiful. thank you.

Virg did you see twelve angry men? there is a scene when juror #7 is antsy because he has got a ticket to the baseball game in his pocket and just wants a quick verdict. He talks to juror #5 and asks him who his team is and he says "Baltimore." Baltimore! the guy shouts incredulous. who have they got? after that he just calls the guy Baltimore in a derisive manner. He was die hard just like you. wonderful
Jackyy should have been in bed a long time ago.
Hey kilted can ye do a heeland dance? I can, the dance of the swords, real swords too not fake ones.

[Riesa]

I was a Sacramento King's fan for one season. I could never understand why my dad would sit in front of the TV yelling, or how his mood would be affected by the outcome of a game for days, until that year. I had just moved back to California and was living with my parents for a few months while my house was getting renovated, and at first when they would turn on the King's game, I'd leave, shut myself in my room, try to read, roll my eyes at the commotion. Well, you all know if you can't beat them join them, so I started watching, got hooked, felt the elation that comes with a well made play, and the bitter resentment towards the poor players when they'd screw it up.."he's paid how much to play like that!!" That season, they did very well, played with heart, played as a team, it was beautiful to see. The Laker's. So much competition, they had Kobe and Shaq, and Robert Horry. The King's played well, but were beaten in Game 7 by Robert Horry's three pointer at the BUZZER. I felt like I was going to puke, cry, throw a tantrum, laugh insanely...the entire Sacramento area was like a wake for the next month. It was awful, and now I could care less about being a fan, it hurts so much to watch them lose. Even now, when my team should be The Spurs, who win continuously, it's like something died in me that day, and I just don't care anymore.

Mama Rachel, sing me a lullaby.


Hey kilted can ye do a heeland dance? I can, the dance of the swords, real swords too not fake ones.
Really? Teach me! I'm going to get Daphne into Irish Dance or Scottish Country Dancing as soon as I find a place around here that teaches it.

[Virgil]

Virg did you see twelve angry men? there is a scene when juror #7 is antsy because he has got a ticket to the baseball game in his pocket and just wants a quick verdict. He talks to juror #5 and asks him who his team is and he says "Baltimore." Baltimore! the guy shouts incredulous. who have they got? after that he just calls the guy Baltimore in a derisive manner. He was die hard just like you. wonderful

Yes I saw the movie many years ago, but I don't remember that. Cool.

[Mililalil XXIV]

Daffodils do have a way of cheering up a room, and people.


When I was a little boy, I collected dandylions and made the world a better place! True story.

Yikes! Didn't exactly think I was being watched!

[ElizabethSewall]

Garlands and crowns of flowers for the girls and the boys shall play tunes with their panpipes to celebrate the fairyfolk.

[Pensive]

Hi Rachel and everyone, Thanks for arranging such a nice party. I love it!

When I was 4 or five years old, my brother had a religious teacher who used to teach him Holy Quran. We call our religious teachers "Maulvi Sahab"

"Maulvi Sahab" are very much respected in our society and it is like a sin to say something funny or to make fun of them. Their greatest possession is their "hat" which is called "Pagri"

When he was teaching my brother, I was looking by the window, something came into my mind. I opened the door and ran towards Maluvi Sahab. I took the sweeping stick and with the help of the stick, I took the special hat (Pagri) off from Maulvi Sahab's head.

Maulvi Sahab kept on shouting but I ran back inside. I can remember his words and they were: "When I will teach you, you naughty girl, I will mend you with sticks"

And another time, I got angry at my brother and cut his hairs with a scissor. I did not know about it but my mother told me this thing recently.

[Pendragon]

Well, as a boy just as I am now, I always was lost somewhere in the world of books. I made my own homemade bow and arrows and played Robin Hood, (sorry, Robin, but he was one of my favorite characters, and I believe I have senority! :lol: ), and a quaterstaff cut from the neighbor's tree. My brother and I played King Arthur and his knights with wooden swords, and The Three Musketeers with raipers made from broken fishing rods. An old kerosene lantern became Alladin's lamp, and I nearly broke my neck jumping off the roof with a towel tied around my shoulders playing Superman! We rode makeshift rafts down the river, almost getting drowned, since we really couldn't swim all that well. We hilked into the hills for overnight trips, exploring caves and things, which I turned into Quartermain adventures. I played detective as Holmes, Doc Savage, The Shadow, and the Hardy Boys (with younger brother Allen as Joe). It's a wonder we survived. Oh, but it was fun! Eating fresh-caught fish around a campfire, telling ghost stories, batting it down the mountain with the whole tent in a thunderstorm because of said ghost stories...

Never loose your memories. I have brought mine to the party for you. Some of you have yet to reach my age, but when you do, the memories will be a warm glow you'll aways have! Pour the punch, Rachel, and may we drink a toast-- to memory: the place where our dreams live and sometimes grow a little... ;) http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/froehlich/a065.gif

[Virgil]

Cant go walking up a mountain side without singing
Wild Mountain Thyme

Oh, the summertime is comin'
And the trees are sweetly bloomin'
And the wild mountain thyme
Grows around the purple heather
Will you go? Lassie, will you go?

And we'll all go together
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the purple heather
Will you go? Lassie, will you go?

I will build my love a tower
By yon pure and crystal fountain
Yes and on it I will lay
All the flowers of the mountain
Will you go? Lassie, will ya go?

And we will all go together
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the purple heather
Will you go? Lassie, will you go?

If my true love won't come with me
Then I would surely find another
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the purple heather
Will you go? Lassie, will ya go?

And we will all go together
To pick wild mountain thyme
All around the purple heather
Will you go?
Will you go?
Lassie will you go?
I love Scottish ballades. They are just wonderful. Thanks Kilt.

[Whifflingpin]

cue Housman:

"Into my heart an air that kills
From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills,
What spires, what farms are those?
That is the Land of Lost Content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went,
And cannot come again."

Oh, I'm not here - just poked my head through the window - don't do parties - never was young - bye

[Virgil]

Hi Rachel and everyone, Thanks for arranging such a nice party. I love it!

When I was 4 or five years old, my brother had a religious teacher who used to teach him Holy Quran. We call our religious teachers "Maulvi Sahab"

"Maulvi Sahab" are very much respected in our society and it is like a sin to say something funny or to make fun of them. Their greatest possession is their "hat" which is called "Pagri"

When he was teaching my brother, I was looking by the window, something came into my mind. I opened the door and ran towards Maluvi Sahab. I took the sweeping stick and with the help of the stick, I took the special hat (Pagri) off from Maulvi Sahab's head.

Maulvi Sahab kept on shouting but I ran back inside. I can remember his words and they were: "When I will teach you, you naughty girl, I will mend you with sticks"

My goodness, Pensive. Could you have gotten into serious trouble? BTW, that is so like you!


Never loose your memories. I have brought mine to the party for you. Some of you have yet to reach my age, but when you do, the memories will be a warm glow you'll aways have! Pour the punch, Rachel, and may we drink a toast-- to memory: the place where our dreams live and sometimes grow a little... ;) http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/froehlich/a065.gif
Wonderful Pen. A toast! And I used to play similar games too as a boy. Most of the time by myself in my imagination. [Is that what we're doing here with this party?]

[Pensive]

Virgil, What about you? Were you naughty when you were young?

[rachel]

cue Housman:

"Into my heart an air that kills
From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills,
What spires, what farms are those?
That is the Land of Lost Content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went,
And cannot come again."

Oh, I'm not here - just poked my head through the window - don't do parties - never was young - bye

Oh Whiffling,
I am enchanted that you came. thank you, you are a dear.
well the party will end in ten more hours, so I hope all that want to come will hurry and share and join in.
And as to being young I have never met in my life a person like Whiffling who is as ancient as the world and as young as a child playing marbles in the shade of a mighty oak and racking up the bounty from other pouting children.
that was beautiful

And for you Riesa, a lullaby that you probably know from the Wiggles
the last part goes,
hands in the air rockabye your bairn,
bairn's now asleep shh shh shh
bairn's now a sleep.

last night in real time we watched Wiggles, the full length movie about Wally the very bad magician that so wanted to win the competition and the magic wand that had belonged to his grandpapa. Plus it was Dorothy the dinosaurs birthday and the wiggles and the children from a private school were joining Captain Featherstone the Pyrate and his pyratey dancers to have a surprise party for Dorothy. Everything that can go wrong does but it ends beautifully. When all the songs came on Hasia and I danced on the trampoline, I teach her choreography she is no younger than the children I taught, and we do it on trampoline. so much fun
Oh my GOODNESS Pensive how much your personality is like Hasia. Yesterday she threw her drink at the guys ran like crazy with those little legs, stopped only long enough to dip her toothbrush in the dishwater full of suds, defiantely brush her teeth and she ran and before I could stop her she had dumped all her books onto the floor and I had just made everything perfect for the party. for it had to be perfect even if you didn't see it.
She is truly a 'little rascal" :bawling:

[Petrarch's Love]

For all the "little rascals" out there, here is the excuse my brother and I liked most as children:

I know a funy little man,
As quiet as a mouse,
Who does the mischeif that is done
In everybody's house!
There's no one ever sees his face,
And yet we all agree
That every plate we break was cracked
By Mr. Nobody.

'Tis he who always tears out books,
Who leaaves the door ajar,
He pulls the buttons from our shirts,
And satters pins afar;
That squeaking door will always squeak,
For prithee, don't you see,
We leave the oiling to be done
By Mr. Nobody.

The finger marks upon the door
By none of us are made;
We never leave the blinds unclosed,
Or let the curtains fade.
The ink we never spill; the boots
That lying round you see
Are not our boots;--they all belong
To Mr. Nobody. ;)

Hi everyone! Just stopping in to see how the party is going so far. Everyone's contributions are so fun to read. I've brought one hundred cupcakes in shiny foil wrappers. Everyone's favorite kind of cake is among them. I'm taking a delicious slice of pizza and some root beer, and lots of gelato (wonderful, wonderful gelato!) for desert. Thank you Rachel. I've brought all my many many dollies for baby Hasia and everyone else to enjoy, and my favorite blanket from childhood to wrap the dear little one in.

And since easter is coming I've brought three dozen hardboiled eggs and many different colors of egg dye to decorate with. I've also blown the egg out of some shells for anyone who wants to paint little scenes on egg shells and keep them forever. Every spring I decorate eggshells that way. I have a whole collection; some with flowers, some with landscapes, and some with copies of famous artworks (I painted a copy of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" on an egg last year and I also have a Monet bridge egg, and a "Pollock" egg:)). Maybe painting mini masterpieces on eggs can count as something "interesting" about me, so we're not totally off the thread's topic.

Here is one of my favorite childhood poems from my favorite childhood book, The Tall Book of Make-Believe. The book belonged to my mother as a child, and it really is tall.

Have you ever heard of the Sugar-Plum Tree?
'Tis a marvel of great renown!
It blooms on the shore of the Lollipop Sea
In the garden of Shut-Eye town;
The fruit that it bears is so wondrously sweet,
(As those who have tasted it say),
That good children have only to eat
Of that fruit to be happy next day.

When you've got to the tree, you would have a hard time
To capture the fruit which I sing;
The tree is so tall that no person can climb
To the boughs where the sugar-plums swing;
But up in that tree sits a chocolate cat,
And a gingerbread dog prowls below,
And this is the way you contrive to get at
Those sugar-plums tempting you so:
sugar plum tree

You say but the word to that gingerbread dog,
And he barks with such terrible zest
That the chocolate cat is at once all agog,
As her swelling proportions attest.
And the chocolate cat goes cavorting around
From this leafy limb unto that,
And the sugar-plums tumble, of course to the ground
Hurrah for that chocolate cat!

There are marshmallows, gumdrops and peppermint canes,
With stripings of scarlet and gold,
And you carry away of that treasure that rains
As much as your apron can hold!
So come, little child, cuddle closer to me
In your dainty white nightcap and gown,
And I'll rock you away to that Sugar-Plum Tree
In the garden of Shut-Eye Town.

[Mililalil XXIV]

Petrarch's Love:
You paint eggs? Do you have a photo of your most intricate examples?

[ElizabethSewall]

WOW!! Monet and Van Gogh on eggs shells? Amazing! *applause*
I'd like to see that too.

[rachel]

Me too, how wonderful , they remind me of the exquisite collection of eggs made of gold and precious jewels for the Russian royal family before the fall of the Romanovs. One egg was so exquisite, when you opened it up there was a tiny replica of the royal train and it actuallymoved on a tiny track.
And the poems remined me of the first time I saw the game Candyland. I was so overcome with the pictures and the thought that one could really go there and partake of such things that I never concentrated on the actual game and consquently never won.

Well we are nearly at the close of this party. But that does not mean that anyone cannot come to our house at an time. We do not live like royalty, you know by now tht I give most away of what I have and cannot bear to have something if it means someone else must be short of something.
However there is gentleness and love here, magic and faerie because despite what'realists' think, that one should live in the 'real'world I always think that nothing is more fantastic or faerie in the most dreadful way than the state of this world and the collective fashioning it into a thing trodden upon, worn out , filled with the blood and tears of innocents. So in my world there is always hope, always kindness, always forgiveness and sharing and a refuge from that'real' world.
and anyone who wishes to 'do no harm' to another is always welcome to the sanctuary of this humble home.
thank you from the depths of my heart to those who dropped and in shared. Ishall treasure is and every word and if my wishes and prayers could come true I would wish and pray that every one on this forum could be loved and be able to truly love, would have enough and a little left over to share with their fellows and good health in mind and body.
I love and cherish each and every one of you , of course in different ways, but genuine none the less.
love Rachel :wave:

[chmpman]

Something interesting about me (or rather sad if you prefer) is that although I've lived in Montana my whole life, I've never visited Yellowstone National Park. But someday...

[AimusSage]

someday can be tomorrow, just get in the car and go. What is stopping you?

Woohoo! painting eggs, I used to do that when I was younger, not anything as exquisite as a Van Gogh or Monet, it was mostly imitations of Mondriaans. :p

Nowadays whenever I see eggs I just want to eat them, not raw mind you, but one does not paint raw eggs anyway. I love eggs.

[kilted exile]

Hey kilted can ye do a heeland dance? I can, the dance of the swords, real swords too not fake ones.

My school forced me to learn what they called "social" dancing which involved some highland dancing, and some traditional things like how to waltz, the 2 step etc. Then at every school dance we were forced to do this for the first two hours, and only if we all cooperated would they put on contemporary music at the end. For this reason me and my friends used to sneak off during the first two hours and find a place where we would drink, then return for the final period.

[Virgil]

Virgil, What about you? Were you naughty when you were young?
I guess so. Perhaps not deliberately. Once, me and some other kid were throwing a ball back and forth on a sidewalk with storefronts and I hit a neon sign with my throw and broke a light. And we ran away before we got caught. In sixth grade (around 11 years old) I got into a fight at school and got into big trouble with the Dean. It wasn't even my fault and there wasn't any punches landed. It was around 1972 or so when there were a lot of race riots in my country. It was between me and this black kid, named Nathaniel. I was one of the smallest white kids in the class and he was the smallest black kid in the class and his friends egged him on that he couldn't beat anyone up. So to show off to his friends he instigated something with me by slapping me in the back of the head while I was sitting in class. I got fed up and pushed him back and he pushed me and we tangled and swung a bit and then the teachers came and put us in the dean's office. Becuase of the race sensitivity of the times we both got into big trouble. But it really had nothing to do with white/black animosity. It was just boys getting out of control.


I've brought all my many many dollies for baby Hasia and everyone else to enjoy, and my favorite blanket from childhood to wrap the dear little one in.

And since easter is coming I've brought three dozen hardboiled eggs and many different colors of egg dye to decorate with.
Dollies and paints eggs. Hmmmm. Is this the English Professor that's been teaching us poetic metrics and form? Quite a different side to you Petrarch. OK, while you're here at Rachel's we'll teach you how to whistle.

BTW, that was a lovely poem.


Something interesting about me (or rather sad if you prefer) is that although I've lived in Montana my whole life, I've never visited Yellowstone National Park. But someday...
Oh goodness. It's a wonderful place, and Grand Teton National Park nearby is probably even prettier.

[RobinHood3000]

20 minutes left in the party!!!

~puts on Thriller by Michael Jackson~

[Virgil]

20 minutes? Do we all turn into pumpkins? Is Rachel going to physically throw us out? Is this the Questions thread? :D

[SleepyWitch]

oops, did I miss the party?
i didn't bring any poems or stuff that i like when i was small...
but there's a story my dad tells me everytime I visit him:
when I was 2 and a half years old, my little baby bro was born. so dad and me visited mum and my bro at the hospital. when I saw my brother for the first time, i didn't say a word and fell silent for an hour. as we were leaving the hospital I sad to my dad "Daddy, I think the baby is a pig, not a human." Dad asked where I had got that idea and I explained "He smells like a pig, he's pink like a pig and he squeaks like a pig. Therefore he must be a pig." My dad took me to a restaurant and tried to convince me that my brother was human. after half an hour he ran out of arguments and i finally said "OK, he's not a pig. But a pig-man." :D
my poor little bro :) i love him dearly and i haven't called him any names since then... but my dad likes telling this story because he thinks i was rather intelligent at the time...
oh yeah. there's another one.. when I was 2 my dad and me were home alone and he was cooking dinner. I came to the kitchen and said "Look dad, garlick floats!" I had nicked a bit of garlick and thrown it into my pee pot (into which I had peed before :) ). Dad was not amused and said "If you do this again I'll smack you one." I answered: "Then I will laugh in your face.". After a while I came to the kitchen again and said: "Look dad, onions float!" and he smacked me one and I laughed at him. :D
well, this was the end of my career as a natural scientist but that's fine with me :)

[Petrarch's Love]

Dollies and paints eggs. Hmmmm. Is this the English Professor that's been teaching us poetic metrics and form? Quite a different side to you Petrarch. OK, while you're here at Rachel's we'll teach you how to whistle.

:lol: Well we were all children once (I bet even Unnamable had a teddy bear as a lad ;) ), and I had many beloved dolls as a little girl that needed to come out and be played with at Rachel's party. Now they'll have to go back on the shelf in my room in California and wait patiently until I have a little one of my own someday and they can resume their active and imaginative lives. :)

As I was thinking about it I realized that it may be partly due to those dolls that I'm talking about metrics and form now. I read Romeo and Juliet (my first Shakespeare) when I was about nine or ten and I put on performances of that play, and then other Shakespeare plays, with all my dolls. I think that reading over those lines in play must have been one factor in the gradual dawning of an appreciation for the way language was being used in poetry. Since I had mostly girl dolls, they had to take the male roles and put on little false paper beards and mustaches. Little did I realise that I was reversing the rules of the Elizabethan stage, where women weren't allowed to act and boys took on women's roles. I guess I was a feminist with a reverse whistling technique even then. ;)

[Pensive]

Hehe, Nice tales by all of you!

[SleepyWitch]

I've brough some penguins (for the non-veggies to eat, maybe you can dip them in salsa? :lol: )
when i was small, my mom told me penguins were taller than me... that somehow got stuck in my mind, so I'm still frightened of them today even though I'm taller now.... wouldn't want to run into one of those in the street.... *scared*...
the small ones are sweet, though
http://www.valtellinux.it/images/penguin.jpg

[ElizabethSewall]

I love penguins! My mother used to read me the story of Biboundet, the baby penguin, when I was very little. And I've always wanted a fluff... *sighs*
As a huge fan of Mary Poppins I also like the penguins in it too. So cute... :D

[tn2743]

Actually, these Emperor penguins are quite large... I'd be scared to run into one on the street.

But the little dancing penguins are definitely very cute! :)

I have a little toy penguin in my flat.... here he is, on my shoulder.

[ElizabethSewall]

He's really cute!!!
What's his name?

[tn2743]

I haven't named him, maybe you could give him a name ~~

[woeful painter]

Oh, penguins, I have one...I'm holding here Pablo (it's about a disney cartoon relating to penguins, It's the name of the hero baby panguin there), I can't find Pablo's mum though, there's too much trash in my closet. :D She's a lot chubbier and taller than Pablo. I'll post her pic next time I see her.

[ElizabethSewall]

Pablo really is a cuttie gentle knight!

Tue, I shall name him when I see him... :nod: He will share his secrets and reveal his ideal name! Dolls and fluffs are very talkative you know.

[AimusSage]

I have to say, I usually don't pay much attention to penguins, but the ones in Madagscar were the best part of the movie.

[ElizabethSewall]

YEP!! Have you seen the short Christmas film with the Madagascar penguins? It's fun, more than the real movie actually.

[AimusSage]

No I haven't, It's something I must look into, and I mean RIGHT NOW! *starts looking into 'it'* *Oh, it's dark*

[woeful painter]

That looks interesting...I haven't even seen Madagascar yet...more over the solo movie of the penguins. Maybe I ought to check it out! :nod:

[Petrarch's Love]

Some of you expressed interest in seeing some samples of my egg painting creations, so I thought I'd test the zoom on my new digital camera and came up with these shots of my Van Gogh and Monet eggs (though it's hard to photograph a painting on a tiny spheroid object). As you can see, my artistic skill is not great, but I have fun trying. :)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e386/LeonardoD/VanGogh2side.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e386/LeonardoD/Monet2side.jpg

[Virgil]

[QUOTE=Petrarch's Love]Some of you expressed interest in seeing some samples of my egg painting creations, so I thought I'd test the zoom on my new digital camera and came up with these shots of my Van Gogh and Monet eggs (though it's hard to photograph a painting on a tiny spheroid object). As you can see, my artistic skill is not great, but I have fun trying. :)
Not great? That looks fantastic! That is not easy at all.

[AimusSage]

Not great, YEAH RIGHT! They look superb, and you know it :p

[woeful painter]

Beautiful! Simply perfect! How very talented! :nod:
Could you teach me Petrarch? :p

[Pensive]

Petratch, These are splendid.

[Petrarch's Love]

:blush: Gee, thanks guys. Glad you like my little eggs. They're lot's of fun to do, and it made me really take a close look at the paintings. I've been wanting to copy something from the Art Institute here so I could work from the original. Honestly, I've always considered myself pretty lacking when it comes to artistic talent. You just haven't seen my goofy little stick figure people. :lol: I love looking at art and studying the way it's done though.

[RobinHood3000]

Ooooooooh--neat!!

[tn2743]

This is my 200th post! I'm opening a new box of biscuits to celebrate.

[ElizabethSewall]

Congratulations! ~

[tn2743]

Thank you! ~ My penguin's still waiting for a name, btw~

[AimusSage]

Call him Octavian

[miss tenderness]

something intersting about me...mmm
i do not think if that much, but something funny when i graduated high school i took one of the top 3 on my country. Now in my last year in university i'm just chosen to be Miss Fashion of the University... ,you see one must develop himself lol

[woeful painter]

Well, that IS interesting miss tenderness...have you posted a pic in the photoalbum yet? :D

[rachel]

I don't know if this is in fact interesting. It certainly has been er well embarrasing for me. For some odd reason people react wierdly to the way I laugh. I have totally disrupted movies when I started laughing. People couldn't stop laughing at my laughing and it wrecked the serious parts of the movies. And I got removed to another part of the room at college because my laugh made some of the people so hysterical in their own response that our teacher was furious. I didn't mean to, I just got nervous because I kept making an error in a program on the computer. oh well....

[woeful painter]

LOL! I can't hear you laugh right now, but you got me laughing hard at that story (I imagined how you laugh and it hit me LOL)! I don't think I'd want to hear you laugh though, I usually find laughing contagious for me and once I start I find it hard to stop! :lol: You must laugh really cute for people to get excited about it! :D

[RobinHood3000]

Haha, I know a girl who finds it painful to sneeze with any particular strength, so her sneezes are always tiny and adorable--particularly when there's seven or eight of them strung together.

[woeful painter]

WOW! Now that's mighty cute! :lol: I wish I could hear that one!


Call him Octavian

Why Octavian?

Well, he's cute and tiny so how about pingüinito(?), Spanish for penguin. :D

[Virgil]

pingüinito(?) A little too long, no? How about Pensy, in honor of a lit net member also with feathers?

[woeful painter]

Yes, why not? A real honor indeed! :nod:

Oh yes Virgil, I noticed, though have not had a chance to stress out, that you have the same avatar as Gozeta. :D

[AimusSage]

Why Octavian?

Well, he's cute and tiny so how about pingüinito(?), Spanish for penguin. :D

Octavian was a roman emperor. Later became Augustus. Emperor pinguin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptenodytes_forsteri)

But your name would do just as wel.

[Petrarch's Love]

Oh yes Virgil, I noticed, though have not had a chance to stress out, that you have the same avatar as Gozeta.

You know what that means don't you? There's a whole pack of wolves out there running through mysterious blue mist. The appearance of this second one is an alarming development! The rest of the pack can't be far behind, stealthily stalking their way toward the unsuspecting inhabitants of Lit. Net.

[Virgil]

Yes, why not? A real honor indeed! :nod:

Oh yes Virgil, I noticed, though have not had a chance to stress out, that you have the same avatar as Gozeta. :D
Wow. I didn't realize that. Can you have two people with the same avatar? I guess you can. I checked her (I think it's a her) profile and she's been a member for a long time. If she's had the avatar that long, then I will differ to her wishes if she doesn't want anyone else to have it. Otherwise, I don't mind us both howling in the blue.

[Rachy]

I laugh at everything....People come up to me randomly and say one word just to make me laugh to prove a point

[thevintagepiper]

I do that too.

I also tend to wear white and red striped socks and high tops a lot....And about a bajillion necklaces at a time.

[RobinHood3000]

I have a new hat.

[literaturerocks]

hmm something interesting about me is that (not to boast) i am a four time grand national champion in jui jitsu and judo and also in shotokan karate :D

[SleepyWitch]

wow that's too cool literaturerocks,... is this how you broke your toe?
;)
can old Witches like myself take up martial arts or do you have to practice them from an early age on? right now i've got enough other things to do... but i'd like to do martial arts some day (probably when I'm an old granny)

[Shea]

I play all of my harp music from memory. It's a habit I developed when I was learning piano as a kid. I never had to be told to practice and I played so much that I began memorizing the songs. Unfortunately, now memorization is the only way that I can play well.

[literaturerocks]

sleepywitch, there are still many options for you to practice the martial arts..if you are looking for a more relaxing art i would recommend tai chi or something of that sort. and also it is not neccessary to pratice from an early age. another misconception is the color of your belt proves how good you are.. i am only a green belt and have defeated blackbelts..the color of the belt does not matter it is the dedication and love of the art that does. i started no more than a year and a half ago and winning grand nationals is quite a good feeling. its really fun too!:) hmm something else interesting about me...i can listen to a classical song and learn the guitar to it in anywhere from ten minutes to 3 hours of practicing it

[SleepyWitch]

hehe cool :)
you know, i heard that aikido was the only martial arts suitable for anyone who's not a kid... i'm only 24 but the person who told me this said that's too old to pick up any martial arts except aikido...
which is the least complex in terms of the moves? i did judo as a kid for a year and found it OK.. but a friend showed me some karate and it was way too complex for me... i think it was a move designed to defend against about ten people at a time, though...
well,.. i'm not gonna take it up any time soon anyway :)

[thevintagepiper]

I guarantee that if you show me a style of dance I'll pick it up within a few minutes.

Ballet, highland, ska, modern, tap, anything. It's fun, and it kinda freaks people out (which is more fun).

[kathycf]

I am a good mimic. Not perfect, because sometimes I can't match the timbre of someone's voice, but I can get the tone and inflection down very well.

[grace86]

Hmm...something to freak you guys out (and identify me in a lineup too I guess) both of my pinky fingers are curved. Inherited that from my mom. Genetic thing I'm sure.

[Idril]

I have a big dimple in my cheek that's actually a scar. To make a long story short, when I was about 5 or 6, I fell face first into the roots of a tree ( a really long story :rolleyes: ) and did quite a number on my face. My nose was broken, my chin was split, leaving scar tissue that makes my chin a wee bit lopsided when I smile and one little root struck me about an inch under my left eye, leaving quite the indention that is still quite significant today.

[Nightshade]

I can think of anything interesting about me.... and that is interesting in itself :p ;)

[thevintagepiper]

I have a big dimple in my cheek that's actually a scar. To make a long story short, when I was about 5 or 6, I fell face first into the roots of a tree ( a really long story :rolleyes: ) and did quite a number on my face. My nose was broken, my chin was split, leaving scar tissue that makes my chin a wee bit lopsided when I smile and one little root struck me about an inch under my left eye, leaving quite the indention that is still quite significant today.

OUCH! I'm with you on the dimple though...I have a big one in each cheek.

It's a little annoying actually, because people come up to me and say "Awww it's so cuuute!" and as a little kid I got my face pinched a lot :mad:

[Shannanigan]

I ran the Los Angeles marathon 3 years in a row...when I was 13, 14, and 15....god it seems like so long ago...

I also caught a 6-foot tiger shark once! Okay, that's 2 things. I'll stop. :P

[Shea]

I can say the alphabet backwards as fast as I can say it forwards.

[RobinHood3000]

That makes two of us.

For some reason, I felt compelled to learn it in Greek, as well.

[rae_of_light]

Something interesting about me... well, this isn't too too interesting, but I can speed-read like nothing else. I think it is my one talent, and yet people make fun of me all the time because of it. One of the great things about speed-reading is that people never read over my shoulder anymore... I hate it when people read over my shoulder, and that may be the reason why I started to be able to read so fast, just to get people to leave me alone... it was either that or start hitting someone....

[livelaughlove]

I LOVE orange-flavored skittles and starbursts. Hate purple. I am right legged-- socks, shoes, or pants, it doesn't matter, I always put them on right leg first. I love grapes but don't like raisins unless they're covered with chocolate. I love ketchup but I only like tomatoes on burgers-- not sandwiches, burgers. I can't stand wearing my hair down, it drives me crazy. I never pay attention to things around me when I eat-- my friends make fun of me for it because I genuinely will not remember conversations at the lunch table. If I am hungry and I don't like the food in the pantry, I will not touch it no matter how hungry I am. I love the sound of silence and the smell of horses. I love waking up an hour early and then realizing I have an hour extra to sleep. I love walking in the shadows and then stepping into the sunshine and feeling it on my back.

[andave_ya]

Something interesting about me... well, this isn't too too interesting, but I can speed-read like nothing else. I think it is my one talent, and yet people make fun of me all the time because of it. One of the great things about speed-reading is that people never read over my shoulder anymore...

I saw this and I had to laugh. I know exactly how you feel.

Anyways, something interesting about me... I actually don't want a cell phone. :nod: :eek2:

[seasong]

I love walking in the shadows and then stepping into the sunshine and feeling it on my back.

Me too! I love to be warm and to sing in choirs. I have split my liver open while sledding. One of my favorite things to do is curl up with blankets and hot chocolate and read for hours during the winter...Granted I don't really have time to do that anymore but I still love it.

[rae_of_light]

WHAT?!?! You don't want a cellphone?? :eek2:How can this be, I am amazed that you can even live with yourself from day to day!!! I am being utterly sarcastic, just in case you didn't realize... I don't particularly want one either, I have no use for one!!

[apple jiang]

well,as matter of fact,I love eating apples very much!I don't know why,but I have a special feeling when eating an apple,so great!:)

[andave_ya]

WHAT?!?! You don't want a cellphone?? :eek2:How can this be, I am amazed that you can even live with yourself from day to day!!! I am being utterly sarcastic, just in case you didn't realize... I don't particularly want one either, I have no use for one!!


:) :) :blush: :p :lol: ;) :) :) :wave:

[Madhuri]

I LOVE orange-flavored skittles and starbursts. Hate purple. I am right legged-- socks, shoes, or pants, it doesn't matter, I always put them on right leg first. I love grapes but don't like raisins unless they're covered with chocolate. I love ketchup but I only like tomatoes on burgers-- not sandwiches, burgers. I can't stand wearing my hair down, it drives me crazy. I never pay attention to things around me when I eat-- my friends make fun of me for it because I genuinely will not remember conversations at the lunch table. If I am hungry and I don't like the food in the pantry, I will not touch it no matter how hungry I am. I love the sound of silence and the smell of horses. I love waking up an hour early and then realizing I have an hour extra to sleep. I love walking in the shadows and then stepping into the sunshine and feeling it on my back.

You sound just like Sally from 'When Harry met Sally,' especially the eating part :p :D *why am I always quoting from the movies?*

[mir]

I have taken karate for nine years, and am just now really learning to fight. :p

[Virgil]

I have taken karate for nine years, and am just now really learning to fight. :p

Holy smoke. Don't mess with Mir! ;)

[thevintagepiper]

I was born in Spain. I already have more and closer friends here in Dubai than I did in 8 years back in Michigan. (with the exception of a best friend) I just started takng voice lessons from a former Russian opera singer. I like to draw weird, eerie, abstract things. I like to take pictures, even of myself. I have back problems. I like to dye my hair.

[Serenata]

A former Russian opera singer? That is awesome.

I can put one foot behind my head. I am great with movie quotes. And when it rains or snows, I get really bad headaches. I'm hypoglycemic.

[Guzmán]

Trivial stuff that has happened to me:
I once made wine from the grapes of the vine (vine is it?) that grows in my back yard.
A homeless man once sang happy birthday to me outside a pub and at the end he gave me a Burger King Crown.
Once a friend and I rode about 20 km the two of us on one bicycle.
When I was 8 years old i literally bumped into Anthony Quinn in Ney York city

[kathycf]

I auditioned for the quiz program "Jeopardy" in Boston a few years ago and President Clinton was in town that same day, in the same hotel. I went outside and stuck my nose against the glass of the lobby area restaurant and peered at him.

Westin Copley Place (http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1035&ES=DEST4BOS_PP_wi_1035_BOS), Westin hotels. Rooms start at about 200 bucks per night...:eek:

[Shalot]

I have a tattoo and I hate it. I spent 50 bucks on it many years ago. I have been in the process of having it removed for about 4 years now. It itches like mad when it's healing from the treatment. It will never be gone fully I am afraid. Black and blue inks are supposed to fade pretty well, but reds and pinks and yellows are harder to fade.

I wish they would just cut it off --- a big gash is preferable to what I have. Why won't doctors do what you tell them to do?

[B-Mental]

I'm assymetrical...all my scars are on one side, breaks are on the other. One arm is shorter than the other by 2 inches (5cm).

[Shalot]

\A homeless man once sang happy birthday to me outside a pub and at the end he gave me a Burger King Crown.


that's great. Once I went to Waffle House in the middle of the night and a bunch of customers were sitting at their tables, all wearing those paper waffle house hats. The staff gave us some too and we wore those awesome paper waffle house hats while eating the hash browns that come with a free hair in every plate.

[toni]

I know how to plumb! Seriously. I'm good at fixing toilets and all sorts of clogs..


At last! the secret is out.:p

[Laindessiel]

But she doesn't show her bottom cleavage or anything, mind. :p (Although she;s got a perfectly curvaceous one. ;))

Interesting about me? Dunno if this is, probably annoying: I'm OC. And I take with complete care my books and magazines to the point of being wary whenever a stranger holds or touches them. I'm just scared if they accidentally drop them or make a crease!!! Aaaah!

Toni learned how to hold my magazines whenever she reads them. You can never fold them in half. She says, "Ate! and wierd mo naman!" ("Sister, you're so wierd!)

[toni]

But she doesn't show her bottom cleavage or anything, mind. :p (Although she;s got a perfectly curvaceous one. ;))

Oh Geez!:blush:

[Laindessiel]

Oh, as you say, "PSHAW..."... *waves hand*

[Idril]

I saw the first LOTR movie, Fellowship of the Ring in the theater 22 times...and I didn't even really like it. I liked it the best out of the 3, certainly, but I would usually sit and complain and moan during the entire thing, getting particularly animated during the Arwen parts. :p And the same person went with me to the vast majority of those showings...now that is a good friend. :lol: I saw Two Towers only 4 times in the theaters which is still a lot when you consider I hated it, it was easily my least favorite and then Return of the King was somewhere in the middle, both in viewings (10) and in affection...and the same friend went with me to most of those as well, she really was a glutton for punishment.

[Madhuri]

I can walk a lot (or atleast I think so), I enjoy walking and if the weather is pleasant there is nothing like it :D

But that is a torture for others :p

I recently made my friend walk for about two hours, I dont know how many kms we covered but she sure couldnt walk for the next couple of days and when we met again after a 3-4 weeks, she still had problem walking. :)

[dramasnot6]

I love walking as well madhuri! Especially hiking. I once dragged my poor friend on a 6 hour hike and they were in bed sore for the entire next day! I felt so bad that i made up for it by coming to their house with movies and a homemade fruit salad :lol:

I have been collecting stickers on my clothing dresser for 8 years , its really colorful! :p

[B-Mental]

I was on a road march team in the army that once walked 40 miles(64km) in a little over 9 hours. That was the day I discovered Excedrin...it has caffeine in it.

[dramasnot6]

wow 40 miles is a lot! i have never walked more then 30, and that really put me out! i can see why you would need the caffeine

[Virgil]

I was on a road march team in the army that once walked 40 miles(64km) in a little over 9 hours. That was the day I discovered Excedrin...it has caffeine in it.

Sounds like a good Roman infantry man. Were carrying sword and shield? ;)

[Madhuri]

I love walking as well madhuri! Especially hiking. I once dragged my poor friend on a 6 hour hike and they were in bed sore for the entire next day! I felt so bad that i made up for it by coming to their house with movies and a homemade fruit salad :lol:

I have been collecting stickers on my clothing dresser for 8 years , its really colorful! :p


I was on a road march team in the army that once walked 40 miles(64km) in a little over 9 hours. That was the day I discovered Excedrin...it has caffeine in it.


I am living in an illusion it seems, you guys have a lot of stamina. :thumbs_up

[AimusSage]

I am living in an illusion it seems, you guys have a lot of stamina. :thumbs_up
No, it just takes time and effort, and you'll get there as well :nod:

[Madhuri]

It also takes a very strong will power :) Which I lack most of the time

[Serenata]

I have broken only one bone in my life, and that was my wrist while I was playing "ring-around-the-rosie." I blame my sister for it.:p

[sam96]

I broke only 1 bone too.It was my left arm.I got hit by a car.
I hated it at first but kinda got used to it.Hey i dislocated my arm once(not at the same time :)).

[Domer121]

I have never broken a bone...but I used to have a dog walking business...

[sam96]

Walking dogs will never work out with me.
Me and dogs we hate each other..
Though i used to like them when i was younger i wanted 1 but that changed as i grew.

[Domer121]

I have to say..I have become less of a dog person......after 5 years of walking dogs...three attacks....and countless dirty pants....I like to look at dogs more than actually have them...though my Shar-Pei is pretty good...he is more like a cat, though

[sam96]

you know,I can't cross the street alone(i know i'm 15) which is childish and not interesting but y not?!!:p

[rae_of_light]

I've already posted on here, and I don't know if this is classified as 'interesting' or not, but I am homeschooled. I do my school online, and have chats with my teachers or e-mail them when I have a question.

[Domer121]

I am homeschooled too...I have used Great Courses...I enjoy them very much...

[sam96]

I have no idea how homeschooling works!
Y r u homeschooled in the first place??

[Domer121]

because my older brothers and sisters didn't do well in school so our mom pulled us out......I have never been to a classroom....we were all also in Theater, mainstream, so it would of been hard to go to school and be in theater....but I guess it works since all my 4 other siblings have been in college before they were 18....

[sam96]

Trust me a classroom isn't much of a sight.
I'm glad it works 4 u.
I'm officially in school but i don't go that much i hate it.
What was wrong with kindergarten i used to go and cry to my mom to bring me back home.

[rae_of_light]

My parents decided to homeschool me and my siblings for religious reasons: they didn't like the garbage (ex. evolution) that was being taught in the public school system. I have heard that homeschoolers have the potential to be smarter (I am not sure where I heard this, so don't quote me on it), and I learned stuff that people in the public school system would begin to learn in a year or two. Domer121, what is Great Courses? I have never heard of that curriculum...

[grace86]

Never broken a bone nor had a cavity...and I have been consuming sugar since before I could talk.

I also have curved pinky fingers.

[kathycf]

This isn't particularly interesting but...The knuckles on my hands (not the finger ones) are completely indented.

Look, Ma, no knuckles! :lol:

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/My%20camera%20pics/hand.jpg

Ew, I think I need some handcream.

[Idril]

Oh, Kathy, you have very nice hands. People are always telling me I look younger than I am, but if you take one look at my hands, you'd think I was about 10 years older. I have my mother to thank for that, those are her ugly hand genes at work. :p

[Riesa]

Oh, Kathy, you have very nice hands. People are always telling me I look younger than I am, but if you take one look at my hands, you'd think I was about 10 years older. I have my mother to thank for that, those are her ugly hand genes at work. :p



so where do you get the beautiful feet gene from? Dad? My hands are the same way, I'm obsessive about lotioning them up, but they have definitely aged faster than the rest of me. and sigh, I don't have beautiful feet to fall back on. :(

[Idril]

and sigh, I don't have beautiful feet to fall back on. :(


Well, yes, thank goodness I do at least have that. ;) :p :lol: I don't know where I get the pretty feet from. I haven't seen my mother's bare feet since I was 3 and she cut off her big toe and about half of the next one in a lawn mower accident so for all I know, I may have gotten them from her since my dad's feet are nothing to write home about. :p

[kathycf]

Thanks Idril. heh, my hands (and face) do look young, but it is just so darn dry in the house with the central heating and all. My feet look young too, sort of like a young duck's. (I have flat pudgy feet, not nice at all.) :lol:

[Madhuri]

I have a facination for bangles, I have it in almost all colours, but dont wear these much except only on ocassions. I also have this habit of opening my bangle box once in a while and gazing at my collection. Does anyone else does such a thing? I do that with a whole lot of old stuff that I have.

[GimmyDiamond]

Hmmm, I don't know if it's necessarily interesting, but I HATE puffs commercials . . . I have to cover my face whenever they come on. Sometimes just hearing them has me leaving the living room . . . although it's kinda interesting that I hate the puffs commercials b/c of the whole nose thing, but have the strangest fascination with noses in real life . . . go figure . . .
Hey Mad, what's a bangle??? I do have collections of . . . stuff, don't use, but just look at . . . maybe I do have a bangle collection :)
Ooo, I just thought of something, one of my thumbs is like a cm shorter than the other . . . ah genes :D

[Madhuri]

These are bangles : :D

http://www.khazanagifts.com/images/bangles/large/DSCF6215.jpg

And I have the same bangle with me, it seems that someone took a picture of this bangle that I have :D

http://www.hilalplaza.com/ProductImages/jwl/BNGLS1002.gif

[GimmyDiamond]

Oooo Mad, yes then I do have some bangles . . . but not as nice as those . . . not that I could pull them off even if I did :)

[Shalot]

here's an interesting tidbit about me: someone chased me with a knife once. You should have seen the facial expression when I turned around and snatched the knife away.


I have a facination for bangles, I have it in almost all colours, but dont wear these much except only on ocassions. I also have this habit of opening my bangle box once in a while and gazing at my collection. Does anyone else does such a thing? I do that with a whole lot of old stuff that I have.


I would like some bangles like those. I have a few but they're black and grey beads... I think I need some brighter ones. My husband calls me "goth chic" when I wear them :rolleyes:

[Niamh]

here's an interesting tidbit about me: someone chased me with a knife once. You should have seen the facial expression when I turned around and snatched the knife away.

:lol: Good god Shalot!

Maddie i also like Bangles and had a small collection about eight years ago.

Heres a little fact about me. I'm very much in to the Paranormal and am a huge fan of most haunted.

[Nightshade]

:lol: Good god Shalot!

Maddie i also like Bangles and had a small collection about eight years ago.

Heres a little fact about me. I'm very much in to the Paranormal and am a huge fan of most haunted.

Really my town was on that, my goodness some poeple did get excited over that.

Shalot, wasnt that abit risky??

A little fact about me although I love most musicals I cant stand grease.

[Countess]

One interesting thing about me is how disinteresting I am. (-:

[Niamh]

Really my town was on that, my goodness some poeple did get excited over that.

Shalot, wasnt that abit risky??

A little fact about me although I love most musicals I cant stand grease.

Really! which location was that? A castle or an old inn? a manor? or was it a live?

I also love musicals and cant stand grease.

[Nightshade]

Im not sure which of our ghosts was featured I think it was the hotel/inn. But we do have a mannor and a secret passage and priest holes and all too. :D

[Niamh]

you've gotta love priest holes and hidden passages! i love the episode where they were at the old ram in it was excellent.

[Nightshade]

No, no ..:p

[Niamh]

the black swan? they had Uri Geller at that one! Derek and himself told them when they were in the celler that it was like there was someone behind the wall trapped. Where they pointed was like a filled in tunnel with a wall built up in front. the owners gave them permission to knock some of the wall down and when they did, Karl climbed in and picked up a piece of human bone! It was cool!
Ok... yes... i'm a most haunted geek!:blush:

[optimisticnad]

im actually dead, iv just come to haunt you all. but im a very friendly ghost.

[Niamh]

excellent! a residant ghost!:p

[Nightshade]

Hummm well Ive never seen the episode myself, never seen anyof it and not sure of the real story behind our ghosts a couple of violent deaths in that room though as far as I rember from the gossip.

:D .....

[Niamh]

Well theres supposed to be a pregnant woman i think. And an american airman? or something like that! it was a good episode though. you could probably see it via the living TV website!

[Rinas_Jaded]

I won't eat grape skitttles. I Eat skittles in color order. Red than orange ,yellow, Etc but Never purple. I eat M& M's the same way in color order.

[Nightshade]

Ha pay for tv other than the liscence..never! :p
grape flavoured skittles? sounds :sick:

[Bebbin]

I have a certain ritual when I'm washing dishes. It's either the ritual is fully achieved, or I won't do the dishes at all (or leave 'em as they are until someone else can wash them). http://clicksmilies.com/s1106/aetsch/cheeky-smiley-022.gif

[Madhuri]

I am actually a lost and found case. This is something that has been happening to me since I was a little child.

One day while playing in the veranda, I saw the gate open and simply went out and took the road (I dont even remember this happening to me, but my parents and grandparents told me about it). When my grandparents didn't see me playing, they searched for me, and I was nowhere to be found. They searched frantically and still I was missing. My parents were called back from their office, and they lodged a police report.

Then, there I was coming back with two guys (the same age as me, some 3-4 yo), and I was passing by our home. Everyone was standing outside, looking worried......but when they saw me.....my parents were relieved that I was alive. So I was lost and then found. Later, when I was asked where did I go, I would tell them that I went after that baloon seller :rolleyes: :lol:

And this has continued till date. Whenever I am walking with a group I just drift away (engaged in my own thoughts) and am lost. :rolleyes:

[Niamh]

i got lost in dublin city once. I started to follow the wrong woman thinking she was my mam.

[optimisticnad]

i got lost in dublin city once. I started to follow the wrong woman thinking she was my mam.

STALKER!!!!!

[Niamh]

:lol: never heard of a five year old being a stalker!

[Captain Pike]

Last night, I dreamt I was drowning. Yeah, I had run aground in a small sailboat, and I was out of the boat underneath, trying to get her off the sandbar -- why one would be swimming under his boat to dislodge it from the bottom, I can imagine, but as I was saying I was dreaming this -- it made sense at the time. The water was murky, riled up with mire, I couldn't seem to find the aft, the end of the boat that was still floating. It was dark everywhere, I became lodged between the hull and a muddy, rocky bottom -- I couldn't get free. I began gasping in muddy rocks. I awoke in a fright, in the dark, my heart pounding. Everything was all right, I was just quadriplegic in my own bed -- safe.

[motherhubbard]

I have never seen an episode of American Idol

[andave_ya]

I don't like Shakespeare. At least not yet.:D

[Captain Pike]

Rinsing a coffee cup is at least as important as washing it, in my book.

[motherhubbard]

I had a 10lb 9oz baby in my livingroom

[aabbcc]

I am seriously afraid of dreaming.
The things I dream have this weird tendency to come true, months or even years after I have dreamt them and forgot about them - then I experience frightening déja vus when they happen.
A couple of times it had also happened that the people I dreamt whom I did not know entered my life afterwards in some way, and that I came to a place which was supposed to be unknown to me, but which I recognise from my dreams.

I have inherited this, and some other unusual features, from the maternal side of my family, which is filled with unusual, weird or scary individuals - crazy artists who committed suicide, writers in trance who felt somebody else was using their bodies to write, people haunted by their visions and troubled by the weirdest of ideas, people reported to have had some kind of ESP, people who seriously delved into mysticism and alike, people who suffered hallucinations and formed their own realities or, at best, people who were "only" a bit lucid.
My entire family is crazy, to sum it up.

[kathycf]

I honestly and truly like oatmeal. Most people I know think oatmeal looks like something you find in a baby's diaper. Hmmm, reflecting on what I just wrote, I might have a talent for posting icky analogies in forums too....:D

[AdoreroDio]

I have just won a regional fine arts competition! (that counts as something interesting, right?)

[Niamh]

congratulations Adorerodio!

:lol: Odd discription. but porraige and oatmeal in nice.:)

[kathycf]

I have just won a regional fine arts competition! (that counts as something interesting, right?)
Yes indeed, and congratulations. :)

Niamh, fellow fan of oatmeal? :D

[Niamh]

Yes indeed, and congratulations. :)

Niamh, fellow fan of oatmeal? :D

Of course!:D I'm Irish remember!:lol:

[Captain Pike]

I can't give anyone "The Finger".

[kilted exile]

Dont think I've mentioned this on the Canadian Live 8 DVD I can clearly be seen jumping along to Motley Crue

[hockeychick8792]

I can't eat any kind of hotdog, except for Skyline Chili Dogs. Too bad I live in Pittsburgh and the closest Skyline is in Cincinnati. Too bad I only go there on vacation to see my 2nd cousins.

[Niamh]

I find it hard to sleep at night because i think too much.

I also really like white pudding with a poached egg on toast.

[Neo_Sephiroth]

I went to school from 7-12 grade without wearing any underwear.

[Bakiryu]

I like to sing so much trthat in grade school people thought i was talking to myself. But i sing so badly now that i don't do it public. Even thought i'm in chorus.

[kathycf]

I have Intermittent Strabismus in my right eye. That is a fun way of saying that my right eye doesn't always point forward.

When the eye turn occurs all of the time, it is called constant strabismus. When the eye turn occurs only some of the time, it is called intermittent strabismus or alternating strabismus. With intermittent strabismus, the eye turn might be observed only occasionally, such as during stressful situations or when the person is ill.

What this all boils down to is I get double vision alot, my right eye crosses when I am extremely tired or upset and I have weird problems with depth perception. You know those 3D glasses that are used to watch 3D movies? I can't use them correctly. When I wear them normally I don't see anything remotely "3D". If I hold the glasses about 8 inches from my face, that seems to trick my brain into seeing through the lenses properly and then produces the 3D effect.

Too bad that I look stupid doing that, not to mention my arm gets tired...I just don't bother with 3D movies anymore unless I can rent one...which doesn't happen too often.


I went to school from 7-12 grade without wearing any underwear.
That is very unusual and daring of you to admit it. :lol:

[Neo_Sephiroth]

What can I say? This thread brought it out of me. :p

[BibliophileTRJ]

I have only one nipple.

[andave_ya]

Once, at Disneyland, I went and tickled Donald Duck's legs when it was our turn to get his autograph and he went and signed someone else's :lol:

[Scheherazade]

Once, at Disneyland, I went and tickled Donald Duck's legs when it was our turn to get his autograph and he went and signed someone else's :lol:That was you??? :mad:

:p

[Idril]

I have only one nipple.


:lol: :lol: Or is it not nice to laugh at that. :p :blush: You know, Mark Wahlberg has 3, between the both of you, you're doing pretty good. ;)

[Scheherazade]

Is it interesting that I don't know the quantity of Mark Wahlberg's nipples (or of any other celebrities for that matter)?

Or is it interesting that Idril does?? :p

[Idril]

Is it interesting that I don't know the quantity of Mark Wahlberg's nipples (or of any other celebrities for that matter)?

Or is it interesting that Idril does?? :p


:lol: :lol: Oh, I'm just a font of that kind of odd-ball knowledge. I don't really know why, I don't consider myself a mega fan in general and certainly not of Mark Wahlberg, yet I do know he has 3 nipples. :p I think I learned that little tidbit from a VH1 I Love The 90's or something...see?! TV can be educational. :D ;) :lol:

[BibliophileTRJ]

:lol: :lol: Or is it not nice to laugh at that. :p :blush: You know, Mark Wahlberg has 3, between the both of you, you're doing pretty good. ;)

Laughing is AOK by me. (I started out with the standard pair; but lost one somewhere along the way)


Is it interesting that I don't know the quantity of Mark Wahlberg's nipples (or of any other celebrities for that matter)?

Or is it interesting that Idril does?? :p

I think it's VERY interesting that Idril knows these things........I'll bet she has a whole collection of celebrity nipple pictures.

[Idril]

Laughing is AOK by me. (I started out with the standard pair; but lost one somewhere along the way)

Well, that's good, I'm glad I don't have to feel bad about thinking that's hilarious. ;)




I think it's VERY interesting that Idril knows these things........I'll bet she has a whole collection of celebrity nipple pictures.

Oh, you never know what I may be hiding on my hard drive. ;) :p :lol:

[Turk]

If i would think i am interesting for some reason, then i would be plain as a trunk.

[andave_ya]

That was you???

That was me :lol: :) :D

[SleepyWitch]

Laughing is AOK by me. (I started out with the standard pair; but lost one somewhere along the way)



I think it's VERY interesting that Idril knows these things........I'll bet she has a whole collection of celebrity nipple pictures.

too bad.. do you know the film Jeffrey? there's this guy who wants to get his nipples pierced and his boyfriend says something like "what for, so we have two extra hooks for guests' towels?" (don't remember the exact wording..)
so if you get a piercing, there will be only one guest towel :)


there's absolutely nothing interesting about me... except I've got a group of birthmarks on my bum that looks like something to do with stellar cartography... probably it's a map for aliens:alien:

[Lote-Tree]

there's absolutely nothing interesting about me... except I've got a group of birthmarks on my bum that looks like something to do with stellar cartography... probably it's a map for aliens:alien:

or for Asstronomers to figure out :-)

[motherhubbard]

I have only one nipple.

This may be too personal, but how do you loose a nipple? Did you loose the whole breast or just the nipple? I was in an accident once and thought my nipple was caught in the gears of a power drill. I was very worried since I was still nursing one child and pregnant with the next. I really needed that nipple! But all was OK and my nipple wasn’t caught. I had been impaled by the drill and it was hard to determine what the sensation actually was.

[BibliophileTRJ]

This may be too personal, but how do you loose a nipple? Did you loose the whole breast or just the nipple? I was in an accident once and thought my nipple was caught in the gears of a power drill. I was very worried since I was still nursing one child and pregnant with the next. I really needed that nipple! But all was OK and my nipple wasn’t caught. I had been impaled by the drill and it was hard to determine what the sensation actually was.

As one individual who has suffered a nipple injury to another; let me say "OUCH! I sympathize with you on that drill accident".

Without going into details that would be inappropriate for this site, I'll just tell you that mine was semi-accidentally bitten off (and swallowed). It was just the nipple and a bite sized chunk of the flesh underneath.

[Turk]

Well... That was interesting...:sick: Is the one who swallow your nipple puked?

[motherhubbard]

oh my. I've never heard of such a thing. That is awful. I just don't know what to say. That must have hurt, even after the pain subsided. And I thought crazy things happened to me.

[Turk]

oh my. I've never heard of such a thing. That is awful. I just don't know what to say. That must have hurt, even after the pain subsided. And I thought crazy things happened to me.

Me too, i will definetely use that in one of my stories in future. It's possible (since it's happened), funny (no offend, but my imagination is somewhat crazy), and also disgusting (i can't imagine myself swallowing any piece of human flesh).

[BibliophileTRJ]

too bad.. do you know the film Jeffrey? there's this guy who wants to get his nipples pierced and his boyfriend says something like "what for, so we have two extra hooks for guests' towels?" (don't remember the exact wording..)
so if you get a piercing, there will be only one guest towel :)

Jeffrey is one of my favorite films. Many of the themes of that film are played out in my day-to-day life. (for example: my partner is has AIDS and I do not... this caused me much stress in the beginning.... just like in the movie)


Well... That was interesting...:sick: Is the one who swallow your nipple puked?

Yes, he did regurgitate it ....... eventually.


oh my. I've never heard of such a thing. That is awful. I just don't know what to say. That must have hurt, even after the pain subsided. And I thought crazy things happened to me.

The initial injury wasn't as bad as I would have expected. What REALLY hurt was the infection that set in afterward. THAT nearly killed me. Was on I.V. antibiotics for months afterward.

Crazy things may happen to you motherhubbard; but I'll bet you a buck that MORE crazy things have happened to me. I'm a crazy magnet.

[motherhubbard]

Crazy things may happen to you motherhubbard; but I'll bet you a buck that MORE crazy things have happened to me. I'm a crazy magnet.

I believe that I would loose that bet! I'll keep my dollar

[Niamh]

Jeffrey is one of my favorite films. Many of the themes of that film are played out in my day-to-day life. (for example: my partner is has AIDS and I do not... this caused me much stress in the beginning.... just like in the movie)


Hell! That must be really hard for you Biblio. You must have a lot of courage and love him very much. hope hes okay.

[SleepyWitch]

Jeffrey is one of my favorite films. Many of the themes of that film are played out in my day-to-day life. (for example: my partner is has AIDS and I do not... this caused me much stress in the beginning.... just like in the movie)



oh :( I hope he's not sick and was diagnosed early on enough to go on medication?

[BibliophileTRJ]

Hell! That must be really hard for you Biblio. You must have a lot of courage and love him very much.


oh :( I hope he's not sick and was diagnosed early on enough to go on medication?

Well, I've hijacked ANOTHER thread.

He was VERY sick before I met him.... doctors told him to make funeral arrangements....but he responded well to medications and is now the model of health. His viral load is undetectable and his C4 count is very high.

It's not a difficulty for me.... He's the one that has to swallow a ton of pills every day.

I do love him very much. He's the best thing that ever happened to me. He fill my days with love and laughter, he's the reason I get out of bed every morning, and the reason I can't wait to get home every night.

[motherhubbard]

if he's the guy in the avatar it really adds to the story!

[BibliophileTRJ]

I WISH!!!

There is a picture of the REAL him buried somewhere in the "Animal Lovers/Pets" thread. (post #38)

[Niamh]

I WISH!!!

:lol:

And by the way... you aint highjacked the thread. It is good to hear he is doing okay at the moment. It must be horrible to have to take all those pills.

[BibliophileTRJ]

It must be horrible to have to take all those pills.

It doesn't seem to bother him...in fact he often has a double-handful that he pops in his mouth and downs in one swallow!! I can't even imagine that... on the rare occasions that I have to take pills it's one pill, a sip of water, another pill, another sip of water and so on.

(REALLY not horrible when you consider the alternative)

[Virgil]

I do love him very much. He's the best thing that ever happened to me. He fill my days with love and laughter, he's the reason I get out of bed every morning, and the reason I can't wait to get home every night.

Best of luck to him Bib. I hope he gets better. By the way, how's that dog doing? Still a pest?

[BibliophileTRJ]

Best of luck to him Bib. I hope he gets better. By the way, how's that dog doing? Still a pest?

That *&$@%^# dog is still the bane of my existence. They took all of the contaminated pet food off of the shelves before I could buy some and force-feed it to the little rodent. Just spent about $2000 having 6 of her teeth removed. Now because of the missing teeth she has a problem where one of her saliva ducts has no place to drain....so it backs up and bulges out of her head. Going to have to drop another chunk of change getting THAT removed.

(Are you sorry you asked? I can ALWAYS rant on and on and on about how much I despise that dog..... you've been warned)

[ulvmane]

in all my years of studying vet science i have never heard of that saliva thing happening...but dang thats sad that she has to go through that, how old is she?

[BibliophileTRJ]

in all my years of studying vet science i have never heard of that saliva thing happening...but dang thats sad that she has to go through that, how old is she?

LOL... that's the story of my life..... If "That's NEVER happened before. or That couldn't possibly happen." it'll happen to me!!

She's 10 years old now..... just a few more years until I can count on her dying!

[kathycf]

It doesn't seem to bother him...in fact he often has a double-handful that he pops in his mouth and downs in one swallow!! I can't even imagine that... on the rare occasions that I have to take pills it's one pill, a sip of water, another pill, another sip of water and so on.

(REALLY not horrible when you consider the alternative)
I know it isn't the same thing really, but my mother died from cancer and watching her go through the procedures, and the surgery and the radiation...it was hard. Of course it was a hundred times harder for her than it was for me.

Knowing someone you love is ill and there isn't a lot you can do to change it, is very difficult. My best wishes to you and your partner.

[Virgil]

That *&$@%^# dog is still the bane of my existence. They took all of the contaminated pet food off of the shelves before I could buy some and force-feed it to the little rodent. Just spent about $2000 having 6 of her teeth removed. Now because of the missing teeth she has a problem where one of her saliva ducts has no place to drain....so it backs up and bulges out of her head. Going to have to drop another chunk of change getting THAT removed.

(Are you sorry you asked? I can ALWAYS rant on and on and on about how much I despise that dog..... you've been warned)

:lol: Well, I'm not sorry I asked, but thanks.

[Virgil]

in all my years of studying vet science i have never heard of that saliva thing happening...but dang thats sad that she has to go through that, how old is she?

Are you a vet Ulvmane?

[motherhubbard]

I thought this might be fun and informative. It may have been done, but I did a search and couldn’t find anything so…

List something interesting about yourself.

I’ll go first

My feet grew ½ a shoe size with each pregnancy. I went from a seven to a nine.

[Granny5]

When I was 14, the doctors thought that my right leg would have to be amputated just above the knee. I had been kept off my leg for 2 weeks taking 4 shots 4 times a day so when they told me that the leg would have to come off the next day, I decided I would at least walk to the bathroom on my poor leg before it was gone. When I stood up, the infectious spots burst open and drained. My temp was down by morning and the infection was so much better that they decided to wait a few days and see what happened. I recovered with both legs intact....but still can't dance.


I thought this might be fun and informative. It may have been done, but I did a search and couldn’t find anything so…

List something interesting about yourself.

I’ll go first

My feet grew ½ a shoe size with each pregnancy. I went from a seven to a nine.

Wow!! How interesting. Did anything else grow???hahahaha

[applepie]

My eyes are always changing colors. I've had people argue with me about their true color which is blue, but it is hard to prove this when they are looking green or more hazel.

[the silent x]

i see a persons portrait in the rear window of a car, don't ask how, it just looks like a person's face or entire body

[aabbcc]

I was ambidextrous as a child, and for many years none side was prevailing for me - I could, and normally did, do anything with both of my hands. I could write, draw, play with things, do anything you wished with both of my hands equally well. It is funny when I remember that ;)

It lasted for an entire decade - it was only in fourth grade of elementary school when my right hand slowly began to prevail over my left one. Within a year, year and a half, from ambidextrous I turned right-handed, but for a next couple of years I still could, for fun, use my left hand if I wanted, though I normally used my right one.

However, with time, that ability began to elude me more and more. Nowadays I am 17, have been right-handed for about 7 years and it really is challenging for me to use my left hand now, just as it would be for any other right-handed person. I can still write, but in that childish handwriting I had before, not in this wannabe-calligraphic which I usually use, and it feel largely "innatural" today to do so. So now I am just your usual right-handed person, but it is funny to remember that I was ambidextrous for so long time.

[Granny5]

There's really not anything about me I find interesting. But motherhubbard.....
When she was 9 years old she started taking ballet lessons. In less than a year she was dancing lead roles and teaching. She just knew from the beginning how to dance. Even parents of other lead dancers who had taken lessons for years would comment that motherhubbard was the better dancer and performer and should have been selected for the role. It made this granny pretty proud.

[barbara0207]

Oh, I envy motherhubbard, because I can't dance at all.

But I like being on stage, too, singing and acting. At the moment I'm a member of a group of five women. We write our own texts and songs and perform about 25 times a year. We started eleven years ago with a very small audience, but meanwhile we need bigger halls (600 - 700). People seem to think we're funny, because most shows are sold out within a few hours. Our themes are men and women, their relationship and their vices and virtues. (Well, mostly vices, as virtues tend to be less funny. :D )

Pity it will be over in December. :bawling:

[motherhubbard]

There's really not anything about me I find interesting. But motherhubbard.....
When she was 9 years old she started taking ballet lessons. In less than a year she was dancing lead roles and teaching. She just knew from the beginning how to dance. Even parents of other lead dancers who had taken lessons for years would comment that motherhubbard was the better dancer and performer and should have been selected for the role. It made this granny pretty proud.

I want to get you back, but I'll have to think about it. Right now all I can think of is the time my toe nails fell off and made you sick and you made me keep my socks on all the time. I really hate socks!


Oh, I envy motherhubbard, because I can't dance at all.

But I like being on stage, too, singing and acting. At the moment I'm a member of a group of five women. We write our own texts and songs and perform about 25 times a year. We started eleven years ago with a very small audience, but meanwhile we need bigger halls (600 - 700). People seem to think we're funny, because most shows are sold out within a few hours. Our themes are men and women, their relationship and their vices and virtues. (Well, mostly vices, as virtues tend to be less funny. :D )

Pity it will be over in December. :bawling:


11 years is a long run. Why are you stoping?

[Granny5]

Oh, I envy motherhubbard, because I can't dance at all.

But I like being on stage, too, singing and acting. At the moment I'm a member of a group of five women. We write our own texts and songs and perform about 25 times a year. We started eleven years ago with a very small audience, but meanwhile we need bigger halls (600 - 700). People seem to think we're funny, because most shows are sold out within a few hours. Our themes are men and women, their relationship and their vices and virtues. (Well, mostly vices, as virtues tend to be less funny. :D )

Pity it will be over in December. :bawling:

How great! Why over in December? I bet it's great to watch and fun for you to do.

[barbara0207]

Various reasons. One of us will be 70 in December (but looks 20 years younger) and she says she'll stop then. Another one finds it too stressful beside her job.
But the most important reason is that we would have to put up a new show, and when we did that last our friendship almost broke apart because we quarreled like mad. I think the wounds have just healed superficially ..

[Bakiryu]

Something about me......um.......Ok: Kids, pets and old people are obsessed with me for some reason *wonders* I.....can't.... get.... them.... OFF!!!

[Mortis Anarchy]

I like lists and notebooks...I dunno if thats interesting but thats all I can think of...hmmm...I'll come up with something better.:)

I don't mean To-Do lists...lists of names, places, etc. Random scribbles...notes.

[motherhubbard]

I like lists and notebooks...I dunno if thats interesting but thats all I can think of...hmmm...I'll come up with something better.:)

I don't mean To-Do lists...lists of names, places, etc. Random scribbles...notes.

me too! I'm so bad that I think it may be an illness :p . I love notebooks and I have to really watch myself or I go nuts. Really, one at a time is enough or should be. I should make a list of my different notebooks!

[Mortis Anarchy]

me too! I'm so bad that I think it may be an illness :p . I love notebooks and I have to really watch myself or I go nuts. Really, one at a time is enough or should be. I should make a list of my different notebooks!

Its a weird attraction...I know...I have so many scraps of paper and half-filled notebooks with random things...I always carry one with me....just in case I over hear a name of a band, book, movie or someone interesting I can google them. Thats why my desk looks so junky...its overflowing with papers!

[Granny5]

me too! I'm so bad that I think it may be an illness :p . I love notebooks and I have to really watch myself or I go nuts. Really, one at a time is enough or should be. I should make a list of my different notebooks!

I know, you could use one notebook to make a plan to make a list of notebooks you have for your lists. (she has to make a plan to go to the bathroom! she is the planningest person I've ever known!)

[Bakiryu]

Lol. I could never keep so many notebooks! I keep finding lists i did years ago!!!

[Hyacinth42]

I can turn one foot around 180 degrees. I can do either one, but only one at a time. I have loose hips, and I had never met anyone else who could do it until last week. It was so shocking when he replied "What, that's easy." and then did it!

[motherhubbard]

I hoard crayons. I have fewer than 100 boxes, maybe 70 or 80. I don’t want to use them I just want to keep them in the box all straight and clean and neat like little colored soldiers ready to march.

[Granny5]

I've taken swimming lessons at least 6 times in my life. I know about everything there is to know about swimming, but I can barely get across a pool, and the water can't be over 5 ft deep or I sink.

[Lily Adams]

My middle toes are longer than my big toes. It's a rarity. Think about it. ;)

[motherhubbard]

lily, this weekend I was cooking and all of a suden my family came in the kitchen to see what was going on. I didn't realize it, but Iwas singing old Devo songs after reading one of your post.

[Lily Adams]

lily, this weekend I was cooking and all of a suden my family came in the kitchen to see what was going on. I didn't realize it, but Iwas singing old Devo songs after reading one of your post.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I LOVE YOU. Will you be my mommy? Which ones were they? XD

[motherhubbard]

I don't really know I wasn't paying attention. But when the kids came in I know it was I was about to - it's not too late, to whip it, whip it good. and I was making the voices, you know how they do. And I was dancing a bit. The kids came around the corner and had the strangest looks on their faces and then I realized...

[Lily Adams]

I don't really know I wasn't paying attention. But when the kids came in I know it was I was about to - it's not too late, to whip it, whip it good. and I was making the voices, you know how they do. And I was dancing a bit. The kids came around the corner and had the strangest looks on their faces and then I realized...


*dies of laughter* Where's your energy dome? I didn't know my obsession has permeated into the lives of others so much! XD

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa144/shesoutofsync/getstraight.jpg

Crack that whip!

EDIT: Oh, and I hope you don't mind, but I've put what you said in my signature. :lol:

[motherhubbard]

I don't mind, it's too funny

[Lily Adams]

Ha ha. Okay. :) Thanks.

[catharsis]

Hmmm...let' see. I'm an Audiophile of the 21st Century. So...best audio quality coming from MP3, WMA, WAV or some forms of Lossless Audio Compression.

[motherhubbard]

I lost 14 pounds in July. I don't know if I would call that interesting, but I'm very proud of it!

[pinkmoon]

mmmmmm, let 's see,
when anybody ask me about the direction to a place,
I usually start explaining, but I explain too much that they will say:"now we are really lost, can you tell us again?"
so i make them lost the way:alien: instead of showing them the right direction.:(

but can this be interesting?

[motherhubbard]

of course it is interesting! Now we all know who NOT to ask for directions, unless lost is just where we want to go. :p

[Poppy]

I saw Elvis once.....dead.

[lilac525]

My guy and I have become obsessed with Have Gun Will Travel. The references to classic literature are unbelievable. The episode "Lady on a Stage Coach" gives credit to a short story by Guy de M. Does anyone have any information about this episode and what story was used as the basis?

Thanks

[ampoule]

I was in a major earthquake.

[Granny5]

I saw Elvis once.....dead.

Why don't you tell the really interesting part of that story?

[pinkmoon]

Why don't you tell the really interesting part of that story?

yes, like how was he killed?:bawling:

[Bakiryu]

I'm ambidextrous and weirdly, can only use chopsticks with my left hand. with my right one I always end up poking myself in the eye. My handwriting is equally worse in either hand :lol: