Sleepy, that is wonderful. Good for you! :)
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Sleepy, that is wonderful. Good for you! :)
Yes!Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
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thin? me? I'm average at best and I still have 3 kg more than before I went to England. :blush:Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
but you are thin sleepy! Wow i wish i could do all that swimming! been along time since i went swimming. started again a few weeks ago and i'm lucky if i can manage 60m!:lol:
My boast... I made jam!:D
Come on Sleepy. You're thin. Don't be anorexic. We all put on about 3 kg in our mid twenties. You're not a teenager.Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
My first boast, and maybe my last....
I've finally finished my preparations for dropping out of life!! I've sold or given away nearly everything I own. I just got back from buying a lovely new (used, but new to me) boat that I've fallen in love with. All I have to do now is tie up the last few loose ends of my life.... mostly say my goodbyes to the people that I've grown fond of. In a week I fly back to Shanghai to take possession of my boat and I'm off on the adventure of a lifetime!! I plan to sail around the world as many times as I can and see everything that I've ever read about and wanted to see.
I'm so excited that I can barely sit still to type this.
Thank you all for making my time here so pleasant. Thanks to all of my online friends (you know who you are ... I'm not going to make a list because I'm afraid that I'd forget someone and possibly offend) for being there for me when I needed to vent about my troubles and brag about my triumphs.
I love you all and will miss you as I drift about on the 7 seas. (where I can finally sing at the top of my lungs without anyone hearing me and begging me to stop the torture)
While you are sailing around the world you could pop by and say hello.:( We could all give you a tour of our locality.
you will log on when you take trips onto dry land wont you?:(
Wow that is fantastic Bib. That will be some adventure. I wish you the best of luck and safety. I'll be sorry to see you go from lit net, but hopefully as you stop in at some port you can find an internet cafe and fill us in on your adventures. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BibliophileTRJ
One more thing. Hopefully you'll keep a journal. Could make an interesting book some day. :)
Good luck, TRJ! You will be missed very much here. Hope you don't forget to let us know whenever you get a chance.
Btw, thought you suffered from sea sickness?
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Originally Posted by Virgil
:thumbs_up :D :D That's What I've Been Saying!!!!!!!!
An EXCELLENT idea! Maybe I should start a thread asking any/all LitNetters who would be willing to meet up with me and show me the sights of their homelands.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
No doubt about that!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
I've kept a journal every day of my life since the age of 15. Lots of it is incomprehensible babbling.... some is interesting.... but I doubt that Hollywood or any publishing house will be looking to buy the rights anytime soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
I did! Then several months back I got a nasty concussion. Haven't been the least bit queasy since! It's a very welcome, life-changing MIRACLE!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
yep, but I put on those English kilos when I was 24, so that's hardly to do with hormones and things. I'm not talking about starving anyway (I hate diets!) but I really wanna get back in shape. I don't actually mind if I put on weight as long as it's muscles!Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
oh my god, you're leaving? who will make me laugh? be careful not to drown in the seven seas! are you going on your own? by "boat" you don't mean a rickety wooden affair without an engine, I hope?Quote:
Originally Posted by BibliophileTRJ
That is so WONDERFUL, Biblio! I really do envy you because I adore sailing, and the thought of sailing around the world as many times as you can sound fantastically exotic and new.
I know I've already said this, but have a GREAT jouirney, and we'll all miss you at LitNet.
I made the high score on my last history test, I was worried and I didn't feel that good about it.
A $1 for every A. (I have some saved from when you were in High School)
HaHa- I don't think the A in high school art or drama count for much
I was very proud of your A's in art and drama.....anything was better than nothing!!! I wish you had had the same drive as you have now. I think it was way too boring or easy for you back then.....Quote:
Originally Posted by motherhubbard
I did it at last!!! Computer-illiterate me has managed to create an avatar.
I'm very proud of myself. :blush: :D
As one who is computer illiterate too, I know how how you feel. Great accomplishment Barbara.Quote:
Originally Posted by barbara0207
I made a craft! I made a Christmas wreath with a handmade bow using the bowdabra :lol: :blush:
but the wreath is kind of pretty even though I needed a little help with the bow. But the bowdabra is well, I am kind of peeved about that. sounds like a good blog entry...
way to go Shalot! Got a pic?
congrats motherh, barbara and Shalot.
what was your history test about motherh? american history, world history...?
hahah, barbara, have you thought of taking one of these courses for computer-illiterate people? e.g. one of those free ones were little kids teach adults? wouldn't it be fun to play the grumpy old woman and nag the kids to explain everything 300 times over? :D
Congrats to you, M-H, Shalot and Barbara! Hey Barbara, maybe you could tell me what the hey is going on with my Photobucket account! Can't get any images, can't even access the site, grrrrr!
hmmm.
I'm not one to brag, but since this thread is dedicated to it, I suppose I should give it a shot. Let's see...
I studied ballet for 15 years and now teach children.
I worked in special effects make-up for a while and made all of Will Smith's prosthetic scars for his new movie I Am Legend.
I'm completing an internship with Warner Bros in the marketing dept wiithin the next month.
I got accepted to UCLA right out of high school.
I have an ROP in stage craft (meaning I can sew, light a stage, design scenery and costumes, and build props.
I won 2nd in both rounds of my speech competition last week.
Aaannnd... Despite my distaste for it, I'm good at grant writing for the arts.
hmmm that's about it. Kind-of a small list compared to everything I've failed miserably at though. lol.
Thanks everyone for your kind words.
Congrats, motherhubbard (overlooked your accomplisment in my euphoria) and congrats Shalot (yes, have you got a pic?)
:lol: :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
Thanks for the old woman. :lol: (Joking) When I got my first computer (maybe about 8 or 10 years ago) there were no courses around here, so I had to teach myself everything I needed. Later a colleague of mine offered a course, but it was just the basics I already knew, and it wasn't about understanding the machine, so it was a waste of time.
Certainly not. Tried Photobucket and gave up on it (which is not necessarily the fault of Photobucket ...:alien: )Quote:
Originally Posted by kiz_paws
I'll have a boast to make in about 5 minutes. I've been working on a table for my thesis for ages and ages and I'm nearly finished. At last! I've been cramming 150-200 pages of corpus output into a table. the bloody thing is 8 pages long (in 'landscape' style.. i mean the paper is sideways, not upward). I'll scream and holler when I'm finished!
Hm, can't hear you yet. Can you holler a bit louder?
grrrrrr, there is one word that is resisiting to be put into the table. but I'll just put it in there for now and holler anyway
I'll count all those 8 bloody pages (the table) as text to boost my page count! the prof said that's OK
weeeeeeeeeeheeeeeeeeeeeheeeee
Heard you definitely this time.
CONGRATULATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS:thumbs_up :thumbs_up :thumbs_up
thanks :) but I'll only celebrate once I've written the remaining40 pages :)
Uh oh, I thought there must be a snag (8 pages wasn't that much). Good luck with the rest.
I recieved a 97 overall average on my report card. I think there were five 98s, a 96, a 92, and a 99. I'm happy :) .
Yes, good luck, Sleepy, you can do it, YAY! ;)
Barbara, thanks for your well wishes, but Photobucket is back in biz for me. Don't know what happened, but it is all good now. :p
Dori, that is fantastic! And you are 'happy'?! WOOT! I'd be this side of the moon with that! :D
Blackbird, you lead a very interesting life, congrats on all your accomplishments, sounds very fun! :) :thumbs_up
I drove in New York City for the first time and I survived! This probably seems dumb, but I'm proud of myself. I only got my driver's license a few months ago. I was scared to death w/ the thought of driving in Manhattan, but I made it and thank goodness I won't have to do again for a while.
Whoah, I would be terrified to do that...I don't even wanna drive in my own small town. In fact, I don't wanna drive at all. Good job!Quote:
Originally Posted by Weisinheimer
You drove all the way from Kentucky? Or am I confusing you with someone else? Manhattan is not really that bad, is it? What streets were you on? You should drive down Broadway at night. That is some site.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weisinheimer
We managed to download and install and actually use GnuPG and enigmail.
They are encrypting programs, for people who are unfamiliar with them. Took me half a day.
shouldn't that be took us half a day? or was your other self so annoyed that it took a nap?Quote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
Eheh, when I think I am already scared to drive in my small French town!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Weisinheimer
You definitely deserve three bananas for doing that::banana: :banana: :banana: