The Boast Post

[BibliophileTRJ]

While you are sailing around the world you could pop by and say hello. We could all give you a tour of our locality.

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.

~~ but hopefully as you stop in at some port you can find an internet cafe and fill us in on your adventures.

No doubt about that!!

One more thing. Hopefully you'll keep a journal. Could make an interesting book some day.

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.

Btw, thought you suffered from sea sickness?

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!

[SleepyWitch]

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.

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!

[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)

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?

[Lily Adams]

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.

[motherhubbard]

I made the high score on my last history test, I was worried and I didn't feel that good about it.

[Granny5]

A $1 for every A. (I have some saved from when you were in High School)

[motherhubbard]

HaHa- I don't think the A in high school art or drama count for much

[Granny5]

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.....

[barbara0207]

I did it at last!!! Computer-illiterate me has managed to create an avatar.

I'm very proud of myself.

[Virgil]

I did it at last!!! Computer-illiterate me has managed to create an avatar.

I'm very proud of myself.

As one who is computer illiterate too, I know how how you feel. Great accomplishment Barbara.

[Shalot]

I made a craft! I made a Christmas wreath with a handmade bow using the bowdabra

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...

[motherhubbard]

way to go Shalot! Got a pic?

[SleepyWitch]

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?

[kiz_paws]

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!

[blackbird_9]

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.