mom placation was ironing by which mens perrypops in a womansuit is the new child mystericating teats that can taint baconated digestive broads plastercasting gnostically from the great gospel wwjh

i wanted to expound upon my trip to california, and give wilter job interview advice, and thank people for expressing sympathy in regards to personal euro 2008 woes, and a bunch of other stuff, but even this new, new itr thread moves too fast for me. i simply cannot keep up

I would like to hear about all of that! Sorry we are sooooo fast. (Are we?)

I want to stop having minor symptoms suggestive of GERD

That does not sound fun.

I have coffee now

all is once again right with the world

well, except for the fact that i have to hire a plumber to install some thing our standpipe that should have already been there that isn't ;_;

after which i have to pay the nice man from the rotorooter peoples to come back here and do the thing he couldn't do today because we didn't have the thing in the standpipe what we need and should already be there but isn't.

Okay, I have no idea what a standpipe is, but it reeeeaaaallly reminds me of It and Pennywise the Clown. But I'm sure that you're perfectly safe.

Dammit, give me some of your coffee, though. I have none! ;_;

Also, in a few minutes I am going to have to go deal with a family that I have managed to avoid for almost a full year, even though they live in town. All good things must come to an end.

ugh, that sucks, tomboto

thanks for your spirit of solictude, Sarah

yes, you guys do move FAST here

in short, bay area visit was awesome; ruby, yeah, you will enjoy oakland and its surrounds heartily; and i wish i would be there when you arrive, but i will not be (but i still want to hook you up w/some of my friends there); i slept 11 hours last night; and thankfully my hypnagogia impinging on waking consciousness which i complained about on friday has been allayed by sleeping properly;

wilter, is yr job interview tomorrow? don't fret; just try to enjoy the experience. lord knows, historically-speaking, anyhow, i hate job interviews, but it might help to keep in mind that the ppl doing the interviewing are oftentimes as freaked-out about it as the interviewees are...also remember that a great percentage of the ppl that they interview are likely to be clueless fuckwads of one variety or another, and if you are reasonably articulate/intelligent/personable, as i gather that you are, then you will comport yourself just fine...again, just try to enjoy it-- seriously. you will be having a conversation with someone about a potential career move; no need to freak out about it or clamp down upon yourself. ppl are ultimately looking for someone that they would feel comfortable working along side of...ultimately it's not about some harsh overriding judgement upon yr entire life or personal presentation...smile, relax, and be semi-detached-- if you have any enthusiasm towards the job that you are going for, then take that with you, and allow it to override any nerves-related hesitancy or tentativeness. also, ppl in general, almost w/o exception are looking for you to be happy and succeed; so if there is any creeping paranoia factor eating at you, then maybe allow the former to sink in somewhere

the dutch lost on saturday, and granted, i am still sad about that...but, BUT, my perennial super-faves the germans, who everyone seems to hate b/c they claim they are boring (which is sooo not true, esp. as tournaments advance, and they proceed to bring out the sparkly teutonic magic) are going to take this entire thing, so, yeah).

in short, i couldn't be better. for the most part.

also, Sarah, please never again encourage me to post, or else ^^ borderline novella stuff will ensue

i avoided all manner of family to the best of my ability for half a decade, but since having been forced to confront them, i feel xxxtimes more mentally healthy than ever before. i can't pretend to know whatever circumstances you're referring to in terms of family stuff, but, sometimes there is space for redemptive stuff of sorts. just sayin'.

hi people i'm back

i went to a funeral and got poisoned by lunchmeat and met a cute girl at a yard sale and heard a rattlesnake while hiking

wow, that's downright poetic!

Okay, now you all are moving too fast for ME!

dell - I'm envying your Bay Area trip - and RR moving there! And your job interview advice is good, too. (Good luck wilter!)

The family I avoided for yet another day (RAH!) is in NO WAY related to me. They are just awful, although they do make for entertaining stories. (One day the "father" of the family leaned over to me conspiratorially and said that he didn't think people without kids should be able to vote, and didn't I agree. WACKOS, and not in a good way).

jergins - uh... hope you're recovered from being POISONED and also congrats on meeting a cute girl AND the rattlesnake not seeing you!

xp This family also represents the most unbelievably bad parenting I've ever witnessed. (Although it is nice to see that I could be doing worse...)

i wish i had this awesome and hilarious hospitality-themed note from my friend that i stayed with in oakland, but in lieu of that i present this souvenir from a night of misadventure:

"IN CASE: HI DELL! YOU ARE AT X'S HOUSE (PHONE NUMBER) (IN CASE YOU WANDER OFF)

YOU ARE SAFE! IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AT, YOU ARE AT XXX JACKSON ST, OAKLAND"

also, I met some guy named "Trouble", who spontaneously gave me a 20 dollar bill during the course of one evening. This took place after hanging out at some Belgian beer bar that is owned in part by some former member of "drunkcore" band Gang Green. I don't even know...

among other things, my friend stuffed an enormous melon into the hood of my sweatshirt while we were drinking at some place next to a produce market; and I drank delicious exotic beers, and partook of dispensary-procured northern california high test cheeba, which is a rarity for me; and I got to spend time with friends who I've not seen in over a year and a half, and went to the beach and and got to prowl around the marin headlands and wander around precipitous cliffs overlooking the ocean. No rattlesnake encounters (nor mountain lions or coyotes), but, we did encounter a deer, and some quails. It cleaned my head out...

ha, ok, Sarah; after re-reading yr post, I realized that you were likely talking about a family that you didn't necessarily share blood with...anyhow, good luck with all of that!

It's distinctly possible that they were asked not to return to the camp after the first day due to their kid's behavior. Then again, the kid might just have had a huge fit and they might have decided to keep him home. Seriously, they never, EVER say "no" to this kid or intervent to stop him when he's not behaving. With predictable results.

I'm just happy for an extra day of not having to make excuses for not making playdates for our kids to play together.

xp what a fun trip you had! I am jealous. We're going to Michigan next week, but that's pretty dull compared to the Bay Area. Food's not as awesome, either.

wow

well, just to get out of town is always unbeatable, i think.

and yeah, in retrospect i'm actually jealous of myself, to be honest, if that makes any sense!

the guilt-complected and super-neurotic part of me which rears its head from time to time is even okay with it, b/c i can compare it to enough seemingly interminable bummer periods in the past such that i am now feeling comfortable with some, "omg", strictly hedonistic/pleasure-oriented experiences in my life from here on out. thank goodness for that

Hey, I'm jealous of the trips I've taken to SF area - why can't I go back in time and do that again?! So it makes total sense. Also, if you have hedonistic/pleasure-oriented stuff you can do, I say go for it. I rarely get to do that these days and someone should be doing it!

Also I am now wearing ridiculous black yoga pants and a black top and am going to leave for the "hip hop" dance class shortly. If you don't hear back from me, you will all know that I probably died of embarrassment.

Or possibly I've fallen and I can't get up.

or you will thoroughly enjoy yourself. i would stake a bet on that

Okay, it was fun. I admit it. I especially like the Minnesotan way the teacher said "oh jeez" multiple times.

I am now ready to eat a LOT of food.

hi hello

welcome back jergins

what is for snacks, sara?

sara, i have been pronouncing your name wrong all along, i don't know if i can adjust now, but with my accent it would sound wrong to you no matter what i said anyway, so it probably doesn't matter.

dell, i like the way you said 'it cleaned my head out'.

also wilter, very best of luck with your interview!!

I kind of like the notion of my name being pronounced differently. I have never liked my name much.

Let's see... snacks. I just ate a bunch of Indonesian chicken and rice and then some strawberries fresh from the garden. I am considering consuming a vast amount of chocolate chip ice cream next. Not sure.... still hungry, but nothing is appealing of late. (well, except sushi, which I can't afford much of and which isn't available here anyway)

dell, i like the way you said 'it cleaned my head out'.

oh jeez, it's true!

i felt better after roaming the beautiful landscapes then i did even at the height of the most beautiful drunken/stoned moments of the getaway wknd

maybe that's just the sunshine-empowered vitamin d talking, but...

i think i will try to eat ice cream before summer's end. my preferred poison is ben and jerrrry's peanut butter cup stuff

One day the "father" of the family leaned over to me conspiratorially and said that he didn't think people without kids should be able to vote

lol a father of two recently leaned over to me conspiratorially and said 'never have children'

hi ITR

Hi RR!

xp I have moments when I would lean over and say the very same thing, tbh. The weird part is how at the same time I could never, ever give my kids up and I don't wish I didn't have them. It's weird.

dell, I am horrified that you would even consider going through an entire summer without eating some ice cream. Blasphemy!

dell, I am horrified that you would even consider going through an entire summer without eating some ice cream. Blasphemy!

lapsed vegan talk??

hey rr!!

wha's gwan on?

meh, nothing much. just killing time for the next 16 days.

oh man my housemate just came sobbing to me because she's so upset by how shittily our other two housemates treat her. can't wait to leave this place but feel so bad for her. at least she's getting to move into my room when i go, which is detached from teh house and huge, so she can disassociate with them.

RR - I'm glad that you're getting out of the situation - I hope things improve for your housemate.

xp Good lord, I'd last about 30 seconds as a vegan. Maybe less. Meat I can live without, but god help you if you try to take my cheese away from me.

yeah this used to be a great house, then this horrible guy called nigel moved in around this time last year, and he's an absolute asshole - so temperamental, snarky, always making not quite direct innuendos about everything, complainng, etc.

my housemate sarah has a dog, and it's impossible to find anywhere to rent where they'll let you have even cat, so she's stuck here, and it doesn't look like retard-nigel is moving out anytime soon. BUT I AM!!!

God that sounds frustrating. I'm happy for you, BUT... Hmmmmm, maybe you should persuade your housemate to move to the U.S., too. Although I suppose the dog thing is an obstacle there, too.

I'm totally worn out from the day and I'm going to sleep. Hope you all are having a lovely evening!

HAY GUISE!!

i just saw salif keita and he was sooooo awesome and then it turned out the guy next to us at our table was the drummer from living colour and went up and drummed w/ them for the encore!!!

awww night, sara!!

hey guys we just watched "atonement", thus breaking our string of watching movies that are good.

it's your own fault for putting in the dvd

fair, but cruel

at least the costumes were pretty.

I think Batman Begins is next in our queue. I'm pretty sure A. chose that, not me. But hey, why not.

everyone i know loved it, but i thought it just okay. except for christian bale - i would watch anything that he is in.