TO MOLLIFY LINGJACKSON OVERDRIVEBERT WHO IS THE SQUEAKY DESERT FIEND, POST ON THIS THREAD AND ONE OF YOUR FRIENDLY ITR MODS WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE WICKED AWESOME, AND POSSIBLY OFFER AN EFFUSIVE ST

i only know online ilxors

i like talking to my mom on mother's day -- she so ridic cheerful

i felt really guilty on the phone w/ my mom cause i was venting about spreadsheets :(

don't read if you hate travel stories

where'd you go and what did you like/hate?

i started in sydney and made my way, by train and bus, to cairns, over two weeks. not enough time. i liked the cities a lot: sydney more; brisbane wasn't immedietly striking but it felt comfortable and i liked fortitude valley.

i have not so fond memories of the train ride from sydney to brisbane. as soon as i got on i threw up in the sink and plugged it for the whole ride. gross. i felt bad for everyone else that had to use that bathroom. i have silly memories of byron bay: i wanted weed and i met this australian special forces guy on the train who said he could hook me up. when we got to byron bay a bunch of us trundled to this house, a converted 'backpackers' that was run down and shitty. i got my weed and went to go sleep in the backyard (there were no beds left) but i'm a city boy and didn't even have a blanket to sleep under the stars so i ditched out and found what the hotel claimed was the last room in town, at $200au.

i ended up in Townsville for a few days. i can't remember why. was it because i liked the hotel so much? it was a railway hotel, wrought iron balconies, ceiling fan, bathroom down the hall, $25.

at one point i decided to go inland and took a bus to Charters Towers. it was Anzac Day though so i had nothing to do but sit in a park and read and wait for the bus back.

in looking for the town's name i came across some great town names: Banana. Blackbutt. Conjuboy. Tin Can Bay. thanx au.

I've done the train ride from Murwillumbah (abt 120km south of bris) to Sydney before, that was fucking horrific.

Coincidentally my old man travels to Charters Towers quite a bit for work

NEW ZEALISH is a brilliant term.

All the Zealers her are the raddest.

here

attn: estela:: new zealish ppl are taking over are GC http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/british-kiwis-taking-over-seq/2008/05/12/1210444280882.html

Okay, I admit, I only know online NZ ilxors, too! But still, all A++++

I feel guilty about basically ignoring my Mother on Mother's Day in favor of trying to memorize a bunch of stuff for the test tomorrow. And she bought us pizza for dinner and everything! Anyway, tehresa, you're not alone in your homework fixation.

Fido was pretty good; now I will take a shower, get a snack, study more and deal with laundry. BLARGH

I know a few New Zealish, all good people!

My mom called me for Mother's Day to tell me not to worry about it, the family's not doing anything for it until next weekend anyway, just worry about finishing the semester.

My mom is seriously the best human.

attn: estela:: new zealish ppl are taking over GC

is that why you are leaving;_;

aw, your mom and my mom get medals! (though i did call mine, i was just a raving lunatic on the phone)
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lol! Actually the main reason is that gf is now teaching in Brisbane*.

*Note that I refuse to call it bris vegas.
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She even called me right around when she knew I'd be waking up, so I wouldn't have a chance to forget!

wilter i had 1000% faith in you that you would never dream of calling brisbane bris vegas.

haha wilter you are awesome! ppl call my hometown "g-vegas" and i want to slap them.

adding vegas to anything is sooper dooper lame

jergz did you go to rotorua? cuz we call it rotovegas.

my best friend is from timaru in the south island, and we call it timavegas.

we are pretty lame in nz

does that mean you'll be pretty lame in oakvegas too?

no it's 'oaklandish' not oakvegas.

and yes i probably will.

a zebra never changes its stripes

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-05/38648331.jpg

pretty lame is as pretty lame does.

do zorses change their stripes?
http://www.sportpony.com/zj101.jpg

what about zonkeys?
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t223/ifiwasagecko/OTD%20Away/Zeedonk_zonkey.jpg

i think, lingbert, that you would love my little dog very much, you have a good eye for an animal.

i want a pet zorse! screw a pony!

what kind of dog is it estela?

my friends cat loves me. it kept wanting to jump into my lap.

I haven't gotten that much pussy in a long time!!!
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I haven't gotten that much UNDERFORTYpussy in a long time!!!

Good night you allllllll...

i'm totally exhausted tired and have been on the verge of falling asleep all day, but then i just tossed and turned for an hour and my brain is being a fuck. stars of the lid didn't help.

one of these days i'm going to find a recording of a slow heartbeat and just put it on repeat when i go to bed. could work. there's a cluster song that i'm too lazy to look up that i might be able to loop the intro of. could work.

good night hopefully

oh you people and your fancy sleep

one day i will be one of you

lingbert i do this thing where i breathe super slow and deep and concentrate on each breath and that usually bores me to sleep.

enya is also good for sleepy time.

No it is not.

:D

i heard in yoga class once that if you lie with your legs in the air it will help you sleep. i mean, not in an exercise way, you just slide your butt to the edge of the bed and rest your legs up against the wall and let everything decompress.

my ex used to hold his arm up in the air because he said it would the effort would tire him out enough to sleep.

xpost wilter you obviously have not really listened to enya

she is my secret shame :/

You are not alone:

by Ned Raggett

Ned's been lovingly clowned about this on another thread, right? I'm not trying to get all personal on an internet dude here.

hey JOHN JUSTEN WE HAVE SIX BOOKS IN COMMON according to librarything:

Books you share (6)

See in library

1984 by George Orwell

The Corrections: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen

The Crying Of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

Libra by Don DeLillo

Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger

Snowcrash by Neal Stephenson

except i don't have 'nine stories' so i don't know where librarything got that information. i do have 'franny and zooey' and 'seymour: an introductions' and 'raise high the roofbeam carpenters' and 'to esme, with love and squalor'.

that is an excellent review by ned

i also share 6 books with neddy-noodles:

Books you share (6)

See in library

Burning Chrome by William Gibson

The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library) by Thomas Pynchon

His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

To Kill a Mockingbird (The Folio Society Slipcased Edition) by Harper Lee

I want to read Pynchon. Where i start?

I meant to buy some of his books a few months ago but forgot about it.