We are all in some way the same. Any of us can be traced on parchment and placed over another and the outline will match, at some point. Keep turning the page until it fits just right. Call it coincidence, if you will.
I can hold you up against me and often the lines match up perfect.
The following is an excerpt from an old handwritten journal.
Yesterday I saw my reflection and waited for an answer. I stood there like an idiot, swaying and staring. It took a while, but what I found was strength and self-respect. The bags packed themselves and walked right out the door. My hand held tightly to all that really mattered, my own heart. All of my abandon had left the poor thing in a sad state, atrophied. But if I am patient and use it a little more each day it will regain its once youthful bounce. It will be fit for giving...forgiving. Forgiving.
(I needed the white noise as well.)
p.s. it is yours and no one can take it away.
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sounds like a wonderful land with happy smiling people...and awesome backing music
Amy TP books are great they can always be read over and over
I'm reading a Ruth Rendell, Inspector Wexford mystery
I haven't yet J. I keep meaning to get a library card and spend the day there, but it just hasn't happened yet.
Maybe tomorrow. 36 degrees with a humidex of 38, and I bet you the Library has air-conditioning.
-A
oh! i've been reading some pratchett, too -- including some of his young adult fiction, which i hadn't had a chance to before.
last week was the wee free men and a hat full of sky, and earlier this week i read johnny and the dead, which although written for kids was a very enjoyable read.
and i have a discworld book, thief of time, for laters. :)
you can't go wrong with pratchett.
like, ever.
oh TJ re the box, that is possible
Wasn't Pratchett the author who has Alzheimer's?
I expect Toro-Land has a lot of smiling faces, under big curly manes of hair, Ergo. :)
And Ieroville's residents must have at least one tattoo in order to reside there. heeheehee
i think that's true, about pratchett, j.
it's incredibly sad. of all people, too. his brain is such a treasured commodity. :(
oh Johnny and the Dead is good
you've read Truckers etc?
and the Amazing Maurice and his educated rodents?
and do find Where's my Cow?
you know, i really think he's the modern wodehouse.
i read "truckers" and that series, but not the others you mentioned -- they are only just becoming available in the states. for the longest time you could only find his discworld books (not that i'm complaining)
Alzheimer's is such a nasty thing to happen to anyone, TJ. It's so sad to talk to the people in the early stages. They know something's wrong with them, but they don't know what. If you try to explain it to them, they get confused, then forget what you've told them. And so it goes around and around. It's a horribly degrading disease, and nobody's sure where it comes from or what causes it. And they sure don't know how to cure it. There are some drugs on the market that supposedly slow down the process, but I don't know so much about that.
J it is true, it's a rare form he has they thought he'd had a stroke
i was just talking about it the other day with my mom, j. she said that she's heard the reasearch is moving very quickly. i really hope so. it's a very frightening disease.
A rare form of Alzheimer's, Ergo? Didn't know there was more than one kind. What are the characteristics?
TJ, do you read Wodehouse? Oh wow! I don't think I've ever met anyone who's read him! I love the Jeeves/Bertie books/stories, too funny! I have two anthologies and several novels that I, um, "purloined" from my sister. :)
the one he has affects vision and coordination then memory
hang on I'll google
PCA
oh goodness, do i read wodehouse, j.? i'm an anglophile from the time i could practically walk (and that's not actually an exaggeration, my mom just confirmed that the other day...talked about england even as a little kid.) and man did i glomp onto wodehouse. i think by the time i graduated high school i had written about a half-dozen differnt stories in his style, and then when pbs aired the jeeves mysteries i was pretty much glued to the screen. got my husband addicted, too.
*heh*
um.
that was a "yes, i've read wodehouse, some."
Really, Ergo? That's interesting. I've never heard of AD affecting your vision. Or your coordination either, actually. Things have changed so much since I was a therapist. Not only are there new "good" things, like treatments, but also there's new "bad" things, like different strains of the original hideous things.
TJ, it's good to know the research is coming along. I wish someone could find a cure for it. If I had my choice, I'd much rather have a stroke than AD.
Not that I want either one, mind you...just sayin'.
Oh dear.
That's pretty fucking terrifying.
-A
it sounds like it's awful, another article said the span from symptoms to death is 8 to 12 years, it's awful to know diseases like that exist, and it seems more tragic when someone so talented with his thoughts will lose them like that
yes, i agree, ergo.
So...TJ...you've read some Wodehouse, then. :D
He was majorly awesome, too true. Have you read the Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake? These are just about the coolest books I've ever read. They're not humorous, but they're fantasy, and rather intricate. They'd be right up your alley, I think. Yours too, Ergo and Amy.
PCA...seems like I've heard of it, but I think it's more a form of dementia, like Alzheimer's. There's several different kinds of dementia, which is a blanket term for any organic brain disorder (I'm sure you know that already, Ergo). PCA is one kind, Alzheimer's is another. And so on.
Whatever you call it, it's still horrifying, IMO.
Well, especially where it's hard to discern it from a stroke, not only is it bad for someone like Terry Pratchett, but for anyone else.. My god.
Especially the loss of vision. I'm 25 and going blind, and what if it's not astigmatism, but this disease? Yikes!
-A
i haven't read that trilogy, j. didn't they try to make a miniseries based oon it, a number of years ago? the name stands out.
i'll have to look for it. i've had plenty of time to read lately. :/
amyranth, i'm sorry, i didn't know that about you. it is reversable?
geez, i just re-read that. i hope that wasn't rude of me...
sorry!
Nope.
Once it's gone, it's gone.
We've talked about it already, and it cannot be corrected with laser surgery. The Optometrist basically said that with laser surgery, you get worse, and your eyes heal themselves better. I am blind in one eye, and on the brink with the other, and once you cross that line, there's no going back.
However, the term "Blind" is subjective. I'm blind if I don't have glasses or my contacts in. I don't need a seeing-eye dog, yet.
-A
I've read Mervyn Peake J he's great
Amy I'd say just always ask questions of your doctor, they'd be the best to judge the likelihood of anything more serious
My brother has astigmatism
brb
Oh, god. No Teej, it wasn't rude! You were asking a question, and that's completely normal.
I mean, you'd never know to look at me that I'm going blind, like I said, no seeing-eye dog. But the doctor does think it could be in my future if they get any worse.
-A
i hope it's very slow, then, amyranth. and that there's a lot of magic swirling around you.
Oh Amy honey! I'm so sorry to hear about that! What's the name of what you have, if you don't mind my asking?
I've got surgery-induced glaucoma in both eyes, which is under control with drops and a shunt in the L eye. I've had 2 vitrectomies and a trabeculectomy, along with numerous laser txs, a "bleb" revision, a shunt placement, and a cataract removal/lens replacement. It's a wonder I can see at all.
Still have one cataract to go, too.
i'm glad it wasn't rude! sometimes you just react and then...gah!
and then the brain totally shuts down and everything you think to say sounds incredibly stoopid, much like my previous comment.
still sending you some magic, though, if you don't mind. :)
Gotta check the blood sugar, back in a few.
J, it's nothing major, just astigmatism in both eyes that went way haywire. I spent a lot of time wearing glasses when I was younger that were the wrong prescription for me. Therefore, my eyes got bad, then worse. The doctor was in shock when he saw my eyes through the refractor machine thingy, he didn't believe my eyes were that bad.
-8.5 in my right, -8.0 in my left.
-A
No problem Teej, and thank you!
I'd rather NOT Have a seeing eye dog, even though it's an ongoing joke between me and my optometrist.
-A
you make me want to wear my glasses more regularly than i do now, amyranth.
Teej, you really should. You probably only have a mild problem. I wear mine, literally because if I didn't I'd be dead.
I cannot leave the house alone if I don't have my glasses or my contacts. To put it in the best way possible, nothing has a definite shape. People, things, they're all colored blobs. And that's it. You'd be a colored blob, with other colored blobs attached.
-A
amy my brother was with glasses for short sightedness for ages then they finally realised it was astigmatism
his is pretty stable now thank goodness.
Hope yours is very slow to progress
Ergo, according to the CNIB, it can get worse, but usually while the body is growing. It tends to level off into adulthood, so I do hope my eyes won't get any worse from here.
However, the only real option I have for a "cure" is a corneal transplant.
Uh, no thanks. I'd rather have a dog.
-A
wih me, i wear glasses for nearsightedness, so since i've been here and not really going out and about much, i haven't bothered to put them on, but...um, rethinking that now!
really hope that it does level off for you amyranth.
amy that's what his did, he is 37 now and hasn't worsened noticeably, but he is ok without his glasses to a point
mine are for long-sightedness. I've only had them a year and a half and I need to book a new eye exam
Ergo, yeah. The last time I was in, the doc said he didn't think it would get too much worse, but they're monitoring my eyes to keep the prescription as up to date as possible. Apparently, even slight dis and jumps in my sight should be catered to, to prevent it from getting worse.
Teej, have you considered contacts?
A little harder, especially if you have an eye phobia, but they're actually better for your eyes overall. Your peripheral vision is much better, because there isn't that little circlet or ovalet that you can end up trying to focus out of.
-A
Ergo, I get to go in every six months to a year. Initially, it was every six months, but after my last exam, where they saw my eyes weren't getting worse, they said I wouldn't have to be in for a year.
-A
Amy, eye surgery--despite sounding nasty and painful--is actually one of the easiest surgeries to recuperate from, at least from personal experience. The pain is minimal, the recovery time is pretty short, and you only have a few restrictions. The advances that've been made in treatments are phenominal. I've had a total of six eye procedures, or maybe it was seven, and they've all turned out really well.
oh yes, i have contacts, too, amyranth. i didn't bring them out with me though. and i wore contacts in high school and college too -- the weird thing is that the ones i have now are really not very comfortable at all. so i stick to my glasses.
plus i really like the frames i have now. :)
I've had a total of six eye procedures, or maybe it was seven, and they've all turned out really well.
*giggles*
So good you can't remember how many you've had?
-A
Well, obviously Amy, I had really good anesthesia! Besides, after three I kinda stopped counting. :P
Hey, I know I have eyes! That's all I need, right?
lol j. :)
well, i've run out of steam, so i'm going to vamoose for the night. but it was a great night of conversation!
good night, you guys. sweet dreams. :)
*wonders how much ticket to Ieroville costs*
*discovers it's free*
*does happy dance*
What do you ladies think: Frank with or without a moustache?
J having eyes is the important bit!
and without
goodnight TJ sweet dreams
Exaaactly! And they're not implanted in your palms, a la Pan's Labyrinth.
Although, that would be pretty cool.
-A
Goodnight Teej!
Definitely without.
Gerard with long hair, shortish hair, or short hair?
-A
Goodnight TJ, don't forget to wear your glasses!
Yeah, I'm voting for 'without' too. I liked the 'stache for a while, but now, I'm finding the Franky much sexier without the facial hair. I hope he lets his hair grow long again, that was a great look. And with the weight...oh yeah.
*lost in Ieroville for a time*
*fans self*
Gerard: either long or shortish hair. NO FACIAL HAIR FOR GERARD.
long
or messy shortish at a pinch
Gerard: either long or shortish hair. NO FACIAL HAIR FOR GERARD.
BAHAHAHA!
Okay, yeah. I like the "baby bum" skin too. Some people can pull off facial hair. Some people shouldn't. Gerard is one of those people.
-A
There was a period of time not too long ago where G's hair was great. I don't remember when that was, though. I want to say it was at the beginning of this last tour. Ah well. It is what it is.
mayo,
today was a bad day. it was sharp.
but i survived it, and tonight, after the company here and my usual musical remedy, i'm feeling on the mend. bruised, but cautiously optimistic.
to be honest, my behavior this summer embarrasses me. my circumstances probably factor in to it, but still -- i have never been so unbalanced before. it has been exhausting.
it's improving. there was a corner i turned back there not too long ago, and i've been feeling more like myself again.
maybe each time i have scrambled to get the ground back under me has been a valuable exercise, maybe everything since i left seattle and headed down to california on the first leg on my trip has been a necessary chaos.
i will only know once it's behind me, and i see the storyline shining clear. until then, i'm just a hapless character in my own life, doing her best, every day, even when her best isn't all that great.
*deep breath*
go to bed. sleep. and start over.
i slept with the moonlight in my room and on my bed last night, and tonight it will be again. hope you've been able to taste the moonlight, too, mayo. it never hurts to have just a smidge of lunacy, you know. *grin*
good night, my friend. sleep well.
I like the longish shortish, but not the long hair.
What? I just don't like long hair on most guys. Hello APE DRAPE!
-A
Depends on the guy, what length I like the hair. Usually I like SOME length.
Got to have something to hold on to when...oh never mind.
O_o
J, sweetie, you don't have nails, do you?
-A
so many other things you can hold on to
Yeah, but they're not very long.
Oh so true, Anon. Oh so true! :D
I'm assuming you guys know what I'm talking about, right?
*giggles*
Why, no J! I have no idea what else you could possibly hold on to, but give me time and I can find a few things..
Hiya Elena! How's it going?
-A
Hey Elena! We're taking polls.
1. Frank: facial hair, yes or no?
2. Gerard: long, shortish, or short hair?
Hi Amy
Hi J
Frank - no
Gerard - long, oh hell yeah, long.
Good Lord I just looked at my comment.
J please do not delete the question I answered or my answer looks wrong on so many levels.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Elena, never! I will never delete the question! Oh that's too funny.
Amy, there's lots of things to hold on to...depending on where he might be...positioned, shall we say. ;D
--J has GOT to shut up and go to bed
And don't worry, Elena, L's votes are the same as yours. She likes the long, too.
Shutting up. NOW.
But J I just got here.
I'm starting to think no one wants to talk to me.
too late J
Anon, you have a point. :D
Elena, nah, I'll hang out a little while longer. What's up in your neck of the Midwest?
Nah, I still don't see much of a use for long hair on boys.
Just my humble opinion, but then again, I've dated short haired guys forever, why stop now?
-A
So I'm guessing that Mister has short hair too?
Yes indeed J.
He had long hair, similar in length to Gerard's when he was in high school, but he keeps it short now.
Even my ex didn't really have long hair, longest he ever let it go was just over his ears, bowl cut of course.
I just... eehh.. Long haired guys don't really interest me.
-A
i agree with you J, a bit of length in the hair is nice to run your fingers through. not GW in particular , but most men ^_^
and for that, J, yes!
Not a darn thing going on here. Except for a very loud owl outside.
He's driving me crazy
Elena, I find it helps if you quote Mel Brooks Movies at them.
We lived in this gorgeous old Victorian house that had been renovated into apartments. We were on the top floor, and of course the entire house is surrounded by trees.
Well, it's the middle of a hot Cape Breton summer, which means it's 22 degrees outside at 2am, and you're so damp, you stick to your sheets, your pajamas, and the carpet when you get up to try an cool yourself off.
And outside, blithely piercing the thick, wet silence, is a murder of crows. Well, at least two murders.
And they are LOUD.
So, at 2am, when you haven't slept all night, and you are hot, sticky, and prickly skinned, you hear "CAWcaw, CAW, CAW! Caw, caw caw CAW!". On repeat. For about 20 minutes.
So, I lift the old window up out of it's sill, stick my head right out and holler "I HOPE THIS IS WORTH ALL THE NOISE!!"
And you hear "CAW! Caw? Caw."
And they finally, blissfully get it.
Until the next morning, when they've spotted the car, and most of the sidewalk.
*shakes fist*
-A
Is he in the cornfield, Elena? Maybe he was your alien visitor that night...
Owl People from Zarvon Five
Sounds like a B-grade sci-fi movie, hunh?
Amy, I used to like the really-short-haired look, but oddly enough, as I've gotten older, I like longer hair on most guys. Some sort of reverse thing there.
That covers a lot of things that I like now. :D
Anon, I see we're thinking along the same lines. ;)
See I was right..
No one wants to talk to me. That's fine. I'll just go out back and eat worms.
My grandma used to say that when I would pout. She'd tell me to go outside and eat worms.
I think she liked me. Now I'm not so sure.
My grandmother would tell me a lot of things. But then again, I wasn't the "bad" grandchild.
What my parents would tell me, now that was some amazing stuff.
-A
I just wrote you a lovely comment, Elena! Don't go eat worms. :P
Amy, that ranks right up there with L's being woken up by a panther fighting one of her cats. This happened several years ago when she was still living at home, in the mountains. Apparently the cat was giving as good as it was getting, maybe better. It then ran under the house, and the panther finally slunk off.
O_O
Was the cat okay?
-A
i would not recommend that anyone "labels" any child.
they have a habit of becoming self-fulfilling.
Hardly a scratch on him. He was a Maine Coon, so he was almost as big as the panther! Big ol' furry guy, name of Bandit. As a kitten, he would make off with L's jewelry. That's how he earned his name.
No the owl is not in the cornfield. That's away from the house.
He's outside my study door. (I have a door to the front porch in my study)
Usually they are down in one of the barns. I'm not sure what this guy is doing up here at the house.
Amy - any Brooks movie?
3:47, true.
I was labelled as a lot and barely any of it came to fruition.
J, I emailed you.
Elena, any Brooks movie.
Try it, let me know if it worked!
Or even, just go over and talk to him. Owls don't like anything, so he'll probably fly away.
-A
You think so anon?
Well damn. When I was born my great grandma saw that I had a birthmark on the back of my neck. She said I would be evil because I had the mark of the devil. Really, she said that. Of course she was from the old country. Guess she really believed that stuff.
I don't think I'm evil.
Elena, L just said that the owl is "hooting, hooting 'Nevermore', up above your study door."
And has just erupted into a fit of giggles.
Insomnia is a heinous foe to wrestle.
Amy, I'll go look.
Well I am pondering weak and weary
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore
Hooteth the owl: "Nevermore."
And no, I don't think you're evil, E. Well, not to me anyway. Oh Hell, Amy and I are both pretty evil when we want to be, so you can be too. :)
Amy, I have returned said email.
hey I'm back!
sorry
phone call, visit from father in law who then took my daughter as hubby has to go over and pick something up - yes! a cage for second cat!
hello elena
and hi anon
I am evil
I just wear it well :]
Hi again Ergo! Yay, a carrier for Kit #2! You're saved! Where are you going for your trip?
*laughs*, well there should be more "evil" fiends like elena and ergo in this world!
I am deliciously birthmark free, and as noted in earlier conversations, I am going directly to hell. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.
I actually kinda wish I had a birthmark. My mom got one. Mister has one.
My first child is probably going to be a giant birthmark.
-A
we are going to Darwin right up the north in the Northern Territory - Crocodile Dundee country
tonnes of national parks, wetlands etc with crocs, good fishing, our good friend and all the guys he knows work for Nat Parks and Wildlife so we should get some good spots to visit.
There is a bay you go and stand to feed fish and they come all around your legs, heaps of areas of Aboriginal art as well
Hey! The bump on my head is almost gone!
-A
I have no birthmarks either
fortunately my daughter escaped the "one giant birthmark" fate
XD
,ilk fish in Doctor's Gully
Milk fish *duh*
Sounds like a great vacation, Ergo! Or as Bender would say, "Fun on a bun."
O_o
Sorry to bail on you ladies, but my eyes (YES! The ones I still have, and they're BOTH in my head!) are very tired. Great talks tonight! Just wish we had more time.
Goodnight Elena, Amy, Ergo, BC (if you're still around), and Anon! See (most of) you tomorrow!
love, faith, hope, long-haired boys, yum
heehee thanks anon :)
goodnight J, pleasant long-haired boys dreams :)
Hey Ergo
Thanks anon. Yeah, Ergo and I are pretty evil but as she said "we wear it well."
You know I've always kinda wondered what it was about my birthmark that set her off. It really upset my mom. No one wants to hear that their baby is marked by the devil.
*grins at Ergo*
Well, it's odd. My mother has a birthmark in the small of her back, shaped like a lobster. I kid you not.
Mister, has a brown birthmark, in the same location, shaped like a birthmark.
ZOMG!
Okay, just kidding.
Anyway, I should take off too. I8'm expecting a very lucrative phone call tomorrow morning.
Oh god, I hope. I hope, I hope.
*_*
Anyway, Goodnight Lovelies, Mayo, and SS!
*peeks in the Library*
-A
Night J
Sweet dreams of donuts
goodnight J sweet dreams
could you pass on my hello to L too please *waves*
MAYO!
Hey! How are ya? All's well and good in your part of BlogBelieve, I gather? Either that, or everything's gone to shit.
I figure one of those to be the reason you haven't been around. :P
Ok, never mind. Have a good one, honey, and--as my dad used to say--hold it in the road. (What, exactly, that means, I have no idea. But it sounds positive, doesn't it? Just, work with me on this one.)
Goodnight, Mayo. Dream of all you want your life to be.
goodnight Amy sweet dreams
fingers crossed for you!
Elena I imagine it wouldn't do a lot for grandmotherly / grand daughterly relations
Ergo I gotta tell you she was kinda scary. I don't remember a whole lot about her. She died when I was young.
Oh well I just realized what time it is and at the rate I'm going I'll get maybe two hours of sleep.
Gonna say goodnight to HIM then get my work done.
See ya tomorrow.
goodnight ladies
elena, you make it sound like you're talking to "god" ^_~
goodnight elena hope the 2 hours are sweet pleasantly dreamy and restful
- catch you tomorrow
I'm cooking dinner awaiting the rest of the clans return
maybe I'll have a shower
do you have a busy week ahead anon?
Dear SS,
So...
Are you a long-haired boy? ;)
Yeah, you know it. I'm evil.
But not entirely.
As far as YOU know.
heeheehee
Goodnight, baby. I love you.
My heart to yours, always.
Mayo
So how ya been? I take it your ass is still busy. (Sorry I just giggled writing that). I’m not messing with you. I’m sure you are busy, me too. It’s just when you wrote about people waiting around for your busy ass to post I laughed out loud in the bookstore. Seriously, I like reading your words when you write something that isn’t planned. When you just talk. It makes you more human, I guess. Wait that sounded wrong. I don’t mean to imply you don’t sound human in your posts. You do. It’s just that when you write something to be posted later it gives you time to look it over, to think about it. That’s not bad but let’s face it, when you have time to review your words they “sound” different. I know when I write something that I’m not going to put out there at that moment it’s nothing like when I just write what I’m thinking at that second. Well, I’ve totally not explained myself clearly but then again I don’t do that often anyway. What sounds right in my head often comes out very different in print. So I’ll just move on.
Today was pretty damn good. Busy, but good. I always have mounds of work to do but that’s okay. It keeps my mind off other shit. You know an idle mind is the devils playground. Wait, I think that’s hands. Not that it makes any difference. Well yeah it does I guess. Yep, I just went and looked it up. It’s hands. So I guess it means if you aren’t doing something constructive with your hands the devil’s gonna make you do something bad with them? Elena is sitting here giggling at that thought. Let’s see…what could I do with my hands that’s evil? (More giggling). ---How the hell did I get on this subject? Oh yeah, I was busy. Well then Mayo, you stay busy too. Don’t want the devil to get control of those hands.
Well back to work for me. I’ve still got book orders to fill. And I have to bug out early in the morning. Why? Let’s just say I’m planning on disappearing for the day before anyone can ask any questions. Yep, I’m taking the day off. Just cause. I like that reason. But if anyone asks I’m working, okay?
Night Mayo
Elena (so I’m guessing the devil got you when you wrote that post with one hand?)
goodnight anon sweet (but maybe a teeny little bit evil) dreams
hello mayo, SS, and everybody else. God i have missed you all but couldn't use the phone. So camping is quite horrible! No its not really, its kind of fun but everything is a faff. And you just get a scabby "i am so very obviously camping" look. And my hair has taken on a life of its own. Cos obviously its been raining cos its england and its summer. God i miss my hair straighteners like woah! Right dont have much time but just wanted to say hello to everyone. Take care all and i will try and pop in again. Oh and if mayo posts within the next few mins or soonish then can someone shove this on the new post. Love to you all.
Mayo,
You know the day is going to be a struggle when the first person you do battle with is the one staring back at you from the bathroom mirror. Gaaaaah, grrrrrrrr! I want to pop her the mouth with a hairbrush, but I won't. Just because with my luck, I'd break the fucking mirror, glass would fly everywhere, and I'd end up looking like Edward Scissorhands or something. Anyways, you get the idea.
Now, I seem to be pumped and ready to go. If I can face myself, I can face anyone, right? Nuh uh, you didn't say anything about having to look them in the eye. I'mma gonna have to regroup and rethink my strategy now.
*sigh*
Have a wonderful Monday, Mayo. And if you could, maybe, would you help me, Smoke, and Fimble blow that tropical storm in the other direction. mmkay? Thanks.
Love to YOU Always,
S
p.s. I am getting on my last nerve.
Good morning/afternoon/night Mayo, SS, FASC (in a tent in the rain), Ergo, Elena, Amy, J, BC, TJ, everyone is missed last night; the possibly soon to arrive Possum, Kass and Miranth; various anons, watchers and lurkers; all you wonderful, wicked, evil people in the land o'blogbelieve!
How are you all today? Safe, warm and dry (or soon to be dry), I hope!
FASC: I was wondering where you've been. Then, I remembered you did say you were going to be gone for 4 days! Would you have some ginko tea for me today? I need the memory booster! ;)
Ergo: Good luck bringing the two kitties to the vet!!! Thank goodness for friends, right! I don't think two of my kitties would fit in one (large) kitty carrier. Heck, Boots alone won't fit in one large kitty carrier! I really need to convince that vet o'mine to make a house call! *smoooooooch*
J: Good luck with the phone call from mom!!! Two words: BLOODY MARY! It's what's for breakfast in NOLA (especially at the airport). A great source of beta carotene, alpha carotene, lutein and vitamins A and C! The celery stick or green bean adds bulk. ;)
Amy: Sorry to hear about that bumb on the head! Take care of yourself, young lady. I prescribe: 1 Peanut Buster Parfait, 1 Chocolate Sundae (with extra whipped cream and double nuts). Nurse Wendy's Monday orders!
For pondering consideration today:
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Breaking Free
Neil Eskelin
Most people are like the circus elephant. Have you ever seen
a giant elephant in an indoor arena tied to a little wooden
stake. That huge creature can pick up two thousand pounds
with its trunk, yet it calmly stays tied. Why?
When that elephant was just a baby, and not very strong, it
was tied by a huge chain to an iron stake that could not be
moved. Regardless of how hard it tried, it could not break
the chain and run free. After it a while it just gave up.
Later, when it is strong, it never attempts to break free.
The "imprint" is permanent. "I can't! I can't!' it says.
There are millions of people who behave like this creature
of the circus. They have been bound, tied and told "You'll
never make it," so many times they finally call it quits.
The may have dreams, but the "imprinting" keeps pulling
them back.
Today, eliminate the source of your limitations. When you
mentally break free, the boundaries will be removed from
your future.
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Have a great Monday/Tuesday, everyone! You CAN do it!!!
Hugs and Love,
~Namaste~
6/Wendy
Oops, good morning Sdock! I hope Fay goes POOF, soon!
Morning everyone!
*blows kisses to Ergo, FASC, Socky, 616*
616,
Thank you for always finding interesting inspirational stories to make us ponder and reflect on.=)
WW (1:30pm)is short for...? Hmmmm.
Wicked Woman
Wild Woman
Wise Woman
Witty Woman
Warrior Woman
Wanton Woman
*quits while ahead for WW's sake* ;)
Mayo,
I don't know whether I've mentioned it, but thank you for your less cryptic posts lately. And now I'm going to be perverse and say I miss the cryptic ones a little! Sorry. ;)
*PP is as irritating as a heat rash*
SS!!!
*shouts all the way to SS's front door*
How are you doing? Keeping well? Maintaining those toenails?
Yeah. We've got to keep on an eye on you. It's always the quiet ones who get up to mischief. O_o
*leaves a trap to catch SS, and also the cutesy :)anon that drops by in the morning*
Have a great day everyone. =)
*wanders off to find something to peel them off with*
*maybe* ;)
Hiya wendy *smooooooch*
hI PP
Hi sdock
Hi fasc
and
goodnight Mayo
.......................goodnight SS
goodnight John Boy
.................goodnight Mary Joe
goodnight Ma
......................goodnight Pa
wishing you all a very very magical Monday
goodnight Blog Believe
♥xx♥
will-o'-the-wisp
= WW?
Wascally Wabbit
:-)
Good morning.
♥♥
*giggle*
good morning. :)
♥♥
:-/
help get me off
will you?
;-)
♥♥
*springs trap*
(that's what you wanted, right?) ;)
♥♥
i hope you two know who you're talking to, ha wendy?
PP,
WW is someone who likes annoying the owner of another blog. I saw that blog so I know "woman" isn't the key word.
Wonka is, so there WW!
The blog owner made a sarcastic comment and it seems WW went with it. Which is really going to thrill her by the way. *rolls eyes*
Hope that ends the mystery/annoyance/confusion.
♥♥
:-)
good morning everyone.
for various happy little reasons, today is not too bad, so far. :)
i'm keeping my fingers crossed for the non-internet portions, however!
see you later, blogbelieve.
bye mayo, i'll keep my fingers crossed for your day, too, okay? :)
"You blew our faces off!"
- Frank Iero, My Chemical Romance (guitarist)
http://www.myspace.com/elizacutsonlyrealmusic
Is she serious?
She can't be serious. It has to be a joke.
I think she is making fun of herself,but some of the young girls are saying she has a beautiful voice....i hope this doesn't encourage her.
Dont get me wrong,i think she has done some really positive things,but singing is not one of them!
I have heard worse voices.
She might make a half decent backup singer.
well,it's good to see her moving on with her life.
Yes it is.
Props, her voice isn't too bad. her "lyrics," however, need to be put to rest.
Damn, it's amazing what banging rock stars can get mediocre or utterly talentless people these days.*
*Since the beginning of time.
"Moving on with her life?" Did you people even listen to the "lyrics?" Please.
No, i didn't listen long enough! Ha HA
Vent. Get it out. Let it go.
Move on Eliza.
Well, they are pretty obviously about Gerard. Ah well. I guess I'd still be pissed, too. I can understand still talking about it. Hell, I still tell everyone and their brother what a douchebag my ex boss is, and I suppose I still will next year, too.
Doubt I'd write a song about it and try to get e-famous from it, but hey. I am thinking about putting him in my novel though. Heh.
So yeah, I can understand it, I guess.
I still think she's a hack who can't write, though.
Wash that man right outta your hair!
Haha! Well, they are both so classless about it! It's as if they both want a huge, public, Hollywood breakup.
She's planning on writing a book to kap.I wonder what that will be about?(Or whom)
A book to kap? I'm not sure what you mean by that.
Unless you mean to say, "She's writing a book, too, Kapunua."
In which case I would have to say two words to all involved: GHOST WRITER.
I meant she;s also going to write a book. my bad.
can anyone post the words to her song here?
Maybe it will be a book about scene queens, or maybe a tell all book.
Ugh, I can't be assed to write out her "lyrics" but I"m sure she'll post them up somewhere for the world to read.
A tell-all book would do three things for Eliza. One, it would get her some dough because it would sell wildly to teenies who want to hear the gory details about her and Gerard. Two, it would get her crucified by his fangirls who are relentless in their defense of his godhood. And three, it would make her the laughingstock of anyone with a brain.
I wouldn't buy it, but I'd laugh like hell at all involved.
The song is called another public disgrace.
That about sums everything up, doesn't it?
yeah, I dont think we need the words posted here anyway. I was curious but not that curious to check out any of her sites.
I dont know if I'm the only one who sometimes feel embarassed for her. I truly do.
LOL,yes it does!
She definately needs someone to write it for her. thats for sure
I'm sure she'll eventually put the lyrics up herself. I hope she uses spellcheck.*
I guess I just don't get this way these women have of venturing into a profession for which they know they have no talent, and are fine with it, and fine with not bothering to improve, and then using some desperate rock star as a springboard for their career. I don't get it, dude. If you love something, do it. If you suck at it, try to not suck at it. But these women, they don't even try. They're like "LOL yeah I suck, but OMGz I can be leik famuss!!11 Alls I gotta do is bang this dude!! Soon he'll dress just like me and I will be famusss LOL!!!11"
*Not really, because she brings the LULZ with her mistakes.
I dont know if I'm the only one who sometimes feel embarassed for her. I truly do I feel that way to,i think she was humiliated enough with what went down with her and gw
No, don't get me wrong; I feel embarrassed for her, too. I think he went out of his way to humiliate her, and since then so much of what he's done has been to shove it up her ass. And Kat's too, it seems like, because he's taken some shots at all of his exes in his interviews. But Eliza continues to make a fool over herself, and she somehow still manages to make it look like she's a fool over him.
She's pretty clear and forthcoming on the fact that all she wants is fame. Man, that's another thing I just don't get. And then she has all of these short-lived crusades which seem like nothing more than temporary diversions and even more attempts at fame. None of them really seem very sincere and they are all, in some way, connected to whatever happened between her and Gerard Way.
He acts the same way, and I feel embarrassed for him, too. Like, the whole thing is such a goddamn circus and not only is everyone involved acting clownish, but it really does seem like under the paint they are all so damn ridiculously sad.
K did you hear, in a new interview with Little Jimmy urine he says Gerard is his 'best friend'. O so now Gerard is his best friend! Sure he is!!
Eliza admitted she was obssesive when it came down to gw,but i also feel at anytime if he wasn't happy with her,he should have been up front with her and said how he really felt. She also said that she was told to keep their relationship hush hush,then why in the hell did gw have to flaunt him and lynz relationship in front of millions? That must of made eliza feel pretty bad.
JU formed a sentence?
Oh man, but for serious. Gerard's "best friend" seems to be whoever is "cool" at the moment.
I guess I just feel sorry for the people who not only truly do know him, who stuck by him from day one, and who also, hello, got him where he is today, both professionally and in life.
It sucks to be tossed aside for the "Cool Hardcore New Kid." It really, really does.
I'm sure it did, 1:39, and I get the creeping suspicion that that is, at least in part, exactly why he flaunts Lindsey* the way he does. That and the "OMG LOOK I GOT LAID!!!!111" aspect. Although I'm equally sure that Eliza would have been more than happy to have him as a billboard as well.
*Sorry man, I can't bring myself to refer to her as "LynZ." Scene names make me gag.
Kapu it was the same thing with him when Bert McCracken was his "best friend" JU is the new Bert.
Does anyone else think that all the recent shit from eliza is her attempt to mimic GW's life in attampt to show him what an ass he looks like?
fake marriage to someone with the last name of a known drug addict (she is a recovering alcoholic).
this fake marriage was a quickie
now she is a singer and she is doing it for the sake of art.
I am possibly reaching here, but it I can't think of any other reason (other than she just can't let go) for all this nonsence.
She spells it lynz because that is more.....badass.
As Princess would say (and I am stealing this phrase,) "hells to the naaaaaw!" You can't even compare Bert to Urine. That's comparing apples to dung piles.
I say that not as a fan of The Used, either, even though I am. I know that Bert is troubled and I know he was into drugs and probably not the best person after whom to model oneself.
But the dude can effing sing. He can belt it out; he is quite possibly one of the best singers around today. And lyrically, he does not resort to degrading people, or entire groups of people, just to shock, provoke, and sell.
Call him what you want, but the dude is honest. And for all his troubles--and I'm sure he's got them, because we all do--I just have the feeling that he's got a sweet heart, at the least.
Eliza had a fake marriage? O_o
JU is a weasel.
JU Gerards best friend? He may say that but does GW feel that way? I dont believe it. I hope not. What happened to a guy called Frank and Brian and the others who helped him through the suicidal times in his life. THOSE people are you friends. eh, dont want to talk about it anymore. He needs to get his shit together.
People are only going to put up with his for so long then wash their hands of him. I'm telling you he is going to be sorry if he dismises his true friends.
I basically wanted to give you something to talk trash about. I have a dream to put out the worst underproduced music in the world. Every song will be first take written and recorded by me. Everyone tries to be all epic and intense, everyone wants really good lyrics that everyone can "connect" to, I just want to make something that would be so pathetic and tragic you cant help but laugh. Yes, I am totally serious. My contact email is eliza@fearlessradio.com
I think you are right anon at 1:44
In writing, that's called "Signal from Fred." In which, to quote the Turkey City Lexicon, "the author's subconscious, alarmed by the poor quality of the work, makes unwitting critical comments: 'This doesn't make sense.' 'This is really boring.' 'This sounds like a bad movie.'"
If I am correct, I have a new found respect for Miss Eliza.
It's not a huge amount of respect, but I do appreciate her creativity.
Think what you will of Jimmy Urine's lyrics and life choices. The man can sing. He does have talent.
dismises= dismisses
I've actually heard him, and I disagree really hard. He shrieks and caterwauls but doesn't do much in the way of really singing.
My personal opinion is that she cant let go of GW. She cant wash him out of her hair. If you look at everything she has done and continues to do has something to do with Gerard. That to me makes me feel sorry for her. It appears that she tries to get even or give Gerard digs whenever she can.
The only thing that came out of all of it was that she got some notoriety from it.
She wanted the fame as well as wanting GW. She may have gotten help with some of her psycholigical issues but doesnt see the big picture. I dont think she is trying that hard to get past the fact she isnt with him anymore. I dont think she is "over" him completely yet.
I still think it haunts her and will continue to do so for a long time to come.
Yup yup!
Well, this has been fascinating, but I gotta go. Thanks for rambling with me, random anons!
JU is not stupid. He knows that Gerard is vulnerable and wants to be cool. He will take advantage of that until Gerard is a husk. Later K!
LynZ is gay and I think Gerard is too. Maybe the wives are a cover. Maybe JU is Gerard's real lover.
Why would he need a cover?
I think he pretty much fessed up in that interview from 2006. The one where he discusses his love of broadway musicals, Liza Minelli and everything fabulous.
I can't remember his exact comment, but it was something along the lines of and you know what they say about men who like musicals and Liza Minelli.
Ah, the good old days. I think I will track down that interview. Frank was pretty funny too. he was all like (look on his face) you let the cat out of the bag now G.
everyone knows that Gerard is the woman in his marriage.
Feedlesteeks
-A
Hey, where is everybody?
-A
Hey Amy
Elena here..in Starbucks. I'm enjoying the day. Oh, yes I am!
The thing that gets me is that Gw is smart. Unfortunately he lacks people skillz in general. Doesnt know how to read people. If that were the case, wouldnt you think he'd be a little more careful as to who he lets in his life?
I do not believe he is gay. I think he is bi. If I'm wrong,I am oh well. I personally think he doesnt know what he wants from one month to the next. Whatever the next whim or craze it he falls into it. He seems to be easily mislead and gullable.
I also think he wants a wife who lets him experiment or do what he wants with whom he wants every so often. IMO.
Hope I'm wrong. Time will tell.
Feedlesteeks squared.
Are you ok amyranth? Hallo elena and anon.
Oh man, I forgot how flambouyant GW's hand gestures were/are. I need to link this interview.
hit it here
Oh, you gotta love Frank for the save "But like bad-ass show tunes."
Kapunua and All, it is a YouTube link. It is a 3 part interview. It may make you sad and nostalgic or you may be so far over it that it will just make you laugh at how ridiculous he has become or you may be completely indifferent.
Anyway, good fuel for the satirical fire.
of course Gerard is gay. i mean he married a dude after all.
Fufufufu.
I didn't get the big $18 an hour job that I wanted. :P
Gotta keep lookin.
-A
Hello Anon
One more thing, Frank actually gets alot of talk-time during this interview.
Gerard was not so completely self-absorbed that he felt each and every question required his response.
During most of the more recent interviews Gerard is either talking over everyone, speaking before anyone else has a chance or qualifying the other answer with his own.
Anyway it was good to hear both of them.
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