My Grandma used to say "You only get so many words when you're born and once you've used them up...that's it."
She said the same thing about steps too.
"Once they're gone you don't get anymore."
Words and steps, I think she meant that they are the measure of a life.
She was a cool lady.
p.s. and in those last few moments they won't occur to you either.
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how was your day?
1:01, it was beyond worth it to see Rise. They've been in the studio recording, and decided to hop on Warped for a few stops. Ours was the first stop, so we feel real special around these parts. :D
BC, I wish I knew. So far, nobody's saying sweet fuck all about it. For all we know, they'll shut down the track, and move Warped to Edmonton.
-A
It was good thanks :)
mix of kids to work with though, all needing help but attitudes vary, 2 very cheeky boys, one girl who hates the idea and the others were pretty good about it, I have 3 more to test tomorrow
Hi Ergo. How was your day at work?
ergo, you have to try to solve mayo's riddle -- the one about the "looking glass milk". you're our genius. you must save us!
glad you had a good time Amy!
(I have 20 mins before my student arrives here! Busy day!!)
OH SNAP, Ergo wins again!
-A
it sounds like that girl is going to be challenge!
Oooh?
I can has riddle?
-A
I don't know I thought it may be geological faults, but obviously not
is it a mirror?
have you thought about duality?
TJ thing is I know her, she lives up the road so I'm hoping she'll warm to the idea I can help her
the boys will be interesting, I can feel it, lol
The crap Gay Crew thought they solved it. They were wrong
yes, you too, amyranth. :)
i wasn't there when they were solving riddles this afternoon, but iprinted out mayo's unsolvable one and have been looking at it off and on all evening.
they're on the page before the last page, kapunua starts it off. :)
they're on the page before the last page, kapunua starts it off. :)
DONT BOTHER!!! They are stupid.
well looking glass milk is about that but the duality of what is the question
is it a reflection
This one?
Anonymous said...
A dish full of looking glass milk
For me to lap up clean.
A taste that I acquired
During a late night dream.
I have three plain faults
For all of you to see.
Not for you to wallow in
But for which to seize.
Why am I thinking kittens? I was dreaming about kittens last night too.
-A
1:19 there is no need for insults
it will be good if you can get her on your side ergo. and good luck with the boys!
i think it's more than a mirror...and anon, idon't see how "duality" fits. but i'm not experienced at riddles.
Can anything come in mirror image pairs?
Oh what was the ideas they had for the answer?
yep, that one amyranth.
the last two lines put me in mind of carpe diem.
The last line makes me think of the terms "wallowing in filth" and "seize the day"
Can anything come in mirror image pairs?
August 7, 2008 1:21 AM
titties
twins?
butterfly wings?
Kapu said Alice in wonderland and earthquakes. don't guess the same thing as her!! SUCK
wha-hah amyranth!
i've been thinking it's more a concept -- he said in his last comment it was "more abstract", so i think the answer won't be a thing, but an idea.
Now, now 1:25. Keep that up and you're gonna take away my title of Blog Villain.
-A
Kittens, Geology and Latin Sayings?
Man, that's not abstract, that's fucking downright asshattery.
"Hmmm.. I think I'll write a riddle about three completely random things, just because."
Only kidding.
-A
ok, this is kind of a stretch...
but i was wondering if the first stanza doesn't refer to the blog? he has said we act as his mirror...
y/n?
hahaha That would be funny Amy
he's sitting back going
"they will NEVER get this!!!"
ok last guess before I head out again
it's you own self image
Not a stretch Teej. It could work.
Okay, so, the first stanza could be the blog...
Hmmm...
-A
...or he has been looking in the mirror for too long.
Or it is us
*sigh*
i'm really not good at these.
By Jove Ergo, that could be it too@!!
-A
i don't follow, ergo. how is it us?
Anonymous said...
"A lucid transaction"
August 6, 2008 5:12 PM
Toujours, you're the double hearts anon, aren't you?
i saw that earlier, anon. so it is a clue, then.
*scrubs face in frustration*
what makes you ask that, 1:39?
I wonder if Mayo dreamt of this blog before it all happened?
A dish full of looking glass milk
For me to lap up clean.
A taste that I acquired
During a late night dream.
He's mentioned before that he sees himself in us. He dreamt about this/ got inspiration for this in a dream. (?)
-A
So it is you.
Maybe it was more like field of dreams. (without Kevin)
If you build it, they will come ^_~
benzene
there is a thought process behind that....really
well TJ it being us
we are a mirror, which contains milk that may or may not be harmful (the looking glass milk) he dreamt up the idea.
The faults are that none of us are really "real"
none of us are in close contact to him
he can't ever really know us
But it's something to enjoy rather than worry about
and that is probably soooo wrong , lol
*sniffles and rubs her eyes*
Well guys, it's been real, but I think I need to drag my worn out self to bed, badly.
I'll have some pictures and video from Warped up at my blog, eventually. Definitely not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but I got some stuff I wanna share with those of you who like watching second hand concert footage that was shot out of a 2 MP Cellphone Camera.
A very select group, I imagine.
Goodnight Lovelies, Anons, Mayo, and SS.
*checks in the CD Vault Room*
-A
goodnight Amy sweet dreams, I'll have a look at your pics when you have them up, I have my own collection of MCR vids shot on low pixel cellphone, it should really be an art form
good nihgt amyranth.
i got stuck on the "lucid transaction" post. this computer is being a real hassle tonight.
anon 1:39, no, i am not the two hearts anon. i don't even have computer access during most of the day. that is someone else, i'm afraid.
ergo, i can see how that earlier post correlates somewhat with this riddle, but it seems like that's not the full answer.
or maybe i just really suck at riddles and am looking too closely for an answer which would be easier to find if i just took a step back.
Ouroboros
c'mon Mayo throw me a bone!
I am waaaaay out on a tangent here!
Goodnight Amy, sweet dreams
*throws bone to ergo*
It's Mayo's evil twin Oyam!!!!!!
So you're the single heart anon instead.
Who's the double heart anon? Sounds like you know them.
thanks anon :)
*nom nom nom*
now perhaps throw me a bone with a really good hint on it, lol
It's Mayo's evil twin Oyam!!!!!!
omg! mirror mirror universe!!
mayo with a goatee!!
D:
D:
D:
lol
ok must go an titor
for an hour and a half
I shall continue to ponder, though my ponderings tend to shoot off sideways, perhaps it will come to me in tonight's dream
bye TJ BC and Anon
♥xx♥
ok Mayo with a goateee cracked me up, not good in front of a 15 yo with no idea why I'm laughing!!
its do you like what you see when one looks at oneself in a mirror
see flaws needs to clean it up
faults=meaning people or he/they have faults they see clearly 3 of them, 1 vanity.2 not saying anymore. reading too much into it already. ergo is on the right track.
not to wallow in those faults but isnt sure what to do about them
something along those lines
*heehee*
sorry ergo.
(not really contrite at all)
have fun!
think about chirality ergo.
2:10, but what about the last line? can you fit that into your theory?
Oyam?
Lol! Bye Ergo :D
Toujours, please answer my question.
oh, i had to look that up, 2:11. thanks for the new word!
but that seems to suggest that the answer to the riddle is us the lovelies, or the blog, because we don't reflect him perfectly, as a true mirror would.
i can see this, but i never would have guessed it. if that's even correct...
which it probably isn't. :/
not to wallow in but to sieze
possibly could mean that you can sieze it= stop it. change the ways of what he doesnt like or what he sees. or for someone else to to it
again I am not sure
the best I can do for now
am tired. will have a fresh look at it again tomorrow. I am sure by that time it will have been figured out
there could be a few meanings and I think alot of us on the right track for the most part
you have added a piece as well.
oops! sorry, 1:39. got distracted.
actually, i don't know who the two hearts anon is. they're anon after all, they could be anyone.
but i do like seeing the hearts. when i come across them as i'm catching up, i always smile -- it's so sweet, don't you think?
i like that 2:21, "seize" as in stop. thanks for bending your brain to it, too. :)
Anonymous said...
missing you
needing you
wanting you
loving you
its killing me
still
i will
I Will
♥
Love is patient and love is surely kind
This I know and still I never really knew
But when I see you I feel so alive
And I know love makes any dream come true
And I will wait at the door to your heart
And stay forever if that'll bring
Your precious piece of heaven here to me
And I will stand in a storm in the dark
And never ever wanna leave
I'll do anything you need
You know I will
♥
August 6, 2008 7:30 AM
Toujours, did you write this?
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence won't you come out to play
Dear Prudence open up your eyes
Dear Prudence see the sunny skies
The wind is low the birds will sing
That you are part of everything
Dear Prudence won't you open up your eyes?
Look around round round
Look around round round
Look around round round
Dear Prudence let me see you smile
Dear Prudence like a little child
The clouds will be a daisy chain
So let me see you smile again
Dear Prudence won't you let me see you smile?
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence won't you come out to play
ok I am fudging on my student
yes anon chirality is to do with isomers, cis and trans
that's what got me to benzene, the resonating double bonds (not a true isomer but close) and he day dreamt it from a daydream of the snake eating it's tail
which is Ouroboros which is a symbol of infinity etc
I can't think of what isomer could relate though, unless it's polarising?
hands? or right and left handedness?
Hi ergo!
Are you still here? I can't read what you wrote! I am very tired :(
Oh my god. I will never catch up.
Sometimes I try to catch up for a minute while cooking dinner - and I haven't burned anything so far - but I don't always have time.
And I'm trying to make grav lax, but I ran out of gin - I don't even like gin!
*shakes head*
:( very sad...
nope, 1:39, that wasn't me.
and "dear prudence"! that's a favorite song, though the version i like (and is now in my head thankyouverymuch) is by siouxsie and the banshees. :)
ergo, you totally lost me with your science comment. (but i kinda liked it. *heh*)
Hi TJ - Sometimes your words make me smile, too, just like double heart anon does. :)
Is the recent conversation about a riddle?
I am totally lost - didn't catch up. And I have library duty tomorrow.
hi miranth. :)
also 1:39, you should keep in mind how nearly impossible it is to keep anon conversations straight. it's easy to write in someone else's style, and the thread of the conversation could be usurped by anyone, at any point, and you wouldn't even know it.
caveat lector, right?
oh, thank you, miranth! what a kind thing to say. :)
yep, we've been nibbling away at mayo's riddle.
Hi miranth, how are you? *hugs*
Just glanced at the meaning of chirality - and the thing that springs to mind is the fact that two halves of the same face are different. Markedly different in my case (or so I think). But I have yet to read the riddle.
Its true, TJ. You make me smile :) (in a sweet way) when I read your words and ideas.
*HUGS* BC!
I read your comment at my place - and I am very, very glad that you'll have some opportunity to visit! Its just I know how hectic school and work can be, so I am worried I won't 'see' you as often. We can always email too, though :)
I'm happy to hear that miranth. And yeah, there's always email :)
and knowing that brings a smile to my face miranth. :)
and now i really really ought to get to bed. :/
hello again, bc, and good night!
and good night miranth (and ergo when you get back) and all you anons and lurkers!
sweet dreams. :)
Is it music you'll be studying at the art school?
I'm sorry, my memory is not what it once was...
Goodnight TJ! I am glad and its true!
I am always sad when I can't read everyone's words properly for true understanding - and your words especially - as I used to skim quickly till I realized what I was missing :)
enantiomers
asymmetrical but functions differently
Is that you, ergo?
enantiomers - I looked it up and the concept differs from the way I was thinking of chirality.
My question is - what riddle am I trying to solve?
I am still catching up...
Goodnight TJ, sweet dreams. Miranth, I'll be studying music business management.
hi miranth
not me I'm signed in but tutoring measurement
Amy reposted the riddle above somewhere
Oops, realized there was an unintentional double entendre in my previous comment. I do that alot. People usually laugh at me (in person) but I can delete my comment here... :) Its actually pretty cool...
There you are - I see you now! :) Thanks ergo - I'll look above...
BC - I sorta got it right! *sheepish grin* I have advice that I think is relevant. Always make and keep friends, musicians and producers and the like, as you go on. Keep in touch with people. Its the magic formula, I believe. They may be a link to a job in that industry.
♥♥
past - present - future
time
♥♥
:)
Didn't someone here say that they didn't like milk, but dreamt they were drinking it anyway?
I think I remember someone saying something along those lines once. But then again, we've spoken of so much here, that we must have hit every topic at least once.
:)))
Is that your guess, heart anon?
I like the idea of past present and future, 'faults' for which to seize.
Thanks for the advice miranth. Don't feel bad about the double comment posting. Even I get embarrassed when I do that sometimes.
And I think I'm gonna sign off for the night and go to bed. Goodnight Ergo, miranth sweet dreams :)
Sugarplum: I got my outfit today. The purple pants definitely look better in person, I just love the color and the shirt, although because of the weight loss, the pants fit a little big around the leg area, and they're skinny pants. I have a belt for it though. I hope your day went well? *smothers with ultra sloppy kisses* :)
Goodnight!
Time for what?
To make a hoagie?
Mayo
Tonight was very special for me and I want to share it with you. Tonight I finished a story I’ve been writing since Nov 2006. Yeah, it’s hella long. Never let it be said Elena can’t be quite wordy! This story is very dear to me. Writing it got me through some very rough times in my life. When things were overwhelming me I could escape into the lives of my characters. It’s funny but I can think back to certain parts of the story I was writing and remember what was going on in my life at the time. I will always treasure these memories. I will hold them in my heart. It was with sadness that I wrote the final chapter. Not that the story ended unhappily actually it was quite the opposite. But in ending the story I had to say goodbye to these characters I’d created.
So in true Joan Wilder fashion I wrote that last words – Then I celebrated with champagne, (supplied by Fred who understood just what this all had meant to me) and fed the cat a can of tuna. So if you’re lost I’m referring to the end of “Romancing The Stone”. I had kidded all along that I wanted to end my story like Joan did and so that is what I did. It was sad yet exhilarating. But now the high is wearing off. I’m proud I finished, I’m proud of my work. Yet what now? Part of me wants to begin another story. However another part of me thinks I’ll never feel the same way about a story line or characters as I did with this one. Maybe I should just think about it tomorrow. Yes, I think that’s what I’ll do. I’m going to finish my bottle of champagne and relax. No worrying about plot details for me. Not now. Of course tomorrow I may feel differently but tonight I just want to sit back and reflect on what I completed.
Oh and it was nice to see you in the castle today. The bookstore had been so quiet and I’d been so bored until you showed up. Damn you’re good for business. Of course a store full of people made it impossible to follow the blog. Oh well, that’s life I guess.
Night Mayo
Elena (Not a WORLD-CLASS hopeless romantic. A Hopeful romantic)
goodnight BC sweet dreams
and goodnight elena sweet dreams too
I know you're an awesome author from the Dire tale of Mayo's Castle so I bet your story was wonderful and congrats on ending it, maybe you'll be inspired anew in the future
Miranth said...
Is that your guess, heart anon?
yes, Miranth
that is my guess
♥♥
BC - Thank you - and good night. I do understand the double entendre problem - I do it all of the time. Reading over my comments I can now see myself doing this as I express my thoughts, which is cool. Now I know what everyone's on about! Take care and good luck with everything! *hugs*
Elena - I hope the new medicine works for your daughter! Sending positive wishes your way. Also, though I am by no means a true writer myself, I do understand how you feel, by your words. Thank you for sharing :)
hello
nice concept hearts
I like your guess, heart anon. :) It's abstract, which is one of the parameters of the answer.
I can't think of any answer myself, which is unusual. I'm usually very good with riddles - and I don't have to google them. :)
I think I am construing the wrong meaning from some of the words. It's supposed to be abstract, like your answer.
:)
Is it the suggestions of who Mayo is?
like trying to fit an image on him is not working as it isn't a mirror image, it can't be superimposed
If you try and do it it doesn't fit, the thinking is flawed, and it shouldn't be focussed upon it should be stopped?
What about memory? The riddle reminds me of the Pensieve in the Harry Potter books.
And here I did wiki memory - and there are three processes - storage, encoding and retrieval.
Elena, I am feeling your happiness and can relate. Congratulations on finishing your story. I am smiling reading your post to Mayo. Not intending to intrude on you as you already know that.
It is a wonderful feeling to be able to escape into your characters isnt it? I know the feeling. *Hugs* Elena
Goodnight
Hello Ergo and Miranth
ergo - perhaps. mayo did say that he revealed more to us here than he had revealed to others thus far.
mayo,
today was out-and-about day. i ran errands with my stepdad. not that those took very long, what with the size of the little town they live near, but still. :)
before we headed out, however, he had to check something up at his shop. he has a woodworking shop up behind the house...designed and built it himself. woodworking is his main hobby, as well as building furniture (like the massive desk i'm sitting at right now, in fact), and this was his dream shop.
i hadn't been up to see it. can you believe that? what? four months now, and still, hadn't walked up the little slope to the back of the property to see his shop. although, that's not entirely my fault. everytime the subject came up, he claimed it was too "messy".
messy? dude, it's a workshop, if it was tidy like the set of martha stewart, i would consider him a dilettante.
but today was the day, so up we went. the minute i stepped inside...
wood stacked everywhere, and huge saws and custom worktables, and purpose-built cabinets and shelves and racks. he showed me his finishing room, this little corner of the building, with two big windows for the best light and a separate thermostat so he can control the drying temp even in the winter.
and you should have seen the drafting table he built for himself! because the finishing room isn't big enough for a full-size one, he installed it on the wall. it's a drop-leaf drafting table, folds right down flat when he needs it to. *grin*
and it just smelled good in there. the scent of the wood from the sawdust and the resins, the slight undertang of machine oil and metal...
those scents, along with the smell of diesel and cigarette...those must be my pre-programmed "dad" scents. funny, because i never think of my stepdad as a real dad, just a good guy and a friend. but still...
what a rush of security.
and, well, i'll admit it...a tiny touch of greed, too. it was so difficult not to ask for scraps! i used to dabble in woodcarving, and all that wood...
hands behind my back, the entire time. *grin*
he's a good man, my stepdad. i wish i could love him like he deserves. i hope he never realizes that i don't. i do my best, but i just can't tell him that i love him.
i only had one dad.
i don't know if that makes me a bad person or not.
it was good to see you on the blog again today, even though i was just reading after the fact. and even though your riddle has hurt my poor little brain something fierce! *grin*
be well, my friend. sleep deeply, dream sweetly, and wake contentedly.
good night.
Hi elena - I do wish your daughter the best. :)
I hope you received my message in my first goodnight of this post.
I could relate to being there...
ergo is on the right track up to a point.I agree with what she says frequently, please keep going as I like to read your theories
Hello sweet Miranth
4:07 are you 3:31 and 3:49?
HI elena :)
how are you?
Elena, congrats on completing your story♥. I'm going to miss it too. :(
no 4:09
goodnight blogbelieve
Hello sweet anon :)
It is possible that the first part refers to the blog family, though how mayo could conceive that people would meet him here before the blog began, I don't know. But if the other riddle's answer was mayonnaise, and we do reflect mayo's posts through our interpretations of them, well then, perhaps.
*continues pondering*
Also, after people met here, he could have conceived of a time when people would befriend each other...
I don't know...
Thank you anons.
From the bottom of my heart - thank you!
Oh, did everyone leave?
I am too slow, sorry.
:(
goodness 4:07!
thanks but I'm beginning to exhaust my thinking!
I seem to keep going around in circles, without actually getting anywhere concrete
but I appreciate the compliment :)
so it is something to do with an image?
we can never live up to an image?
We can be corrupted by an image?
It's our own image, flawed by aspects of our psyche? id ego and superego?
sheesh I'm confusing myself! I've moved from physical chemistry to psychology
ergo - I agree, though, the way your mind works is fascinating!
I think we are raising more questions than answering them, though :) but that's good, too.
Ergo
You will figure it out.
and TJ what a lovely thing to experience, and I doubt he'd feel a lack of love, it's difficult to step in when a parent is lost, and it's never going to be the same love, I think he'd know that. But the respect and admiration and friendship you share is a kind of love.
Just because you can't feel you can say it, doesn't mean you can't show it, or that he doesn't feel it
and it's lovely to add the smells to your "preprogrammed scents" , mine is a certain aftershave and paint/turpentine, it's a special thing to have.
Oil and diesel is my husband :)
dissassociation
elena
I need to have Mayo sit in front of me saying
"cold, warm, warmer, colder...."
nothing I'm thinking is really embracing all the parts of the riddle though.
Well, I don't think it is really, it's a tenuous link
but thanks for your faith!
Miranth, my mind works in mysterious ways. lol
an alter ego?
ergoproxy said...
elena
I need to have Mayo sit in front of me saying
"cold, warm, warmer, colder...."
Okay maybe it's cause I've just about finished off the bottle of Korbel but damn that thought made me laugh!
anon - disassociation? I would have trouble with that. I make associations where none exist :) Like with the woodshop smells, they remind me of my sculpture professor at university. I have many male family members, but he was the only one to teach me how to use a saw. I remember that I was scared - and then triumphant.
TJ - You do care for him - I can tell by reading your words. And that sentiment is all that matters. ♥
ergo - you will get the answer - I agree with Elena.
And we all need the warmer, colder hints!
Do you honestly think that Mayo had thought that far ahead and had a preconcieved notion of people befriending each other?
I do not believe that.
my opinion is this blog was started for certain people(friends)and those people only and who they thought should be invited. With the intention of letting people come and discuss things but only letting a handful of certain ones know the truth. Allowing people to think what they will, not bothering to clarify the true identity of the blog owner.
Also things got alot bigger than originally thought needing more than one person to assist with the happenings of the blog.
This is just surmising on my behalf.
I do know that Mayo's identity will never be revealed.
Does not bother me who Mayo is.
I've appreciated the time I have spent here. Not as much as I would have liked. Never going blue, glad I didnt. I've had my reasons.We can believe anything we want in the land of blogbelieve right? Right
Goodnight
an alter ego?
hmm...something to think about.
$:34
I think in blogbelieve anything is possible!
goodnight and sweet dreams
4:34 that was for
I have an errant shift key!
lolz elena I can picture you!
Anon 4:34 - I just know that when people met here at first they were angry - and rightfully so. (I did stop by at the very, very beginning - because I wanted an answer). Now its more about friendship. Could someone have foreseen that? Maybe.
Also, I used to believe as you do, then a real world event changed my mind. But I may have found an association where none exists, as previously mentioned. I do that.
Goodnight.
SS is mayo's alter ego?
Mayo is SS' alter ego?
Mayo is someone's alter ego?
We are mayo's alter egos?
Mayo is our alter ego?
I am mayo's alter ego?
Alter is Mayo's ego?
Mayo's ego is alter?
Is Mayo's ego alter?
Mayo ego alter is?
now I'm just being silly
Oh Ergo
I really hope you can't picture me right now. It's not pretty.
My hair is wet, I'm wearing a Lost Boys tee and no makeup.
scary!!!!!!!!!
Oh and Mayo has a thing for 3's
Yes, something like that ergo! :)
And the riddle does put me in mind of cats, as it does amy, but I think that the answer is more abstract than that.
tj, you care about your stepdad. you will not allow yourself to say it or admit it, yet. You are worried if you allow yourself to care about him it negates your real father. It does not. It never will. By allowing others in our lives and caring about them is just more people to love and care.
seems like something you may be afraid to do in general.
I could be wrong. try to allow yourself to care for your stepdad and you will see a change in you that you never thought possible.
think about it. goodnight
elena - did you have an idea for the answer to the riddle?
Me? Try to figure out the mind of Mayo?
Nope.
Damn this champagne is good! Oh lucky me.
well I must be off to finish cooking dinner etc. I'll keep thinking, like I said before , perhaps I'll dream the answer.
or something I said will light a spark for someone else.
Mayo any hints greatly appreciated... and anticipated ;)
I'll be back to say goodnight later but goodnight to miranth and elena and anon(s)
♥xx♥
ergo my guess is, mayo likes to keep you guessing.
chirality and enantiomers, interesting.
Goodnight everyone
See ya Ergo
I suppose I should try to sleep now. It's after 4am and I need to get up in two hours.
Why does sleep always seem like a waste of time to me?
5:09 excellent guess! I think I agree
Elena - step away from the champagne! lol
I have white wine now so any further deep thought is unlikely!
Also... food coming...brain not think...eat...yummmmmm
I know!
42!!!!!
:D
Bye for now, ergo!
elena - Goodnight! I think I need some strong champagne myself... And I agree - I couldn't figure it out either... :)
J and L - I hope L is feeling better and I commend your strength J! ♥
Fimble - Best wishes for your grandfather :)
Hi Kass! - *waves* :)
anima - If you read here, know that I am hoping your father feels better. Take care of yourself, too!
Wendy - Thank you for your advice yesterday - I am feeling much better. I used epsom salt, and my sister got the knot out of my shoulder for me the next day. She is awesome! I hope you are still feeling well and have no long term effects from your misadventure. *hugs*
mayo - Maybe you do get a chance to comment during the day... :) I am sorry for my pitiful attempts at answering the riddle, but I am certain someone else will solve it soon.
Also, I don't think it matters who you are, as the anon said above. I just interpret what I read - and that's ok, too.
Have a great day BBers!
♥
champagne is gone.
brain has shut off.
As if it was ever really on...
I never caught up - and looking above at this page - I realize I have repeated what a lot of others have said!
Sorry about that!
Now I need some sleep. I feel the same way, elena.
good morning mayo!!
you won't believe it but it's sunny here today!! yep it's a miracle! let's hope it lasts all day then!
have a lovely thursday mayo!
morning SS!
don't think you've been around, may be in spirit?! sneaky SS spirit!
take care of yourself SS!
hello family!
i have been loving reading your riddle solving comments! ergo you crack me up!!
elena congrats on finishing your book! and the *biggest hugs* to you!
TJ *hugs* to you too. i don't think step dads really expect to be loved in the same way you love your real dad. but you obviously care about him very much.
L glad to read you around. take care and get plenty of rest!
i know i am forgetting stuff and i don't have much time!
amy, glad you had a fantatstic time!
hi miranth if you are still around.
ergo glad your first day went well! and it's good to have a challenge isn't it?!!
lewis i loved your poem/riddle!
made me really smile.
take care babe!
ok there's more, i know it!!
anyway have great thursdays blogbelieve!!
love to you all!
Hi FASC! Having trouble keeping the eyes open...
Have a good day. :)
mayo your latest post has had me thinking of this song.
i know it doesn't really relate but it kinda does.
And love is not the easy thing
The only baggage you can bring...
And love is not the easy thing...
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind
And if the darkness is to keep us apart
And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off
And if your glass heart should crack
And for a second you turn back
Oh no, be strong
Walk on, walk on
What you got, they can't steal it
No they can't even feel it
Walk on, walk on
Stay safe tonight...
You're packing a suitcase for a place none of us has been
A place that has to be believed to be seen
You could have flown away
A singing bird in an open cage
Who will only fly, only fly for freedom
Walk on, walk on
What you got they can't deny it
Can't sell it or buy it
Walk on, walk on
Stay safe tonight
And I know it aches
And your heart it breaks
And you can only take so much
Walk on, walk on
Home...hard to know what it is if you never had one
Home...I can't say where it is but I know I'm going home
That's where the heart is
I know it aches
How your heart it breaks
And you can only take so much
Walk on, walk on
Leave it behind
You've got to leave it behind
All that you fashion
All that you make
All that you build
All that you break
All that you measure
All that you steal
All this you can leave behind
All that you reason
All that you sense
All that you speak
All you dress up
All that you scheme...
hi/bye miranth!
have a good sleep!
So Elena said Mayo has a thing for the number 3.
O_O
Mayo?
Are you Jack White?
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!!!!!
God, I do not want to get ready. Anyhoo....
Now, I have Dierks Bentley on the brain. Hope you all have a fantabulous day!
Mayo, SS and BlogBelieve! See ya!
XOXO
Good *insert time of day here* SS, Mayo, FASC, Elena, Miranth, Ergo, BC/Sweetcheeks, Amy, TJ; the possibly soon to arrive Kass and Possum; various anons, lurkers and watchers; abstract thinkers and concrete thinkers in the land of blogbelieve!
How are you all today? Good, I hope! Me? I am sick and it's all Mayo's fault! How, you ask? Well, it was that darn riddle.
The word MILK caught my eye and gave me a craving. So, I poured myself a nice, big glass of milk. Have you ever drank milk that wasn't "quite bad"; but, wasn't exactly good? For some strange reason you just keep drinking (because you want that milk, I suppose)! Not a good idea! :P
Now the riddle is making me think of MUSHROOMS. Probably because I feel as though I've been poisoned! Oh well, I shall live.....I hope!
Ergo: I'm happy to hear your first day went well! Great work with the riddle solving/on the right track skills! *smoooooch*
BC: Are you getting excited about Sunday? I'm so glad your outfit came in on time!!! I know you will look magnificent!
Miranth: I'm happy to hear you're feeling better. Epsom salt comes in very handy and your sister seems to come in even handier with those magic hands! ;)
Concerning my misadventure: I shall find out for sure on the 12th. I'm sure I'll get the all clear! Thank you so much for asking!
Amy: Rise Against!!!!!! I can't wait to see your pictures and videos. I'm so glad to hear you had a great time!
Lewis: I, too, loved your poem/riddle! Thank you for sharing, love!
Elena: I agree with the anons last night. You know how much I've always loved reading your goodnights and your stories. I hope I get to read this newly completed story, one day! Congratulations!!!!
PIXIE: !!!!!!! It was great to see you beautiful face (here) again! I hope you come back more often! I miss my cousins.
J and L: *huge hugs*
TJ: What you wrote about your step-dad was lovely. I hope you have better luck (today) finding a place back in Seattle!
For pondering consideration today:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace."
James Allen
and
"We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality."
Albert Einstein
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I hope everyone has a fun day flexing those powerful muscles while building heavenly mansions of joy and peace!
Hugs and Love,
~Namaste~
6/Wendy
PS: Sweet dreams to one and all!!!
Ooops. Hi Smoke! Bye Smoke!
FASC: I like the lyrics! Thank you!
*blows kisses*
I have to say Lucy Lu came up with BlogBelieve to the answer to the riddle yesterday before she went to bed.
It's too early and I didn't really sleep on it, but if we want to get really abstract, I guess Mayo has told us he has 3 tongues, 3 places to write or outlets.
Like Elena said hmmm....#3?
Which brings me to my dream and I just realized that I totally had a Jack White dream last night. Nice.
Which brings me to why someone keeps bringing up "Lucid Transaction"....Mayo dreams of more than one of himself.
Yeah, that's all I got.
And I'm sure all this was already mentioned but I'm halfassed awake, so overlook me.
And now California Love is stuck in my head.
Bwah!
Have a great day BBers!
Mwah Mwah!
Hi wendy!
I had some of your coffee today - very yummy!!
hello smoke
hi FASC
you two have a great day!
Hi sdock enjoy your thursday!
don't worry if things get resaid, it's confuzzling enough that any suggestions or repetition may help :)
One more thing before I go! This is 100% cheesy but as Jack White would say...oh well, oh well, oh well.
For BlogBelieve:
Pocket Full of Sunshine
Actually, that song has been stuck in my head (along with Dierks Bentley now >_<) for awhile now.
GRRR! Damn you Natasha!
BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Smoke, thanks for that one!
I personally woke up with "Hotel Yorba" on my tongue, but I think that has more to do with my Jack White dream about both of us having a stuffy nose.
What? Don't ask me, I have no idea what it means.
Star and Jennicula, Miss you gals!
L., hope you are still on the road to recovery!
SS, yep, it's Walkie Talkie time! Get ready!
Gah! Do I have to get ready for work?
*goes off singing more California songs*
"Goin back to Cali, Cali, Cali.."
Forgot to say!
Have sweet dreams, Ergo! Catch you on your Friday!
Mayo,
What? Yeah, so I don't know. About what you ask? Ummm, like almost everything and anything. Maybe I know some stuff about certain things and I hope it's the really important things, the things that mean soomething. But sometimes I'm not sure if I know anything at all. All that other stuff, I know that I don't know dick about that. Yeah, so I don't know much, but hopefully I know a lot about what I do know.
Hopefully I have that shit down and memorized. Hopefully I can pass that on some day.
So, Mayo, what do you know?
Love to YOU Always,
S
p.s. Not entirely sure about that either.
Hi Ergo and Sdock!
Ergo: I can't seem to catch that sandman again. He is becoming more and more elusive. Much like the "green fairy"! Do you have another lullaby for me? *big smile*
I'm glad the Creole Coffee didn't kill you! Did you really like it? We do like our, ummm...beverages strong down here (across the big pond)in Louzianna! I'm not really a coffee drinker so I can't attest to its yumminess. My brother-in- law does love it!
Okay, I'm going search for the sandman again. (After watching this a few dozen more times, that is!)
In the midnite hour she cried more more MORE
:D
Ohhh....forget it! I have too much to do today and J was correct. Sleep is OVERRATED!
;P
Have a good day/night, everyone!
One more thing and I'm outtie...
More Unicorn please!!!
thanks sdock!
hey Mayo
oh I just finished installing and reviewing marks and trying to organise tutoring groups, didn't help that one kid was away and 2 just didn't bother turning up.
So after we tracked them down and informed them exactly when they'd be expected tomorrow, I should with any luck actually have a full set of data to look at tomorrow afternoon.
I actually think deciphering your riddle would be easier! 13 year olds, can't live with em......lol
But they seem nice enough kids, time will tell and I'm a less threatening proposition than a teacher, that brings a stigma
Doesn't that shit you, how when people find out something about you it automatically causes them to judge you and treat you according to some pigeon-holed ideal.
Well it's my job to weasel around that and find some relationship that's workable. Hope you don't encounter that problem too often. It just makes things that little bit more difficult, and it happens so often, to so many , in such varied situations. Job, age, colour, style..the list goes on.
I like to try and not make firm decisions about people until I give them a chance to show themselves, but with kids it's often below a whole lot of attitude and layers they've developed as defences, or for popularity. You can often see it,understand why and how it got there, but have to get past it.
Wish me luck!
Wishing you understanding, possibilities, travel and joy
much love EP xx
SS how are you? Still alive and kicking I hope? Not locked away in some kidnapping situation? not buried under a pile of stored nuts? not revered by some woodland creatures as a demi god? Well that last one wouldn't be bad would it!
Sending you wonder, awe and inspiration
lotsa love EP xx
goodnight blogbelieve see you in my morning
♥xx♥
look who was there
click
Try again.
Morning everyone!
Hi Mayo!
Good to see you were around yesterday.
So is your riddle two distinct parts, the first being how you see your blog and the moment you came to enjoy it, while the second is referring once again to your other places/identities that are out in the open? And those other places may be where some may treat you more lightly?
Okay, I'm grasping here I'll admit! And this answer isn't even close to abstract. >_<
I suck harder than a hoover when it comes to looking through your word games. =)
Hi SS!
Figured out who you're going to vote for yet?
Have to give the girl respect for taking the mickey out of herself. =)
wtf?
http://www.buzznet.com/www/search/photos/Gerard%20Way/
?p=0&id=55887291#pagesubnav
JU at Comic Con with GW
FASC,
We're not the U.S., but Dakota did really well here! It's a great song.
And you asked about birthdays - Siobhan is a Leo but I can't recall a date unfortunately. Miranth is 12 August?
There possibly may have been another Augustite. I think it may have been Detroit Anon.
*waves to DA*
Pixie, great to see you here again. =)
Elena, congrats on the completion of your story. Are you going to submit it to someone?
*hints encouragingly*
Amy, looking forward to hearing more about Warped. =)
This may have been useful at a certain point last year ;)
Have a great day everyone.
Goodnight.
Clicky for 8:20am =)
Ergo, Good luck. They don't know yet how lucky they are to have you.
Right.
*Gone*
8:20 not a pretty sight.
That man has lost his marbles.
And Lyndsey has lost her hair.
*really gone this time* ;)
Maybe he's not into feminine women.
What's cute?...Lindsey? Yes she is the epitome of cute to him.
Hi all, hi PP!
Hmm, I think I have still not solved Mayo's riddle and probably won't be able to. It might just be too abstract for me and I supposed I don't have enough (or the correct) context. I hope, Mayo, that you will give the answer? That's how it has to be done in riddles; they can't remain unanswered. I learned that from Stephen King's Gunslinger series.
Lindsey cut her hair, did she? A girl with a pretty face can pull off any hair style. The one time I cut my hair it looked like Olive Oyl had mated with a rat. Now I always keep it long so I can keep my face behind it.
I guess that Jimmy Urine is Gerard's new biffle, huh? That's a shame.
WTF! LynZ looks like she's wearing a garbage bag and Gerard is dressed like my grandfather.
You hate JU so much.... but you keep noticing him. If you notice him then he is doing his job!!
LynZ's dress is horrendous and what's up with the Eliza looking hairdo. Gerard must miss Eliza.
No, 11:07: Jimmy Urine's job is to sell me his product. If I were to ever buy his ridiculous product, then he will have done his job.
As far as noticing him goes, I'm not sure that being noticed for nothing more than an apparent lack of redeeming qualities is a good thing, but I guess it depends on if you think getting negative attention over no attention is a good thing. Many bullies and emotionally stunted people think so.
And as far as noticing his--LOL--"band" goes, the entire group is pretty inconsequential. They have done nothing new or groundbreaking. In two years' time they'll just be known as "that band that married into MCR." Oh, wait. That's what they're known for now.
good morning. :)
so i just sent out an inquiry to a chick in seattle looking for a roommate...her apartment is only acouple of blocks from my favorite asian grocery store, so if it works out, i could have wasabi peas and green tea ice cream anytime i want! :D
but it might not still be available...the ad was a couple of weeks old. if it's meant to be, it'll fall into place.
i need a place to in seattle before i can go though, so fingers crossed.
Jealous jealous jealous of LynZ!!
"i need a place to in seattle" ???
how did that "to" get in there?
wtf? fingers! do it right!!
NOT NOT NOT
who would be jealous? she doesn't even stand like a lady. in that pic she has her legs spread. she has no class.
Hi TJ!
i think she is standing like that so that she doesn't appear taller than GW.
speaking of GW, man are his eyes kooked! and he looks like he just won some PGA tournament with that god awful gold jacket.
stick to black and burn that thing.
Jealous of Lindsey? (Sorry, I refuse to type out scene names; they are silly.) To be admittedly untalented in my chosen field and then gain fame through marriage? No, that's nothing I'm jealous of.
Admittedly there are days when I wish I was pretty, or at least acceptable, sure. Perhaps there is some envy in that. (Please look up the difference between jealousy and envy before you throw those words around.) But, the envy doesn't last long when I remind myself of the things that beauty would gain me. Those things are not really things that I desire.
Would beauty make me a better writer, dancer, martial artist, friend, daughter, or a better person? No, in fact I suspect that, knowing me, beauty would make me worse at those things. I'm essentially the laziest cow, and I am totally the type who would skim by on beauty if given the chance. I would definitely be a poorer writer, because I wouldn't try to improve--I'd use beauty to gain what I wanted. Same for dancing. I probably wouldn't have even started martial arts in the first place; I would feel no need for improvement. (Indeed, I probably would have joined some band and done tricks instead of learning how to play music, and in marrying some popular dude, I would have feigned indignation when people associated me with him.)
Beauty might have gained me a husband, but the truth is, I don't want one. I don't wish to be anyone's wife. I wish to continue being the creature that I am. (Points for who gets the movie reference!)
I wasn't born for the rose and the pearl. I wasn't put on this planet to decorate it.
Mayo, SS,
Wishing you a goodnight and sweet dreams.
Take care of each other, my friends.
I don't know what I would do without my best friend, my sister-in-arms. Appreciate each other, and be there through the good and bad.
It really is all about the love, the kindness, the friendship and sacrifice that you make for someone because you love them dearly.
I hope you find that in each other still.
Love,
L.
When did either of them ever say they knew each other?
They didn't. Not here anyway.
Guess what! The spa out here is having a special and I am going for a sports massage today at three! I am So effing psyched. After getting tossed around like a rag doll last night, I'm all cricked and crooked and knotted.
the OP's are even more cryptic than Mayo.
Lyndsey looks (bad) good stripper shoes.
And please tell me that isn't an actual animal, dead or not, in her blue purse?
hey there kapunua! how's it going today?
my time is almost up -- but get this: last night while i was writing my good night to mayo, i heard coyotes.
my folks said there was a pack that lived around here, but there's been no sign of them since i've been here, until last night.
and it was spooky! you could tell it was quite a large pack, they were all yipping, there was no way you could imagine they were just dogs. they were running by in the field out beyond the front yard.
i wanted to go out and watch them, but when i got to the front door, and peeked out the glass before opeing the door, they all fell silent.
they saw me. o_o
and that's when i remembered i'm just a little pink defenseless hairless ape, and stepped back from the door.
they started yapping again as soon as i was no longer close to it.
*shiver down the spine*
it was quite deliciously spooky. :)
*in her stripper shoes.
Heh
Cenk and The Young Turks take on the "anthrax scientist" story. It's funny, you know? This is what I was thinking about that, too. "Oh, that's right! White folks can't be terrorists!" I love this man.
STRIP
Ohhhh, TJ! Coyotes! How wonderful! You should look up their significance: they were telling you something for sure!
S(S)S, I miss you.
And if you are around today, it is my mission to make you laugh through the use of technology.
That's right. YOUTUBE! ^_^
S(S)S, did you see The Dark Knight? Of course you did! Well, here is the funniest take on it I've seen. That one had me in tears of laughter.
Here is an old favorite of mine that always makes me LOL really hard: The ending of LOTR with voice overs. It's really short; give that one a chance if you want a good giggle.
A little risque and NOT work safe. Sexual Harassment in the workplace. This is a classic. NOT SAFE FOR WORK!
Monty Python's "tinny and woody words." Shoots, anything Monty Python.
I WONDER WHAT'S FOR DINNER?! I can't even explain why this is still goddamn funny after I've watched it easily a few hundred times.
Laughing, dude. Prevents cancer and heart disease. ^_^
you know, maybe they were, kapunua! it was very cool, in any case. :)
i should really get my butt out of this chair and hand it back to my mom. sharing a computer isn't much fun! *pout*
oh, but i have a question for any and all: i'm curious about the bands on the lineup for this festival i'm thinking about attending. some i've heard of, some i haven't, but i know nothing about how they are live. anybody have any opinions on these?
bad religion, presidents of the usa, atreyu, the faint, everlast, ting tings, the airborne toxic event
good/bad/style?
i should really go now, but! hey, kapunua, give me a subject for a drawing to do, would you? just for fun, instead of me drawing the dog. :)
Booker's Place.
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