Friday, September 12, 2008

Echolocation

It was written from another’s perspective. A recollection of a conversation turned first person. Expensive, anti-climactic words ringing in my ears with an unrelenting need to, once again, find voice. In reverse, they became a bit of guilt unfurled to reveal how my selfish needs superseded best interest. Recall that I held on too long, to that room, to that moment.

“Just say it, say it already”

“I don’t.”

As painful as it may have been to hear it rephrased in that manner, I never meant to be cruel. And now, when the melody of the moment presents itself, I am reminded to never again make that mistake. Although ironically, it was only after repeated cost that it became my lesson. I hope it has become yours, as well.


p.s. volumes like breadcrumbs lead back.

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resurrected wreck said...

I used to eat lemons like oranges.

Anonymous said...

ergoproxy said...
good morning
popping by to say hi whilst I pack etc
I am excited and nervous now

and anons, why do you feel teh need to try and run people off the blog? I don't understand

September 21, 2008 5:55 PM

I wish I knew the answer to that one too, Ergo, but they are succeeding. I wonder if they realize that it still won't give them what they want.

Have a fun and safe trip and take lots of pictures!

ergoproxy said...

hi smoke sdock RW

yes I am excited now

taking the cats to the cattery v soon, busy packing and sorting house out
you all well?

ergoproxy said...

oh hi anon, it's such a shame
but thanks for wishes and i have brand new sd card to fill so pics galore!

Anonymous said...

You're welcome, Ergo. You will be missed. I always wanted to see Ayers rock. You have to take lots of pictures of that.

resurrected wreck said...

Hi again, EP :)

Have fun!!

Anonymous said...

You all used to give each other questions to think about, but I haven't seen any in a long time. If you would like, I'll give you a discussion question.

If you found out that the world would end in 24 hours, what would you do?

resurrected wreck said...

Eat as many candy apples as I can in the time I have left.

Anonymous said...

Hi everyone

resurrected wreck said...

Hi, BC! :)

*squeeze*

Do you like candy apples?

sdock10 said...

In all honesty, I would probably refuse to believe that there would be nothing I could do to stop the world from ending, so I would use all my time trying to stop it.

Anonymous said...

Hey!

I'd like to answer the question.

But, I'll do it in uno momento, 'cause I have to think about it!


Be back in a few!

ergoproxy said...

Hi BC

we aren't going as far down as Ayers Rock though anon, it's right down in the Territory, but there are lots of other cool places I'll take pics of for you ansd all to see

HI BC

I am off to take the cats to their holiday house, I think that is worrying me most, I have never left them in a cattery before, I hope they are ok, I know they will be but ,you know,

I'll pop back in a while

Anonymous said...

If you found out that the world would end in 24 hours, what would you do?

Ooohhhh, good one. I really don't know though. Probably spend the entire 24 hours doing whatever my son wanted to do.

I think about stuff like that sometimes and it freaks me out.

Anonymous said...

What about you, Anon? What would you do?

Anonymous said...

Okay, I thought about it, and I've decided that's a really tough question.

Anonymous said...

Hi mustard, solly, ergo. Hi RW *big squeeze!*

Yep, I like candy apples. I just had one the other day as a matter of fact :)

Whaat would I do if the world ended in one day?

I would probably tell everyone I know how much I love them(although I don't show it) and live the the last day to the fullest and try to appreciate what I have. I think that's about it.

resurrected wreck said...

I think I'd probably just sleep in. Snuggle up in bed with a cat or two.

sdock10 said...

Hi BC!


If I accepted the fact that the world was going to end, then I'm sure I would spend my last day watching the clock thinking about all the things I never did, all the words I never said, how I never flew on a plane, how I never jumped out of a plane, how I never sang at a karaoke bar, how I never finished getting my degree....yeah, stuff like that.

resurrected wreck said...

What degree were you going for, Solly?

sdock10 said...

I started a criminal justice degree because I was 18 and I was going to make this huge difference in the world. Then, life just sorta happened and I never finished it.

Anonymous said...

I know I'd listen to a shitload of music. Like Sdock said, I'd probably question a lot of stuff, maybe regret some things because I'm human. Maybe try to make up for some lost time.

I dunno. That's really hard to answer when you actually think about it. If I were actually faced with knowing when the world would end, I'm not sure what I'd actually do.

sdock10 said...

Which leads to the question, would you want to know or not?

Anonymous said...

Nah, I wouldn't want to know.

resurrected wreck said...

You could always go back and finish it, Solly, if you ever wanted to.

resurrected wreck said...

Which leads to the question, would you want to know or not?

Nope.

sdock10 said...

Yeah, I'm not sure I would either, unless of course I'm the one who is supposed to save the world from it's destruction. In that case, I would need to know.

See...I've already spent like, what, 45 minutes thinking about this. That's how my day would go.

sdock10 said...

Lots of things still to finish, RW.

Mustard and I still have to name our band! We still have to write our song, then we have to perform it. I still have to meet more of you cool ass people. I still have to get out of my Mama's house.

So many things...

resurrected wreck said...

Oh yes, the band name!

Smoke said...

This dude on tv has 28 inch biceps. WTF?

sdock10 said...

Hey, at least none of us took it in a negative direction.

Knowing you had only 24 hours to live, you could also take out every mother fucker who had done you wrong.

Just sayin....

Smoke said...

That's true. :)

sdock10 said...

So when is David Satan Blaine supposed to hang his ass upside down for 60 hours?

sdock10 said...

Yeah, Smoke, but I guess if you went around taking out folks, then you are kind of like doing them a favor, right? And that wouldn't be the point....I dunno.

Unless you got them all in a room and tortured them for the whole 24 hours...there's a thought.

Smoke said...

I dunno. But is he really or is just an illlluuuusssiioooonnn?

resurrected wreck said...

O_O

sdock10 said...

The docs say he is risking blindness, so I guess it's real.

It's super duper voodoo magics.

Smoke said...

Kind of like a Jigsaw type of thing. Admit their wrong-doings before they die.

OMG, we are twisted.

resurrected wreck said...

Risking blindness by hanging upside down?

sdock10 said...

RW,

Why the googly face? You don't have anyone you'd like to tie up and pull their fingernails off one by one?

sdock10 said...

Exactly, Smoke.

Yeah, we're pretty fucked up, but at least I acknowledge that much.

Anonymous said...

RW, your response about sleeping when the world ends made me laugh. Would you seriously consider doing that? Lol.

resurrected wreck said...

Why the googly face? You don't have anyone you'd like to tie up and pull their fingernails off one by one?

Maybe one or two.

I just usually don't admit it out loud!

resurrected wreck said...

I'd prefer to be asleep when the world ends, I think, BC.

sdock10 said...

RW,

Docs say that too much pressure will build up in his eyes and stuffs. They won't say if it will be temporary or permanent.

Gah, seeing as how nobody has done this before, I'm not sure they know.

sdock10 said...

Goin to baff and ponder some more!

Catch you guys in a bit!

Anon616 said...

*whispers*

Hello everyone. I am never drinking (alcohol) when I go out - again. NOPE!

Okay, maybe I'll go back to having JUST ONE alcoholic beverage then drinking water the rest of the night. Yes, I think that will work.

Absolutely no more multi colored shots at The Famous Door! NOPE!

I had the mother of all headaches today. :(
But, I would go through it all again; if I could see NIGHTWISH again tonight!!!!!!!

Thank you Ergo!!! It was fun (except for feeling the way I felt today). I finally found The Foundation Room at The House of Blues. It's like this top secret bar on the third floor (who knew the HOB had a third floor) and you need a special swipe card (almost like security clearance *wink) to open the gates and get the elevator to work. COOL!

You have a great vacation adventure! Be careful, stay safe and have fun!!!! I can't wait to hear all the details when you get back.

I hope the rest of you enjoyed your Sunday!

Hugs and Love,
~Namaste~
6/Wendy

resurrected wreck said...

I'm gonna baff too, Solly!

See you there!

resurrected wreck said...

Hi & bye, Anon 616! :D

Drink lots of water for your hangover!

Anonymous said...

I hope you feel better sugarplum :(

resurrected wreck said...

I got so hungover on hurricane cocktails in New Orleans in 1998 that I nearly missed the Anne Rice fan club party the next night, which is the reason why I went to New Orleans in the first place.

Those cocktains are brutal!

Anonymous said...

Game on, Bitches!

resurrected wreck said...

What game?

Is there a game?

Anonymous said...

Paris Hilton is a dumb skank

ergoproxy said...

Hi I am back furry babies are in their holiday chalet (lol) they have a lot of kitty pals to meet, it's just about a full house!

if I knew world was ending, I don't know eat whatever I like and spend time with my family,
But I think I'd prefer not to know

ergoproxy said...

thanks wendy!!!!

*smooooooooooooooches for a week*

resurrected wreck said...

I wish you and your fur babies much fun on your respective adventures, EP :)

sdock10 said...

Ergo!

Have a great trip and stay safe!!

resurrected wreck said...

*sniffs*

You smell squeaky clean, Solly.

ergoproxy said...

thank you guys!

I have 4 hrs before we go to the airport, it's a night flight, we get there after midnight
but it is nice not having to rush about early

resurrected wreck said...

How long is the flight?

Anonymous said...

Hi Ergo. I hope you have a safe and wonderful trip :)

Anonymous said...

Mayo where the fuck you be at?

ergoproxy said...

1 1/4 hrs first leg to Brisbane then a 3 hr wait then just over 3 hrs second flight
it would be heaps quicker if they flew direct but they don't, not enough demand

Anon616 said...

Hi BC/Sweetcheeks, RW, Ergo, Sdock, Paris....everyone (again)!

I was trying to catch up a bit and saw that I missed Miranth's phone.

Miranth: Sorry! I'll try to call you tomorrow! I hope you and your niece are doing better!!! It's great to see you around here. I've missed you!

BC: I was feeling a bit better. Things have started spinning again. I think I need to lie down! Did you find your tiara? I hope you liked it!!!!
I'll send you an e-mail after my lie down.

RW: Yes, the cocktails are brutal. I should know to stay away from those Bourbon Street cocktails. Always remember, stay away from the shots down here! They are DEADLY! I think they put some extra HOODOO in those. ;) Ohhh....and Handgranades! Whatever you do, DO NOT DRINK THE HANDGRANADES!!!!!!

J and L: Sorry I missed your call too! I shall call you ladies tomorrow, as well! I hope you're both okay!!!!

Ergo: *smooooooooooooooooooooooches*
^One week's worth for you too!!^
I'm glad your fur babies are all settled in their vacation home! I shall miss you very much!
HAVE FUN, honeybunch!!!!!!

Okay.....going lie down.......

Have a fun night, everyone!

Hugs and Love (again),
~Namaste~
6/Wendy

PS: Nightwish opened with "7 Days To The Wolves"!!! And, they have become the first band to drive me to tears at a live show. "While Your Lips Are Still Red" was the song responsible. It's such an amazingly beautiful and touching song. Even moreso, live! Yes, I could not stop the tears!
*feels a little embarrassed about them too*

PPS: Still nothing new from Mayo? I hope he is okay. SS too!

resurrected wreck said...

Three hours is a long time to wait at an airport for such a short flight!

Will anything be open then, do you think?

resurrected wreck said...

I've never tried a handgrenade, Wendy, I think perhaps I'll skip it!

resurrected wreck said...

Well, time for me to turn in.

Have a lovely evening, all :)

ergoproxy said...

it is RW but my parents are coming out to have dinner with us, they have KFC and McD etc in the airport
so we will have some company and get to catch up.

resurrected wreck said...

That's cool then, EP :)

Have a great flight!

ergoproxy said...

goodnight RW sweet dreams
take care
:)

Anonymous said...

Sorry. I went to go get some honey nut cheerios. Yum.

Goodnight RW, sweet dreams. Sugarplum, I absolutely love the tiara. Thank you!! And take it easy with that hangover! I'll look forward to that email and I'm glad you had a great time at the show.

Anonymous said...

Safe fight and great trip, Ergo! Pink bubble! I'm flying tomorrow, too. ^_^ Pink bubble for us all.

Gotta go pack.

sdock10 said...

Jules,

I totally just said pink bubble to Mustard at the same time as you said pink bubble!

OMG! How freaky!

PINK BUBBLES FOR ALL!

ergoproxy said...

thanks K and sdock
K you have a safe trip too

Anonymous said...

Be safe, Ergo! And have fun!

You and the fam be safe as well, Jules!

Safe trips to you both!



Goodnight, guys! Night, Mayo and SS! I hope you all have a terrific, beautifuk Monday, Monday!

sdock10 said...

Mayo,

How are you tonight? I hope you are doing fabulously.

Me? I'm good. Better than I was earlier. There was some uneasy feeling in my gut and I really had no clue what that shit was all about. I still don't.

Today was a day that got me to thinking. Dunno if it was the change of temperature or the changing of the season, but it made me totally aware that it really has been a whole year since we've been blogging this long and winding road together. So much has changed for so many of us, myself included. But I am also reminded of so many things that I haven't changed, things that I need to keep working on. If not, I risk still being in the same place mentally even if I'm not in the same place physically this time next year.

So, there's that.

Yeah, so that was my Sunday. I did all that thinking in between blogging, Wal Mart, candy apples and french fries.

Have a nice night, Mayo. Sweet dreams and candy apples for all!

Love to YOU Always,
S

p.s. Mostly for the better.

ergoproxy said...

thanks mustard take care and sweet dreams

Anonymous said...

Goodnight mustard sweet dreams

toujours said...

hello.

how is everyone?

Anonymous said...

Goodnight solly

Anonymous said...

Hi there TJ. What's are you up to tonight?

ergoproxy said...

HI TJ how are you?

toujours said...

just hanging out, bc. what about you?

toujours said...

hi ergo! i was hoping to catch you before you had to get ready to go. :)

Anonymous said...

Nothing much TJ, just watching the news.

Be back in a bit.

toujours said...

ok bc. :)

Anonymous said...

Wait, wait! Why are we pink bubbling Splash? What'd I miss between being on crack(berry) and packing all my loot?

Thank you, Ergo!

And Solly, I agree. For the better, for certain. :D

Anonymous said...

I forgot to answer the anon's question about the world ending in 24 hours.

Like Solly, I think i would try to find a way to stop it. I guess it depends on how it was going to end. Disease? Meteor? Are people suffering presently? Is there anything I can do to help in the meantime?

So many variables!

Anonymous said...

hello
♥♥

Anonymous said...

♥hi♥
:)

toujours said...

hey kapunua, i decided that was a question i'm not going to answer. gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about it.

Anonymous said...

:)

ergoproxy said...

Tj I just had lunch and my shower, getting dressed soon then last bit of stuff into my bag (cosmetics etc) we leave for the airport in about 2 hrs

Anonymous said...

It's funny, TJ. I don't mind thinking about it because it takes my mind of the stupid phase I'm in now. I go through it every few months and I call it my All That You Love Will Be Carried Away phase. That's where I like awake every night thinking about "What if so and so dies?" I start with the oldest member of my family (my Gran,) to my parents, and work my way down till I get to my dearest of dears, my young cousins. I just lie there in horror thinking of how there would be no world worth living in if something happened to those kids until I finally go, "Why am I doing this to myself?" Then I try to go to sleep.

So, thinking about the entire world ending is not quite so bad as the All That You Love Will Be Carried Away phase. It's actually quite an upgrade. ;)

toujours said...

oooh, ergo, i bet you're starting to get excited, huh? :D

toujours said...

ok well, in that case i have to agree with you kapunua. yikes! it reminds of this thing i would think every once in awhile. i'd be laying in bed, spooned with my husband, and all of a sudden i would imagine us as skeletons, like we had died in our sleep and no one found us...

how i went to sleep after that i have no idea.

Anonymous said...


:)

Anonymous said...

Ooooh, now that is creepy! But also kind of romantic in an Addams Family kind of way.

I never lie there worrying about my own death, which is selfish, because that would be easier for me. And the man that I used to lie awake worrying about dying, well, he's long dead.

I think I must be mental because I can't help myself from worrying over things I can't control.

ergoproxy said...

gosh K how depressing, I only worry like that if someone is late home or something, hope the phase passes soon


I am Tj it's going to be so much fun up there, we have heaps planned and our friend is a great guy, lots of fun

I don't know if it was on your news but they just found a heap of new rock art up there, which they believe will show contact with other cultures a lot earlier than they thought
It's not in a place you can get to though, there are also really odd paintings called Bradshaws (after the guy who found them) the aboriginal people call them "rubbish paintings" so no one knows who actually did them, they are ancient and a bit of a mystery

Anonymous said...

It is depresing, Ergo; I need to learn to get a grip on that, but I've been like that in phases since I was a kid.

Your trip sounds fascinating!

toujours said...

it was actually more like national geographic, which is weird. like we were found by archaeologists.

*shakes head*

my ex is the champion worrier about things he can't control. it's ridiculous. half my time was spent calming him down. then he finally learned to look ahead in his mind to the evening, and if he could see himself getting ready for bed, then he knew he didn't have to worry about anything. (needless to say, i never told him about the skeleton thing! lol)

Anonymous said...

*♥
*♥
:*

:)

Anonymous said...

And because I am so mental, I imagine these things in the most excrutiating detail you can fathom. I go through all the motions and I seem to test out the emotions and reactions on a smaller scale. I'm so ridiculous.

toujours said...

i love ancient mysteries, ergo! are you going to be able to see them?

Original Punk J said...

Hey all, in a little early tonight; wanted to wish you a safe but exciting trip, Ergo!

Anonymous said...

TJ, if you ever get the chance, watch an X Files episode called "Field Trip." There is a scene in it exactly as you described.

Anonymous said...

♥giggles♥
(the asterisk tickles)
:)

toujours said...

but kapunua, do i want to see that?! D:

hi j.! how are you?

Anonymous said...

But let's move on to more cheerful and less vulnerable subjects now; I am feeling a bit exposed. O_o

So if the world were going to end in 24 hours I think that I would try to find a way to stop it. Or sice I don't have much power in this world, I would do what I could to aid people who were trying to stop it, or I would try to help anyone who was being affected by it.

This all depends on how the world is ending, of course.

Anonymous said...

TJ, it's actually a really neato episode. But as soon as you described that image, that's the scene I saw. Oh man, it's exactly the same!

now I am excited about being home agan tomorrow, curled up on my sofa watching X Files before bed. :)

Anonymous said...

A pint of Hagen Dass here is ten dollars plus tax. O_O

Original Punk J said...

Ok, TJ, and yourself? Had a quiet Sunday here, read some, had a nap, ate some dinner. Nothing strenuous.

toujours said...

kapunua. the world ending is not a "less vulnerable" subject for me. lol

tell me what you bought in that shop besides the fan. :D

toujours said...

i had almost the same day, j., except there was a lot of internet, too.

oh, and i walked around the yard barefoot taking pictures of the new autumn colors.

Anonymous said...

Hi there J

ergoproxy said...

hello J thanks we have about 1 1/2 hrs now

we can't TJ , the new rock art,apart from them not telling exactly where it's in Arnhem land which is an aboriginal territory, you need permits to go in
and the Bradshaws are a bit too far west for us to get to and very remote
Thats the thing about Oz nothing is very near anything and there is nothing in between!

Original Punk J said...

Hey BC, good to see you!

TJ, we haven't had a lot of color-changing yet. It's been pretty dry here so the leaves may not change much until October. And then we'll have...The Tourist Season.

Right now, we have...The Vol Season. :P

Original Punk J said...

Ergo, I know you'll do all these things:

1--have fun
2--be careful
3--take lots of pics
4--relax
5--not think about work

So it's good all the way around! Are you planning to be gone the entire two weeks?

Anonymous said...

Oops, sorry TJ, I didn't mean to imply that you had to answer the questin; only that I was going to.

I can't even tell you the other stuff I bought at that damn shop. "Way too much" should begin to cover it. But I am now also the proud owner of a little canvas purse with a crane and Japanese waves painted on it (it was thirty bucks; that's the most I've ever spent on a handbag so I was like O_O ) and it is tricked out with cute carrying cases for my camera nd crackberry. Then I bought some stuff for my god(dess)daughter Jo-chan, stuff like little happy neko phone straps, bunny pencil cases and blinged out waving neko stickers.

toujours said...

hello again bc. :)

that's too bad, ergo, but maybe eventually they'll make them accessible. it's funny, we used to say something similar about eastern montana: "miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles."


(and that looks weird to me because one of my best friends from high school is named miles. i'm getting a mental image of miles' clones...)


the vol season?? that doesn't sound...good?

toujours said...

stuff like little happy neko phone straps, bunny pencil cases and blinged out waving neko stickers.

uuuu-wah! *faints in a kawaii overdose*

the handbag sounds lovely.

Anonymous said...

*♥
*♥
*♥
*
*

;*

ergoproxy said...

heehee my nephew is named Miles (for Miles Davis)

J we will be back next tuesday (so mon night for you guys)

K sounds lovely

Anonymous said...

Hiya TJ :)

Anonymous said...

TJ, you would flip your crfap in this store. they have housewares: Japanese style plates, teapots with bamboo and cherry blossoms designs on them, sushi sets, hundreds of fancy little kawaii sake cups. They have those hanging split curtains that go instead of doors. They have kimonos and obis and turn of the century Japanese hair combs. AN entire section of anime and video game toys. A section of books on Japanese history, culture, language, art, folklore and manga. A case of samurai swords. Japanese health products like badly translated soap, shampoo and bath salts. School bags, backpacks, t shirts. Zeta and gori shoes, old style and modern, along with split-toe socks to go with them with all kinds of designs on them: sakura, bamboo, Hello Kitty (a whole section of Hello Kitty pajamas, in fact,) pinwheels, bunnies, and kanji that I have no idea what the hell it says, but it hardly matters.

This is why I spend hours in there.

Original Punk J said...

Cool beans, Ergo, so about a week then.

TJ, "vol" in this case stands for "Volunteers", the name of the UT everything team. Football, basketball, women's basketball, whatever the fuck else they play at the university for millions of diehard, drooling fans. The big phrase around here come Aug/Sept is "IT'S FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE!" I hate it. Along with the color orange. (School colors, orange and white.)

Anonymous said...

Ergo, it so is. And I am so into the entire Japanese culture that I just stand there and soak it all up for a while, even though I know it's totally watered down and marketed. :/

toujours said...

kapunua, you just described what i would spend all my money on (if i had any money). wow! i wanna go there.

eeewwww, j. football. i'm so very sorry.

miles is a good name, though, isn't it ergo! :)

Anonymous said...

Yup. That is why I return home with eleven dollars for this week's groceries. O_O

Anonymous said...

♥giggles more♥
(likes it)
:)

Anonymous said...

chicken wang
chicken wang
hot dogs and bologna
chicken and macaroni
chillin' with my homies
chicken wang
chicken wang

Anonymous said...

Yare yare...

Well, then I am going to bed. See you guys in the morning!

Hey Mayo, you gonna post soon or what? Jesus. Anyway, happy equinox to you! I miss you.

S(S)S, happy equinox to you, too! I hope you realize all the time how much you mean to us and how much we like you. It's gotta be a million times that with your family and friends. :) They are lucky to have you in their lives and I'm sure you feel equally lucky to have them. ^_^ Enjoy the autumn weather!

Good night, all!

Anonymous said...

Hello there anons

Original Punk J said...

Boy, we're a fun bunch tonight, hunh?

toujours said...

i vanished! i'm sorry! i was uploading my pics to photobucket, which takes a galactic age on dial-up. :/

do you guys remember me talking about catching a toad one night a few weeks ago?

here he is!

and this is his grumpy face.

*hee!* i put him back outside right after that. poor thing. :)

and here's two of the pics i took today:

from the backyard.

and the woodpile.

i can't believe i've been here this long, but i'm glad i get to see the leaves change. :)

toujours said...

oh fooey, everyone left. :/

Original Punk J said...

No, I'm still here. Your toad's grumpy face kinda looks like his regular face...hmm. I'm sensing a pattern. The outside pics are pretty. You guys have more flatland than I remember from KY.

ergoproxy said...

ok I am actually off now
you all be good and take care and I'll see you all in a week!

hey...what's all this pink? :D
thanks guys!!!!!

mwah mwah mwah
♥♥♥


I'll probably update via elena and email
luv ya's!!

Anonymous said...

TJ, was that the frog you talked about a few nights ago?

And to think we didn't believe you. I'm sorry :(

ergoproxy said...

oh and lovely pics TJ! he's acute toad, and such pretty trees

really off now.
xx

Anonymous said...

Take care Ergo! Have a safe and fun trip and bring back some pictures :)

Have fun!

♥ ♥

toujours said...

bye ergo!!! have loads of fun!
:D

*throws more pink bubbles at you*

Original Punk J said...

GOODBYE ERGO!!!

*waves from living room as Ergo wrestles large pile of suitcases out front door*

*wonders where the guys are so they could help her with her luggage*

*decides to go look for them*

*will start in the music room*

Back in a little while, gone to look for the guys.

toujours said...

yep, that's the little dud i caught, bc. :)

j. he was pretty much a grumpy toad. lol
it's actually pretty rolling here, but these are just pics of their backyard, looking over to the neighbors. if you stand under the oak tree in their backyard, your sightline is actually over the house, you just don't realize there's a rise.

Original Punk J said...

And Amyranth too, she's MIA for a few days. Maybe she got lost in the Castle trying to find SS.

AMY! Where ARE you?

Anonymous said...

Yeah, where is amy? She's been gone for days.

TJ, welp, it's a kinda adorable toad :)

toujours said...

i thought amyranth was taking a little time off because she's been so tired what with getting up for work so early...

she might be catching up on her sleep as we speak.

toujours said...

yeah, he was, wasn't he? i felt bad for traumatizing him. he probably went back to his hole under the house and told some wild story about being abducted.

Original Punk J said...

*sticks head in living room on way to second floor*

Amy's sleeping? Oh good, that makes me feel better. She probably talked about that one day when I wasn't here.

Phew! One less to worry about!

*climbs stairs to investigate second floor*

toujours said...

i just had a spider in my hair.

it was just an itty bitty baby spider,not even the size of the head of a pin, and all of a sudden there it was, dangling in front of my face from its thread.

i was all: hello! how did you get here!

it's crawling around happily on the other side of the desk now. but i mean...i knew my hair was a bit disorderly with the curls and all, but c'mon!

Original Punk J said...

*staggers into living room, wheezing from stairs*

Well, I don't know where they are, but they sure as Hell aren't here. And now I need new lungs.

You hear that, Mayo? SS? I need new lungs after searching the house--granted, at a fairly high speed--for you two. The least you can do is pay for a lung transplant.

TJ, first toads, now spiders? Woman, you're a veritable cauldron in and of yourself! Next you'll find a bird's nest in those curls!

Anonymous said...

Lol poor TJ ^_^

J, may I ask, what are you investigating?

elena said...

Mayo

Oh holy hell do I have a headache. Shit, I just remembered an old commercial “I have a headache this big…” Can’t remember the rest of it cause I can’t think. It hurts to think. Stupid thing started earlier this afternoon. I don’t get headaches often so maybe this one is making up for all the ones I haven’t gotten. Yeah, about 100 headaches all rolled into one. Lucky me. Mayo would you rub my temples?

Okay I’m gonna make this quick. Tomorrow go out and see the world around you. While you take in the beauty of the changing season I want you to collect five leaves. The five leaves that attract you the most. Hold them in your hand and study their beauty. Ask yourself what it is about each leaf that draws you to it. Is it the shape, the color, the texture? Yep, that’s it. Leaf collecting. Well, there is really more to it than that. You’ll figure it out.

Night Mayo

Elena (oh make sure you press the leaves in a book you’ll need them again)

Oh and one more thing - Where the hell are you? Yeah, that's the headache talking.

toujours said...

well, what can i say, j.? i rarely need to dress up for halloween. ;)

bc, you're sweet. *hugs*

toujours said...

hello and good night, elena. that sucks about your headache, i hope it goes away fast.

Original Punk J said...

Hello and goodnight, Elena, hope you feel better tomorrow. We'll call you then. And here's a novel thought: TAKE AN IBUPROFEN FOR YOUR HEADACHE.

BC, I was looking for any of the various BlogMen that "live" here. You know, Mayo? SS? I was going to see if they knew Ergo was carting all her luggage out herself. I guess it's a moot point now, though. Yeah, guys, we'll see who buys your Diet Coke and chocolate cake next time we make a grocery run. MMM-hmm.

TJ, true, you DO have a built-in Halloween costume...not quite sure what it is, but you've got one!

toujours said...

heh, you know i actually have two: if i don't want to parade around as glenda, i can just put on my camping clothes and be a medieval princess.

actually, that's what i did last year at work, and it was fun seeing the little kids stare at me. (but riding the bus in medieval garb was the best part. *wicked grin*)

Anonymous said...

*hugs TJ back* :)

Goodnight elena, get well.

Anonymous said...

Haha, well I guess SS and Mayo won't get any treats then ^_^

Original Punk J said...

*opens mouth to say something*

*decides to keep it to herself*

*shuts mouth quickly*

Uh...yeah, BC, that's right.

O_o

Think it's time for bed, girls. Goodnight BC and TJ, and Elena again. Have a good Monday, and I'll maybe see you tomorrow.

love, faith, hope, toads, lungs

Anonymous said...

Hahaha. Goodnight J, sweet dreams.

Original Punk J said...

Mayo,

Look, just for you, a whole entire comment! All your own!

Ok, you can quit rolling your eyes now. I can see you. Be polite, at least.

I didn't really have anything special to say, except to remind you of that lung transplant. It's either that or leave us notes telling us approximately when you'll be back. So we don't have to go combing the Castle for you. You know.

Enjoy your leaf-gathering task tomorrow. Elena's got some great ideas, doesn't she? No wonder she's a great mom, she has a wonderful imagination. Hey, Flighty turned out really well, the others must have, too. :)

Anyway, have a terrific Monday, if such a thing is possible. Mondays are good days to make amends, to share thoughts, to start new projects. Go for it, man.

Goodnight, Mayo. Make it a good Monday.

toujours said...

good night j. sweet dreams (but not about toads). :)

Anonymous said...

I'm off to bed. Goodnight TJ, sweet autumnal dreams to you *hugs*

Fall starts tomorrow, woo. And some of the trees here are already changing color. So cool.

Sugarplum: I love love love the tiara!! Thank you *blows kisses and hugs* Take it easy with that hangover. Get better. Have a wonderful monday(if possible)

Sweet dreams!

Original Punk J said...

Dear SS:

A million miles around the moon
Did I walk this endless night
Stars, blazing a miniature trail,
Glowed soft with soothing light

I left my dear, familiar place
My heart, it leads me on
To search the autumnlands each night
I know you are not gone

Come follow me both far and near
We should be leaving soon
For life's adventures will begin
Under the harvest moon


Goodnight, precious. I love you.

My heart to yours, always.

Anon616 said...

Hello Mayo, SS, TJ, BC/Sweetcheeks, J, Ergo, Elena, various anons, watchers and lurkers!

BC: I have uploaded my NIGHTWISH pictures and video.
*big smile*
You (and anyone else ~ such as Possum) can check them out at
My NOLA blog

Psst.....e-mail has been delayed due to still feeling cruddy and wanting only to crawl into bed.
I hope you had a great weekend, sweetcheeks!!!!

J: I just missed you. *pouts* I will try to catch up with you tomorrow (actually, that would be today). Love to you and please give L and Sparkle my love!!!

Elena: I wish I could help you with that headache; but, I'm having a heck of time getting rid of mine today/tonight. I hope you feel better soon!

TJ: Sleep well and have a happy, productive day!

*waves bye-bye, with a black lace hanky, to Ergo*

Goodnight, everyone! Sweet dreams to one and all!!!

Hugs and Love,
~Namaste~
6/Wendy

toujours said...

hey wendy, i'm not in bed yet! :)

but good nights to you, and to bc. sweet dreams you guys. *hugs*

toujours said...

mayo,

maybe i'm just very easy to cheer up, or maybe it's that tomorrow the wheel turns and i get a fresh start, but i feel better than i have recently. i feel like maybe i'm looking up at the world again.

i don't know how i'm going to get to where i need to be, and i'm still not convinced i have what it takes to just live the life i truly want. i can still feel the chains i've bound myself with.

but tomorrow i'm going to do something, and the wheel will turn within me, as well. it's been six months since i left my old life behind, since i locked up all my belongings in a storage space. six months since i've had a place of my own. it's been couches and guest rooms ever since then.

it's weird maybe, but realizing that makes me feel a bit better about being here so long. it's like having it rounded off to a half-a-year makes it more significant. and i remember that while life can change in a heartbeat, magic often takes a while. real magic is subtle, like the leaves on the trees changing so slowly you don't notice it until the thing is apparently miraculously done.

i know i have very little inner defenses against despair, but it's moments like this that keep me going forward. i fall into dark moods easily, but i'm just as easy to cheer up. i'm like the daffodils on the other side of the year, all you have to do is chuck me under the chin and i'm grinning.

(yes, i did just refer to myself as a silly spring flower.)


it's half-and-half tomorrow, a good reminder that we are all made up of dark and light.

good night, mayo. sweet dreams, my friend.

Anonymous said...

Where are you?

Anonymous said...

Not my time of night...I should be sleeping!

Just thinking about all of you.

Trying to fall asleep...
A lot on my mind...
Hoping all of you are doing okay.

Sending my love.

Sweet dreams to all of you.

Mayo, I'm missing you. Crossing my fingers and toes (oh yes, I can cross my toes!) that you are okay. Wishing you all the best. Always.


Anonymous said...

I agree. "after repeated cost that it became my lesson."

It was worth it. Not cool at the time...but somehow someway...
It led me to it. I hope your fate has been the same.

Love to you my friend.

Sorry I haven't been around. You and all my friends here have been so close to my heart. Always will be.

Anonymous said...

One last thing before I go. VHI is showing a video I never thought existed....
I had to look it up.


Wow!

The Cure - Pictures of You

farawaysoclose said...

anima lovely to just see you there before my eyes! thinking of you, take care! thanks for the cure link.




hello mayo!

it's been a little while, wanted to pop in and read your new pretty words. thought there would be some by now, but alas no!!

hope you are doing OK?
take care of yourself mayo!


SS! if you have been around then i am sorry that i missed you!
if you haven't been around then i miss you!!

take care and be good and have fun with whatever you are doing!


BLOGBELIEVE!!!

hello everyone. sorry i haven't been around. i am meant to be achieving academic stuff! but it's scary! really scary and at the same time really fucking dull!! scary and dull - yep it's possible!!

i am mad at myself for not re registering with my profession sooner! 4 months earlier and i would not have to do all this academic shit!! i hate it! it's depressing!

so aside from that i've just been bizzy with my family!

hope all of you are doing good?!

elena you crack me up with your mayo challenges

wendy glad you enjoyed the gig! hope the hangover goes soon!!

glad to see that the sisters, fim and K all had fun meeting up and arrived home safe and sound!

i haven't caught up guys, i do apologise!

anyway everyone, take care and hope monday flies by super speedy!

love to you all!

Smoke said...

PINK BUBBLES FOR ERGO AND KAPUNUA!

Have a great day all!

XOXO

Anonymous said...

Mayonaise?

Anonymous said...

If the world was ending in 24 hours I think I would like to spend the time with family and friends, recalling good times and being grateful we had each other.

I really think I would also have a sense of anticipation as I feel there would be a chance of seeing my parents and all those others I love who have already died.

Here's hopin'...............

resurrected wreck said...

Happy fall, everyone! :)

sdock10 said...

Mayo,

Hope you are well!

Have a great Monday!

Who the hell knows what this week has in store for us?


Love to YOU Always,
S

p.s. Inspiration, desperation, perspiration, devastation, contemplation, revelation??

sdock10 said...

BlogBelieve,

Make it a beautifuk Monday!

Pink Bubbles for ALL!!



Jules,

Can't wait to holla' at you tonight!

Fimmy,

Miss you. Hope you are feeling better!

Anima,

Great to read you 'round here again! I stopped by your place last night.


*waves to Mummy K*

Anon616 said...

Good morning/afternoon/evening SS, Mayo, Sdock, RW, FASC, Miranth, Possum, Anima, the still greatly missed Kass; various anons, watchers and lurkers; depressed Saints fans and happy Bronco fans in the land o'blogbelieve!

How are you all this a.m./p.m.? Feeling much, much better than yesterday, I hope! I am! Thankfully.

I have learned my lesson (again). About once a year or so I seem to need a reminder of why I don't drink (much alcohol) when I go out. Oh boy, what a reminder did I give myself this time!

Okay, please remind me of my reminder/lesson learned on the day of the Opeth show (in a few weeks).

FASC and Anima: It's great to 'see' you both again! Good luck to you with the academic stuff, FASC!! I miss running into you, Possum and Kass every morning.

BC: OH! That's the video you were talking about. Well, the one you are looking for is JP of Charon!
Here's their bio on the MFF website, sweetcheeks:

Charon at MFF

You watch videos and interviews there too!
*big smile*

For the question anon: "What would I do if I knew the world would end in 24 hours?" I would spend all of those precious minutes with the people (and other living things) I love. I would e-mail or call those loved ones not with me in person. I would make sure that nothing was left unsaid. I would try my best to let the people I care about and love know just how much they mean to me.

But, why wait until you think the world will end? Why not do those things today? Why not do those things everyday?

On a (or another) personal note:
With all the excitement, over the weekend, I forgot to mention what happened with my niece at her ring ceremony, Saturday morning. She passed out - cold! She was out for over 5 minutes and when she finally came to, she couldn't see, walk or hear. It was horrible. She was as white as Casper and she was cold and clammy. Luckily, a doctor was in church. He told everyone to start looking for mints or anything with sugar to give to my niece. He then carried her to the last pew of church and ran to his car to get a coke for her. Luckily, again, he carries an icechest with soda in it wherever he goes! She was able to walk up and receive her ring - with some help.

She was doing better yesterday; but, was still quite pale. Needless to say, she is going see her doctor this week! My poor niece. I'm worried about her.
:(

*Apologies for the novella this morning*

For pondering consideration today:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Time is a created thing. To say "I don't have time" is to say "I don't want to."
LAO TZU

and:

"We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths;
In feelings, not in figures on a dial."
Philip James Bailey

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Have a great day, everyone. Take the time to do what needs to be done, to say what should be said!

Hugs and Love,
~Namaste~
6/Wendy

*Apologies for the novella this morning*

Anon616 said...

Ooops!

*apologies for apologizing twice up there*

*blushes and blows kisses*

Anonymous said...

Yay for getting really sick on the last day! Sucks to be sick on a plane but at least I didn't lose any days. I caught it from my cousin who had it yesterday. It's not bad, just a cold. I hate when my throat hurts though. >_< I like to eat.

You know what? I love flying. I know most people hate it, and it's a hassle and all, but really think about it. Flying has been the dream of humankind since humankind could dream. And now I can eat breakfast in Florida, lunch thousands of feet in the air, and dinner in NY. And that's just too cool.

Happy Autumn everyone!

Mayo and S(S)S, I miss you guys. Hope to read you soon. ^_^

Thanks for all the pink bubbles, guys. Chat you later!

Anonymous said...

☺ Good morning to you.☺

Anonymous said...

:)
good morning
♥♥

Anonymous said...

Ah, true love!

Have fun.

Anonymous said...

I am not a love anon. Sorry. ☺

Anonymous said...

☺ x 2 = ☺ ☺

Anonymous said...

Sorry, my mistake.

I'm not one either. Have a good day.

Anonymous said...

It's okay. ☺

Anonymous said...

mine is yours

:)

toujours said...

hey everybody.

i'm heading offline for the day, but wanted to swing by and let you all know that ergo and her crew arrived safe and sound! she sent me a text about a half-hour ago, saying they were waiting for their bags, asked me to tell the blog, and then said: "need sleep"

:)


see you all tonight, have a happy autumn equinox everyone!

bye, blogbelieve.

bye, mayo, happy leaf hunting!

Jennicula said...

Mayonaise - how goes it in your world? I hope you and your loved ones are well. This weekend brought me glorious weather and I got to dig in the dirt and get messy. An action I am oddly attracted to. Maybe it’s because I start out with a big mess and then when I’m done I see beauty. Maybe it’s because the warmth of the sun loosens my tight shoulders and the earthy smell clears my head. I moved flowers, bulbs, and bushes from here to there - hoping in vain that maybe next year I won’t kill off the remaining vegetation in my yard. My black thumb of death strikes again.

Last week was a weird one for me. Unexpected highs and lows conflicted with the planned neutral. All of which left me licking my wounds and retreating. Ah, such is life I guess. This Monday finds me sporting newly healed wounds (both physical and metaphorical), but I feel stronger. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger? Yeah, I guess so. I think this week I’ll be ready for what is thrown at me. I can only hope it’s not shit. :)

Anonymous said...

Hi Errbody! *waves*

Hi James! *waves*

Anonymous said...

OK Mayo, what's your deal, huh?


*waves to Mummy K*

Anonymous said...

Mayo where you be at bitch

Anonymous said...

Damn, it's dead.

*waves to Lucy and Jen and all of the Anons and Mayo and SS*

Anonymous said...

Mayo is a nerd.

Anonymous said...

Oooo, he's a'gonna beat you atop the head wif his book of pomes!

;)

Anonymous said...

Mayo is a major geek.

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