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I'LL DANCE SHOUT TO ANYTHING BY THE SMITHS THEPINKSUPERHERO OR SPECKLET OR ANYOTHER METACHAT USER WHO COMES OVER HERE WITH THEIR BIG SMALL HAIRDOS INTENT ON TAKING OUR MONEY INSTEAD OF GIVING YOUR CASH WHERE IT BELONGS TO A....
OH I FORGOT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOUTING. I'M HUNGRY AND I WANT TO SMOKE AND I AM GETTING THAT END OF THE DAY TALKING MYSELF OUT OF THE GYM THING I AM FAMOUS FOR AND ZAFTIG FOR TOO.
I SWEAR I AM GOING TO STRANGLE AT LEAST TWO OF MY CO-WORKERS IF THEY DON'T STOP BUGGING ME AND ASKING ME STUPID QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ANSWERED AT LEAST FIVE TIMES PREVIOUSLY AND THEY WOULDN'T NEED TO ASK ME AT ALL IF THEY HAD BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS GOING ON AROUND THEM THE LAST THREE MONTHS BUT NOW IT'S ALL "WHAT'S GOING ON DAN??" LIKE THE PROBLEMS ARE BRAND NEW AND AREN'T THEY JUST SO CLEVER TO FIGURE OUT THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG. GOD I HATE - WELL, JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY TODAY. EXCEPT YOU PEOPLE. YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.
YES LOLA_G WE DO NEED TO GO OUT AND GET OUR GROOVES ON, VERY VERY SOON!
AND I WOULD WEAR THE CHEERLEADER OUTFIT EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT REAL (AND THAT I CAN'T REALLY DO ALL THE TRICKS I PRETEND TO DO IN THE QUITTER'S THREAD, SHH, DON'T TELL THEM, IT'LL BREAK THEIR CRANKY LITTLE SPIRITS). I AM HOWEVER WEARING A HOT RED SWEATER AND MY HIGH BLACK BOOTS.
I HAVE TO DO ABOUT HALF AN HOUR MORE WORK, BUT I HAVE TO GO BETWEEN BUILDINGS AND I DON'T WANT TO GO OUTSIDE. SO INSTEAD I WILL SIT HERE AND PROCRASTINATE. AND THUS LEAVE WORK LATER THAN I NEED TO. I AM AN IDIOT!!
PINK, YOU MAKE OUT WITH HIM IF YOU NEED TO! DAMN STRAIGHT!
LOLA, YOU WERE MISSED AT THE LAST MEETUP!!
ALSO, I HAVE HAD THE MARY TYLER MOORE THEME SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR LIKE, THREE WEEKS NOW. LIFE IS NOT GOOD.
I CAN'T GET THIS STUPID FUCKING IPOD TO WORK. YESTERDAY IT TURNED MY COMPUTER OFF -- NO SHUTDOWN, JUST TURNED IT OFF. TODAY THE COMPUTER WON'T RECOGNIZE IT (THE COMPUTER IS PROBABLY STILL PISSED AT THE IPOD POWER PLAY). I'VE REINSTALLED THE SOFTWARE SEVERAL TIMES. THIS LAST TIME IT TOLD ME THE IPOD NEEDED TO BE FORMATTED. THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST HOUR. I THINK IT LIED. FUCKING LYING BASTARD IPOD.
ALSO, I HAVE NOT CUT MY HAIR IN 4 MONTHS. I'M STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A JUNKIE MIKE NESMITH. I"M CONSIDERING LETTING IT GROW OUT TO A FULL_FLEDGED MANE AGAIN. YAY OR NAY?
GASPODE: JOAN JETT'S VERSION OF THE MTM THEME IS FUCKING EXCELLENT.
MUDPUPPIE
MINE DID THAT TOO, SECOND ONE TO DO IT, LAST ONE WAS REPLACED IN WARRANTY, THIS ONE IS GETTING FIXED BY ME, AT HOME, WITH A REPLACEMENT HARD DRIVE, COSTS 100 BEANS. FUCK APPLE, I AM GOING TO USE THE SAME IPOD FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND JUST FIX IT MYSELF.
IF YOU HAVE THE CLICKWHEEL ONE, IT PROBABLY DID THE HARDDRIVE DEATH THING.
THIS IS THE PART YOU NEED FOR A 20 GB CLICKWHEEL,
TOSHIBA MK2006GAL 20GB 1.8 INCH
THEN JUST GOOGLE FOR REPLACE IPOD HARD DRIVE, SEEMS PRETTY EASY, OR AT LEAST DANGEROUS.
LOLA_G, I KNOW I LOOK AT YOUR BLOG. I LOOK AT ALL BLOGS.
AND I KNOW PEOPLE LOOK AT MINE AND THEN THEY ASK ME ABOUT MY LIFE AND IT FREAKS ME OUT FOR A SECOND UNTIL I REALIZE THEY AREN'T STALKING ME, THEY JUST READ IT ONLINE.
I, TOO, NEED A HAIRCUT- TODAY MY HAIR LOOKS FLAT AND WEIRD.
FUCK IPODS, SONY MAKES A CD WALKMAN FOR 50 BUCKS THAT PLAYS CDs BURNED WITH UP TO 244 MP3s, PLUS IT PLAYS YOUR OLD CDs, PLUS IT GETS LIKE 60 HOURS ON ONE AA BATTERY, PLUS YOU DON"T HAVE TO LOCK STEP WITH THE ITUNES MONSTER!
SOMEBODY'S GONNA SAY, ONLY 244 MP3s? WELL, THE IPOD HOLDS MUCH MORE! BUT TO THEM I SAY HOW HARD IS IT TO SWAP ALL OF YOUR SONGS FOR NEW ONES? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? BECAUSE ALL I HAVE TO DO IS CHANGE DISCS AND I GET A BRAND NEW SET OF 244 MP3s. AND AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL INFINITY, YOU CREEP!
AND IT'S A SONY SO IT'S BUILT TO LAST AND WARRANTIED LIKE GO TO THE STORE AND PICK UP A NEW ONE WARRANTY, NOT SEND IT IN TO THE IPOD PEOPLE AND LET THEM POOP AROUND WITH IT FOR AWHILE WHILE YOU LISTEN TO SILENCE AND TRAINS AND ELDERLY NEIGHBORS FUCKING AND TOASTING BREAD AND BABIES WAILING AND OH ALSO DOGS FUCKING TOO, THAT GETS ON YOUR NERVES DOESN'T IT?
MY HAIR IS LIKE 100 DIFFERENT LENGTHS. I HAVE, LIKE, NO LESS THAN FIVE ZITS.
I LOVE YOUR BLOG, TPS. ESPECIALLY THE 101 IN 1001 (IS THAT IT).
YOGURT IS NO CIGARETTE.
MY IPOD IS DEAD TOO AND IT DIED IN OCTOBER AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT NO LESS THAN SEVEN OF MY FRIENDS DIED TOO (ALL 20GB CLICKWHEELS) I THINK IT IS SOME CRAZY APPLE CONSPIRACY I ONLY HAD IT LIKE 14 MONTHS. FUCKERS! WITH YOUR STUPID EXCLAMATION POINT AND FILE.
BASTARDS! CRACK = IPOD OR BROKEN IPOD = INSANITY FROM RIDING SUBWAYS HAVING TO LISTEN TO INANE PSYCHOBABBLING NOT UNLIKE MY OWN PRESENT RANT.
I THINK I WILL ADD 'AND AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL INFINITY, YOU CREEP!' TO ALL FUTURE INSULTS! THANK YOU HUGH!
WHILE WE'RE SHOUTING, MY FEELINGS ARE HURT THAT NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE DOWNLOADED THE MIXCD I MADE FOR EVERYONE. SO I AM SHOUTING AND POUTING, AND AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL INFINITY YOU CREEPS! HMPH!!!1!
JON
YOU ACTUALLY LOOK FAIRLY FRENCH, FOR REALS! I MEAN YOU LOOK LIKE FUCKING EAMON DEVALERAS MICK UNCLE WHO BEATS HIS WIFE AND HAS TO BE DELIVERED HOME FROM SIDETRACKS IN A WHEELBARROW, BUT THAT IS ALSO FAIRLY FRENCH!
HUGH,
NOT EVEN CLOSE BRO, SORRY. EVEN BROKEN I LIKE MY IPOD BETTER THAN A MP3 CD PLAYER. I'M LAZY, THE IPOD INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX HAS GOT ME, NEXT STOP A&F AND STARBUCKS! HURRAY!
WHOA, THAT'S RANDOM!! NAH, I'VE HAD IT STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR A LONG TIME. BUT I HAVE LOOKED AT YOUR BLOG A FEW TIMES -- I LIKE IT!!
I AM LISTENING TO THE PIXIES AND REALISED THAT I NEVER REALLY KNEW THAT THE PIXIES SANG "IS SHE WEIRD" WHICH WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I DIDN'T GET INTO THE PIXIES UNTIL AFTER THEY HAD BROKEN UP SO NEVER MADE THE CONNECTION. SO THAT WAS ODD.
on preview: awww matildaben. *tries to soothe feelings*
DON'T FEAR THE FRENCH, THEY ARE VULGAR AND OPINIONATED AND DRUNKEN OFTEN, THEY LOVE TO SMOKE, OFTEN LIKE THE ROCK MUSIC AND DRESS ABOUT 15-20 YEARS OFF THE THE FASHION LINE, YOU JUST BUY THEIR BAD PRESS, LOVELY PEOPLE THE FRENCH, MOSTLY ASSHOLES.
WINO
TURNED OUT MY PROBLEM WAS TRYING TO CONNECT THE FUCKING IPOD VIA THE FUCKING USB HUB. IT DOESN'T WANT TO BE CONNECTED VIA A FUCKING HUB. IT FEELS SLIGHTED IF IT ISN'T DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE COMPUTER.
JONMC
I SENT JOAN FUCKING JETT'S VERSION OF THE MTM THEME SONG TO GASPODE LAST TIME SHE SAID SHE HAD IT STUCK IN HER HEAD.
I DOWNLOADED THE MIX TOO, AS IF YOU CARE! ALSO, I AM PISSED OFF BECAUSE I AM SUPPOSED TO BE ON HOLIDAYS BUT I HAVE TO FINALISE A REPORT TODAY AND I WON'T EVEN GET PAID FOR IT!
I'M VERY UPSET THAT RAPIDSHARE IS MAKING ME WAIT 40-ODD MINUTES TO DOWLOAD A RAR FILE OF RARE BUBBLEGUM GEMS FROM AN MP3 BLOG. BUT THIS IS HOW I GET GOODIES TO SHARE.
SONOFABITCH, I'M LATE TO THE SHOUTING THREAD! AND MY INTERNET CONNECTION FROM MA-N-PA'S CABLE COMPANY BLOWS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO MOVE AGAIN EXCEPT I DON'T WANT TO MOVE!
BUT I GOT A CARD IN THE MAIL FROM THE SINGER OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE BANDS TODAY SO ALL THAT SHITTY STUFF DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE I GOT A CARD IN THE MAIL FROM THE SINGER OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE BANDS TODAY!!!
I NOT ONLY DOWNLOADED IT BUT I READ ENTERTAINMEMT WEEKLY (OR DID WHEN I HAD THE TIME AND NOW THEY ARE IN PILES) AS IT IS ONE OF ONLY THREE MAGAZINES I SUBSCRIBE TO.
I WAS RATHER MIFFED MYSELF AT A CRANKY TANTRUM FROM AN UNDERSLEPT CHILD, AND BY THAT I MEAN A TWENTYSOMETHING WHO WAS TOTALLY RUINING MY "GOOD YEAR SO FAR" GROOVE BY not only rushing me while being slow but BEING A WHINY BABY ABOUT ME BEING NICE TO PEOPLE ON MY ERRANDS EVEN AFTER I LET HIM WATCH THE GILMORE GIRLS AT MY PLACE, EAT PIE AND HELPED HIM PICK BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY
WHICH DID NOT ONLY NOT HAVE CLOUD ATLAS BUT HAS NEVER HEARD OF IT OR THE AUTHOR
SO NO WAY FOR ME TO JOIN THE BOOK TALK
instead i got some old graphic novels to tide me over until i can interlibrary loan some decent books in as i try to figure out how to help them defend against massive budget cuts and just get some damn contemporary basic LITERATURE.
SPEAKING OF LITERATURE, I DO RECCOMMEND KAFKA ON THE SHORE AS THE ONLY NEW BOOK I THINK I READ THIS YEAR AND IT WAS POSSIBLY MY FAVORITE WORK OF THAT AUTHOR SO FAR.
ALSO, WHEN I SAID I THOUGHT THE ART OF LISTENING WAS WORTH READING, IT WAS NOT BECAUSE IT WAS A SPARKLING WORK OF WORDS, BUT A DECENT GUIDE FOR THOSE TO WHO MAY NOT FIND THE SUBJECT OBVIOUS.
THAT MAY NOT BE THE EXACT TITLE BUT I WAS TIRED AND CHATTING WITH FRISBEE MUCH OF THE NIGHT, SO YES, I SAW THE "INCIDENT"
YOU CRANKY FUCKERS. NOT PREPARING FOR QUITTING? IT TAKES TWO DAYS TO BE OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM AND WHY AREN'T YOU ALL HYDRATING AND TAKING VITAMIN C? CAFF AND NIC CHEMICALLY GO HAND IN HAND AND ALCOHOL WILL MAKE YOU NEED TO FOCUS--
WHY DIDN'T YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH--
eh, fuck it.
really nothing bugged me much except that cranky kid being all rush rush stop slow quick quick step quick quick step which is invariably annoying unless you are doing some dance step.
even though iconomy doesn't check email or care, frisbee has inspired the burger i am eating, and after i finish my burger, i may make myself some a nice cuppa and finish off some promises i made in the last few days.
oh, an all the meatworld people were extremely lovely to me today besides mister crankypants, so happier things in a smaller type in a nother thread after i start stage one of a certain dessert item.
NOT ONLY AM I NOT PREGNANT, NOW I KNOW WHY I FELT UNREASONABLY TIRED.
I WASN'T WORRIED BUT I DECIDED TO SHARE SINCE THIS MEANS SURPISE NEW YEAR'S SEX TURNED OUT TO BE TRULY REGRET FREE.
heh.
woo hoo.
wish me a happy menses.
DID GASPODE GET SOME YET?
OH, AND LULU EIGHTBALL, A COMIC, WHICH I DID GET FOR A WINTER FREEBIE, ISN'T BAD AND OFTEN VERY CUTE.
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE SONG, BMARKEY?
IT'S A CUTE DITTY IN MY OPINION.
HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO IT YET, SINCE I'M AT WORK. I'LL DOWNLOAD WHEN I GET HOME AND FILL YOU IN. AND CONGRATS ON THE... UH...
ok, i'm not gonna yell this part. i'm glad you're not pregnant if you don't want to be. when i get home, i'll post pj harvey's "happy and bleeding" for you.
Thanks for sending that Beautiful South song, eth. Very nice indeed.
MUCH LESS NICE IS THE COLD/FLU/WHATEVER THE HELL IT IS THAT'S COMING ON, THANKS TO ONE OF MY IDIOT COW ORKERS. HE HAD HIS TODDLER DAUGHTER IN TODAY, WHO WAS CHEWING ON EQUIPMENT THAT THE REST OF US USE. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE CHILD, BUT SHE IS A KNOWN VIRAL INCUBATOR - DUDE'S MISSED MOST OF THE LAST TWO MONTHS DUE TO ILLNESS HE'S GOTTEN FROM HIS KIDS. NOW I GET TO SHARE THE JOY. MY THROAT STARTED FEELING INFLAMED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, AND I'VE BEEN COUGHING A LOT.
I DON'T LIKE BEING MADE SICK, AND I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT I'VE LIKELY SPENT THE EVENING INFECTING A LARGE PORTION OF THE PEOPLE I'VE DEALT WITH ON MY SHIFT TONIGHT. GIVEN THE NATURE OF WHAT WE DO, THIS IS A VERY BAD THING. (Sorry I can't go into detail, but I promised myself I wouldn't write online about what I do. You'll have to trust me about the badness.)
i dig it, bman.
and about the viral incubators--
i like kids but even the cleanest can be crazy germ wagons. i know the last time i got really flu disabled (oh, and it was bad, been sick since with this was unspeakable) was definitely from my friend's kid's insistence i hang out with her during her bath.
esp. this year i'm kinda surprised more people who have kids that don't live in hermetically sealed bubbles didn't get shots. because its the back and forth and back again--
*refrains from talk of superbugs*
What do you have in the house to try and cut it off at the pass? tea with honey, honey? i sincerely hope you avoid the nauseous achies.
unless you have sick days to use up and can fake the nauseous achies.
the other title still rather works for the thread.
Not yet. I took some Airborne and some Knudsen's Lemon Ginger Echinacea (and a wee drop o' whiskey to keep 'em company), and am just about to try to go to sleep. Gonna have to camp on the couch so I don't infect the missus. Grrr.
And yeah, I dig kids (and they generally dig me). Their parents,sometimes, not so much.
i was off getting a surprising amount of stuff done so i hope you catch this at some point when it helps:
it's gotta run it's course and so the faster it cycles through the better. keep your immunity high and stay protected, hydrate in and out and try to stay as warm as possible, move at an easy pace but it does go faster if you do move some instead of being a total slug, but no taxing yourself. stay relaxed in a positive way (music, scents, things that comfort, etc.), stay nutrified on a certain level but lightly, not to fullness, with stuff that is easy to digest like soups and liquids so you're flushing your system.
of course you know your body and what works for you but i'd suggest hot baths or showers and drinks like sobe (i find the one with the zinc helps me with throat stuff) for the b complex and things to keep your blood moving and energy up (not too much stuff like caffeine and nicotine or booze that suck out your antioxidants). sleep as much as your body wants but then move.
the happier you are, the better it'll go so keep yourself from the crankies if possible.
music, man. i think you need those songs that are like the you feel you're breathing the air of your home planet.
keep a beverage with you, like a healthy energy drink (read the label) or juices, (tomato, cran, blah, etc.) and water and i'm hoping you'll know by the next day if it's on it's way out or you got a few days to make due.
listen to your body.
take this mom attack as incentive to feel free to avoid people who will bring you down.
actually that goes for everyone.
time to stock up and indulge in hobbies and things you genuinely like if at all possible, dammit!
daydream as necessary.
FUCK I HATE IT WHEN I MISS THESE. I RECKON I'VE MISSED EM' ALL AND MY FEEBLE ATTEMPTS TO GET MY FRIENDS TO HAVE SHOUTING EMAILS HAS FAILED. DAMN TIMEZONE.
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