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02 May 2006

Tell Me Three Things That Are On Your Mind →[More:]1. I really need to go grocery shopping tonight.
2. I wonder who will get kicked off American Idol this week?
3. Those expensive new bras I bought on Saturday were totally worth it :-D
post by: ThePinkSuperhero at: 10:22 | 72 comments
1. the best strategic places to put dynamite to properly explode an office building.
2. what effect sprayed canned stout beer has on hair.
3. how soon I can get to the bar and start drinking.
posted by jonmc 02 May | 10:26
1) My headache.
2) My lousy boss.
3) My desire to finish painting my dining room.
posted by richat 02 May | 10:30
1. How long can I sit here not working before someone notices.
2. Maybe I will have fish for dinner.
3. It would be nice if my dogs could come to work.
posted by betty 02 May | 10:30
1. Wondering how soon I can refil my Xanax.
2. Vote for Elliot (I say this strictly out of civic pride).
3. This next project on my desk is a doozy.
posted by rainbaby 02 May | 10:34
1. Being not sick enough to stay home but just sick enough to be really miserable at work sucks.
2. Dammit, why did I procrastinate? Now I have so much to finish this week.
3. Is it Friday yet?
4. FUCK GEOGRAPHY.
posted by mike9322 02 May | 10:36
1. That Japanese energy drink has given me a teeth grinding migraine.
2. How do I tell my landlady I broke her TV stand?
3. I can't believe I didn't buy chocolate at lunchtime...
posted by oh pollo! 02 May | 10:40
1. I had a really good time on saturday while on my first "first date" in over 5 and 1/2 years. I am strongly wondering at the possibility of a second date.
2. ditto.
3. ditto.
posted by shmegegge 02 May | 10:40
1. "Damn I'm gettin' old"

2. "Should I be married by now?"

3. "I'd love a girlfriend, but they all think I'm a player"
posted by Joe Famous 02 May | 10:42
1. Why am I so tired when I actually got >6h sleep last night?
2. What am I going to wear to my friends' wedding on saturday?
3. is there any way I can leave work earlier than 8?
posted by gaspode 02 May | 10:43
1. I need sex
2. I need food
3. I need to pack my bags
posted by cmonkey 02 May | 10:45
1. Why is it so hard to get these 5 figures printed in colour?
2. Why is everything to do with this degree such a pain in the ass?
3. Why haven't we harnessed the power of wormholes yet?
posted by LunaticFringe 02 May | 10:47
1. How will I ever get all of this done?
2. How will I ever get all of this done?
3. How will I ever get all of this done?
posted by interrobang 02 May | 10:51
- tough membranes called meninges
- cerebrospinal fluid
- a bony shell called a skull
posted by Hugh Janus 02 May | 10:51
1) I wonder if Coney Island in New York is named after Coney Street in York (England)?
2) I really need to get some decent HelpDesk Software.
3) This Coffee is weak.
posted by seanyboy 02 May | 10:51
1) It's too damn nice out to be in this terrible office today

2) The jacket that I left at home today has my packet of kleenex in it and my allergies are starting to act up

3) I need to get out of this rut

On preview: nope:
The Dutch name for the island was Conyne Eylandt [1], or Konijn Eiland using modern Dutch spelling. This name is found on 17th century Dutch maps of New Netherland, e.g. New Netherland map of 1639 by Johannes Vingboon. (New York State and New York City were orginally Dutch Settlements, referred to as New Netherland and New Amsterdam respectively.) Konijn Eiland translates to English as "Rabbit Island". As with other Long Island barrier islands, Coney Island was virtually overrun with rabbits, and rabbit hunting was common until resorts were developed and open space eliminated.
posted by Capn 02 May | 10:58
1. Wondering about the future of my relationship
2. I want pizza for lunch. From the good NY-style pizza place.
3. There's so much to do at work. I really hope I don't screw up some of these rather big projects, and I keep feeling further behind as minutiae intrude
posted by Miko 02 May | 11:07
1. Haven't sent off my mix CDs yet... (sorry, group)
2. Need to phone NTL and cancel my internet service
3. I hope the housing market collapses and bankrupts all those buy-to-let asshats.
posted by flopsy 02 May | 11:07
1. My son.

2. The rain... it's really comin' down and I have a leak in my roof.

3. An interview Thursday for a possible promotion.
posted by Doohickie 02 May | 11:08
1. Failing out of school/never graduating
2. Food somehow? (I think it's been a month since I last went shopping)
3. Money from somewhere? (rent is due, everything else is past due)
posted by Eideteker 02 May | 11:19
1. I need to walk over to the kitchen to get some coffee.
2. Why haven't I done this yet? I've been at work for half an hour?
3. There was a third thing that I totally forgot.
posted by pieisexactlythree 02 May | 11:20
Oh, I remember now:
3. I cut up an onion last night. Why do my fingers still smell like onions?
posted by pieisexactlythree 02 May | 11:25
1. I can't believe that I spent an entire semester having misread my philosophy of science syllabus
2. I don't know how I'm going to get all of these papers and finals done.
3. I graduate in 4 days and I'm just not going to cut it.
posted by jmhodges 02 May | 11:26
1. Will I ever be able to earn a living?
2. Will I ever have sex again?
3. Will I ever figure out why the fuck the google ads go way the hell over to the side in IE but not in any other browser?
posted by mygothlaundry 02 May | 11:27
1. Has my asshole redneck neighbor abandoned his house?

2. I really need to change the litterbox, but I'm afraid the ammonia will kill me when I bend over.

3. I gotta run by the bank - why am I still here?
posted by trondant 02 May | 11:27
1. Should I go to grad school?
2. Will I ever be able to draw decently?
3. Should i take a nap under my desk?
posted by cobra! 02 May | 11:35
How else can I save money?
How well is Chacon going to pitch tonight?
How soon can I retire?
posted by JanetLand 02 May | 11:43
Update:

Why is anal roommate at it again (the apartments feels "stale", she wants to put in a ceiling fan)?
Where should I take a walk to for lunch?
How long until anal roommate decides to move out and I can move in someone less anal?
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 02 May | 11:52
1. Sympathy for the anal roommate. I've been the anal one. It's even less fun for you than everyon else.

2. How can I stop panicking when I race? It's counterproductive and out of control.

3. Is it time to leave yet?
posted by dame 02 May | 11:55
Have no sympathy for her! She's never even there! She spends every night at her boyfriend's apartment, coming back in the morning to jump in front of me in the shower. And if she's not there because the apartment is "stale", then I want to keep it stale! So she doesn't come back!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 02 May | 12:04
pinky, you seem to have an anal fixation tody.
posted by jonmc 02 May | 12:04
In your dreams.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 02 May | 12:09
In your dreams.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 02 May | 12:09
1. The business requirements for this project are still not approaching any definition of something that can be done in the short timeframe they are hoping for, and I wish we could just settle on a definition and I could start working. I would much prefer talking to a computer to talking to people at this point, even though I'm good at both.

2. I wonder if I can play Literati with cmonkey tonight, but I should probably read instead, because I promised myself I would make more of a commitment to schedule reading time.

3. Is the car accident guy going to continue trying to jerk me around when he sees the second estimate I got as a favor to him, which is even higher than the last estimate, and I am really dreading talking to him on the phone, because I hate conflict, even though I know I am right, and I just want to get this resolved and over with, get the cash from him and fix my damn car.
posted by matildaben 02 May | 12:20
1. What will my reviewers say tonight?
2. This oatmeal is still too hot.
3. How will I make it to the things I've committed to after work, when all I want to do is go home and sleep?
posted by safetyfork 02 May | 12:24
1. Buying Nintendo stuff on eBay is HARD.
2. Going camping this weekend!
3. I want amro to post more of that decksanddrums androckandroll stuff. It is good.
posted by sciurus 02 May | 12:30
(also, Janus, meet me, pips and possibly the wino at Antarctica after work)
posted by jonmc 02 May | 12:35
1. A headache that won't go away
2. My bladder - I'm overdue for a pee
3. How sick 'n' tired I am of this fucking cold

PS: I was wondering if Coney Island had anything to do with rabbits, but Capn took care of that.
posted by deborah 02 May | 12:41
1.How am I going to get this house clean in time for our guests on Saturday and what am I going to feed them?
2.Why do we keep having people over? I don't really like entertaining and it's starting to get goddamn expensive.
3.If this child doesn't take a nap soon, she won't get one. Then when she goes to her first solo playdate tomorrow, she'll be a cranky monster and the other kid's mom will tell everyone at preschool that my child is a cranky monster and should be avoided at all costs and that I am a terrible mother...and weird. *sigh* They already think I'm weird.
posted by jrossi4r 02 May | 12:41
4. I have to finish folding the laundry and do something about the dishes, and do another load of laundry, and yeah, I should probably read while I'm doing it, but I do have 4 episodes of Veronica Mars on the TiVo, plus Top Chef is on tonight.
posted by matildaben 02 May | 12:50
(okay)
posted by Hugh Janus 02 May | 13:00
1. I went to Target to buy a copy of Resident Evil 4 on my lunch break and the cashier asked me to show some ID. Did she honestly think that I was too young to buy Resident Evil 4?

2. I have a half-gallon of microbrewery beer in my refrigerator.

3. My left knee hurts a little.
posted by Prospero 02 May | 13:02
1. I have to stop farting around and do the work they pay me for.
2. That Whataburger with jalapenos was really good. Still feel it.
3. I have several rough 2 x 6 oak planks I need to sand smooth, and I wonder how long it will take.
posted by sarah connor 02 May | 13:07
1. HOUSE IS A TWO-PARTER THIS WEEK! AND THE SECOND PART IS TOMORROW!
2. Since I got declined for the personal loan, how the hell am I going to get the startup money I need for the business I want to start?
3. Can I have my mojo back, please?
posted by TrishaLynn 02 May | 13:09
1. What if I come to in the middle of my surgery but am not able to move or speak and I have to remain that way while the doctors are cutting into me like those horror stories you hear late at night on bad cable shows?
2. My birds need their nails clipped
3. Grilled cheese? Or grilled ham and cheese with tomato?
posted by LeeJay 02 May | 13:09
1) Can I get to the pottery studio today after work?
2) Do I need new glasses?
3) Will I ever bulk my triceps up enough to be all I can be?
posted by omiewise 02 May | 13:10
4. I'm so sorry to hear Trisha Lynn got declined and I would like to find out where her loan officer lives so I can egg his car.
posted by LeeJay 02 May | 13:10
1. Would I rather go to the park today, or to the brewpub?
2. Who the hell is singing this crappy dance-remix-sounding version of 'Dirty Old Town' in this episode of 'The Wire'? Because I hope it's not the Pogues.
3. I wonder if matildaben, or cmonkey for that matter, would like to play Literati, or ISC Scrabble for that matter, with me sometime.
posted by box 02 May | 13:22
1. I thought this post said "three kings" and I was thinking I don't know 3 kings
2. I have a lot of very small pieces of paper to glue onto a large piece of styrofoam shped like the letter 'E'
3. I have to vote today
posted by chewatadistance 02 May | 13:36
1. Do I have to put my dog down?

2. Will my roommate ever get hi sh!t together?

3. Why does my Starbucks Decaf Americano taste like liquid cardboard?

(3a...I wonder what Literati is?)
posted by luneray 02 May | 13:46
5. Lasagna day!!!
posted by matildaben 02 May | 13:53
Sometimes, you get nice moments to break up the misery. I get to enter data on a re-released three-pak of early Zappa: Hot Rats, Waka/Jawaka, and The Grand Wazoo. Crankin' it up right now.

I'm a little pimp with my hair gassed back
pair o' khaki pants with my shoes shined black..
posted by jonmc 02 May | 13:59
Literati's kind of the Yahoo! Games version of Scrabble (with a few differences that are either minor or infuriating, depending on the degree to which one's obsessed with Scrabble).
posted by box 02 May | 14:07
1. IhopeIgetthejobIhopeIgetthejob ...

2. Wonder if the contractor is working at the house today?

3. Why am I spending time cataloging books that will go directly to storage?
posted by initapplette 02 May | 14:07
6. I'm awfully fond of that boy.
7. MUST GET LASAGNA NOW!
posted by matildaben 02 May | 14:07
1. How long will it take me to read Don Quixote?
2. Did I spell Don Quixote right?
3. Do I have another shirt I can stick dryer sheets in the pits of and make do for tomorrow? (A student recommended it for stinky shoes, so I thought, why not pits?)
posted by Pips 02 May | 14:32
4. Choice: Go responsibly to gym and lift weights and swim? ~OR~ recognize that I faithfully worked out hard Thu-Monday and take the night off, get a movie, and drink a cup of hot chocolate?
posted by Miko 02 May | 14:50
I think the answer is always swim.
posted by dame 02 May | 14:58
yes, dame, but in what?
posted by jonmc 02 May | 15:07
1. Why is my sister such a selfish bitch?
2. Will anyone ever love me again?
3. I hope I can get my act together to go to bed soon because I have to get up really early.
posted by essexjan 02 May | 15:31
apparently, jonmc, the answer to your question is "swim."
posted by shmegegge 02 May | 15:34
swim in swim? you can't verb in a verb!
posted by jonmc 02 May | 15:37
For you, jon, the answer is beer. When the answer is not swim, it is beer.
posted by dame 02 May | 15:44
1. I thought this post said "three kings" and I was thinking I don't know 3 kings

Um Blathazar, Melchior and Ringostarr
posted by Capn 02 May | 16:14
The third king's Casper. He's the one that's usually depicted as black, if memory serves.
posted by box 02 May | 16:28
Alright then, how about Martin-Luther, Larry and Burger?
posted by Capn 02 May | 16:34
Nice, Cap. If you were any more down with the king, you'd be a mediocre Run-DMC album.
posted by box 02 May | 16:51
Konijn Eiland translates to English as "Rabbit Island". As with other Long Island barrier islands, Coney Island was virtually overrun with rabbits, and rabbit hunting was common until resorts were developed and open space eliminated.


Wow, so Coney Island = OMG bunnies!

1. One classmate that some people avoid is not so bad.
2. Echo and the Bunnymen are good. Why did it take me so long to find out?
3. It is beautiful outside.
posted by halonine 02 May | 18:06
It could be worse, Box. They might have used the version by Jim Kerr and Jimmy Johnstone (yes, that Jimmy Johnstone).
posted by GeckoDundee 02 May | 19:15
1. These cookies are delicious. I wonder if I could polish off the lot of them on the way to the gym?

2. I don't like my new Mac keyboard so much. Hope I get used to it.

3a. These lilacs I got on Sunday are already wilting, darn it.
3b. Lilacs always remind me of my grandmother, who had a lilac bush in her front yard.
posted by scody 02 May | 20:04
1. Why can't I get over the fact that someone else (with no experience whatseover) got my job because she wrote a better application?
1a. I am certain that I will be asked to train the new person who is taking my job and, when I refuse, I'm not sure what will happen next.
2. I hope our house sells fast so we can move on to the next project.
3. What was that drug they used to put in soldier's tea to stop them getting horny and where can I get some?
posted by dg 02 May | 21:24
dg, it's saltpeter, and you can get it on ebay.
posted by tangerine 02 May | 21:51
Lilacs always remind me of my grandmother, who had a lilac bush in her front yard.

Me too, scody. The smell makes me happy and sad at the same time.
posted by jrossi4r 02 May | 22:59
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