What did you see on your way to work today?

[MC Moot]

three people outside queen street station holding home-made signs saying

FREE HUGS

if they are still there at lunchtime, i'll take a picture and post it.
and get my free hug.

ahhhh yes the freee hug phenomena...it passed by here in the fall...what a splendid idea...(y)...what city are you in na§tee?...heres the cat who started it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4

[MC Moot]

This morning I saw a man walking towards me who would take 5 or 6 steps and then look up at the sky and do a 360 degree circle,walk 5,6 more steps do another circle and so on and so on…and he was singing a sea shanty!...he didn’t appear intoxicated and his attire was fair...excellent inter city weirdness…whirling dervish wannabe...(y)

[MC Moot]

Today I saw fog which I really like...and then somewhere up in the fog I heard the trumpets of angels...or returning geese...same thing,really,I feel the spring soon to be sprung...(y)

[abcdefz]

We had a new (temp?) bus driver today who managed to piss me off pretty fast.

First, she pulls up, lets off passengers, then closes the door in the faces of those waiting to get on. Waiting in the rain to get on. So we
kind of huddle back under the ineffective BART awning and wait while she ignores us, reading some piece of paper. After a while, she
opens the door. First guy gets on, says good morning, and she just ignores him while he puts his money in. His fare is in, she still ignores
him but hits the button that releases the money into the safe, and now it's my turn. "Good morning." She ignores me. I'm standing there
holding out my pass and she won't look at me. I keep holding out the pass, and she still won't look. Well, I guess that's an "okay," so I
move on to take my seat, when suddenly I hear, "I need to see your pass."

:rolleyes:

So I go back up front and hold out the pass and she gives it this long, doubtful look.

Gimme a fucking break.

She doesn't say "all right" or anything and still hasn't looked me in the eyes -- she just goes back to reading her piece of paper. Fine.

Anyway. Okay: she's black, right? So I'm watching, and, sure enough, anyone who isn't black, she won't speak to. Anyone who is gets
a "good morning" in return or "It's $1.75, hon" or whatever. So I try again as I'm getting off the bus -- "Have a good day!" and she still
won't look at me or acknowledge me in any way (except to not lurch the bus forward as I'm taking the bike off the rack).

I hope she's not our new regular driver.

[kll]

Is it just me or do some of you have those days where you're either driving to or from work and it seems like an obstacle course? Cats running into the car's path, people jay-walking dangerously in front of you, swerving to avoid cars backing out of driveways without looking... and then other days it's a breeze with no issues.

Today was an obstacle course day.

It seemed like all the zombies were emptying out of the casinos at 7:55am and waddling down the streets, outside of of crosswalks, the bus driver was looking to get rid of the skiers rather quickly and that one grey cat...

[AceFace]

i saw the outside! i saw birds and my car and the road and my work! i saw it ALL! i was sooo happy to see all those boring things today!

*i've been sick and holed up in my house for 5 days straight!

[abcdefz]

Is it just me or do some of you have those days where you're either driving to or from work and it seems like an obstacle course? Cats running into the car's path, people jay-walking dangerously in front of you, swerving to avoid cars backing out of driveways without looking... and then other days it's a breeze with no issues.

Today was an obstacle course day.

It seemed like all the zombies were emptying out of the casinos at 7:55am and waddling down the streets, outside of of crosswalks, the bus driver was looking to get rid of the skiers rather quickly and that one grey cat...


I get the street+sidewalk version of those sort of days. Where people can't seem to walk in a straight line, so I can't get around them; people
on cell phones pull right into the bike lane and stop, not looking, etc.

[MC Moot]

I have these day’s when the traffic lights are all out of order,my pace is off or I’m not paying attention and end up standing at all the reds…it’s also inevitable if I’ve been drinking the night before I get caught behind a smoker….(n)

[abcdefz]

Oh, yeah:

This was also one of those days when the buses were mysteriously empty, as if there was some holiday that lots of people had from
their various workplaces or something. Usually, I'm about the fifth or sixth person on the bus; today, even at my usual stop, I was first.

Even when we got to the BART station, almost all of those regulars were absent. Kind of weird.

[MC Moot]

Oh, yeah:

This was also one of those days when the buses were mysteriously empty, as if there was some holiday that lots of people had from
their various workplaces or something. Usually, I'm about the fifth or sixth person on the bus; today, even at my usual stop, I was first.

Even when we got to the BART station, almost all of those regulars were absent. Kind of weird.

I’ve always thought a similar scenario would be a great way to start a apocalyptic style story…like instead of everyone going at once, you’d have a slow but steady decline of people, stores randomly closing, public services deteriorating…but with no acute sense of panic from those left around, except for the protagonist who would be conscious of it all and unable to control or realy comprehend in full….(lb)

[HEIRESS]

it was sunny yet frosty white everywhere. my favorite type of mornings.

[abcdefz]

I’ve always thought a similar scenario would be a great way to start a apocalyptic style story…like instead of everyone going at once, you’d have a slow but steady decline of people, stores randomly closing, public services deteriorating…but with no acute sense of panic from those left around, except for the protagonist who would be conscious of it all and unable to control or realy comprehend in full….(lb)



You're talking about The Rapture. (y)

[MC Moot]

Well kind of but not really,not interested with a religious/biblical connection but more so with some sort of sci-fi/extraterrestrial theme...more along the lines of "Last Night" as opposed to some kind of pseudo-christian schtick ala "Left Behind"....

[abcdefz]

The Happening (http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/thehappening/)? :D



MAN, does that look bad.

[MC Moot]

Ahhhhh shit…I was reading about this on the weekend....and I do really like Shyamalan,you know…everything except “Lady In The Water’…I even see some merit in “The Village”…when that trailer was opening up, I thought Mark W’s voice was Jeff Goldblums for a second,damn,that would have been better casting….Walberg’s gonna kill this movie…I mean why not work with Adrien Brody again?....cast him as a teacher cause I can’t buy Marky Mark as an educator….I’ll still throw down my $12 bucks in the theatre though….

[abcdefz]

I imagine that, at this point, Night needs elements in his movie to get something funded. Wahlberg's more of a name than Brody.

[Freebasser]

The same shit I see every day. A sewage works and a run down industrial estate :(

[MC Moot]

Fair point...I gotta stop thinking of film from an artistic perspective and embrace the commerce angle...at least I still have M Night's cameo to look forward to....but speaking of commercialism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skw-rKYsXOY

:D

[abcdefz]

Fair point...I gotta stop thinking of film from an artistic perspective and embrace the commerce angle...




*whispers*

bruce... willis....


julia... roberts....

[MC Moot]

The same shit I see every day. A sewage works and a run down industrial estate :(

Hey it's not that bad,we preceive what we want to,yeah?...I mean you forget to mention you pass by The Rovers Return and Roy's Rolls....and how bout all those birds in the lingerie factory?...don't look now but it's Les Battersby and Janice having a row!...:D

[Freebasser]

*waaaah waah wah wow wow waaaaaaah*

*Throws cat from old opening credits at you*

[MC Moot]

^:D

Know what I’ve noticed?...that over the years as they’ve changed the intro it always includes a cat!...

[Yetra Flam]

on the way home from work i saw some kid on the train who must have been a rubik's cube champion or something. he kept setting his watch and seeing how quickly he could solve the cube. he always did it in a couple of seconds. it was cool to watch the first time or so, but then it got irritating and he was so doing it to show off.

[MC Moot]

Today I saw dogshit, dogshit everywhere...and garbage/litter everywhere…the snow has melted so all the evidence of the inner city lazy fuckers comes to light…I am not liking the city today or asshole dog owners…or the littering idiots…:mad:...are you ready for the country?...cause it’s time to go…

[Guy Incognito]

technically i was on the way to the hospital but i went to work afterwards - i saw a house that had its front painted like this album cover (http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lgpp0407+the-dark-side-of-the-moon-pink-floyd-poster.jpg)
I couldnt take a photo i was driving and i nearly missed seeing it -

on the front door it said "this is not here" like in the imagine video.

[hpdrifter]

Well it wasn't on the way to work but I was at work so it totally counts.

I saw a van painted EXACTLY like the effin Mystery Machine. I mean, completely detailed, exact replica. I took a photo with my phone but I couldn't get it to zoom so its kind of far away. I'll post it when I get home.

[abcdefz]

I saw a van painted EXACTLY like the effin Mystery Machine.




That's pretty funny.

[trailerprincess]

The fox has been removed.

[jennyb]

I saw a bunch of people who can't drive for shit!

[kll]

Today I saw dogshit, dogshit everywhere...and garbage/litter everywhere…the snow has melted so all the evidence of the inner city lazy fuckers comes to light…I am not liking the city today or asshole dog owners…or the littering idiots…:mad:...are you ready for the country?...cause it’s time to go…

yesterday i saw a guy at the dog park volunteering his time with a garbage bag, picking up any dogshit he came across... keep in mind this dog park is about 10 acres or more, so this was a monumental job. it was refreshing to see someone do this without wearing an orange vest.

[kll]

I saw a bunch of people who can't drive for shit!

fuckin' dandyfop

[abcdefz]

-- a big PLOOP fell from the sky about two feet from my head. Seagulls were flying. That was close.

[MC Moot]

It's election day so there was a bunch of fat P.C's rallying on a corner waving at traffic..."Can we count on your support?"....I said "You can count on anything but...35 years of same party rule is not democracy..."...(n)...plus there's a wounded pigeon in the alley...stumbling round...the lady's are all sad bout that....

[hpdrifter]

One of my coworkers fell and broke his nose this morning so the first thing I saw on my way to my desk was him holding paper towels to his swollen bleeding nose. He's busy today too, poor guy.

[abcdefz]

:(

[AceFace]

i.... saw... DAFFODILS! (y) (y) (y) (y) (y)

[abcdefz]

More and more often, the guys who ride in the back of the bus have been leaving trash behind. Like, just leaving coffee cups, McDonald's bags,
whatever. I mean, not only are there trash cans at our stop, there's a trash can on the bus.

This isn't so hard. (n)

[MC Moot]

i.... saw... DAFFODILS! (y)

like actually outside?...not being sold at the mall, by nice lady's to support cancer research?....outside????.....it'll be another 6 weeks before a tulip dares raise itself...it snowed a little last night here...:rolleyes:

[MC Moot]

More and more often, the guys who ride in the back of the bus have been leaving trash behind. Like, just leaving coffee cups, McDonald's bags,
whatever. I mean, not only are there trash cans at our stop, there's a trash can on the bus.

This isn't so hard. (n)

That's the problem with riding public transit,the trash that's in and on it...gives the driver a reason to make you leave your coffee behind or pack your sandwhich away...

[abcdefz]

Yeah. You're actually not supposed to eat on the bus, but our current driver is cool about it. So, since I'm the last one off and have a little
wait before my transfer bus comes, I help him pick up the trash. What the hell.

[AceFace]

like actually outside?...not being sold at the mall, by nice lady's to support cancer research?....outside????.....it'll be another 6 weeks before a tulip dares raise itself...it snowed a little last night here...:rolleyes:

yep! like actually outside! i was freaking OUT! they were EVERYWHERE! the bradford pears are also getting ready to bloom. all this warm weather is making spring start incredibly early. i'm happy, but afraid it'll kill my garden plants when it gets cold again.

my day lilies, sedums and salvia are all growing already.

[MC Moot]

^ color me green with jealousy,like the shade your grass probably already is…:p

[MC Moot]

The second sign of spring was seen today…my fair weather,end of the world Zealot was back on the corner of 5th and 11th…no signage this time just a thick ass bible with tons of page markers and strings…he was subdued compared to past encounters just reading some passage on my way in for a coffee and when I came out he laid a “pray for your salvation” and I said “no,pray for rain pilgrim”…now the third sign of spring is due: Robin Red Breast I’m wait’n for you….

[AceFace]

the robins have been back here for a month now! it's all so early it makes my head want to spin!

[abcdefz]

New bus driver on my first route, new bus driver on my second.

Coincidence, or evil government conspiracy?

[camo]

clones! :eek:

[abcdefz]

Oh yeah.

This wasn't on the way to work, but it was first thing this morning:

No electricity. Oops.

I figured maybe I'd blown a fuse or something so I got a flashlight and looked. Nope.

Looked outside. Ah! Neighborhood was dark.

None of this was a big deal, except that I needed to do laundry this morning. So right now, the only thing I'm wearing that's clean is a sweater.

The power did come back on about an hour before I had to leave, so I did at least get to throw on some rice.

But then in my hurry to leave, I forgot both it and the movie I was returning to Netflix. Luckily, I had unplugged the rice maker before I showered.

[MC Moot]

Digital clocks losing time, end of the world prophets, power outages, mysterious replacement workers…somethings up...I’m gonna go stock up on bottled water, dry food, candles and propane for my camp stove…

[abcdefz]

Now, if an airplane engine crashes through my ceiling, I'll know you're really on to something.

What lotto numbers would you suggest, by the way?

[MC Moot]

What lotto numbers would you suggest, by the way?

How many numbers do I get to pick and how high?...

[abcdefz]

I dunno. I never play.

I think the last time I did was... maybe four or five years ago? And mainly just because it was fun to watch the numbers get picked
on the monitor. (It's, like... every fifteen minutes, I think, and these animated balls leap onto the screen and highlight numbers.)

[abcdefz]

Lots of people on the bus today I'd never seen before. Including a couple with a baby in the dad's lap. For some reason it seems strange
to see parents riding the bus with a toddler at 5:30 a.m.

[MC Moot]

^vida puede ser dura...

I saw birds all randy and pairing up...geese,magpies even the pigeons are at it....spring is the only time of year I miss being single....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNC0kIzM1Fo

:D

[MC Moot]

This morning I saw the pavement up close like...long board met gravel,I met pavement...1st ride of spring...and I had an audience to top it all off...:o

[abcdefz]

oops

[MC Moot]

This morning I saw 2 junkies jostling/running practically leap froging for the pay phone bank…they seemed so happy…no teeth, cracked bleeding lips, clothes tattered and torn…cackling ”we gonna get high”…7:30 in the morning not coming down...right fucked up...

[AceFace]

i had trouble with drivers this morning. everyone seemed to want to ride in my blind spot. my little car has the smallest back windows. i kept feeling them there, but couldn't see them.

i don't get why people do that. if i'm in someones blind spot and i'm not passing them, i back the fuck off.

[abcdefz]

Damn, but the first bus is getting more and more riders all the time. For the past couple of weeks, I've had to take my bike on the bus every
day. A lot of drivers won't let you do that, so I'd get bumped about 40 minutes to the next bus, and just have to hope...

Today I loaded my bike onto the bus (you have to go to the back) and a few minutes later, another guy gets on with a bike. So we were
pretty cramped.

[AceFace]

this morning i woke up in a CRAZY good mood. i feel invincible! i didn't see a thing on my way to work but what car was in front of me and how fast i could get around it. i was in the mood to speed and weave! it's def a rarity for me to wake up this happy.

[abcdefz]

-- a dead possum in the road about half a block from my apartment.

I didn't even know we had possums in the city.

But anyway. So I was on my bike headed for the bus stop and it was dark. I see the lump in the road and first thought it was a dead cat.

"Awwwwww...."

Nope. It's a dead possum.

"Ewwww...." :D

[MC Moot]

-- a dead possum in the road about half a block from my apartment.

I didn't even know we had possums in the city.

But anyway. So I was on my bike headed for the bus stop and it was dark. I see the lump in the road and first thought it was a dead cat.

"Awwwwww...."

Nope. It's a dead possum.

"Ewwww...." :D

mmmm...dead possum stew..that's good eatz...:D

[abcdefz]

Yeah.

Reminded me of my friends growing up in Indiana. One introduced "paawwwwwSOOOM!" as a sort of rallying cry, and we'd howl along.

With our John Deere caps on.

[MC Moot]

This morning I saw a young man I'd guess mid 20's latest,hard to say,walking toward me...at 30 feet i thought he was wearing clown make up at about 20 feet I realized he had suffered burns and looks like he's had reconstructive surgery on his face...the results were,well,garish...but i have such empathy...I could feel that he was conscious of my awareness of him so I averted my look,faked a yawn...passed him by...and thought with overwhelming clarity that I have nothing what so ever to complain about in this life at this moment....via con dios...:(

[AceFace]

they're doing some construction in the area my groundhog lives in. poor henry! i hope they don't run him away! i miss seeing him eating his morning brekkers with the family.

[abcdefz]

Two guys on the bus laughing and reminiscing like a fucking high school reunion about different people they had robbed, or times
they had been robbed. (n)

[MC Moot]

they're doing some construction in the area my groundhog lives in. poor henry! i hope they don't run him away! i miss seeing him eating his morning brekkers with the family.

*pictures groundhog with glasses,neck tie,pocket protector,reading newspaper,rustling groundhog jr’s hair and pinching groundhog mom’s derriere playfully*...a regular nuclear rodent familia..:D

[AceFace]

pocket protector

who said Henry was a nerd!?

he has sunglasses, Hawaiian shirt, little tiny sports car and his family was an "accident". now he's stuck with wife b/c she went off and got preggers with triplets.

heh.

[MC Moot]

who said Henry was a nerd!?

he has sunglasses, Hawaiian shirt, little tiny sports car and his family was an "accident". now he's stuck with wife b/c she went off and got preggers with triplets.

heh.


Actually,I heard it was quadruplets but she ate one after he spent the rent on lapdances with some raccoon flousy...:D

[AceFace]

Actually,I heard it was quadruplets but she ate one after he spent the rent on lapdances with some raccoon flousy...:D

the things you do when you're on a cocaine bender!

[MC Moot]

This was an eventful morning...

1) Cat on my stoop sitting on deck chair: stop to give him pets and rubs…wished I had time to open tin of tuna…

2) Parade of bike cops practicing on the red mile for the hockey playoffs…wished I could ride my bike around town with a side arm,then motorists would respect or else…

3) The lingerie store had new display of bikinis and one that was a total take off of the little bitty Ursula Andress sported emerging from the ocean in that Bond movie…wished I had disposable income to buy it for my girl, wished she would wear it…

4) A young couple engaged in a ridiculous PDA,his hand on her ass and all…wished I could flick them in the ear without being considered a sociopath or held legally accountable…

[AceFace]

awe. petting the kitty. so cute.

i saw SUN! and squirrels EVERYWHERE on campus. i wanted to pet them but i didn't have any food.

[abcdefz]

At this bus stop this morning, an old Japanese man with an Elvis leather jacket. That is, a leather jacket with a big old print of Elvis
in yellow on the back.

Just kind of struck me as weird.

[MC Moot]

i saw SUN! and squirrels EVERYWHERE on campus. i wanted to pet them but i didn't have any food.

Careful Ace,I’m fond of them too…but…my grandma said grey squirrels’ carry both rabies and messages between gypsy’s…but she was scared of everything especially gaetano’s...;)

[MC Moot]

At this bus stop this morning, an old Japanese man with an Elvis leather jacket. That is, a leather jacket with a big old print of Elvis
in yellow on the back.

Just kind of struck me as weird.

Japanese love Elvis,rockabilly fashion,John Wayne and westerns…and I love the japanese...very cool and hilarious simultaneously…reminds me of the Japanese couple in Jarmusch’s “Mystery Train”...terminally hip…:cool::D

[abcdefz]

I don't think it would have amused me so much if it hadn't been such an old man.

Well, not old old old. Probably in his sixties.

[MC Moot]

I don't think it would have amused me so much if it hadn't been such an old man.

Well, not old old old. Probably in his sixties.

Yep,that’s the catch for sure…total image painted in my head,could only be more complete if he was smoking an unfiltered cigarette,pausing only to produce a comb from back pocket and work his coiffe...I think I just created a new hitman character for Tarantino...I'll make sure you receive dividends...

[abcdefz]

He was smoking a cigarette, actually. Unfiltered, I don't know, but that's when I saw Elvis on his back -- he turned around to stomp out
the cigarette.

I'm searching around, but I can't find one like it. Imagine a big yellow circle and a silhouette of Elvis's profile as he sings upward into
his microphone. Head, arm, mic. Then, curving around in cursive.

[MC Moot]

ohhhh Canada...:rolleyes:

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/April102.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/April10.jpg

[abcdefz]

You should put that first one in the arts thread. That's a great picture. (y)(y)(y)

[AceFace]

i would DIE if it snowed right now! it's 75 here and i have a spring dress on at work! i'm all happy happy! (y)

today i played "crow jump". basically if you see a crow on the side of the road, you beep your horn and just try to make the bird jump, not fly away! silly, i know, but fun bye yourself or with a carload.

score: 3 jumps 1 fly away. i win!

[MC Moot]

i would DIE if it snowed right now! it's 75 here and i have a spring dress on at work! i'm all happy happy! (y)

today i played "crow jump". basically if you see a crow on the side of the road, you beep your horn and just try to make the bird jump, not fly away! silly, i know, but fun bye yourself or with a carload.

score: 3 jumps 1 fly away. i win!

This is the very best kinda snow though,spring snows are all big,fat,wet,juicy flakes and the air temperature is perfect..not cold in the least...beautiful...just by breathing you get tasty icy flakes in ya mouth...what's carazy is that by Sunday it's forecast to be plus 20!!!...it's life in the high plains...:)

[AceFace]

one thing i have a strong hatred for is... SNOW! i like seeing it from inside but it just makes my feet so incredibly cold! i can't stand it!

i know, i'm a wuss.

[MC Moot]

note to self: do not,I repeat,do not snow wash Aceface...even in a most playful manner...:D

[camo]

I totally forgot to mention this...I saw a guy parked in the bus lane waffling on his mobile and the bus driver was stuck behind him came out and started knocking on his window and giving him a whole load of abuse. It made the jam quite entertaining (y)

[abcdefz]

Some loudmouth came to the bus stop bitching about how some bus had just passed him by or whatever. When our bus came, he got on
and held us up while he berated our driver, who apparently has had encounters with him before. So then, the whole way up to the BART
station, he sat in the back complaining and cussing.

Dude, shut the fuck up.

[camo]

I hate people who feel the need to vent theyre frustrations like that. I feel like shouting quit bitching over some so insignificant you whining pussy!

[abcdefz]

Yup. I mean, I know it's inconvenient when a bus doesn't show, but they drivers don't just choose to drive past people and not stop. And
clearly this guy has a history.

Yeah, dude. Disrupt the peace with your complaints and vague threats. That should guarantee that you're treated like a king.

[MC Moot]

It's official...SNOW DAY!...no students...:)

"Spring blossoms"

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/Blossoms.jpg

"Evergreen"

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/evergreen.jpg

[abcdefz]

"Blossoms" and that earlier one I particularly like because, though you can clearly tell what the are, they also look like really nifty
abstract compositions with nice texture.

Good stuff. (y)

[MC Moot]

Gracias amigo...wanna build a fort and chuck snow balls at the suit and tie guy's?...the snow is perfect for it...:D

[abcdefz]

Sure thing!

No ice balls, though.

[AceFace]

ok i did something really stupid today. i walked out to my car and just got right in the passenger's seat. i felt like an idiot! if my car is parked on the street, it's usually facing the other direction. so i musta just been on auto pilot and sat right down. there was no steering wheel and then i realized what stupid thing i had done.

[MC Moot]

ok i did something really stupid today. i walked out to my car and just got right in the passenger's seat. i felt like an idiot! if my car is parked on the street, it's usually facing the other direction. so i musta just been on auto pilot and sat right down. there was no steering wheel and then i realized what stupid thing i had done.


You just had a British moment that's all Ace!...:D

[MC Moot]

Found on my desk this morning...someones having a laugh...:cool:

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/Spam.jpg

[MC Moot]

This morning I saw the unicycle man for the first time this spring...he can really ride that thing...alway's with little Chaplin bolo on his head and all...Look at me! Look at me!...ya gotta know his whole life is about the unicycle...peculiar...:rolleyes:

[abcdefz]

We had this unicycle dude in Berkeley who wore the full on pink tights thing. Can't remember if he had a pink cape or not.

[AceFace]

for VA Tech.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3257/2420454255_bb8fb50f05.jpg

[MC Moot]

Is that not standard attire for Berkeley?...(y)

[MC Moot]

for VA Tech.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3257/2420454255_bb8fb50f05.jpg

respect...(y)

[abcdefz]

Is that not standard attire for Berkeley?...(y)



Not everyone.

He's a Queer Pride kind of guy, riding around with this huge grin, waving like every day is a parade. Sometimes it was amusing, sometimes
just annoying. One of those guys where you kinda want to shake them by the shoulders and say, "You know you're actually damaging
your cause, right?"

Kinda like a lot of pro-life demonstrators.

[MC Moot]

Not everyone.

He's a Queer Pride kind of guy, riding around with this huge grin, waving like every day is a parade. Sometimes it was amusing, sometimes
just annoying. One of those guys where you kinda want to shake them by the shoulders and say, "You know you're actually damaging
your cause, right?"

Kinda like a lot of pro-life demonstrators.

ahhhh...yes...funny you should say...

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=f3bce4bc-2363-42d5-bf20-32255f78e912

[abcdefz]

I'm against graphic images on protest signs for the same reason I think "Fuck you" shirts or bumper stickers or whatever should be illegal.
By pretty much any community's standards, it's an assault of sorts. It's one thing for me to read or write "shit happens" on a message board
where people know they might encounter that sort of thing; it's altogether different when I'm out in my neighborhood for a stroll or at the
mall with my kids.

[Waus]

I actually ran into a friend while pumping gas that I haven't seen for years. I talked to him online a week or two ago - I guess one of his lungs just spontaneously collapsed and he had to go to the hospital. It was good to see he's doing alright.


::thumps chest::

I hope mine is solid.

[TurdBerglar]

ugh

i wonder what that experience is like

just chilling there and then THWAP

[MC Moot]

I'm against graphic images on protest signs for the same reason I think "Fuck you" shirts or bumper stickers or whatever should be illegal.
By pretty much any community's standards, it's an assault of sorts. It's one thing for me to read or write "shit happens" on a message board
where people know they might encounter that sort of thing; it's altogether different when I'm out in my neighborhood for a stroll or at the
mall with my kids.

I concur with the "assault" on your senses notion...it's a fine line to draw with regards to freedom of speech and expresion...but then again I take offense from things as simple as a confederate flag...and lose my mind over neo nazi fucks flying their colors...

[abcdefz]

I kind of see it as: if it's a public display, it should have to pass the same sort of general audiences test that American films do. Say, G or PG,
since now you can say "fuck" in a PG-13 movie (and show some nudity, I think).

If it's some sort of forum -- whether city hall or a museum or a private business or a publication or whatever -- just have an "enter at your
own risk" sign or something.

[AceFace]

i had to park far away on campus today. there are several events going on where visitors can park anywhere including MY space.

so i saw this on the sidewalk and it totally made me think of dazed and confused.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/2422692821_c38c17fd0b.jpg

[abcdefz]

Rough bus ride this morning on the highway.

We pulled into the BART station and I went to get my bike and it had come halfway off the rack. VTA claims no responsibility if the bike
comes off the front, so I would be kinda fucked if this happened.

Not cool. (n)

[MC Moot]

i had to park far away on campus today. there are several events going on where visitors can park anywhere including MY space.

so i saw this on the sidewalk and it totally made me think of dazed and confused.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/2422692821_c38c17fd0b.jpg

hehehe...and Animal House...thankyou sir may I have another...

[MC Moot]

BUDS!...at last...just in time for the forecasted snow and temp of -10...:rolleyes:

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/buds.jpg

[MC Moot]

Rough bus ride this morning on the highway.

We pulled into the BART station and I went to get my bike and it had come halfway off the rack. VTA claims no responsibility if the bike
comes off the front, so I would be kinda fucked if this happened.

Not cool. (n)

yeah I've alway's wondered about that is there a disclaimor on the rack?

[abcdefz]

It's in the literature, which I'm sure everybody reads.

I wonder if you could make a claim with the DMV if it's because of a pothole...

VTA only takes responsibility if the bus crashes into something; then they pay.

[MC Moot]

It's in the literature, which I'm sure everybody reads.

I wonder if you could make a claim with the DMV if it's because of a pothole...

VTA only takes responsibility if the bus crashes into something; then they pay.

ahhhhh..yes the literature...which consists of the microscopic,smudged ink, print on your transfer...

[na§tee]

pussy.

no, really.

some selfless glasgow citizen managed to wedge a spread (oh, in more ways than one..) of one of those awful amateur readers' wives pornographic magazines at the entrance to the underground station. i didn't stop to inspect, but it was a more mature brunette woman legs apart, hands helpfully holding her vagina so we could all get a good gynaecological look this monday morning.

[MC Moot]

i didn't stop to inspect, but it was a more mature brunette woman legs apart, hands helpfully holding her vagina so we could all get a good gynaecological look this monday morning.

Given that recollection,I'd say you stopped long enough...;)

[MC Moot]

I just saw snow,ice,blowing fucking snow,more ice and then some snow for contrast...have had about enough,I have...the tulips that pushed their way through tundra a week ago are buried hard...:mad:

[abcdefz]

I saw a newspaper headline saying that the Sharks lost.

[na§tee]

Given that recollection,I'd say you stopped long enough...;)
ahah! well, i had a cursory glance and then a wtf was that? glance and it was long enough to establish biology/age/hair colour, yes.

[AceFace]

oh oh i forgot to post this Friday! i saw something on my way HOME from work.

i guess it was rush week last week, and that's why i found the paddle outline. so on my way home, there's this frat house across from the school. i see some hazing going on. there's a bunch of newbies in a line with their shirts off and in underwear. some guys are banging on drums and drinking beer and throwing things at them.

it was oh so animal house and awesome.

[abcdefz]

Yesterday on my way to get the paper from a rack, I saw an old guy put in his coins and then take out a big old stack of papers. He looked
at me and froze for a second, then got in his car real fast. It was kind of sad.

[MC Moot]

Yesterday on my way to get the paper from a rack, I saw an old guy put in his coins and then take out a big old stack of papers. He looked
at me and froze for a second, then got in his car real fast. It was kind of sad.

"I am an independant vendor I must pay for all lost or stolen papers"
say's the sign on the box......Hey,what Clash song is that “in your Sunday papers” line in?…damn what song?…know what I’ve started to do like my grandparents before me?...I read the obituary’s!...morbid little habit...I just look at the young ones or anyone in a military uniform...weirdness...:o

[abcdefz]

Hmm.... I can't remember the song.

Yeah -- oddly enough, I scan the obits, too. I'm looking for young people/untimely death. Weird.

[MC Moot]

This morning a rounded a corner and just about walked right into this lady…we stopped,she went left,I went the same way,she went right,I followed..we did that little dance,you know...then she said “eeee” in the cutest little voice,smiled,blushed, looked at the ground and covered her mouth in the way only Asian women can…soooo cute…(y)

[MC Moot]

Shoes on wires...

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/shoe3.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/shoe2.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/shoe1.jpg

[abcdefz]

I think I've mentioned before that we've got a really cool driver on the first bus each day. Sometimes guys sitting at the back of the bus --
particularly this one huge dude-- will just leave their coffee cups or sandwich bags or whatever -- just a little bit of litter which the next
riders -- or, eventually, the driver himself -- have to deal with.

So I'm the last one off, since most of the people are busting ass to make their BART connection and I have about a ten minute layover.
(It's like horses charging out of the gates sometimes.) Anyway, so I've kind of quietly been picking up the stray coffee cup or napkin or
whatever and pitching it, sort of doing my part.

Well, the main offender -- the really big guy -- hops off the bus each day and smokes a cigarette before he catches his train. And I
don't know if he saw me (I'm really discreet about it), but for the past week or so, he's been taking care of his own trash. That makes
me feel kinda good.

[MC Moot]

For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction…(y)

[MC Moot]

O.K...this really isn't what I saw on way to work but while at work...field trip to the tower!...:)

The chaingang...

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/chaingang.jpg

The tower...

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/Tower.jpg

High plains to the rocky Mountains...

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/Rocky3.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/Rocky2.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/Rocky1.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/Highplains.jpg

Long way down...:eek:

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/waydown1.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/waydown2.jpg

My library...

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/Library.jpg

See the brown house behind the white van?...that's my pad!

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/myhouse.jpg

[AceFace]

those pics were so cool! it'd be green from looking straight down the top of that tower!

[abcdefz]

I'm pretty certain I would puke.

[MC Moot]

Yeah the vertigo is insane!...I can make my head swoon if I recall it well enough...aside for fun,we use that trip as part of an exercise to assess the kids caution/sensory awareness facets...most of them have no fear(they have issues)and were rolling aroun,eating their lunch on the platform...but a few were like NO WAY!...which is a much more positive...

[abcdefz]

I don't know if you've seen the trailer for the Batman movie, but there's a shot of him standing on top of the Chicago tower (?), right at the
edge... that alone gets my stomach churning. I do not like heights. I think it comes from me being dropped down the stairs as a baby,
but how could I possibly remember that?

[AceFace]

dude, don't EVER eat at the Restaurant at the Top of the World at the Stratosphere in LV. i'm telling you i've never felt so sick in my life. between the moving platform and the angled windows and the heights, ugh, it was awful.

what was worse was it was the BEST food i've EVER had and i could have enjoyed it so much more if i wasn't motion sick/vertigo stricken.

[MC Moot]

I don't know if you've seen the trailer for the Batman movie, but there's a shot of him standing on top of the Chicago tower (?), right at the
edge... that alone gets my stomach churning. I do not like heights. I think it comes from me being dropped down the stairs as a baby,
but how could I possibly remember that?

I used to be fearless with regards to heights,don't know if you went cliff jumping in the Seymour River in North Van when you were out there,but we lived for it...then about 6 years ago I was walking across a rope bridge over a fast running river,only about 25 ft up and 1/2 way across I just froze,looking at my feet and something to do with the white water swirling by with the height broke something in head and I’ve never been the same...

[MC Moot]

dude, don't EVER eat at the Restaurant at the Top of the World at the Stratosphere in LV. i'm telling you i've never felt so sick in my life. between the moving platform and the angled windows and the heights, ugh, it was awful.

what was worse was it was the BEST food i've EVER had and i could have enjoyed it so much more if i wasn't motion sick/vertigo stricken.

hehehe..theres a rotating restaurant on the top here as well and the food is terribly overpriced and really poor quality!!...Years ago I went to the one at the top of the C.N tower which was amazing for view,you could see all the way to Detroit that night,but again the food was sub par for the cost!…

[abcdefz]

Yeah -- I went across a rope bridge in North Vancouver. I assume it's the one you're talking about (it's a rope bridge but it's got some
metal reinforcements, if I remember right).

That was bad.

[AceFace]

woo! i got the finger this morning! right on!

[AceFace]

i crossed paths with 6 cops on my 20 min drive to work. that's a LOT for this area.

[MC Moot]

woo! i got the finger this morning! right on!

The fact that Cmute is not around is proven by the lack of response to this statement...;)

[AceFace]

The fact that Cmute is not around is proven by the lack of response to this statement...;)

awe. i miss him terribly! :o

[MC Moot]

Now that Spring is here my attire reverts to the age of 18,I came up on a co-worker at a light and slid right up close...and she startled and said "jesus you look like an thug"...:(

Black Toque and Hoody Riders 4 Eva!...2 and Steveston,ya'll...skate or die...:rolleyes:

[Lyman Zerga]

oh yeah wow cmute is gone! i knew something was missing here but i couldnt put my finger on/in it

[MC Moot]

RAIN!!!...sweet glorius nectar from the sky's!...it has not rained here for 8 months...you can smell the Pacific in it this morning,amazing...no umbrella required I'll take a proper soaking,thanks...dirty old dust bowl town...christ I miss the coast...:(...on another note the Lingerie shop switched up it's bikini/swimsuit display and theres a one piece suit I think I may buy for her,for la playa this summer,I think she'd wear this one...day of pay tommorow...I have no idea what a mid to upscale swimsuit costs...???

[AceFace]

A LOT.

did you see the brand!? i want to see a pic!

[MC Moot]

A LOT.

did you see the brand!? i want to see a pic!

yeah...that's what I figured...and looking at their web prescence kinda makes my wallet nervous...

http://www.sheapparel.ca/boutique.html

[hpdrifter]

Why a one-piece? I haven't worn one of those since I was like 14.

Oh yeah, and I'd say plan to spend about $100-$150 for a swimsuit in a place like that.

[MC Moot]

Why a one-piece? I haven't worn one of those since I was like 14.

Oh yeah, and I'd say plan to spend about $100-$150 for a swimsuit in a place like that.

She has a large scar from an operation she had as a child,that she's super sensitive about...:(

[cookiepuss]

She has a large scar from an operation she had as a child,that she's super sensitive about...:(

can i make a suggestion on fab one peices?

These retro inspired one are great! (http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/retro-swimsuits-vintage-swimsuits.html)
and these (http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/retro-halter-swimsuit-one-piece-swimwear.html)

[AceFace]

oh i have one of those! and a few vintage ones too!

[MC Moot]

thanks Cookipuss!...I'm alway's telling her she's my Betty Page my Betty Boo...:o

[AceFace]

thanks Cookipuss!...I'm alway's telling her she's my Betty Page my Betty Boo...:o
oh that is SO sweet. *barf*

[abcdefz]

This morning on my way to work I could see (and feel) that my front tire needs some air.

[AceFace]

can i make a suggestion on fab one peices?

These retro inspired one are great! (http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/retro-swimsuits-vintage-swimsuits.html)
and these (http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/retro-halter-swimsuit-one-piece-swimwear.html)
damnit! now you have me on pinupgirlclothing.com

that's the next step above my ebay addiction!

we simply MUST go shopping together if we come visit!

[Lyman Zerga]

can i make a suggestion on fab one peices?

These retro inspired one are great! (http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/retro-swimsuits-vintage-swimsuits.html)
and these (http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/retro-halter-swimsuit-one-piece-swimwear.html)

*dribbles*

[MC Moot]

This morning I saw a pair of geese (in luv) harassing people at the 7-E,the male not letting anyone even look at his lady,stopping people from entering and leaving the store...fantastic and hilarious...much better than the usual lot occupants of addicts and their junkie style of shake down...these geese were it...(y)

[AceFace]

so the geese ran the junkies off!? awesome!

[MC Moot]

You beat me to it Ace!...I was just thinking I should post something saying they were the most effective security 7-E has ever hired…(y)

:)

[abcdefz]

I saw a newspaper that said Ron Wilson is now the former coach of the Sharks.

I'm sure he's employable, but that's gotta suck.

[mikizee]

I had the day off today so all I saw was the beach. Water was freezing, but I when i was in the water I remember thinking 'I wish I had a waterproof digicam so I could take a photo of how beautiful this is and post it on the board'.

Miles of clean white sand, not a cloud in the sky, palm trees along the beach with a 2 storey pub across the road and the clearest calmest glassiest water you've ever seen.

It was awesome.

[abcdefz]

Poor kid. ;)

[MC Moot]

I saw a newspaper that said Ron Wilson is now the former coach of the Sharks.

I'm sure he's employable, but that's gotta suck.

That’s what you get when you’re the winningest head coach in franchise history,with a 206 -134 and 45 record in 385 pro-games….it don’t mean nothing unless you get the cup…:rolleyes:

[MC Moot]

Water was freezing, but I when i was in the water I remember thinking 'I wish I had a waterproof digicam so I could take a photo of how beautiful this is and post it on the board'..


What about sharks?...weren’t you thinking about the sharks?...I always think about sharks when I’m in the ocean…even in a fresh water lake I think about sharks…I can get myself going about sharks at the public pool if I let myself wander...and yes, I'm jealous...:D

[abcdefz]

That’s what you get when you’re the winningest head coach in franchise history,with a 206 -134 and 45 record in 385 pro-games….it don’t mean nothing unless you get the cup…:rolleyes:



Yep.

[abcdefz]

What about sharks?...weren’t you thinking about the sharks?...I always think about sharks when I’m in the ocean…even in a fresh water lake I think about sharks…I can get myself going about sharks at the public pool if I let myself wander...and yes, I'm jealous...:D



Obviously, in the end, sharks are nothing to worry about...

[camo]

What about sharks?...weren’t you thinking about the sharks?...I always think about sharks when I’m in the ocean…even in a fresh water lake I think about sharks…I can get myself going about sharks at the public pool if I let myself wander...and yes, I'm jealous...:D

I get that too. I really hate things underwater touching my feet. I have these 'wet suit' nikes that I use when I swim in the sea.

[mikizee]

What about sharks?...weren’t you thinking about the sharks?...I always think about sharks when I’m in the ocean…even in a fresh water lake I think about sharks…I can get myself going about sharks at the public pool if I let myself wander...and yes, I'm jealous...:D

Well we do have great white sharks and also bronze whalers but they rarely come so close to shore and eat you. only about 1 attack on our beaches each summer.

as far as stepping on things underwater, all there is is nice flat sand and you can see your feet clearly in the water so no problems there.

Well unless there is a sting ray buried under the sand so you can't see it and step on it. I've done that before.

[MC Moot]

speaking of stingray's... (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080512.wcalgary_zoo0512/BNStory/National)

:eek:

[Rock]

im dumb.

[AceFace]

i'm confused!

[Rock]

i'm confused!

so am i

wrong thread! doh!

[cookiepuss]

I saw a dead chicken in the middle of the freeway.

Chicken did NOT cross the road. She went SPLAT!!!!!:(

[MC Moot]

I saw a dead chicken in the middle of the freeway.

Chicken did NOT cross the road. She went SPLAT!!!!!:(

I suspect fowl play...:D

[cookiepuss]

Ahhhhhhhahahahahahaah!(y)

[Justin]

A LOT OF FUCKING RED LIGHTS!

[mikizee]

I suspect fowl play...:D

Don't get too eggcited

[abcdefz]

I didn't go to work today.

[MC Moot]

It is suddenly blazing hot here,like 22 degrees walking out my front door this AM and I just witnessed an assault,the first one I've seen in about 10 months...and like the last time it was a man punching a woman...2 junkies in the middle of 5th St,no cars...so as with my usual strategy I yell "I'M CALLING THE COPS!!!"...usually this stops the immediate assault...it works then they start back towards me and the guy yells at me "That transexual fuck stole a 500 dollar phone from me!"...I keep jetting and find myself right between this two pieces of fuck'n garbage...lovely...my bllood pressure must be off the hook...thank god it's a long weekend and thank god I'm getting out of this stupid ugly fuck'n town...I'm ready for the country because it's time to go...:mad:

[abcdefz]

:eek:


(n)




Gets some rest, dude.

[camo]

my girlfriend walking back because she's forgotten her mobile phone.

[AceFace]

It is suddenly blazing hot here,like 22 degrees walking out my front door this AM and I just witnessed an assault,the first one I've seen in about 10 months...and like the last time it was a man punching a woman...2 junkies in the middle of 5th St,no cars...so as with my usual strategy I yell "I'M CALLING THE COPS!!!"...usually this stops the immediate assault...it works then they start back towards me and the guy yells at me "That transexual fuck stole a 500 dollar phone from me!"...I keep jetting and find myself right between this two pieces of fuck'n garbage...lovely...my bllood pressure must be off the hook...thank god it's a long weekend and thank god I'm getting out of this stupid ugly fuck'n town...I'm ready for the country because it's time to go...:mad:
this was quite a sexy post! i like it when you get all mean and angry! :rolleyes:

[MC Moot]

Gets some rest, dude.

thanks,I will,in my own fashion,2 nights on the summit,telesecope,cigarillos and a wee bit of brandy,zen and the art of the ascent...Mt Yamanuska...(y) (http://www.peakware.com/photos/2090b.jpg)

[AceFace]

i got hit on by a VERY attractive african american guy this morning while fueling up. he asked me about my license plate and when i told him to have a nice day he said "you too baby girl" with a hot wink.

what a nice way to start the day!

[ericlee]

on the way back to work last night, I saw a very eccentric individual who was talking to himself.

He got on the train and sat next to women who were by themselves and he'd have a conversation with them while he was talking on the phone.

He didn't have a phone, he'd talk into it and pass on messages to the ladies he'd sit next to from the phone conversation.

The ladies he'd sit next to would end up getting up and moving away so he'd sit and keep talking on his "phone" and get up and sit next to a different lady.

The whole car was laughing.

[MC Moot]

^it's all fun and games until he takes out someones eye!...:D

[MC Moot]

I saw that the Lilacs are right about to bloom,which means soon my bedrrom will smell of sex and lilac perfume...(y)

[MC Moot]

Lilacs in bloom,choke cherry blossoms,rain and such...viewing images requires you enable smellOvision...(y)

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/Lilac.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/Lilac3.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/Inbloom.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/May26.jpg

[MC Moot]

Emotional Rollercoaster Morning!!!...First one of my co-workers walked in the door in tears,just struck by a car on her bike,road rash,torn capri's,blood and bruises...so I'm all angry,mad,concerned...:mad:...so I do the first aid thing and we pack her off to go see a doc,she's in shock...just now I picked up the phone and it's another colleagues husband telling me my friend went into early labor and had their son late last night,6 weeks early,5.9 Lbs,mom's good,baby's good but tiny,in an incubator...so I'm all happy,joyous and concerned...:)

[abcdefz]

That's some drama, there, Moot.

Was it a hit and run?

Hope she's okay.



What did I see... a young woman on the bus today had kicked off her shoes and was sleeping, her feet up on the seat. More comfortable,
I'm sure, but I'm not sure about the hygiene aspect. Nice feet, though, and I liked the color of her nail polish. Sort of a deep wine color.

[MC Moot]

^Not a hit and run per-say,the driver was making a right on a red and clipped her up onto the curb as driver was looking left and rolling through the light…she almost didn’t even stop to get info, she said she was “embarrassed”…but another driver behind her jumped out of his car and had the sense to do the right thing…what pisses me off is she started to cycle to work about a year and a half ago,through downtown AM traffic,and I’ve been on her since the beginning to wear a brain bucket,but noooooo…(n)...you know she’s a fashion rider,fancy cruiser with her basket,tassles and floral paint job,a helmet would through of the whole statement…:rolleyes:

[abcdefz]

Did you check to see if her eyes were dilated?

I hope she's okay.

[MC Moot]

No,she had no head trauma,took the fall on the legs and hips...she gonna be sore tonight,once the adrenaline and shock pass,boyee...:(

[abcdefz]

That's good news of a sort. (y)

[abcdefz]

Dude at the bus stop this morning looked really glazed over. I scooted over on the bench to give him room to sit, but instead he crosses
in front of me and stands just upwind of me, reeking of urine. The thing is, I usually feel so bad for a person in that kind of shape that
I don't want to hurt their feelings by moving or asking them to move, especially if they've started talking to me, which this guy did. Do I
know what time bus 66 comes... I'm thirty cents short, can you help me out...

His bus was only a few minutes away, so I didn't have to smell him for long, but then I felt sorry for the other people on the bus who
were going to have to put up with it in a contained area...

[MC Moot]

I saw everything and noticed nothing on the way to work,I got's da mofo blues...step,shuffle,shuffle,step...:(

[abcdefz]

-- are you puking? I've actually puked today.

[AceFace]

my poor babies! i want to give you hugs!

[abcdefz]

(y)

[Lyman Zerga]

my poor babies! i want to give you hugs!

puke :(

[AceFace]

today i saw a TON of traffic. way more than usual. and none of them were using their turn signals like they're supposed to.

i was rightly frustrated all the way to work.

[MC Moot]

I was just behind a guy in traffic at a light,on my bike, and there was clouds of pot smoke billowing out his window...so I rolled into the Mac's parking lot and called the cops on him at the pay phone,plate,vehicle description and all...which may be the nastiest public phone in town,glad I had my gloves on...anyway's...I hope they snag his wake and bake ass off my roads...

[abcdefz]

How's today treating you, Moot? I hope things are better.

[MC Moot]

Cheers,A-Z,thanks for axe'n...it's allright today I got some ya' ya's out last night...I'm just carrying work stress,20 some odd day's left,my director and assistant director have announced there departures and I find it difficult to see myself in this role/organization without their incredible support and unsderstanding...but as I believe you know the not for profit is a good thing for a few years but eventually you gotta get paid...and opportunity's abound in this city/economy...so I have to decide on agreeing to a new contract by tomorrow...and change is scary brother...

[abcdefz]

Now I have context. :)

How long's the contract? How soon would you have to leave if you didn't sign?

Best wishes with that.

[MC Moot]

my brother just reminded me of this vid...:D(y):D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQXiew-DQH4

[MC Moot]

How long's the contract? How soon would you have to leave if you didn't sign?

My last day of work this year is June 27...It' a 10 month contract every year...which is what makes it so tough to give up...2 weeks off at Christmas, week at Easter and the 6 weeks off to play in Espana...it's all very suave and also pretty unrealistic...;)

[abcdefz]

Oh, what the hell, I'll take it.

[MC Moot]

You know you're not legally entitled to work on this side of the border ever since the Vancouver fiasco...:rolleyes:

[abcdefz]

Good memory.

Yeah -- just have them ship the job down to me. Either that or get me a wife up there.

[mate_spawn_die]

my brother just reminded me of this vid...:D(y):D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQXiew-DQH4

i can't help but giggle when the thing head bangs

[MC Moot]

^ I know I love it...just the laugh I needed...carrot cigars...(y)

[MC Moot]

Oh this was good...this morning on the lawn of the house next to mine I saw this tabby cat being swooped down at by 2 screaming magpies...he was all ears pinned back,skimming right down on the ground,coming right towards me...he goes by,birds fly up,I see he has speckled egg precariously gripped in his awkwardly open mouth!...I started laughing,he looked so guilty...but satisfied,he shot in a hole through the lattice on the neighbors stoop and the magpies sat on the top of the gutter trough,screaming away....I wanna give thanks to the creator for this gift,this morning...she always gives the greatest presents...:cool:

[AceFace]

ok i saw something so cool yesterday on the way to target...

there was this dog and owner. and the doggie was walking himself! he had his leash in his mouth and walking beside his owner.

so we get to target and we see the dog sitting outside of target bye himself staring at the door. all calm and patient. we realize the owner is inside buying something. so when we get inside we see him in line and we just stay and watch. the guy goes outside and tells the dog to pick up his leash and then they just walk off!

it was so fucking cool!

[MC Moot]

^I love it Ace!...I saw that same dog up here,posted about somewhere back in this thread!...;)...I secretly picture in my mind that dog is actually running the show,he’s the boss,but just carries the leash around as not to arouse suspicion amongst “those who walk upright and bring me my food"...:D

[AceFace]

^ we kinda saw it that way too.

now we're determined to get darcie to carry her leash. little dainty Pomeranian walking herself. HAH!

[abcdefz]

Maple syrup has gotten really expensive.

12 1/2 ounces was $7.34.

[abcdefz]

This morning I saw a small, white-haired Asian woman wearing a red flannel jacket with snowmen on it. Snowmen.

[na§tee]

a 20-something guy on the tube listening to the lighthouse family really loudly on his headphones. the lighthouse family!

we could beeee lifted
lifted
liffteeeeeeee-eee-ed
wecouldbelifted
from the shadowwwwsss
lifffffftteeeeddd
yeeaahhyeaaahhhh

:confused:

[abcdefz]

Never heard of them before.

[MC Moot]

this morning I saw two hydro workers standing over an open sidewalk grate,that was all cordoned off,the same side walk grate I often make a game of spitting my gum into as I walk by...(I've created a superstition in my mind that if the gum get's through the gate I'm in for a good day but if it bounces off,rolls over,whatever..my day won't be as easy...:o...)....anyway I'm curious about things so I got close to see what goes on in the electric underbelly of the city....and there was this guy down in hole,sweeping up all the crap...and to his mates he was like "Fucking disgusting!" and they were laughing at him...I won't spit my gum down there no more...

[abcdefz]

Good story. (y)


I just realized I've got a hole in my shirt. One of my favorite shirts, too.

Was.

Fuck.

[MC Moot]

^ the other day I found a cig burn in my fave rain jacket...arghhhhh...and it's on the back,so I didn't do it,must have happened at Iron Maiden,hashteroids falling from the heads behind us,I suspect..:mad:

[abcdefz]

That sucks.

[AceFace]

i think my lucky groundhog is dead. :( haven't seen him for awhile and suddenly there's a sad little dead one on the side of the road.

:(

[abcdefz]

If it's dead, it's probably not sad.

[AceFace]

i'm the sad one, i suppose.

[abcdefz]

A sad sight.

[MC Moot]

This morning I had to drive my girl to the airport,so when we rounded a corner there was a gopher on the side of the road eating his fallen comrade…and she yelled “Oh no!...look he’s trying to help him off the road!”…and I howled for 5 mins….she’s so awesome…I think she really believed it…cause she said the same thing about a magpie on magpie incident last year…:D

[abcdefz]

This morning I did a load of laundry before leaving for work. The washer and dryer are on a riser on the stairs that lead to the roof.

Anyway, on my way to pull them out of the dryer, I saw somebody in a hoodie curled up asleep on the stairs leading to the first floor.

I wonder if it was Nico, this guy who lives down the hall. One morning some months ago, I went up to do laundry and found him curled
up on the landing. He woke up and said he was sick and couldn't get to sleep in his apartment. :confused: I told him to go back to sleep
and I'd do laundry later.

He's a little slow, I think. Something is mentally/emotionally a little off. Seems like every time I see him, he's lost his job or getting a
new one.

It's weird -- now, this is just me and my prejudices -- but the thing is, he's this hell of a handsome guy. The guy could probably model
if people would put up with whatever it is that's wrong. And I have no idea why I think that good looking people can't have mental
problems; I'm smarter than that. But there it is.

Anyway, I don't know for sure if it was Nico or not. When I left, the front door of our "secure" building was open, so it could've just
been somebody who sneaked in to crash. But it was warm enough last night and this morning that I can't imagine someone risking that
when they could have slept comfortably outside.

[yeahwho]

I love your signature, "Change is good, because change is change" where the hell did you dream that up?

When i was a teenager I tagged a pretty popular wall here in town with
"doesn't anything mean anything to anyone anymore?"

But I like yours 10x more.

fuckin' awesome

[abcdefz]

Sullivan (Matthew Modine) says it in season three of Weeds.

He's a sleazy developer and he's selling people on letting his development village's sewage run through their system. They mindlessly applaud
as he's making that speech.

[yeahwho]

Sullivan (Matthew Modine) says it in season three of Weeds.

He's a sleazy developer and he's selling people on letting his development village's sewage run through their system. They mindlessly applaud
as he's making that speech.

Great, i actually have season III disc one at home ready to spin, that shit is hilarious.

[abcdefz]

Great, i actually have season III disc one at home ready to spin, that shit is hilarious.

I don't think I gave too much away. :o

[MC Moot]

This morning I did a load of laundry before leaving for work. The washer and dryer are on a riser on the stairs that lead to the roof.

Anyway, on my way to pull them out of the dryer, I saw somebody in a hoodie curled up asleep on the stairs leading to the first floor.

I wonder if it was Nico, this guy who lives down the hall. One morning some months ago, I went up to do laundry and found him curled
up on the landing. He woke up and said he was sick and couldn't get to sleep in his apartment. :confused: I told him to go back to sleep
and I'd do laundry later.

He's a little slow, I think. Something is mentally/emotionally a little off. Seems like every time I see him, he's lost his job or getting a
new one.

It's weird -- now, this is just me and my prejudices -- but the thing is, he's this hell of a handsome guy. The guy could probably model
if people would put up with whatever it is that's wrong. And I have no idea why I think that good looking people can't have mental
problems; I'm smarter than that. But there it is.

Anyway, I don't know for sure if it was Nico or not. When I left, the front door of our "secure" building was open, so it could've just
been somebody who sneaked in to crash. But it was warm enough last night and this morning that I can't imagine someone risking that
when they could have slept comfortably outside.


Nico = Heroin

?


P.S: laundry before work,how ambitious...;)

[abcdefz]

1) He's too healthy looking to be into heroin.

But then, I guess so was River Phoenix, R.I.P.


2) How necessary. I hadn't been sleeping much all weekend (2-3 hours a night), and I fell asleep on the bus on the way home (very rare for me).
Got home, too tired to do laundry, watched about a half hour of The West Wing and then just fucking crashed for about eleven hours. Woke up
at 3:45 a.m. with no clean clothes, so it had to be done.

[MC Moot]

1) He's too healthy looking to be into heroin.


I think anyone with the name Nico is allway's waiting for the man...;)

[abcdefz]

That's who I thought of, too, when he first told me. I assumed it was always a girl's name.

Coincedntally, some boy named Nico was on the front of our sports section today. Champion high school pole vaulter --
no implication intended.

Sorry if I sound gay about that guy in our building. I'm kinda jealous.

[abcdefz]

I saw a newspaper article that said George Carlin died.

Actually, though, I didn't go to work today. Doctor's appointment. Pinched something in my back.

So I'm at the library which is always fun while school's going on. Lots of hot Asian college girls who are way too young for me.

[MC Moot]

I saw the moon still hanging in the bright blue sky...which in Big Sky country means here comes the heat...

[abcdefz]

Does it get all that hot there?

[MC Moot]

Oh yeah...and it's a dry heat...climactic extremes...the elevation makes the sun that much more intense...

[AceFace]

oooh. i saw this "happy little cloud" hanging out in between mountains this morning. usually you see foggy type clouds up there, if it's so inclined to be foggy. but this one was just as fluffy and white as could be.

[MC Moot]

This morning it wasn't so much what I saw but what I smelled...you when you get those time association triggered recollections of past events?...it smelled just like summer camp...I love it when that happens...summer camp was awesome...:cool:

[abcdefz]

I smelled smoke in the air.

The past few days, the valley has had all kinds of smoke particles in the air from the Santa Cruz fires, so everything's all hazy and polluted;
this morning is the first time I could smell the smoke. Damn. Poor people!

Something I saw that I thought was funny was this older dude on the bus wearing an M&M's cap with the characters on it. Must have a
sense of whimsy, but it seriously looks like a three year-old's cap. Except for the size.

[abcdefz]

I wasn't at the bus stop, but the driver saw me and stopped the bus for me anyway. He can get in trouble for that, so I really appreciated it.

I was at the bus stop reading the paper when I realized holy smokes -- I forgot my work keys! So I pedaled my ass home, snagged the keys,
and was about a block away when I saw the bus pulling out. The driver's known me for about three years now, so he just stopped for me.
The car behind him was honking at him, and I got on the bus and people were looking at me maybe a little resentfully.

Oh, well. It was a nice gesture that made me feel good and guilty at the same time.

[ericlee]

some dipshit pulled the emergency brake on my way to work today, causing me to be a half hour late.

The train was truckin along and came to a dead stop and it let out all kinds of air. The crew had to get out and investigate. I wonder what the hell happened.

It was cool in a sense cause I always wanted to know what happens when you pull the brake.

[MC Moot]

For the past two years when I've returned to work I've noticed a visible increse in pedestrian traffic like a dramatic increase...the time I leave for work hasn't changed and the route is the same...I figure it's gotta be a result of gas prices and the most expensive parking in the country...

[MC Moot]

O.K this was bizarre…I’m walking into the Mac’s to buy some gum and a paper and this lady comes out the door walks towards me,looking straight at me and say’s “I THINK YOU’RE SCUM!”...she’s well dressed,attractive,not a junkie or a street flop nor any outward sign of mental illness…I turn to see who’s she’s yelling at…no one behind me no one around me…she’s definetly talking at me…I don’t know her,never seen her…she passes by me,keeps walking and yells “Following me around on the internet is not my idea of a pastime!”...sooooo apparently I have a creepy stalker doppelganger somewhere out there...great...:rolleyes:

[MC Moot]

This morning I saw my breath,apples fallen from the tree and beginning to decompose and a lady walking a pot belly pig!...I looked at that pig and thought, really the only purpose that thing serves is hanging on a spit, roasting slow and low, slathered in sauce…loin,ribs,bacon….mmmmmm pigs are not for petting in my books…very silly…:rolleyes:

[Randetica]

nah i would love to have a pig as a pet

[MC Moot]

A Priest...

[AceFace]

i saw this car from far away blowing black exhaust. i tried to stay way behind it b/c it was gross, but she was going entirely too slow. so when i passed her, she had all kinds of environmental stickers on her car. it gave me a chuckle.