What's up?

[ms.peachy]

What's new, people? Just askin'. What's going on in your lives? How ya doin? What are you excited about, or worried about, or thinking about, and stuff?

[russhie]

Worried about: uni
Excited about: the weekend
Thinking about: uh, right this minute? Wondering if I can afford a puppy, and if my backyard is big enough for one.

[paul jones]

was thinking I was back in work tonight but was wrong because easter confused me,but I did a thread about that so..

[ms.peachy]

Worried about: uni
Why?
Excited about: the weekend
Why?
Thinking about: uh, right this minute? Wondering if I can afford a puppy, and if my backyard is big enough for one.
So.... can you? Is it?

[ms.peachy]

was thinking I was back in work tonight but was wrong because easter confused me,but I did a thread about that so..

Fucking space-time continuum motherfucker! Bastard.

[russhie]

Why?

Why?

So.... can you? Is it?

I'm behind at uni & I have a million other things on right now - I've got CDs that need to be reviewed, a fashion launch to go to/write up, working overtime at my day job, all that.

This weekend my friends and I are headed down the coast and they're taking me to a club with a revolving dance floor. The club has the rep of being a bit of a dodgy venue, so, bring it on!

No to the puppy. My yard is too small, I don't have the time & I'd be sent broke if it needed vetinary attention. God damn the Sorbent ad for making lab puppies look so adorable.

[TAL]

I wonder if I'll ever get a reply to the PM I sent in January.

[b-grrrlie]

I'm mainly worried just about everything at the moment...
work, <3, money...

[Kid Presentable]

I wonder if I'll ever get a reply to the PM I sent in January.

Did you send it to me? I'm terrible at replying to PMs(sorry Miho :()

So yeah, I'll indulge myself. I have two huge reports and I'm the only group member doing any of the work (the other four assigments are pretty problem-free). I'm getting sent research by people that is completely off the point. We're progressively submitting sections, and I'm torn between completely redoing their work (because it's garbage), or just leaving it for the tutor to deal with (which will still mean redoing it, just nearer the end of semester). Thanks for asking, peachy. I have some prize-givings to go to, and I've started applying for jobs at various companies, because now my resume actually has some (I stress, some) substance.

How are you? How's the kid and husband? Still in London?

[paul jones]

Fucking space-time continuum motherfucker! Bastard.

yes.

actually....in the pub last week was a DOC look-a-like(y)

me and my friend were in stitches and saying 'jiigerwatt' sort of stuff

[ms.peachy]

I wonder if I'll ever get a reply to the PM I sent in January.
Ha. Erm. Yeah, sorry. Will be out of town. See below.



How are you? How's the kid and husband? Still in London?

Ah, well. Kid and husband are awesome and the most amazing and wonderful human beings. They are in London. I am not. I am in the US. It is quite a long story as to why. I don't mean to be cryptic, but it's something I am not at liberty to really discuss at the moment. All I can say is that I am a witness in a criminal trial (it is something that happened long ago) and so I have to be here and do this, even though I would rather not.

This is why I am asking about everyone else really; to focus on other people's lives a.t.m. as mine is a bit... weird. I will tell you all about it someday, when this is all over.

[kll]

I'm behind at uni & I have a million other things on right now - I've got CDs that need to be reviewed, a fashion launch to go to/write up, working overtime at my day job, all that.

This weekend my friends and I are headed down the coast and they're taking me to a club with a revolving dance floor. The club has the rep of being a bit of a dodgy venue, so, bring it on!

No to the puppy. My yard is too small, I don't have the time & I'd be sent broke if it needed vetinary attention. God damn the Sorbent ad for making lab puppies look so adorable.

the dog whisperer says that there's no yard that's too small as long as the dog is proportional to the size. if it has room to run around in a house and a place to go out to poop, it's all good. also, you could consider getting 2 puppies to keep each other exercized and entertained. 2 small dogs preferably.

and as for what's going on - busy with a promotion (but still no increased paycheck) at the same job that is getting increasingly busy

going to vegas for a wedding in a couple of weeks and get to see alruggs

boyfriend is going on tour w/ his band in a month's time for 2 weeks - should be a test to see if he brings back krabs

renting a house in palm springs for a week for my bday

trying to stay interested in the bbmb

can't seem to quit drinking, even though i try

[beastieboysbaby]

i made a 44 on my last algebra test, whoo hoo!

[Kid Presentable]

trying to stay interested in the bbmb


Lies.

[kleptomaniac]

i made a 44 on my last algebra test, whoo hoo!

yikes. :eek:

i could tutor you. i got a 100 on my last calc test. :)

[ericlee]

i found out monday that i didnt get the house. Aint bummed.

Making music. Going to school shortly. Life is good.

Thanks for the pm.

[beastieboysbaby]

oh, and im excited about letting my hair grow out, its getting perdy long!

[kll]

Lies.

haha.

i can only think about pb remastered for so long and having it be the only thread that hovers at the top of BG before i start to feel real life calling my name.

sorry, the real world/road rules challenge is calling my name... :rolleyes:

[ms.peachy]

i found out monday that i didnt get the house. Aint bummed.


Sorry to hear that. I know it might all be for the best in the long run but, you know, you guys put a lot of time and effort into it and I'm sorry it didn't work out.

[Kid Presentable]

haha.

i can only think about pb remastered for so long and having it be the only thread that hovers at the top of BG before i start to feel real life calling my name.


Yeah, that thread rules.

In the last 5 minutes I just found out I have an interview at a big company thingo.

[ericlee]

Sorry to hear that. I know it might all be for the best in the long run but, you know, you guys put a lot of time and effort into it and I'm sorry it didn't work out.


No problem at all. What can I do, ya know?

I just hope things are good for you. Sounds rough.

[taquitos]

i'm trying to figure out what to cook for dinner, and if i should start my paper or go to the grocery first.

i'm thinking pasta with goat cheese and maybe ill crumble a morning star farms fake sausage in their too.
...and i think i'll smoke weed and listen to a rod stewart album while i decide when to go.

[DipDipDive]

Every evening around 9:00 my tits start to really itch and the only way to make it stop is to go to bed.

That's all, really. :(

[Bob]

my left eye hurts. i don't know why, i can't even tell what it is. i don't think it's a problem with the eye, it's a problem with the skin around it. today it hurt when i blinked. it's better now, but it still hurts if i scrunch up my face. it feels kind of like i have a bruise, or something, but i looked really closely into a mirror and i can't see anything on my eye or my eyelid or anything like that. it's been hurting a little more each day for the past 3 days or so though. i have no idea.

but on a positive note, i made hard boiled eggs today and i didn't screw it up. i realize they're not hard to make, but i was worried i was gonna undercook them and have them be raw, or overcook them and make them turn green, but no, they turned out fine.

but i went onto fitday.com to check the nutritional stuff and apparently a mere 3 of them gives you 212% of your daily recommended amount of cholesterol, so that was shocking

[DipDipDive]

my left eye hurts. i don't know why, i can't even tell what it is. i don't think it's a problem with the eye, it's a problem with the skin around it. today it hurt when i blinked. it's better now, but it still hurts if i scrunch up my face. it feels kind of like i have a bruise, or something, but i looked really closely into a mirror and i can't see anything on my eye or my eyelid or anything like that. it's been hurting a little more each day for the past 3 days or so though. i have no idea.

My guess is it's the nerves in your mouth causing that to happen, actually. I had persistent shooting pains in the back of my head and around my ocular cavities which subsided when I had my wisdom teeth removed.

[DipDipDive]

Oh, and this is what's up. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9cQOcAC_K8)

[Bob]

there's an interesting idea. i did have some shooting pains in the back of my head but i assumed it was because the monitor at my job is old and fuzzy and warbles now and then and i have to stare at it for 8 hours a day.

maybe that actually is the problem. maybe it's got something to do with my eye thing, too. i dunno. all i know is i've already had my wisdom teeth taken out, so unless they grew back...

[alruggs]

One of my dearest friends passed away on Saturday night after battling cancer. He was 40. I was there when it happened and it was one of the most intense things that I've ever experienced. I feel very fortunate to have been there. I feel like I was able to say good bye even though he couldn't hear me. I don't think I'd feel like I'd have closure or really wrap my head around the fact that he's gone forever if I didn't see him go.

I'm also adjusting to living alone. Boyfriend moved out at the end of February.

[Kid Presentable]

One of my dearest friends passed away on Saturday night after battling cancer. He was 40. I was there when it happened and it was one of the most intense things that I've ever experienced. I feel very fortunate to have been there. I feel like I was able to say good bye even though he couldn't hear me. I don't think I'd feel like I'd have closure or really wrap my head around the fact that he's gone forever if I didn't see him go.

I'm also adjusting to living alone. Boyfriend moved out at the end of February.

I know I've been kind of a dick to you in the past, but I'm sorry to hear that. That's harsh as fuck.

[alruggs]

If you were a dick, I don't remember. :)

On a brighter note, my dogs turned 1 y.o. yesterday.

[Waus]

my left eye hurts. i don't know why, i can't even tell what it is. i don't think it's a problem with the eye, it's a problem with the skin around it. today it hurt when i blinked. it's better now, but it still hurts if i scrunch up my face. it feels kind of like i have a bruise, or something, but i looked really closely into a mirror and i can't see anything on my eye or my eyelid or anything like that. it's been hurting a little more each day for the past 3 days or so though. i have no idea.


That happened to me a couple times, Bob. I even went to the doctor - they said it was just some kind of minor infection of the eyelid. I got some oral antibiotics prescribed and it went away after a couple days or so. The annoying part is just when your eyelid swells up ever so slightly and you start to suspect you have it again and dread going back to the doctor just to tell them what you already know.

[funk63]

stoked i saw bill clinton


trying to get a job and gf

want to put on muscle mass

[avignon]

What's new, people? Just askin'. What's going on in your lives? How ya doin? What are you excited about, or worried about, or thinking about, and stuff?

what's new - blonde

what's going on in my life - same old

excited about, etc.- http://www.sosoverseasmoving.com/international-Quote-Costs-Estimate.htm

[mikizee]

Life sucks for me right now.

Well it could suck a lot worse but I'm in a bit of a lull.

[ericlee]

One of my dearest friends passed away on Saturday night after battling cancer. He was 40. I was there when it happened and it was one of the most intense things that I've ever experienced. I feel very fortunate to have been there. I feel like I was able to say good bye even though he couldn't hear me. I don't think I'd feel like I'd have closure or really wrap my head around the fact that he's gone forever if I didn't see him go.

I'm also adjusting to living alone. Boyfriend moved out at the end of February.

oh man. Your friend heard you, you can count on that.

And as for bf leaving you. It's his loss. From what I know of ya on here, you're an achiever and good hearted.

[Waus]

New job, moving close to Detroit. Working some things out with my relationship. Don't drink or smoke anymore (not that I have a problem with either).

(y)

[venusvenus123]

hi peachy,
nice to hear from you.
i'm off to give some blood. hope that it may save the day for someone, somewhere.
my son is visiting the british museum with his school today.
i'll filll you in more later

sorry you're not having a great time :(
chin up

venus xx

[na§tee]

what a marvelous idea for a thread. simple yet effective.

oof, i feel like complete shit. 2008 has started off terribly and i envisage it continuing as such. 2007 was a write-off, too, despite some good things happening.

all for various reasons i won't go into here, but mostly because i really feel i have been floating along for three years doing nothing much in particular and have failed to pull the finger from my ass. i feel disappointed in myself when i had a lot of potential. not that i've failed per se, but eh. i have a lot of decisions to make about my future but get depressed the more i investigate certain avenues and the difficulties each one has. hrmm. so i stay put.

lately i have become absolutely completely obsessed with age, pensions, savings, mortgages and life turning points. i close my eyes and all i see are numbeersssss constant nummb3errsss. i say obsession, i actually mean more absolute crippling anxiety and fear. arghhh!

my google history is very interesting indeed.

in other news, i am currently fighting with my work to pay me the same amount as my male colleague who has the same job title/description and gets 50% more than me :eek: i have allowed myself to get shafted for entirely too long.

i have to find a new flat soon, which i am not looking forward to. new people and all that. so i'm thinking maybe i should just piss off somewhere new altogether. so i am applying for jobs around the bath/bristol area. fingers crossed. alreeet my loverrrhh! gurt lush!

um, what else? i lost about two stone+ in weight, wooh! but now i have started to put some back on because my motivation to do anything is pretty much zero.

if things work out i may be going on a nice big holiday in september, so that is exciting, i guess. i'll put that in the 'excited' box rather than the 'worried' one.

hmmm exciting whaaaat's exciting, claire? come on! pizza? pizza is exciting. i get to eat pizza tonight. i'm going to a football match on saturday where i will get to eat a steak pie and feel my face get cold while shouting at our team for 90 minutes with thousands of other fans. that's it really. woopdeedoo. i am trying to live vicariously through a colleague by bullying him into getting a kitten.

anyhiz, woah, way too much crap. i hope you are okay, even though your current situation sounds quite bizarre-oh. hope you get to go back to your husband and child very soon : )

[gbsuey]

my youngest son was three and is now officially the black dino thunder power ranger-if i knew how i'd put up a pic

i'm hoping we get a good summer

and i'm wondering why i just can't find the bollocks to confront really bad issues that are hurting my family from within and demand that they are sorted now-i just can't nag which is normally a good thing but not now-i need the power of nagging.

hope you don't have to be away from home too long

[yeahwho]

OK, let me update my life,

I had a new dog (English Pointer) who is STRONG, yet very gentle and happy, he likes to run and I've been walkin', runnin' and tossin' things for him to stay as active as possible. They've been known to cover a hundred miles on the hunt, this is a very active dog. Well behaved though with kids and other people.... extremely quiet, barks maybe 3 or 5 barks on a busy barking day.

I already had 2 cats, they co-exsist.

Just spent $400.00 on a Archos 80 gig (http://reviews.cnet.com/portable-video-players-pvps/archos-605-wifi-80gb/4505-6499_7-32553702.html?tag=prod.txt.1) PVP/MP3/WiFi/Video-Recorder/Photo/thing and have spent the past three days uploading everything and mastering the little bastard. I'm obsessed with it, it's cooler than any toy I've ever purchased.

Seeing Springsteen this weekend.

Going to a R. Crumb art show tomorrow.

Been working like crazy (most posts I make come from work)

Been seeing the same woman now for a couple of years, we're both happy.

Life is good. I mean it....maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

[AceFace]

i like this thread too!

your situation is CRAZY Peachy! i know you've gotta miss that family of yours.

i'm just getting over pneumonia. was out sick all last week from work. i really woulda rather that been vacation time in vegas or something in stead of gasping for air all week. the meds i was on fucked me UP! gave me insomnia. when i was laying in the bed all i could do was think about food and sex.... at the same time. i literally found myself thinking, "man if i could just sleep with a pizza beside me and wake my husband up and let him do his thing, the world would be fine."

then i realized i was being a total Costanza.

went off the meds yesterday and I SLEPT LAST NIGHT! probably the first real sleep in 10 days. it felt sooooo good.

i'm in a play. it opens tonight. i'm nervous.

the end!

[beastieboysbaby]

i'm in a play. it opens tonight. i'm nervous.

the end!

what play is it?

[AceFace]

Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward. it's an old play, but fun. i play Edith the Maid. i'm lucky i have the least lines but all my scenes are funny. that's why i like theatre. i like to make people laugh.

i have a pic of me in my costume i'll post later.

[NoFenders]

One of my dearest friends passed away on Saturday night after battling cancer. He was 40. I was there when it happened and it was one of the most intense things that I've ever experienced. I feel very fortunate to have been there. I feel like I was able to say good bye even though he couldn't hear me. I don't think I'd feel like I'd have closure or really wrap my head around the fact that he's gone forever if I didn't see him go.

I'm also adjusting to living alone. Boyfriend moved out at the end of February.


Really sorry to hear this alruggs. My sincere condolences. He was way too young to die. Being there when somebody passes is a tough experience. I'm sure he heard you, and I'm sure he still does.
:cool:

[abcdefz]

I'm sorry to read that, al. Was his pain management all right?

[mickill]

One of my best friends just moved down to California to start up an alternative medicine clinic. He's going to be away from his wife and two young kids for at least 4 months. I can't even be away from my family for a whole day, so I don't know how well I'd hold up under similar circumstances. You're both troopers.

I started an investor relations firm with my brother back in September. It's been stressful to say the least. I had to take a couple of months off after my son was born.

Been looking for a new home to accommodate the latest addition to the fam, which has been stressful as well. A house that we've really been interested in has an accepted offer on it, so we're kind of keeping our fingers crossed.

My mother in law has been in ICU for almost two weeks. She was moved to a different hospital while she was still on the ventilator, due to a shortage of beds. She spent almost a week in an induced coma. At one point the doctor actually told us it didn't "look too good". She's expected to make a full recovery over the next 8 weeks or so. Anyway, I haven't been to work much lately. Again. Which sucks.

Stay positive, peachy. (insert appropriate emoticon here)

[trailerprincess]

I'm very very tired which is making today drag like a neanderthal's arms.
I'm soon going to be homeless.
I am in boy-limbo and it was unsettling, but now I don't know/care. This could be due to aforementioned extreme fatigue.
I can't wait for my holiday (September) but in the meantime, I'm going to settle for a weekend away (Dublin next weekend) and some time off when a friend visits shortly. Which I am looking forward to, provided I don't spend my time off fast asleep.
I am currently rewriting a strategy document. On page 29 of about 50. It's really gripping stuff.
I might go home now.

[mickill]

Sorry about your friend, Andrea.

[abcdefz]

My mother in law has been in ICU for almost two weeks. She was moved to a different hospital while she was still on the ventilator, due to a shortage of beds. She spent almost a week in an induced coma. At one point the doctor actually told us it didn't "look too good". She's expected to make a full recovery over the next 8 weeks or so. Anyway, I haven't been to work much lately. Again. Which sucks.



Hope it goes well for her. That sounds ugly.

[BangkokB]

Sorry to hear about your loss Alhuggs

I got an email from one of my acquaintances from Coca Rista and he told me that 1 out of 3 of the people I worked with are now dead. Terrible odds in a room full of 30 but cheap Coke and Type A personalties don't mix well. My old boss was only 37 and he's dead~On get this~his plane trip from CR to Columbia to to the Hospital. Loved the cocaine but still to die at that age is Nuts!

[mickill]

Thanks a-z.

[alruggs]

oh man. Your friend heard you, you can count on that.

And as for bf leaving you. It's his loss. From what I know of ya on here, you're an achiever and good hearted.

I really hope he heard me.

BF didn't really leave me. I wasn't happy and decided we should live apart. I got dibs on our place.


Thanks for all the kind words everybody. He went very peacefully and for that I'm grateful.

[Yetra Flam]

Things are still pretty tough here. Just life in general. Meeting people, making friends is difficult for me.
Dealing with my family is not all that pleasant an experience. I now realise why my mother moved the fuck away from these people to a different continent.
I hate my job and it stresses me the fuck out and I've started smoking again. I can't even think about it for too long because it depresses me.
I do, however, like the people I work with - One particular person there I really like (remember "workplace tryst" thread) and sometimes I'm 100% sure he feels the same way, and other times I think maybe he's just a really nice guy and only wants to be friends with me. I thought it was girls that were supposed to be the cryptic, tricky ones?

[BangkokB]

Not being a smart ass but maybe your mom was on to something. Move to where she had her passport stamped at

[ms.peachy]

One of my dearest friends passed away on Saturday night after battling cancer.

I'm really sorry to hear that. I am glad you got to be with him though. Sorry about the BF thing as well but as you say you weren't happy, and it's good that you could acknowledge that and act on it.

[ms.peachy]

excited about, etc.- http://www.sosoverseasmoving.com/international-Quote-Costs-Estimate.htm

What? Where are you moving to? I'm guessing this has been covered in another thread I maybe haven't read or maybe I am just not paying attention or something (sorry, been all a bit wrapped up in "me" stuff lately).

[ms.peachy]

Life sucks for me right now.

Well it could suck a lot worse but I'm in a bit of a lull.

We all get stuck like that sometimes. I hope something comes along soon that will help you shift.

[ms.peachy]

Stay positive, peachy. (insert appropriate emoticon here)

Hey thanks, you too, you've got an awful lot on your plate too it sounds like.

And thanks to everyone else who has expressed similar sentiments; I do miss mr.p and my little girl like crazy. The way I think of things right now to keep perspective is, I am a soldier on a mission and when my mission is complete, I get to go home. But yeah, believe me, I would soooo rather not be here. If I wasn't, though, a very bad person could end up walking, and that's just not acceptable.

Hey Bob - go get your eye checked out. My mom got this horrible eye thing once called acanthamoeba something something and left it untreated for a long time and it was really, really serious, as in, she lost her corneas.

[TAL]

I'm just gonna say it to get it out of the way.
You knew it would happen sooner or later. So here goes:

4 Non Blondes

[The Notorious LOL]

I went to the dentist today. That was fairly exciting.

[BangkokB]

If you like exciting: Try taking your Xrays from dentist A to Dentist B

For whatever reason Xrays only work where they're located. At least that's the stories that's spun

[AceFace]

the play was a success! YAY!

[Kid Presentable]

I had an interview with a big firm. It was daunting as fuck. Plus I was the same age as the people interviewing me, and I knew I wasn't nervous in their presence, which only made me post-interview nervous.

[hpdrifter]

Wow, I feel so bad for all that my kids are going through here.

I can't believe how many of you are experiencing seriously heavy stuff. Peachy, mikey, and alruggs, I hope things look up for you soon.

Everyone who feels at a crossroads, I've been there guys and I promise you'll feel better. Just remember that every time in your life is valuable and necessary, you may think you're doing nothing but you're still growing and developing as a person and if you're there that means its what you need. Things have a way of clearing up if you just let go of trying to figure it out.

Edit: Things are actually going very well for me. I am planning my wedding and I can honestly say I've never felt more satisfied, comfortable, or happy with my life. I enjoy my job, though its not what I ever thought I'd be doing and I'm in a happy, healthy, loving relationship. My relationships with my family are better than ever and I wake up every day feeling pretty relaxed and calm. I've learned to let go of some of my self-inflicted, imagined angst which was an integral part of my personality all my life and I feel better than ever.

[mikizee]

Things are actually going very well for me. I am planning my wedding and I can honestly say I've never felt more satisfied, comfortable, or happy with my life. I enjoy my job, though its not what I ever thought I'd be doing and I'm in a happy, healthy, loving relationship. My relationships with my family are better than ever and I wake up every day feeling pretty relaxed and calm. I've learned to let go of some of my self-inflicted, imagined angst which was an integral part of my personality all my life and I feel better than ever.

you lucky so and so, thats fantastic