@ElendilTheTall I need you! I have to tell you a story.

@jolenealaska even you will have trouble getting me at 4.30am :)

There you are!!

I missed you.

I have a story that has had me laughing for a ridiculously long time (4:30? What time is it now?)

6.30

7

I've told part of it, so I'm pretty sure that I have told part of it to you (all I have told to anyone)

Remember a story of Senior year in high school, "I guess that's better than being a dumb ass"?

Yeeees

I just remembered something.

Well, I guess I should say that I just remembered not remembering something

That (IIRC), was the first day of class, which explains a lot.

Ok

I was somewhat less reticent (I know it's hard, but try to imagine)....

to speak out in class than Hermoine Granger.

I think I really ruined his first day as a High School teacher.

He had a lecture all worked out.

So class, who can explaiin to me the concept of regressive taxation?

<scans seating chart>

Miss Brown??

Great class

Last name check there hon

It's ok

Then smart ass/ dumb ass...blah, blah, blah

Are you on the edge of your seat??

Of course

OK

Just Checking

I should mention that I had been very slick the entire prior year. I had a laminated "pink pass" and most importantly, the keys to many rooms of the drama department (including the auditorium).

I could get from one side of the school to the other using catwalks.

Here's the punchline:

Haha, you're such a nerd

I don't think I ever went back to Economics. I just got an A for GP.

The pride in that statement 'I could get from one side of the school to the other using catwalks'

I have GOT to talk to my dad tomorrow.

'stick with me kid, I'll get you anywhere you need to go... Via catwalks. Oh yeah. I'm kind of a big deal around here'

ha!

I don't think I ever went back to that class, but that class was required for graduation!

So what was the punchline? It kind of got mixed up there

I never went pack to the class

back

That was my nap time!

In the costume room!

there was a couch

I also have heard rumors that there was sometimes pot smoked in there.

Lol

You rebel you

So watch your daughter closely! :)

I intend to anyway

Of course, she's not leaving the house until she's 30 at least

at least

She is, mirable dictu, still asleep

To compensate, Anarion was up at 5:50. He is know using his single tooth to chew seven bells out of his porridge spoon while I empty the dishwasher

*now

Ha, spoke to soon - a thump upstairs.

He has a tooth??

Multiple thumps - coming downstairs on her butt

My how time flies.]

Yes, just

Hi sweetie!

I (of course) have never done the breast feeding thing, but that first tooth has got to be worth dreading.

First task: maul brother

Has she figured out yet that he is going to stick around?

Oh yes

Lots of attention seeking

She loves him to bits, we just get it in the neck

Well that's a very good sign as far as I'm concerned.

If she gets on a local TV show with cartoons and puppets, and the the host says, "Tune in next week for The <insert her real name here> Show; you'll know.

(I was 6)

There are no local TV shows with cartoons and puppets, but I catch your drift

(we don't have local TV here like that)

Did I tell you how Anarion was more or less treated like a celebrity in Spain?

They are much less reserved about saying hello to babies and children over there

NO!

The number of people who came up to say hello was amazing

I realise I am biased, but he is cute as all get out

He is the archetypal chubby, blonde, blue eyed bouncing baby boy

I have always talked to babies, children and dogs. AWW :)

At the Alhambra, he was mobbed by an entire class of 14 year old girls

NICE!

I was thinking 'Dude, if you can maintain this for 15 years or so, you are GOLDEN'

:)

He totally knows how to play it too, he'll stare for a second, then give a big smile and act all shy and snuggle in to us

AWW!

I love it

Then give another big smile

How fabulous! Does big sister handle that OK?

Even here where people are much more reserved and terrified of being branded a deviant if they go within 10 feet of a child, people come and say hello

Big sister doesn't mind, she's normally about 30 feet ahead in her own little world

That is great too.

My baby brother was 7 years younger.

I've always seen the coolness of that, but the age difference of your 2 is really cool.

That seems even more right because your daughter is older.

Yeah, we wanted them to be close together

Best buds

I think that's the best.

Once Anarion can walk, we'll regret it I'm sure :)

Are you done?

Yup

That's hard

Barring... unforeseen circumstances

Lol, no it's really not

But friggin perfect

WE JUST WANT TO SLEEP

i bet :)

I sort of know the feeling!

Anarion slept through for the first time the other night... So naturally Isildurette woke at 2.30 >.<

haha!

Yeah yeah, laugh it up, fuzzball

:D

You won't be laughing when she's a lawyer earning enough for her parents to take early retirement.

Do you do Mother's Day (today)

Yes I will!

(That was always my dad's line)

No, ours is on a different day

He was very disappointed to see me settle in (finally) as a veterinary technician.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothering_Sunday

I have to do my dutiful daughter call. I hate that I think of it (all holidays, really), like that.

WhatsApp.

;)

ha! Diane, not...umm...Dad

Yeah I gathered that :)

Fun fact regarding Spain

This gives you an idea of the culture

yes?

If a national holiday falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, they all get the Friday or Monday off too, just so they can get a proper break

luv it!!!

This is in a nation where nothing happens until at least 10am, and then it stops at 12 anyway

Americans are so lame.

Christmas? My ass! It's 2pm!

Get to work.

Pfff

Funny that I should care about Christmas, but I do.

Spain's slow pace can be annoying for those of us from 'harder working' countries, but damn it, why should we work all the hours god sends?

Like Tim Minchin.

Yes.

Living for the weekend

In Spain, every day is the weekend!

I've had a funny revelation tangentially about that.

Basically....Fuck It

Words to live by

Which is obviously the abridged version

but

I think I am happier now than I was last week

Good

I'm glad to see my apathy is rubbing off on you

Not that I care ;)

I started to get stressed about money and stuff like that....

and then realized.....

WHY?

If push ever comes to shove; daddy will bail be out

wow

what a concept

Disney princess world, here I come!

Sorry Dad

:)

Of course he would

That's what dads are for

I'll still think of a pawn shop as the place to get a mixer, but there is no reason to tie myself into knots about it.

So when do you start your round the world trip?

Leia, your father is a millionaire.

Deal with it.

Deal with it? I'd be milking it for all its worth! :D

OOH!!!

Whaddya think of this as a trivia question?

(cleaned up and verified, of course)

Shoot

What was the average cost to the US od an Atomic Bomb during the 40s?

A) 5,000,000

B) 15,000,000

C) 1,000,000

D) 5,000,000,000

Hmmm

'an atomic bomb' or 'initial development of the atomic bomb'?

a bomb

(those are "their" words)

Let's say D because it's crazy high

so, all of the bombs combined...blah, blah, blah

Yep...jeez, we think so alike

You wouldn't have asked if it wasn't either really low or really high :D

of course

That's makes me think of something...

Diane was kind of beating herself up one day for being "stupid".

It was a rare thing that Dad, Kevin and I were together.

She felt a little beat up, like the rest of us were speaking in code.

She told me that she was the "dumbest ever" to graduate from U of I.

What??

Her test scores were that low.

Diane??

For Chrissake.....

#1, you graduated....I never did

#2, You don't test well....that means NOTHING

#3, Has it ever occurred to you that we (the other 3) test well? As in, extremely well??

We guess good

There are no geniuses in sight; Put yourself together, woman!

Being good at trivia is a burden

The number of times I have been a team by myself :(

I know...like me and Scrabble. I don't understand why no one will play me!

You need to learn to hustle :)

'what are these little tiles for? I'm so silly <giggle>'

I did play at the pot party a few weeks ago!!! (That bridge has been burned :()

A cheerleader's uniform might help too

I think the game has too

lol!

Help your hustle of course. No mental imaging involved on my part at all o.o

I've done that giggle thing.....

more than once

You're female, of course you have

It doesn't work very long.

:D

My one saving grace from party is that I was so stoned that I kept saying, "Oops, I have an extra tile"

Maybe she thought I was cheating!

That would be great

Sting operation was a fail

One more game with the sweet potress would be awesome.

Risk looks fun, but I've never played it

Long long time for me

As in high school

I don't even remember it except that tanks and garrisons were like houses and hotels in a way.

Do you suppose they were thinking of Star Wars when they designed my mixer??

Maybe, maybe

It does look like a recycled stormtrooper

(that non-sequitur should confuse even the building)

Mine looks like it was designed for a futuristic German battle tank

It's all black metal, knurled steel and blue leds

LOL!

Theyb should play Trivia Crack....we bet

It's a well known fact that all British tanks include tea making facilities

I'm laughing so hard...

Similar to every British tank since the Centurion, and most other British AFVs, Challenger 2 contains a boiling vessel (BV) for water which can be used to brew tea, produce other hot beverages and heat boil-in-the-bag meals contained in field ration packs

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_2

do you think you could talk your way through 911 to get them to my door if I needed it?

An army marches on its stomach: the British army marches on a brew

Yes, I think I could

"Similar to every British tank since the Centurion, and most other British AFVs, Challenger 2 contains a boiling vessel (BV) for water which can be used to brew tea, produce other hot beverages and heat boil-in-the-bag meals contained in field ration packs.[13] This BV requirement is general for armoured vehicles of the British Armed Forces, and is unique to the armed forces of the UK."

The hardest bit would be getting through to Anchorage 911 from here :)

LOL!!

OMFG

I imagine Abrams tanks all have their own branch of Dunkin Donuts

I did a YouTube stint today.

you're killing me!

YT

OK

1st of a list "Movies that you won't believe are real"

*

*

American Sniper

I didn't watch for #2.

0dark30 maybe?

Are you really that stupid?

I actually considered American Sniper as today's entertainment.

Well, I may watch the movie someday, but I won't be entertained.

The trailer is just gut wrenching.

0 Dark 30 is pretty good, but my judgement may be affected by Jessica Chastain

If you want sniping, watch Enemy at the Gates. Very appropriate for VE Day!

I have actually resisted that movie

like I did Windows

Bonus: Rachel Weisz

For the ladies, Jude Law

English for her pleasure

;)

HA!

Jesus Christ now I am laughing again

If you can make a woman laugh...

Without having dropped your pants...

You'll be a man, my son

I think that's how Kipling put it

something like that

offcsykm

Quite

oh jeesus!!

well done sir

I am reminded of, "I know."

. inside or outside "?

Eh?

HA!

I wondered

code

4th line only, right?

Ok

4th line?

I will gladly interpret

Should I put the (.) before or after the (") in the above line?

three little letters may come to your mind but I would dismiss it

fuckin hat

OK, you've lost ms

Me

shit

Use the message thing in Trivia Crack!

consider it a puzzle for the day

Lol, ok

Sweet, lost the weigh I put on in Spain

I used to knock my bother (Kevin) in the forhead and say, "McFly!"

NICE!!

Take some of mine?

29 days and counting

No chance

:P

I would have come back from that trip in different jeans than the ones I left in.

Well, I didn't exactly restrain myself

I find my appetite for junk is much lower than it used to be

Greasy food especially now turns my stomach

I am working towards exactly that.

I realize that is how I have gained weight.

Get back to that sensibility (I love bacon but too much is unappetizing)

it will be gone

(the weight)

Since I'm talking about less than the weight of a foot, I should be OK.

Buy Canadian bacon and cut the fat off

Leave the 'eye'

That's 'free' under the system we're on

I've never eaten so much bacon and eggs

can you fry the egg?

Yes, if you use 1-cal spray

ugh

I want the 2 TBS butter plan.

With runny yolks

BTW

Tin foil

But with a good non stick pan you don't even need that

You can do runny yolks, just pop a lid on to cook the top

exactly, but I always do....

On another note...

So, Sunday morning to you?

late morning?

Yah....

That gives me warm chills :)

You have a great day

I'll CYA later, sweetie

Cya!

still here//

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@ElendilTheTall ?

Do you have time to play a short game of word association? I give you 4 words as fast as I can type them, you say the first word that comes to your mind?

shoot, I guess I missed you. Have a great day.

@Jolenealaska boop

wanna play? (4 word association)

@ElendilTheTall

I keep watching that trailer (American Sniper)

I can't seem to go past the trailer in either direction.

It's not like it's going to trigger PTSD or anything.

Other than the story you know, I have never seen anything "bad"

No combat

I've only been scared once

But I'm scared of that movie

To the best of my knowledge, I have never caused harm to anyone.

ever

(not many people who get medical care at the VA can say that)

I've never pointed a weapon at a living thing

But I am scared of that movie.

amazon.com/gp/product/B00S05TMQU/…

Jesus Christ

Here we go

Wow....wow...OK.

I don't think I have it in me to watch any more tonight.

I bought the movie, so I've got time.

G'night all.

I figured it out.

"They'll fry you if you're wrong"

Bullshit

No way in hell

They'll fry you for intentionally killing "the wrong" people...

but there is no way that someone in "his" position would be held criminally liable in this country for doing his job.

"God" help me...even if that means making the "very" wrong choice in battle.

That is between him and his shrink. Just get him back in country.

Let the VA sort them out.