The mutley_r_us - Wetzelbill non-hijack a serious thread thread

[Wetzelbill]

Yeah, so Mutley, how's it going?

[Mutley]

1. Pretty good.

I'm sleepy and its already getting hot outside. x(

[Wetzelbill]

8. see now we don't have to mess up somebody's thread today

It's already getting hot here too.

[Mutley]

11. I felt bad yesterday

we completely hijacked that thread. D'Oh!

While I was walking the mutts this morning I was sweating like a maniac! I'm glad I decided to do it early instead of in the afternoon when I usually go.

[Wetzelbill]

13. I know I went back to that thread

and told her I was sorry. I said it was all your fault and that you were insensitive. So it worked out well. :)

I'll be back in a few minutes I have to do something really quick. (shower, don't think bad thoughts either)

[Mutley]

16. Hey, I am an insensitive clod, I know it.

And it's about time you took a shower, bub. :P

[Wetzelbill]

22. hey I'm all done

And I was showered anyway, I'm just compulsive and wanted to rinse off again.

[Mutley]

24. Ahh.. a germ freak.

I actually haven't showered yet today. :sniffsniff: I'm okay for now. And I won't be going anywhere until after noon. I'll shower then.

[Wetzelbill]

26. women don't get all awful smelling as us guys do

you can hold off a few hours and be ok.

Actually I'm not much of a germ freak anymore. I used to be though. Not too bad now.

So what did you do last night anything? I just have been hanging out online and stuff. Went and grabbed a few beers in honor of Charles Bukowski and enigmatic, haha. enigmatic was drinking a beer watching a documentary on Bukowski, so I decided to have one too. I still have a few drinks left of it too. Big ol' bottle of Guinness. :) :beer:

[Mutley]

28. Went to a friend's house.

There were six other people there and we just hung out, had some beers, and played playstation. I got home by 1am! I think thats a record for me for this year.

[Wetzelbill]

31. that's not too bad

1 am is practically spinster hour, lol.

I never have played playstation. I bust out a computer game every once in a while.

Oh brb, I have to listen to Rick Santorum on This Week right now.

[Mutley]

33. I like playstation.

I'm not the most skilled gamer out there, but it's fun. Especially when you're playing against your friends. Have fun watching Ricky.

[Wetzelbill]

34. that guy has some serious issues....

George Stephanopoulos gave him a beating. Pretty brutal.
It's really nice that Santorum is working his best to send women's rights back to the Stone Age. Don't worry, Mutley, pretty soon you may be relieved of that awful burden of voting and getting to be anything you want to be. I know those dark days will be over soon now that Rick Santorum is looking out for you.

[Mutley]

35. Oh yes!

I've been so distraught over having to vote, and work, and be equal with males. I've been yearning for the time when I can be a barefoot, pregnant, houseslave again! Thank God for Rick Santorum!

:eyes: What a maroooooooon.

[Wetzelbill]

37. so are you single?

I think I read something on another thread where you mentioned you were not approachable because you were unavailable. Or something like that. You never mentioned anything about a bf or anything before, so I was just curious.

Yeah, Rick is all class. Did you know that women were able to vote in Turkey before they could in the United States? I just learned that in the Feminist Forum a few weeks ago. I pretty much got out of there though. It was getting brutal. All I can say is never piss off a group of women, a guy will definitely lose. Hands down. Lol.

[Mutley]

39. Yeah, I have a BF.

He doesn't like me to bring him up on DU very much. He's paranoid :tinfoilhat: He's cool, even though he can be a pain in the ass sometimes.

And I did not know that about Turkey. Thats actually pretty bad considering that we are the "land of the free" and all. :eyes:

[Wetzelbill]

43. lucky bastard

:)

Why's he paranoid? Does he think us crazy liberals might stalk him or something? That's cool though, how long have you been together? I hope you're happy and all. Damn, that tinfoil hat cracks me up. I keep thinking of Signs when Joaquin Phoenix is sitting around wearing one with those two kids, haha.

I was surprised at how backward some people in our country are. Like too many people for my taste think just like Santorum. I know that conservative groups actually pay women to stay at home and not work. That blew me away when I heard that. Just bribing women into slowly giving up all their rights and free will. Did you hear that one? I just did a few weeks ago.

I think you and I should keep this thread going as long as possible. Never let it die. We'll have like 2 thousand posts or something on it.

[Mutley]

48. heehee.

Nah, he's not worried about the liberals, he's worried about the Freeper trolls. He actually has a DU name but he hasn't used it yet. 'Fraidy cat. He falls into the Democrat category, but he's more apolitical than anything. I'm bringing him around, though.

we've been together 7 years. Don't ask how it lasted that long. We almost broke up about a million times, but never actually did it. He knows he's lucky, I'm the only one who can put up with his crap.

No I did not know that some women get paid to stay home. I like the idea of being financially set, but no amount of money would convince me to give up the rights that so many women before me fought for. That actually pisses me off that any woman in this country would do that. :mad:

I would love to keep this thread going for as long as the mods let us. And anyone is free to hijack a part of it for themselves as far as I'm concerned.

[Wetzelbill]

56. that's a long time

so now that I know you're taken I can narrow my list of potential victim.... uh, dates down a little. :)

No, the thing about women getting paid off to stay home is daunting. Because, I believe they are women who in many ways are totally cowed by husbands who want to "put them in their place" in the first place. It is not indicative, in my opinion, of the direction most women want to take. Now, I'm all for a woman choosing to stay at home, what stay at home moms do is invaluable, but, I don't believe in women being made to think they only have a few choices in life. I have an Aunt who spent most of her life thinking that she could only be a secretary and nothing else really, other than a mother or maybe a schoolteacher. Well, later in life she shed those chains went to college and ended up getting her Masters degree at 54 years old. Right now, she's in Ithaca, NY doing research at a college there. She's traveled around the country doing research etc. She used to be a woman who lived her role in a man's world in a small corner of the country on an impoverished Indian reservation. Now she's a well traveled, well respected scholar who gets to do all kinds of interesting things and is totally self-reliant.

So yeah, I have big issues with these guys trying to erode women's rights. I should say I have a big problem with it. Not just issues with it. My problem is I'd probably lose my cool if I heard somebody say all this BS in front of me, lol. Lots of 4 letter words would be flying. :)

[Mutley]

60. Well, you and bi-baby seem to have

some chemistry. I don't know if she's hooked up with anyone... :winkwinkwink:

Don't think you can't still flirt with me, though. I'm all for some harmless fun flirtation with friends (hey, that was some good alliteration there, and I didn't even do it on purpose!).

I know most women wouldn't go for that, but the fact that ANY have just kills me. Just to think of what all those women sacrificed back in the 20s and on, just for women of today to throw it all away for money is mindblowing! If a woman chooses to stay at home with her kids because she feels it's the right thing to do is fine, but to cow down to a husband is just wrong.

And I'd be right behind you with the four letter words.

[Wetzelbill]

66. yeah bi-baby is something else

as is fresianrider, I like JimmyJazz a lot too. Lots of good women around. No doubt.

I like flirting and joking around. I do that with many of my best friends, too. It's sort of my way of showing people I like them, to tease and so forth. It does take a little bit to know me, before I get comfortable enough to be really outgoing. I may just say something sort of funny here and there before that. But, to know me when I actually open up I think is probably pretty interesting. I can be pretty loyal and compassionate and a humorous. But, yeah, I'll definitely continue to flirt with you. Wild horses couldn't stop they, Mutley. :) (plus, I need to be on your good side in case I need somebody to reach the top shelf for me)

Where I'm from most men work and a lot of the women stay home. I guess it goes both ways, but I do know a lot of women who stay home and raise a family. Have food on the table at exactly the husband's designated time. I was always curious at that. I have mainly been attracted to very strong opinionated women. I don't think I would want one who didn't have interests and ambition outside of a family. I don't know that's my take. So did you read the recent threads about the woman I want? I call them my biggest regret threads? If not I'll search them out for you.

[Mutley]

69. Oh yeah, I read them!

Last I read she emailed you back and you guys were going to have lunch. Has that happened yet? If not, make sure you let us know how it goes.

And I may also need you to reach something on the bottom shelf for me. Bending down that far can be tough on the back, you know? :rofl:

I think it would be fun to stay with my kids until they started school if the daddy was making enough money. Then I could be with my kids while they're really yooung, maybe work on my books, then go get a real job when the kiddies start school. But if some man tried to tell me I HAD to stay with them he could just kiss my ass. He would end up being the stay at home dad if I had anything to do with it. ;)

[Wetzelbill]

72. oh I wish we have progressed that much

No she just emailed me back and let me know she was still around. She seemed really taken aback. This girl is brilliant. A great writer and she was having trouble spelling words right in her e-mail. Plus her writing voice was flustered kind of. I laid some stuff out on her. She said she had to organize her thoughts and everything. The only time I've known her to be taken aback like that was when I wrote a bunch of sweet comments on one of her essays and she came up to me after class and was flirting like crazy with me. So I think - maybe it's just hope - that I really resonated something with her. I am not kidding though. That woman blindsided me. Her intellect and talent. How she'd always smile when I'd say hi to her. She had me wrapped up right away. I really love opinionated women and she's a totally strong little feminist. (she's about an inch shorter than me too) She's a pretty nice looking woman, not bad, but that doesn't even matter you know? With all that she has otherwise, I was just knocked for a loop.

Yeah, yeah yeah, laugh it up, but when you drop something on the ground and it's too far down for you to pick up, don't go calling for me to help you out. :)

I'd wouldn't mind being a stay at home dad. I love kids. I would just write all the time and work on my creative projects etc. I like to cook and clean and shop etc. I have at various times taken care of my brothers for a while. A few years ago when I finished my college degree in Seattle, I went home to Montana for three months and my dad had to go out of state to work on a job for a few months. So my parents weren't around, they just left my high school age brother with me and I have another brother who is a year younger than me but very irresponsible, so I basically ran the show for a few months. It was hard work though. Cleaning the house, cooking, getting everybody up for school and work etc. I'd drive in and buy groceries, work out and then cook and clean most of the day. I enjoyed it though. I wouldn't mind doing that sometime in my life. I have no ego about that sort of thing. I'm pretty secure in my manhood and all.

[Mutley]

75. It was hard work!

heehee!

You sound like one smitten kitten. How cuuuuteeee! I hope you guys get to go out, and maybe even get a little something going. But you must keep us posted because, well, because I'm nosy. Ha! And looks do matter to a certian extent. I like that you're not shallow, but no one wants to be with someone who makes them ill physically. It is nice, however, to know that some men exist who think about something besides just T&A you know?

And when you need something from the top shelf don't come crying to me, either.

Oooo, thunder. I like that. BOOOOM!

Anyway. My neice lived with me for a couple months while my sister was having some issues. It is hard to raise kids (not that having a neice live with me for two months is raising kids, but it was enough of a taste of it for me to see what it's really like). But I would have fun being a stay at home mom. At first. Not for their whole lives, I think I would just go stir crazy. But until they start school would be fine.

[Wetzelbill]

80. lol, I like that thunder line.....

:rofl:

Oh, I am pretty damn smitten, that's for sure. I do make myself sound a little too good, though. I should mention, I was seriously attracted to her in the first place. All that other stuff put her over the top, but she is a sexy little thing. In my opinion anyway. So it's not like she's got a hunchback or anything and I love her for her beautiful soul, haha. I'm attracted to her, but the whole package is what really does it for me. I definitely would like to go out with her, but I'm pretty much looking for closure, that's the main thing. It hurt me terribly to lose her friendship and have her walk out of my life. My heart so ached for her. Now, I'm just hoping to make peace with my regret. If more happens though, I'll be down with that for sure. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking for that. At least a little bit.

[Mutley]

101. BILLLLL!

Hey, sorry, that thunderstorm got a littlle rough yesterday so I turned off my computer. Now I'm at school waiting for my class to start. I just wrote my little paper, the rough draft at least.

So how are you today? Are you around, or sleeping?

Heeelllllooooooo Billlllllll!!!!! :hi:

[Wetzelbill]

102. yeah I was sleeping

I'll just kick this to see if you're around.

[Mutley]

103. Hey I'm here.

But I have to leave in 15-20 minutes for school. I should be home again around 2ish if you're on.

[Wetzelbill]

105. I may be gone, I have a few things to do, I may be back though

[Mutley]

106. Sooooooo? Are you here?

[Wetzelbill]

107. yeah for a few minutes anyway

I have to go get a bus pass and then a money order for rent etc. Then I have to pick up some medication for my brother. I haven't had much to do all summer, but when I do have stuff it all falls on one day, lol. So I'm lazy most of the time then really busy when I actually have something to do.

[Mutley]

108. Damnit! I missed you again!

Stop playing post tag with me!!!

[Wetzelbill]

109. uh oh

I think it happened again. :)

[Mutley]

110. D'Oh!

[Wetzelbill]

111. tag you're it

I'm a little more regular sleeping schedule now. :)

[Mutley]

112. Hi!

[Wetzelbill]

113. so what's going on?

How's class and all of that stuff?

I wonder what people think when they look at this thread. They probably thing, WTF, these two are egomaniacs to hog there own thread, lol.

[Mutley]

114. Hey, we've both said several times that we don't mind

if someone hijacks this thread for themselves.

Class is good. I busted my ass this morning to write my paper, do my powerpoint presentation, and write notes for the presentation. Then I wrote my school a letter begging them to let me use my financial aid for this summer class. I thought the finaid went towards it until I got a bill yesterday. :eyes:

How about you?

[Wetzelbill]

116. that happened to me too

I had to drop out of class this summer because my student loan aid couldn't be used for the summer. They wanted me to fork over 900 bucks on the spot. I was thinking "Fuck this" but my response was much nicer. :)

Oh, I'm just downloading a bunch of songs from napster, installing a program and trying to listen to Charlie Rose on the tv.

[Mutley]

117. Multi-tasking is fun.

[Mutley]

115. Hey, how would you like to date this girl?

And I don't mean the short one. :rofl:

[Wetzelbill]

118. She'd probably tear me apart

:)

[Mutley]

119. When you're 7 feet tall

male or female - you don't have much choice but to play basketball, do you?

[Wetzelbill]

120. if you don't at least give it a shot

everybody will bug the holy hell out of you.

All of my relatives are basketball players. I have a cousin who is nearly 6'8. You should me hang out with him, haha.

One of my younger brothers played college basketball and he's maybe 5'7 or so. Played at a few community colleges, then probably could have played a few other places, but he just decided to go into coaching.

[Mutley]

121. My stepmother tried to make me play basketball.

And volleyball, and softball. I actually liked softball, but I wasn't that good. I'm just not the athletic type.

[Wetzelbill]

122. it's almost a must to be an athlete in my family

Virtually all of us have played sports, uncles, cousins everyone.

I was born premature. Always have been small, not particularly fast or anything like that. I could read and write at an advanced level even when I was young, so I would play sports sometimes, but a lot of the time I'd be inside reading etc. In my family, especially my dad's side, all of my dad's brothers and sisters had a big competition about whose kids were better etc. A simple footrace between my cousins and I was a big deal. It was a big deal to see who could throw a rock the farthest even. Another of my brothers, about a year younger than me, and a cousin of his same age would always battle it out in things like that. This cousin lived with my grandparents and their competition was the source of much resentment in the family back and forth on all sides. The big thing in all of this though is I have always been physically strong and I am terribly competitive. I hate to lose more than anything. So when we were all older, I ended up being the most decorated athlete of my generation. Most of those others all faded out a little. Couldn't handle the pressure like that. I thrived on it. It's not just that either. I'm competitive about everything. I've won awards at everything I've done, whether it was sports, film and video work or writing etc. It's odd, I am competitive like that. About checkers, everything, lol.

Softball is fun. Doesn't matter if you're all that good unless you're planning on playing in college or something like that. By and large, you should do all that stuff for fun. Sports, especially if you are a serious athlete, can be really hard on a person. Physically and mentally. It's best to just enjoy it. The worst is for a parent to push their kids at a young age too. They lose sight of the fun of everything.

[Mutley]

123. My stepmother was a girl jock in high school

played volleyball, softball, fieldhockey, was a cheerleader. She wanted so badly for me to be the same way, but it just wasn't happening. I tried out for a couple teams and got cut every time. Then I joined the geek clubs (chorus, drama, writing) and knew that I had found my true calling in the arts.

[Wetzelbill]

124. I love the arts

I was the rare jock who was in choir, did drama and writing etc. I rewrote "Romeo and Juliet" as a sophomore in high school, made it into a modern tale and our English class did it for a play in a few public performances. I love that stuff.

Arts are interesting because you can combine anything in them. I used to be interested in all kinds of things. I never knew what I fully wanted to do. Criminology was always fascinating to me, etc. Film. Being an athlete. So on and on. After a while I figured out that I could just learn about all of this stuff, sit down and write about it. You can immerse yourself in developing a character, plotline and so forth. It's far and away the most interesting thing I have ever done. I love research so much that I don't get around to writing hardly at all, haha.

I'd like to check out some of your stuff whenever you get a chance.

[Mutley]

125. I could send you a copy of the paper I just wrote.

But beware, it's not that great. A bit last minute. I'm a slacker, what can I say.

[Wetzelbill]

126. Being a slacker is almost synonymous with being creative

I'm the same way. It's called brinksmanship. You wait until the last minute to do something then revel in the stress of being busy. Others really think you're doing something, but you know you barely have it together, lol. Here is a posting of a short story I made in the Writing forum. It's been published before, but I kept all the rights. I'm using it in my book, which if I had the balls I would have written by now. Maybe I'll have it done in the next few years, I hope. I'm looking to rework it a little.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=216x2338

[Mutley]

127. That was excellent!

I'm quite impressed. You mentioned you have other stories with this character. I'd be very interested in reading them.

[Wetzelbill]

132. glad you liked it

I got quite an underground following from that story. :) Every once in a while a fan pops up. The book did ok for something that was from a small publisher etc.

I worked up a few things with him. He's very cynical and bitter in that story. I don't have anything finished, more like I'm still figuring out where to take him. Sort of like I am still figuring out where to take myself in my own life, haha.

I wrote that four years ago. I'm a million times better now, but a million times more insecure too. Back then, I just let that story fly and didn't give a damn whether it was good or meant anything significant or had beautiful prose etc. I need to be more diligent though. I really should have a book done by now, or at least close.

[Mutley]

135. Don't beat yourself up over it.

The only real writing I've managed to do in the last several years is school related. I've started a bunch of my own personal projects and haven't finished them. But you're very talented. As the other poster on that thread said, I think that story has potential to be a full novel.

[Wetzelbill]

139. It could make a solid first chaper

I prefer to keep it as a short story. I'd rather say, watch him progress -or digress- in a disjointed fashion. From a few interrelated short stories, you know?

I always start stuff and not finish them. Then I take two of those unfinished things and morph them together, etc. Make a story out of that. Much of my stuff is school related too. Just depends. I write a lot of political stuff on my blog. A little poetry. Do you write poetry at all? I can, but prose is my forte'. It's what I'm best at.

What do you like to write about? Any particular genre etc?

[Mutley]

140. Check your pm and your email.

Yeah, I know what you mean about wanting to keep him in short story form. He's a wonderful character, and even though you didn't give him much description he still comes alive.

Well, I write a lot of boring essays and research papers for school. I do write a little poetry, but it's not good. My true love is fiction. I'm still playing with genres, seeing what I'm really good at, and what I really like. But, as my dad keeps reminding me, I don't need to be a one genre writer. I've played around with Science Fiction, Romance (don't laugh!), Political fiction (my dad and I keep talking about writing a novel about life after Peak Oil together... I wonder if we'll ever do it), and Drama type stuff.

I'm still very insecure about my writing, so feel special that I've shared some of it with you. lol.

[Wetzelbill]

143. share all you want

then I will tear you down because that's what evil short people do. (haven't you ever watched Leprechaun?) No, seriously, send all you want, I'll give you lots of advice and critique stuff, etc. I love doing that stuff.

I write about romantic stuff alot. Not really romantic novel type stuff, but love is important to me, so I have written about it a lot. One of my published stories is a little sweet love story. Politics is a big thing for me too.

I would say write about anything and everything. Don't limit yourself at all. Try a little bit of anything that you're interested in.

[Mutley]

147. I just write what's in my head.

I've had stories floating around in there since long before I discovered I could write. The hard part is getting them onto paper in some sort of coherent form.

I'm actually going to take the chance on my break between semesters this month to write something. And I have nothing better to do so I have no excuse to not finish it! And when I'm done, I will most certianly send it to you.

[Wetzelbill]

148. that's definitely the challenge

Putting all those stories down on paper. Tougher to do than most people think.

Yeah, don't hesitate to send anything to me even if it's not finished and you want an objective look or some advice on something. Be happy to do that for you.

[Wetzelbill]

150. I received it fine this time

I liked it. It seems that you started off a little slow, but you warmed up and got in your groove once the essay progressed. That is something if you were to do anything with you would edit it quite a bit more and organize some of the randomness a little, but it was well done, very interesting.

One thing when it comes to talking about yourself, usually nobody wants to hear, you know? I mean who wants to read somebody yammer on about their life? haha. The trick is to make it compelling, and to allow the reader to identify with it. We all grow up at some point. So how do you relate that to the reader? I think you did a good job at that. I was reading it, thinking about how similar you and I are.

Actually, I was thinking about how similar you are to a female character I'm messing around with right now. I wrote about 7 pages of a story trying to figure her out. She's a lot like you, smoking, up early in the morning, can't sleep, wondering about if she's an old soul or not. Which is to say that's often how I feel too.

I think you were at your best when you were writing about your own introspection. Your descriptions were nice, I was beginning to feel they were a little tedious, because what I really wanted to hear was more from your viewpoint, not necessarily about knick knacks etc. But, those parts did serve a purpose, I was just much more interested in your viewpoint, which I as a reader selfishly identified with.

From the point where you talk about sitting on your futon, smoking and thinking, I think you were really feeling it. The stuff about missing a quieter life, wondering about growing old, that was a wonderful tie in to the whole essay, and definitely a theme you could raise in other writings or strengthen in this. The ending with your dad's quote was perfect.

Like so many women that I read, I notice you correlate back and forth between strength and vulnerability. You are intelligent, young and independent, about to get a degree and everything, yet your vulnerability is you are wondering about your age and life. Are you getting old before your time? Do you have a fear of a "boring" existence? If you do, then why do you miss and want to embrace a quieter life? All pertinent questions for you. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I don't know, I suspect, as your father said, it is a good thing. I'd like to see your thoughts more on all of that. What do you mean by "old" too? Lots of things going on hear. I'd like to see more of it, watch you contrast different themes, like good and bad, strength and vulnerability. It would be nice to see you to continue to reflect on these themes and to introspect on the dichotomy of the conflicting concepts in there.

But, I liked it a lot. Lots of stuff going on in there to think about.

[Mutley]

153. My teacher said the same thing

about less description and more introspection. I actually cut the description a lot from the first draft, and I know I should cut it more. I do want to give the reader an idea of the "typical Baltimore rowhome" since that is a part of what makes me feel cramped in the city.

I have more of a fear of a meaningless existence than a boring existence. I don't want to die and fade into nothing as so many people do. I look at my friends who are my age and they're still so interested in partying and going out whenever they get a chance, and I just feel I've outgrown that a bit. Not that I don't like to have fun, but my main goal in life is so much more than "when will I be able to go out and get drunk". I feel older than my age, I guess.

[enigmatic]

128. I get to slack, that's I'm the big brother

mahahahahaha!!!!

Boy, that sounded lame:)

[Wetzelbill]

130. that's alright

you can always claim a head injury from you accident made you do it.

[enigmatic]

131. Does that mean I can pretend I'm Miles Davis?

I'll have to take out about half my vertabre's....

[Wetzelbill]

133. hey, let's be wary of knocking short people

I got your program, I installed it, but since I'm downloading a bunch of songs I have to wait before I can restart and finalize everything.

So where do you get those speeches like Ted Kennedy's eulogy of RFK and where did you get that Bukowski stuff. I'd like to convert some of that stuff to mp3 or something myself.

[enigmatic]

134. I'll send them to you

E me w/ what ever you need and I'll set you up. And just between us, I'm not the tallest guy in the world, either:)

[Wetzelbill]

136. good, you're kinda like Morgan Freeman from Shawshank Redemption

You can pretty much get anything.

I just have this vision of you in an alley putting the boots to some guy and stealing a briefcase of CDs with all this stuff from him, lol.

I'm a strapping 5'1. I never realized it until about a year ago. Due to the overwhelming size of my ego, I more than easily make up for my lack of height in other areas.

[enigmatic]

138. I'm only 5'8

But my own ego is in the "Big Show" range:)

[Wetzelbill]

144. my ego may rival the likes of

Bono, Sting and Russell Crowe. I'm so arrogant that my ego routinely berates the rest of me, because he thinks he's so much better.

[In_The_Wind]

2. hi jack

damn I think my posse is still sleeping ... except for Sugar Smack ... who is driving herself to the ER this morning.

[Mutley]

3. I noticed the lounge is a bit slow today.

Is Sugar Smack okay?

[In_The_Wind]

5. she left for the ER at 6:45 this morning

she doesn't have a cell phone & her home phone isn't working ... so I'm more than a little concerned

I met her dad but I didn't get his phone number. It's gonna be a long day checking PMs until I hear from her!

[Mutley]

6. Wow, I hope she's okay!

I'll send her some good vibes.

[In_The_Wind]

14. thanks mutley_r_us

she'll be happy to hear that

it'll bring a smile back to her face

[progmom]

10. Joan?????

What's up?? Can you PM me?

[In_The_Wind]

15. I'll send you a PM

I haven't even poured my first cup of coffee yet ... but I'll get back at ya in a few

[GOPisEvil]

18. Joan...what's up with her?

I'd really like to know as well. :( I hope she's ok.

[In_The_Wind]

21. ~

check your PM

[Wetzelbill]

25. hey GOP good morning

[GOPisEvil]

27. Hola, Bill.

:hi:

[Wetzelbill]

29. Como esta?

[GOPisEvil]

30. bien, gracias.

y, tu?

[Wetzelbill]

32. soy excelente

muchos gracias, mi amigo

[Wetzelbill]

20. g'morning Progmom

:hi: :donut:

[progmom]

84. morning bill!

sorry i didn't see this before! :hi:

[Wetzelbill]

87. No problem

I was holding all of my bitter anger in for later anyway. :)

Plus, you always get a pass anyway. You being special and all. :)

[progmom]

89. very kind of you to say, bill

:hi:

don't let all that bitter anger build up, now. :P

[Wetzelbill]

90. Ha!

With all this attention all the DU women have been giving me the last few days, who can be bitter? :)

[progmom]

93. no kidding

you seem to have created some kind of following for yourself. what's your secret?

[Wetzelbill]

95. I am flattering, sweet, and compassionate.....

but most of all very, very humble. :)

No, you know, I said a few nice things here and there and it caught on. Plus, I have heard women like funny guys and well.... I have been known to crack a joke or two once in a while.

It doesn't hurt that I have an appreciation for strong, intelligent women too. Plus, I haven't put my foot in my mouth lately. :)

[progmom]

96. yeah - i have noticed

you have been better about keeping both feet on the floor. :P

[Wetzelbill]

98. it's a matter of figuring out people's sense of humor

plus, I fully realized exactly what it was that was POing MisU. That helped a lot, as I quit digging myself in a whole. Since then, everything been on the up and up. :)

[In_The_Wind]

23. ~

check your PM

[Wetzelbill]

7. gosh I hope she's fine

I hate not knowing. :) Your mind always thinks the worst.

[In_The_Wind]

17. her mind IS already thinking the worst

whatever it is we'll both feel better when we find out what's causing her major pain

[Wetzelbill]

19. oh I'm sure

[In_The_Wind]

71. gotta run ~ I sent Sugar Smack a link

a link to this thread





see ya later ~ bye

[MissHoneychurch]

41. I'm awake now

and in for the fun :evilgrin: ... where should I start?

[In_The_Wind]

42. well now ... that's right nice of you to join us

hop in anywhere I'm feeling kinda brave these days

[MissHoneychurch]

46. you get your fairy catched by a frog???????

poor fairy or is that frog a prince?

[In_The_Wind]

50. that is what I wanna know too

so far I haven't met any princes yet .... so I may become necessary for me to start kissin frogs pretty soon if my luck doesn't change

[MissHoneychurch]

57. this is what my mom gave me the otehr day

it says "You have to kiss a lot of frogs these days before you find a prince"

[In_The_Wind]

59. two words

mouthwash


gargle

[MissHoneychurch]

64. LOL

after the thing with MrLiar came out she sent me a lot of those cards. It was really cute

[In_The_Wind]

85. lol ~ indeed

perhaps I'll just wait a bit for today's tadpoles to morph before I start playing just any old frog

[MissHoneychurch]

88. this is another one she gave me

You sould not do a stupidity twice, the selection is big enough.

[In_The_Wind]

91. ya really gotta watch out

for camel toes

[MissHoneychurch]

92. sure do

those can be hurting

[In_The_Wind]

94. or

embarrassing









really what if ya got stepped on

[MissHoneychurch]

97. ouch

it would be embarrassing ... rather not think about it

[In_The_Wind]

154. well ~

YOU were the ONE who brought it up!









excuse me for a moment ~ but I just kissed a frog

[khashka]

83. hi joan

Although it's not spelled "jack" it's spelled "khash".

:evilgrin:

[In_The_Wind]

86. hey there khash !

by any name

[Mutley]

4. Bill, I demand that you look at my puppy pictures.

:P

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3763323

[Wetzelbill]

9. I did, of course!

[Mutley]

12. I see.

I'm just so proud of my babies, and want to show them off. I think I'll end up being one of those obnoxious mothers who insists on showing everyone pictures of my kids all the time.

[Mutley]

36. ...

:P you all left!

[MissHoneychurch]

38. isn't thread-jacking fun?

:evilgrin:

[Mutley]

40. It is!

Until I start to feel bad about it. Hey, this thread even got hijacked a little, but I don't mind, it's about important stuff.

[MissHoneychurch]

45. of course

I did it before also. With xmas. And others. And it is always important.

[Wetzelbill]

44. Holy look at what the cat drug in!

Hey MissHoneychurch! How's it going? :)

[MissHoneychurch]

47. HEY!!!

I am fine. Coudln't miss joining in your thread :D

[Wetzelbill]

49. that is perfectly fine

Glad to have you here. I like your work pic on that other thread. I wish you get some close ups, I have only seen you at a distance. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

51. close enough

I just hope you are not running away screaming. I just took it.

[Wetzelbill]

58. AHHHHHHH!!!

oh jk, no, nice pic, you're looking good. :)

Geez, that's pretty fast service, I mention one thing and you go and take a pic for me. I must rate pretty well around here. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

62. your wish is my command

:)

and thanks. I know i don't look my best today


and it is hard to type with a cat on my lap who demands to get petted

[Wetzelbill]

68. psh my best is never too good......

last time I checked I haven't won any beauty contests. :) You look perfectly fine. More than fine.

Yeah, those damn cats. Always demanding attention.

[MissHoneychurch]

70. believe me

I won't win any contest either. I don't see myself as a beauty.

This cat is meowing at me the whole time. Unless she is sleeping.

[Wetzelbill]

73. you kinda look like one of my friends a little bit

Not exactly like her, but a little. When I saw one of your other pics from a bit of a distance, last week or something, I had to do a double take because you looked a lot like her from that distance. Which trust me, it's a compliment she's a looker.

You're attractive. No doubt about that. I find most women attractive, you all, by and large, have a certain beauty about yourselves. I know you don't see yourself as a beauty, I never met a woman who has ever admitted that out loud, lol. But you are a good looking woman though. For sure.

[MissHoneychurch]

74. aww thanks Wetzelbill

:blush:

no wonder we women here have a crush on you :loveya:

[Wetzelbill]

76. you're welcome...

I tend to think you women all have bad taste, but I still won't turn down all the attention. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

77. you would be stupid to do that

in my thread I am talking with GOPisEvil about the next Du meeting. We decided that there has to be one again. I need to see you all.

[Wetzelbill]

78. yeah, I hope I can make it to one, one of these days......

oh, I am anything but stupid. :) bring the attention on!

[MissHoneychurch]

79. we sure know you ain't stupid

that is one of the reasons why we like you so much

and you better be at the meetup I am on also or ::spank:

[Wetzelbill]

81. oh wild horses couldn't stop me nt

[MissHoneychurch]

82. see this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3764438&mesg_id=3764438

[Mutley]

52. In honor of the "my eye" thread...

I just like this picture and wanted to spread it around some more. Don't mind the bushy eyebrows... I don't "do" waxing, or plucking, or any of that crazy painful stuff.

[MissHoneychurch]

53. you have beautiful eyes

and I leave my eyebrows alone also. And you have freckles. How cute. I only have them in the summer

[Mutley]

54. Thanks!

My eyes and my freckles; two of my features that I'm actually happy with. I never realized how many different colors I had in there until I took this pic.

[In_The_Wind]

55. here's lookin at you

BTW you kave beautiful eyes mutley_r_us

[Mutley]

63. So do you!

And thanks! :blush:

[Wetzelbill]

61. I like you freckles

Eyes don't exactly hurt a guy's feeling either though. :)

[Mutley]

65. Thanks!

:loveya:

I used to hate them when I was a kid. I got made fun of. :cry: But then I got older and realized that freckles are pretty unique, and decided that they were one of my best features.

[Wetzelbill]

67. yeah, they're cute nt

[In_The_Wind]

99. *sigh*

sorry Bill ... I missed this " non-hijack a serious thread thread" part of the OP :blush:

[Wetzelbill]

100. you are welcome to hijack anything you want

:)

[Left_Winger]

129. OK, "Hi Jack, how's it going?"

I know, it's a lame attempt.

[In_The_Wind]

152. ~ anything

[Mutley]

104. Thats okay.

Bill just put that on there because we hijacked someone else's thread the other day having a really long conversation.

[In_The_Wind]

137. thanks mutley_r_us

The first thing I do when I enter the lounge is to look for DUers that I've posted with before ... I feel comfortable with both you and Bill & I really needed someone to talk with on Sunday morning ... the "non hijack" words were too tempting to pass up.

[Mutley]

141. Well, I'm glad our humble little thread helped you out.

:hug: I'm glad you're comfortable with me. I didn't think you'd even noticed me that much.

[In_The_Wind]

142. It really did help!

And although we haven't posted together I've noticed you.

I was taught to see many things very clearly because http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3787837&mesg_id=3787837

so while I'm a true lover of Peace ... sometimes acting in a peaceful manor takes more than a smile

[Mutley]

146. I signed it.

I've experience with that sort of thing as well. Not personally, but a close friend. I'm glad to do what little I can.

[In_The_Wind]

149. As you know all of our voices added together for a common cause counts

far more than one voice. So it isn't a "little" thing that you've just done to help ... it's what we all need to do.


I've known people who needed help and they thought there was no where to turn. Now ... and for sometime ... there is some place to go, some place to be safe.



most people don't know this but - the very first child ever removed from its home was saved by the ASPA ... child protective services didn't exist ... the ASPA came first

[Democracy White]

145. This thread is too long...

I can't read it all.

Dee

[Wetzelbill]

151. it's mainly drivel anyway

we just started it so we wouldn't muck up other threads with our BSing sessions. Feel free to join in.

[Mutley]

156. Hey Dee.

This is just the random conversation thread, so feel free to contribute! And yes, it does go all over the place.

[Mutley]

155. Hey Bill!

I'm starting a conversation down here because that other one is getting too confusing to follow. So, how's it going?

[Wetzelbill]

157. not bad

getting ready leave