LOEB Meeting 3/10/10: I'm Here, Where are You? Edition

[SeattleGirl]

Hey, where is everybody? I promise, I showered and everything!



:hi:

[Berry Cool]

1. Damn, I just started a thread at the same time!

:hi: I called mine the Weapons of Massa Destruction Edition.

[SeattleGirl]

4. snerk! I like that!

:hi:

[SharonRB]

2. I'm here

I was just waiting for someone else to start the thread.

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

5. Hi Sharon!

Trying to snorkle him?

:rofl:

[SharonRB]

This just gets weirder and weirder

[SeattleGirl]

7. It sure does.

:crazy:

[SharonRB]

3. Massa massages?

Gimme a break.

[SeattleGirl]

6. Geez, the guy is GAY! I don't care if he is, but shoot, there is just

so much of this stuff going on these days.

I get it that coming out is very difficult for a lot of people, but in the face of all that is being reported on Massa, for him to continue lying is just ridiculous.

Maybe I'm wrong here, but.....

[SharonRB]

8. I agree.

His non-answer to Larry King -- "ask my wife..." Isn't that what Larry Craig said?

[SeattleGirl]

16. I do believe so.

Geez, I feel a little bad for him in a way, because he is trying so hard to hide it in the face of the ongoing disapproval of gays. On the other hand, though, straight, gay or bi, it's really not okay to just grope somebody just because you want to.

[Patsy Stone]

22. Don't forget to ask all the sailors he served with, too.

:hi:

[rocktivity]

9. "I'm not surprised he wound up in Congress!"

:rofl:
rocktivity

[SharonRB]

12. It's just surprising he's not an R.

At least he wasn't legislating against gay rights, so in that sense he wasn't a hypocrite like Craig and others who haven't been outed yet.

[WolverineDG]

10. oh I'm here

:)

:hi:

dg

[SharonRB]

13. Hola, Chica

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

19. Wolvie!

Good to see you! How's it going? :hi:

[GigiMommy]

31. Hi Wolfie!!!

:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[GigiMommy]

11. Hi Everybody!!!

"Freaky Massa", that just about sums it up.:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[SharonRB]

14. Hi, Gigi

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

15. Hi Sharon!!!

:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Berry Cool]

17. Hi, GGM and Cassie and Wolvie!

:hi: Massa is so gay he makes the Village People look straight. Too bad he won't just be honest about it.

[GigiMommy]

34. Hi Berry!!!

Soooo true!:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[SeattleGirl]

21. Hi Gigi!

How are you and Miss Cassie today? :hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :hug:

[GigiMommy]

37. Hi SG!!!

I'm tired...and I feel really fat now. Haven't worked out since Hubby...:hug: :hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[SeattleGirl]

42. Aw....

You'll probably get back to it eventually, especially when the weather gets nicer. I'd rather go for a walk outside than on my treadmill.

:hug:

[Patsy Stone]

18. I have too many things recording

and I'd have to go into the other room to watch Lawrence. And to be honest, I just don't care all that much.

But it's nice to see all of you. :hi:

[SharonRB]

20. You, too

What are you recording?

[Patsy Stone]

28. Human Target

and :blush: America's Next Top Model (Season Premiere!) and those two overlap, so I can't watch a third thing, unless it's something I already recorded. After Human Target, I'm recording American Idol.

I know, I know. I am a sucker for bad TV.

[SeattleGirl]

30. You would be a great TV companion for MrSG. He loves those

shows.

[Patsy Stone]

53. Does he love Bravo?

I love Bravo. :)

Have I said hi yet? :hi:

[SeattleGirl]

56. Oh yeah, he loves his Bravo. And his Food Network.

I confess to liking some of the shows on Food Network, especially the cake and spun sugar competitions. We both hold our breath when they have to move the cake/sculpture to the presentation table!

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

69. Cassie LOVES Ace of Cakes.

Wish I could surprise her and get them to do her birthday cake.

[SeattleGirl]

72. Or get MrSG to make one for her -- too bad we don't live close

by. He's done some pretty cool cakes. He's going to make a carousel cake for the daughter of one of my co-workers, complete with carousel horses!

[GigiMommy]

82. WOW!!!

Love to see that.

[SeattleGirl]

85. Here's a stand-alone caruosel horse he recently did:

It's all chocolate.

[SharonRB]

86. Yum!

That looks amazing -- too good to eat!

[GigiMommy]

91. Oh my...

That's wonderful!!!:wow:

[SharonRB]

32. Seriously.

I wouldn't have time to watch it all if I taped all that. I can record four things at a time. Ariana is watching "Human Target." I stopped watching Idol after the year Daughtrey lost.

[Patsy Stone]

48. Oh, watching it takes no time at all

because between fast forwarding through the commercials, and the chit chat, and the little video vignettes of their lives and all that dreck, you can knock out an hour of American Idol in, like, 20 minutes. Sometimes I just listen to the performances and fast forward to Simon's comments.

In fact, I'm sure you wouldn't be surprised to find there's very little actual content in TV shows these day.

I like that guy in Human Target. I liked him Keen Eddie, but I never watched Boston Legal. Plus, Jackie Earle Haley was a pleasant surprise.

And really, that up there is just the tip of my bad TV habit. :)

[SharonRB]

59. I have no idea what Human Target is

Never heard of it until tonight.

[Patsy Stone]

78. Here:

The series follows the life of Christopher Chance (Mark Valley), a unique private contractor, bodyguard and security expert hired to protect his clients. He protects his clients by completely integrating himself into the lives of the client, to become the human target. Chance is accompanied by his business partner Winston (Chi McBride) and hired gun Guerrero (Jackie Earle Haley). He puts himself on the line to find the truth behind the mission. Even his own business partner, Winston, doesn't know what drove him towards this 'life'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Target_(TV_series)

[Berry Cool]

23. You too, Pats and rocktivity.

:hi: Yeah, I know what you mean. I miss Keith. But I know what he's doing now matters more. It's tough.

[SeattleGirl]

24. Hi Patsy!

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

38. Hi Patsy!!!

:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[RevCheesehead]

25. Believe it or not, I don't have much to say today.

I know, I'm circling the day in red.

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

27. Hi Rev!

Yeah, I'm maxi-tasking here, going back and forth between the KOEB and work stuff. As long as I don't post something KOEB related to my work site, I guess I'm fine.

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

36. I had a very productive day today.

I "found" the top of my kitchen table, and ate lunch there (first time since I moved!), AND, I took two very large boxes to Goodwill.

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

39. Yay!

Yesterday, I booked 1-800-Got-Junk? to come haul away a bunch of crap I don't use anymore that has been taking up space in my basement. They aren't coming out until the end of the month (had to wait until MrSG leaves town 'cause of his allergies). I LOVE spring cleaning when someone else has to do the cleaning!

[RevCheesehead]

45. That's a great idea!

But now that you put the allergy bug in my brain, I have yet another excuse....

Actually, it was gorgeous here today (55!), and it put me in the mood. :)

[SeattleGirl]

51. I can be ruthless in getting rid of things, but 18 years of, "Well,

I'll just store it in the basement for now" and then not getting back to it is just too much for me. Sometimes you just have to ask yourself, "Do I want to spend the time or do I want to spend the money?" In this case, spending the money wins hands down!

[RevCheesehead]

57. I wish I were more like you.

I have at least 3 generations of accumulated junk. Mom took Grandma's, and I got hers and Dad's, plus my own. It's embarrassing that I need at a minimum a 2-bedroom apartment PLUS additional storage!

[SeattleGirl]

60. I got motivated to get rid of this crap by watching Hoarders.

Now, my house does NOT look like the houses on Hoarders (:scared: ), but accumulated junk is there in the basement and it's time to give it the heave-ho!

[Patsy Stone]

63. LOL!

I hear you. I can get rid of things without thinking twice, but I never seem to do it.

[SeattleGirl]

68. My problem is in looking at what I have to get rid of, I don't

even know where to start because there's so much. So when I saw 1-800-Got-Junk on Hoarders, I thought, THERE! That's how I can do it. I'd say probably 90% of the stuff in the basement can go, but trying to haul it out myself just makes my legs weak!

[SharonRB]

71. I hear ya.

I could never do it. Maybe one of these days I'll call them.

[SeattleGirl]

74. I think it will be worth every penny just to get the crap out of here.

[Berry Cool]

73. Oh, THAT show will cure anyone!

Those people scare me. :scared: I mean, the people helping them extract flattened dead cats from their piles of junk, and they say "Oh, THERE's that cat. Always did wonder what happened to it."

[SeattleGirl]

Oh God, I know. My daughter and I were talking about that

show at lunch today. We both cringe at the way the houses are just basically giant junk piles, but find the psychological aspects of the show fascinating.

[GigiMommy]

65. Gee... I thought the "I'll just store it in the basement for now" excuse

was only us. Been trying to get the two of us to tackle it. Now it's all on me. How do you clean a WHOLE basement of stuff?

[SharonRB]

67. I've got the same issue

A lot of it is Ariana's stuff that will go with her if she ever moves out, but there's also a lot of stuff that's just accumulated over the years.

[SeattleGirl]

81. Isn't it weird that you just don't really SEE the accumulation

until all of a sudden, you REALLY look? And then think, OMG! What the hell am I doing?

[RevCheesehead]

70. One box at a time.

Otherwise, it's a "whole basement," and that's just impossible.

[SeattleGirl]

83. Most of the stuff I want to get out of here is stuff that I just

don't want anymore. Nice thing about the Got Junk folks is that they will take care of recycling things that can be recycled, and getting rid of the other stuff in appropriate ways, which I really like. I don't want everything to end up in the dump, because there ARE recyclable things here.

[SharonRB]

88. That's really good to know

I was going to ask you about that.

[SeattleGirl]

90. Here's the link to 1-800-Got-Junk?

http://www.1800gotjunk.com/

[SeattleGirl]

79. Call your friends and relatives in for help, or hire someone

to do it like I'm doing. It's really just too much for one person!

[GigiMommy]

43. Hi Rev!!!

:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[RevCheesehead]

47. Hi Gigi!

How's Miss Cassie doing? :hi: :bounce::bounce:

[GigiMommy]

75. She's doing OK.

We're decorating her bigger bedroom. If she keeps it clean, I'll take a picture. Her father painted the room.

[RevCheesehead]

84. How wonderful!

I remember when my Dad painted our rooms, and we got to pick out our own colors. I wanted dark purple, but Mom vetoed that, so I got lavender. When I moved out to go to college, it was quickly painted ecru.

Tell her I'd love to see the pictures!

[SharonRB]

89. My daughter's is eggplant

Something about redheads and purple, I guess.

[RevCheesehead]

92. Probably...

because we were never allowed to wear pink. Oddly enough, I am wearing a pink polo shirt today. :)

[SharonRB]

93. My daughter won't go near pink or yellow.

[Berry Cool]

52. 'Sallright, Rev.

:hi: We all have those days. I don't have that much either. Just stitchin'.

[RevCheesehead]

58. THAT'S the new name of our talk show!!

"Stitchin' and Bitchin'" :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

62. LOL!

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

66. ...

:spray:

[GigiMommy]

80. ....

:rofl:




(thanks, I needed that.)

[ralps]

26. Hi SeattleGirl! Hi Everyone! I'm here!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[SeattleGirl]

29. Hi ralps!

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

46. Hi Ralps!!!

Love the kitties!:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[RevCheesehead]

33. Hey, Bill Maher,

people DO think you are gay. :eyes:

[SharonRB]

35. ROFL

That was my first thought, too.

:rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

41. Right?

He doth perhaps protest too much.

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

61. You could be right!

:rofl: Looks like we're feeling domestic because of this warm spell or something. Makes you want to start fresh or something. I've actually been keeping things clean. Made a big pot of soup for dinner. Probably make bread and cookies tomorrow. Might even (shudder) scrub the kitchen floor.

[RevCheesehead]

76. I did the floors last week.

The water was black after 3 dunks of the mop, and that was just the bathroom. :scared:
(that's where the litterbox lives)

Yeah, I'm turning into a little Stepford Domestic. Oy!

[ralps]

40. Here's some new LOL Kitties & one Kitty gif

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

44. I love 'em!

[RevCheesehead]

49. Pop-Tart kitty!

:rofl:

Hi ralps and Crook! Did you enjoy the gorgeous day today? :hi:

[ralps]

54. Hi RevCheesehead, Crook & I are doing good & Hi to Oreo, & lil' Keith! How are you all doing? &

Yes I did although it's really foggy now! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[RevCheesehead]

64. It's like watching the snow evaporate into low-lying mist.

Driving back from Whitewater, it looked like the land was possessed. :scared:

We're good! Both kitties got to "go outside" to the porch today. :)

[GigiMommy]

50. The kittens are adorable.

:loveya:

[ralps]

55. Hi GigiMommy! & Cassie! Hugs

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :hug:

[Berry Cool]

77. I stitched a cloth Big Mac like that cloth burger in the photo once!

Batiked it back in high school.

...Know what I really miss? Seeing Keith chortle with merry glee over seeing Glenn Beck's show succumb to the Weapons of Massa Destruction.

[RevCheesehead]

87. me, too.

Or just seeing one wooly caterpillar raised skeptically.

[Berry Cool]

94. ...ohhhhh.....

...didja have to mention the caterpillars?????...

I'm feeling faint.