velvet_petal

Thank you! I think the same thing of you, i've never gotten any kind of negativity from you! You are always so kind..and you are hilarious...i will miss you!

I haven't been over on the Silliness board for a while, so I don't know nothing about none of the latest funny ha-ha around these here parts.

Random: do you like Big Band music? I bought a Glenn Miller CD yesterday, and it's pretty badass (remind me to stop using the word "badass). I guess I'm officially turning into an old man before my time. Or maybe I just have good taste. Hmm???

I've heard lots of stuff over the years, and I guess my favorites are Pennsylvania 6-5000, Tuxedo Junction, and A String of Pearls. I played a few of his songs in band class way back when.

Ouch
Reports are looking like it hit pretty hard.
Thinking of you hon.
Hope you're ok.

How are you doing? Did you make it through the storm OK?

Hee... Welcome to CE!!! The club is not happy you don't think they way they do about everything.

I don't know if you're staying there, or leaving or what. Please be safe whatever you decide to do.

You know, if you covet my slippers, you can always obtain your own.

Not bald. Embaldening! And thanks! You aint so bad yourself.

But there are so many orders for new muklukks! And I was just trying to help the ladies out. Plus I'm still trying to win my $50 back from Estelle playing mahjong.

Speaking of muklukks, how did the feet fair in the "comfortable" shoes?

And you never did answer my last email *shakes fist*

Thank you for the birthday wishes. It means a lot to me. I sure can use a mostly drama-free year. Besides the stuff I've mentioned on SG, there were other draining issues I had to deal with during the past year.

I know I've got a lot of good things going for me in my life. My family, my lady, my health, all wonderful things. I just get tired of the crap sometimes and have to force myself to count my blessings. One new and very positive thing that did happen was my discovering SG. Otherwise, I wouldn't have met wonderful people like yourself.

I managed to post at least a handful of pics of myself and my family from last week. I hope you get a chance to see them. I'll try to post more next week.

Thank you so much for what you said. It made me feel very good.

(((((Hugs for you)))))))) I missed ya and soooo happy you are back.

I'm glad you were able to shake off the melancholy so quickly. I will say this, that when a person with the poise, competence and intelligence that you have is willing to occasionally show vulnerability - especially with friends - it makes you that much more awesome in my eyes!

Ugg. Yeah. Bad memories.
BA to Kenya was one of the worse flights I've ever had in my life.
Good to see you back Miss.

alligator is kinda somewhere between chicken and whitefish i think. like snake.
:q

I hope your travels are going better, and you're getting more time for yourself. Are you still in England?

What's the cottony squelchy brain feeling from?

Did you get back stateside safely?

No, the "check your local listings" part was a joke.

I'm glad you understand; I expected most everyone would, to be honest. That's why I've always enjoyed this site: everyone that I've had the privilage to cultivate a rapport with, no matter how small, has been a really awesome.

In time, I hope to continue to do it, but perhaps in a more diciplined capacity. Fact is, I spend too much time on here, and we all need to disconnect sometimes. This is my time. It'll all work out though, and in the meantime, you are more than welcome to keep in touch with me. My AIM username is in my profile, or you can PM me and we can exchange e-mail addresses.

I'm ok with the remake, but it's not in the same league as the original. I agree, DeNiro is a bit over the top, and Scorsese also goes a little overboard. The film is a little too in-your-face and loud, which I suppose was Scorsese's attempt at making the audience feel as uncomfortable as Nolte's character.

I think where a lot of modern thrillers fail is by showing the audience too much, or being too graphic with the violence. There's nothing as scary as the unknown; the unsettling silence. The scariest monster in the one you never actually see. I think one of the more enjoyable modern thrillers was/is Breakdown with Kurt Russell. It's very Hitchcockian in that most of the suspense comes from the unknown, the setting (in this case, extremely isolated), and the plight of the lead character. Nothing jumps out from behind a corner and lops of anyone's head. Not sure if you've seen it, so I won't go into anymore details of the plot. It's a good one, though.

Good gravy, look how popular you are!

Haha, you definitely have me figured out. I do tend to have dark tastes, but, like you said, there has to be a counterbalance to that. I think that's very important in life. Too much of one or the other isn't healthy.

I love this movie and the remake as well.

One of my favorite thing is rain, listening to it, walking in it - ok I do have all the outdoor gear.

I've kissed a girl after midnight on a hot september night in old San Antone, in the rain.

All the best things and strongest memories I have are in the rain, or in the water.

Thinking of you V P