adelina

I read your comment and snorted red wine out my nose! How funny would that BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s---I AM the electrician........

The creative spirit is one of eager exploration, unafraid to falter because every mistake is a learning opportunity. I can't learn without making mistakes. Sometimes mistakes work in my favor. If I were to become preoccupied with fears of failing, I couldn't do anything.

You gotta break dem eggs if you wanna make da cake. Have fun cracking the little bastards open!

Somtimes your visions will become reality, sometimes they come out differently, but that just makes it more interesting. It's the process that drives us, beautiful.

You say yes, I say no
You say why? and I say I don't know.
You say goodbye, and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye I say hello

I made that up myself. Really.

Hi!!!

Regarding toenail chewing - I don't bend that way.

Regarding the oscars - I saw the beautiful and talented Hilary Swank (and her back - yowza!) thank everyone and their brother (but not me!?!?!) for her award, Prince drone, and Gwyneth Paltrow wearing yet another light-colored gown. You're pale as paper, Gwyneth! Wear some dark colors!

Not like I was into it or anything.

I used to have a TV, but I found it more of an annoyance than anything else, so I sold it. I don't miss it (except that I'd like to watch the occasional video, but my computer has a DVD reader, so that's more or less covered). I hear from other people that there's some good stuff available on TV, but I never seemed to find it. It is funny sometimes to see how hard it is for some folks to understand how I can get by without one. "But... oh, I get it... you just download all the shows from the Internet, right?" Uh... no.

As far as cars are concerned, it really depends where you live. I'm lucky enough to be in a place where public transit is pretty good, and just about everywhere in town is within easy cycling distance. Also, there's not much traffic (compared to big cities), so it's relatively safe. The biggest hazard is senior citizens at the wheel (of which we have a great many)... you never know what they're going to do (and often neither do they...). But I know in other cities people are not so lucky. I visited friends in Silicon Valley a few years ago... now there's a bicycle-unfriendly place!

About photos: You're right, I'm a nature type, and I certainly think that nature photography is my "thing". However, I don't want to get stuck in a rut, even within nature photography. I think if I can break out of that habit for a while, figure out ways to take good photos of buildings and people and plates of lasagna and so on, then when I go back to trees and rocks and flowers, I'll have expanded what I'm capable of seeing and capturing, even just in the nature shots. That's the theory, anyway.

Oh, and about nude females... yes, I'd very much like to try my hand at nude photography... especially nudes in the outdoors, so I can indulge my nature photo self as well! But I can't afford to hire a model, and I don't know any women who I would be comfortable asking. Alas. (Well, actually, I know a couple, but none in this city.) If you're ever up this way...

That hug is all ready...

what about the number of people you see picking their noses while driving? I will not shake hands with anyone who's just made a long drive.

If I have to admit to it under pain of death, I will. But I would be mortified if someone actually saw me. And it is only as a last resort.

That reminds me of an insult that I read in a book or hears somewhere once: calling someone an "inveterate nose-picker." Where did I find that?

Or, as Popeye Doyle famously asked: "Have you ever picked your feet in Poughkeepsie?"

I'm trying to file bankruptcy, actually, but I need to find a lawyer who will work pro bono. I was almost out of debt five years ago, but I got sick when I didn't have any healthcare. I decided to use credit because I had no other resources. I was paying it off for a year through credit counseling, but I got laid off and couldn't make the $560 payments. By the time I was working again, things had gone to collections and they wouldn't negotiate payments and were demanding payment in full. If I had the means, I would pay it off. Unfortuantely, the interest has wiped out all the payments I made through credit counseling.

Bankruptcy is for people like me who have no other options. My debt wasn't frivolous consumer spending and they determine that in court when you have the creditors notice. They have a chance to challenge your claim. BK gives you a chance to start over. It's going to take me years to rebuild my credit, but I certainly will not repeat the same mistakes and I hope I don't have the same misfortune.

It's tough being compassionate in a situation like your mother's. Everyone has to make sure their kindness doesn't forgoe wisdom. I am doing the best to ensure I repay all the kindness I have received from others.

My new job involves receiving and barcoding media for dubbing and conversions. Then, we have to move the stuff around internally and a lot of times, we are searching for some tape or piece of film. Pro Hide & Seek.

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I love the design of Falling Water, but it is too cold inside for my taste. I like Taliesin West better, but I am 6'2" and Wright liked low ceilings, so i always feel a bit endangered when I'm in his buildings.

I agree with shard, bankrupcy is for people who run out of options. There's nothing wrong with declaring it if you have tried everything else but circumstances just forced you into it. There are people who try to game the system, but they're all going to hell (or at least heck).

I have lent people money, but I would rather just give it. That way, there are never any hard feelings and I know I'm not giving away money that I may need later.

I have family members like your mom, who feel the need to single-handedly support the family and keep harmony, and I have family members who would take advantage of everyone if you let them. If you are upset about her over-generous habits, just sit down and talk to your mother about how you feel. It probably won't change her mind much, but maybe you can get her to be more discerning about who she helps.

Why does it have to be a Mercedes, btw? What's wrong with a Toyota or a Ford? I'm no fan of conspicuous consumption, especially when its at someone else's expense.

I'm having a fat year....

I need hair transplants....

I can't remember the last movie I went to see and bought my own ticket.

New job, new personnel issues.....

mmmmm, coffee.....

Some of us do have fat days. But then some of us feel more connected to our bodies than others. I used to run track competitvly and was is exceptional shape, at the same time I also did martial arts which teaches you about your body. Now that I only so the martial arts and can not run like I used to I feel out of shape sometimes and there are days after I ate to much crap that I do feel fat. You can actually feel your fat cells bloat. Ack I hate it I miss being in really good shape, I am in descent shape now but still it is one of those things where you look back and see yourself being better than you currently are.

In otherwords I feel your pain.

Vici

I'm heading to Chicago to see a pair of Kubrick films with a former roommate of mine. We're seeing "Paths of Glory" and "A Clockwork Orange".

The other day it was supposed to be Indian food and an afternoon showing of Felini's "8 1/2"...one of the greatest movies ever made.

Despite being a huge Georgetown fan, I dislike Iverson....in fact, I pretty much dislike the entire NBA these days.

Cop: Do you know why I pulled you over?
Me: I'm guessing I didn't stay at that stop sign long enough.
Cop: You're guessing? You weren't even there long enough to consider it a rolling stop.

So, how ya been?

Ya, my life hasn't changed much either...same shitty job, same shitty town....damn, do I need some change.

that dude in the 2nd picture looks kinda like dominic monaghan. at least in that pic.

Sweet!

Go Pinot! Go Pinot! It's yo birthday! It's yo birthday!