For OH (that’s not my state)
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:55pm WapakGram
Now is the time for all good women to come to the aid of their fellow CB’s.
I don’t know why I started with that. We seem to have issues here. Maybe it is Spring Fever.
It’s just that Jen-t has birds banging into her window, and she has severe bladder issues. BCB has a phone bill that has to be astronomical, unless Jen is in her circle. I can’t find Andi’s e-mail ANYWHERE, and there have been so many posts and I want to e-mail her and call her.
AND THEN, I can’t find the f^&*^ing paper that Bryan did so I can suck in pictures of MAX! My desk has paperwork for 50 new kids in our dance choir that don’t know they have made it yet. Tomorrow at 5 they line up at the choir room door if they dare.
Marcia in OK knows that it is XL- short sleeved and school colors, unless the grey is really cool. OH, knows she is a banana slug but doesn’t know why. She seems to have pronoun issues. And Louisa thinks we are all nuts. CC is somewhere Jen wants to be and MCB seems to be agitating BCB and Jen. Lori is baking books or something last I looked. Mary is thinking up more taglines so she can become a famous jingle writer. (AWESOME!) Scope is in her garden, shooing all the birds to Jen.
Cary has written great critiques for Jen, as have others. And may I just say, that I am still worried about Louis and I will continue to fuss until I hear so just get over it.
Here is something I wrote to our favorite Young’un out in CA. She encouraged me to share. But first, a brief time out for MAX! and DS.
What the Hell is that Smell
Let me say upfront, that we are are pretty much fragrance free here at the Wright House. I use perfume, but unscented laundry products and always unscented cosmetics and deodorant. So the vast array of Smells I encountered in the “PIT” stop was mind blowing.
Honest to Bob, who in the hell would put Vanilla Chi in her armpits? Country Fresh??? I live in the country and I can give you fresh!! And I don’t want that in my armpits either. Melon? Ocean Breeze? Wouldn’t it be somewhat odd to go around sniffing your armpits all day to catch a whiff of the awesomeness that is now you???? What is wrong with people???
I remember gym class. 60 girls in an old dilapidated locker room that smelled like 60 years of jock rot with a temperature that hovered near 100 degrees. Afterwards, most of us spraying Right Guard by the quart. If you forgot yours you just lifted your arms and someone would oblige. When ARRID XXTRA DRY came out, and we had competing smells, it was like the crips and the bloods, with each deodorant brand staking out their side of the room. Of course, girls ALWAYS got Phys Ed. first period of the day so we would smell like a cloud of Right Guard doused with Bonnie Bell or Whatever the Hell kind of perfume we wore.
It took a while for my prescription to be done, so I spent way too much time sniffing. Luckily there were not many people in the store. I decided that “CLEAN” was the winner, but I forgot who made it. I guess I will have to go back. After I use up the deodorant I just bought….old faithful-SECRET unscented.
Sorry this took up so much space, but the picture thingy is not my friend.
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1. cbpen | May 23rd, 2007 at 12:59 am
Soooo cute that Max.
Jen-T: Mary said it on the other post but I have to repeat it. You can’t lie? You write fiction. Lawrence Block “Telling Lies For Fun and Profit” for example.
I actually wrote on my project first today. I thought it was such a scathingly brilliant idea when I started it. Now, it’s just work to pull the words out and then they feel like all the wrong words. sigh. So then I go and write a short story ’cause I can actually finish that.
Oh, well, you don’t want to hear about all the wrong words…not when we are celebrating Jen-T and all her right (pun not intended) words.
2. Jen-t | May 23rd, 2007 at 4:37 am
wapakgram - what a beautiful baby! Thanks for sharing.
About the phone - Digital babe! Last year we did that all in one thing with road runner. We pay one fee and I can call anywhere in the contential US for one fee. I think it’s like 29 a month. Although the cable bill is actually much more because we have two DVR’s, extended cable with the sports package and of course internet, so it’s more like 150, but because of digital phone, well, I make a lot of phone calls.
cbpen - I know. I “tell” stories. But you want to know the weird thing? The people in those stories become real to me. Seriously. They live inside my head for so long that I view them as real so it doesn’t feel like a lie. And when asked in person about something and I try and lie, well, I suck at it. But I’ve got two months to figure this out and make myself believe whatever I come up with.
3. me | May 23rd, 2007 at 8:16 am
LMAO. WapakGram, you’re a riot. And Max is adorable. Not to mention DS.
BTW, Almay is unscented, one of the very few still out there that is. I hate the flavored stuff, because it clashes with my perfume, and I thought the whole point of deodorant was for it not to smell.
4. btuda | May 23rd, 2007 at 9:12 am
Kinda sorta on topic …
One year I went shopping for cologne for DH. Who comes up with this stuff? There were Trees Decaying in the Forest, Sweaty Barbell, Gymlocker, and Um-NO.
I agree that the unscented makes the most sense. I’d rather appear fresh and clean, rather than that I’ve been marinating in a fruit salad for the past several hours. Not to mention the bug attraction factor - ick! No wonder I tend to stay indoors.
5. btuda | May 23rd, 2007 at 9:12 am
Oops. Lost my line on how cute Max is! Lucky you!
6. K.L. | May 23rd, 2007 at 9:18 am
You think finding unscented is hard? Try finding a deoderant that isn’t also an anti-perspirant. I break out in a rash when using the anti-perspirant, so since I am mostly a desk job person and don’t sweat too much, I just use the deoderant. They quit stocking the only one for females that I knew of. The “all natural” Tom’s stuff also makes me break out. I am now using “ocean breeze” for men. Lovely.
7. me | May 23rd, 2007 at 9:27 am
K.L, the Almay is hypoallergenic, too.
8. McB | May 23rd, 2007 at 9:51 am
I agree with the unscented preference. If I want to wear scent, it won’t be under my arms. I’m getting a visual: you know all those romances where the hero buries his face in the heroine’s hair or at the base of her throat?
9. McB | May 23rd, 2007 at 10:01 am
Wapa - Max is SERIOUSLY cute!
10. CMS | May 23rd, 2007 at 10:07 am
WOW Max is adorable. He’s growing into quite the handsome lad.
I’m packing for Memphis, with a small stop for dinner with Bryan tomorrow. I hope to see Dee on Saturday night or Sunday morning. I’m pretty excited about the Civil Rights Museum, the Riverboat dinner Cruise, and of course Graceland.
Welcome, Louisa, I had hoped the stairs to the attic would work in both directions(they’re very sturdy!)
Great writing JenT - I have nothing to add to everyone else’s comments. You are a damn good writer. I want to know what’s going on with those characters
11. Marcia in OK | May 23rd, 2007 at 10:30 am
Wapa - great post. I was laughing out loud and got weird looks from others at work.
Max is seriously cute. DS isn’t bad either. Isn’t it just great to see the little ones with their Daddies?
And Good Job CBs. We know stuff. All kinds of stuff. We just never know when it’ll be useful or applicable or interesting or just weird. But, anyway, we know stuff.
Louis???? We’re sure thinking about you. Hope you are managing OK.
12. CC | May 23rd, 2007 at 11:27 am
Wapak- I have to go shopping today, I’ll pick up a shirt or two for you if the bookstore is still open- such is the joy of small community colleges-
Max is a sweetie (well, everyone else said cute and I do have to be different she harumphed with her hands on her hips)
You must have been shopping with me- a friend and I got kicked out of Wal-Mart when we were perusing the health the beauty aisles- first it was a diatribe about smelly pits, cuz I agree the point is to not be smelly, not smell like something bizarre and the second reason (avert your eyes if you’re sensitive) was the “training” kits that tampax had out, yep we wondered what you had to do to train teenage girls to stick something somewhere (yep, I’m a cynic. But since our high school and middle school have a baby barn….)
(and yes, minus ten points for excessive use of ( ) )
13. cary | May 23rd, 2007 at 11:48 am
Wapak, those kids (generations 1 and 2) sure are cute!
As for the deodorant scents, I don’t get it. I shampoo and condition my hair with “Citrus Splash” - $7.50, my soap - $3.00 - is “Anise”, my shave gel - $2.50 - is “Berry Fusion”, my deodorant - $2.50 - is “Fresh & Clean”, my toothpaste - $2.00 - “Cinnamon Burst”, my hair styling products - $15.00 - are “Honey” & “Grapefruit”, my lotion is “Lemon Souffle” ($7.00), and my PERFUME ($40) is Vanilla.
Huh?
14. btuda | May 23rd, 2007 at 12:15 pm
And my husband is dumbfounded as to why bugs find me so attractive.
15. Lou | May 23rd, 2007 at 12:23 pm
I like “unscented” soaps, deoderants, etc. That way they don’t interfere with the perfume I wear for special occasions (applied lightly).
Hey Cary - do all those different scents blend together to make a new scent? Maybe you could market it and get rich?? Whaduya think??
Wapak - Max is so cute I just don’t have adequate words!! Enjoy him ’cause one of these days he’ll turn 2.
16. McB | May 23rd, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Now I do like scents in my other products. Raspberry for my shave gel, citrus for my shampoo, verbena for my soap, and lotions vary but I’m partial to grapefruit.
But deoderants are supposed to de-odor you so I don’t get the whole scented thing.
17. btuda | May 23rd, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Scents are now in everything, so good luck to the scent intolerant.
I just did an informal test. Yes, chocolate can dramatically decrease you blood pressure. I feel better already. Now if I can just keep stuffing my face with chocolate for the rest of the day …
18. cary | May 23rd, 2007 at 1:02 pm
With their supersensitive sniffers, can you only think how confused our dogs must be when we change out a product?
19. Lou | May 23rd, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Cary - they can probably sort through all the scents and find the “essence of you”.
20. btuda | May 23rd, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Which is probably why we dog people suffer from the awkward nose-to-crotch greeting from our pets (and our friend’s pets).
21. andi | May 23rd, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Wapa - Max is darling! And I left my cell and e-mail in Bryan’s nifty Instant box.
I am an unscented girl. I use a minty shampoo and conditioner. Bath and body works olive body butter and that is about it. DH went to Aruba and brought me back a bottle of perfume. To which I responded, “Do you even know me?” I have never, ever worn perfume. His response was, “maybe you should.” Well, I never! Plus, I know I’ve said this before, I’m a super-sensor and it is too much for me take.
OK - here is my whine… I think I may be sick of baseball. 12 hours on Sunday, 5 hours last night, and 5 more tonight, and another tournament this weekend. ugh.
22. GatorPerson | May 23rd, 2007 at 2:12 pm
I was born sick of baseball. And other competitive sports.
Anyway, I’ve been reading! What, she can read? Yep. Here’s the question, and maybe Max can answer it. In babies less than 6 months old there is a reflex that disappears. Touch, maybe with a sharp something like a pencil (I’m not sure), on the soul of the foot. The baby’s big toe is supposed to arch up (whatever than means) and he spreads out all his other toes. Max, is this true?
After 6 months and always, the person curls his toes in, somewhat (it seems to me) in a protective reaction. Is this true?
Really, I want to know. This may seem a silly request, but it isn’t.
Onto silly stuff. Unscented stuff. Nope, it really isn’t. If you were to smell homemade unadulterated soap, it would stink of the fat used to make it. And the lye would tingle your nose. Most/All/Some/I’m not sure unscented stuff actually has scent in it that we humans think of as unscented. That being said, I always buy unscented products. Well, ain’t she contradicting herself bigtime! I absolutely hate to get in an elevator with some broad that’s given herself a French bath just because she didn’t want/take time/whatever to have a real bath.
23. Bryan | May 23rd, 2007 at 2:21 pm
GP,
You are basically correct except the age things are supposed to change is two years old. My parents had a bit of a panic my senior year in high school when, after a kick to the head playing soccer and a brief time unconcious, I failed the Babinski test.
A Healthline article is here.
24. Lou | May 23rd, 2007 at 2:27 pm
btuda - #20 - *SNORT* - good one!!!
25. Jen-t | May 23rd, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Scents - we have the hockey scent. It’s gross. We moved all the hockey equipment from the basement to the garage and now it’s warm, not a pleasent scent.
Personally, I use Victoria Secrets Romantic Wish body wash, lotion and body spray. The husband uses Dove. It’s not very scented. Daughter, she likes scents. I’ve given up trying to keep up with here. Boys, they are into this Men’s All purpose wash that actually gets rid of the hockey smell on their hands and well, that after hockey smell as well.
When my kids were babies, I just smelled like Balmax and Baby shampoo with the occasinal nasty business tossed in.
The bird is at it again. I swear, as soon as I sit down - the bird shows up. JenT might turn into a possesed woman with a spinning head and speuwing pea soup. Not kidding.
26. Lou | May 23rd, 2007 at 3:17 pm
That bird’s in love, Jen.
Ahhhh, spring, when a young man’s fancy turns to………
27. GatorPerson | May 23rd, 2007 at 3:20 pm
The Babinski test is mentioned in The Forgetting, Alzheimer’s: Portrait of an Epidemic by David Shenk as 6 months. It also reappears in the end stages of Alzheimer’s. Same description as your reference.
Bryan, I bet your folks were having hissy fits with the wrong diagnostic test. Which reminds me of my having lupus (wrong test) the same month I got recalled for breast cancer (NOT). All this stuff puts my cold into perspective.
Jen, are the birds attacking the window or just flying into it? And, no, I can’t smell anything but kitty litter with my stopped up node.
28. K.L. | May 23rd, 2007 at 3:21 pm
I think Febreeze might help with the hockey scent. But nothing gets rid of the “teenage boy trying to smell good to impress the girl” smell. Cologne so strong it makes me gag. And they absolutely do not believe when you tell them that they used (way) too much.
29. Jen-t | May 23rd, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Discription of the birds. They hang out in the mulch under the window. When I sit down, the bird flies up, flaps it’s wings fot a moment, then pecks the window, hard. Then looks at me and drops to the ground. Then bird two takes over. They are taunting me.
Freebreeze does not do the trick. Nothing does the trick. We have even had the equipment professionally cleaned. After two weeks, smells again. The worst - the gloves, then the hands smell. It’s horrible. Then, there is that lingering smell in my car when I pack three bags and three smelly kids in. Sometimes more when we car pool. It’s gross.
30. Bryan | May 23rd, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Jen-t,
It almost sounds like these birds are drunk. Do you have fermented berries in the mulch perhaps? It’s just weird that they would hang out in the mulch like that.
31. Bryan | May 23rd, 2007 at 3:36 pm
GP,
Babinski is used fairly commonly with head injuries. I wound up hospitalized, got a CAT scan (in the days before MRI), and there is a week of serious high school events I have no memory of (Science Bowl competition, etc. (yes, I was one of those students)). It turns out I didn’t have permanent damage but did suffer a serious concussion.
32. GatorPerson | May 23rd, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Pecking at the window, not flying into it, is a territory-defense technique. They’re ground-dwellers (hang out in the mulch). May be drunk (Bryan’s idea). Try cleaning the outside of the windows so they don’t see their reflection and try to peck it to death.
33. cary | May 23rd, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Jen, have you tried vinegar or tomato juice? If it works for skunk essence…..
Truly, my shampoo and conditioner are about $25 all told, but while they contain wonderful organic proteins and essences to imbue my hair with strength, body, and shine, they don’t actually have much scent. Same for my face wash. (And, yes, OH, they were never tested on animals.)
It’s just that it is so funny to me that we’re wearing all these products and they’re ALL scented DIFFERENTLY. And then we’re supposed to top it off with $40 an ounce perfume?
34. cary | May 23rd, 2007 at 3:42 pm
And I might add, that $40/oz perfume is the only one we actually purchased for that purpose.
35. me | May 23rd, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Jen-T: is there a nest in that bush? They see you through the window as a threat and are protecting their eggs?
36. Jen-t | May 23rd, 2007 at 3:47 pm
okay - birds are not drunk - no berries. I have one tree and a few bushes. Seriously, not into landscaping. When we built this house almost 16 years ago we basically said, simple, very little maintance, and that is what we got. Nothing that requires extra anything. A tree and a few bushes. Just have to weed. I hate weeding. And right now I hate birds.
And, all the windows were just cleaned on Monday. So, there you go. Someone hired the birds to terrorize me. That’s all there is too it. And it’s worked. I am offically insane.
37. Jen-t | May 23rd, 2007 at 3:49 pm
I don’t see any nest inthe bushes. There is a nest in the tree. I hate birds. Just saying. I’m moving the laptop to the dining room.
38. McB | May 23rd, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Actually its probably a reflection in the glass that the birds are attacking. Or defending. And the cleaner the glass the better it would reflect so that’s not the answer. But possibly the birds see their territory reflected and when you enter that reflection they think you are entering their territory.
You need to break up the reflection somehow. Not blinds or shades because that won’t change the reflection. Hang something on the outside of the window, something that flutters.
39. K.L. | May 23rd, 2007 at 4:08 pm
This group has serious animal issues. Birds, squirrels, snakes, turkey vultures, sharks…
40. GatorPerson | May 23rd, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Old factories that have dirty windows (on the inside, not the outside), have bird attacks. The stuff acts somewhat like silvering so that the birds don’t see through the glass.
If all this stuff is correct (hah!) an awning over the window so that there is no sun reflecting off the window might work. How’s that for a big bucks solution? Hmmm. If the sun’s never on the window, this whole bird attack thing is wrong.
Serious animal issues. Don’t forget chipmunks and groundhogs.
41. orangehands | May 23rd, 2007 at 4:39 pm
JJ: you have a fan base, and it’s made of birds. oh when a bird is in love the bird does fly, the bird does fly…
excuse me (not that one), i’ve been doing homework for the last 6 hours straight and am a little cuckoo. cuckoo for coco puffs (i was raised with commercials, give me- not that one- a break)
but i would have come sooner if i knew you were going to post your entry, wapa. very proud. and he’s still cute. must go write down t-shirt sizes. i think i’ll get the Plato one. and i know why i’m a banana slug- they’re cute.
andi: 12 hours on Sunday? oh, Poor Baby. stock up on sunscreen and books, i guess. but Poor Baby. (i slightly like watching baseball, but 12 hrs? whoah)
good to hear cary.
KL: what is with that? i normally have to use the utmost control on my gag reflex when my brother walks by me (you get the gist by now) on his way to a girl. though guys can be pretty smelly even without trying to be impressive- the triple guys dorm room is disgusting. one guy doesn’t do his laundry (he’s done it 4x in the whole year- and he wonders why we won’t sit near him), one won’t wash his bedsheets (even after he had mono), and the other one…actually, he’s pretty hygenic, except for the whole doesn’t wear shoes thing.
bryan: Science Bowl competition. *snort* and yet i have no trouble imagining it either…what position did you play in soccer?
ok, i must go do work. ugh. it’s actually slightly interesting, but too much in one sitting.
42. cary | May 23rd, 2007 at 6:10 pm
OH, I’ll trade you one Human Physiology class assignment for my bookkeeping work……
43. Louisa | May 23rd, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Wow. Nuts? Okay, I might have been PMSing a tad. Better now. Let me beg pardon all around & hope for the best.
My word, those are two very handsome kids at the top there. They look a bit alike, too. Very handsome.
Birds. Hmm. Remember reading about a–what kind of bird was it? Something aggressive, like a blue jay or a woodpecker. Anyway, he kept attacking the sidemirrors on a car. Someone eventually figured out the bird saw his reflection in the mirror, and thinking the reflection was a rival male bird, he attacked. Think the owner of the car finally had to put plastic bags over the mirrors when they weren’t driving. But yes, the behavior you’re describing is indeed creepy.
There’s a spray product, or used to be, that dulls a shiny surface. Can’t recall what it’s named, though.
Perfume? Oh, it’s great to be in an elevator with someone wearing stale Jungle Gardenia, or better yet, Musk. My pref is to be in the elevator with someone delivering sausage pizza.
On a selfish note, Jen-T, how’s that book coming?
What are Orangehands? I’ve heard of being caught red-handed. People are left-handed, right-handed, ambidexterous, or even cool-handed, Luke. But Orange? Does that have to do with Betadine? This is a serious question.
44. Bryan | May 23rd, 2007 at 7:37 pm
OH,
I was center-midfield until I got old. Around the time I was 28 or so I moved to center-striker. I retired at 32. Just got too hard to run with the 18 year olds. Plus I moved away from Memphis and never looked for a new club.
45. BCB | May 23rd, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Don’t worry about it, Louisa. It wasn’t anything you said. We’re assuming you’re somewhat normal and have therefore (correctly) decided we’re all a bit crazy. [sigh] We are. Perhaps more so than usual the last couple days. . .
I’m still struggling with the image of Jen being in my circle. With her damn birds. And the control issues. I didn’t even know I had a circle. Is that like a perimeter? A shell circle? Jen, love ya girl, but get the hell out of my space.
Wapak, those pics are just too cute. Well, Max is just too cute IN the pics. You’re going to have a great weekend, I can tell.
As for Orangehands, well, I think I remember it had something to do with her trying to log on to Blogger using several other different names before it finally accepted that one. Out of sheer perversity. And something to do with OH being a slightly crazy HS senior at that time. She is now a completely crazy college freshman. We love her anyway.
It has nothing to do with the really bad joke featuring Chee-tos and late night TV. Which I refrained from telling back last spring and will not tell now. Really.
46. orangehands | May 23rd, 2007 at 7:59 pm
cary: it’s actually a research paper (had started and finished reading books about her, now have to write the actual paper), but since i’m almost done that really doesn’t seem like a good deal. nice try though.
louisa: i’m an orangehands. no, it’s not a bad habit of cheetohs. i was just randomly putting together colors i like and body parts. (why? i have no clue). though around here i think orangehands is synonymous with pain in the ass, smart-ass, annoying girl who shouldn’t be allowed to have an email service, stuff of that nature.
bryan: cool. i’ve had a lot of soccer friends over my life. heck, i once did soccer (ok, i was like five, and haven’t played since, but it still counts). my mom’s friend is in her forties and still does it too. (ok, if that was a dig, it was subtle.
)
47. Jen-t | May 23rd, 2007 at 8:30 pm
For the record - I don’t belong to any circles.
Book is not done yet. Give a girl a break.
48. McB | May 23rd, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Louisa, its Orangehands so we can see her coming.
And I have no athletic skill whatsoever. Gym teachers used to give me passing grades out of pity. I had to feel sorry for them, though. First day they always thought I was going to be a natural at gymnastics because of being short. Nobody every explained to me how that was supposed to work, not that it did. Walking upright is pretty much my highest achievement.
49. BCB | May 23rd, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Hmmm. I seem to remember a certain road trip where neither “walking” nor “upright” had anything to do with your highest achievement.
Just saying.
50. McB | May 23rd, 2007 at 9:03 pm
It was your idea to cross the county line by horseback. I still say it would have been easier if we’d had saddles.
51. GatorPerson | May 23rd, 2007 at 9:08 pm
OH. I never knew. Gollygee. PinkLips. GreenToes. PurplePatooty. Yep. OrangeHands is best.
I have no athletic ability either. it’s an eye thing. Really. I’m just as likely to catch a ball with my forehead as with my hand. I can roller skate forwards and backwards. Used to. Would probably fall and break something now. I can walk, too. But not backwards. Then I fall over things like low fences.
52. Wapakwoman | May 23rd, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Wapakwoman is off to be WapakGram for the weekend. We leave early tomorrow morning and have to stop and see every flippin’ hysterical marker about the civil war between here and Atlanta.
Yes DH, I used to do that all the time with you AND THE KIDS. They are grown up now. I’ll stay in the car with the AC on and you go climb in those ruins.
JUST DRIVE THE DAMN CAR TO MAX!
Should be back on Wednesday. If I can figure out DS’s fancy computer I will check in. If not, talk to you all next week.
Have a great Memorial Day Weekend. You know I will be in Heaven on Earth with the joy of my life in my arms.
53. cbpen | May 24th, 2007 at 12:58 am
Aren’t Grandkids the most fun? And two isn’t that bad when you are the Gramsey. But maybe that’s because Elijah and Audrey think I’m a big kid. I stopped one day just to drop something off, and when I was leaving Elijah grabbed my hand and said, “Gramsey, you can’t go yet, you didn’t play yet.”
But they wear me out. That’s my sport now. Keeping up with the Grandkids. Then I go home and take a nap.
I just got some shampoo that’s supposed to be unscented. I didn’t smell anything in particular when I sniffed the bottle, but when I put it on my head, well, as my uncle used to say, “That smells like a French whorehouse.” I really wouldn’t know, so I go by what things smelled like when he said that. PHEW. Had to borrow my mom’s shampoo to get rid of it and I’m not sure it did.
Worked on my project today and the wrong words from yesterday didn’t seem quite so bad. Was I too close to it or am I just getting used to it???
54. orangehands | May 24th, 2007 at 5:16 am
knew i should have taken cary up on her offer…
Wapa: have a safe trip (i figured the “fun” part was a duh)
cbpen: first, i hope by the time you read this the hair is ok. second, most of the time when i spend more time around my stuff i think it’s worse, so you were probably being too harsh on yourself before. of course, you could always give it to one of the posters to post…or i have a blog you could use. it’s a sickness
ok, i have to go analyze everything i just wrote about Gage. dammit. i really need to stop these all-nighters. morning CBs
55. Louisa | May 24th, 2007 at 6:55 am
Yes, everyone, have a safe weekend. I’m off to fourth grade commencement.
56. BCB | May 24th, 2007 at 7:19 am
Louisa! Fourth grade? And here you’d led us to believe you were older than that. Brace yourself, dear, I’ve heard fifth is a lot of work these days. [grin]
Scents: I have been using a shampoo and conditioner that says it’s Lemon Sage — smells fantastic. Really expensive, dammit. Then tried the Dove ProAge body wash and loved it. But the smells clashed. So I got some of the Dove shampoo and conditioner. Now I smell like a piece of fruit all day. If they could neutralize all the scents, I’d be happier.
DD has a couple lotions (?– something) that make me crazy. One smells like rancid raspberry Kool-Aid and the other like overly-sweet marshmallows. Ick.
CBPen, you’re not alone in the self-doubt category. I considered posting my first sentence over at the HWSW workshop and decided it was crap. Horrible. And so was the second one. And the third. So then I decided to go to bed before I deleted the entire WIP. Some days are just like that. Today I’m thinking that, given enough time, I could maybe fix it. Just not sure there IS enough time.
I have big plans to write all weekend. Of course, my plans have a way of going straight to hell these days. We’ll see. Got to get through two more days of work first.
57. orangehands | May 24th, 2007 at 8:12 am
DO NOT DELETE YOUR WIP. I WILL READ IT BCB. got your attention? good.
safe trip then, Louisa. and i’m still young enough to remember- 5th grade isn’ that bad (unless you get an a$$hole teacher like i did)
see you all way later- and for those leaving, safe trips.
58. btuda | May 24th, 2007 at 8:31 am
DSS is finishing up 4th grade too. He was nice enough to inform us that he thinks he’s ready for the 5th grade. Which is good, considering he just repeated 4th grade because he refused to turn anything in. Needless to say, it was a bit of a shock to him that there are consequences to be had. To his mother too. Wish us luck with next year. Luckily my sister is a fifth grade teacher, just in another school system.
me (not Me): What is “Guess and Check?”
Sister: I take it you’re helping DSS with is homework?
me: It’s our night for homework. What kind of name is that? Guess and Check? How do you do it?
Sister: Just what it sounds like. You guess, then you check your answers.
me: Yes, but there has to me some sort of reasoning behind it. What kind of lazy-ass crap is this? I could guess all day and still not get the right answer.
Sister: (sigh) I’ll be right over.
And that was 4th grade math. Argh.
59. me | May 24th, 2007 at 8:53 am
BCB, I highly doubt your first sentence is crap. I broke down and posted mine. Please don’t laugh too loudly.
Wapak, I call them hysterical markers too, but it started as an accident. Every summer growing up we’d visit family in Fredericksburg and Dad would insist on visiting every Civil War marker in the state. One day whined “I don’t want to see any more stupid historical markers!” Except I accidentally said “hysterical,” and it stuck. Looking at those vacation pictures now, you’ll see a shot of the groundhog I was so excited about. Way cuter than cement signs in woods.
It’s gonna be 90 here today, breaking all records, and the A/C at work is shot. Is it Friday yet?
60. McB | May 24th, 2007 at 9:01 am
*WHACK!* Now, BCB, go post your damn sentence!! don’t make me smack you again.
61. me | May 24th, 2007 at 10:55 am
OK BCB, since I made a complete fool of myself with my first sentence at HWSW and had to go back and fix it, I say you should go post yours too. It has to be better than mine (she said, cowering under her desk in mortification).
62. cary | May 24th, 2007 at 10:57 am
btuday, for some reason, I don’t remember my grade school homework being as hard as they make it these days….
Wapa, give Andi a hug for me!!!! (And maybe a little raspberry for Max, too.)
63. btuda | May 24th, 2007 at 11:29 am
What? Did I just get my own day?
64. K.L. | May 24th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Btuda, you get a bird AND a day.
65. Lou | May 24th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
BCB - WRITE THE DAMN BOOK, for Bob’s sake. You already teased us with an excerpt (or two) - we have been waiting impatiently for the rest!!!!! I want to find out what happens when you poke the old bear. NOW WRITE!!
btuda gets a bird??
66. Lou | May 24th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
P.S. Wapa - have a safe and wonderful trip and weekend!! Kiss Max for all of us (you know that means LOTS of kisses)!!
67. btuda | May 24th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Would that be a happy bird day to me? Except today is Mary’s day and I don’t want to tromp all over it.
Icing is hell on shoes.
68. McB | May 24th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Oh Btuda, honey. If it’s your bird day, then that’s not icing on your shoes.
69. btuda | May 24th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Better there than in my hair.
BTW, how did I get JenT’s wacky birds foisted off on me? In the guise of a present even?
70. btuda | May 24th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Mary, SAVE YOURSELF!!
71. btuda | May 24th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
You know, I can honestly say people don’t often give me the bird.
72. btuda | May 24th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
And yet, there you all are … lurking in wait.
73. Lou | May 24th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
**SNORT** - no wonder Louisa thinks we’re all nuts!
Tried to leave a message on the chat link, but to no avail, so….
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY, AND MANY HAPPY RETURNS!!
74. andi | May 24th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
btuda - LOL, I thought the same thing!!
dancing, singing, shouting gleefully Tomorrow is the last day of school!!! No more getting up early! Can I get an “AMEN!!”
Now we just have swimteam, baseball(I’m not as sick of it as I was), and tennis. But no getting up at 6:45am, so yippee!
Wapa - just give me a call!
Cary - virtual hug to you! Just because.
75. andi | May 24th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
OOPS - I forgot to close the italics, although I know I did, because I double checked. hmmm. and I started that post, then left to get boys and lots went up before I hit post this. sorry.
76. cary | May 24th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Happy Birthday Mary! Hope Tanji remembered to buy the cake…
I’m staring at my ring finger. I just picked up my birthday present to myself (okay, I’m 8 days early, but it’s MY birthday present). A beautiful custom-made ring with blue jade beads, a milleflor pillow bead, and sparkling crystal. I LOVE IT!!!!
And Andi, thanks!
77. andi | May 24th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Cary - is this ring from the, outside the norm personal life, artist?
78. cary | May 24th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Absolutely! She’s very sweet (since I buy so much of her stuff, she gave me a BEAUTIFUL antique glass bracelet for just $5.00)!
I met her just down the street from the store that retails a lot of her stuff. So she had her “box” of goodies along with my order. I know it is wrong to covet, but, oh my….. Much shiny goodness in there! It’s a good thing I was just about out of money after paying for my order (I also commissioned earrings for my niece’s birthday and somethings special with which I intend to surprise certain people early next month).
Contrary to what her MySpace page would incline you believe, she is actually quite shy.
79. BCB | May 24th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Cary: Happy Birthday eight days early! I’m going to have enough trouble remembering Jen’s is tomorrow — I figure eight days is just completely beyond my ability.
ME: Yeah, Jenny has that effect on people. She says, hey, come over here and say stuff in public, it’s fun, trust me. And people do it all the time. Too bad I’m at work and can’t post my first sentence. Not that I would. I figure the woman has enough guinea pigs in her collection at this point. [grin]
Back to work now.
80. Pam | May 24th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
btuda re # 58 ROFL!!!
I too have a son in 4th this year…..
He has had a hard time as well getting his work turned in. I wonder if that is a boy thing vs. a girl thing.
Wapa have a wonderful trip.
81. BCB | May 24th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
ME: I went over and read your sentence — actually, I liked it better the first way. You were just (very briefly) setting the scene. You weren’t going on and on for an entire paragraph about the weather or whatever. You had your person right there in the sentence, doing something, in the rainstorm. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. I thought the first sentence sounded more ominous. I’d keep reading.
82. Jen-t | May 24th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Happy Birthday Mary!
Happy Early Birthday Cary.
I posted two sentances and you can see that I changed the beginning of the proglogue. Some things you all said made me rethink the beginning and the match is important, so that is good.
I posted a second sentance on a book that I started a while back that was supposed to be erotica (don’t ask - it was a dumb idea) and it ended up being a horror/thriller with an even more perverse killer (dont ask, I’m totally twisted.) Anyway, I just threw it out there - it so sucks, but you know what, I just don’t care right now.
Have a great weekend. I’m off to the lake house. You remember - jaws, teenage boys oogling the daughter and no internet. Well, I have a black berry so you can e-mail me, but no internet.
Later.
83. GatorPerson | May 24th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Wow! I actually had a sentence to post.
Crapiest day in a week. My cat survived the night, but I had to have her euthanized this morning - kidney failure.
Then a meeting from hell this afternoon somewhat akin to Dee’s a couple of weeks ago.
Some days you shouldn’t get out of bed. Of course I didn’t sleep at all last night with Gracie under the bed dying.
My sentence is ironic, given the day.
Piffle. I WILL SURVIVE.
84. btuda | May 24th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
GP - so sorry for your loss. ((hugs)) Pets are family too.
85. cary | May 24th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Jent, I just had this horrid premonition. Don’t you usually take the (Eeeek, eeek, eeekk; creepy violin noises start)….
LAWNMOWER to the lake house? Please, for Bob’s Sake (and our’s, since we’re all on pins and needles waiting for that book!) BE CAREFUL!!!
GP- {{{{{HUGS}}}}} Sorry about Gracie. Isn’t it a sign of respect and fondness that Gracie stayed near you? If I recollect, cats usually find a far away hiding place when they believe the end is near; something about safety from predators…
86. me | May 24th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
GP, I’m so sorry about Gracie.
87. Jen-t | May 24th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
GP Hugs!
Cary - we bought a lawn mower for the lake after the last incident. Now we just have to fix the garage after I ran into this past winter while on a long distance phone call that had me peeing my pants.
And - it’s 90 degrees her and my freaking air conditioner broke. I hate that.
88. Lou | May 24th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
GP - Gracie isn’t in pain anymore, but I know you must be. I’m very sorry for your loss.
89. Margaret | May 24th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
GP, many hugs to you. Our pets become our family, and to lose one is traumatic. I’m also very sorry for your loss.
90. cary | May 24th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Jent, you’re going to “lake house”, so you’ll get no sympathy for the broken a/c. Sorry.
Try to keep the van and the lawnmower out of the lake.
91. orangehands | May 24th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
GP: i’m so sorry. i’ve had to go through that before, and it hurts so much even though you know they’re not in pain anymore. many HUGS. Poor Baby.
***
Happy Birthday Mary!
Inside every older person is a younger person -wondering what the hell happened.
- Cora Harvey Armstrong
Happy Early Birthday Cary
It takes a long time to grow young. - Pablo Picasso
Happy Early Birthday JJ
Let us respect gray hairs, especially our own.
- J. P. Sears
you can mix around the quotes if you want
***
just came from a potest. have had no sleep. must go to class now.
92. cary | May 24th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
What’s a “potest”? Is that the final exam for Econ 123: Why You’ll Never be Wealthy?
93. K.L. | May 24th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
GP, you and your kitty are in my prayers. It is never easy to lose a companion. Hope things go better for you tomorrow.
Maybe a potest is a test of E A Poe?
94. Lou | May 24th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Cary - I remember that test - I must have passed it with flying colors!!
95. orangehands | May 24th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
protest, protest.
sheesh. i haven’t slept in many many hours!
96. Theresa | May 24th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
GP, (((HUGS))) So sorry for the loss of your friend. It’s never easy. It sounds like Gracie loved you a lot to stay by you, and that she was lucky to have you for her owner/friend. A sad day indeed.
97. Theresa | May 24th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Mary and Jen, Happy Birthday!!!
98. McB | May 24th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
GP {{{hugs}}} Sorry the rest of your day was so sucky. You didn’t need that on top of everything.
Cary, congrats on your bday present! It sounds beautiful. And the bracelet too!
Potest … I think that’s what Elmer Fudd does.
Jen - Cary’s right, anybody who can say lake house doesn’t get sympathy. Even without internet.
99. btuda | May 25th, 2007 at 8:22 am
Happy Birthday Cary and Jen!
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