tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post303322913310576542..comments2024-01-12T07:22:33.175-08:00Comments on The Fabulous Lorraine and Fiends: Bees, and Photos of Bees and Just Who Got Stung?FabulousLorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889080113368458412noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-49776042251182494762008-10-01T03:31:00.000-07:002008-10-01T03:31:00.000-07:00AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH, I just lost everything I wrote....AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH, I just lost everything I wrote. It's never as good second time around.<BR/><BR/>Ok<BR/><BR/>Hi Fiends,<BR/><BR/>So far I've missed:<BR/><BR/>Girl-on-girl wrestling, great photos from Miss Kitty (the camera and I loathe each other. I can make a tropical paradise look like a moonscape and the cmera makes me look like someone I don't recognise).<BR/><BR/>Bee stings - great to see management taking a hit for the workers.<BR/><BR/>Doughnuts, T-shirts, herbicide, sick kids - well kids, more haiku, re-branding, bee leashes.<BR/><BR/>There has also been beer, hints of drinking competitions and cabana boys (sigh). I love this place. There have also been suggestions of cabana boys in loin cloths and palm fans. I would like to see cabana boys in budgie smugglers and palm fans and peeling grapes between waves of the palm fronds. I would also vote Pantagruel Bitch Queen of the Universe, or at least the USA, she would do a much better job than anyone they have to offer.<BR/><BR/>There has also been PMS, PST, SUV & SVU. <BR/><BR/>Slumber parties, kids birthdays & cupcakes, Fiends birthdays (Happy Birthday everyone).<BR/><BR/>Sickies, wait until 1-2 weeks after you're feeling better to do heavy exercise. As my doctor said "dead is not a good look". But, maybe that's just because I'm getting on a bit.<BR/><BR/>Miyazaki Tree Spirits (huh?), vixeny lawyers, travellers, houseguests, trips down memory lane, rude parents and can someone please tell me what Chucky Cheese is? <BR/><BR/>Cthulu carrots. Just how hilly is the terrain on which these carrot/mandrakes grow? Is it possible new genetic material is urgently required? Is this a case of carrot cousins marrying carrot cousins?<BR/><BR/>We've heard about sick & well dogs, zombie haiku, eau de felin, going over the edge (better view this side), True Blood (is this based on Charlaine Harris' "Sookie Stackhouse" series"?) I loved those books.<BR/><BR/>Sore knees (hope they get better soon), Neil Diamond rocks, busy fiends, tutoring football players (should get paid double 'cause they're dumb) and free belly dancing.<BR/><BR/>Gaypet has way too much study. I don't remember doing that much. Guess it depends on your degree.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, Robopandas. Great present, only the follow up videoing could use a tiny bit more work.<BR/><BR/>Have I missed anything?<BR/><BR/>I skulled, but I'm not sure I got it right.<BR/><BR/>It's nice to be back :):)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-75711589130355186352008-09-27T00:35:00.000-07:002008-09-27T00:35:00.000-07:00Ariandalen, happy birthaday to eldest - hope the p...Ariandalen, happy birthaday to eldest - hope the party goes well and you're not too exhausted with all the preparation.<BR/><BR/>(last party I helped to organise was for my friend J, who decided to revert to childhood for her 30th - so well all had jelly & ice-cream, and plaayed pass the parcel and musical bumps...relived our lost youths. Much fun.)<BR/><BR/>Stacy - lovely image.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-26065814814154866432008-09-27T00:08:00.000-07:002008-09-27T00:08:00.000-07:00Stacy, what a fine thing to go to sleep on, I than...Stacy, what a fine thing to go to sleep on, I thank you.....FabulousLorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889080113368458412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-73664577621672268752008-09-27T00:05:00.000-07:002008-09-27T00:05:00.000-07:00midnight in our gardeni'm having lucky charmsteaan...midnight in our garden<BR/><BR/>i'm having lucky charms<BR/><BR/>tea<BR/><BR/>and watching my white cat<BR/><BR/>leap all over the dark yard<BR/><BR/>catching moths<BR/><BR/>we call this behaviour<BR/><BR/><BR/>mothing<BR/><BR/><BR/>;)Stacy Hurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590531650763481027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-20640053212980614072008-09-26T23:14:00.000-07:002008-09-26T23:14:00.000-07:00Kali! YESSSSSS, Centipede with the rollyball! We...Kali! YESSSSSS, Centipede with the rollyball! We'd play it at the rollerskating rink between practices! GEAWD I loved that game. The pac man they have now (at least on our psII) is 3 dimensional. It makes me have vertigo. LOLStacy Hurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590531650763481027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-12563323950780390862008-09-26T23:00:00.000-07:002008-09-26T23:00:00.000-07:00Got back a little while ago from, quite possibly, ...Got back a little while ago from, quite possibly, the LOUDEST show ever. I jumped at the first note and, seriously, paint was falling off the ceiling.<BR/>It was this:<BR/><A HREF="http://montalvoarts.org/events/kim_gordon/" REL="nofollow">Kim Gordon and Phantom Orchard</A> and it was amazing....and loud? Did i say loud? I couldn't hear myself if i did!<BR/><BR/>Off to bed now, i've got a wedding to officiate tomorrow.Chantrellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01304351215076622980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-87491436515122239062008-09-26T22:45:00.000-07:002008-09-26T22:45:00.000-07:00Ariandalen I remember those kind of birthday parti...Ariandalen I remember those kind of birthday parties too.;) At least with Chuck E Cheese saves you cleanup duty. Hope the attendance issue sorts itself out, and that a great birthday is had.:)<BR/><BR/>Panta: the shirts the shirts the shirts!!! LOVE THEM! Very swanky designs.<BR/><BR/>Jess..Ms Pac Man was the one I was best at too. But nothing will ever beat Centipede. (but ONLY the arcade version with the rollerball.;)<BR/><BR/>Have fun Dan! Sounds like it's gonna be a great day.<BR/><BR/>And now I really really gotta be off, since I have to be up again in hmmm 5 hrs to drive to a bellydance workshop. Going to take classes from Elizabeth Artemis Mourat for my birthday: Turkish Oryental, Turkish Rrom, Skirt Flourishes and Veil. <BR/>Really should sleep..too excited.;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-11282493023782011132008-09-26T22:25:00.000-07:002008-09-26T22:25:00.000-07:00@Ariandalen Cake can definitely wait til tomorrow....@Ariandalen Cake can definitely wait til tomorrow. <BR/>See y'all tomorrow.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13847489345654409549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-29171572744055726202008-09-26T22:18:00.000-07:002008-09-26T22:18:00.000-07:00And it's off to bed for me. The cake can wait unt...And it's off to bed for me. The cake can wait until morning to be frosted.ariandalenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05314214363004851355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-17778512947547445302008-09-26T22:16:00.000-07:002008-09-26T22:16:00.000-07:00See, that's part of my problem. I'm old enough th...See, that's part of my problem. I'm old enough that the birthday parties I went to when I was in school didn't have goody bags, and there were no Chuck E. Cheese's or inflatable jumping places. You played games, the birthday girl/boy opened presents, then you ate cake and maybe ice cream. I still know what you mean, though. I made cookies for her kindergarten Halloween party last year because I couldn't find Halloween Oreos anywhere. I used a recipe for black and white pinwheel cookies, used mini-cookie cutters, and the teacher and other mothers that were there were amazed.ariandalenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05314214363004851355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-20816759624503510812008-09-26T22:06:00.000-07:002008-09-26T22:06:00.000-07:00Have fun with Kitty, Dan (although I hope the bug ...Have fun with Kitty, Dan (although I hope the bug will stay put - going to a show/fair/party with something bugging you is not fun).<BR/><BR/>Here it's already Saturday and I have slept most of the Friday evening.<BR/>I still feel like a bug but not a squashed one anymore.<BR/><BR/>Jess, have your cats been warned? They might well not be amused...<BR/><BR/>Now off to the market, with me.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-62537184504933077202008-09-26T21:23:00.000-07:002008-09-26T21:23:00.000-07:00pantagruel; gaypet; Fod knows the worst thing to t...pantagruel; gaypet; <BR/>Fod knows the worst thing to tie your self worth to is the scale (or the checkbook). Not saying you guys were; but it's awfully hard to keep that thought when I'd love to go be a speed bump anytime I try to get back into the 'old jeans' and realize 'middle age' is just that@! Frickin right around the middle@!@ Certianly I could excersize more; keep from eating foods I like (there are so few and they ALL are sweet!) But Dang nabbit! Just how many hours aren't there in a day! :sigh: <BR/><BR/><BR/>arian; I envy you truly. To go back to that time; the parties; gifty bags; kids running around in stocking feet having the time of their lives! Those days were so precious and I'm glad I was there for every blessed one of them. I remember hand stamping little cards that I attached to 20 each little plastic drinking cups filled with fun Halloween treats for my daughters kindergarten class. The other moms just looked at me like I was insane but it was a blast! Girl Scouts was loads of fun too! When my troop 'bridged' from Browines to Juniors; we all drove to San Francisco and our bridging ceremony was :you guessed it: walking across the Golden Gate. I'll never forget that. <BR/><BR/>oh down memory lane; sorry. My daughter is 15 now; into dance and computers. And she still is the most amazing person I know. :) <BR/><BR/>Hope all is well with everyone this Friday night. I'm finishing up a baby blanket someone wanted me to make for them. Nice to sit and make something so simple for a change.Stacy Hurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590531650763481027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-76822843098578355052008-09-26T20:34:00.000-07:002008-09-26T20:34:00.000-07:00Kids' parties are hard work, ariandalen-- you'd th...Kids' parties are hard work, ariandalen-- you'd think other kids' moms would know that well enough to get back to you. How irritating. :( I'm sure it'll be a good birthday for Eldest, though. Can't go wrong with Chuck E. Cheese: when I was a kid, I didn't care who else came, as long as I could get on the Ms. Pac Man machine. (I was <I>good</I> at Ms. Pac Man.) :)<BR/><BR/>Gayle - fortunately our cats are very gentle, and the impending toddler presence (no less than Audrey of night garden poem fame!) is good around pets. I suspect that, at worst, the girls will hide under the bed, and she'll spend the weekend trying to coax them out.<BR/><BR/>Have fun at the book fest, Dan! And I hope the dream-trip (that's one heck of a commute) went better than the driving dreams I have, where I start out in a car, and then bits of the car start falling off; usually they end with me running down the road, still holding the steering wheel. This is why I don't like driving.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-3545144159442712402008-09-26T20:04:00.000-07:002008-09-26T20:04:00.000-07:00I'm home. Got the cupcakes baked, frosted and del...I'm home. Got the cupcakes baked, frosted and delivered to classroom. Now I have a cake to bake and frost to take to Chuck E. Cheese tomorrow for the birthday party. The problem is that only three of thirteen invitees have responded. It seems that few people in my area understand that R.S.V.P. means you call and say whether you will be attending, or not. ::sigh::ariandalenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05314214363004851355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-12659743240704404062008-09-26T18:01:00.000-07:002008-09-26T18:01:00.000-07:00Wow Dan, that sounds like a wonderful day! Have fu...Wow Dan, that sounds like a wonderful day! Have fun!gaypethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899272957253331125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-28595494591354951422008-09-26T17:59:00.000-07:002008-09-26T17:59:00.000-07:00Having a child and many cats, may I add that I hop...Having a child and many cats, may I add that I hope the two year old survives in tact. Just remember that it is more important for the child to learn respect for animals than for your cats to learn respect for two year olds!<BR/><BR/>Oh AND, if they have a two year old it is pretty unlikely that their house is very clean so don't worry about the state of yours. :)gaypethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899272957253331125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-27012656483465347072008-09-26T17:58:00.000-07:002008-09-26T17:58:00.000-07:00I had a dream last night that I drove to SPOOKYHAU...I had a dream last night that I drove to SPOOKYHAUS on a whim one Saturday morning and hoped that FabLo wouldn't be too upset to have me show up unannounced.<BR/><BR/>Tomorrow's a big day! National Book Festival and then I'm taking the fam to the Jim Henson exhibit at the Smithsonian. And I get to see Kitty! I'm bringing the video camera; I may even remember to use it.<BR/><BR/>I'm getting over some weird bug. I was feeling terrible yesterday. I'm feeling better today. I'm still a little out of sorts, though. Hopefully I'll be firing on all neurological cylinders by tomorrow morning.Dan Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894953005632382940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-6089569723417920422008-09-26T17:54:00.000-07:002008-09-26T17:54:00.000-07:00Steal away Gayle, I stole it from my niece!Jess, h...Steal away Gayle, I stole it from my niece!<BR/>Jess, housework on a Friday night - yuk. Hope your cats survive the weekend good natured.Dragonsallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13776798562258217431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-29083403015858612212008-09-26T17:46:00.000-07:002008-09-26T17:46:00.000-07:00Hallo, Gayle, and anyone else who's about. I'm al...Hallo, Gayle, and anyone else who's about. I'm always home on a Friday night, but tonight's <I>special</I>: we're cleaning the house. Whoop de friggin' doo! It's only 8:00 and I want to go to sleep already. We've got friends coming to stay for the weekend, though (thus the housekeeping frenzy), though, so that'll be fun. <BR/><BR/>They have a two-year-old daughter, and they tell me she's positively bouncing off the walls at the prospect of getting to play with our cats. This could end badly. :D But I'm hoping it'll just be cute.<BR/><BR/>Now what's our pitch, again? <I>Law and Order: Space Vixens</I>? I'm so confused.<BR/><BR/>I'm so confused<BR/>I can't even write a proper haiku<BR/>meh<BR/>buh<BR/>oogJesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-55256857269465151232008-09-26T17:45:00.000-07:002008-09-26T17:45:00.000-07:00Oh I am stealing "pouty pout pants"! I often use "...Oh I am stealing "pouty pout pants"! I often use "crabby britches" or "fussy pants". I like yours too though.gaypethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899272957253331125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-16854645584495961362008-09-26T17:37:00.000-07:002008-09-26T17:37:00.000-07:00Pantagruel, I love the shirts I saw. Couldn't ope...Pantagruel, I love the shirts I saw. Couldn't open the skulls one though, pdf reader keeps saying there is an error in the page. Pouty pout pants. I want to see skull shirtsDragonsallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13776798562258217431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-20924540218245199752008-09-26T17:07:00.000-07:002008-09-26T17:07:00.000-07:00Hee hee. All I'm saying is that it would be fun to...Hee hee. All I'm saying is that it would be fun to try. :) Lifting weights is my fav but it has been YEARS of, well, not doing that so...gaypethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899272957253331125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-65373894838537907652008-09-26T17:00:00.000-07:002008-09-26T17:00:00.000-07:00Gayle, after lifting weights for over 20 years, I ...Gayle, after lifting weights for over 20 years, I weigh more than you would ever dream. Nurses look at the scale oddly, look at me, make me get back on, then go and look at my chart, scratching their heads. If I tied my weight to my self-worth, I'd have had to go lay down on the 405 years ago. So you might well lose that bet. CXDread Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03081969484772150648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-22287707539817424982008-09-26T16:44:00.000-07:002008-09-26T16:44:00.000-07:00Oh and Val I want to go out and drink with you bec...Oh and Val I want to go out and drink with you because I think we may be well matched in that way. Although I would be willing to bet that I have MANY pounds on you and could probably drink you under the table. :P Hot, right? <BR/><BR/>So who else is home on Friday night? Please talk to me. :Dgaypethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899272957253331125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-5783989930780342132008-09-26T16:41:00.000-07:002008-09-26T16:41:00.000-07:00We are studying banned books in my Children's Lite...We are studying banned books in my Children's Literature class. ALA keeps track of them but I was wondering if any of you here had a favorite? Banned books that is. I have not chosen what I will read for this up coming week. Would love some input.<BR/><BR/>I would LOVE to go to the show on Sat but can't get a sitter. I am trying to line up a regular sitter but am not having any luck. Of course, I am ridiculously picky about who spends time with my 4 year old. I think it may get easier once I am fully moved and can do proper interviews. I suppose hope springs eternal and there may be a chance that I will find someone tomorrow. :)gaypethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899272957253331125noreply@blogger.com