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[Liar]

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[logophile]

I'm seriously looking forward to this Saturday.

Why's that, Rob?

 

[logophile]

I seriously need to figure out what the hell I'm doing with myself.

1. Should I move back to the midwest?
2. What kind of job should I be looking for?
3. Should I give up on the whole marriage/kids dream?
4. Am I doomed to single life forever?

Answers:
1. Yes. You and snake should move so that you're within an hour of my place.
2. The kind you can find in the midwest.
3. If you're going to move here with your snake anyway, you could always shack up with me and my kids. Insta family! And I'm a very good wife!
5. See above.

es for LadyJ - so super sexy with the snake...

 

[Dar~]

forgive the psycho lady posting above . . .she forgot her meds. Don't ever move to the midwest!!! and I agree lj with snake=sexy

 

[tolyk]

This is one seriously messed up serious thread about entirely serious matters.

 

[logophile]

forgive the psycho lady posting above . . .she forgot her meds. Don't ever move to the midwest!!! and I agree lj with snake=sexy

I'm so not psycho. The midwest is great. It is wonderful to experience all four seasons. Move through the world as a part of it, feel the changes in the earth and in your body.

Also, the people are wonderful and for the most the educational systems are good!

I love it here. And I want LadyJ to come and see for herself!

 

[Dar~]

I'm so not psycho. The midwest is great. It is wonderful to experience all four seasons. Move through the world as a part of it, feel the changes in the earth and in your body.

Also, the people are wonderful and for the most the educational systems are good!

I love it here. And I want LadyJ to come and see for herself!

Was just teasing, I lived in the midwest my whole life, Wouldn't change. I woudl love to come see you for myself.

 

[The_Fool]

I'm so not psycho. The midwest is great. It is wonderful to experience all four seasons. Move through the world as a part of it, feel the changes in the earth and in your body.

Also, the people are wonderful and for the most the educational systems are good!

I love it here. And I want LadyJ to come and see for herself!

All four seasons in one day even.....

 

[logophile]

All four seasons in one day even.....

Exactly!

 

[rgraham666]

Why's that, Rob?

I'll be spending the afternoon with a lovely lady.

 

[LadyJeanne]

Answers:
1. Yes. You and snake should move so that you're within an hour of my place.
2. The kind you can find in the midwest.
3. If you're going to move here with your snake anyway, you could always shack up with me and my kids. Insta family! And I'm a very good wife!
5. See above.

es for LadyJ - so super sexy with the snake...

Seems I need to clear up some serious misconceptions here...

1. The snake and I are just friends, acquaintances, really. We don't live together; we just met while I was on vacation in Australia, where he lives. He won't be moving anywhere with me, although it now seems I should consider getting one since my sexy factor increases with him around.

2. I grew up in Chicago, went to college and grad school in Chicago, and lived there up until four years ago. I'm familiar with its two seasons - bitter cold and construction. That is precisely why I'm in no hurry to move back. Northern California is beautiful and I have no desire to experience something called the wind chill factor and/or the heat index again. I'm disappointed my family and friends don't move here instead, where numb fingers and prickly heat are unknowns and where I don't have to wait nine months to see any colors other than gray, brown, and slush.

But thank you for the offer and the es!

 

[tolyk]

Seems I need to clear up some serious misconceptions here...

1. The snake and I are just friends, acquaintances, really. We don't live together; we just met while I was on vacation in Australia, where he lives. He won't be moving anywhere with me, although it now seems I should consider getting one since my sexy factor increases with him around.

2. I grew up in Chicago, went to college and grad school in Chicago, and lived there up until four years ago. I'm familiar with its two seasons - bitter cold and construction. That is precisely why I'm in no hurry to move back. Northern California is beautiful and I have no desire to experience something called the wind chill factor and/or the heat index again. I'm disappointed my family and friends don't move here instead, where numb fingers and prickly heat are unknowns and where I don't have to wait nine months to see any colors other than gray, brown, and slush.

But thank you for the offer and the es!

At least chicago has the two seasons, we have to merge ours into one. We started calling it Winstruction lately.

 

[LadyJeanne]

At least chicago has the two seasons, we have to merge ours into one. We started calling it Winstruction lately.

Chicago's getting that way too. They must have come up with some new chemical composition for asphalt and concrete in the last few years, becausse roadwork is continual now.

 

[tolyk]

Chicago's getting that way too. They must have come up with some new chemical composition for asphalt and concrete in the last few years, becausse roadwork is continual now.

Isn't it neat how construction rhymes with obstruction? The two go hand in hand.. and winter causes a lot of obstructions too.. so Winstruction is quite appropriate actually (Yes, I know I'm rambling..)

How was the trip anyways? And lovely AV, though you still would look great without the snake

 

[cantdog]

Seriously scrambled French.

I vote against the midwest, LJ, with the exception of Chicago, which I dig.

 

[Lilin Penn]

I am seriously in the mood for a good joke.

A man gets a call from the school informing him that his third grade son is failing and will be held back a year. He's really bummed about this and turns to his best friend for support.

"Man, my son is failing and they're holding him back a year. How am I suppose to tell me son that?"

His best friend looks at him and replies, "Very slowly, so the little dumbass can understand you!"

 

[LadyJeanne]

The trip was great. Everyone was exceptionally friendly and it was all beautiful. I've been wanting to visit for the last couple of years, and it truly turned out to be worth the wait (and the enlessly long flight).

They moved their clocks back (fall) an hour this past Sunday, though. Confused me to no end to realize the US won't be moving them forward (spring) until next weekend.

 

[Lilin Penn]

Seems I need to clear up some serious misconceptions here...

1. The snake and I are just friends, acquaintances, really. We don't live together; we just met while I was on vacation in Australia, where he lives. He won't be moving anywhere with me, although it now seems I should consider getting one since my sexy factor increases with him around.

2. I grew up in Chicago, went to college and grad school in Chicago, and lived there up until four years ago. I'm familiar with its two seasons - bitter cold and construction. That is precisely why I'm in no hurry to move back. Northern California is beautiful and I have no desire to experience something called the wind chill factor and/or the heat index again. I'm disappointed my family and friends don't move here instead, where numb fingers and prickly heat are unknowns and where I don't have to wait nine months to see any colors other than gray, brown, and slush.

But thank you for the offer and the es!

1. The snake is a very big turn on

2. Living 40 minutes from Chicago I can happily say that Bitter Cold had a legal name change to Fucking Cold. Construction and it's counterpart Fucking Cold lapse over into Indiana and they are currently going strong!

 

[sincerely_helene]

I let my guard down.

Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid!

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

A man gets a call from the school informing him that his third grade son is failing and will be held back a year. He's really bummed about this and turns to his best friend for support.

"Man, my son is failing and they're holding him back a year. How am I suppose to tell me son that?"

His best friend looks at him and replies, "Very slowly, so the little dumbass can understand you!"

Lilin Penn,

I liked your joke. Don't let being ignored, snubbed, and generally cut dead by everyone else bug you. All their taste is in their mouths, seriously.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Lilin Penn]

Lilin Penn,

I liked your joke. Don't let being ignored, snubbed, and generally cut dead by everyone else bug you. All their taste is in their mouths, seriously.

Rumple Foreskin

Thank you

 

[LadyJeanne]

1. The snake is a very big turn on

2. Living 40 minutes from Chicago I can happily say that Bitter Cold had a legal name change to Fucking Cold. Construction and it's counterpart Fucking Cold lapse over into Indiana and they are currently going strong!

See, that's exactly what I mean, on both counts.

*makes mental note to stop by pet shop in the morning and send my friends in Chicago pictures of the warm sun shining over the Pacific...seriously*

 

[LadyJeanne]

I let my guard down.

Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid!

I know how that feels, sweets.

 

[cantdog]

So much for digging Chicago. I compare it to Maine, of course. The cold is less than home, so I write that part off.

You got Northern California and you are thinking of the Midwest???

Now really. Do stop and think about that, just five minutes ought to do. As to singleness, there's a whole book to say about that question.

Some people kick each other out over roommate stuff-- dishes, picking up, whatnot. And some people do have poor roommate skills. I think we all begin with poor roommate skills. It says nothing about the viability of the relationship, unless the person really cannot be bothered to learn anything. The danger is to ascribe some sort of romantic content to that stuff. "If you really cared about me, you'd chip in on the toilet paper (or put the newspaper back, or whatever)." The two issues are separate.

Relationships which last are tolerant ones. Neither party must expect even near perfection. Cherish each other for the sterling qualities, and heroically undertake to overlook the feet of clay. Otherwise you can't do it for long enough. It sounds seriously wrong, the way I put it, I know. But children take twenty years to do. No one on God's earth is going to be perfect for twenty years. You want perfect? Plan on relationships lasting maybe ten months, tops, your whole life long. You will, of course, raise any kids solo. You want stability, a partner in the job of childrearing, meaning, depth? Then let go of perfect.

 

[LadyJeanne]

So much for digging Chicago. I compare it to Maine, of course. The cold is less than home, so I write that part off.

You got Northern California and you are thinking of the Midwest???

Now really. Do stop and think about that, just five minutes ought to do. As to singleness, there's a whole book to say about that question.

Some people kick each other out over roommate stuff-- dishes, picking up, whatnot. And some people do have poor roommate skills. I think we all begin with poor roommate skills. It says nothing about the viability of the relationship, unless the person really cannot be bothered to learn anything. The danger is to ascribe some sort of romantic content to that stuff. "If you really cared about me, you'd chip in on the toilet paper (or put the newspaper back, or whatever)." The two issues are separate.

Relationships which last are tolerant ones. Neither party must expect even near perfection. Cherish each other for the sterling qualities, and heroically undertake to overlook the feet of clay. Otherwise you can't do it for long enough. It sounds seriously wrong, the way I put it, I know. But children take twenty years to do. No one on God's earth is going to be perfect for twenty years. You want perfect? Plan on relationships lasting maybe ten months, tops, your whole life long. You will, of course, raise any kids solo. You want stability, a partner in the job of childrearing, meaning, depth? Then let go of perfect.

It doesn't sound seriously wrong. I get what you're saying. It's just that it takes two, and there are a lot more people who don't get what you're saying than do. It's not so easy to know who's who and who believes what even if you're open to them, imperfections and all, yourself.

Moving out of NorCal does sound seriously wrong, I know. But I miss being around people who love me and they are seriously never leaving the midwest.