quote:Originally posted by Morgaine La Raq Star: Can I just SQUEEEEE!!!!! really, really loudly?! Thank you!! We just bought season theatre/musical tickets & we got the following (hence the squeeee!):
-Wicked -Camelot (with Michael York!!) -Chicago (a favorite!) -SPAMALOT!!!!!! Triple Squeeeeee!!! -Sweet Charity (with Molly Ringwald) -The Lion King (we're going to get 2 more tickets to take the kids with us!)
This is the best season we've bought in a long, long time! We bought for a few years, than stopped because there was nothing we wanted but they have *everything* we want to see! I'm *so* excited!!!
I am so jealous. I'm hoping to have money to get tickets to see Spamalot in May but if I don't get a job soon that ain't going to happen.
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quote:Originally posted by landmammal: Here's how Alton Brown makes his own microwave popcorn.
I've never stapled the bag and it comes out fine. The seasoning sounds yummy!
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F_F, I promise a full review. DH & I now have a deal that I'm going to buy him the Spamalot soundtrack for Christmas & he's going to buy me Wicked for Christmas. I just bought the book from Borders with a giftcard a few weeks ago so I know what I'll be reading over Christmas.
I should add that there's another show I forgot to add called 'Wonderful Town'. I'll probably take a friend to that one as DH is really not interested.
I really don't know that I can convey over the internet how excited I am. Before I opened the packet I said to DH 'If they have Spamalot, I'm there!' & he agreed. He *so* didn't know what he was getting into!!
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quote:Originally posted by Morgaine La Raq Star: I'd like to pop it to put in the kids lunches & snacks but I don't know how without lots of oil in a skillet.
What is "lots" to you? I do popcorn in a skillet with no more than a tablespoon of oil to 1/3 cup kernels.
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Jenn: That's actually a lot less than I've used in the past. I may try that tomorrow once I get home & the kids can have popcorn for an after-school snack. They might not like it as much as the microwave stuff but its probably healthier, definately cheaper & it will use up some of that popcorn thats taking up space!
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Morgaine: SQUEEE! What a great line-up. Wicked is my current favorite musical. I'd love to see it again.
quote:Originally posted by Morgaine La Raq Star: I should add that there's another show I forgot to add called 'Wonderful Town'. I'll probably take a friend to that one as DH is really not interested.
Wonderful Town is actually a great musical by Bernstein about 2 sisters from Ohio trying to make it big in the city. It's got a lot of fun sogs and dance numbers. It's really high on my list of shows to see.
quote:Originally posted by Flowy Chloe: Also, Barbara, be careful with those meerkats. One bit me this summer. Butlers, on the other hand, are generally safe to handle. Perhaps you should consider ordering five butlers and a meerkat?
It bit you?!? I never thought anything that cute could bite.
Anyway, my excuse for getting a butler is the meerkats - those critters eat scorpions, and there's no way I'm going to be the one digging them up for them.
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Algae: That definately sounds like a 'take a friend' musical. DH is just excited that there's only 1 play he's not interested in. In years past, there were usually 2-3 he didn't want to go to. The fact that we're both so stoked about this season was the deciding factor.
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Morgaine- Have I ever told you how special your friendship is to me?
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quote:Originally posted by Flowy Chloe: Also, Barbara, be careful with those meerkats. One bit me this summer. Butlers, on the other hand, are generally safe to handle. Perhaps you should consider ordering five butlers and a meerkat?
It bit you?!? I never thought anything that cute could bite.
Anyway, my excuse for getting a butler is the meerkats - those critters eat scorpions, and there's no way I'm going to be the one digging them up for them.
Barbara "ask jeeves" Mikkelson
Then might I recommend SIX butlers? One for each of the meerkats and one to tend to YOUR every need. Cause if Snopes wants one, he has his own list, right?
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First of all, please excuse any errors in this post, as I am very much drunk right now.
I had a long overdue conversation with the OomA tonight (after seeing Borat, wawaweewa) and we talked about our relationship. I am pleased to announce that he is no longer the OomA, he is my SO. Nice.
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I'm back after a wedding in Florida this weekend. My oldest cousin got married to a gorgeous Columbian Jewish girl. Her father was killed when she was ten, so her uncle brought her down the aisle.
And the party was fun...except you wanna talk draaaaamuuuuuhhh? When I get married, I am NOT letting my other cousin's wife drink. At all. She is not a good drunk. She started insulting one of her mother-in-law's sisters, to the daughter and son-in-law of her MIL's sister!
But I had fun. I got to salsa, and show off my belly dance skills (pssh...the Columbian side of that marriage ain't got NOTHIN' on me in terms of imitating Shakira with "Hips Don't Lie").
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I know people made a stink about making wish lists before, but here's a question about them-
My aunt always gives me a check, as though she doesn't really care. Since my birthday and Hannukah come so close together, my checks are usually doubled up. So would it be completely out of line for me to make a wish list on a popular clothing brand's website to send to family, since they never know what to get me?
ETA: I should mention that my aunt doesn't buy clothing unless it's a "popular" brand (for instance, I'm looking at the American Eagle Outfitters website), so I'd be more likely to get a gift from there than if I wanted something from, say, Hot Topic.
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quote:Originally posted by candiru from strangers: First of all, please excuse any errors in this post, as I am very much drunk right now.
I had a long overdue conversation with the OomA tonight (after seeing Borat, wawaweewa) and we talked about our relationship. I am pleased to announce that he is no longer the OomA, he is my SO. Nice.
Good going Candiru. I AM VERY HAPPY FOR YOU!
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quote:Originally posted by Mickey is a humuhumunukunukuapuaa: I know people made a stink about making wish lists before, but here's a question about them-
My aunt always gives me a check, as though she doesn't really care. Since my birthday and Hannukah come so close together, my checks are usually doubled up. So would it be completely out of line for me to make a wish list on a popular clothing brand's website to send to family, since they never know what to get me?
ETA: I should mention that my aunt doesn't buy clothing unless it's a "popular" brand (for instance, I'm looking at the American Eagle Outfitters website), so I'd be more likely to get a gift from there than if I wanted something from, say, Hot Topic.
Making the list wouldn't be out of line, but I'd recommend against sending it to anyone unless they ask you what you want.
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I had a dream last night that an old boyfriend was getting married. (Incidentally, although his fiancee didn't have detailed features in my dream, she resembled his sister.)
Although I wasn't invited, I went to the church where everyone, including the couple, were milling around being social before the wedding started. I led old BF into a closet-like room, locked the door, and began making out with him.
I have no idea what this dream signifies, since I'm happily in a relationship, have no more desire to make out with J, and don't care if he gets married or not.
In other random news, a titmouse just tried to fly in my window.
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It must have been weird dream night- I had a horrible one about two of my best friends meeting me for dinner but eating dinner without me and confronting me because... they were sick of looking at my MySpace pictures and something else equally ridiculous! And they didn't want to be my friends any more.
I have no idea what your dream means, Cervus, but probably has nothing to do with boys.
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I had an odd dream last night too. Something strange in the air, maybe? My dream was about going to watch an indoor soccer game, only the players were running around on the walls instead of on the field. Very confusing!
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I'm trying to think of a different Disney movie to theme my status...The Black Codfish?
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Why are real opals getting to be so hard to find? I swear. chillas and I were looking at jewelry the other day, and it seemed that none of the stores carry anything but lab created anymore. They're just not as pretty. Maybe I'm snobby, but I don't want a fake opal on my jewelry. I like the real thing too much.
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Ana, Minstrel and Cervus it is definitely in the board. I dreamt that I was being chased by oversized versions of my friends. I only knew if I stopped running they would step on me and squish me.
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My dream involved me being online and helping out online friends who had been hacked (MySpace) and others who had accidentially gotten viruses through bogus emails.
How exciting is my life if I dream I was online?
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I had a weird dream too. I was looking for a very obscure and rare book in which the author had left clues leading to treasure. I had to steal the book from a Godfather in the mafia who didn't know what he had. After I stole the book, I stole a marked police car to go get the treasure and for some reason H.M. Murdoch from the A Team showed up to help me when I was stealing the car.
What's even weirder is that this dream is a repeat of one I've had before.
quote:Originally posted by Morgaine La Raq Star: Can I just SQUEEEEE!!!!! really, really loudly?! Thank you!! We just bought season theatre/musical tickets & we got the following (hence the squeeee!):
-Wicked -Camelot (with Michael York!!) -Chicago (a favorite!) -SPAMALOT!!!!!! Triple Squeeeeee!!! -Sweet Charity (with Molly Ringwald) -The Lion King (we're going to get 2 more tickets to take the kids with us!)
This is the best season we've bought in a long, long time! We bought for a few years, than stopped because there was nothing we wanted but they have *everything* we want to see! I'm *so* excited!!!
Morgaine, major SQUEE!!! I'm so jealous! (I saw the brochure and started bouncing around about how great the season is. DH has been hinting that maybe, if I'm very good, Santa might leave me season tickets in my stocking... My fingers are crossed!) But I will be at Spamalot, no matter what.
Enjoy your tickets!
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Phew, I'm back from vacation. I went to visit my half-brother in Iowa City. It was great fun and somewhat relaxing. My brother and some friends have a Misfits cover band that only plays on Halloween. It was hilarious and great. I wore a gorilla mask.
That's the ThistleS update if anyone cares.
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Yay! I called Dell again, and the person on the phone had no idea where things went so wrong that I never received my new battery. So he's sending it with rush shipping. w00t.
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Congrats, Morgaine!! We saw Spamalot two weeks ago and it was soooo great! You will have such a good time! We had such a fun night that we're thinking we'll go to the Lion King when it comes to town in the spring.
I have to brag on a different note..my sister and I shopped online the other night and got presents for all the neices and nephews done! I never even THINK about shopping this early and I have over half my shopping done now!
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I'm still working on my brother's sweater...still trying to figure out what to get mom...Need to go to Gallaudet to get Dad's gift.
Unless anyone has some ideas of REALLY good books on ASL (grammar, signs, etc).
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One of the guys who went on the NYC trip with me saw Spamalot and he loved it. You'll have a great time, Morgaine!
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Tee-hee! DH and I just bought this fabulous sofa secional this weekend. It is gorgeous, and unusual, and comfy, and I can't wait for it to be delivered. (Also, we're pretty sure we can seat 15 people on it. So... parties!)
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I just got a small parcel from Shawn. Inside with some other stuff was the customary two Cadbury bars (this time- Snack and Turkish Delight).
I would just like to say I'm classifying Cadbury as a health food now. On the label is says: "The equivalent of a glass and a half of or pure full cream milk in every 200g of Cadbury Dairy Milk Milk Chocolate". And the bar I have in front of me is 250g.
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Wow, I had an odd dream last night, too! It was even a snopes dream, so maybe it was the board giving these out. In mine, I met a snopester in a grocery store, and she recognized me because of some distinctive item that I put into my cart (alas, the item is lost to the waking world). We left the store and went to a house where there were several other snopesters hanging out. I got real cozy with one - but I'm not naming names . After leaving the house, we somehow ended up at a school where I was worried about missing my classes because I was so far from home - I specifically remember it was 5 hours away (we must have been in BC). And that was another thing, all of the snopesters there were either Canadian or British. I've even met US snopesters, but none of them bothered showing up for the party, I guess.
Is it a very odd thing to dream about people who exist but that you don't really know in person? I find it a bit odd when people I do know dream about me, I don't know how I'd feel if I knew someone had a dream about "me" when they hadn't even met me before.
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