IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE ALL THOUGHT ABOUT

...but finally, somebody is doing something about it.

(Thanks to Courtney "Eyebrow Current" Brewer)

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[Kafaleni]

*puts out bowls of corn chips and plates of chopped vegetables*

Welcome to the Salsa Moat!!

*dances off into the shadows to check out the dungeons in these parts*

[Kafaleni]

*nails Twister-Dispenso-matic to the wall*

*sets up Slip(e)'n'Slide (TM thingy)*

*unlocks bar* Self service until Isaac and the cabana boys arrive..

[Jeff Meyerson]

Meringue!

Oh, wrong kind of salsa, Kaf?

Any big birthday plans, by the way?

[Sarah J]

Yum! Salsa!

[Sarah J]

also, that site is freaky. Some people are just too strange for words

[Kafaleni]

Agreed, Sarah.

Jeff.. combined birthday dinner at Mum & Dad's (my brother has his birthday the day before mine). I'm not much of a party animal these days (not that I ever was!)

[Kafaleni]

I think three is enough to sanction a move.. I'll send out some emails to let people know where we've gone!

[Blogchik]

Now I want salsa!

[KDF]

Aw!!!! Salsa MOAT! Tam's gonna be so touched!

[Kafaleni]

yay.. Hi KDF!! email me, please? The address here is good. When we move, we tend to email everyone to let them know where we've gone, and I don't have an address for you. Also if you want to get in on the email discussion of anything and everything, email Jeff M to be included in the "paper round". He usually starts most of the discussions (which is a good thing!!)

[slyeyes]

*salsa's in*

So, when TRWC shows up here on the Salsa Moat, we'll have to see whether or not she wears her wedding ring.

I'm guessing not.

I just finished watching Four Weddings and a Funeral. Several of Hugh Grant movies have similar characteristics.

Physical disability --Weddings (deaf) and Nottinghill - parapalegic)

Songs --Weddings and Love Actually; Love is all Around was turned into Christmas is All Around

Actors -- brother in 2 Week's Notice was a friend in Nottinghill

Scenes -- Love Actually and About A Boy both had children's school plays at the end.

OK, so it's not really all that much.

[cyn]

*loves moaties a vat of strawberry moataritas™ to go with Kaf's munchies*

*sambas off to heinz*

[slyeyes]

I read up on Big Love. Yeah....that's one I'll be missing.

[Kafaleni]

ooh.. nice, cyn! Thanks!

Sly.. the fact that Hugh plays essentially the same character in two of the three movies helps! (Bumbling middle class Englishmen with no real personality and a bunch of weird friends..). I've only seen Love Actually once, and I didn't pay that much attention.
Two Weeks' Notice .. well mostly he was up himself there. There was also the guy who played Bernard in Four Weddings appearing in Two Weeks' Notice. He played a businessman of some sort. I've forgotten the actor's name, but he was a funny guy. David something, I think.. I'll have to go and check now.

[Kafaleni]

and a picture.

Why would you ask if I'm trying to fill in 30 minutes before I have to go out again?

[Kafaleni]

eek.. screwed up the HTML there. That should say David Haig on the first link.. then the picture link. Sorry!

[slyeyes]

Got my British actors switched. David Haig from Weddings played the brother in Two Week's Notice.

It was TIM McINNERNY who played the friend in Notting Hill.

I think I could watch Love Actually every weekend. In fact, I think I nearly have.

[Kafaleni]

I own the DVD (it came as part of a triple pack deal) and I keep meaning to watch it again, particularly because it has so many supporters here.

I thought Rhys Ifans pretty much stole Notting Hill from under everyone else. PS (Sorry, I tried.. I can't find pics of the back of the T shirt!)

[djtonyb]

*salsas in from werk, removes football pads, clown shoes, etc...*

{{{{El}}}}

*falls into hammock*

Night, MOATiezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........

[djtonyb]

*wakes up, sensing something is wrong*

*runs to MOATarita machine*

*sets to "MiMOATsa"*

It is Sunday, after all.

*stumbles back off to bed*

[Kafaleni]

OMIGOSH!! I'm watching CSI and someone just got shot in the thigh!! The really big news is that Jack Bauer was nowhere in sight!!

I don't think I can cope with this. It's a world gone mad when Jack doesn't get the thigh shot.

[Kafaleni]

Heya, cutie! Y'know what they say about men in big shoes...

MMMMmmmmmmmmimoatsa!

[djtonyb]

*peeks out from under covers*

*waves to Kaf*

I thought everyone was asleep... I know I should be!

*dives back under sheets for some well deserved rest*

[Tamara Rhymes With Camera]

Home.

Met up with the Kissing Brazilian. Had a fabulous time. But then at the very end of the night...

Kissing Brazilian: [pucker]
Me: Sorry, it's too soon. About three years too soon.
KB: Why?
Me: I don't want a relationship. I like being alone. I need friends, nothing more.
KB: We could be friends with benefits.
Me: I don't do that. Do you know how many friends I'd have if I did that?
KB: I would never be able to be just friends with you. I would always be trying to kiss you.

Dammit, y'all, he was SUCH a cool guy. Fascinating. We talked for hours! And I had to tell him we can't be friends anymore.

Damn it all to hell. I phucking hate men.

PS One of the best friends I ever had was a gay guy. But I had plenty of straight guy-friends, too. (Till I got married--because the ex was an insecure asshole.)

I'm so sad. The Kissing Brazilian and I could have had such a fabulous friendship. Still...easy come, easy go?

Love the Salsa Moat; thanks for thinking of me. :) *smoooooches Moaties*

[Tamara Rhymes With Camera]

PPS The Leonard Nimoy/salsa website is HILARIOUS!

[BigD®]

{TRWC} - not all guys are a-holes. my wife stayed with an ex-b-friend a couple of times when she went to see her mother and grandmother (they had no room for her to sleep), it weren't easy but I trusted her, and didn't have a melt down.

Good luck, you deserve the best!

WTH am I doing up at 4:55 AM? Sheesh , I want to sleep in all week but on the w-end I wake up early, what's with that?

[Jeff Meyerson]

All the movies you guys mentioned have even more incestuous (so to speak) connections, as below.

Sly.. the fact that Hugh plays essentially the same character in two of the three movies helps! (Bumbling middle class Englishmen with no real personality and a bunch of weird friends..).

Kaf, Hugh plays that character in nearly everything he's in, doesn't he? One exception was the not-so-nice gay actor the naive girl has a crush on in An Awfully Big Adventure, one of his better roles.

And of course he was more of an SOB in Bridget Jones.

And let's not forget: Richard Curtis wrote most of these movies: Four Weddings, Bridget Jones, Notting Hill, Love Actually as well as the brilliant Black Adder (whose star, Rowan Atkinson, was also in Four Weddings & Love Actually.

Curtis also created Atkinson's Mr. Bean (unfortunately), and he's a Kiwi!

And Tim McInnerny was in Black Adder, sly, as the moronic Lord Percy, very different from his Notting Hill character and some of the nasty roles he's played on British TV.

And David Haig was in Atkinson's funny police sitcom, The Thin Blue Line, playing a self-important detective, Insp. Grim.

I thought Rhys Ifans pretty much stole Notting Hill from under everyone else.

100% agree, Kaf. He was brilliant.

I am not a great lover of Four Wedddings, by the way, and Notting Hill mostly annoyed me.

What BigD said goes for me too: I went to bed later than usual and woke up even earlier than normal.

Why? Don't know.

So, how are your brackets doing?

Bueller?

[slyeyes]

If you are looking for a guy to be just friends, I'd venture to say he wouldn't be found salsa dancing. The best hunting grounds for those would be coffee shops, book stores, church.

And, there's the age-old question, Can men and women just be friends? One of my best friends is a guy, we'll call J. I've known him for 15 years. He was over one time when Jenni was leaving for the evening with a guy that she said was just a friend, T. J and I had this conversation.

J: You know, T wants to be more than her friend.
Me: Well, Jenni only likes him as a friend.
J: Still, I'm telling you, men and women can't be just friends; one of them, usually the guy, wants more.
Me: Oh, come on, that's not true. Men and women can be friends, look at us.

(silence)

Me: Oh.

We're still friends, but THAT is just kind of the white elephant in the room.

[Meanie the Blue]

Jeez, I hate generalizations.

Especially when they're true.

Well, mostly true in the case of the just-friends guy concept. Exceptions are rare, but they do exist.

My first $.02 on this one.

[slyeyes]

My brackets are done. I have no one in the Final Four.

*sigh*

[Aunt Nancy]

*will heinz new MOAT later*

Ooh! Salsa, and Lemon Meringue Pie!

*heads off to church with family*

[Leetie]

Good Morning!

[Jeff Meyerson]

J: You know, T wants to be more than her friend.
Me: Well, Jenni only likes him as a friend.
J: Still, I'm telling you, men and women can't be just friends; one of them, usually the guy, wants more.
Me: Oh, come on, that's not true. Men and women can be friends, look at us.

(silence)

That is the plot of When Harry Met Sally..., sly, as I'm sure you know.

Actually, there was a story on the other morning about what they called "Office Spouses" which was sort of relevant. These are couples who rely on each other at work, eat lunch together, tell each other their problems, but are not (generally speaking, of course) having a romantic relationship. The couple they showed were each married.

At one point I had a close friendship with a woman I worked with. I was married, she was single. We didn't generally socialize outside the office but did see each other (with Jackie) a couple of times.

Most women I'm friendly with are either relatives or MOATies or in my mystery group. But I don't have any close relationships like the one you describe, sly, or like Eleanor and CG. But you two are single, I'm not.

NTTAWWT

[Eleanor]

*zips in*

Good morning everyone. I'm feeling better this morning, thanks to everyone here and to Kevin Costner, Don Johnson and Shawn Colvin singing "Salome" in Tin Cup

RE straight guys and women being friends I refer you to Billy Crystal's lecture on that very subject in "When Harry Met Sally".

I adore Hugh Grant in every movie he's in and I watch almost all of his movies every time they're on. 4 Weddings is one of, if not my most favorite. When the friend reads W.H. Auden's poem, Stop All The Clocks at the funeral, it's one of the great movie moments, IMO.

RE Brackets. Jeff, Lab told me that if UCLA won I would beat him. UCLA won and I'm still behind him in the standings?????

I started out this morning at the old MOAT, but after I realized what happened, I just grabbed the
KibEl Stapler and hopped on over here.
Kibby will bring Huey the Howitzer tomorrow.

[Eleanor]

Boy, is this fast to refresh - WOW! I guess even with high speed it slows down eventually. :)

[slyeyes]

Re J and When Harry Met Sally.

About 10 years ago, he called me one evening when I was in bed watching TV. As we talked, he asked me what I was watching and I told him I was watching When Harry Met Sally, so he turned it on and we talked while we watched. The scene? Harry and Sally were in bed talking to each other on the phone while watching Casablanca.

I've written about him in my blog.

[Jeff Meyerson]

I keep getting "comment spam" here and I don't know why.

Let me try this: Matisyahu

[Jeff Meyerson]

The reason for the above: a friend mentioned in the mystery group that he'd met Matisyahu (who clueless me had never heard of) and had spent shabbat with him, his wife and baby at a friend's house, drinking and talking. CBS Sunday Morning did a piece on him today.

[Tamara Rhymes With Camera]

Exceptions may be rare, but they definitely do exist.

I'm trying to catch up on sleep, but I can't relax.

Body: That would have been some amazing sex, though.
Mind: How can I think that way?! I could not have handled a non-relationship relationship!
Heart: He could have at least tried to be my friend and just see where it led.
Mind: Well then you were just incompatible.
Body: That would have been some amazing sex, though.
Heart and Mind: SHUT UP!

[Jeff Meyerson]

About 10 years ago, he called me one evening when I was in bed watching TV. As we talked, he asked me what I was watching and I told him I was watching When Harry Met Sally, so he turned it on and we talked while we watched. The scene? Harry and Sally were in bed talking to each other on the phone while watching Casablanca.

(*cue Twilight Zone music*)

Every time I watch that I think "pre-VCR" just as I think "no cellphones" when watching other "older" movies.

We have been friends for a long time, the kind of friends who have dated each other's best friend, but not each other.

(*sly really IS living Harry & Sally *)

[Jeff Meyerson]

Harry Burns: You realize of course that we could never be friends.
Sally Albright: Why not?
Harry Burns: What I'm saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form - is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.
Sally Albright: That's not true. I have a number of men friends and there is no sex involved.
Harry Burns: No you don't.
Sally Albright: Yes I do.
Harry Burns: No you don't.
Sally Albright: Yes I do.
Harry Burns: You only think you do.
Sally Albright: You say I'm having sex with these men without my knowledge?
Harry Burns: No, what I'm saying is they all WANT to have sex with you.
Sally: They do not!
Harry: Do to.
Sally: They do not.
Harry: Do to.
Sally: How do you know?
Harry: Because no man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her.
Sally: So, you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive?
Harry: No. You pretty much want to nail 'em too.
Sally: What if THEY don't want to have sex with YOU?
Harry: Doesn't matter because the sex thing is already out there so the friendship is ultimately doomed and that is the end of the story.
Sally: Well, I guess we're not going to be friends then.
Harry: I guess not.
Sally: That's too bad. You were the only person I knew in New York.

[Leetie]

Tamara, you're a stronger woman than I. ;)

[KDF]

Tamara, everything you just said, but especially this: He could have at least tried to be my friend and just see where it led.

Still possible that he'll come to his senses? If not, and he's willing to completely forfeit a friendship with you... well then, he probably wouldn't be great as a friend or a significant other (although, I hear you on what the body's saying. Sigh.)

I grew up as the only girl with three brothers, and have always had more male friends than female; some straight, some gay. I do think there are male/female friendships free of sexual tension, though more often than not, there is some chemistry there on one side or the other, or both.

Still, I refuse to believe that it means one has to walk away from a friendship. It's about communication, trust and self-control.

[KDF]

*snork* @ Jeff's transcript

Wanting to nail 'em is different than actually nailing 'em. Am I right?

[Tamara Rhymes With Camera]

*smiles @ Leetie* :D

Si, KDF -- I believe it's about respect.

[KDF]

Amen, sister.

[Jeff Meyerson]

Jackie agrees with you, sly. She immediately said, "If I met someone salsa dancing, I wouldn't expect them to want to be 'just friends'."

KDF: of course I am so much more evolved (no snorking, El) but I've always found Billy Crystal's behavior in the early sections of When Harry to be boorish and offensive. He's a classic example of "men behaving badly" and he gets around that in his mind by saying "all men think like that."

We don't. At least some of us don't.

But it is still one of my favorite movies.

[KDF]

One of mine too, Jeff. :)

[Marie in Kourou]

I have not yet seen "Notting Hill". Shocking, no? Me, the one who raves about sap-o-rama films! But I promise I'll get Giant Frog to buy the DVD sometime.

I think Hugh Grant is much, much better playing total SOBs than bumbling Englishmen. He was great in both "Bridget Jones" films (though more so in the first), and at the beginning of "About a Boy", he's priceless. That's not to say he's not good at playing the bumbling Englishman. He's just much, much better at the bastard Englishmen.

Maybe his real personality shines through them.

{{{{"When Harry Met Sally..."}}}} I will say no more, because otherwise I'll start quoting and won't stop until I've copied and pasted the whole script.

Tamara, that sucks. Though to be honest, he sounded too horny for my liking, so I'm relieved you won't be seeing him anymore.

[slyeyes]

WE INTERRUPT THE SALSA DANCING FOR AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

LEETIE GOT POSTED ON THE MB!!!!

*Salsa's out to the MB.

[Marie in Kourou]

Whooooohooooo! Leetie got posted over on the MB!

[Marie in Kourou]

*high-fives Sly* Nice simul, there.

[Leetie]

Huh??? Really?

*zips over to MB*

[Leetie]

I actually considered putting "The Apocalypse" in the subject of the email, but it seems that "BAA-AA-AA-AA-AA-AA!" was more eye-catching.

[Eleanor]

HOORAY FOR LEETIE!!!

It was definitely a EEEWWWWWW link, but aren't those Dave's favorites?

On another subject, I read a while back that the (very) hunky John Corbett decided to give up acting and make music. He was so great as the DJ in Northern Exposure and as Carrie's second best boyfriend in Sex and the City. He was also the guy in Big Fat Greek Wedding, so I was a little disappointed. But a few days ago I happened across his video of the song you hear a sample of when you click on the link - it's terrific. The video is in color so I don't know why the pic isn't, but....whatever.
Czech it out!

[Eleanor]

Life imitates art.

WTF???

[Tamara Rhymes With Camera]

Didn't expect him to be gung-ho about being just friends, but I did expect him to be able to deal with it.

[Kafaleni]

Tamara.. men don't think the way that we do. I swear. I was friends with one guy for years. It worked because he wanted to nail my sister. That never happened, but I hung on, hoping that he'd at least look sideways at me. He never did and after she got married, I virtually never saw him again. The last time I saw him was a couple of years ago. He was engaged to a friend of a friend. Didn't work out. He's my age, but I think he's still got a lot of growing up to do.

Laynie.. the guy from 4 Weddings who read "Stop All The Clocks" was John Hannah. He was also in a couple of other things on TV that I loved - McCallum (playing the title character, a coroner) and Rebus (a series of TV movies.. once again playing the title character, DI Rebus).
PS.. is there ANYONE out there who loved Hugh in 9 Months? Yeah, me neither. The only reason that I watched it was my sister won a copy in a radio phone-in competition, ao it was there to be watched. In a similar competition, my mother won a copy of Braveheart, which I've still never watched. Probably as excellent as everybody says, but still a little bloodthirsty for me.

YAY LEETIE! I was going to make a "leg of lamb" comment over there, but I had been beaten to it, and I saw no point in looking unoriginal. Although it has occured to me.. maybe they shouldn't kill him. They should keep him alive and see if they can breed 6-legged lambs. Unless another one pops up out of nowhere like this one did, it might get a little in-bred after a couple of generations though.. Siamese lamb for lunch, anyone?

[Kafaleni]

Laynie.. that's incredibly sad. Weird, but still sad.

[Marie in Kourou]

They won't kill the lamb. I think I read that the farmer wanted to amputate its two front legs.

I saw "9 Months" ages ago, or at least part of it, when it was on TV. I don't remember being particularly impressed by it.

"Braveheart" isn't that bloody, Kaf. At least, I didn't think so. It's rather half-love, half-war.

**ANNOUNCEMENT**
Our Christmas tree has finally been taken down. Yes, that's right, people: three whole months after Christmas. What's your personal Christmas decoration removal delay?

[Leetie]

Announcement: The Hour-Long 99 Luft Ballons Marathon is starting right now on VH1 Classic

[slyeyes]

99 red balloons on the wall, 99 red balloons,
one goes pop, then what do you got,
98 red balloons on the wall.

Rinse

Repeat

[Aunt Nancy]

*checks out the MB*

Hooray for Leetie!

MiK - back in 1984, I was living with my brother, helping him out while his wife was in the hospital battling cancer. (she survived) He wanted to keep the Christmas tree up until she got home. However, it was not an artificial tree, and it got so dried out by Valentine's that we had to take it down because of the fire hazard. I was sweeping up pine needles forever.

RE: the movie discussion. I rarely watch movies, so I can't comment.

RE: guys friends with girls - I have more guy friends than girl friends, but that's because as a kid I spent more time with my Dad and my brothers so I relate to guys better. And my guy friends are also Hubby's guy friends, so it's OK.

It's a nice day (finally) in ec.ia, so I'm going outside! Whoo-hoo!!

BTW - *snork* at Sly!!

[Kafaleni]

LOL Sly!

Marie.. once I removed the decorations, but left the tree standing until mid-April. It was dead by then, but difficult to move, so it had to wait. My brother said he'd come and take it to the dump for me. Despite reminders, he never returned. Finally one of my neighbours took pity on me, and took it to the dump with his garden rubbish.

This year, the tree was down after a couple of weeks. However, the tree (fake, in a box) and the decorations (also in a large box) sat in the corner of my loungeroom behind an armchair until last week, when I finally got up the energy to drag them both downstairs and stack them in the garage.

My parents still have their main Christmas decoration (a large light up decoration that stands about 1.5 storeys tall) on the front of their house. It's a combination Christmas tree and cross. I think they'll light it up again for Easter, then take it down. I hope. It could be up early for next year.

[Kafaleni]

The Commonwealth Games are OVER! Which means West Wing might be back tonight (if I remember to watch it!)
Nope.. it's not back.. but there's still Grey's Anatomy.

In the mean time, here's a link to the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony which was incredibly pretty
*crosses fingers, hoping it will work*

[Kafaleni]

Okay.. linky no worky.. go here and click on "view slideshow"

[Jeff Meyerson]

Wasn't someone talking about Bride and Prejudice a couple of days ago? I ask because it's on here (on Starz! I believe) in about half an hour and we'll be watching it.

Laynie.. the guy from 4 Weddings who read "Stop All The Clocks" was John Hannah. He was also in a couple of other things on TV that I loved - McCallum (playing the title character, a coroner) and Rebus (a series of TV movies.. once again playing the title character, DI Rebus).

John Hannah also starred opposite Gwynnie in Sliding Doors, Kaf. Jackie liked McCallum a lot. I'm always a sucker for a Scottish accent, man or woman.

We've never watched Braveheart either, though we have it on tape. And now I'm feeling less than positive about Mel Gibson, so I may never. Jackie watched Nine Months and wasn't impressed either.

<>Grey's Anatomy is a rerun here tonight.

/end programming notes

[Eleanor]

How I Spent my Morning (noon here PST)

I happened upon Semi-Tough while browsing after czeching out golf tourney, and watched the last 45 minutes. Kris Kritofferson, Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh and a cast of thousands of then unknowns; i.e., Brian Dennehy.
Comment: Burt Reynolds was really something when he was something! *sigh*

Then I went to the Circle K in my hood, and I AM ALMOST POSITIVE that Will Smith was in there looking at magazines - I mean it, don't laugh at me. STOP!
He was looking at the magazines which are right by the front door so I only saw him sideways. He was wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap backwards! Doesn't that fact alone nail it? The magazine rack isn't big enough for 2 people to stand there browsing so I kept walking but turning around to peek. The more I think about it the more sure I am. And then he left and drove off in a black SUV.
/end El's morning

[Jeff Meyerson]

And after you finish the six-legged lamb you might want to top off the meal with Marshmellow Peeps inside Milk Chocolate Eggs.

Or not.

It could have been, El. Jackie still denies it, but I saw Wayne Newton in the Riviera parking lot on our first trip to Vegas (she insists it was an Imitation Wayne) and we saw (she agrees with me on this one) Elton John (with purse, which nails it for me) in the Forum Shops at Caesars (where he was doing his "Red Piano" show) last time.

So why not Will at the supermarket?

[neophyte]

How I Spent My Morning (in addition to stealing the title of El's post)

I did it!!

What, you may ask?

I made it through my solo without bursting into tears of nervousness. Or, well, any other kinds of tears, either.

Ok, so I DID try the Xanax this morning, and I felt high, truth be told. High in a mellow, detached, spacey kind of way. Is that how xanax is supposed to make you feel?

And several people whom I didn't know at all came up to tell me that the song touched them. (I'm not sure touching strangers would normally be a good thing, but apparently it is ok at church) AND the guy who inspired the song stayed to listen, and rumor has it that he was pleased.

So now I'm going to bed.

*makes fold out couch into a bed in the middle of the moat*

*pulls comforter over her head*

[Jeff Meyerson]

Excellent, neo! We knew you could do it.

[Eleanor]

*dives under comforter to snuggle with neo*

I knew you would be a success - hooray for you. And yes, detached and mellow is exactly what xanax is supposed to do. You can't be anxious if you're detached. Isn't mellow a nice feeling? After you take one a few times (but not too often) you won't feel spacey anymore, unless you happen to run into Kevin in church where it would be OK to touch him! :)

I didn't watch BraveHeart before I hated Mel Gibson (previews looked too gory) so I'm certainly not going to now.
But he was good in What Women Want. And the Lethal Weapon flicks. But IMO that was before he turned into an a-hole.
/end Gibson rant

[slyeyes]

*enters in cheerleader outfit and megaphone*

GIMME AN "N"
GIMME AN "E"
GIMME AN "O"

What's that spell??

NEO!

NEO!

NEO!

YAY! YAY! YAY!!

By the way, how do the fishnet stockings look with the outfit? Tony gave them to me.

*exits shaking pom pons*

[Aunt Nancy]

*clicks Jeff's "Peeps" link*

*goes into sugar coma*

[Peri]

OF COURSE Neo could do it! She was the only one who thought she couldn't.

According to my email, I've won the Irish Lottery Sweepstakes. I can claim my prize at any of their European offices. I've been thinking about sending Kibby on of those 'I've got a few million quid I can't get out so if you do it I'll give you 10 percent' letters.

You guys have GOT to go to Crash's or my blog and do the South Park character thing. I think we ought to start at photo file at the ReMOAT for them.
(Tip: if you do it, you can save your pic by pushing the Print Screen key and then pasting into Paint or Photoshop. You'll have to crop a bit.)

I'm goint to go and start the Y folder now.

YAY LEETIE!!!

[KDF]

*loves Aunt Nancy a shot of insulin and a healthy snack*

[Marie in Kourou]

The Commonwealth Games' closing ceremony was pretty, Kaf. All the nice colors...

I think we win the Christmas tree contest. It had been in a corner of the living room for ages, though unplugged. The neighbors across the street (well, kinda... more like diagonally because of the way everything is really far apart here) were probably betting on how long it would stay up. Eventually it got too ridiculous even for the slobs we both are, so we took it all down and put it into boxes. Our tree was plastic, naturally... otherwise the poor thing would have no needles at all by now.

Great work, Neo! We knew you could do it! I was uneasy about you taking a Xanax before singing, but apparently I didn't have to fret, because it all went OK anyway. Not a big fan of pill-popping here.

[Marie in Kourou]

*visits Jeff's link and has teeth cry bloody murder*

Living with a dentist made my teeth ultra-sensitive to sugar, and now I live with a sugar junkie. Oh, the irony!

[Peri]

I've added a South Park album to the Y group.

[Marie in Kourou]

I'm not sure whether this alternative to actually cooking is good or bad. MOATies, any opinions?

[Eleanor]

Very funny column. She writes one every week, just about her life and stuff.

ELVIS lives!

[Eleanor]

TV Program Note:

Jon Bon Jovi is on West Wing tonight, campaigning for Jimmy Smits of course.
Hunks always stick together.

[KDF]

I don't watch a lot of TV, but I have been a West Wing addict from the beginning. Isn't it sad that they moved it to such a lame time slot after the ratings started to slump, to ensure its continued sad ratings and certain death?

[insomniac]

if you watch 'braveheart' be aware that the entire romantic subplot between Isabelle of France and Wallace is complete nonsense (for example Wallace dies in 1305, and Isabelle is 12 or 13 then, ewww...) and imho cheapens the movie as well...

[cyn]

marie, i think it's a great alternative for busy moms and werking *shudder* parents! 80% of the battle is the prep. i always answer cooking requests with "sure, if you go peel/chop/assemble!"

on-line grocery shopping is another handy concept. they shop and deliver and even help a bit with putting it away for only $10.00 more. given gas prices, time, and energy saved.. it's more than worth it! (n if they are out of a certain brand on a sale item, they always give you the best, more expensive item as a sub.) I luuuurve these save-a-step helpers. leaves much more quality time for actually enjoying your busy life!

[Peri]

cyn, my darling. (I love saying 'sin'!) Is it you who has been bringing the beautiful people over to the dark side?

Good job!

[Jeff Meyerson]

Isn't it sad that they moved it to such a lame time slot after the ratings started to slump, to ensure its continued sad ratings and certain death?

KDF: exactly! Then they can say, "what could we do, the ratings sucked."

By the way, Bride and Prejudice was not for me, though I did try. The guy playing the American 'Darcy' was an incredibly weak actor, I thought - he was no Colin Firth. And I just don't remember Elizabeth being that much of a ninny. And the singing and dancing was funny once but just too silly.

And not enough Naveen Andrews.

[Peri]

I'm ignoring my busy life. The walls are actually shaking around me because J has friends over and they have music on, and they have the guinea pigs out, who are screaming bloody murder at the moment, and I have a whole bunch of work to do....but I'm just sitting here with a smoke and a beer. I'm calm and happy and life can go take a flying leap right now.

I love Sunday afternoons.

[Eleanor]

I'm happy for you Peri, sounds like a nice way to spend the afternoon.

This is a local item for cyn - everyone else just move along, nothing to see here.
cyn Sometimes Vons sends me a free delivery coupon, which I always use.
Also, Albertsons sends these $5 off coupons, which then reduce the delivery charge by half. Albertsons has the WORST website IN THE WORLD. Sometimes it freezes, then I calll the 800 number to finish the order, complain, they say, yes. we. know. andlast time I said, well how about free delivery because it's taken me over an hour to do this, blah, blah, blah, and they said OK.
Try it!!!
/end conversation with cyn

[MOTW at home]

Son brought home Braveheart last weekend from the library. I'd never seen it before. It was interesting, especially after reading the historical account of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce a couple years ago. I agree with insomniac, some literary license was taken in the movie that detracted from the true story. I could not, however, watch the torture scenes at the end - that's too much for me. But overall, it was a good movie.

[slyeyes]

I watched most of Braveheart through my fingers. I'm a chickenheart when it comes to the bloody stuff.

(pause)

(another pause)

(yet another)

*sigh*

Well, dammit. Looks like no one is going to delivery my groceries. Guess I've gotta go get them myself.

Harumpf!

[djtonyb]

I'd much rather take shortcuts than have a fast food type meal - our local Publix stores have all kinds of prepped vegetables - onions(sliced & chopped),celery, carrots, chopped tomatoes (no deglopping yourself!),sliced zucchini and yellow squash, etc... - you can shave 15 - 30 minutes of prep time just by using those instead of doing it yourself.

OK, off to werk!

*does shot of Jaegermeister on his way out*

[Marie in Kourou]

*laughs at the thought of online grocery shopping being available anytime soon in Kourou*

Our pizzeria, the only good one in town, operates out of a chipper van in a parking lot about 20 minutes' walk from here. It does not have a delivery service. This is one of the reasons why we make homemade pizza.

And both our "supermarkets" aren't really all that "super".

*longs for the food section at the Galeries Lafayette* You could find anything there.

[Marie in Kourou]

About the food article I linked to earlier... I've decided that it's fine for busy parents. Anything is better than stuffing the kids with takeout.

Also, just out of curiosity, how many of you MOATies actually like ramen noodles? Show of hands, please.
*raises hand*
I love the flavored Japanese ones, either bagged or in a cup (though the cup ones are best).

[Leetie]

ANNOUNCEMENT: GMU made it to the FINAL FOUR!!!!

HOLY CRAP!

[neophyte]

*wakes up to realize why I felt so cozy - El was snuggled with me!*

Braveheart was one of those movies I wish I hadn't seen. Parts of it are stuck in my brain. Rape, torture... not my idea of entertainment.

Wasn't the Create your own South Park Character on Leetie's blog? Or was that something else I'm thinking of?

Thanks for thinking I could do the solo, you guys. But you all haven't heard me sing! Still, I didn't throw up or pee my pants on stage, and that's a good thing.

I want peeps n chocolate.

My kids are out cleaning the garage, and so I had a lovely nap, broken only by the doorbell ringing several times and the cat getting out and running away and the neighbor's dog (who I'm watching this weekend) ALSO getting out and running away.

Still, I'm with Peri: I love Sunday afternoons.

[Peri]

djtonyb's South Park character is truly excellent!

[cyn]

El,
ooo. tnx re the 411. i will. the Albertsons site has only done that to me twice, but hooo. still, i was here yano? n i did not know `bout the coupons! *muah*

n i did not see the peeps. i didn't. i just didn't. *sigh* i saw the peeps.

[Peri]

OK. For the past few days the ad at the top of my yahell mail has said 'Lonely Cheerleaders Want to Meet You!'. Then, it rapidly changes to 'Eat Our Donuts!'

Who has been sending me the kind of mail that warrants this kind of thing? This is targeted advertising - but I'm not sure what they're targeting! They never leave the lonely cheerleaders up long enough for me to meet them. I want to eat their donuts.

[Eleanor]

Paging neo, paging neo..

Dave D just dropped in on the LAST thread. I posted but you need to go put him in his place, which is certainly not Last Place! :)