DX is me, only without the flying dad, the many kids, or the NJ lakes. Huh.
Mal: Which one you figure tracked us? Zoe: The ugly one, sir. Mal: Could you be more specific?
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amych - Jun 10, 2005 9:31:40 am PDT #1089 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Connie Neil - Jun 10, 2005 9:31:56 am PDT #1090 of 10001
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I like the DJs, when they're good.
The local DJs are mostly happy-perky, crude, or have forgotten their job is to play music and be entertaining instead of making political commentary. Play the song, dude, don't give me a five minute rant on what you'd like to do to people who oppose the mess in Iraq.
tommyrot - Jun 10, 2005 9:32:03 am PDT #1091 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Favorite summer dessert? Rhubarb pie. Or Strawberry pie. As long as it's my mom's.
Beach or pool? Beach
Predictions on the overplayed song of summer '05? N/A. Haven't heard any of the songs that anyone's mentioned yet....
What was your worst family summer vacation? None that were really terrible.
your best? We drove to Red Lake, Ontario, and then took a floatplane to a cabin in the middle of nowhere. There were literally no other humans within 80 miles of us, except for the floatplane pilot who brought us gasoline and fresh milk in the middle of the week. I caught a few humongous fish, but I mostly remember the peace and quiet. Loons rock!
Calli - Jun 10, 2005 9:32:17 am PDT #1092 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
favorite summer beverage:To me, summer is gin-and-tonic season. Lots of ice, a slice of lime--like a juniper flavored, alcholic limeade. Yummy.
amych - Jun 10, 2005 9:33:45 am PDT #1093 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
To me, summer is gin-and-tonic season. Lots of ice, a slice of lime--like a juniper flavored, alcholic limeade. Yummy.
Mmm. Yes. A nice big wedge of lime, squeezed, not just a little twist that decorates the glass without really flavoring anything.
Hil R. - Jun 10, 2005 9:36:50 am PDT #1094 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Favorite summer dessert?
Anything with fresh blueberries.
Beach or pool?
Beach.
Predictions on the overplayed song of summer '05?
I think I'll have to agree with all the votes for "Hollaback Girl."
What was your worst family summer vacation?
I can't think of any that were really horrible.
your best?
Any of the times when I was a little kid and we went to Maine. We'd rent a house for a month, and my mom and my sister and I would stay there the full month, while my dad came up on weekends and for the last week. I was able to ride my bike wherever -- I felt so grown up when my mom would ask me to ride to the general store to pick up something -- and we had tennis lessons and dances and stuff at the community house, and swimming lessons at the beach, and we were pretty much free to run around barefoot with almost no schedule for the whole month. It was great.
bon bon - Jun 10, 2005 9:38:00 am PDT #1095 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
worst summer vacay: Dad decided to drive from Phoenix to El Paso in like a week. WAY too much time spent in the car, even if it was an opportunity to teach me to drive. Plus, he always carries, so we accidentally drove into Mexico with a gun in the car, which is practically a hanging offense.
best: Prolly the one where we went to California and visited Magic Mountain two days in a row and the beach and Disneyland. Super fun.
Pools are too common. Beaches rule, even if the Pacific is freezing.
-t - Jun 10, 2005 9:39:59 am PDT #1096 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Favorite summer dessert?
Vanilla ice cream (home made or Breyers or Julie's) with fresh raspberries
Beach or pool?
Hm. Beach. Though I have a pool this summer, so that may change my answer. I haven't been to either in years.
Predictions on the overplayed song of summer '05?
No clue. I canm't even think of a current pop song to name.
What was your worst family summer vacation?
I can't remember a bad one. There were rough episodes in each, but no one vacation was overall bad.
your best?
Anotehr tough call. Camping on the island in lake Ouachita was great. Backpacking for a week in New Mexico, likewise. Driving across the country in '84 eating free food we won in that Olympic tie in game at McDonald's to see Babushka get married was certainly memorable. The time we found off-season ski resorts that were cheap and deserted and really nice was a lot of fun. Driving up and down the east coast and seeing NYC for the first time on the 4th of July and meeting my dad's favorite uncle and not staying in a hotel the whole trip until the car died in Meridian Mississippi was a great trip.
I think my family just did vacations well. Kinda surprising, because it was 5 of us packed into a Volvo or Toyota sedan most of the time, with the leg room taken up by luggage and full days of driving, but it always seemed like an adventure at the time.
kat perez - Jun 10, 2005 9:45:19 am PDT #1097 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Oh, I remember that '84 Olympic Games summer. My grandmother took us to the Coliseum to see some of the early rounds of the diving competition. Good times.
What is this Jack radio format? Does that just mean no DJ's?
JohnSweden - Jun 10, 2005 9:46:03 am PDT #1098 of 10001
I can't even.
We drove to Red Lake, Ontario
One of my buddies growing up moved with his family to Red Lake. We couldn't even imagine the desolation/isolation and we were from a pretty small northern Ontario town ourselves.