Zoe: So you two were kissin'? Book: Well. Isn't that... special?

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If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me

Birth, death, illness, new job, vacation...if it's happening to you and you want us to know about it, post it here. These threads are intended for announcements only. Want to offer sympathy or congratulations, or talk about anything? Take it to Natter. Any natter here will be deleted.


jengod - Jan 29, 2003 11:35:36 pm PST #377 of 5671

In celebration of me not getting the cool apartment, which means I don't have to save my $ for a deposit, I am throwing a party and spending the extra cash on beer and burgers. LAistas and tourists invited. LAistas will get a proper invite on the list. Tourists should contact me directly for love and particulars.


shrift - Jan 30, 2003 11:23:54 am PST #378 of 5671
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

My father's surgery went well this morning. He should be able to come home tomorrow.


askye - Jan 30, 2003 11:26:56 am PST #379 of 5671
Thrive to spite them

I haven't gotten my grade yet but I'm finished with the first section of my school work! Classes are set up work at your own pace, so the books could have take the full quarter, I finished in 4 weeks.


Holli - Jan 30, 2003 1:12:10 pm PST #380 of 5671
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore

Dickinson College deferred me. Argh.


Steph L. - Jan 30, 2003 1:50:20 pm PST #381 of 5671
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I'm going to get a CT scan on my appendix -- might have to have it removed. Good appendix vibes requested.


Fay - Jan 30, 2003 2:25:07 pm PST #382 of 5671
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

So, not really a Big Important Beep Me thing, but I'm here anyway 'cause it feels like a big deal.

I'm still training as a teacher & I'm just finishing my first placement - four weeks teaching a class of 8-9 yr olds. (Or at least teaching them 60% of the time.) They're "My" Class. Anyway, I'm going to miss them hideously - they're smashing and I've really been enjoying it and I've totally altered the classroom layout and displays and everything and it's been a blast. And today I took my merry little band of 32 kiddies (should have been 33, but one was injured playing football last night) on a trip to a museum in a town a half hour away, where we had a workshop with an archeaologist and got to handle real Egyptian artefacts and look at mummies and all that good stuff, to tie in with their History topic. It was my idea, I did the background work, I did the costing for the trip and organised the bus and the adult helpers and did the recce and produced worksheets and organised kids into groups that would get on without actually distracting each other too much, and sorted out packed lunches, and arranged when each group would get to go to the gift shop, and everything.

And it went like a charm. They were well behaved and sensible (not docile - they're a lively bunch, but they totally did me proud) and knowledgeable and keen and focussed and So. Bloody. Good. that I'm about ready to explode with pride. The archeaologist was so impressed that he let them handle fragile artefacts that he normally doesn't let the kids touch, and they treated them with respect. I bloody love my kids. I am brimming with pride. I am also feeling kind of trumpet-blowy, because it went really well, and that's because I planned it out well. Go me.

t /boastful


Steph L. - Jan 30, 2003 8:24:48 pm PST #383 of 5671
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

My appendix is a lovely, healthy specimen of appendiosity. (Obviously, otherwise I wouldn't be home to post this.)

I'm not a hypochondriac, though: it's pretty certain I have ovarian cysts (plural), and my blood work came back with an elevated white blood cell count, which means I have a virus of indeterminate nature somewhere in my body.

In any case. My appendix is fine, but I am not exactly healthy. All y'alls vibes certainly kept my appendix in my body, though, so thank you.


Jen - Jan 31, 2003 8:53:53 am PST #384 of 5671
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you

Buenos dias de Galapagos!

Kevin and I are sitting in a tiny little internet cafe in Puerto Ayora, on the island of Santa Cruz. Everything has been beyond amazing and I´ll post a URL with pictures as soon as we return on Monday.

I hope everyone´s doing well!


askye - Jan 31, 2003 12:10:19 pm PST #385 of 5671
Thrive to spite them

It's official--I made my first "A"! 98.8% for my first course work. I'm now working on Office 2000 (and more advanced typing).


jengod - Jan 31, 2003 3:39:04 pm PST #386 of 5671

It's January 31, and it's 90 degrees in Los Angeles.

To the rest of the country, and indeed the world: "Ah-ha!"