Good morning everyone!
~~~~WONDERFUL NEWS ALERT~~~~
Well, I can now offically say that a real live HHW wedding will actually be taking place! Last night former DB, now DF Jed took me out for a romantic dinner at IHOP (for us, it was perfect) and then took me along the Tacoma waterfront, out on the pier, and slipped a ring on my finger. I, who am not normally prone to girlish behavoir, confess that I spent the first minute or so jumping up and down and making squeaking noises before managing to accept.
For those who might be interested, the ring is GORGEOUS. Very simple white gold setting, beautiful round cut diamond, just under a half carat, and very VERY sparkly. I dreamt about announcing it to people all night, and woke up half sure that the whole proposal had been a dream of mine. But it's better than a dream! (Oh, a Bells are Ringing reference :) )
Good news Jennifer.
RE: last night's TAR.
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I'm happy the two most worth teams made it through to the finals. I really hope that one of them wins.
I wasn't sure who I wanted to be eliminated (mojo or ray/yolanda). I've really been disliking mojo lately. But throughout the whole series they have been stronger than ray and yolanda.
It's weird because for about 2 episodes ray and yolanda were extremely annoying. they were bickering and being so mean to each other. But they do seem to have good hearts. And they have been really sweet the last 2 episodes. I think it would be nice if they got the money. However, I always gravitate towards the more worthy.
Ray and yolanda have come in last in most shows. And every time they are bunched, they cannot come out ahead. I would be pretty surprised if they were able to win. Although anything can happen.
It was nice how yo gave the hippies pants. And nice that the frats gave them shoes.
All in all a good episode.
I think next week is 2 hours!
Btw does anyone know anything about this IDOL news?
re: the contestant voted out last night.
Apparently Ryan said on his morning radio gig that some big group will offer him the lead.
Ye're oop leht, laddie. I'm on me way to me wee bed now... a kiss fer ye.
DR MattH, re: LOST, I can't remember. What was the part that had you jumping out of your seat?
I think we went to Sherlock Homes museum some years ago. We once stayed at the Sherlcok Holmes Hotel which is at hisaddress on Baker Street. Quite nice little place, actually.
Haines is a better place, though, with better people. Some very lovely ones, in fact!
Well, I can now offically say that a real live HHW wedding will actually be taking place! Last night former DB, now DF Jed took me out for a romantic dinner at IHOP (for us, it was perfect) and then took me along the Tacoma waterfront, out on the pier, and slipped a ring on my finger. I, who am not normally prone to girlish behavoir, confess that I spent the first minute or so jumping up and down and making squeaking noises before managing to accept.
For those who might be interested, the ring is GORGEOUS. Very simple white gold setting, beautiful round cut diamond, just under a half carat, and very VERY sparkly. I dreamt about announcing it to people all night, and woke up half sure that the whole proposal had been a dream of mine. But it's better than a dream! (Oh, a Bells are Ringing reference :) )
Good morning everyone!
~~~~WONDERFUL NEWS ALERT~~~~
Well, I can now offically say that a real live HHW wedding will actually be taking place! Last night former DB, now DF Jed took me out for a romantic dinner at IHOP (for us, it was perfect) and then took me along the Tacoma waterfront, out on the pier, and slipped a ring on my finger. I, who am not normally prone to girlish behavoir, confess that I spent the first minute or so jumping up and down and making squeaking noises before managing to accept.
For those who might be interested, the ring is GORGEOUS. Very simple white gold setting, beautiful round cut diamond, just under a half carat, and very VERY sparkly. I dreamt about announcing it to people all night, and woke up half sure that the whole proposal had been a dream of mine. But it's better than a dream! (Oh, a Bells are Ringing reference :) )
RE: American Idol.
I'm not sure if Chris' fans will simply not vote. Or my guess is many will just vote for their second favorite. I really could not say who that would be. But I think it will be even (i don't think that his fans will make the difference).
The thing i find so odd is how the judges can manipulate the voters. Does it drive anybody else crazy? Elliot can be the bottom 2 so many times. And then he can have a great night and the judges can rave over him and he can be top 2 (with only 4 left). How is this possible? How can you be the least popular with many left, and be the 2nd most popular with only 4 left???
I was very pleased with the outcome of last nights TAR, as well.
And whoever wins...it will be OK!
I still miss the Gaghan family.
Wow, I am shocked. You will be okay if the frats win? That is so unlike you! :)
NEW YORK - A 23-year-old with a foot fetish has admitted he tried to kiss, fondle and lick the legs and toes of more than 70 women on the New York subway over the last three years, prosecutors said Wednesday.
In a handwritten confession to police released by the Manhattan district attorney's office, Joseph Weir said his aim was "to make them laugh and smile and open to talk to me."
Weir, who was arrested late last week after attacking a woman on a subway in lower Manhattan, is charged with forcible touching, sex abuse and unlawful imprisonment — the latter charge referring to his habit of grabbing his victims' legs and not letting go.
He faces up to a year in jail if convicted and has been released on $6,000 bail until a court hearing on June 26.
In a rambling confession peppered with grammatical errors, Weir, who lives in Brooklyn, detailed how he accosted the women while riding the subways between Manhattan and the borough of Queens.
"I get on my knees, bow, grab their feet, kiss them. I grab their hand and tell them 'You're so beautiful. I'm not worthy,'" he wrote. "I do not give me real name. If they ask I will tell them my name is Anthony, Jason or Careem."
Weir said his motivation was to get to know the women, but he recalled that often they would move away when he tried to "taste and touch them."
"Some women had kick(ed) me and screamed," he wrote. "I've done this to about 70 women, mostly black."
Prosecutors said dozens of women had started to come forward to identify Weir, who told detectives in his confession that he lived with his parents and two sisters.
"I am currently unemployed," he wrote, adding that he had been fired from his previous job with a sightseeing company.
In his confession, Weir apologized to his victims, saying: "I don't mean to hurt no body and I am sorry."
WHITEWATER, Wis. - Despite his 12 years as an undergraduate student, Johnny Lechner realized something was missing from his academic record: he’d never studied abroad.
And so, the 29-year-old known as the "perpetual student," who had been expected to finally graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, withdrew his application for graduation Monday, five days before commencement.
“I realized that if I went one more year, I could study abroad,” Lechner said. “That’s one thing I haven’t done.”
Lechner’s extended academic career has made him a celebrity of sorts. His never-ending student life has been featured in newspapers and on network television shows, not to mention campus publications across the nation.
By this spring he had completed 234 college credits, or about 100 more than needed to graduate, and was taking seven more.
That qualified him for the so-called “slacker tax,” instituted this school year by the UW Board of Regents to help cover the state subsidy for students who stay long past the usual four of five years to earn an undergraduate degree.
It calls for students who exceed 165 total credit hours or 30 more than their degree programs require — whichever is higher — to pay double tuition.
Lechner said he didn’t start out to be a long-term student, but it just developed once he realized how much fun he was having at college.
Had he graduated, he would have earned a liberal studies degree in education, communications, theater, health and women’s studies.
Michelle Eigenberger, an editor at The Royal Purple, said Lechner may have achieved celebrity status, but most students are tired of it.
“It’s getting old,” she said. “For the sanity of the rest of the campus, we want him to get out of here.”
SKOWHEGAN, Maine - A 43-year-old woman is charged with helping her daughter and two other teenage girls bake cookies laced with a laxative that were then given to a teacher.
The cookies, which were baked with Ex-Lax, were left on the teacher's desk on April 10 with a note saying, "We made these cookies just for you, hope you enjoy them."
According to a police affidavit, Hunt told the girls how to crush the laxative pills and mix them in with the cookie batter. The girls, who are 13 and 14, used an entire box of pills, the affidavit says.
BERLIN - President Bush told a German newspaper his best moment in more than five years in office was catching a big perch in his own lake.
"You know, I've experienced many great moments, and it's hard to name the best," Bush told weekly Bild am Sonntag when asked about his high point since becoming president in January 2001.
"I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5-pound perch in my lake," he told the newspaper in an interview published Sunday.
HANOVER, Pa. - A 13-year-old boy told police his mother required him to do his homework first thing when he got off the school bus, then smoked marijuana with him as a reward.
The boy's mother said she had been smoking marijuana with him since he was 11, usually as a reward, according to court documents.
The interviews came after police executed a search warrant at the woman's home during the weekend and seized marijuana, an array of drug paraphernalia and $600 in cash that she said belonged to a drug dealer, court documents said.
Re: IDOL and DR RonP's comments.
I think next weeks depends on what the judges say about the performances. If they really praise any singer, I think that singer will stay.
RE: Elliot. When you say he's the best talent on the show, are you going purely by voice? Because a)to me a popstar has to have that IT factor as well, and b)most of the people watching cannot tell if someone is singing a wrong note or completely on pitch.
I think the winner should have the whole package. And right now to me it seems like taylor has it in the bag. I actually liked him during the auditions a lot more. But he seems to be immensely popular.
This morning I went to the university, and this is what I saw:Boy, talk about strict dress codes!
And this:And she deserves to be happy!
Well, it took only 50 minutes wait to get on a computer this afternoon at the library. It's because a million homeless derelicts hang out here and kill their time by idling it away in front of a screen. Color me highly pissed.
Now I have to leave for dinner. I will check in tomorrow morning, and then fly back to New York (home, sweet Manhattan!).
And this:
This morning I went to the university, and this is what I saw:
I was very pleased with the outcome of last nights TAR, as well.
And whoever wins...it will be OK!
Now I have to leave for dinner. I will check in tomorrow morning, and then fly back to New York (home, sweet Manhattan!).
So... off I go into my day. Still waiting for the alleged 'sun' to make its appearance. OH! Hey! I didn't tell you - I had raccoons last night!!! two young 'uns - heard 'em clunking around on my deck at about 2 am, checking out the wood rick for the peanuts my jays and chipmunks hid there... so I got the cat food, scared the bejesus outa them when I opened the bedroom door to fill their dish - then, watched with my nose pressed to the glass for a good half hour! Oh, lovely little forest critters!!! How happy they do make me!
On another note, I am taking steps to get a chunk of time off so I can figure out what I want to be when I grow up. I should know next week if I can swing it. I hope so.
The ice cream parlor was closed - I think because of a multiple homocide/suicide.
...The ice cream parlor was closed - I think because of a multiple homocide/suicide....I'll be the one to say it.
Page five dance, a la "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue," just to keep you on your toes.
The booted IDOL contestant should have NEVER talked about his manties on TV! They are called "unmentionables" for a reason!
Oh! Happy Day! Laura!
This NBC supersize episode crap gets onto my last nerve...
Season ending cliffhangers....just end the season...just end it.
Oh....I think MR BK's landlord James Marsters is on SMALLVILLE....
This sounds serious, DR Cillaliz. Introspection vibes to you.
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A homocide?
What on earth....? Is that like a gay guy who was married being shot by his spouse who then took her own life?
Good morning everyone!
~~~~WONDERFUL NEWS ALERT~~~~
Well, I can now offically say that a real live HHW wedding will actually be taking place! Last night former DB, now DF Jed took me out for a romantic dinner at IHOP (for us, it was perfect) and then took me along the Tacoma waterfront, out on the pier, and slipped a ring on my finger. I, who am not normally prone to girlish behavoir, confess that I spent the first minute or so jumping up and down and making squeaking noises before managing to accept.
For those who might be interested, the ring is GORGEOUS. Very simple white gold setting, beautiful round cut diamond, just under a half carat, and very VERY sparkly. I dreamt about announcing it to people all night, and woke up half sure that the whole proposal had been a dream of mine. But it's better than a dream! (Oh, a Bells are Ringing reference :) )
Hello to one and all... Last night the library will be open until midnight for a few months...
Page five dance, a la "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue," just to keep you on your toes.
No more tuition!!!
This message from DR Danise:
"Give everyone my good wishes on the board. I think about you all even if I don’t post as much as I used to."
So, we'll both stop working nights about the same time.
Watching NO DOWN PAYMENT with a lot of 50's stars as couples in a subdivision.
Barbara Rush and Pat Hingle play a couple and Jeffrey Hunter and Patricia Owens are another....with Joanne (Method Maisie) Woodward and Cameron Mitchell and Tony Randall and Sheree North the other neighbors. Things don't look too good for any of them.
Hunter and Owens are both stunning to look at and not too shabby in the acting department either. Owens had great roles in SAYONARA and THE FLY.... I am surprised she didn't have a more substantial career.
Well, it seems that my Panasonic VCR/ DVD Recorder with one touch dubbing has bit the dust after only having it for 2 months! My gosh!
It keeps shutting itself off for no reason. It also would no longer finalize recorded DVDrs. it just plain don't work no more.
I am hoping Best Buy will let me exchange it for a less defective one :P