[Small]

Originally Posted by hapa_angel

Better remember to save some of those endeavorings for the future wife come 2011. *smirk*

Oh, don't worry; I have plenty of endeavorings to go around.

Well, how can one plan when the exact date and time is unknown as of yet?

Well, we've got it narrowed down, and I can further do so. According to your survey, I shall be 21.5.

Let us suppose then, that the wedding will take place precisely six months after my birthday--this leaves us with 7:22 PM (I think) on November 28th, 2011.

While I'm happy to have Art home today, the circumstances leading up to it are rather unpleasant. At least he's doing much better now.

While I'm happy to be online, the fact that I couldn't sleep decently is slightly depressing.

The IRC chat must be bumpin', because I'm seeing little activity in some of the most active journals right now. [/keen observation]

I think I killed mine with the inhuman strength of verbosity and dourness.

[Tallahassee]

Originally Posted by Small

Let us suppose then, that the wedding will take place precisely six months after my birthday--this leaves us with 7:22 PM (I think) on November 28th, 2011.

I was born at 7:30pm on November 28.

[hapa_angel]

Originally Posted by DaGeek

Unfortunately, not really. However, you should join and add to the three already there!

What, and ruin the fun?

Originally Posted by Small

Oh, don't worry; I have plenty of endeavorings to go around.

Indeed, I should think you do.

Well, we've got it narrowed down, and I can further do so. According to your survey, I shall be 21.5.

Oh. That's a good age to meet someone, but I daresay not the greatest marrying age. Of course, I speak from my own life and not yours. I wouldn't know how mature you will be come 21 and a half.

Let us suppose then, that the wedding will take place precisely six months after my birthday--this leaves us with 7:22 PM (I think) on November 28th, 2011.

Oh, so a late supper then?

While I'm happy to be online, the fact that I couldn't sleep decently is slightly depressing.

I understand completely. I couldn't go to bed when I intended this morning, for there was the lovely sound of loud hammering against my apartment's outside wall.

I am growing more and more tired of the noisiest construction work being done at the earliest hours. Do construction workers not understand that people actually live and sleep in these residences? That some members of society have weekdays as their off-days? That hammering and jackhammering is some of the noisiest work one can do?

I think I killed mine with the inhuman strength of verbosity and dourness.

Dour schmao-er. I simply can't keep up with the happening-est ones and have taken to lurking everywhere these days.

Originally Posted by el cabong

I was born at 7:30pm on November 28.

Interesting fact. *makes note*





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In other news,

Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq

nasty veggies make good soil once composted. Hence Hawk Nelson may be good for something after all.

BSPE wins the Post-Of-The-Day Award.

[Small]

Originally Posted by el cabong

I was born at 7:30pm on November 28.

!
I can see the invitations now:

"...Cordially request your presence, on November 28, 2011, at 7:15 PM for Small and [Ideal Woman]'s Wedding/Tim's Birthday Bash."

It would be perfect; all my friends would feel obliged to buy you a birthday present, and all your friends would feel obliged to bless the newlyweds.

Originally Posted by hapa_angel

Indeed, I should think you do.

On the other hand, perhaps it's time I started saving 'em up.

Oh. That's a good age to meet someone, but I daresay not the greatest marrying age. Of course, I speak from my own life and not yours. I wouldn't know how mature you will be come 21 and a half.

Well, see, we're all banking on divine intervention, here, so I suppose it's all a matter of God deciding it was supposed to happen, then.

Oh, so a late supper then?

Mmm. Pending Tim's approval.

I understand completely. I couldn't go to bed when I intended this morning, for there was the lovely sound of loud hammering against my apartment's outside wall.

"The Artillery Lullaby"...

I am growing more and more tired of the noisiest construction work being done at the earliest hours. Do construction workers not understand that people actually live and sleep in these residences? That some members of society have weekdays as their off-days? That hammering and jackhammering is some of the noisiest work one can do?

There are, of course, two sides to every issue. For instance, speaking as someone whose job forces him to get up early, much of the time, if I had to be outdoors doing manual labor at 5 am, I wouldn't really feel benevolently about all those people who were still enjoying themselves in somnabulent bliss.

In fact, I might set off a few fireworks for good measure.

Dour schmao-er. I simply can't keep up with the happening-est ones and have taken to lurking everywhere these days.

I think the rush is slowing, it certainly is in mine. Possibly because everyone was overwhelmed by the fury of the onslaught, and took to lurking.

[leiarose]

I just got the best UC from you, Art. You know it.

I drank a grape soda tonight.[/three weeks]

[Art]

I'm glad you liked it.

I drank mountain dew today. [/15 hours]

[Art]

in highschool...
1. Who was your best friend?
Jeff.

2. What sports did you play?
None, officially. I started a couple of sports.

3. What were your grades?
Terrible, mostly.

4. On a Friday night what were you doing?
Probably hanging out with Jeff.

5. Were you a party animal?
Not at all.

6. Were you considered a flirt?
Not at all.

7. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?
Band. Symphonic and Jazz.

8. Were you a nerd?
More or less.

9. Did you get suspended/expelled?
No, I was a good kid.

10. Can you still sing the fight song?
Our "fight song" was On Wisconsin, which is ridiculous, and yes, I can still play it on my trumpet.

11. Who was your favorite teacher?
Mr. Igarashi and Mr. Nordby were awesome. Sr. Parada was pretty rad.

12. Where did you sit during lunch?
Either the lab or the music room. Loser!

13. Name the school's full name?
NTHS. Then SHS

14. School mascot?
Poseidon. The other was a cougar or something.

15. School colors?
Navy blue, columbia blue, white. The other was red and white, I think. No sports teams.

16. Rival high school?
TNTHS. The other had no rival.

17. Did you go to Prom?
No. I wanted to.

18. If you could go back and do it again, would you?
I do not know. Probably not.

19. What do you remember most about graduation?
I remember giving a speech, which was lame. I remember not being allowed to throw our caps. I remember being severely annoyed with my ex-girlfriend. I remember then going to my old school's graduation to see Jeff graduate.

20. Where did you go senior skip day?
We did not have a senior skip day. There were only 5 seniors.

21. Favorite memory?
I have no idea. Hanging with Jeff and youth group were the two best things about high school.

22. Were you in any clubs?
No. We did have a pseudo chess club in Jr. High, but nothing official.

23. Where did you go most often for lunch?
Band room, probably.

24. Have you gained some weight since then?
Yeah. And lost. And gained.

25. Who was your Senior prom date?
Thanks.

26. Are you planning on going to your 10-year reunion?
I don't think I am invited to the one at NTHS, and there will not be one for Sierra.

27. Who was your home room teacher?
No home room in my high school.

28. Who will repost this after you?
I have no idea. I don't really care, either.

29. Who was your high school sweetheart?
There wasn't one.

30. Do you still talk to people from high school?
I talk to Jeff fairly often. Other than that, only on MySpace.

31. Did you win prom/homecoming queen or king?
Hahahaha. Hahah. ha. hah.

32. Where did you work at in high school ?
I did not.

33. Did you go to College?
Yep.

34. Do you work now?
yep.

35. Are you married?
Yep.

36. Do you have children?
Nope.

37. Did you name a pet after an old boyfriend?
Huh?

[TahoeJeff]

Hey! Its a fun survey! I'll actually participate in this one!

in highschool...
1. Who was your best friend?
I had 3. Art, Eric and Scott

2. What sports did you play?
Football and Wrestling

3. What were your grades?
Average to good.

4. On a Friday night what were you doing?
Probably hanging out with Art, playing Goldeneye, Mario Kart, eating pizza and drinking Henry Weinhards Soda.

5. Were you a party animal?
I knew how to have a good time, but not party in the high school party way.

6. Were you considered a flirt?
Not at all.

7. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?
No. I didn't learn to play guitar until after high school.

8. Were you a nerd?
More or less.

9. Did you get suspended/expelled?
Yeah, a couple times. I got in-house suspension once because I threw a kid in a puddle and then smashed his face into a snowbank and threatened to kill him after he pulled a cap gun on me. I hated wannabe gangta kids. Then I got suspended for my part in a Senior Prank.

10. Can you still sing the fight song?
Does that song have words? I could hum it!

11. Who was your favorite teacher?
Mr. Mills, Mr Gill, Mr Welsh and Mr Lingle

12. Where did you sit during lunch?
at a table

13. Name the school's full name?
North Tahoe High School

14. School mascot?
We were The Lakers. Poseidon was our mascot.

15. School colors?
Navy blue, columbia blue, white.

16. Rival high school?
Truckee

17. Did you go to Prom?
Twice

18. If you could go back and do it again, would you?
Yeah, it was fun.

19. What do you remember most about graduation?
I remember going to Disneyland for Grad Night and watching the Aquabats 3 times in one night!

20. Where did you go senior skip day?
I think I went and shot guns in the woods with some friends. That or played basketball with my buddy Eric.

21. Favorite memory?
I enjoyed blowing up the fume hood in chemistry. Drama Class. I also am quite fond of the time I sacked the quarterback and made him fumble the ball. Another lineman picked it up and ran in for the touchdown. That was rad.

22. Were you in any clubs?
Academic Team and School Newspaper

23. Where did you go most often for lunch?
The computer lab. They had this new thing called the internet.

24. Have you gained some weight since then?
Oh yeah. I was up to about 250 lbs 3 months ago. However at this moment I weigh 200 lbs.

25. Who was your Senior prom date?
Jenny...

26. Are you planning on going to your 10-year reunion?
Yeah, I'm planning on going. Art, you're totally invited.

27. Who was your home room teacher?
No home room in my high school.

28. Who will repost this after you?
I have no idea. I don't really care, either.

29. Who was your high school sweetheart?
There wasn't one.

30. Do you still talk to people from high school?
I talk to Art, Eric and Scott fairly often.

31. Did you win prom/homecoming queen or king?
Hahahaha. Hahah. ha. hah.

32. Where did you work at in high school ?
In the summer months I worked at Subway, Safeway and CB's Pizza.

33. Did you go to College?
Yep.

34. Do you work now?
yep.

35. Are you married?
Yep.

36. Do you have children?
Nope.

37. Did you name a pet after an old boyfriend?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA..no

[Art]

Nice. I have my own blog now, by the way.

[TahoeJeff]

Originally Posted by Art

Nice. I have my own blog now, by the way.

ORLY?!

[Art]

Word.

[hapa_angel]

Oh fine, I'll do a survey in my own blog.



in highschool...
1. Who was your best friend?
Probably Valerie still. Although I spent a bunch of time with Anna and Rachael and other people.

2. What sports did you play?
HAHAHA none. Although with how badly our football team sucked then, I probably could've made it onto the squad. No, seriously. This girl who's even tinier than I was a starter on the varsity squad our senior year. That's how sad our football team was.

3. What were your grades?
They went from great to good to decent to senioritis.

4. On a Friday night what were you doing?
Sitting at home, watching tv with my parents. I was a loser of an only child.

5. Were you a party animal?
Not until I grajumacated, man.

6. Were you considered a flirt?
Again, not in high school. I found my net-flirting prowess on CGR, apparently.

7. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?
In HS, show choir for two years. Then I split because our director was a pansy.

8. Were you a nerd?
In a lot of ways. I guess you could say that my whole group was a bunch of nerds because we were all in AP/honors or trying to get into AP/honors classes. One of my "crew" was our salutatorian.

9. Did you get suspended/expelled?
Not in HS. I got day suspension once in MS. The class clown decided to pick on me, and one day, he thwapped my glasses and made my nose bleed. I got fed up and reported him, and he turned the tides on me. We were both on garbage duty that lunchtime.

10. Can you still sing the fight song?
Sadly, yes.

11. Who was your favorite teacher?
Hmmm. Mrs. Engle was awesome. So was Mr. Kim, but I never actually had his class. Ms. Bolla was also cool. Mrs. Kamkar was really nice, and I never officially had her class either. OH! And Mrs. Curry, who retired while I was still attending HS. She gave freaking tight bearhugs, haha.

12. Where did you sit during lunch?
In the cafe or in the yard. Senior year, I would often eat lunch in class after going off-campus to buy lunch.

13. Name the school's full name?
Abe Lincoln HS

14. School mascot?
Mustangs.

15. School colors?
Crimson and gold.

16. Rival high school?
"Officially" it was Washington HS, but really, everyone hated Lowell. We were always pitting our brainiacs against theirs in the yearly Academic Decathalon, and we would either come in first or a bitter second.

17. Did you go to Prom?
Yes. And my friend Jimmy ran for queen that year. He won.

18. If you could go back and do it again, would you?
Do what again? Relive all the melodrama? No thanks. I had some good times and all, but I am quite done with that phase of my life.

19. What do you remember most about graduation?
I remember chit-chatting with my classmates about little things here and there. I remember being a little nervous when my homeroom got called to the front to get our fake rolls of paper. I remember being incredibly thankful that I was wearing pretty thong sandals and not heeled shoes as I walked down a flight of steps back to my seat.

20. Where did you go senior skip day?
I don't remember there being an official ditch day. I do remember taking my own liberties with that, though.

21. Favorite memory?
None in particular. Lots of time spent with Koinonia Club members. Many conversations with friends. stalking common crushes with the girls

22. Were you in any clubs?
Yes. Koinonia (the Christian club, which dissolved two years after I graduated and hopefully has become reborn by now), AP club (which basically stood for "we sell candy to pay for our college credit tests"), and Red Cross my senior year, because my English teacher was in charge.

23. Where did you go most often for lunch?
Cafe. We had "our" table.

24. Have you gained some weight since then?
Haha, no. I've actually lost a good deal of weight since my HS days. I lost my freshman 15.

25. Who was your Senior prom date?
What's-his-face. I mean, Austin. who appears to be crushing on my friend now

26. Are you planning on going to your 10-year reunion?
I would love to. That would be some good catching up for sure.

27. Who was your home room teacher?
Ms... Shirvani. Wow, I remembered her name. I also remember her being allergic to sunlight, and people spreading rumors about her because of her pasty white makeup and long hair that always covered her ears.

28. Who will repost this after you?
Bah.

29. Who was your high school sweetheart?
Nobody. I didn't get a really cute guy to crush on me until I met my husband.

30. Do you still talk to people from high school?
Sort of. Elaina ended up at Jessup, and I talked to Tiff in-person at my wedding. Besides that, I mostly am shooting out Facebook messages back and forth.

31. Did you win prom/homecoming queen or king?
No, but my friend Jimmy won for queen. The snooty-face "popular" girl who would otherwise have won looked satisfyingly dejected, and her prom King boyfriend gave back his crown symbolically.

32. Where did you work at in high school ?
I worked in my room. On my homework.

33. Did you go to College?
Indeed.

34. Do you work now?
If by that you mean "toil around my domicile," then yes.

35. Are you married?
Quite.

36. Do you have children?
Not yet.

37. Did you name a pet after an old boyfriend?
HAHA. Now why would I go and do that to the poor creature?

[hapa_angel]

So, Art and I went to our first minor league baseball game (today? yesterday?) um, earlier. *smile* Sac Rivercats vs. Fresno Grizzlies. Aka, minor league A's vs. minor league Giants. Well, sort of.

Originally Posted by Art

The game was fun. We got there late, in the third inning, then we had to walk all the way around around the stadium in each direction to get our food and back to our seats, etc. But it was a very good time. The Grizzlies won, including a beautiful home run, and two free (yet small) beers consumed by me, and a tipsy Rachel after just one hard lemonade.

In defense of my being tipsy, not only am I rather tiny in overall size, I'd had a lone piece of pizza an hour previous to the game, and nothing to eat all night or for the bulk of the day. I think I had all of a nuked cheesy croissant yesterday morning before crawling to bed.


Hmm, cheesy croissant sounds kinda good... *considers getting one*


Soyes. I have learned an important lesson. Rachel does not drink alky on an empty stomach. Any of it. Or she will be suffering the consequences into the next day. My poor abdomen doesn't like me much now. And boy, I do NOT like being tipsy. Blurred vision, labored functioning and feeling generally sick is not fun, kids. I'm not doing that again.

We had a good time. Then, we went to Denny's! It was delicious.

Well, Art's entrée was. *smile* I had fish and chips. The fish wasn't so great, and the chips were pretty plain french fries. I also got an extra side of rice pilaf instead of the coleslaw, and that pilaf was the best thing on my plate.

My drink was good, though. I think it was a Razzdango? Mango and raspberry. And Sprite. Yeah. They have a pretty good drink line.



So that was our day. And I am still up, and feeling rather crappy from that one *$%&^ Mike's. Sigh.

*goes to nuke a croissant*

[FTS]

That drink sounds AMAZING. I love mango flavoured drinks. I used to drink this drink called Mangor. Mango and orange. I think I was the only reason it stayed around for as long as it did, because I can't find a Mangor anywhere now.

I'm sorry you had bad fish and chips. We take fish and chips for granted down here.

[hapa_angel]

Originally Posted by Kepa

That drink sounds AMAZING. I love mango flavoured drinks. I used to drink this drink called Mangor. Mango and orange. I think I was the only reason it stayed around for as long as it did, because I can't find a Mangor anywhere now.

I'm sorry you had bad fish and chips. We take fish and chips for granted down here.

The drink was pretty good. Not the most mango-y, but not bad. Of course, Art and I have had a real mango not long ago, albeit an overripe, mushy one, but it still didn't taste anything like the mango syrup in my drink. In fact, the overripe mango was still quite delicious, despite being drippy and difficult to cut.

That drink reminds me of something I used to drink. I can't for the life of me remember the name of 'em, but I used to get these little juice boxes all the time when I was a kid. They had Chinese and English writing on 'em, came in a six-pack, and the boxes were different colors depending on the drink flavor. For mango, the box was more of an orange. For the chamomile tea, it was yellow. The soy milk one was white, and I don't remember what the brown one was. But they were insanely good. Fake tasting and everything, but boy did they taste good anyway. Man, now I want one. Urg.

I sort of know what you mean about fish and chips. I used to take fish and seafood for granted. Back in SF, I could go to one of the corner Asian markets and pick up a two-pack of sole fillets for something like $5. Up here, I haven't had fish in ages. I can't find anything fresh for a decent price, it seems. Which is weird, because my college would regularly serve tilapia, so I would think it must be farmed somewhere near here. I just don't know where to go around here to get good fish cheaply. And it sucks, because having a seafood craving is the pits.







Oh yes, another thing about our trek to Denny's. The one in Rocklin has one of those win-a-prize game machines, where you position the claw and have it dig out a stuffed animal for you. Well, Art played maybe twice for fun, and then we saw a certain particular stuffed animal make it nearly all the way to the door. Well, that drove Art crazy. $4.50 later, we have a new Melman. He's the giraffe from Madagascar. Which, if you're like Art and myself and have been following Taylor's blog, is pretty darned funny.

Even better? Melman has a badly leaning neck.