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[evile]

 

Jun. 17, 2004

 

evile: Happy Thursday!
SkyeDS: :)
SkyeDS: meant to ask you yesterday, whyfor you moved to BD on Chaos.
SkyeDS: <was just thinking about moving back to Drandmir.
evile: Oh, I was trying to sign up as a 'maybe' for CRW and for some
reason it would not let me, kept telling me I had to be a member of a
group to use that feature. So I checked, and I WAS a member of
Drandmir, but the machine was not being helpful. So I switched to BD
and it 'took' my registration for CRW after that.
SkyeDS: cool
evile: It was just a bizarre little glitch, I guess. irritating.
SkyeDS: I'm not a conspiracy theorist but I doubt it is a glitch
SkyeDS: I don't t hink anything's a glitch where PtA and Drandmir are
concerned
evile: It could be that there's some thing somewhere that says "is E
a member of Drandmir?" and some Official Drandmir person clicked 'no'
and that's why it didn't work...
evile: I don't really care. If I go I won't stay overnight, most
likely, and I probably wont'do feast, so it's not like they need my
headcount in order to accomodate me.
SkyeDS: they'll charge you full price regardless
evile: which is why I rsvpd, so they could get a rough estimate of
income for the event.
SkyeDS: I've said many times I think salt lick would be a good place
to have feast (and court if they'd humor us)
evile: whine whine whine it's too expensive waah.
SkyeDS: well, I imagine if we took enough people there might be a
discount that could be negotiated.
evile: probably not...but no harm in asking. Personally, it would be
worth the cost to not have to shlep dishes/food around, if I were an
organizer/helper for CRW.
evile: Did you see the post in austin poly about the tubing trip on
the 27th? That sounds so awesome...I may have to go.
SkyeDS: have not been tubing in long time
SkyeDS: looking forward to some time in the water on the wknd of the
4th
SkyeDS: Rockdale's swimmin pool is not 6 miles from the house, and I
didn't go at all last summer, stupid
evile: Well, here you are, with a whole nother summer to play with. :)
evile: It's evil of me to think it, but I imagine Aunt L will bribe me
to take the kids to schlitterbahn sometime this summer.
SkyeDS: wonder how much it will be worth
evile: She didn't even blink when I told her season passes to
schlitterbahn were over $100. So...whatever it is, I'm sure it'll
turn out to be a win-win, she'll feel like it was worth it to get a
day of peace & quiet, the kids will have fun, and I probably will
too :P
SkyeDS: how many times you have to take them to need season passes...
evile: probably about 4.
SkyeDS: couldn't you just take them once as a gesture
evile: Im sure that's all she'll ask me to do.
SkyeDS: depending on when you go, I would like to go too?
evile: I will keep you posted. Will probably be sometime during the
work week--less traffic, crowds & lines.
SkyeDS: nods
evile: Fiesta TX has a growing water area, too. If the 'saddling of
the CF' had occurred earlier in the year, she could have gotten a
family four pack for like $50 or something..
evile: Of course, the 'bahn & Fiesta TX can only be reached by
putting squalling younguns in a car and driving for 1-2 hours,
so...neither one is really all that ideal.
SkyeDS: nods
evile: Elaine's neighborhood pool is free for residents & guests,
that's what the kids did yesterday.
SkyeDS: had a free pool when I was in the park
SkyeDS: since technically I've only subleased out suppose I still
have free use there
evile: teh one by my house is free, but it's in the ghetto and all...
SkyeDS: but it closes at 6
evile: bummer.
evile: Oh, THIS is lovely:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/06/17/downtown.drownings.ap/index
.html

I am sure the CF'ers will get a nice hearty grin out of that story...
SkyeDS: they talked about that on radio news for days
evile: good lord.
evile: And I love the rationale "kid sees a waterfall and of COURSE
they think its for them to play in"...um, try that logic on the
people in the lobby at the Hilton, fucko.
evile: Do they surgically remove the ability to say the word "NO"
when people become parents? What the hell...
SkyeDS: <no clue
evile: and it looks like the parents actually *intentionally* took
thier kids there to swim, hence the children dressed in swimsuits...
SkyeDS: and somebody's poor 11 yo died trying to help
evile: I know...that SUCKS.
SkyeDS: and the good reverend thinks the problem is, despite the no
swimming signs, that there is no fence and steps leading down to the
fountain
SkyeDS: jesus h christ
evile: fill it in with concrete, protect duh chyldrruuun!
SkyeDS: "the kids thought it was ok because there was no fence and
there were steps"
SkyeDS: ok so Dad can't read where it says no swimming?
SkyeDS: Dad should be prosecuted for criminal negligence
SkyeDS: he took them there on purpose in suits because the hotel pool
was closed.
evile: Oh, but "he's already suffered enough"
evile: what they always say when parents 'accidentally' kill their
kids.
SkyeDS: making copies, slow
evile: No biggie, I know you're at work. :) Krav Maga last night was
awesome, BTW.
SkyeDS: :)
evile: I was disappointed when I got home after 9 and realized I'd
missed a call from sineater :( But hopefully we'll catch up with each
other eventually...
SkyeDS: must have called before I got home last night (which was like
9)
evile: the machine said he called around 7.
SkyeDS: bout the time I left.
evile: Has he been able to touch base with Brother A at all? I have NO
idea what their hours are like....
SkyeDS: nope, phone tag
evile: figures.
SkyeDS: sineater's home all damn day and all damn night, just about,
during the week <shrug>
SkyeDS: I come home and crash immediately but he's usually up before
I am in the morning (Arthur) and up past me at night
evile: *nods*
evile: I am under the impression that Trey works late, while Brother A &
The Rubber Pig do not work at all and she's still fairly limited in mobility,
so I don't see how they can not be there when people call....but I
can see her not answering the phone if you're hurting & not in the
mood to talk. And Brother A not feeling like he should be distracted from
her when she's not doing well.
evile: My feeling/suspicion is that Brother A knows sineater is not one to be
tactful or tell someone what they want to hear, and he does not want
to hear what sineater has to say...
SkyeDS: sineater doesn't entirely believe she has had surgery at all
SkyeDS: I think you're exactly right
evile: I hadn't even considered THAT possibility. I can see someone
exaggerating the severity of the surgery risks and getting themselves
all worked up and scared, but to make it up COMPLETELY...wow.
evile: See...honest, sane people have no natural defenses against
these kinds of pathological lunatics....being honest & sane myself, I
don't think I could even conceive of putting my friends, family &
loved ones through that kind of worry for no reason besides Drama.
evile: sineater does better at that kind of Macchiavellian thinking,
because of his suspicious & paranoid Scorpio nature. I honestly NEVER
would have thought to question that there was SOME sort of surgery,
at least.
SkyeDS: <shrugs>
SkyeDS: I have no clue, I'm in no position to guess
SkyeDS: I could consult my cards but why bother
evile: well..and ultimately it's not Reality that counts, but what
The Rubber Pig and Brother A believe is real... :(
SkyeDS: I can't imagine K/Mom would be pleased to know that
she's "supposed" to help watch the kids for some portion of the
summer, when TX summer is so detrimental to her health
evile: Well, Aunt L's an adult & had the right to say 'no' to them, but
didn't, despite her own health issues. Mom also has that right,and is
apparently exercising it, whether they heard her or not.
evile: And I fully intend to be sure that Mom & Sister H crash at my
place, not Aunt L & Uncle B's, and that they get quality vacation time and
not just sprog-chasing for the 1 week they're planning on being here.
SkyeDS: they're coming after all then
SkyeDS: I hope he's working by then, but if not, I can bring him into
town with me and he can spend the day(s) with them.
evile: Mom &Sister H asked me to look for airfares for them to come
for 1 week in July. Then the kids got dumped on Aunt L and Mom said
something about coming for more of the summer to help Aunt L. then Mom
got some sense & we are now back to 1 week in July.
SkyeDS: my parents want to pay to get the black truck more fully
operational again, so that should improve situations too
SkyeDS: and the job he's interviewing for is 3 - 11 shift so there's
that too
evile: That would be good :)
SkyeDS: I am taking him and M to Kelly's tomorrow and leaving them
there with Arthur and Maria's stuff
SkyeDS: so that Maria can pay us, get her stuff back, and then at
8:30 we're going to leave to meet Bob at his hotel at 9 and do dinner
evile: *nods*
SkyeDS: told Bob I was driving horses on Saturday so he knows I don't
want to be up too late but I probably will be anyway <shrug>
evile: sounds like a good solution to the quandary of how to get time
with your friend and also get to your event.
SkyeDS: sineater, sonar0m adn Arthur always have a good time at Kelly's /w
the kids
evile: I bet :)
SkyeDS: prolly go swimmin <sigh> wish could go with
evile: yeah...workin sucks.
SkyeDS: I want to get here earlier and leave earlier
SkyeDS: maybe this weekend or next or soon I can get my patterns
adjusted enough to get off work in time to swim there before driving
home
evile: yeah..but that involves getting up earlier...which can be
tough. But summer's good for that, more daylight & stuff.
SkyeDS: my new morning routine is going to require me adjusting anyway
SkyeDS: I have to take a 20 min bath
evile: *nods*
SkyeDS: followed w 20 min of heating pad
SkyeDS: and because heating pad = electrical cord I can't combine the
two
SkyeDS: then I have to eat breakfast
SkyeDS: eat, not drink it.
SkyeDS: do exercises (I tend not to)
evile: yup.
evile: I made a breakfast casserole last night, that will be
breakfast for the next 4-5 days.
SkyeDS: I wonder if I could just make a big old mound of scrambled
eggs with stuff in to last that long
evile: basically, that's what I did: eggs, cheese, rotel tomatoes, a
few corn tortillas, stirred together, baked 30 min, and viola,
breakfast for a week.
SkyeDS: I'd be happy with just eggs, some sort of meat, cheese and
maybe a tiny bit of potato
evile: I don't see why that could'nt be made breakfast casserole
style...
SkyeDS: eggs, cheese, chorizo and a judiciously small amount of
potato is good together
evile: yup
SkyeDS: is = are
evile: I got it :)
evile: I guess it depends on your schedule, whether it's easier to
spend 5 minutes in the kitchen every a.m. making breakfast, or to
bake 1 thing for 30 minutes, in advance.
SkyeDS: would be cool if I could do it on Sunday and it be good for a
week
evile: I've had no problems with my breakfast casseroles. I tried
freezing scrambled eggs once, THAT was icky. But making a casserole
and keeping it refrigerated seems to be fine for 4-5 days.
SkyeDS: kinda stupid to say I'm too lazy to make an omelette every
morning :-/
evile: It's easy, but it does make dirty dishes to cook every
morning. kind of a hassle.
evile: And for me, I just really am not awake in the a.m...I have my
little routine timed almost to the minute, and that's it.
SkyeDS: nodnods
evile: I was getting kinda good about getting up to do my AM Yoga but
then the time change hit.
evile: Onyxlynxx is at the gym at 5:15 in the a.m....I admire her so much
for that.
SkyeDS: I saw her yesterday, said hi, she didn't have anything else
to say
evile: on line, or in RL?
SkyeDS: online
evile: aha. Well, she works in a call center, so I'm sure she goes
through spells of nothing and then 20 things happening at once.
evile: She hasn't added me back on ICQ, so I can't see whether she's
on or not.
SkyeDS: I saw her on mine, but hers says still waiting to authorize
so some weirdness is afoot
evile: Icq to go is the best thing I've found...it's not great, but
Yahoo messenger crashes everything. And I have never figured out if
AIM 'portable' is even working, nobody on my AIM list is ever showed
as being 'online'
SkyeDS: I got tired of all the different "to gos" and so I use
trillian
SkyeDS: which works fine if your machine isn't too old
evile: I can't download at work. And I have win 95 at home. No
trillian for me.
SkyeDS: nods
evile: Sweetie is making noises about upgrading my stuff at home,
but...eh. I'll believe it when I see it.
SkyeDS: I don't pay any attention to what sineater does to our stuff
until it stops working
evile: heh. same here.
evile: 1) I am still waiting for enoughmemory to download my MT photos
2) yahoo mail, since it's 'improvement' does not work from my home
computer/browser.
evile: sineater's online....that' s a rarity :)
SkyeDS: /me nods
evile: probably cheaper than a phone call :)
SkyeDS: we have metro one way to Austin
SkyeDS: think we should invest in unlimited LD soon, it's not much
more
evile: that's probably a very good thing. For whatever crazy reason,
it costs me more to call you, an hours drive away, than it does to
call J-Law in CA or Mom in IN.
SkyeDS: SBC does unlimited ld for $20
SkyeDS: metro (one way, not available two, or you could call me
local) is $15
evile: My current LD bill is usually about $6 a month.
evile: I hardly ever use the phone...I like the computer better.
SkyeDS: nods
SkyeDS: easier to transfer media, and edit myself
evile: yeah...I'm getting better about the brain-to-mouth connection,
but still not perfect. Otherwise I never would have said that
sarcastic thing to The Rubber Pig about not calling Brother A a shmuck in front of
me...I would have phrased it better.
evile: Well, I need to get paper shuffled & whatnot.
SkyeDS: nodnod, wind to your wings, bella :)
evile: *hugs* take care :)