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posted March 11, 2009 11:20 PM            

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There's no story. It's friends getting together and talking - about anything and everything. That's all there is to it.

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posted March 12, 2009 01:10 AM              

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PA

You forgot to tell them about the slappers.

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posted March 12, 2009 01:45 AM            

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FINALLY! I found an orchestra that I would be proud to have at my wedding Lol!

But seriously, the Eminence orchestra group is so amazing! And its founder is a 27 year old Cancer Lol! Pave the way for us Late 20ers Hiro!

You guys have to listen to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2VSfb-v-0k

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posted March 12, 2009 02:17 AM              

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Hey Xman

It may just not be my cup of tea lol. I thought it sounded like theme music from Final Fantasy, perhaps I'm just showing my age.

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posted March 12, 2009 02:22 AM            

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Lol! I won't hold it against you Spunki . Its not Final Fantasy but its close: Its from the Tsubasa chronicle. The title of the piece is "The Song of Storm and Fire" and I think it was so appropriate in descibing a Libra/Scorpio union Lol!

Here is the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OBEHUF2C_A

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posted March 12, 2009 03:11 AM              

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WOW nice to know I cam pick up on that...

Appropriate since I'm mostly Libra/Scorpio mix.

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posted March 12, 2009 04:35 AM            

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EDIT: Ah, it didn't work.

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posted March 12, 2009 04:58 AM              

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PA

Where are you? I need some Aries courage!

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posted March 12, 2009 05:07 AM            

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What's up spunkster?

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posted March 12, 2009 05:11 AM              

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Hello

Um.....I have decided that life in this house is most uncomfortable at present & I am going to speak with the roomie shortly & just thinking about has made feel quite sick to my stomach all of a sudden, which is weird.

I spoke to her earlier ( the usual pleasantries, how was your day etc ) & she is just forcing herself to be polite because I'm being nice.

So I need you to fire me up lol. I can't stand feeling this way.

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posted March 12, 2009 07:24 AM            

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The only time we care about confrontation like this is when we care about how the other person reacts or thinks - especially of us. It's natural to want to be liked. So that's what you have to remove from the equation. You have to release attachment to caring what she thinks of you. You have to risk being disliked. So, it's not just about her and the tension - it's a big thing for you - deeply personal.

I don't suggest getting fired up, as in aggressive for you. I really suggest centering yourself. Sit down with a piece of paper and draw a small circle in the middle - that's you. Then around that draw another circle and draw the person closest to you - which I imagine is your son. Then do another circle and put in there the person who matters most next. And you keep doing that - until you come to her name. If it's the fourth circle - so be it. If it's the 20th - same. But you'll see where she stands with you and how much this person matters to you. Come back after you've done that.

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posted March 12, 2009 08:07 AM              

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That is a great suggestion, PA.

Are several people allowed in one circle?

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posted March 12, 2009 09:31 AM              

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Hi DD

I can't believe it has happened again! Another school shooting in Germany. Are these places near you at all?

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posted March 12, 2009 10:39 AM              

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Neither can I believe this. It so horrible.
But no, they aren`t near to us.

However, as I said, we`ve had a "shooting-warning" last year, too.
Someone announced through ICQ that the chat-partner should stay at home the next day (a monday), cause there would be a shooting.
This boy was very alarmed and told his mother, who called my headmaster, who got the police involved, which was present at our school for some days.
In the end it turned out to have been just a "joke", but you never know this, as the last day definitely showed again.

In our case the worst thing was that the politicians ordered us to keep that pupil, who had done the threat, at our school and continue teaching him.
Well, his mother eventually decided to let him change schools, accusing us of being "not objective" and "against her son just becuase of a schoolboy`s joke", and that even his fellow pupils would keep away from him and make him an outsider, which she apparently found very surprising.

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posted March 12, 2009 10:58 AM            

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Oh my God, you guys HAVE to check out the "Find your celeb matches" thread in Astro 2.0- it's HILARIOUS!!!!

you b1tches!!!! MUAH****

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posted March 12, 2009 08:41 PM            

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I'm sitting in a forward-facing seat on the bus, and Indian gypsy woman from last week has plopped herself directly in front of me in the sideward-facing seat. From this vantage point I can easily see what her newspaper-covered book is about. Any guesses? Love Stories From The Raj heads the left pages. The Compassionate Judge heads the right.

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posted March 12, 2009 09:50 PM              

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I love that AG

Keep us posted on your bus trip adventure tours. I am so glad I'm not the only one who gets fascinated by strangers, lol.

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posted March 12, 2009 10:14 PM            

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I was tickled to be able to update about her in real time without her knowledge from a ridiculously close proximity. She was dressed very similarly to last time. The denim long skirt was replaced with a bright green long skirt. The purple scarf was replaced with a scarf that had pastel pink on one side, and pastel blue on the other side. Same black coat. I wished my phone's camera didn't have a shutter sound, so I could have illustrated my view.

I live to be fascinated by the little things.

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posted March 12, 2009 10:15 PM            

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Anyone know what happened to IQ's answers thread that aqua/scorp was trying to salvage? Her "OMG" thread disappeared?

wtf? !! lol

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posted March 12, 2009 10:26 PM            

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I saw a headline where someone claimed responsibility for messing it up. Otherwise, I don't have a clue.

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posted March 13, 2009 02:11 AM            

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Hi Aussies!

I'm sure you guys are about to be here since it's time for me to hit the sack. I just remembered about the lunch thing we were talking about.

Growing up in southern California, my schools didn't have an indoor cafeteria until High School. We ate outside at lunch tables primarily. I always brought lunch. Those that didn't bring lunch could purchase lunch at the school. It was prepared and served by paid staff, and the lunch for the day was the same for everyone. There was a calendar that showed what was being served, and that was it as far as I remember. There was no parent input. There may have been alternatives for children with food sensitivities, but I think that would be the only deviation from the production line lunch that most kids got. In High School there was an indoor cafeteria as well as a separate snack bar, which also served hot food. I still brought lunch.

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posted March 13, 2009 03:22 AM            

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I remember those lunches in school in S Cali too. Man, I hated our lunches. The worst pizza. A bunch of tomato pasted smooshed onto some microwaved bread, the cheese stuff glued to the paper plate.
Thank god for tater tots and peanut butter crackers

On another note, I am freakin' EXHAUSTED but I have too much crap to do. Not only do I have my job and my new website that I am trying to design, but now this writing workshop too - 4 students work a week to critique....that's 4 LONG CHAPTERS to read and thoroughly critique AND also write my own stuff to have critiqued. How is this even possible? What the hell, the last time I took this workshop it was half the amount of students. Now it's double
Are they crazy? How the hell is anyone supposed to get any work done?! And they won't even give me a refund!

Sorry....rant over

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posted March 13, 2009 03:58 AM            

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AG - My partner loves to read and came home with a booked loaned to her from a workmate.

Guess what?????

The cover was wrapped in plain paper!!!!! Her workmate was too embarrassed to hand the book over as is....

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posted March 13, 2009 04:02 AM              

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MVM

I'm sorry you feel so overwhelmed & under pressure.

Sweetheart you know you have overloaded yourself & are heading for a burn out right? Might I suggest taking some time out just for you to meditate or take a walk if that is what you prefer but let it be something that refreshes your mind because your adrenals are running to hot I'd say.

Take care of yourself

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posted March 13, 2009 04:02 AM              

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Koi,

so much for our "open" and "tolerant" society.

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