Just cut and sawed down about 5 meters length of hedge to a height of about 20-30 cm and boy are my arms tired.

Now we'll just need to get rid of it, but at least it's been chopped before the growth stops.

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Originally posted by editengine:
FP, I am going to send you a Tshirt like this (NSFW) but substitute 'Denmark' for 'Florida'...

Will you send me a pink T-shirt with the caption, "I may be broke, but I'm not flat busted" as well? :P

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Originally posted by yer.andreas:
Just got a call from an uncle of mine to go work at her sister's (my aunt's) tourist office in Sifnos.

Oooh!
Looks like a good deal

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Originally posted by Fashionpolice:

But I seriously never lend out anything that I'd be sad about if it wasn't returned.

Reminds me that I finally got around to watching Secretary - we'll have to hook up for lunch one day so that I can return it ...

I had completely forgotten about that. :-)

How did you like it?

Lunch some day would be good.

I have just eaten CAMEL. The restaurant apparently recruits staff from the Romulan federation, but this did not manage to distract me from the fact that it was pretty horrible. I tried to tell myself it was just like lamb. But it REALLY wasn't.

Oh my god we got a hell of a laugh here in FL over that one....

And we eat pretty much anything that has legs here.

Seriously, read that shit out loud and it makes it even funnier.

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Originally posted by Fashionpolice:

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Originally posted by GreenRobot:

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Originally posted by Splitcoil:
I'ma need back those books you borrowed

oh Split, Split...
you never get back the books you loan out.

As a librarian, I'ma gonna have to disagree with that. :P

But I seriously never lend out anything that I'd be sad about if it wasn't returned.

i learned this the hard way - i will never see my hard-cover copy of "Tapping the Dream Tree" (de Lint) again

Sentinal - you rock. and i'm sorry you had to eat camel. i can't imagine.

Thank you GR, but it's my own fault. It was a pretty unappealing prospect but I didn't want to be a baby - I thought that I should get out of my comfort zone and try new things. And I didn't want to disappoint my host who assured me it was delicious and he'd eaten it many times.

It was HUGE CHUNKS too. So even after I'd shared some of it out (pretending to be generously concerned with everyone getting a taste, but really just trying to lessen the amount on my plate) there was still lots of it. It had a greasy, thick quality that did not go down too easily. And it didn't smell great either. Oh well, I have added to my store of life experiences, right? And now I have added the feeling that I am incubating an alien chest burster.

I guess you'll survive then... do we get to see pics?

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Originally posted by Sentinel400:
I have just eaten CAMEL. The restaurant apparently recruits staff from the Romulan federation, but this did not manage to distract me from the fact that it was pretty horrible. I tried to tell myself it was just like lamb. But it REALLY wasn't.

At least you can cross it off the list.

Did you apply Mr Bean´s technique for dealing with steak tartare, Woodrow?

Mrs Gromit and I had a most pleasant brunch with Colin.



And a short while ago we returned to our hotel room after watching the Chinese New Year parade. I have seen enough dragons, lions and tigers (oh my!) to last a lifetime. I had no idea just how big a parade could be.

got woken up by TM's mom who called to tell us to call my mom and tell her we were fine.
spent the morning reassuring friends and family around the world that we were safe and far away from any potential danger. despite what TM's little sister was broadcasting via all-caps Facebook wall posts.

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COME OVER OUR HOUSE !

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YAHHH you should comeee over just in case! since we live a little bit higher in the jungle! mom and aunty just went to gett some supppplies

and when i said that TM was talking about going to watch the waves?

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NONONONO!
DONT GO TO DIAMOND HEAD
AND DON'T GO TO TANTULUS ITS SUPPPER CROWDED
with no bathrooms or anything! k!?
STAY HOME!

well.
we very quickly got bored sitting around home. and we watched some of the news and came to the conclusion that there really wasn't much danger. if any.
so, we went out and drove around for a bit listening to the radio, then decided to see for ourselves the Tsunami-FAIL. watched the waves (which were oddly timed and strange to see but not big) for a while, then the boats started coming back in so we were pretty sure any danger was over.
listened to the radio for confirmation, got that, then drove through the ghost town of Waikiki. dark stores, empty streets, but the sidewalks were starting to look normal again (aka, full of people...)
ended up going to a bookstore for the rest of the day - 3 and 1/2 hours of reading and relaxation drove home through normal Honolulu traffic.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

That's cute!

I dunno... Colin looks slightly bemused but still suspicious. Did he share his kids? There's the test.

[Rant]
Also, I shot an email Sat. morning to my brother, who is supposed to cover mom after me, around 3:30 AM after emptying my bladder re: why I had not received any email from him about when he will come down to L.A. and help mom.

I was due to leave Sat., we'd talked earlier in the week about schedules and he said he'd get back to me. I get up in the AM, piss, and check my email. Nothing. NO arrival date so I can alert mom's neighbors how long they might bring up her mail [which has been stolen before] and her paper. [She's too wobbley on an incline and too distracted at her mailbox on the street.]

I got an insulting, insinuation of my supposed drunken condition since I'd sent the email after pissing at that hour in the night. [I woke up fretting about what to tell the neighbors and thought I might like an email in the morning.]

The bro dragged it out until late Sat. Could not say he didn't know, could not say when his mechanic could give him info about his car, just ramped up his theoretical insults and evaded answering a clear answer for fucking hours. Dragged my sister into sending the most exasperated email from her I have ever read, describing the emails as 'cryptic' in his lack of answer, and her utter frustration with our lack of communication.

NO SHIT. ME TOO.

Every insult, I'd ignore but I'd include, so..., when are you coming so I can tell the neighbors something.

My freaking mother had to call to see if he needed money for his repairs [I am no longer willing to talk with him at this point] and he said no, he'd be down on Tues. THIS TOOK FUCKIN' ALL DAY TO GET OUT OF HIM.

I am still so pissed and I know I must be delusional but is this some guy evasion/ego thing? WTF??! [Rant]

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Originally posted by yer.andreas:
Just got a call from an uncle of mine to go work at her sister's (my aunt's) tourist office in Sifnos.

you lucky bastard!
do we get a discount if we come visit?

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Originally posted by Anabel:


I dunno... Colin looks slightly bemused but still suspicious. Did he share his kids? There's the test.

Eureka! I know who that Look reminds me of: the hitman Limulus -- uh-oh

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Originally posted by Aisha:

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Originally posted by Anabel:


I dunno... Colin looks slightly bemused but still suspicious. Did he share his kids? There's the test.

Eureka! I know who that Look reminds me of: the hitman Limulus -- uh-oh

Indeed, we have the start of our own WGB spy film.