Sumer Is Icumen In, Part 3

Just a few days remain in the month, but denizens of the June Random Thread will be singing “Koko” to the bitter end. (To find out why, see parts One and Two.)

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153 Responses to Sumer Is Icumen In, Part 3

  1.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [8,337 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    How are you all doing?

    I’m doing well. I’m cleaning my room. *Choke cough sneeze* :D

    Lots of stuff. And dust.

    Red-tailed HAWK :D :D :D

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  2. The Guy Your Parents Warned You About (200 pie points, 14 wung points) says:

    1- Fine thank you! Except for cleaning my room… :D

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  3.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [8,337 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    2-Heehee! It’s nice to hear others are suffering similar room conditions. I’m hoping this time mine won’t automatically revert back to CHAOS as it usually does in a matter of days :D

    Oh, and I did notice the change here on the blog, GAPAs! Very…WAIT. It’s back to normal! :? Ah well. I don’t know what is going on :D

    Attention: I am still giving away piepoints. If you want some, please (Please! :D ) ask! :)

    I’m forgetting something I’m sure…

    Red-tailed HAWK :D :D :D

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  4. Alice says:

    Wait what happened to the nice orange-blue colors?

    So Eva and I were watching The Princess Bride on YouTube and we got as far as “Drop your sword” nearly at the very end and then we couldn’t find the rest. Argh.

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  5. Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman Grant O.-rndorff says:

    Hey hey! Thank you all for the input on fire, I finally settled on a torch. Flanking the shield with said torch and heart in it will be a wolf and a boar. Now I need to find out what my chosen motto is in Latin.

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  6. oxlin says:

    to repeat the previous thread’s question has anyone seen Firefly?

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  7. Kokonilly says:

    Weird! The color scheme is back to normal!

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  8. Alice says:

    5- Oh, good. I thought a torch sounded splendid.

    6- I’ve seen Serenity; gosh it was good. I watched it, like, twice.

    AS a hypothetical question, if one were to go about stowing away on a cruise ship, how would they do it?

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  9. Axa says:

    8) with the potatoes, preferably in the potato barrels.
    If someone gets that I might marry them.

    Disneyland was fun as always. I managed to spend only about four dollars…just bought some ice cream. Eating before is the way to go.

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  10. Axa says:

    above was in reference to 8, somehow turned into a smiley face +_+

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  11. (7) “Firefly” — yes, I have the DVDs. Great fun. I wasn’t crazy about “Serenity,” though.

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  12. Purple Panda says:

    Thanks for changing the colors back, GAPAs — I like it a lot better this way.

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  13. Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon says:

    8- as a cook. Or waitress.

    Last day of school tomorrow. I think that I\ll start crying.

    But then again, maybe I won’t.

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  14. KaiYves says:

    Back to the usual colors, I see. Oh, well, it was fun while it lasted.

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  15. Kokonilly says:

    This is really weird. I temporarily oriented the direction of my screen upside-down, so I have to read upside-down and, whenever I type, it types upside-down.

    Also, the mouse has to be upside down too. :roll: It;s tough.

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  16. (12, 14) We’ll alter the colors for special occasions, but most MBers seem to prefer the “classic” MuseBlog livery.

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  17. Kokonilly says:

    I fixed it! Yippee for normal rotation!

    I didn’t like the first set of colors, but the second set was decent. I prefer the original set the best, however.

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  18. MARFwarrior the nillybuckbuck says:

    i am new at this so i have no idea about the colors. the current ones seem fairly bland.
    \/\/\/0-<

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  19. Kokonilly says:

    The current ones are the normal ones. It’s my two favorite colors. (Actually, that’s probably why I like them. Because it’s here.)

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  20. The Bookworm & Lurline (10 piepoints and two B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points!) says:

    3-May I have some piepoints?

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  21. The Guy Your Parents Warned You About (200 piepoints, 14 wung points) says:

    Whoa, I didn’t even notice we had changed back! I guess I was so used to these colors that I forgot entirely about the change! Weird!

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  22.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [8,137 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    (From last thread…) Wow, MF! The bike sounds neat. Particularly because it’s old, and also because there are fun stories to go along with it! :D

    Speaking of bikes, since we were talking about them earlier, I decided to fix mine up. I cleaned it, put air in the tires, and brought it in for a safety check (they tried to sell me a new bike, saying mine is too small, but… I don’t know, for what I’m doing I think it’s fine…) Yay!

    20-Sure! I recall giving you 200 earlier, but I can’t find where. Thus, I won’t expect you to find where. So just take 400 (an extra 200 I’m adding now…) Enjoy! :D

    I like the normal Blog colors (as it is now.) It’s very calm and refreshing, and it makes reading the comments easier. Bright colors are distracting and can bother your eyes after a while. You have the perfect colors already, GAPAs, and I don’t see how you could improve on them! :D

    Red-tailed HAWK :D :D :D

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  23. The Bookworm & Lurline (410 piepoints and two B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points!) says:

    Thanks, RtH!

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  24. Kokonilly the sensible nillybuckbuck says:

    MARFwarrior and I are having a Kokon on Saturday! :D

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  25.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [8,137 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    23-You’re welcome!

    24-There will be two kokonventions going on the same day?! Wow! :D

    You know this person?

    Red-tailed HAWK :D :D :D

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  26. Kokonilly the sensible nillybuckbuck says:

    25 – Yeah. I’m going to her house Saturday and having a sleepover. It’s still a Kokon, though. Right?

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  27. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    26- Of course.

    If I made Eva post right now, then I’d be at a kokonvention! Funny thought, that…

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  28. Kokonilly, the sensible nillybuckbuck says:

    27 – Then hooray! My first Kokon! (MARFwarrior’s been reading Muse longer than I, but joined MB 2 days ago, so that didn’t count.)

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  29. speller73 says:

    Alice, you asked about my Science Bowl team somewhere on the last thread. Sadly, my team did not make it to nationals this year. We won the academic portion of the competition easily, but unfortunately, our fuel cell car didn’t move.

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  30. The Insane Blue Sage says:

    Hallo.

    This the Sage who is at her Aunt’s house in the middle of nowhere Vermont.

    It is pretty, but definetly rural, and I am definetly urban.

    We do not mix.

    *dies*

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  31. iŹ√Ҳ! (11 piepoints, 40 brain points) says:

    -3 please could I have some piepoints, RtH? :-D

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  32. Lisa O'Malley (Pierate Captain) says:

    400 (on last thread)- I live in a fabulouse and wondrouse place. I have not had school since monday of last week.

    I made a cake. and am slowly killing my back. Why must all my pastimes include hunching over? I want to eat the cake. mmmmm……………….

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  33.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [7,737 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    31-Sure! *Hands 400 piepoints*

    Anyone else?

    30-Hi!

    26-Sure!

    Did I not say this yet? *Gasp* My shirts came several days ago!!! :D :D :D Yay! They are awesome. PLEASE, EVERYBODY: Go to musery loves company and buy some stuff! Including kokopellihedron gear! You won’t be sorry :D

    Red-tailed HAWK :D :D :D

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  34.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [7,737 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    (Kagy’s post wasn’t there a minute ago)

    KAGY: Please go to the ships’ logs thread. We could really use your help! And you don’t have to bake a cake right now if your back hurts :D

    Red-tailed HAWK :D :D :D

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  35. Kokonilly, the sensible nillybuckbuck says:

    29 – Ooh. That must stink.

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  36. iŹ√Ҳ! (411 piepoints, 47 brain points) says:

    -33 thanks! :-D

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  37. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    I just can’t keep up with MuseBlog. My life is suddenly full, and even checking on my regular threads takes a long time if I’ve been gone for a day.

    speller- That sucks. But neither did we. You’ll be in high school next year, right? You should totally make it to Nationals. And so should I. And then we can kokonvene in Alaska.

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  38. speller73 says:

    37 – Yes, but I’m not sure if my high school does Science Bowl.

    I probably won’t be posting again until August. I’m going away to summer camp.

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  39. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    38- Bye! *waves*

    Opal’s birthday is coming up. Ugh. I should probably make her a present, but I don’t want to. In all honesty, birthdays don’t mean anything to me anymore. I’ll probably spend my 15th birthday recovering from a two-week-long camping/road trip. And by the time I reach my “sweet sixteen,” I won’t even care.

    My mom gave me my birthday present early again. :D She can’t ever actually wait until my birthday. But it was a very lovely shirt, so I can’t complain.

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  40. Jadestone says:

    So. I have decided that it is now necessary, not just an “I’d-like-to…”, that I build a ball pit for my house. Not sure where yet. Either the basement or my room, unless I can get an smallish plastic yard pool/cover and put it on my deck.

    Drawing out the various blueprints and making pro/con lists with the locations, will update the blog later.

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  41. Eccentric the Afterthought (+200 pie points) says:

    Replies to previous thread’s posts, since I’ve been gone for awhile…

    314 – Well, I guess if I’m considered old at gen. 4, then you probably are fairly old too.

    315 – Fun! I probably would have been too scared to explore, though – I tend to attract official-but-not-friendly types when I try to go urban exploring. But now I’m inspired to try again…on a day when it’s not so hot, that is!

    348 – The more I read about government corruption, the more I lean towards anarchy. I don’t think I’m really an anarchist, though – I’m probably just strongly libertarian at this point.

    352 – Sounds fun!

    364 – Me either…I had to get all of my wisdom teeth out over Thanksgiving break last year. It isn’t as bad as I thought, though; I don’t remember anything after the anesthetic kicked in and it was actually kind of fun to get to sleep through most of the following week.

    372 – I think that was posted before I was active on the blog again, so it makes no difference to me. :)

    3 – “Tidy house = dull people”….I found that on a magnet and adopted it as my excuse for letting my room go. ;)

    6 – I haven’t gotten around to it, but I’d like to when I have time.

    25 – Two? Wow, wish I could be there. :)

    My computer is in the kitchen and my kitchen has been invaded by wasps, so I won’t be online as much until we get rid of them. I know I shouldn’t be scared of them, especially since I’m not allergic to stings, but I still can’t stand them. Even without the wasps, though, I think I’m going to start checking the blog only once or twice a week because it is time-consuming and there are a lot of other things I want to do before my summer is over (only a month left as of July 1st- where did the time go?!).

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  42. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 100 PiePoints) says:

    5~ “Crusto Volanti Noli Obstare”? Or are you aiming for something a little more serious? ;) (by the way, you’ve changed your name again, what does the -rndorff mean?)

    I’ll check more posts later…….thank heavens the computer is working again and connecting despite the rain.

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  43. NerdAndProudOf It says:

    Wow. CTN has been here for quite a while now, and i just found out she has no idea what the random thread is. I said, meet me on the random thread, she’s like, “which random thread?” and technically this makes sense because nearly all threads on MB are random, but still…

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  44. Purple Panda says:

    Thanks for adding the new shirts to Musery! This probably isn’t the right place to ask this (though I don’t know any other), but can you make the “I Beg to Differ” and “Hare and Hedgepig” shirts with signatures?

    *excitement*

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  45. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 100 PiePoints) says:

    I’m wondering when the new signature shirts will come out, or if there’s going to be a new one anytime. GAPAs?

    A “Hare and Hedgepig” shirt would be neat too, with just the picture that appears on the top of the thread, and maybe the menu on the back, just like some real restaurants do….hmm, yes, that would be nice. Please, GAPAs???

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  46. (44, 45) Rebecca is working hard on all those projects. All we can say at this point is that they’ll happen when they happen, but things are happening.

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  47. Kokonilly, the sensible nillybuckbuck says:

    I got $50 dollars as an early birthday present, and I’m planning to buy an MA sweatshirt and an HPB baseball cap.

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  48. Purple Panda says:

    MF – The H&H shirt already exists — check the website! :D

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  49. Cat's Meow says:

    Hello all,

    Yay! I’m in Washington D.C. right now! Or somewhere nearby, at least: I’ve only been here for a little while, because I was staying at the hotel before that.

    I’m sure you’re all dying to know how I did in the eCyberMission competition. Or not, since I don’t actually remember saying the reason why I was coming to D.C. in the first place. Suffice to say, you’ll hear enough about it when I get back. Oh yes. You’ll hear lots about it.

    Oh, darn. The comments box shrinks on my uncle’s computer too.

    Anyways, there’s a Kokon happening tomorrow! Yay! My second Kokon!

    Okay, I really can’t thinkink of anything else to say. Besides, I have to go to dinner, and the comment box is gone. Again. Hooray?

    – Cat’s Meow :idea:

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  50. Kokonilly, the sensible nillybuckbuck says:

    Ooh! I LOVE the “I Beg To Differ” shirt!

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  51. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 100 PiePoints) says:

    48~ Aah, last time I didn’t see it. I might just have to persuade my parents that I need one of those desperately…..hmm, I think I still have a bit of money left over from buying the concertina, and I haven’t gotten my allowance in awhile…….

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  52. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 100 PiePoints) says:

    I’m looking on the Muse-ry site, what is the difference between the Hare and Hedgepig v1 and v2? does it say something different or what? I can’t see very well because the picture is too small.
    Also, I don’t understand the “I beg to differ” design, it’s cute, but what muserly significance does it have? I think I’m missing something…

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  53. (52) Just different colors, but I have to make some adjustments, so we haven’t officially announced their presence. “I beg to differ” came out of a discussion on the Complaints and Rants thread.

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  54. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    49- Hi! *waves* Have a nice time at the kokon!

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  55. Turquoise, with 8 KAG points says:

    Kokon….*cries* I wish I could go…..
    I’ve been whining about that too much.
    Changing subjects…
    Today was a very nothing sort of day. I sat outside and daydreamed for a very long time, because the weather seemed to call for it. It’s not too hot, and not very breezy, and very, very quiet.
    So that was my day, pretty much.

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  56. The Guy Your Parents Warned You About (200 piepoints, 14 wung points) says:

    *sigh* Kokon tomorrow for some lucky MBers, 11.5 hour soccer camp for me. *sigh again* Oh well, when life gives you lemons, ask for oranges! (Okay, that made no sense whatsoever…)

    55- My day was exactly like that. Except I was forced to sweat through hours of soccer drills. I would have loved to sit around and do nothing. *sigh once more*

    This is starting to depress me. The camp isn’t all that bad, really. But I’d better stop now before I turn into a Marvin. (From HG2G, if you need to know)

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  57. Misis Mumford says:

    KOKON TOMORROW.

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  58. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    Some unfortunate fly is being eaten or captured by a spider in some dark corner, and making an incessant high-pitched buzzing noise that threatens to drive me mad.

    I appear to have acquired a tendency to write long run-on sentences and a desire, although a primarily stifled one, to put colons and semicolons in where none should be. Bother it. Why it should happen now, I really can’t think, after all I have been reading Novik’s work for a considerably long time, and this is the first influence that has shown.

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  59. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 100 PiePoints) says:

    Kokon. tomorrow (later today, it’s after midnight here.), and I’m STILL awake…because we had to make a bouquet. And now I’m so tired that I’m sure this post isn’t making any sense at all.

    Was it last summer that I got on the blog at night all the time? I remember reading some of the posts I did the night before and seriously wondering whether I was actually awake at that point. And that was before I had spell check in this field…..wow.

    G’night all, I’ll see you tomorrow. (Probably)

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  60. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    *dieth* Wherefore must the mini-kokon be cancelèd?

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  61.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [7,737 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    RtH Hi! We are at a kokonvention! Yay! :D

    Midnight Fiddler Yes, it’s great fun! We just saw HAWK’s gardens, wow, are they beautiful!

    RtH Wish you were here! :D

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  62. (61) Hi, guys! Yes, RtH’s gardens looked great when I was there, they must be really going by now. Have fun today!

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  63.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [7,737 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    RtH Yay! Moderation! Who is moderating?

    Midnight Fiddler 60~ Canceled? we’re at one right now? Or did you mean a west Coast one?

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  64.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [7,737 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    RtH 62-Hi! The garden is doing very well. We will be eating a lot of things from it for dinner! :D I’m sure we will have fun, I’m sorry you won’t be with us!

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  65.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [7,737 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    RtH+ MF Bye for now, see you all later!

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  66. The Provisional Countess Hypatia (IWAS resident zoologist, I hope...) says:

    SEND PICTURES!

    A LOT OF PICTURES.

    END RANT.

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  67. Kokonilly, the sensible nillybuckbuck says:

    Pictures? Maybe. Possibly.

    KOKON STARTING NOON TODAY AND CARRYING ON UNTIL ABOUT TEN IN THE MORNING TOMORROW

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  68. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    63- I meant the West Coast one.

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  69. Jadestone says:

    58- Careful, you could be turning into me, with my love of the semicolon and run-ons. There is a reason I have to have the “mark all sentences over 60 words as a grammar mistake” option checked in word, I pity anyone who ends up reading my Nano…

    Why was there never a Chicago kokon, especially when we had like 5 people in the area?
    But about 3 of the people I remember being nearby don’t post anymore… there’s probably new musers, but I don’t really know them.
    Meh.

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  70. Greetings, everyone! Cat’s Meow, Midnight Fiddler, Red-tailed HAWK, three parents, and I are eating noodles in a VERY nicely air-conditioned restaurant in Chinatown.

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  71. Beatlesrockr(10piepoints)&Hiejayko and JOHN says:

    I love going to China town, in Chicago of course.
    69- There has been one before…

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  72. Greetings, Kokonveners! And “ni hao” for good measure (since you’re in Chinatown).

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  73. The Insane Blue Sage says:

    Meh. I’ve spent all day in the kitchen helping my Aunt with my cousin’s birthday party. If 5 have to chop another potato, I’ll scream…

    Kokon- *drools*

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  74. Í߀ƒ says:

    70- :(

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  75. Axa says:

    69) You can do that on word? oh I should probably set that too…ugh. I abuse all punctuation, it’s ridiculous.

    Hope everyone has fun at the Kokon!

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  76. The Bookworm & Lurline (410 piepoints and two B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points!) says:

    53-I’ll get one soon!
    70-Lucky! I want a Kokon! :(

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  77. Eccentric the Afterthought (+200 pie points) says:

    New shirts, yay! Before the signatures ones go on sale, could we have a list of the signatures received for it so far?

    59 – Same here; my sleep habits are all out of whack. I end up reading or MBing late into the night and then sleeping half the day.

    70 – *wishes to be there* Oh well, have fun! I’ve vowed to make it to at least one Kokon someday, so maybe next summer.

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  78. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    70- Ah, air-conditioning…
    *dies*

    I’ve stopped wishing I was on the east coast, being the feeble north-west-coaster I am, and miserably hot in 80-degree weather (granted, that’s in the shade).

    Have fun at the kokon! Wish I could be there, only inside, where it’s air-conditioned.

    Isn’t it unsettling when people you don’t know wave to you?

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  79. Jadestone says:

    72- *actually recognizes word she learned last year on vacation* :)

    75- Yep. Tools/spelling and grammar/options/settings and then there’s a whole list of things you can get it to look for.

    There’s a new signiture shirt? If so could you just use the one I sent you for the last one?Thankers.

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  80. (79, others) There isn’t a new signature design in the making just now. We have received a few signatures from time to time, and they’re in safekeeping for the next round.

    Frankly, right at the moment I’m too overloaded with those pesky off-blog responsibilities to gear up for another round just yet. But in a couple of weeks, I’ll be past the main crunch, then we’ll see about giving it a go. When the time comes, we’ll announce it with its own thread as usual.

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  81. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    *grumbles* I hate Windows…

    Whose stupid idea was it to invent linoleum that looks perpetually filthy, despite regular scrubbings?

    My sister broke the radio, and the online stream comes through Windows Media Player.
    I don’t want to download more software.
    I hate Windows.

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  82. Beatlesrockr(10piepoints)&Hiejayko and JOHN says:

    Oooh… I’ll send in my signature… lets see, what should I do?

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  83.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [7,737 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    RtH and MF Hi again everybody! We are back from the D. C. part of the Kokon, and are at HAWK’s house. We are going to have dinner soon, with many ingredients coming from the garden! :D

    THE KOKONVENTION:

    We all (RtH, MF, Meow, Robert…) met on the steps of the Natural History Museum. We talked for a while, and then headed to the Folklife Festival. After browsing through Bhutan (and having HAWK pooped on by a pigeon) we went to Chinatown for lunch at one of MF’s favorite noodle places where Robert posted the above comment. Then Robert had to run off to an interview (thankfully it was by phone, because he was bedecked in true Muser fashion and promoting Muse Academy). The rest of us returned to the Folklife Festival to explore NASA, where we took a few goofy pictures. We parted after riding on the carousel, roasting to death in the Washington DC heat, tired and pleased with our day.

    We then came back to RtH’s house, and ran to the blog. And here we are! :D

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  84. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    83- Hi! I must admit, I’m a bit jealous. But I hope you’re all having a great time! Take lots of pictures! Send them in! Come visit Oregon!

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  85. (83) Sounds like a great day was enjoyed by all! And between RtH’s garden produce and Mother HAWK’s cooking, you should be capping it off with a wonderful dinner. coughDid you say pictures?cough

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  86. Midnight Fiddler says:

    85~ Indeed. It was all quite wonderful, and I enjoyed every moment, even sweltering in the heat. :D
    I think the pictures may be coming from RtH, so be ready!!

    Thanks to the HAWKs for having me along and the delicious dinner, wow. It was amazing.

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  87. The Guy Your Parents Warned You About (200 piepoints, 14 wung points) says:

    80- I revised my signature, I’ve gotta send it in.

    82- HAWK got pooped on? :lol: Well, it sounds like you guys had an awesome time. I wish I could have been there. Can we get a Kokon a bit farther south?

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  88. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 100 PiePoints) says:

    87~ Yes, I heard a gasp and giggle and Meow and I turned around to see HAWK with a bit of bird, umm, droppings, on his arm….fortunately he’s a good sport, and we all laughed it off. Actually, he was the one that had me type it into the comment above. Well, we were both typing on the same keyboard and canceling each other out now and then which resulted in some strange sentences and spellings. :lol:

    Where in the South? I would probably be able to do something in VA.

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  89. Vendaval says:

    That sounds like tons of fun! How was Bhutan? It’s a country I’ve been interested in.

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  90. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 100 PiePoints) says:

    89~ I want to go there now, it was wonderful. All the people from there were very kind and happy to be there, and all the crafts were so beautiful, wow. On Thursday I tried on the traditional dress, and some of the dancers came by and commented hat it looked nice. I promptly became rather embarrassed, the one who spoke was quite lovely. My dad’s been teasing me about Bhutanese dancers since. :oops:

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  91. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 100 PiePoints) says:

    ‘Night all, see you later! Thanks for the Kokon, HAWKs, Robert, Meow and family!!

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  92.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [7,737 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    We have pictures! I will send them off…

    88-The funny part of it was, I was afraid it was something unpleasant caused by a person. I was relieved to find it was just a good ol’ bird dropping ;) Not that I would have asked for it, but it wasn’t the worst that could have happened 8O

    Hahah, that was funny :D

    Red-tailed HAWK :D :D :D

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  93.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [7,737 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    I sent the pictures… *Snickers* I think we sufficiently scared the general population by being generally naturally silly. In their minds anyway :D

    *Laughs*

    Red-tailed HAWK :D :D :D

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  94. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    93- That’s the sad thing. On our kokon, I don’t think we managed to scare anyone. :( Oh well, we’ll have to try again sometime.

    I am extremely jealous of you guys who have had so many kokons *coughHAWKcoughFiddlercough*, often with the beloved GAPAs. Not even my deep dread of intense East-coast heat can balance out my envy.

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  95. ʑyviva says:

    94- hey, the heat isn’t so drop dead. It’s not the tempature that kills you;p it’s the humidity.

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  96. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    95- Even worse.

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  97. The Bookworm & Lurline (410 piepoints and two B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points!) says:

    95-I hate Humidity!

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  98. ʑyviva says:

    97- No one really likes swimming through the air; some of us just don’t have many other options.

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  99. Raynpho told us that shortly after this photo was taken, the HPB is said to have remarked in an interview, “If one is going to take over the world, one might as well do it in style.”

    I won’t argue with that philosophy.

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  100. Í߀ƒ says:

    99- Ulp.

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  101. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    99- How dapper.

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  102. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 100 PiePoints) says:

    99~ the purple suit certainly sets off the radioactive hue of his fur, but the eyepiece really is the finishing touch.

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  103. Turquoise, with 8 KAG points, needs to start her summer English assignment says:

    99 – Is that William?

    I just got back from a sleepover. Never, ever, ever sleep outside in tents in someone’s backyard if their sprinklers are set to go on at dawn. Or anytime really. Enough said.
    And before that, we went to Waterworld in Concord! And it was fun and we went on the Tornado funnel-thing and it was awesome!

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  104. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 100 PiePoints) says:

    Could we have a new SSSS thread? I was thinking to write some new ones (it’s been since January, I think) and I found that the only thread we have was the SSSS RRR. Pweeze GAPAs? *puppy dog eyes*

    I’ll be back later perhaps, but for now I have to go….
    And think up some new SSSSs…hmm.

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  105. The Bookworm & Lurline (410 piepoints and two B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points!) says:

    99-Is that HPB from a Bronte Novel?!?!?

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  106. Í߀ƒ says:

    103- No. William is more muscular.

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  107. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    106- Later time period, I believe. Think a Dickens novel.

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  108. kiwimuncher (2 B-Day points) says:

    Yay! I am back from my vacation! :grin: How is everyone?

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  109.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [7,737 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    109-Great! How are you doing?

    Red-tailed HAWK :D :D :D

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  110. iŹ√Ҳ! (411 piepoints, 47 brain points) says:

    -103 William? no way! That might even constitute for a nicegoodus bunny. William is completely covered in black iron armor with two scimitars hanging over his back.

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  111. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 100 PiePoints) says:

    105~ Ah, thank you. Somehow that didn’t show up when I used a search….sorry to bother you. *turns off puppy dog eyes*

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  112.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [7,337 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    112-Hi MF! First, I’d like to give you 400 piepoints. *Gives*

    (Anyone else want some?)

    Also, here are links to Zemtee and the Seahawk:

    Zemtee

    The Seahawk

    If you meet me at those threads, I can explain what’s going on, and show you the open positions for if you decide you want to join.

    Red-tailed HAWK :D :D :D

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  113. MARFwarrior and Kokonilly says:

    Hi! We’re here!

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  114. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 500 PiePoints) says:

    113~ Thanks for the PiePoints. I just checked those threads and posted. I’ll check them later though, since now I need to get off the computer, I was only going to be on for a few minutes….a few minutes ago.
    I will check them though!

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  115. MARFwarrior and Kokonilly says:

    We’re getting off the computer now… but have fun! See you later!

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  116. Lisa O'Malley (Pierate Captain) says:

    99- gorgey. really quite dashing.

    AAAAAAAAH! I have a week of nothing ahead of me. all I will be doing is avoiding chores and the outdoors.

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  117. Toastfan902 says:

    Hey everyone! i am typing this on my psp! w00t!!!

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  118. Eccentric the Afterthought (+200 pie points) says:

    80 – Good luck with the off-blog stuff! *sends chocolate*

    83 – Sounds wonderful! Come visit Kentucky sometime…this state is seriously lacking in Muserness.

    84 – I’m not sure yet, but if I go on any college visit trips this summer, I might be passing through Oregon in the Portland area. Maybe we could kokonvene then. :)

    87 – Where south were you thinking?

    97 – Humidity = EVIL. If it weren’t for the humidity, the weather here would be nice.

    99 – Terrifying, but pleasingly so. ^.^

    113 – I don’t have time to check tonight, but I will when I can.

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  119. Turquoise, with 8 KAG points says:

    107 – Oh. Thanks.
    113 – Piepoints? Can I have some?
    VeggieTales silly songs are…..interesting.

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  120. The Bookworm & Lurline (410 piepoints and two B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points!) says:

    108-A Dickensian HPB? Interesting…

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  121. Kokonilly, the sensible nillybuckbuck says:

    99, which I just saw – Yikes.

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  122. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 500 PiePoints) says:

    I just ordered some Musery shirts….a Hare and Hedgepig and a Mostly Harmless one. *watches mailbox impatiently*

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  123. Í߀ƒ says:

    111- No, it’s pink armor. And he doesn’t always use scimitars, he uses a variety of weapons.

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  124. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 500 PiePoints) says:

    has anyone else googled “MuseBlog”? It comes up with quite a bit of…interesting material.

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  125. Kokonilly says:

    Eep, MF. You’re right.

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  126. The Bookworm & Lurline (410 piepoints and two B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points!) says:

    125-Yes, I would have to agree with you!

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  127. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    125- Yes, but I’ve never looked at the other hits.

    Ugh, I’m a mess. Last night I was attacked by children and forced to escape to Eva’s with a toothbrush, hairbrush, or pajamas.

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  128. NerdAndProudOf It says:

    pies are cool.

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  129. POSOC with 5 BP and 60 IWP says:

    I just reread some of my early posts. *covers face in embarrassment* [snip], I was such a [snip] n00b. With the zeros.

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  130. Kokonilly says:

    I just reread some of mine as well. :mrgreen: I was nine. Some may say (but I prefer to avoid clichés), “I was young and foolish”.

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  131. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    130- Really? You know that that justs provokes an overwhelming curiosity.

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  132. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    130- Oh. Well, at least you used capital letters. You were better than most “n00bs.”

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  133. (130) Well, to be fair to yourself, you were two years younger then. Some advance in maturity would be both expected and desirable. You wouldn’t want to be in the same place two years later, would you? Even at my age, I would hope to have learned a few things in that space of time.

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  134. POSOC with 5 BP and 60 IWP says:

    131- I was twelve, so I don’t even have that excuse.
    133- I used ALL capital letters. *shameshame*

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  135. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    135- I didn’t see that…

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  136. gimanator says:

    135-gee. I was a noob, but I wouldn’t feel like I needed to disgrace myself… I used no chatspeak, attempted capital letters… but the content was pathetic. Rainbow bunnies? Come on!

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  137. Axa says:

    First posts…oh I’d say that at least 2/3 of my MB career was just me rattling on to no one, but the first posts are especially painful. Even considering I was thirteen at the time, I was still v. obnoxious, though I’m sure we all feel that way and I never really noticed most of you being annoying to that level in your MB beginnings.

    Right now we’re going to go into LA to see a special screening of Lord of the Rings! I’m so excited adsjdkfh. It’s the Fellowship of the Ring if anyone is interested…oooh man I hate LA.

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  138. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    138- Yay, LOTR! I’ve only been in LA once, en route to Santa Barbara. It was noisy. And raining.

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  139. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    Ow. You know what doesn’t work? Retaliation. If, for example, a younger sibling is beating you up, it does not do to elbow en or pull ens hair in an attempt to make en leave you alone. En will only take encouragement from that, and, if you should somehow make en really angry, it is best to retreat to your bedroom and put something heavy against the door rather than try to fend off the attack.

    *rubs shoulder* Just a word of advice.

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  140. It’s sad but true: the people you grow up with become experts on your physical and psychological weaknesses. Lifelong experts, I might add.

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  141. Purple Panda says:

    POSOC — don’t worry, I shudder when I read my early posts. I was so annoying!

    141 (Robert): Very true.

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  142. Raynpho says:

    99- I didn’t realize that had been posted on this thread- I don’t check this one all regularly >.<

    102- That’s my favorite part, too.

    130- I don’t even know where to find my first posts. I think they’re all in the Neophytes thread (back then the Newbie thread), and all under strange and random names. I believe most of them are also posted about 6 months apart, until I stopped lurking, full blast, about a month ago :P

    141- My mother. And/or sister.

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  143. (141) On the other hand, many times they’re utterly clueless.

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  144. Clueless about the exact location of your pain threshold, perhaps, but adept at finding ways to exceed it. *remembers*

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  145. Eccentric the Afterthought (+200 pie points & 7 KAG points) says:

    130 – I’m afraid to look at my early posts. I was fifteen when I first looked at the blog, but I probably still posted a bunch of stupid stuff.

    138 – I’ve only been to the LA airport (“LAX”?). If the city is anything like its airport, I never want to go there. Is it really that bad, though? The “Weetzie Bat” books made LA sound magical.

    Does anybody else have a random new lengthwise scrollbar (I think that’s the term; correct me if I’m wrong) at the bottom of the comment box?

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  146. Alice, Secretary of the International Wung Appreciation Society says:

    145- In order to become more immune to that, I’ve attempted to continuously move that threshold so that stuff she used to use against me doesn’t work. When she starts randomly hammering he firsts into me, however, I find it best to curl up into a small ball so as to expose less of my body to the fists.

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  147. The Insane Blue Sage says:

    My first posts are equally annoying. (Excessive use of punctuation) *shudder* I guess I could say I was only eleven then, but I don’t like to assign myself an age. I makes me seem more mature than I actually am.

    *wanders off*

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  148. The Bookworm & Lurline (410 piepoints and two B-Day Points and 42 KAG Points!) says:

    140-I agree with you! L, who is my 10 year old brother, is very likely to fly off the handle and start scratching and biting! Running to one’s room and door blocking can be very helpful!

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  149. Turquoise, with 8 KAG points, needs to start her summer English assignment says:

    My first posts are very, very un-Muserly. I actually asked why newbies got pied, because I didn’t think it was very welcoming! Can you imagine!?!

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  150. Zinc the sorceress says:

    You are fast posting today, GAPAs! *applauds* I like making someone’s day a little more cheerful. :grin: To everyone else: seize the day, and strangle it!!

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  151. ʑyviva says:

    Siblings are a strange bunch. what i find, is that my relationship to them is the inverse of my relationship to my parents. there’s some great truth here, i’m sure of it.

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  152. Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 500 PiePoints) says:

    I’m an only child. I have a few “honorary” siblings though, which is funny.

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