Aug-xhaustion, Part 3

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Unintended Pun says:

August 20, 2007 at 10:40 pm

First post! I got qulified for instructor (in taekwondo) on saturday! I got to teach today! I used to help with classes, but now I’m actually allowed to teach. It’s much more fun!

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Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

August 20, 2007 at 10:43 pm

Congratulations! Just watch out for unintended punches.

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kiwimuncher says:

August 21, 2007 at 5:46 am

Yay! Third post! I like the new pic for this thread!

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Sweet Melpomene says:

August 21, 2007 at 5:59 am

Hello, my name is SM, and I am an internet addict. Allow me to tell you the sad tale of how My Day Off Yesterday was Completely Ruined. Yeah, I know I need to get a grip, just bear with me, okay? It’s six twenty-two AM when I’m typing this.

So I did the usual yesterday morning: loitered and went online for a bit. It’s not something constant. Go on the computer for ten minutes, eat for ten minutes, meander aimlessly for ten minutes, repeat.

Then my father gets home, and starts talking at me. I don’t hear him until halfway through whatever I was saying, because the way my hair is, combined with the position of the computer and things around it, and the fact that I had music on, with headphones make it hard to hear and see people unless they get my attention. It’s not my fault they’re too thick to notice that such a thing is a regular occurrence.

He starts going on about how I’ve apparently “been online all day” and “need to discipline” myself. I attempt to explain that I’ve only been on for a total estimated three hours since I woke up [he gets home at about five PM] and then politely ask him what he means by the “discipline” of myself thing. He re-states that I spend too much time online. I repeat myself calmly and ask why being online is a bad thing. He re-states that I spend too much time online and need to discipline myself. Realizing that he’s going to continue this [it’s his idea of a discussion] I sigh and try to ask one more time. He repeats it all yet again and then accuses me of trying to start an argument. I assure him that I’m not, and that I’m calmly trying to clarify things. He repeats everything he’s said. I try to say something, but he continues to repeat and starts yelling. At which point I start crying from frustration [I never cry when I’m sad, just when I’m really pissed and frustrated; I hope you can see why] and give up entirely, as it’s impossible to discuss anything calmly with someone who is looking for an argument because it makes him feel powerful. So he just babbles more and then shuts off my internets.

I decide to appeal later, and go watch V for Vendetta with my sister.

Enter mother. She gets home, and does whatever until about seven thirty, at which point she decides we need to discuss this and “compromise” on it. Note that her idea of compromising is figuring out “her way,” discussing it a bit, and then arriving at her conclusion anyway, usually through her self-appointed authority. But that’s a topic for later in this rant, as I should spit out all the events first. Anyway, she decides the internets should be off from 12pm-2pm, and from 5pm-6pm, and then from 10pm-6pm. I tell her I’m fine with the last one there. Whatever, I can deal with that. I ask about the five-to-six bit, as our dinner isn’t always at that time. To make a long story short, we decide to have dinner regularly at that time. Going well? Think again. I say that I don’t like the 12-2 bit, mostly because it’s the only time I have before work on most days, but could deal with it if it were 11-1 instead. Reasonable and logical? You’d think so; I certainly did. Apparently not. Mind you, the entire time I’m trying to discuss this, my father is shouting about how I’m “not old enough to organize this for myself. I thought you were but, nooo, you can’t handle it, can you?” etc, etc. I’m amazed at how calm I remained, considering I normally hit [hard] people who say stuff like that to me.

So by this time, I’m quite frustrated. Yeah. I leave the room in an attempt to calm myself down, and then return. In a last ditch effort, I make some bull about how maybe I could try to “discipline myself” more for a day and see how it goes, although I’m not sure as to what exactly I’m supposed to be doing. For the most part, my internet usage, though admittedly more heavy than the average person, is relaxed and by no means excessive. Seriously, I’m a geek; is that a problem? So I ask him this [not the geek-problem bit, don’t worry], and he responds that I’m, once again, apparently “not old enough to understand what I mean, so why should I let you? We’ve passed this.”

HELLO?!? I’m trying to do what you originally suggested to keep the peace, even though I think it’s rather ridiculous! At this point I tell him to get a grip, learn the definition of the word “discussion,” and flat-out grow up. He gets all bent out of shape because I insulted him [oh, boo-hoo, you’ve been doing the same to me through the entire debacle, and can’t take it. Honestly…] and tells me I’ll have no internets for the rest of the week.

I decide to put this off until tomorrow or something, and go in the kitchen to get food, because I was hungry. Okay, actually, I was debating slitting something open with a steak knife, but they turned out not to be very sharp [I tested them, to no avail]. I hear him start to argue with my mother in the room. She at least tries to stick up for me, but is a coward, and sleeps on the couch almost every night. Meh. Then I hear him get loud, and start going on about how…”But she insulted me.” I tell him that he’s a pansy and needs to grow a bloody backbone if it bothered him that much.

Then I leave for a walk. I get to the field and realize it’s raining. At which point I walk to the dugout at the nearby baseball field, because it’s dry at least. Interestingly, the payphone there kept ringing, but I didn’t answer as I doubted it would transport me out of the Matrix. Anyway, I get home, wet, at around nine or nine-thirty, at which point, I can only guess at what happened in the interim.

My mother took my sister to a friend’s house [this I know to be true], and then probably cried and whined at my father until he tells me this when I got home: “you can have the computer tomorrow, but the internet will only work at the original schedule we discussed.” As if he’s being nice or compromising. They’re both so bloody fake. I nod and walk away.

One more year until I move out and never talk to them again. I’m not sure if I’d be able to become emancipated at the moment. Le sigh. Grief like this occurs weekly at my house, if not more. Hmph, I refuse to be treated as a second-class person or property, because I’m still a minor and because of society’s stupid rules about family functioning. Society is so messed up, and the family unit is, the basic unit of society. Do the math. Louder sigh.

A person I know once described my mother as having “one of those sickening charisma scores where you either love her or hate her.” He hates her, by the way. I think he was right on target there. Everyone thinks my father’s creepy. Hmm, go figure. Meh. It’s now six fifty-eight AM.

What do I do? Seriously, I have an entire year left of this stuff, and I obviously won’t stand for it. That’s why I get grounded so often. Meh.

Meh. Meh. Meh.

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Sweet Melpomene says:

August 21, 2007 at 6:08 am

Your thoughts please, and am I overreacting? It’s not the actual situation that bothers me, just the principle of the matter, and the fact that this more major stuff takes place almost monthly.

It’s the fact that compromise, in the actual definition of the word, can never be achieved. It’s the fact that I hate being virtually powerless and forced into submission. I just feel rather helpless and completely repressed. Gosh, if you know me, you know I’m not too fond of the latter.

Aargh.

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purplefinch says:

August 21, 2007 at 6:57 am

2-Ha. Ha. Ha… Funny, funny!

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kiwimuncher says:

August 21, 2007 at 9:48 am

4) I feel bad for you that you can’t get on the internet as much now, but you also shouldn’t be mean to your parents. That’s not right. I don’t care if you do think that your parents are jerks. No ofense, but it sounds like you’re being a jerk right back.

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rachael says:

August 21, 2007 at 9:49 am

4- if you’re going to be moving out in a year to go to college, then I think you’re old enough to understand them. If you were, like, nine then maybe you’d be too young. I think you’re being perfectly reasonable and it’s quite obvious your parents were never on the debate team in high school.

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Jadestone says:

August 21, 2007 at 10:27 am

4- God, I hate those “discussions.” And I don’t think you’re overreacting, it sounds to me as if you were the only mature person durring that discussion and they should be the ones growing up.
I know what you mean about feeling repressed, I hate that. Weither I obey them or not is my choice, they cannot force me to do anything, but I normally hold back because they would take away computer or somthing else I would rather have then the pleasure of thwarting them. But someday, I’m just going to snap.

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Glassboro says:

August 21, 2007 at 10:44 am

4- Gah. You predicted correctly, didn’t you? At least you’re willing to stand up for yourself, I guess. More than I’d do…Good luck with your parents, though. You really don’t want to end up hating them, or with them hating you. That would be baad.

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widdershins (e~a) says:

August 21, 2007 at 11:19 am

4- I don’t think you’re overreacting. In fact, the whole deal seems somewhat familiar to me. It’s funny because most days I get bored of being online and go and do something else. Now, wouldn’t that be defined as “regulating my time”? And plus, I don’t spend my entire life online playing WoW or something like that. I write, I read, I’m in the IB program, I act for school, I run cross country, I participate in GSA and NHS. I *do* things with my life. You probably do too. I know you do. And if your parents would actually listen to what you are saying, they might too.
It bothers me that they have the supreme authority in the household. Yes, occasionally they are right and do know better, but the kids are right sometimes too. Why discount our opinions just because of our age?
Hang in there! *hugs*

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Arianhrod of Orkney (circa A.D. 900) says:

August 21, 2007 at 11:34 am

2,4 — I thought *my* parents repress me, but . . . geez.
I have restrictions on my Internet too (I’m only supposed to be on an hour a day) but usually I just ignore them
I totally agree with widdershins on the whole supreme-authority thing. I hate how my parents can say things to me that I would be SO grounded if I ever said to them, and they can get away with it.

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Margaret says:

August 21, 2007 at 11:48 am

4 ~ I agree that you’re not overreacting for the most part, although I doubt it’s grounds for emancipation…it’s a bit of a mess, but you’ve only got one more year, and I’m sure you can make it. I think you’re plenty strong enough, much as the whole situation sucks.

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Vendaval says:

August 21, 2007 at 12:33 pm

4~ I think that while you aren’t overreacting, it might be in your best interest to “compromise” until the year is over and you can leave the whole situation. I don’t think that there’s anything you can do about feeling repressed, it’s normal, but the conflict at your house is a problem.
Three hours.
Is that three hours of escape your life, or three hours of do something fun ?

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::DandelionsAreWildflowers:: says:

August 21, 2007 at 1:56 pm

4- you’re not overreacting. You are reacting as anyone would in that sort of situation, either in their heads or through physical actions. The thing is that you are able to keep a cool head in these situations. Also that’s really what you need to do for this next year before you move out.

I’m not trying to be a Doc or any thing this is just what I think GL though…

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Axa says:

August 21, 2007 at 2:56 pm

4- lolfest. my dad is the same way. I get the same sort of thing, really, and it always involves how I don’t do something or other. Oh I’m getting angry thinking about it.

I don’t have any advice though. Just, I know what you mean.

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Unintended Pun says:

August 21, 2007 at 3:12 pm

2-That’s so funny!

4-You’re not overreacting at all. That’s how most arguements with adults go anyway. They think that just because they’re older “because I said so” is a valid arguement. I hate it when I have good reasons for my side of the story and all the adult has is “you’re too young” and “because I said so”. Middle school principals are especially good at this. I tried arguing about the way the dress code assembly was delivered last year. They said that we weren’t allowed to wear chains because it represents “cult membership”. I don’t mind them not letting us wear them, since they fall under the category of distracting things, but I’m sensitive to people accusing other people of things based on looks. I said that all the teachers and everyone were trying to stop us from stereotyping each other, and they shouldn’t be promoting stereotypes like that. The principal asked if I was in a cult. I told him no, and that his question was beside the point. He said that if I’m not in a cult that shouldn’t bother me. I stuttered a bit and decided to stop before I punched somebody. (most likely the principal) I hate it when people try to put a religion to someone because of how they dress. Unless it’s something obvious, like the Pope’s hat thing (dunno what it’s called, sorry!) there’s no reason to assume that anyone is of any particular religion or group.

(/end rant)

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Dancergirl13 says:

August 21, 2007 at 3:15 pm

Today was my first day of school. It was only half day so we only met one teacher, but he was really cool. He wanted to get to know us, and we had an assembly, but alot of my friends are in my science class. So now all I have to do is be nervous about tomorrow when it is a regular school day.

4, I agree with 15. Good Luck!!!!

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Dracasting says:

August 21, 2007 at 4:09 pm

um gapas you guys made a mistake. asdfghjkl is my little brother not me ok?

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Myona, Keeper of the Gates of Dawn says:

August 21, 2007 at 4:14 pm

2-Oh, golly, you’re hilarious. Anyway, I was going to ask you, “Are you moderating from that nifty little piece of technology we saw at the Kokonvention?”, just out of curiosity.

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Myona, Keeper of the Gates of Dawn says:

August 21, 2007 at 4:18 pm

Whoopsie! Just gave away a hint as to my secret identity (or my true identity, depending on who’s saying it). Yes, I was at the Koknvention.

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Vendaval says:

August 21, 2007 at 4:48 pm

17- I would’ve flipped out.
*note to gapas- I’m not on the who’s here page next to cHill*

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Fefnir Red Lord and Commander of the Jin'en Army says:

August 21, 2007 at 5:22 pm

warnig: in need of new complaints page

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Axa says:

August 21, 2007 at 5:32 pm

18) Yay, that’s good to hear! ^^ Good luck with tomorrow~

23) Yeah especially with school starting up for some of us…only two more weeks >_>

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Shadowkat says:

August 21, 2007 at 5:32 pm

Uh-oh.
I have no life.
Okay, I have a life, but it’s not exactly a great one, in that my parents would be sooooo mad at me if they knew I were on here right now.
I’m supposed to be writing a paper for my dad, and, instead I’m on here. If the paper’s not done (or at least almost done) by tomorrow, I can’t go to my friend’s surprise birthday party. And, still, I’m on here. Sad in its way, isn’t it?

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curious and questioning says:

August 21, 2007 at 5:40 pm

4- That sucks. I don’t know what you can do. You weren’t overreacting, you acted better than I would have. Your mom seemed at least somewhat reasonable; maybe approach her (when your dad isn’t there) after a few days of being good and ask then, politely, to discuss a change in the hours you’re allowed on. A change, not a reduction. Try not to get angry then, or you’ll likely have even less time. If not, maybe go to the library? They have computers with free internet access there, and your parents won’t be able to regulate it as long as they aren’t at the library too.

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Ebeth The Titleless says:

August 21, 2007 at 6:40 pm

4,5-good for you! that happens to me occasionally (on a less serious scale…my parents are usually willing to listen and compromise, and if not they usually forget about it in a couple days anyway) and i get how frustrating it is when people don’t understand the importance of the internet. (*coughcoughmymother*). but honestly, i think it’s like not reading for fun…if you don’t do it, you don’t understand what’s so great about it. or so important about it, or how much more useful it is than say, for example, studying. (or studying what they give you in school, anyway). so huzzah for you! and i’m sorry you have to put up with that. and i don’t think you’re overreacting either. good luck

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Alice of the Blackberries says:

August 21, 2007 at 7:12 pm

1- Congrats!

4- You are not the MBer whom I would define as addicted to the internet. I am, which is why I didn’t come on all yesterday (there’s another reason (or two or three) for not coming on most of today). That being said, it sounds less like an internet problem than a family problem, and that is where I bow out. But it sounds like it annoyed everyone there, and honestly . . . you shouldn’t talk back to your parents. That’s like The First Rule.

I am very lucky to get a lot of free reign. I keep a fairly low profile, don’t talk back to my parents, and do my chores and I can do pretty much everything I want, maintain a peaceful relationship with my parents, and avoid drama all at the same time.

On another note, I keep wanting to get emancipated too. My sister bugs me to breaking point. Right now, she’s listening to REALLY irritating music.

I stayed off the computer yesterday and today I had absolutely no desire to come on, not even -gasp- for MuseBlog. (Of course, the fact that I was receiving slightly disturbing emails and having my birthday outing sort of contributed to that.) Weird, huh? And now I’m writing a very long post. Sweet. / /

I went to a Tea Shop for my birthday! Yippeeee! It was sooooooo yummy. I order the Royal High Tea and there were all sorts of teensy tiny tarts, scones, sandwiches, sherbet, and simply heavenly tea. (Earl Grey Cream.)
Knowing what High Tea really is made that a somewhat strange experience, as did my mother trying to talk about the colonists (my opinion is almost as biased as hers, but I’m not going to let it mar my enjoyment of the tea), and I learned that it really hurts to laugh while eating, but it was a thoroughly pleasant outing.

My birthday is nice, it makes me feel all pampered and catered-to, because I don’t *have* to do anything, although I do anyway.

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The Wilting Writer (false identity) says:

August 21, 2007 at 7:45 pm

4-parents exerting authority. It sounds like my house on a daily basis, but I ignore them anyway.

You just have to face that they are not going to change and deal with it in a combination of ingnorance and obedience. Sorry.

You’re not overreacting.

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The Insane Blue Sage says:

August 21, 2007 at 7:56 pm

Bleh. Skool started today.

My english teacher looks and sounds like professor Umbrige.
Threw my knee out walking home.It hurts.

More classes tomorrow.

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The Wilting Writer (false identity) says:

August 21, 2007 at 7:58 pm

from 29- I meant Ingnoring them not ingorance Whoops.

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Unintended Pun says:

August 21, 2007 at 10:31 pm

22-I almost completely flipped out. I was saying all that stuff in front of the entire 8th grade and the principal, and considering how quiet I normally am, that’s totally flipping out for me. I was so mad and I was scared I’d get suspended or something. When I raised my hand I was like “crap what am I doing! I never talk back!”.

I start school the 5th and I can’t wait because I’m going to have Latin!!!!!

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purplefinch says:

August 22, 2007 at 7:11 am

4-I totally sympathize with you. A couple months ago, I used to argue with my parents a lot (Wait–I still do… But a bit less, after being away for a month.), and I’ve been totally denied computer privileges for a month at least once. I did manage to sneak on, once, to post my “I’m banned from the computer” message on MB, but then (Even after I deleted the browsing history, thanks to my little sister) my mother found out, and well, it wasn’t fun.

I’ve kind of been toying with the idea of leaving for college a year early (because I’m taking advanced math and science classes, so I think I could.), but I don’t know, it’s pretty far away, anyway… Even though the month away made us stop arguing a bit, I did love to be away from everything, and I wish I could go back every once and a while. Of course, I know that once I actually move out by myself, it’ll be a big shock, and all that, and I’ll wish I just stayed at home. But still… I used to be a “good” child, before my parent’s separation, and adolescence. But, of course, they have to happen at the same time…

Don’t mind me–I’m just whining.

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violindino says:

August 22, 2007 at 7:27 am

1: Congratulations!!

4,5: You weren’t overreacting. I don’t understand how parents can call kids immature when they don’t agree on every single issue. Especially when they’re yelling and you’re calmly disagreeing with their “facts.” This is fine (sort of )for a five year old, not a high schooler. Which is one of the reasons I can’t wait to get back to school- the teachers treat us like humans whose opinions matter and could someday change the world, not kindergarteners who think it would be awesome if their house was spray painted blue. (not that it wouldn’t, I’m just trying to make a point)

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kiwimuncher says:

August 22, 2007 at 7:36 am

Latin? Cool! I’m taking French. should be interesting………..

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Shadowkat says:

August 22, 2007 at 7:59 am

32-Ha! My parents wanted me to take Latin, this year, but I was like, “Um…how ’bout not.” No offense, but Latin just isn’t my thing. Besides, I’m already doing Spanish.

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Lizzie says:

August 22, 2007 at 9:14 am

36 – I did latin and spanish both first two years of highschool (latin one and 2, and spanish 2 and 3), but the spanish 4 ap teacher isn’t good so I dropped spanish and am only in latin now.

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Alice of the Blackberries says:

August 22, 2007 at 10:13 am

Latin discussion: My dad took Latin when he was in high school, or else college, but only because his parents made him. He wanted to learn Japanese.

I’m thinking of learning Mandarin sometime after I learn Spanish, having been advised to by both my dad and my uncle. (They say if I really want to shock people I should learn Cantonese, but they also said I’d probably get arrested “on suspicion of something,” so I’ll pass.)

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Jadestone says:

August 22, 2007 at 10:23 am

17- AHhhh watch me flip out and slam someones face into a tree. You are not alone, my dear. Good thing I also have rather good self-control…

I wish our school offered Latin. Only Spanish and French here, sadly.

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Alice of the Blackberries says:

August 22, 2007 at 10:42 am

I got the newest edition of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations for my birthday! Along with a desk dictionary from the thirties, a book about words called “Mind the Gaffe”, a MuseBlog Signature mousepad and a vase of lovely-smelling flowers!

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Margaret says:

August 22, 2007 at 11:08 am

Re: Languages
In middle school we were offered Spanish, French, and German, and I think we’re required to continue with our languages for at least one more year (although I plan to stay with Spanish at least through high school and probably college as well). Hopefully I can add another language sometime soon. I’m having issues with figuring out which classes I can take next year but luckily this year hasn’t even started so it’s okay. I like planning things out, even though my plans always change a lot.

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Potato Chip says:

August 22, 2007 at 11:37 am

1- That’s awesome!

4,5- I have fights with my parents occasionally, too. They often try to take away the computer, but I always find excuses (i.e I need it for school/dictionary/music). And then I just go on the internet. Talking back is a normal reaction… but I also agree with 10, you do want to try to have good relations with your parents.
I’m an internet addict, too. I’m trying to be on less, for my own sake, but it doesn’t work.

Re: languages- I wish my school had Latin. They offer (in order of popularity) Spanish, French, Italian, and German. I take French. I plan to continue throughout high school.

Anyway, I went to the orthodontist yesterday. And I have to go back today because the bottom wire of my braces is wiggly. Blegh.

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Margaret says:

August 22, 2007 at 12:53 pm

42 ~ Augh, I feel your pain. Thankfully I’m done with braces. -shudders- I got mine in fourth grade and I only had to wear them for two years. I only have to wear my retainer at night now.

Also, I wish my school offered Italian. French is a useful language in Europe, but it seems so difficult to pronounce. I really wish I could take all of them though.

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widdershins (e~a) says:

August 22, 2007 at 1:23 pm

I take Spanish and French. I’ve taken Spanish since I was five and French since seventh grade. My school offers Spanish, French, Chinese (Mandarin) and ASL.

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Sweet Melpomene says:

August 22, 2007 at 2:14 pm

7- Well, true, I rather was…

8- Heh, yeah, thanks.

9- Urgh, my sentiments exactly. I just lose control every so often.

10- *nod nod* Yeah, that’s why I vanished. Hmm, I suppose that’s true. I just intended to have as little, if any, contact with them as possible.

11- *sigh* So true. They just seem so intent on having an argument, and that their word is always absolute. Alas. Thanks. *hugs back*

12- Yes! Exactly! The hypocrisy is killing me…

13- ^_^ Thanks so much. Yeah.

14- Three hours to interact with them, I think. Ugh. However, it’s only the internet, not the entire computer, so I suppose I could game or something. But I have a feeling I’d get yelled at for that, too…

15- Okay, I was a bit worried there. And don’t worry, what you said makes sense and doesn’t sound at all like any psychobabble.

16- Heh, I feel your pain there. Let us go sulk and feel angry about it. JK. But yeah…

17- Urgh, yes! I forget who said this, but it’s an awesome quote: “Age is not an accomplishment, nor is youth a crime.” And I bet your school wouldn’t have any problem with people wearing cross necklaces or Stars of David or anything of the like. Urgh. That’s nearly the same reason HEADBANDS are banned at my school. Apparently, they represent gang membership, and the preppy girl with the outfit-matching headband is a hardcore criminal member of DDP.

18- Thanks, and I hope you have/had good times today!

26- Hmm, thanks, that could totally work. Especially the library bit. And when school starts, I’ll have the school computers. And you can get to most any site with a proxy, so filters aren’t a problem. Heehee, and MB isn’t blocked at all!

27- Heh, you rock! Thanks!

28- Heehee, sounds like your day was fun. ^_^

29- Ergh, it’s so depressing, though, but thanks.

33- O_O eek. If you want to start college early, talk to your guidance counselor, and see if you have everything that’s required to graduate. The sooner, the better. I know a girl who did that, and it worked for her. Well, the early graduating part. [She’s not yet in college because of a few issues, but that’s another, irrelevant story.]

34- Thanks, yeah. It’s so horrible, y’know. Hello, I can very much think for myself and figure out what’s good for me…

42- Hmm, yeah.

RE: Latin: I had it in grades 7 and 8 and it was more or less awesome. I wish I still had it. Alas. It’s not offered at my current school.

You guys are awesome. ^_^

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Der Wachtelschlag Fliegender says:

August 22, 2007 at 2:23 pm

I’m taking Spanish 2. In the French room. With Senor Schubert.
Yes, my life is great.

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The Insane Blue Sage says:

August 22, 2007 at 3:36 pm

Eh, life is wierd.

My teachers are scary.

I get to deal with my older sister complaining, because her boyfriend is leaving for truck driving training for six weeks.

I get indian food for dinner Yay! And it’s not even the resturant kind, it’s mymomismakingit kind.

*looks at post* I have the attention span of a goldfish

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Dancergirl13 says:

August 22, 2007 at 4:00 pm

Well, today was our first whole day of school. So far so good, I have friends in every class, and they help me get over it when I get mad at preps or preps intimidate me in P.E. Again I am not althletically inclined. But my P.E. class looks ok….we only have a few evil people. Our teachers seem ok, but that is what we all said last year, and it didnt turn out so good. And you all probably know by now I hate math teachers that call on me randomly and intimidate me or put me on the spot, and guess where my assigned seat is in math class? She put me right in front of her desk in the very front row, what are the chances of that? *sulks*

Sorry, I complain too much. Just forget all that.

47-Good luck with your teachers!!!!

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Sweet Melpomene says:

August 22, 2007 at 6:16 pm

47- w00t for Indian food!

48- Eek! Good luck!

So, now, apparently, with the launch of Google Sky [part of Google Earth] a feature has been added: the Hitchhiker’s Guide to Google Sky. Yup.

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Dwynwen says:

August 22, 2007 at 7:25 pm

4- Not overreacting… at all..

Also, sorry for my looong absence…
:-\

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Fortune Cell says:

August 22, 2007 at 7:30 pm

Hey, GAPAs, could ya do me a favor and change the name on that one/delete this message?

I accidentally used the name for the Alter-ego thread,,

[Sorry, we don’t rescue misplaced alter egos. –Rebecca]

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Fortune Cell says:

August 22, 2007 at 7:48 pm

oh damn. guess I need a new one. :[

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Ebeth The Titleless says:

August 22, 2007 at 8:19 pm

First day of skool! fun.

1st-AP gov with mallory. she’s messerly with intelligence, which sounds impossible, i know. she’s really funny and rambles on about stuff (like the clintons’ dogs). lisa and lizzy are also in that class

2nd-Hon. chem with flores. LIFE! flores is incredibly funny and really energetic. jacob’s in there, as are a couple sophs i know from latin

3rd-brit lit with hemmelgarn. he’s amazing too, he’s featherstone’s long-lost cousin. except there’s nobody i know in my brit lit class except josh, who isn’t really talking to me for reasons unknown

4th-band, of course. rock on

5th-AP lang/comp with hemmelgarn again. all my friends are in that class, it’s great. celia, feds, hecht, hewitt, leeny, lisa…

6th-precalc with mccreary. she’s ok. basic boring mathness, mostly. leeny’s in there

7th-torch, yay! newspaper. with hunter, lizzy, and paige.

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agagabagabag says:

August 22, 2007 at 9:11 pm

I’m back! Oh why do I even bother? Everyone ignores me on the random thread.

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Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

August 22, 2007 at 9:14 pm

Welcoming (back) Committee…?

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Alice says:

August 22, 2007 at 9:20 pm

54- I’m not ignoring you. Here. *hands agagabagabag a jar of blackberry jam* Sorry I don’t have any pie on hand…

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agagabagabag says:

August 22, 2007 at 10:31 pm

55- Thanks!
56- *Snif* Wow! I love blackberry jam! Thank you!

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Alice says:

August 22, 2007 at 10:45 pm

57- You’re welcome! My mother’s been making it all day. I picked some of the berries.

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Gimanator says:

August 22, 2007 at 11:17 pm

hmmm…jam…I made some plum jam once…about two years back…we may still have some…

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kiwimuncher says:

August 23, 2007 at 6:55 am

Hmmmmmmmm. I don’t jam/jelly. I don’t know why. It just tastes weird to me. I don’t like peanut butter either, unless I eat it with chocolate.

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Sweet Melpomene says:

August 23, 2007 at 8:10 am

Welcome back, agagabagabag.

I’m not fond of jam/jelly either, but I do looove peanut butter.

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Margaret says:

August 23, 2007 at 10:13 am

54 ~ Welcome back then! It’s okay, though, I didn’t really get welcomed back, but I appear to be here anyway. ;D

So yesterday after band camp I was in a bad mood because I was sleepy and tired of carrying the sousaphone and I’d just been informed that we were having an hour-and-a-half sectional today (which brings time with the sousaphone up to 7.5 hours today) and I wasn’t really paying attention and I closed my finger in the car door. (And I couldn’t open it with my other hand so it was there until my dad understood what the problem was.) So now it’s bruised. And it’s one of the fingers I have to use for playing. -reallybadmood- I really hate band camp.

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Alice says:

August 23, 2007 at 10:53 am

I’m moving today and I’m going to be super busy. (I probably shouldn’t even be on here telling you this.) I won’t be posting today, or Friday when I won’t have internet. Then I’ll be whisked away to a book fair (yay!) for a few days, and I should be back by the end of the month.

Have a nice time, everyone!

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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator) says:

August 23, 2007 at 11:03 am

(63) We’ll miss you, Alice. Good luck with the move!

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Alice says:

August 23, 2007 at 11:10 am

Thanks!

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Jadestone says:

August 23, 2007 at 11:23 am

54- ‘Lo.

63- Bye! Good luck!

Eep, tennis meet today, and I’m atcually playing someone and it counts. Unlike last year where it was all exhibition… scarry.
Then I get picked up as soon as the meet is over instead of taking the bus and go stright to band camp, where we’re learning the drill for Elanor Rigby. And we play it .w.a.y.t.o.o.s.l.o.w.. Ahhg. And I’m going to be late getting there too, and acording to Kantu, “it’s only an excused absence if you win. If you don’t then you’re unexcused.” He’s likely joking, but he’s weird like that.

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agagabagabag says:

August 23, 2007 at 11:24 am

Thanks, all!
Goodbye alice!

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widdershins (e~a) says:

August 23, 2007 at 11:30 am

*pies agagabagabag with pumpkin pie*

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Sweet Melpomene says:

August 23, 2007 at 1:18 pm

Bye, and good luck, Alice!

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kiwimuncher says:

August 23, 2007 at 5:08 pm

Bye Alice!

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Gimanator says:

August 23, 2007 at 5:39 pm

Goodbye Alice, Ecilia, Lecea…uh who else are you? Oh, well. Hope to see you post again soon!

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Gimanator says:

August 23, 2007 at 5:42 pm

*passes agagabagabag a cookie*
*sigh*

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Potato Chip says:

August 23, 2007 at 8:25 pm

Welcome back, agagabagabag!
Good luck, Alice!

49- Google Sky? Must investigate…

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agagabagabag zepata says:

August 23, 2007 at 8:38 pm

72- Man, that’s the nicest you’ve ever been on the blog!

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Dancergirl13 says:

August 23, 2007 at 9:01 pm

Bye Alice!!! We will miss you!!!

Welcome back agagabagabag!!

Third day of school……

So far so good….

We have a poem due monday, a Social Studies project due next thursday, in math we have to do ALL the vocabulary for each chapter all the time for an assignment, we will probably have a test next friday in math, they have given us homework already!!! I was kinda expecting that though, after all it is almost highschool….But today in P.E. someone ACTUALLY passed me the frisbee, and I didnt miss!!! I was so happy!!! Ok enough, but at least I wasnt totally useless like I usually am. So how is everyone elses (who has started) school year been so far? I hope it has been good!!!

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TNÃ– says:

August 23, 2007 at 9:24 pm

I’m back!

Our trip to Montreal was fun.
Especially on the way back. See, we left Montreal for Chicago at 8:30, and about half an hour into the flight we had to turn around and go back, because the plane’s air pressure thingy was malfunctioning. Then we waited for four hours and mom decides to spend the night in Chicago rather than continue and get home at like midnight. And then when we got to the hotel she decided it was to creepy to stay in and got tickets to Wicked and we went and saw that, and on the way the taxi broke down.
So then we finally get back to Salt Lake, and mom’s car’s battery was dead. *sigh*

:idea:TNÃ–:idea:

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Dancergirl13 says:

August 23, 2007 at 9:35 pm

76-Wow, it sounds tiring, but it would be fun to see wicked!!!

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agagabagabag zepata says:

August 23, 2007 at 10:20 pm

75- Thanks! At this rate, people will be congradulating me longer than I was gone!
School starts next week.
GAPAs, check your e-mail.

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'Dotty-kay says:

August 24, 2007 at 6:21 am

I have about a thousand things to do before school starts, so I won’t have much time to come on. Bye for a little while.

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Red-tailed HAWK says:

August 24, 2007 at 6:41 am

That’s worse than on the way back from my latest trip. We drove, but stopped on the way back to meet a friend on the way, and that took three extra hours after we had left a bit late. It was totally worth it to see the person though. But it was also fun to see everything at midnight while we were driving through! Besides trucks in some spots, the traffic was light!

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Sweet Melpomene says:

August 24, 2007 at 9:04 am

So you probably won’t see me here much until school starts, as I’ve yet to do my AP English homework. Of course, that sentence is a bit of an oxymoron. As I’ll come here to procrastinate.

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Margaret says:

August 24, 2007 at 2:24 pm

76 ~ That’s insane. Wicked is great, though.

I was totally dreading band camp yesterday but it was the best day so far. Go figure. We marched the first two movements while playing and without stopping which went really very well so it was awesome.
Also, today is only four hours, but it’s close to ninety degrees (the hottest it’s been…we’ve had a cool week).

Today I made tortillas. They were pretty good but not thin. I don’t understand why they didn’t get flatter. D: And I spent ages filling in my dot book for marching. Fun fun!

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agagabagabag zepata says:

August 24, 2007 at 2:30 pm

Sorry for the delay, robert, but everything’s sent.

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The Insane Blue Sage says:

August 24, 2007 at 2:46 pm

Bleh.

Today was AWFUL.

First I woke up at 6:45, and I leave at 7:00 for school. So I wasn’t prepared at all.

Then I lost my purse ad was so distracted that I forgot to eat lunch.

And now my dad excpects me to do dishes for him when he won’t do the same for me beacuse he doesn’t trust me.

grrr.

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kiwimuncher says:

August 24, 2007 at 2:59 pm

Oh No!! Everyone is talking about school! I start Monday! *frets* *summer’s almost DONE*

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Kari says:

August 24, 2007 at 3:45 pm

Oh, Wicked is awesome!
It is my 3rd, 4th week of school. Not fun.

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Ebeth The Titleless says:

August 24, 2007 at 3:55 pm

Gah, it feels like ages since i was on last…it’s only been a couple days. boo skewl.

we had a fire drill today in flores, and when the alarms went off he told us to stay and hear what we had to do and then he was like “go into the hallway and walk until you smack into the wall. No, actually right before you smack into the wall, turn right.” and he did that for all the directions so we left like five minutes after the fire drill had started. it was really funny.

So i realized i haven’t told you guys about the Jonathan experiment (which kind of failed, but kind of worked).

Cheese and dan and i were hanging around at dan’s house, extremely bored, when we decided to make a fake facebook and see how many people we could fool. So we decided to make a REALLY emo guy named Jonathan Rainshine Blackheart (really normal, hippie, emo is how we decided to do it). We took a picture of dan glaring at the camera, and he photoshopped his hair longer and darker and changed the face shape a bit and added a lip ring. while he was doing that, cheese and i updated his profile and found some bad poetry for his quotes. Then we had dan friend him, adding him to the BHS network and started adding as many people as we could find from our school. 31 of them have friended him so far. But the really funny part happened at lunch a couple days ago…

Andy, Hewitt, Hunter: *random conversation that i’m not listening to*

Dan: *whispers* they just mentioned jonathan

i start listening

Hunter: so does anybody know who the kid is?

Andy: i don’t know, but i saw his profile on facebook and was just like “no, this kid is way too emo” so i didn’t friend him.

Hewitt: who is this?

Hunter: This new guy to bexley.

Me: New guy? what new guy?

Hunter: That emo kid.

Me: We have an emo kid?

Hunter: Yeah, that one on facebook

Me: Oh, THAT emo kid

Dan: Yeah, he is REALLY emo

Andy: Woah, DAN called somebody emo. that’s really emo.

Hunter: He kind of looks like you, Dan

*i look away trying not to laugh*

*conversation moves on*

Then later, bill told hunter in an effort to give him a quick explanation and thus avoid talking to him (which we can’t fault her for) We had brought bill into it thinking she could write him some nice depressing bad poetry. Hunter, being hunter, told a whole bunch of people, and began to insist that he knew all along it was a joke and was “just going along with it” but that’s hunter

So it kind of worked, and kind of failed. Jonathan’s still there on facebook, and there are still those who don’t know who he is, so maybe something interesting will still happen. but that’s jonathan

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Dancergirl13 says:

August 24, 2007 at 4:13 pm

84-So sorry!!!

87-Weird…

Today in P.E. we had to go outside. I sweated alot. And I of course wasnt at all good at what we did. I guess I can catch, but only once in a while.

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Axa says:

August 24, 2007 at 4:27 pm

88) DDX Oh man I remember that. fajndav. What am I saying I’m still bad at PE…

Next week there’s some bogus Leadership Session or something at the school I got “chosen” for. I already know what it’s going to be about, how we’re the ~*future*~ and the importance of ~~~~*confidence*~~~~ and how to lead and omg you kids are the shining future spread you wings like a bird and fly away to success.

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Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

August 24, 2007 at 5:05 pm

How unlike the promises of world domination you get on MuseBlog.

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Rosanne Spector (Administrator) says:

August 24, 2007 at 6:38 pm

Ebeth (87):
I feel really bad for Jonathan. Scorned for being too emo when he doesn’t even exist. Poor guy.

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widdershins (e~a) says:

August 24, 2007 at 8:10 pm

87- Hahaha. Keep me updated on Jonathan.

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Lizzie says:

August 24, 2007 at 8:33 pm

89 – I realized something whilst in the car today: whenever they give speeches to us about being “the leaders of the future” or whatever, no way are we, we being my friends and I/the others at whatever convention etc, going to be the leaders. It’s the kids who are floating along with Bs and Cs in school, playing baseball or football or cheerleading or something, and then going out and getting drunk on the weekends, who are going to be the leaders of the future.

and then we wonder why we’re in such a mess.

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curious and questioning says:

August 24, 2007 at 8:53 pm

Marching band today was amazing. We didn’t do much but I laughed a lot. Then we did the first performance ever. I’m not sure whether or not I should post an Ebeth-like summary of it, with much names of people you don’t know yet still interesting and funny. Plus, not all of it was G-rated(don’t worry, I’d censor it)… I’ll leave it up to public opinion! Do any of you want to hear about marching band?

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biblioRose says:

August 24, 2007 at 9:12 pm

40- oooooh cool! I revieved a subscription to time magazine a pretty necklace, the princess academy by shannon hale, a guide to britian, a keychain, stationary, a journal, a guide to wildflowers and a vase of beautiful flowers. That was because I was with *thinks for a moment* eight members of my family. My boy cousin gave me this really cool card with a huge trailor shaped like a guitar on it. My parents card had a pretty pink flower on it with some lovely bibloe verses. My girl cousins had two girls who had put their head in a birthday cake. My aunt and uncles was an e-card. My grandmothers card is hard to describe but cool too.
I had a picture cake with my toy poodle on it and the bakers made him a little birthday hat of icing.
We could see the mountians right out the window, and I rode in a horse drawn carriage. Twas my best birthday ever.

I’m not bragging. I’ve NEVER had a birthday like that before. Last year i went to the library and saw my friends dog. That tea shop sounded awesome!

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Jadestone says:

August 24, 2007 at 9:57 pm

87- Haha! Last year my friends talked about making a fake goth xanga, but we never got to it. Nice…

94- Marching band is awesome. I’ll give you all stories from it when I have some.

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Ebeth The Titleless says:

August 24, 2007 at 10:38 pm

94-always. and just to lead you by shining example and confidence and much birdlike wing-spreading, i’m going to give a long, detailed description of our first game while i wait for andy to make that facebook group (Petition for Pelvic Thrusting Again in Marching Band).

So we went into hillbilly(ish) land for the game, it was away on a grass field which was great because our turf gets SO hot. andy had bronchitis and yet was still in school and at the game (not because he particularly enjoys school, but i swear that kid would come even if he’d died earlier that day just because it’s what he does). dan was in uber-singing mode, so we listened to hairspray all the way there with occasional coughs from andy to add a twist. we had the bus with johnson on it (our director). We didn’t play much of anything during the first half beyond the fight song, which annoyed us. At halftime the trumpets gathered for their inspirational speech and cheer from molly and peter. eric pointed out that to be a true trumpet speech, molly had to swear more. johnson was right near us. she looked over at him and hesitated a bit, and then she screams out WE ARE GOING TO BE ****ING AWESOME! and everybody laughed and then we did our equally inappropriate cheer (hint: we’re called the Terribly Intimidating Trumpet Section) So dunno what johnson will say about that. we’re already kind of annoyed at him for taking out pelvic thrusting and the like (hence petition)

our halftime was sweet, as always. actually we only marched to one song really…we didn’t have much time to learn it, especially with new director and all. hahnz took the hey jude solo, which peter was pretty pissed about (he’s the senior)

we danced tear it up, which is a sweet dance, except he took out the butt-slaps (or the air-in-front-of-butt-slaps). we put in the sprinkler instead.

fourth quarter we played almost constantly, and the football team was actually doing decently. they had a chance to win in the fourth quarter, but they kept dropping the ball. it made for a rather exciting game, especially when you add in all the massive amounts of gatorade and candy the band was consuming, and all the obnoxious screaming we did in between songs.

so that’s band, now i’d better go to bed before parentals kill me…

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widdershins (e~a) says:

August 24, 2007 at 10:41 pm

next thread created is the 1000th one!

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the man for aeiou says:

August 24, 2007 at 10:59 pm

party therd! soon! GAPAS COME ON AND MAKE IT !!!!

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Sweet Melpomene says:

August 25, 2007 at 8:05 am

98- Eek! Wow…

I’m a good procrastinator.

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Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas says:

August 25, 2007 at 8:58 am

Whoo! Sorry I haven’t posted in a bit. I’ve been busy with school and such-like.

GWEN’S ADVENTURES FOR THE WEEK

-We decorated our notebooks with those little foam things in science. Esteban/Steve/Estebean made a gangster blowfish. Micah made a happy dude being eaten by a shark. I had a lovely palm tree to match my igloo, and I wrote Muserly phrases all over it, as I am too cheap to buy stickers. Nita, being Miss Manga USA, made a chibi double of herself and stuck it on. I wish I had her skillz.
-Jensen finally explained where she got her shamu lunchbox from (it’s shaped like a flippin’ whale!). She did get it at SeaWorld, but she actually just found it on a bench near closing. Nobody was near it, so her Mom was all like, “Ooh, Jensen, that’s your lunchbox for next year!” Such an amusing food container it is.
-Amy and I kidnapped various friends on the courtyard. This consists of sneaking up behind somebody, pulling them back by the elbows, and scared the bejeebies out of them. Very entertaining, particularly when we did it to poor Ana. She didn’t know what was coming.
-Science again. This time I’m standing on Nathan’s soccer ball for reasons I don’t quite remember, and this is what happens.

Nate: No! You’ll warp it!

Me: Was that a comment on my weight?

Nate: Nononono! It’s just, I used to sit on them all the time, and they always got bent out of shape!

Me: Are you calling me fat?

Nate: No!!! I had the same problem, it’s just-

Me:You’re so hurtful! *kicks Nate in the ankle*

Nate: Owww!

Heehee. I love abusing Nate.
-In the middle of Algebra, I get called up to the office (this is on Friday). It turns out my dad and my little sister are waiting there with Taco Bell and balloons, as an early birthday gift. I am pleased.
-When I get back to Algebra, it turns out I have solved the problem nobody else has been able to all day (much to my shock), and I get to pick out some MUFFIN STICKERS!!!!! I narrate Michaela’s actions until lunch, something I highly reccomend doing.
-When I get into the cafeteria, all my friends start singing, ‘Happy Birthday’, and then half the cafeteria starts clapping at the end. I swear, I almost cried, particularly since Paul, my crush of a year and a half, was clapping particularly loud. I have such wonderful friends.
-ANOTHER EPISODE IN THE COURTYARD.

Chris: Any more balloons, and you’ll fly away! (I had the two balloons tied to my belt loops)

Me: Was that a comment on my weight?

Chris: No! Well, actually, yes, but Paul told me to say it!(Paul and Chris are bff’s, and he is standing next to Chris).

Me: You’re both so hurtful! *kicks Chris in the shins, tries to get Paul, but he jumps away, smiling).

A very good week. I love my friends. And my family. They really do care! *starts crying happily*

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Red-tailed HAWK says:

August 25, 2007 at 9:45 am

We want a party thread! PLeease? PARTYPARTYPIEPIE! *pies* Party thread!

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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator) says:

August 25, 2007 at 9:49 am

(102) Your wish is our command.

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Red-tailed HAWK says:

August 25, 2007 at 10:23 am

103-! w00t!

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The Insane Blue Sage says:

August 25, 2007 at 11:07 am

I just found out that us in Oklahoma got a tropical storm that was almost a small hurricane.(erin) Funfunfun. That almost never happens.

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Kiki the Great says:

August 25, 2007 at 1:30 pm

*sigh*

My housekeeper/nanny who is 74 is like, dying or something, so I have to do all the work.

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kiwimuncher says:

August 25, 2007 at 1:41 pm

Party thread? Wow. I have to check this out………..

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Kagcomix the Bowler Hat Guy says:

August 25, 2007 at 2:19 pm

HELLO!!!!! I’m back! did anyone miss me? I didn’t have time to say i was leaving for a week. I’m too lazy too read all the posts right now but let me tell you what happened to me!

I WENT TO THE TCAF (toronto comics artists festival) and I met Bryan LEe O’malley and Hope Larson and Raina Telgemier (i dontt know how to spell her name) but i had a really awesome time. now i need to finish drawing my comics series because its killing me….. then I can die happy!

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Margaret says:

August 25, 2007 at 2:31 pm

94 ~ Please do tell! I’d tell you my stories too, but the other sousaphones are male upperclassmen, which means that it’s not close to G rated and if censored it, it wouldn’t be funny anymore.
Although I can tell you one…Sarah and I were leaving and we were on the walkway next to the field where Nick (another freshman who happens to be the scary marching instructor’s son) was picking up some stuff that’d been left behind. There had been a car alarm going off for over a minute and it was driving me insane, so I said “I wish I could just go smash that flipping car! Of course, it would probably only make things worse.” Nick overheard and called, “Yeah, especially because it’s my dad’s car!” Sarah and I almost died laughing.

Also I got fitted for my uniform and they spent an hour (at least ten minutes, anyway) debating which size hat to give me and moving my hair around to different positions on my head to try and get the hat to sit right but it wasn’t working. (Apparently they don’t usually have this problem, which is strange, because my hair isn’t all that long.) And then Sarah’s mom (who was doing uniforms) goes “Wait. Sousaphones don’t wear hats!” So I missed a ton of the drill for part three and spent a really long time in the hot uniform. Blech.

106 ~ That’s sad though. D: I wish I had a housekeeper…

PARTAY!

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Der Wachtelschlag Fliegender says:

August 25, 2007 at 4:25 pm

So, I haven’t been on the MB lately due to flooding and power outages at Chez DWF. Also, I had no school yesterday (severe thunderstorms). (Joy.) It was less than fun. Also I miss camp. A lot.

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kt the gr8 says:

August 25, 2007 at 4:26 pm

wah wah wah!
bye bye alice!

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Jadestone says:

August 25, 2007 at 4:39 pm

97- Sounds like a fun time. We on;y do home games, which means we have… 4 games this year. That’s not a lot. (Betya our team losses ’em all. I think we lost 40 games in a row once.)

109- We have uniform fittings on wednesday for feash and sophs. We”re getting new shoes this year, yess!! Our hats have plumes. But it sucks ecause we have to wear our hair inside that hat, which is ridiculously hard for me because my hair just doesn’t do that.

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Kiki the Great says:

August 25, 2007 at 5:57 pm

109- Long time no see! Been busy?

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~a cinder quoting sinuous~ (c+q in anagram) says:

August 25, 2007 at 6:10 pm

We did uniform fittings about a month ago. We only do home games, but there’s a competition practically every weekend. I still don’t have about half of the uniform, though.

At popular request, I’ll post about marching band yesterday. I’m just going to copy it from an email to Potato Chip and reorder it to make somewhat more sense. It’s really long and overly detailed, I hope nobody minds.

We did basics in the morning-marching forwards and backwards, step sizes, music.
Morning break penguini and I tried to hit the light on the wall with her tennis ball. End result: If you stand under it and throw just right, it works for her but not me. Weâ€˜re both so clumsy.
More morning stuff.
Then we had lunch, I read over penguiniâ€™s shoulder more (Snow Crash. The hacker bible, she calls it. Iâ€™m not a hacker and probably never will be, but itâ€™s fun to read.) We saw Robert too. He tried to tell penguini that I would kill her in her sleep. She replied that weâ€™d known each other for three years and it hadnâ€™t happened yet. I added that I only do that to my enemies; he should be the one worried. (remember, weâ€™re only joking. If you see a death notice in the paper, it was coincidence. :D)
We copied drill into our books after lunch and waited while others were taking photos (and took a section photo) and talked. Drake folded his drill sheet into a boat after it was copied. I made a necklace chain out of three-leaf clovers when I was done copying my drill and everyone was impressed. I didnâ€™t think it was that great (itâ€™s just like making violet necklaces. I did that all the time 7 years ago.), but who am I to decline praise? Evan asked me to make one for him so I gave the one I was making to him.
We cleaned the instruments in the afternoon. That was fun. About five people borrowed my slide cream, Brian and I squirted water at each other and everyone else. One of the teachers was completely washing the brass instruments out with a hose and playing with them. It was especially funny with the trigger trombones (aka F attachment), where water squirted the normal way and then, without moving the hose but with the trigger down, water squirted the other way.
At dinner, everyone changed into the sticky new color series t-shirts (irony: shirts arenâ€™t colored beyond white and gold) and khakis. And we ate pizza. After, penguini and I took a box and threw it back and forth in the shade by the door. A couple people tried to intercept it, lots of people went out of the way. Then we took her sharpie and pocketknife and cut a big circle out of the bottom of it and threw that around. It was harder to catch.
After dinner we did the whole parent thing. Playing the whole show through (minus from the drum solo on, we donâ€™t know that drill yet) with an audience- wow. (remember, Iâ€™m a freshman, Iâ€™d never marched in front of an audience)
Then we did the whole band meet up after thing, inspirational talk. We were told to all put a hand on the shoulder of someone else so weâ€™d all be touching, which led toâ€¦ interesting situations. Kristen kept zipping and unzipping the pocket on Drakeâ€™s hat. Charlie also took Drakeâ€™s glasses. We were snickering all through the talk.
After that- party time! First penguini and I were all hyper-like and ate sugar and gave someone a cupcake that wasnâ€™t tampered despite his thoughts and ran away and I met people who she knows that I didnâ€™t. Then she had to leave and I talked and walked around with Jessica a little while. Then she left too and I stood around with Katie and Drew and Brian because I didnâ€™t want to leave. Then Robert came over and we exchanged loathing and he talked to Brian. I told him to zark off at one point. Both he and Brian contested my use of the word. â€œDonâ€™t you people read?â€ R: â€Yeah, like a book a day. Have you ever read Redwall?â€ (I havenâ€™t). So he and Brian talk about Redwall, trying to annoy me. I donâ€™t care, ignore it. â€œIf you havenâ€™t read Hitchhikerâ€™s Guide, youâ€™re not worth talking to anyway.â€ So Brian says the movie sucked so badly he didnâ€™t want to read the book. I agree about the movie (I donâ€™t think they expected that) but said the book was really good. And then Robert finally leaves. After that, I talk a little more to some other people, nothing interesting happens, and when they leave I decide itâ€™s time to let parents take me home as well.

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Potato Chip says:

August 25, 2007 at 6:58 pm

87- That’s so funny… I’m totally going to friend him. *click*

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Ebeth The Titleless says:

August 25, 2007 at 7:10 pm

109-do you guys wear those sweet berets?

114-aah, band. parent shows are always fun…like that one time my entire section forgot to move…

redwall…eh…i used to be ok with those, but i got tired of them reeeally quickly. they’re pretty corny. but their decent if you space them out enough. just don’t read a bunch at once or you might die

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Margaret says:

August 25, 2007 at 7:40 pm

116 ~ Nope. I don’t think they qualify as berets anyway. They don’t look like berets.

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Glassboro says:

August 25, 2007 at 7:49 pm

Gah, this keyboard annoys me, so it’s not my fault if I have any typos. Anyway, I miss my mac…I’m at a party, which is why I’m not using it.
114- I hate him! judging a book by the mobvie…*kills*

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'Dotty-kay says:

August 25, 2007 at 9:22 pm

97: Ha, my friends in band tell me “pelvic thrust” is written into their music.

101: Sounds like a good day for you! I would be embarassed about the birthday stuff, I don’t know why, that’s just me.

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Dancergirl13 says:

August 25, 2007 at 9:35 pm

My friend just did this magazine sale thing. I dont like those because in my opinion they should have fundraisers for things that really matter like starving and homeless people, animal rights, research for diseases etc. Instead they raise money for some random company that isnt very important. Ug. People are so weird…..

Another thing that makes me mad is that the government requires that in 2009 all tv channels be digital, which means millions of tv are then useless, which means they will all be sent to a stupid landfill and push us closer to distruction. Now isnt that stupid? I mean I dont know much, but instead of making all tv channels digital they could be giving people a home, or food, or saving animals from torture, and what do they do?! Make all tvs digital!!! ARG!!!

Sorry to be so negative, but it really ticks me off…

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the man for aeiou says:

August 25, 2007 at 10:07 pm

120-ahh! but remeber, the deadline was at first 2005, and then 2007. soon it will be like maybe 2011.

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widdershins (e~a) says:

August 25, 2007 at 11:22 pm

110- aww… I hope you’re feeling better and have less flooding/power outages soon! *hugs*

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Sweet Melpomene says:

August 26, 2007 at 7:47 am

110- Eek, we had the same thing here. I finally have power now…grr…

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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator) says:

August 26, 2007 at 9:47 am

Red-tailed HAWK wrote : “When I saw the picture of Shadowkat on the blog in front of “Kokopelli Fresh Mexican Grill“, I thought I would never bump into something like that.”

Then he found “Mimi’s Cafe” and sent us a picture.

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Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas says:

August 26, 2007 at 10:07 am

124- So can you please, please tell me what those things sticking out of her head really are?

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Kagcomix the Special says:

August 26, 2007 at 10:14 am

heehee! that’s awesome!

The rest of my post is about my comics so if you don’t like comics don’t read it:

I am FINALY ALMOST finished my 7 part comic series that I have been working on since februaryish. I am sooooo glad. It takes a realy long time to do this. I did my pencils for the last part(part7) and finished inking part 6B last night. today I did most *cough* some of the inking of part7 this morning which took twoish hours because I’m lazy and because one of the pages is realy complicated. I can’t wait till I’m finaly done because then I will no longer have to bend over my table and kill my back drawing. urg… inking takes such a long time. I don’t even like any of my brush work, my brushes are realy bad. I prefer using pens to brushes but both give a nice-ish finished look. I have this comic I want to send in about the HPBs……mabe some day….

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Jadestone says:

August 26, 2007 at 10:38 am

125- Maybe some new form of chef hat?

Man. I feel pressured to find something now.

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Kiki the Great says:

August 26, 2007 at 11:00 am

126- Wow! You are like, professional! How long have you been comic-ing?

119- OMG TIME WARP

-lets do the time warp again-

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purplefinch says:

August 26, 2007 at 11:58 am

124-It’s that hand thing to identify other MBers! I finally know how to do it! (I feel very happy now…)

126-Yay!

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Dancergirl13 says:

August 26, 2007 at 12:45 pm

121-But eventually they will still do it wont they? And then tons of tvs will be thrown away.

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Der Wachtelschlag Fliegender says:

August 26, 2007 at 12:58 pm

87-That’s hilarious. I am SOOOOOO friending him. Can I?
106-*lack of sympathy for Kiki*
114-Hi! Sounds like you have fun in band. Redwall will fry your brain. The reason the H2G2 movie was so bad is because Adams’ influence after his death dwindled to minus forty thousand.
124-Nice! Good going Shaddie. Cool watch, BTW.

Most of the stuff in my basement is dried out now. We had this amazing gas-powered firehose–It was literally 5 horsepower. V. impressive. I was impressed, let me tell you. It did 12000 gallons in about an hour and a half. And then it made this sucking noise, kind of like the Monster From The Black Lagoon. Like something out of a movie. We borrowed it from our neighbor–he has a swimming pool.

MY SCHEDULE-
7:55 Advisory with Mrs. Z in D building, but only after I finish helping Andrea get her locker open
1st Period: Study Hall (or Bio) with Mr. S in the A building. Quiet as the grave and about as interesting.
2nd Period: Bio with M and Mr. R. Kind of boring. Rachel’s in there, and so is this really hot guy called Jesse who ignores me. I have a HotWheels notebook for this class. Which Matt S wrote on.
3rd Period: Kinetic Wellness with Mr. K in the F building. It’s KW. Nough said. Tennis (ick) now, swimming (yay) later. Not too bad, but the gym locks are pointless.
4th Period: English with Mr. S. First day of class he starts playing “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” by U2, and says, “This song is how you’ll end up if you look for the answers, not the passion. Passion, not the answers.” goes on in that vein for about five minutes, and then closes with, “My name is Mr. S and this is Freshman English.” Rebecca starts clapping, and then breaks off when she realizes no one else is. Priceless.
5th Period: Lunch in the C Building.
6th Period: World History with Mr. H in the C building. Mr. H is 6 foot 6 (I asked), preppy, athletic, and found of bad jokes: “Lucas, who is the leader of China?” “Hu.” “The leader of China?” “Hu’s the leader of China.” “That’s what I’m asking. Who is the leader of China?” “Yes. Hu.” etc.
7th Period: Study Hall with Mrs. P in the C building. Repeat of 1st period.
9th Period: Spanish 2 with Sen. S (not a native speaker). Michael P., a very handsome gentleman, is in this class. Also, Mr. S is lots of fun. His favorite book is Guns, Germs, and Steel, and his favorite movie is “Cool Hand Luke” (an excellent film).

And that’s my day at high school!

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Midnight Fiddler says:

August 26, 2007 at 1:05 pm

Robert~ (from the last thread) I was in Oconomowoc. [Spelling??] Actually, if you’re really familiar with the area, in Stone Bank. the lake I was talking about was North Lake. But it’ll probably get snipped.

Geez, look what hapens when you’re away, so many posts, so little time…..

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Red-tailed HAWK says:

August 26, 2007 at 1:05 pm

Thanks for posting it!

I was squinting into the sun, and I’m still working out the best way to make the symbol, but I really did just bump into the cafe. I wonder if there is one for every Muse…

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Midnight Fiddler says:

August 26, 2007 at 1:07 pm

By the way, great picture of R-t H!!

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Glassboro says:

August 26, 2007 at 1:23 pm

131- That’s not fair. The last name of my band teacher got snipped, but not your teachers.

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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator) says:

August 26, 2007 at 1:32 pm

(135) Good point, Glassboro. Snippage accomplished. Feel better now?

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Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

August 26, 2007 at 1:49 pm

I was in Waukesha. I had friends in Oconomowoc, though, and may be one of the few non-Wisconsinites who can pronounce it.

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Midnight Fiddler says:

August 26, 2007 at 1:51 pm

Hmm, Bo’s Bar, Chad’s Cafe, Pwt’s Pub, Craw’s Chicago Cafe, Aeoiu’s Eatery, Urania’s Stellar Restaurant, Feather’s Franchise…. hmm, I don’t know.

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Midnight Fiddler says:

August 26, 2007 at 1:55 pm

Yup. Those Wisconsin names are crazy. I actually have a but of a wisconsin accent at the moment, since I was there for a week and I pick up acents quickly…. I’m saying my O’s and AH’s differently. heh.

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Beavo the Online Stalker says:

August 26, 2007 at 2:11 pm

Once again, y’all will have to forgive me for not reading any of the some 139 posts…. but I do have some mumbo jumbo to git outta my system….

I’m having a blast in California!!! So far I have gone to the zoo, the ocean (twice), got a nasty sunburn, went camping for two days, met most of my friend’s friends, saw a Leonardo da Vinci exhibit in Sacramento, attended a Ten Piano Concert, fed bunnies, and not to mention both UM flights!!!!

I can’t belive I was so nervous about the flight. It was seriously the best airplane flight I have EVA been on! I got to do all this stuff that my parents would never let me do (aka eat five bags of chex mix and watch six hours of completely pointless TV shows without stopping). Yay me!

My sunburn is pealing now. It looks gross and already the new skin is drying up. So much for getting a tan! Grrr.

{rant over}

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Beavo the Online Stalker says:

August 26, 2007 at 2:34 pm

I was just showing my friend the Who’s Here page, and I noticed (forgive me if I have mentioned this before) that my name is still Beavo the Great. I am no longer Beavo the Great, I have changed my name! It’s on name changes and everything! Comments, GAPAs?

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Axa says:

August 26, 2007 at 3:27 pm

124) Oh Mimi’s is so good. Mmmmmmm French Onion soup…. *___*

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kiwimuncher says:

August 26, 2007 at 6:22 pm

Wow. I can’t believe that school is starting tomorrow. I’m in a state of denile.

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Loupgarou says:

August 26, 2007 at 7:11 pm

I have some sad news to give out.

I have not been on the blog lately because I have been so busy. My mom has also decided that I have now grown out of this wonderful magazine known as Muse.

My memories are fond. Two of my letters have been printed: one in the Goldberg issue from five years ago. The second one was a love letter I wrote to the hot pink bunny a couple years ago. I have also gotten numerous postcards responding to other letters I wrote.

One of my favorite journalists is Paul Baker. I was always so excited when I saw that he wrote one of the articles. I read about the Tower of London and sackbutts all the time.

I bid a fond farewell to this wonderful literature source. It’s been a grand five years. Alas, I have have to study for the ACT and SAT and practice for my driver’s test instead of reading my favorite magazine.

I would appreciate if virtual puppies were sent to my computer because I probably am not going to get a real one.

So long,

Loupgarou/Boxty

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Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

August 26, 2007 at 8:26 pm

Calo anor na ven, Boxty! (We won’t say “namÃ¡riÃ«”; once a Muser, always a Muser.) Stay warm, stay curious, and remember: Crusto Volanti Noli Obstare.

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Rosanne Spector (Administrator) says:

August 26, 2007 at 8:44 pm

Seventeen virtual Portuguese water dog puppies coming your way, Loupgarou.

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Unintended Pun says:

August 26, 2007 at 9:36 pm

144-Bye! Maybe Koko will find one of Devil’s littermates for you.
*sends puppies and choklit/chocolate*(but not together, don’t want puppies eating chocolate)

School for me starts september 5. Bleh.

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Kiki the Great says:

August 26, 2007 at 10:48 pm

ATTENTION MUSEBLOGGERS! SUPAH-MUSE-EDITAH-LADEE NEEDS THE MOST RECENT DRAFT OF THE SCIENCE FICTION RRR! SHE WANTS TO READ IT SO SHE CAN FIGURE OUT IF THE PUBLISHING COMPANY WILL MAKE IT A REAL BOOK! ALICE, PRARILIUS CANIX, AND OTHER SFRRR’S, POST IT ON THE MOST RECENT SFRRR THREAD! AND QUICKLY!

137- I used to go to camp in Oconomowoc! Oh, the torture of writing my return address on every single letter… lol.

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Capricious The Great and Terrible (cappy) says:

August 27, 2007 at 2:27 am

Weird Al came to the Minnesota State fair. He came to the Minnesota State fair and I MISSED IT. I’m SO ANGRY because I voted against going on that day.

I’M REALLY REALLY UPSET!

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'Dotty-kay says:

August 27, 2007 at 6:41 am

I have to leave for practice in like 2 seconds, so I’ll read these later. But I wanted to say, make sure everyone watches the sky tonight! Details:

“Two moons on August 27th!

Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will culminate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287!
Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again. ”

Skimming over the thread, I don’t think this has been mentioned yet, but maybe I’m wrong.

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The Insane Blue Sage says:

August 27, 2007 at 6:55 am

ung.

I should not be up this early.

My parents took away tv privliges(sp?) which is kind of pointless because I can watch dvds on this.

I don’t wanna walk to school.

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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator) says:

August 27, 2007 at 7:03 am

(150) Sorry, ‘Dotty-Kay, but the Mars story refers, somewhat misleadingly, to an event from 2003. The story has circulated the Internet every August since. Our local paper even wrote an article about the confusion a year or two ago.

Robert answered a question about the story in a series of comments on Ask the GAPAs.

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Margaret says:

August 27, 2007 at 8:53 am

150 + 152 ~ I find Snopes to be a pretty reliable reference. It tells whether many such emails tell the truth. Quite handy.

My fantasy of what will happen now that Alberto Gonzales has resigned (from my blog):

I expect Alberto Gonzales will be back in a week or so. “But Alberto!” his assistants will cry. (Or maybe he has them call him “Master Gonzales…”) “Master Gonzales! You resigned last Monday.”

Gonzales will furrow his brow, and say, quizically, “Did I? I don’t recall.”

:’D Good morning.

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'Dotty-kay says:

August 27, 2007 at 9:40 am

152: Aw, that’s a bummer! I was so looking forward to seeing that!

At least now I won’t waste my time staying up late on a school night…

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Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

August 27, 2007 at 9:49 am

You can still get up early and see the lunar eclipse.

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Sweet Melpomene says:

August 27, 2007 at 9:57 am

87- Hahahhaa *friends*

124- Heehee.

149- Oh noes! Alas. Poor Cappy.

I’m finishing up my English stuff, yay! There’s a fill in the blanks worksheet, though, and I have no idea what to write in basically all of them [it’s about Thomas Hardy’s life, that is, one of the greater tragedies in history…] so I think I’m going to pretend it’s Mad Libs and just have fun with it. It’s only one teeny bit of a large assignment, so I can’t do too poorly because of that…I hope…

Also, I rather miss D&D now that the group’s basically dissolved. One person moved away, and two of the people were dating but broke up and one would like to ex-communicate the other, basically. And then there’s me, and I had no idea what I was doing for the majority of each session. Hence the Chaotic Neutral characters.

Anyway, the point of the last paragrab: would it be a good idea to attempt to start my own group? Mind you, I’m a complete n00b [I’ve been playing for, what? half a year…], but, out of my very few friends, the only person who’s played… Hopefully I could get one of them to try to DM instead, but I’d be open to it… provided they don’t shoot down the idea and think I’m more of a dork than they previously thought. Then again, they took well to Star Trek… Erm, yeah…

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Jadestone says:

August 27, 2007 at 10:17 am

144- Aww, bye! *hugs and puppies* We’ll miss you!

148- AHHH

156- Oh I love turning worksheets into mad libs! So fun.
Eh, I don’t play D&D, so I dunno. Go for it?

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Octopi Path (Potato Chip) says:

August 27, 2007 at 10:38 am

144- Goodbye! I’m supposed to be studying vocab, practicing violin, and not shunning the sun. Sigh. *hugs and choklit, and puppies*

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killerchipmunk says:

August 27, 2007 at 10:42 am

wow, i never realized there were question marks in diamonds before, oh this is so cool! (typing on a school computer instead of my old home one)
soooo, i feel really out of it cuz i haven’t posted like all month bcause my computer isn’t working hence, this is my *goodbye for now* notice (which is really really sad) because my home computer is dying, my mom thinks i am too obsessed with museblog, and the *possible online stalker not real friends i will never meet* (aka all of you, don’t worry cuz /I/ don’t think you’re stalkers) and the school is monitoring all the websites we go on cuz we’re really only supposed to be doing school stuff. they can watch you from the special administrator computers.
so if you want to you can express your sympathy (if it is nonexistant that’s also fine, i don’t really post as as much as i would like to, see above reasons) but i probably won’t be able to read it.
so hopefully i will be back sooner instead of later

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::DandelionsAreWildflowers:: says:

August 27, 2007 at 11:13 am

Wait, People have started school already? gosh I don’t start for another week of couse I do have orientation and it’s pirate themed. Note: I am going into 10th grade! WE don’t need THEMES!!!! Unless it’s muse then I would be happy! But come on! I expresss sympathy for those who are in school currently and those who cannot post (as in the case of killerchipmunk) agh, poor souls

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Shadowkat says:

August 27, 2007 at 11:38 am

155-When???

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Kagcomix the Special says:

August 27, 2007 at 2:09 pm

128- thanks. I got seriouse about drawing comics two years ago.
138- I like Pwt’s Pub.

YAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FINNISHED MY COMICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *does happy dance* YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAAAPPPYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAYYYYYAAYYAYAY! *lalalala*
happy happy happpy happy. it took a long time but now it’s over. yeeeeeeeessssssss. no more hunching over a desk while inking for……at least a week or two…. *continues happy dance*

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Der Wachtelschlag Fliegender says:

August 27, 2007 at 4:01 pm

I assume there’s a Chad’s Charcuterie? A Feather Bakery, I think. (Or garden shop, what do I know.)

So far, I know 2 people that have my birthday.

Who’s watching the Mars thing tonight?

I am!

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~a cinder quoting sinuous~ (c+q in anagram) says:

August 27, 2007 at 4:30 pm

I heard something vague about Mars at marching band… that must have been several days ago. Am I misinterpreting, or is it really from four years ago?

In other news, freshman orientation was today. Not very orienting, but fun. I spent the time walking somewhat aimlessly with penguini. We must have walked over a mile… and I didn’t know the school was so confusing.

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Dancergirl13 says:

August 27, 2007 at 4:53 pm

Open house for my parents is tomorrow night. My mom is going to come home and interigate me about which guys are in my class becuase she must be ‘concerned’ that I havnt shown any sighns of liking them to her. *sigh* Parents are totally clueless sometimes…….(no offense)

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'Dotty-kay says:

August 27, 2007 at 5:11 pm

Am I allowed to post a video about the lunar eclipse tonight? It’s very informative and tells when to watch it and all.

htt p: //ww w.space.c om/php/vid eo/player .php?vide o_id=Lu narEclip se234

If not, it’s okay. I know the GAPAs probably won’t have time to watch it, but it’s really just the type of thing they’d show in school. About how an eclipse works and looks (which I was actually never taught in detail), specifically the one tonight.

163: It’s a hoax. I totally fell for it.

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widdershins (e~a) says:

August 27, 2007 at 5:20 pm

162- cool! good job! If at all possible, I’d like to read some of it? maybe?

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the man for aeiou says:

August 27, 2007 at 5:55 pm

AHHHHHHHHHHH! the blog has lost it graphics!?!!?!?!!??!!??

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the man for aeiou says:

August 27, 2007 at 5:57 pm

good, it’s back.

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Ã–tzi says:

August 27, 2007 at 6:05 pm

bonjour tout le monde!!!! I have gotten my braces off!!!! wooohooo!!!!!

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Octopi Path (Potato Chip) says:

August 27, 2007 at 7:00 pm

170- congrats! I don’t like mine. they cause too many problems.

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Der Wachtelschlag Fliegender says:

August 27, 2007 at 7:18 pm

170-Gratters.

Today in World History, Mr. Hall (the teacher) said that the reason Americans should stop using less oil is that it supports Iran (read: terrorists). Hmm. Well, I looked it up. Turns out the Americans still get 52% of their oil from burning coal. (Not to mention they get 20% from nuclear, which is still twice as much nuclear power as France produces for 75% of their energy, btw.) Of the oil they use, they get 40% from internal sources, hence the >150 wells, and 60% for foreign uses. Top 3 suppliers? Mexico, Canada, and Saudi Arabia. Iran is Number 7.

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Ebeth The Titleless says:

August 27, 2007 at 7:54 pm

153-haha

172-teacher got pwned!

we read something in english today about ethos, pathos, and logos, and the thing said something like “you tend to trust your teachers implicitly, at least until college when you gain a better understanding of the subject” and i laughed. and got funny looks, since i’d read it before half the room had even gotten it.

it’s weird, but i’ve gotten so used to talking to you guys and michelle and other fast readers, so i keep forgetting that most of the world doesn’t read that fast (especially since summer and all). I heard somebody yesterday saying “Yeah, i read harry potter in 9 hours” and her friend was like “Wow, did you even understand any of what happened?” I was busy thinking “wow, you must have really been thinking hard about it…” and she was like “Not really, i just got the basic points”

anyway,

so cheese and i were just talking, and she said she had WAY more hw this year too. i had been thinking it was just a junior year type of thing, but now my theory is that the teachers all went to some conference that told them to load us with hw because lack of sleep builds character. Not that i’ve actually lost any sleep yet, but i can tell it’s only a matter of time…

blech.

also, i have to bring lunches this year because our family is genetically messed and can’t eat bread (at least with me and my mom). This is mostly a good thing cuz i get leftover chicken and stuff (i lurves cold chicken) but kind of bad because sometimes you just need icky, bready, greasy school lunches to convince you that class really isn’t that bad

but anyway. i’m done complaining. actually i wasn’t planning on doing so. but whatevs, i did anyway.

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Midnight Fiddler says:

August 27, 2007 at 8:01 pm

I just realised, about half the names of the “restaurants” I made up for the Muses were places that kids wouldn’t nessarily go. Bo’s Bar? Pwt’s Pub? Ah well…. I thought maybe Feather’s Doughnut Shop, but decided to do two Fs.

I fell for the Mars thing too, and I even emailed it to my friends. *smacks head and feels stupid* Meh, I guess I might look at the eclipse. I’ll think of all the other MBers that are looking at the same time.

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Kiki the Great says:

August 27, 2007 at 8:28 pm

SNOPES, PEOPLE, SNOPES!

post the darn rrr! you don’t want the all-powerful muse editor to got ANGRY, do you?

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Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

August 27, 2007 at 8:46 pm

(163, 174) How about Pwt’s Prawns, a seafood restaurant?

Then there’s Urania’s Secret.

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Margaret says:

August 27, 2007 at 8:57 pm

I (like c+q) had orientation today and got my schedule. (I didn’t go to orientation other than to get my schedule, but my mom said it was pretty stupid. The most important thing is to never put anything down for a second or it’ll get stolen. Yikes.) She also had a nice long chat with one of my neighbors about the fact that we don’t have a bus and she’s going to make me walk to the other bus stop. I wanted to just walk to school since I barely have any friends in the neighborhood (they all live farther away so the bus will be just as miserably boring as it was all through middle school as well as not giving any exercise) but she says I’ll get mugged. But based on my schedule I’ll be running from building to building all morning so at least I’ll get some exercise from that. (Tomorrow before band camp Braunfeld is going to show me where my classes are, which is obliging of him considering he didn’t want a band buddy and had no idea that I was his.)

So here are my classes:
Voice I
PE (ACE semester 1)/pool (ACE semester 2)/Bio H Lab (BDF)
Biology Honors
Geometry Honors
Spanish II
Global 9 Honors
Symphonic Band (ACE)/Orchestra (BDF) (or the other way around, Iunno)
English 9 Honors

Sarah’s in a bunch of my classes and Stalkerboy is in almost all of them. xD

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Midnight Fiddler says:

August 27, 2007 at 9:08 pm

I like it. Except that I most likely find anything to eat there, seeing as I’m vegan…..

Urania’s Secret?!?! How could you??

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Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

August 27, 2007 at 9:45 pm

Hm. Pwt’s Prunes? No, that sounds more like something on a dessert menu than a restaurant.

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Midnight Fiddler says:

August 27, 2007 at 9:50 pm

Umm, maybe, Pwt’s Paraphinalia? I hope that’s the correct spelling. However, knowing me it probably isn’t….

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Unintended Pun says:

August 27, 2007 at 10:08 pm

Hmm. Pwt’s Pwn Shop! (pawn shop)

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Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

August 27, 2007 at 10:15 pm

That was not an unintended pwn.

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Prarilius Canix says:

August 27, 2007 at 10:21 pm

Crraw qwns.

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Midnight Fiddler says:

August 27, 2007 at 10:30 pm

Oh no, I think I’m going to leave now….. Not least because my Mom is about to rip off my fingers if I keep typing….. *yells over shoulder, yeah, yeah, I’m turning the computer off right now!!!!*

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agagabagabag zepata says:

August 27, 2007 at 11:07 pm

According to wikipedia:
The slang term Pwn (see pronunciation note below), used primarily in the Internet gaming culture, means to own, have ownage over, and/or soundly defeat an opponent.
And it is said pones.
Sigh. School stars the day after tommorow. At least I’m in one of C++D’s classes.

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Karishnekrava says:

August 27, 2007 at 11:31 pm

Well, if the random thread is the first on the site, then i’m in luck!

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purplefinch says:

August 28, 2007 at 6:37 am

I missed the eclipse. I woke up at around six, and went outside to look, but the sun was already rising. I need to get back into my routine of waking up early!

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Kiki the Great says:

August 28, 2007 at 10:19 am

AHAHA.

Yesterday I did some seriously cool Maximum-Ride-themed Photoshopping. I sent a pic to the GAPAs, I wonder if they got it.

WHAT?? There was an eclipse? aw poopy.

185- NOT SAID “PONES”

it’s said “puns” but with the u like the u i “put”. Which is how I pronounce “Pwt”.

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Margaret says:

August 28, 2007 at 10:37 am

185 + 188 ~ I think it is said in many different ways, as there is no obvious way to pronounce it. I, not knowing how to pronounce it, never used to say it at all. (I just said owns instead of pwns.) However, I believe that it is commonly pronounced pones because it is basically a typo of owns so people just say owns with a p. (That is how Sarah pronounces it.) I still don’t say it to avoid controversy. xD (Generally, of course, I’m all for controversy! Bring it on!)

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Jadestone says:

August 28, 2007 at 10:48 am

I got up around 4:35 to go look at it because it was supposed to be completly covered at 4:56 according to the news, but I just saw a little bit of orange when I got out there, and that vanished pretty quickly. There were to many cluds for me to see the outline. Oh well.

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Kagcomix the Special says:

August 28, 2007 at 11:07 am

167- sure when I eventualy force my friend to make me a website and let me use her scanner (which might take a while) and if the GAPAs let me post the address. I want to make the website so my friends who i won’t get to see very often can be updated on my comics, nothing personal like my actual name on it. my webnames are usualy Kagsomething.

I say pwns exactly how it’s spelled, and the same with pwt.

heehee. Uranias Secret! when will that open?

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much pony says:

August 28, 2007 at 11:18 am

191 ~ But w isn’t a vowel which makes that very difficult and open to interpretation to some extent. I guess the closest to saying it how it’s spelled is with the u sound in put, like Kiki said. Close to an “oo”.

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I, man-gator says:

August 28, 2007 at 11:38 am

but which poned is it? pwnd…for some people it supposedly means “personally owned” in which case, it probably should be pronounced “poned”. Or so I believe.

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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator) says:

August 28, 2007 at 11:39 am

(188) Yes, here you go. Looks like fun.

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Kagcomix the Special says:

August 28, 2007 at 12:10 pm

WHAAAAAAATTTTT? YOU HAVE WINGS???????? NO FAIR!!!!!!

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Shadowkat says:

August 28, 2007 at 12:12 pm

194-Wowzers! Were you, like, jumping off a trampoline, or something?

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Shadowkat says:

August 28, 2007 at 12:12 pm

Oh, yeah, I’M 6,000 DAYS OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gosh, I feel ancient…

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I, man-gator says:

August 28, 2007 at 12:54 pm

that is pretty cool. Did you superimpose yourself or the wings? I can’t tell.

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Ebeth The Titleless says:

August 28, 2007 at 3:39 pm

181, 188-Powns. NOT pawns. pawns is n00bish. punes, even more so. (no offense to anybody though. loveage.) (ah, irony…when love and hate collide by def leppard just came on)

194-*jealousy*

So school=pain. more to the point, math=pain. AP gov=easy/reasonably fun/amazingly nerdy wewt. h. chem=amazingly fun/my life. brit lit=yay beowulf=interesting. band=the usual incredibleness. AP l/c=funny/all my friends are in my class/it’s hemmel. torch=cool, but we haven’t done much of anything.

So reassessing, math=pain. but it =enough pain to cover all of school. mostly because all my hw time for it is taken up by h. chem, which i don’t mind because h. chem is cool, but that’s bad for math.

i really do not want to take AP calc next year…

i prob will anyway though…stupid colleges wanting 4 stupid years of everything…

our school only requires 2 years of history, did you know that? (probably not, since you probably don’t go to my school). And the sophs on down have to take 4 years of math (we’re the last class to only have to take 3). Everybody hates math! And history is amazing! So why? *grumblegrumble*

i just realized…i’ll have taken 3 AP history classes, and only 1.5 regs (psychology counts as history)

Now that’s just messed. geek much?

ugh, too much thinking. i need to go play some tetris. I swear, it’s a drug. seriously. an antidepressant drug. hallucinogenic too. little boxes…dropping from midair….woooooah.

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Dancergirl13 says:

August 28, 2007 at 3:43 pm

194-Cool!

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Kiki the Great says:

August 28, 2007 at 4:21 pm

195- I WISH. It’s my brother who has the wings.
196- My brother was jumping off the swing. I can’t do it. YES OK I AM A SCAREDYCAT.
198- The wings. AND IT’S NOT ME.
200- Thnx! I can do it to you if you send me a good pic. I can’t put you in the air if you’re on the ground, though. Unless you’re standing in front of a blue- or greenscreen.

Lady Bunniful, why don’t we have a photoshop face-off?

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Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas says:

August 28, 2007 at 5:54 pm

Meh. Today, as a drama assignment, we have to stay SILENT for 24 HOURS. This has been a challenge. Lucky me, the blog doesn’t require vocal cords. Can’t tell you how much fun my non-theatre friends are having with this…

Hm… Urania’s Secret? That reminds me of a story…

When I was a very young girl, my mother had to run into Victoria’s Secret. Now, my dear sweet little brother was just learning to read, so he just randomly recited things he saw on signs. We walk in, and there’s an advertisement for a new product. My borther blurts out, “NEW! Low-rise panties!” so loud that the entire shop can hear. I was motified, considering I was only seven and painfully self-concious for some reason. It is hilarious in retrospect.

Trying to think of Muse-related shop names… I’ll be back later.

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Midnight Fiddler says:

August 28, 2007 at 5:56 pm

What about Pwt’s gender? I think it’s a girl.

I like Crraw too.

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Kiki the Great says:

August 28, 2007 at 7:33 pm

203- BOYYY

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The Invisible Chameleon says:

August 28, 2007 at 8:57 pm

Hey, did anyone see the lunar eclipse last night? I was effing awesome! I watched the moon from start to finish. And I was really really tired at school today. But who cares. I saw the eclipse!

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Prarilius Canix says:

August 28, 2007 at 9:08 pm

205- Agree with everything you say.

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Unintended Pun says:

August 28, 2007 at 10:11 pm

181-Yesssss. We should have a puns and jokes thread! If people think this is a good idea help me get a thread!

I didn’t see the eclipse. I’m on the east coast anyway so I wouldn’t have seen it very well. I start school next wednesday, and I can’t wait, because outside of taekwondo it is my entire social life. I don’t get out much except for taekwondo functions (picnics and stuff) and school stuff. I have no life. Bleh.

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Alice says:

August 29, 2007 at 12:32 am

I’m BACK!!!!!!!!!! I was dying for a while, there, because I foolishly thought that it would only be a day or so before we came back to our house for another load of stuff, so I left my computer here. Naturally, as soon as I have left my computer safely in another state, I start wanting to write. But I couldn’t, and the typewriter that promised to relieve the torture was broken. And then I couldn’t get on MuseBlog either, because the nearest computers are 23 blocks and 1 parentally signed permission slip away, at the library. Eventually we’ll get internet hooked up in our house, but it was being weird earlier this week, and we didn’t have a computer besides.

But finally, we’ve come back to the “country estate” to get another load of stuff, and I am reunited with my laptop. And I have so much stuff to catch up on! I’ll have to do that tomorrow. I’m not going to read this thread, though, because it is too too long.

I have my own room at last. It’s the biggest one, too, but I expected it to be somewhat more furnished, so I was in for a bit of a shock when I discovered that I was without a bed . . . or a bedframe . . .

Yeah. Luckily there was a bookshelf in the basement, so that’s solved at least.

I’m going to be a theater person. Not only is my homeroom going to be theater, but I’m going to try to get in some of the plays put on by the local theater. I decided this after seeing Twelfth Night, which is, by the way, really good.

I am very much excited about school. My orientation is on the fourth. Oh such a long time to wait!

I really like being in town because I’m in walking distance of everything. There’s a pool a few blocks away, and it’s a mere stroll downtown to where they sell lemon sodas and such like. Plus there’s a co-op with puzzles upstairs, and I’ve spent the past few days working on a very large one.

Anyway, I want to read my RRRs before bed, so I’d better end this post here.

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Jadestone says:

August 29, 2007 at 10:02 am

208- Hey! Glad to hear you’re adjusting well to living in town! It must be way different.

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Kagcomix the Special says:

August 29, 2007 at 10:09 am

203- androgenes (i think that’s the right word with the wrong spelling…. we learned about this in debateclub…..think kagy, think)
208- YAY! you’re back! theater is fun! good luck with school.

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Kagcomix the Special says:

August 29, 2007 at 10:11 am

sorry about the double post.

I’m usualy on some comics website and museblog at the same time and the one i’m on right now has the same “LEave a coment” thing as museblog! oooooooo!

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Shadowkat says:

August 29, 2007 at 10:57 am

201-Well, golly…he’s grown out his hair?

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Midnight Fiddler says:

August 29, 2007 at 11:09 am

208~ You moved? Glad you like it. Are you still on the West Coast? I always thought doing theater would be fun. I’ve never done anything withit though.

Pwt, I think, is a girl. THE HAIR, PEOPLE, THE HAIR!! And, think about it, Kokopelli and Company is written by a male. Pwt says, “In my spare time I worry about everything.” Now, I’m not saying this is a female trait, it isn’t, but guys generally steriotype us that way.

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Alice of the Blackberries says:

August 29, 2007 at 11:58 am

213- Sill on the West Coast.

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Midnight Fiddler says:

August 29, 2007 at 12:04 pm

Hmm, I have some relatives in Seattle. Are you anywhere near-ish there? If I’m being too nosy tell me.

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Alice of the Blackberries says:

August 29, 2007 at 12:56 pm

215- Near there, yes. Not near enough to go to Seattle for some grocery shopping, but near enough to go to Seattle to fish/sail/meet Musers/etc. I have a relative in Seattle too.

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Jadestone says:

August 29, 2007 at 1:16 pm

213- In that direction, Pwt was also miffed that a boy was better than a girl at peeling apples for the comic where Koko used Chad’ mind-reader.

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Ebeth The Titleless says:

August 29, 2007 at 3:15 pm

So i met a random girl that i don’t know the name of today. Andy and i were talking about book club, and then about ender’s game and how he still hasn’t read it (loser), and a girl behind us who had been reading the entire time said “oh, i love that book!” so we start talking about sci-fi stuff, and then at a random awkward pause i was like “what are you reading there?” and she showed me (a book called firebird, idk if anybody’s heard of it?) and then she was like “do you like fantasy too? or just sci-fi?” so we started talking about random fantasy books. Anyway, i’m putting the story up here because the whole situation struck me as very muserish.

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Der Wachtelschlag Fliegender says:

August 29, 2007 at 3:42 pm

Today was busy. I have to go fence at 6:30. And I have “Like A Prayer” stuck in my head. But before that I had “Holding Out For A Hero,” so it’s okay. I wasn’t late to any of my classes. And the hottie-with-a-body across from me in World History is Sam. (Remember that.)

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Dancergirl13 says:

August 29, 2007 at 3:50 pm

218-Cool!

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curious and questioning on someone else's computer says:

August 29, 2007 at 5:36 pm

Hi all!

This is the only computer access for fun that I’m likely to get in the next few days, so of course I’m coming here first.

I’m at a friend’s house, we’re painting chairs to award people at some girl scout ceremony. We’re on break now, and the laptop the speeches were being typed on was here too. I’ll be sleeping over here, and all my computer time in the near future is likely to be working on typing the notes for my summer reading, due in less than a week. I know I should have done it before. It’s boring.

Anyway, we’re having good times here. I got sprayed by a tomato and it was lots of fun having the speeches dictated. “You’re not going to write all of this, right?”

Nobody here has anything to say to random people on a forum, and the pizza came, so that’s all for now. I’ll be back sometime soon, I hope.

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Alice of the Blackberries says:

August 29, 2007 at 5:43 pm

Bye! See you later! *waves*

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Dancergirl13 says:

August 29, 2007 at 6:36 pm

221-Have fun!!!! Pizza is yummy……

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Dancergirl13 says:

August 29, 2007 at 6:42 pm

Sorry for the double post!!!!

Ug, I have to present a poster all about me in social studies, its due tomorrow. I have my board done, and most of my speech, but I still have to time and practice it…. *snoor* Sooooo boring.

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Jadestone says:

August 29, 2007 at 7:18 pm

218- Firebird! Good book. Collection of short fantasy stories by very good authors.
And very muserish. She sounds like a cool person

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widdershins says:

August 29, 2007 at 7:23 pm

218- you sure it wasn’t called Firebirds? ’cause that’s a collection of stories edited by Sharyn November. She runs the Firebird imprint and is the editor for it and creates firebird anthologies. There’s one that comes after Firebirds. It’s called Firebirds Rising.

And I have a few stories like that. I was in a bookstore once (Avol’s in Madison WI, good bookstore and GAPAs, I don’t live there) and there were some people there whose mother was with them and she’d said that they could each pick out one book that she’d buy for them. And one of the kids was looking in the Sci Fi Fantasy section but didn’t seem to know what to pick so I recommended The Blue Sword and The Hero and The Crown to her and her mother let her get both of them which was cool.

And then I was in a bookstore where I live and a woman was crouched by the Neil Gaiman books in the Fantasy/sci fi section and she said she was about to go on an airplane and wanted something to read and I said I had a favorite author and showed her the de Lint books and showed her Someplace to be Flying. She did take it with her on the plane too! I wonder how she liked it….

Welcome back, Alice! I’m glad you like where you’ve moved too!

Guys can worry too. Gender stereotypes are silly because they do not pertain at all to real life. And I think PWT’s male because Crraw refers to him as “he” in a poem once. I forget where…

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the man for aeiou says:

August 29, 2007 at 8:56 pm

226- to that afect he is called a he in atotsp

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Momothebrainlesspig says:

August 30, 2007 at 9:40 am

Man, I haven’t been on for a long time. I was sick and junk like that.

Anyway, Alice, that is neat sounding. Having one’s own bedroom is one of the greatest joys in life. That’s the one good thing about older siblings going off to college. *smile*

194: I want to fly!

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Kiki the Great says:

August 30, 2007 at 4:25 pm

aaaarrrgh

SIXTH GRADE IS HAARRD

I’m in high math, so of course I get three pages of homework on the first day. >_> HARD HOMEWORK.

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kt the gr8 says:

August 30, 2007 at 4:47 pm

my math teacher had to leave on the first day because of family emergencies so we got a sub, she gave us 100 math problems to do today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rrrrrrg!

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Alice says:

August 30, 2007 at 6:32 pm

148- OMG! OMG! OMG! Am I too late? I’m not DONE! AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*edits madly*

Okay, so I probably won’t be on for a while if it’s that desperate. I’ll spend all my time editing so that I can post it. And you know, Kiki, I’ll probably just email it to you, for the sake of time. I’ll post it too, but… EEK!

*rushes off*

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Unintended Pun says:

August 30, 2007 at 7:24 pm

228-Yup. I have my own bedroom at my mom’s and I’m soon to have one at my dad’s. I’ve shared a room with my sister and it stinks.

GRRRR!!! I’m really frustrated now because my mom and I keep fighting. She always yells at me because I “never talk to her”. Yelling at me is not the way to get me to talk. Grr. Now she’s all worried that I’m gonna go psycho and be put in a mental ward just because I don’t have anything to talk about.

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Lady Visala of Reverie says:

August 30, 2007 at 8:13 pm

Hullo, everyone. I’m sorry, I kind of momentarily fell behind on here for…a month or something like that. Anyway, it’s good to be back! (But I still need a new name.)

I’m being eaten by manual labor and summer reading now. I still have to finish A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (halfway through it), Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, and I have to start/finish Wuthering Heights. I’ve got about two weeks, though, so I should survive.

Manual labor? you ask.

Well.

I’m see Ani DiFranco in concert in about a month. However, my parents are kind of unwilling to take me, so I have to pay for my bus fare there and back, in addition to the ticket. It’s going to cost me a total of about $90.00…so I’ve been working like mad to come up with the money. However, I’ve already got over half of it from when I worked today, and I’m excited about that.

This summer went way too fast…not to state the obvious, I mean…

Gosh, I need to get back into the flow of things.

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Ebeth The Titleless says:

August 30, 2007 at 8:19 pm

233-i LOVE conneticut yankee in king arthur’s court! it’s probably my fav twain (except mebbe the celebrated jumping frog. my mom used to read me that all the time with funny accents. it was my favorite story ever when i was small :D)

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Dancergirl13 says:

August 30, 2007 at 9:16 pm

Its almost friday!!!!!

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Jadestone says:

August 30, 2007 at 10:30 pm

233- AHHH Ani Difranco! Luckey!!

Well, band is back for tomarrow, but only pre-game not half time. We only know part of half time drill s we only had 2 hours to learn it one day last week, then it was all rainy… urrrrrrrgh.

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Vendaval says:

August 31, 2007 at 9:53 am

Have the Gapas gotten my email? it’s a picture for Axa. Muse headquarters should get a postcard sometime soon too.\

I don’t really care what gender Pwt is.
Gah.
I’m lying. I just can’t bear to think that it’s one of life’s unsolvable mysteries. Will we ever know for certain?!?

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Grant O. says:

August 31, 2007 at 11:56 am

As I’ve said slightly less than a million times, Pwt is a dude. If Pwt were a girl, he would wear some sort of blouse. Muse is a branch of Smithsonian for people under 15 or so, it can’t have any sort of indecency or smut in it. In addition, do you really think Pwt would attempt to catch Crraw with a net if he was a girl? I say this in all neutrality and sincerity: if Pwt was a girl he would use some sort of deception to capture the bird. (If anything has happened of this sort since about two years ago, I haven’t been getting Muse, so lay off.)

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Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

August 31, 2007 at 12:37 pm

Hello, Grant! It’s always good to see the very first MuseBlogger back in the neighborhood.

Muse and its magazine-siblings are no longer affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution. You’re right, though, that the Smithsonian kept a pretty tight rein on the magazine when they were working together. For example, when the May/June 1999 “toilet issue” was being laid out, the gang in Washington would not let the editors put a picture of a toilet on the cover.

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Grant O. says:

August 31, 2007 at 1:12 pm

Oh, I see. I always wondered why, after a certain time, the tiny Smithsonian logo flanking the issue information turned into another tiny Kokopelli.

Anyway, I’m here to ask if I might try to scare up some interest in an RPG forum my friend Ed has just started. I thought it prudent to ask first in case you lanced the link.

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Jadestone says:

August 31, 2007 at 1:54 pm

239- That’s odd. It’s with Carrus now, or something, yes?

Hello Grant. Odd you see your name without the SUEC in front of it.

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Grant O. says:

August 31, 2007 at 2:17 pm

USEC, actually. I decided I didn’t want to type it all out and most of the n00bs who seem to have taken over wouldn’t get it anyway.

I caught myself before I did something hypocritical today. I was watching the 2nd Harry Potter film, which I had gotten at the library. At the beginning, Harry is flipping through a photo album looking at pictures of his parents. He was just getting all weepy, and I thought “Jeez, trust him to sit there and stare at pictures of absent people.” Then I remembered that I’m the guy who carries a photo of the girl he fancies around in his wallet.

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Ebeth The Titleless says:

August 31, 2007 at 3:43 pm

yay, it’s the chairman!

speaking of harry potter…we had our book club thing today. fun times. best moment i think was hunter’s comment-“Mrs. Weasley is a BEAST!” everybody clapped.

it was a pretty good discussion…good pizza too. and triple choklit klondike bars. a couple different people mentioned to me how much they usually picked sucky books, which REALLY pisses me off…”if you hate the books we pick then why don’t you ACTUALLY COME TO THE MEETING and suggest some?” is my usual response.

Leeny and i got bored in math so we went down to hemmelgarn’s room and i checked out a book and we talked to him, because he’s much cooler than math problems.

actually, in hemmelgarn i said something that was apparently funny…we were talking about the summer reading (on writing, by stephen king) and celia and i were both ranting about how we hate him, basically. so hemmel asks a q about this one quote and celia’s like “i think it’s just one of those things where you write something that makes no sense when you break it down but just sounds really deep” which i thought was funny, and then we were talking about the actual quote, which had something to do with life, and i was like “um, i don’t really trust stephen king’s views on life, because he kind of messed up his” and everybody laughed. it’s true though, the first part of the book is basically how he was always completely wasted and liked horror stuff. That’s really the entire first section. then liz mentioned how he was swearing like every third word and how it was completely unnecessary, which i also agreed with.

so we really had two book discussions today…one everybody hated and one everybody loved.

about half of the people there hated the epilogue though (of hp) i was surprised, i thought there’d be more, but then you always get a lot more people at hp, and the intelligence is somewhat diluted (not meaning any offense to the people who only come to hp and nothing else, but at least if there’s only five or six people there, there are less non-smart people, just statistically speaking, because there are less people)

So i get to go cheer on our losing football team today. home against st. charles. we’re so screwed. good times.

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Der Wachtelschlag Fliegender says:

August 31, 2007 at 3:45 pm

ShaddyKat–Are you at the Mimi’s Cafe in Orland Park in that photo? Cuz if so, I know that place.

For the record, I do not make stupid comments. Linear equations do make lines.

242-GRANT!! So good to see you! And who is the girl you fancy? (Can you leave your wallet behind so she can pick it up and take the hint?) I still think Pwt changes sex when necessary, but that’s just me. Maybe Pwt’s a boy most of the time.

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Musicman841 says:

August 31, 2007 at 4:29 pm

242- Grant O.? The same Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman who was the famous first poster on the first thread ever?
Before you wonder how a newbie would know this, scanning the Who’s here and What’s here is my idea of fun.

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widdershins says:

August 31, 2007 at 4:39 pm

Hey, Grant! You’re the only one on the blog who has posted before I did, the esteemed first poster! Welcome back!

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the man for aeiou says:

August 31, 2007 at 5:47 pm

I can not wait for tomarrow! new therd!

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Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

August 31, 2007 at 5:48 pm

Patience.

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Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

August 31, 2007 at 5:49 pm

(240) The toilet incident didn’t cause the split, but it couldn’t have helped.

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Kiki the Great says:

August 31, 2007 at 5:50 pm

233- No, don’t change your name! I already put you on my Buddy List as Lady Visala! lol.

In science today, Mrs. Eccleston made a Spider-Man joke, and the whole class (led by Sam, eternal class clown) broke into the Spider-Pig song. The funny thing was, EVERYONE knew it. Except Mrs. Eccleston. xD

242- Am I a n00b? Tell me, O Esteemed First Poster!

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the man for aeiou says:

August 31, 2007 at 5:53 pm

248- why? there will be new therd galory tomarrow!

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Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

August 31, 2007 at 5:56 pm

Maybe we’ll decide to go bimonthly. On MuseBlog, anything can happen.

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Axa says:

August 31, 2007 at 6:20 pm

237) -flattered- A picture for me? Awesome! XD

238- Grant! Long time no…type. Hahaha it’s always nice to see older MBers.

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treehugger (a.k.a. Wise Potato Gremlin) says:

August 31, 2007 at 6:58 pm

On the Muse’s genders, here’s my opinion: there are nine muses. Four (Urania, Mimi, Aeiou, and Bo) are girls. Four (Chad, Koko, Feather, and Crraw) are boys. (or at least, in Crraw’s case, male.) And the ninth Muse, Pwt, is either a he/she/it or a being whose gender we shall never know. Plus, the math works out all nice that way. Urania would like it.

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treehugger (a.k.a. Wise Potato Gremlin) says:

August 31, 2007 at 7:11 pm

At school (I just started high school – yay?), most of my teachers/classes are good. With one exception. I hate P.E.; always have (pretty much) and always will (probably), but this is different. Our teacher is such a grouch! He is soooo strict! If we do not have both feet (he was very specific) over the red line around the P.E. buildings when the tardy bell rings, we are marked tardy. Then, if we are not completely covering our number that we’re standing on when he takes roll, we’re marked tardy. Also, if we’re not back from the locker rooms at a certain time at the end of class, we can get marked tardy AGAIN! I swear, this teacher/class is hazardous to my health! And possibly not just my health! One of my shoulder muscles knotted up on Monday from the stress, he was soo grouchy. And I also might just drop dead from stress some time when I think I’m running late… boy, would Mr. Bettiga be sorry then! Whew. Well, there’s my school-related post. For now, hahaha.
-wpg

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Prarilius Canix says:

August 31, 2007 at 7:14 pm

Pwt is a gibroly.

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the man for aeiou says:

August 31, 2007 at 7:19 pm

252- no! don’t!

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treehugger (a.k.a. Wise Potato Gremlin) says:

August 31, 2007 at 8:00 pm

205 – I saw the eclipse, and I was soo tired during geometry the next day. (geo is my first per. class) ditto for thurs. morning; I could barely keep my eyes open! Now, that was just due to bad habit, not rare astronomical events.

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Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas says:

August 31, 2007 at 8:02 pm

I wish I were a gravity-defier. Idina Menzel is green, and she makes me green with envy. Gack.

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the man for aeiou says:

August 31, 2007 at 8:15 pm

can you please go to : https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1005 ?

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treehugger (a.k.a. Wise Potato Gremlin) says:

August 31, 2007 at 8:22 pm

247 – what’s a therd? Oh, did you mean thread? or am I just being really dense/missing an old museblog joke?

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the man for aeiou says:

August 31, 2007 at 8:36 pm

261- I spell wrong when I am happy. It would have been a joke if it had been a new threat.( robert put tha on a rrr therd.)

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treehugger (a.k.a. Wise Potato Gremlin) says:

August 31, 2007 at 8:40 pm

a random comment: I was just reading the “August ’07 Incredible Morphing Chameleon Thread” and read kagcomix’s post in which he/she said they had a fear of vampires. I’m not saying they’re silly or anything, I just have to put in my two cents (but the topic had changed so I souldn’t do it there): I have read Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse (except for the epilogue) by Stephenie Meyer, and I think vampires are wicked cool. Well, I guess I’m just saying that ’cause I like the books. But yes, a fear of vampires is natural. If they do exist, we should be afraid of them! Well, we should be wary, anyway.

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Kiki the Great says:

August 31, 2007 at 9:11 pm

I FOUND MY GRAPHICS PEN

OH HAPPY DAY

total w00t. I had been looking for it for 3 months, and I finally told my dad, “Dad, I need a new graphics pen” and he’s like, “oh, it’s on mom’s desk” and IT WAS and i was so annoyed b/c i had been looking for it FOREVAH.

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Dancergirl13 says:

August 31, 2007 at 9:36 pm

245-St. Charles Missouri?

264-Yay!!!

I am tired, but I get to take care of my neighbors chickens, bunnies and cats this weekend until Tuesday!!! Its fun!!! They are all so cute!!!!

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Glassboro says:

August 31, 2007 at 10:14 pm

I’m doing the very thing that annoys me, saying that I’m not going to be on much. There isn’t wireless, so I won’t be on aim, either. Anyway, I’ll be back on Tuesday, and will be expecting a summary to be ready for me of every thread that I post on.

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