Green Room - Week 15 - The Weekend Edition

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Ears are still ringing from seeing Mofro last night. They can certainly put on one hell of a show, and yeah, I was probably too close to the speakers.

Got home about 1am and crashed until about noon. Then got caught in the rain on my way into the library so that I could catch up on everything going on with Idol and online in general.

edit to addI was thinking yesterday afternoon about upcoming topics and some ideas that I had. . . and "the debate" with gonadsandstrife and fidgety over use of "abstract" topics popped into my head. I still don't think that they are better than any other kind, or more challenging - however, after some pondering I realized that there were a couple one word "abstract" topics that not only did I really like, that I planned on actually using. So, my apologies guys. I do in fact like them more than I thought I did.

So, how are you guys doing anyway?

Comments

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

*packing again*...

Glad you had a great time last night..

Am I the first post??? *looks over my shoulder*

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

You da man!

Good talking with you last night, Gov. Didja have a good time at your party? :)

[ewok-626.livejournal.com]

You missed it last night. The girls came out to play.

[desert-rose.livejournal.com]

Well done for being number one in the GR! :-)

I've missed seeing you online this weekend, so hope to talk to you soon! We'll definitely have to have that phone call really soon too!

Hope the packing is going ok!

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

So far it's been a lazy Saturday. Cats are pushing me off the bed. Looks like there have been some extra voters on the poll. The numbers aren't changing much any more.

We could use some excitement. Got any?

[ewok-626.livejournal.com]

A few people have decided to wait to vote until Monday... *growls*

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Yay - weekend GR!

Doing fine, getting ready to head out to a baby shower that my supervisor is holding for her 19-year-old daughter. I'll be BossLady's first grandchild, and she's about 1-1/2 years younger than I am - HA! :)

Got all the entries read and my votes done - probably voted for half of the entries. It gets harder each week!!

[ewok-626.livejournal.com]

Do you suck at Baby Shower Bingo as much as I do?

Beware the Poopy Diaper game!

[ewok-626.livejournal.com]

Hehe... Was up till 5 talkin to the Hamster. Just woke up around 2pm. Whoops!

I'm doing okay, although I'm ready to pull my hair out over this week's voting. Why must you do these things to us, Gary?

*sets out boxes of Chinese food and a platter of brownies*

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm.... pass the Beef Lo Mein and the Chicken with Broccoli!

Oh, and stick a brownie on the side, too!

[fidget]

I managed to read all the entries this week! That hasn't happened in a while. I finally had the time to do so, since there aren't as many of them as before and N is still soundly asleep.

So, basically, it's been a day full of zombie porn.

And, yeah, to mirror everybody's sentiments, voting sucks this week. Mainly for the freak-out factor and having to refresh the voting page every fifteen seconds.

ETA: Gary, I already told you that I didn't need an apology! Now I'm all kind of flustered.

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

I read all the entries for the fist time in a while, too...partly because we're getting down to a manageable number. And partly because each and every vote seems to count this time.

As for one word topics "Yikes!" would be a good one. That's the PG version of what I thought when I first saw it was a closed vote.

[kithan.livejournal.com]

just back from grocery shopping and updated the voting totals. I suppose I should post that soon, eh.

Maybe after I put lunch in the oven.

I have a TON of work to get done this weekend. I want to be completely caught up by next Friday. I think I can do it.

Other than that... not a whole lot going on here.

[kittenboo.livejournal.com]

i was just going to ask you a question about that! it you were going to post an update on totals that would be freaking awesome and i would love you forever!

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Just finished watching Georgetown stomp all over Cincinnati (poor little Bear Cats).

Now to make some pasties (like the pub food), and try to put my head back on straight. My new meds are hitting me kind of hard today, which is to be expected, but time-slipping is no fun.

[I would give you a movie or book reference, but nothing comes to mind at the moment. Maybe later?]

ETA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_slip - meh, as close as I can come.

ETA2: Not REAL... just a side effect of the drug. Man, I should go lie down, or play with the hot oven, or something.

[gonadsandstrife.livejournal.com]

YES!! Victoire en Russe...avec..."Le Waterslide"!

It's not that I mind the more tangible ones, but..y'know..changeups are awesome. Other wise wee wouldn't have restaurants or supermarkets, we'd just have buildings & kiosks that sell "FOOD".

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

*leaves the "Food kiosk"* damn. . . how did you know I was here?!?

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

One word subjects that describe this past week:

drama
BRAINS!
sexy

[sushimustwrite.livejournal.com]

That should be the topic next week. Whoever can combine all three gets the ultimate prize.

[lilerthkwake.livejournal.com]

Don't feel all that good. Not horrible, but kinda drag-ass-ish.

Tonight is MEET THE PARENTS night. Actually it's PARENTS MEET THE PARENTS night; my mom is in town so I'm having her & my dad as well as my boyfriend's mom & dad over for dinner. I cannot tell you how excited yet nervous this makes me. I looooove my boyfriend's parents and they seem to adore me; my parents, after a rocky start, have really taken to my boyfriend. But the two sets of parental units are VERY different people, and I hope they get along okay. Not that their incompatibility would mean the end of my relationship, but I want them to kinda like each other, you know?

I really ought to be cleaning the house instead of dicking around on the computer. I am such a procrastinator!

[heykatie.livejournal.com]

Hehe. My parents didn't meet my husband's parents until two days before the wedding. ;) They are as opposite as anything, but luckily the one thing they all have in common is absolute politeness. :)

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

I have such sinus pressure that my teeth hurt. Along with a lovely headache I am totally miserable. Because of all this my tinnitus is acting up so I have that lovely ringing sound in my ears. I can't tell if this is a cold or an allergic reaction to something. The only reason I am thinking allergy is that I broke out in serious hives two days ago.

Are you glad you asked? *grin*

(Edit: I did finish all the entries late Friday afternoon. A lot of good stuff out there. I am glad someone did a breakdown of how many people took which topic.)

[libra-dragon.livejournal.com]

I just got back from my class that started at 8am...Saturday classes are just wrong really anyway you slice it.

So needless to say brain is fried.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

Oh good -- I thought I was the only one with fried brainz! *wipes brow in relief*

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

I may not look like a zombie, but I certainly feel like one, albeit without wanting to eat brains.

One more day of The Hell Schedule and then I revert to a semi-regular 6AM-2:30. Woot!

I was going to say something...um...

Oh yeah! CHINESE FOOD! We just came back from the place up the street! Veggie lo mein! Chicken fingers! Crab Rangoon! And more veggie lo mein!

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

(is envious... but holding out for pasties... only 45 minutes now)

[sushimustwrite.livejournal.com]

It's starting to kick in.

A week from today I'll be boarding an airplane, going somewhere I've never been before, and meeting someone I've never met before. And I'm excited as all hell about it.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I did that a few years ago. I was too excited to be nervous!

[johnmill79.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's gonna be a long day at work on Monday, wondering if I've gotten the ol heave ho. Ah well, what's a guy to do?

I'm about to finish reading the remainder of the entries, I still have 20 or so to go. Had to sit outside for a long time and absorb some sun rays, though. I finished my book, too. Pretty good stuff!

[desert-rose.livejournal.com]

I'll be thinking of you today, and sending positive vibes your way that you still have your job!

*hugs* and let us know how it all goes.

[minikin.livejournal.com]

Sorta kinda caught up on lj reading except for LJ Idol entries, and now I really need to start working on productive use of this here machine. We're all couch-cocooning today, so I'll be choosing computer-related productivity. ;)

Flood is all curled up between Flar and me on the couch. Critter is convalescing in the leather recliner.

I miss my comfy chair. It lost screws. I found where they go, but can's get the bracket to match up with the wood and replace the screws. The effect of the missing screws is that the chair will start to recline if I sit fully into the seat, even before I release the lever. It also messes with un-reclining it when I get up. I was kind of okay with the inconvenience of being trapped by my chair, until I noticed wood shavings accumulating underneath it. Which means sitting in it is making it deteriorate. Dizzy can sit in it without triggering the problem, so she has dibs on it until I get the furniture repair guys out to fix it.

I did finally get around to calling the plumber. They're coming out on Monday to figure out why showering in the brown bathroom causes water to bubble out of the toilet in the blue bathroom. And, I hope, fix it.

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

hullo... :)

*loves our comfty couch*...

Enjoy your weekend... :) hopefully you'll get your shower fixed soon

[imafarmgirl.livejournal.com]

Abstract topics could be really good or really bad.

I just ordered a pizza. mmm. Waiting for it to be delivered, half ham and pineapple and half special which is nearly everything.

[elva-undine.livejournal.com]

I totally took care of business today.
Got caught up on work, knit, spun (span?), caught up on some podcasts...all after getting up at 10:00am.

I'm really surprised to hear that people haven't been reading all of the entries every week. I hope that doesn't make me sound like an asshole or anything; I just thought it was expected, so I have been reading them all.

[imafarmgirl.livejournal.com]

I agree. I read them all and think it's rude not to.

[chite.livejournal.com]

I had a very long day.

My office did "breakfast and a movie" for our clients this morning. They rented out a movie theater, served breakfast, and showed a film for free to any of our clients who were interested in coming. I spent almost the whole time socializing with people in the hallway whose kids wanted to watch the movie but who were not too interested themselves. It was fun.

Then I came home and cooked for my husband's birthday party, and then at 7 pm our first guests arrived. It's about 1:00 am and the last of the guests left 1/2 hour ago. All in all a very good party even if we did have 5 cancellations due to the flu. Beer was had, and food was delicious, and I made Beer Cake, which was apparently the best cake anyone had ever had.

[taybar19.livejournal.com]

Anyone interested in a writing game involving writing stories and captions? It will be similar to LJ Idol, but it will involve pictures and dialog writing. If you are interested, please let me know.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

why do I get the sudden urge to take off my shoe and bang it on a table?*G*

Thank goodness the weekend is over

[desert-rose.livejournal.com]

Michael came back this weekend so we could talk. It's been very stressful and difficult, which is why I haven't been as present as I would have liked.

He's leaving on Wednesday, and from then on we will be going our separate ways.


If I make it to week 16 of Idol, I'm going to really have to work hard as I won't have a bye to fall back on.

I'm still apartment searching, and getting quite desperate to find a place of my own. Does anyone need a roommate, as the way things are maybe moving to a new country wouldn't be such a bad idea.

Hope you all had a good weekend, and good luck this week!
*hugs*