Green Room - Week 19 - Day 1

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Good late morning/early afternoon.

Sorry for the delay today in the Green Room, I was just enjoying my Six Pack!!!!*

(* for those non football inclined folks (*kicks you*) I am of course referring to the fact that the Pittsburgh Steelers now have 6 Super Bowl rings, more than everyone - and of course that I've spent the whole morning drinking heavily.*G*)


So what are *you* doing today? Besides wondering what the Legacy of Doom will be?

Comments

[ahavah]

Late GR.

Woo hoo! In before football.

I learned the winner from a Groundhog Day article. :D

[jenandbronze.livejournal.com]

and what did it say? Six more weeks?

[oberonia.livejournal.com]

Workin'...though I wish I were home editing the rest of my pictures from Yellow River Game Ranch hehe.

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

*not working*..grr..

Carrie's going to call her boss in a half hour to get an update on our work status...when we can return...

[sushimustwrite.livejournal.com]

I was wondering why the GR was late today. Someone was up a little late celebrating.

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

*I'm sure he was*...

*we avoided the superbowl but caught the last 2 minutes of it*

wow...kind of close though...

[tigrkittn.livejournal.com]

About freaking time!! Helloooo Greenies!

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

*waves*

[bewize.livejournal.com]

Not first, but close!

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

*I'm not FIRSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dammit..

I wanted to be..

on top..

*smirks*

*hides*

[jenandbronze.livejournal.com]

I wonder when I'll get my chance?

[norda.livejournal.com]

I'll be working in a coal mine, going down, down...

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Sorry that you'll be too tired for havin' fun.

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

Ate too much bad-for-me food last night, so I'm skipping class today. Only stayed at the Superbowl party until halftime, at which point we had to come home and take care of the dogs. Wish I had stayed and watched until the end; it sounds as though it was pretty exciting, even for those of us who don't really care.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Since when is eating too much junk food an excuse to skip class?? Tsk!

[ahavah]

Oh yeah, does anyone have a clue how I might make "Toast Pie"? My daughter has been begging for it all day. The closest I can come up with is bread pudding, but if anyone knows how to make something toast-pie-ish, Ivy would appreciate it.

We're filing this under Homeschooling: Science & Life Skills. :D

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of Toast Pie before! Maybe she can tell you what is in "toast pie" and you can just figure something out? I'd guess toast goes on the bottom tho...

My mom used to make soft boiled eggs (or maybe they were poached... something soft and squishy anyway) and would make some toast, pull it apart into bite sized pieces, then mix the toast in with the egg. Yummy!

[supremegoddess1.livejournal.com]

I am excited because as we speak there is someone at my house installing a new HVAC system.

I can has heat!

[thenodrin.livejournal.com]

Yay!!!

I was without heat/AC last July through Oct. Not fun. I couldn't imagine being without it with the weather the way it is now.

Theno

[thecuteone33.livejournal.com]

I'll be spending the day making sure that worldofcharlie doesn't go overboard with the "being bored" thing, since I'm off today.

Well not sure when I'll be able to head back to work again...long story... :(

and um...Charlie wanted to be on top... me..I don't care..so much.. :)

--Carrie--

[boxsofrain.livejournal.com]

Carrie, I never met you before. :)

[thenodrin.livejournal.com]

"Besides wondering what the Legacy of Doom will be?

Doom has always done what was best for his people. And, what was worst for Reed Richards. Not necessarily in that order.

Theno

[boxsofrain.livejournal.com]

Good morning!

I took a few personal days at work. I am in Long Island visiting my mom before her surgery. We are gonna get our nails done!!

Leagacy of Doom?

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

Enjoy being pampered!!!..when's her surgery scheduled?

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I'm at work, worried about the Doom!

We went to see Taken last night, and it was pretty damn awesome! Took me forever (and a look-up on IMDB) to remember where I'd seen the girl (Maggie Grace) who played Liam Neeson's daughter. She'd been on Lost back at the beginning - she was blonde, then. In the movie, she had brunette hair and was playing a 17-year-old, but the actress is really 25.

Sometimes it's amazing what a change of haircolor can do!

[just-the-ash.livejournal.com]

Why does "Legacy of Doom" remind me of George Lucas getting his hands on the Indiana Jones franchise?

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah..isn't the word DOOM in the third installment??? or the second one?

*is trying to remember back 20 years*

[pinkslit.livejournal.com]

I'm writing a 5 page biography on a woman writer...hopefully within the next 3.5 hours before the school bus returns. Which author? Hell, I don't know...we have a list of fifty. I'm sure I'll just go with Toni Morrison since Beloved is one of my favorite books (and movies....one year for Halloween, I wore a nude bodysuit and teased my waist length hair out to be "Beloved" in her final scene in the movie. It was hilarious!). Or Sylvia Plath. Or Candace Bushnell. Or Banana Yoshimoto. Part of me wants to do Erma Bombeck because I remember my mom cracking up at her articles in Woman's Day and she's on the list. Oh, and I was happy to see my professor included Diablo Cody and Tina Fey. Not that I love Cody, in fact, I'm pretty bored with her writing but I can respect a professor that acknowledges modern writers. I see Cody fizzling out soon but Fey...hell yeah, Tina Fey! Funniest lady since Lucy.

[thenodrin.livejournal.com]

"I can respect a professor that acknowledges modern writers."

Oh, I hear that.

Back in the day, when I was taking AP English in high school, we had to pick an author to focus on for the year. The only given criteria was that the author had to have 6 published books or short story collections, because we were going to be reading and reviewing three books per semester.

I chose Chris Claremont. He had just published his second novel, and I was going to use comic book story arcs and titles as short story collections. I admitted that I was thinking "outside the box" by counting a comic book as a short story, and by counting 10+ comic books that had an epic story as a novel. So, I had a back-up pick in case my AP English teacher rejected Claremont. My back-up was Douglas Adams.

One week into the class we received a lecture on the differences between an author and a writer. People who wrote "trash" (as she called it) such as magazine fiction, paperbacks and comic books were "writers." People who wrote "literature" such as books and novels were "authors."

She then gave us a list of 35 "authors" that we could choose from. Out of class discussions with my peers allowed me to find out that only one of us had picked an "author" to read.

Some people who were rejected: Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Agatha Christie, Henry David Thoreau, and Mario Puzo. The only student who got to keep her choice had picked Jane Austin. And, the only American on her list was Mark Twain.

Our first "open" writing assignment was to write an essay on any topic that was at least two pages long. I wrote on how discouraging it was to me as someone who wanted to be an author when I grew up to find out that the only way to do so was to either be born in Europe, or be dead for a century. My grade on that assignment was, "See Me After Class."

Theno

[jenandbronze.livejournal.com]

I am still sitting on pins and needles... will this be the week I find out whether I am moving or not?

[brightflashes.livejournal.com]

I'm having a difficult day today, so socializing isn't the best. For those who pray or believe in sending well wishes or good vibes, I could use some. I need to be put back together and I'm afraid I'll never find the right pieces.

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

sends out virtual hugs...

I hope things get better...

[caersidi.livejournal.com]

Like most Brits I am snowed in today.

Have already packed by LJ Idol suitcase as there is no way I shall make it this week being bottom by quite a few votes.

Still with concern about whether the roads will be drivable tomorrow I'm being philosophical.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

I just heard about your weather on NPR.... It is a little odd, isn't it?

[and buck up, regardless of what happens this week, good talent will be leaving... and I am sad]

[abbismom.livejournal.com]

Good morning! err....early afternoon!

Didn't watch the superbowl at all. Watched the Top Model marathon instead between clearing our property and eating breakfast and a local donut shoppe, yum.

But I'm glad your Steelers won, Gary.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

I have been out shopping [woohoo!]

Ok, just second-hand shopping, and I have had great success too.

Unfortunately, now I must actually work around the house.

I have given up wondering, G. It won't do me any good, and stress just makes me harder to deal with for everyone else.

*raspberry noise*

[deza.livejournal.com]

Had a job interview a few moments ago, and was offered the position.

Taking the job would mean relocating Memphis (I currently live just north of Atlanta).

Having trouble deciding if the job is worth the trouble of moving, or if I should just wait til the Hubster gets back from his deployment and move to wherever he's stationed next.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the offer, even if you still have a decision to make!

[thepheenixeyri.livejournal.com]

nothing!

::nursing a head ache::

::didn't do laundry:::

chatting with worldofcharlie so I guess that's something. :d

contemplating whether or not to make more cafine... and get lost in Portrait in Death.

the Phoenix

[hexkitten.livejournal.com]

According to my local weather report, today feels like 12 degrees Celsius. I feel kind of pathetic when I read something like that and think, "Ooh, it's warm enough to go running!"

Gary's username

[pinkslit.livejournal.com]

So, in a post a few days ago, I mentioned how my grandmother was watching Casablanca and how it reminded me of Gary because of the username. Lots of theories on how to say clauderainsrm but no comment from Gary yet.

So, Gary...what is that RM for?

(my post was here (http://pinkslit.livejournal.com/258176.html)

Re: Gary's username

[darkprism.livejournal.com]

I was just talking about this to a friend earlier!

I say it, "Claude Rain's Room."

But hrm...

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