Green Room - Break - Day 11
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therealljidolWelcome to 2012!!
For me, 2011 had its ups and downs, but for the most part was very much up! I started last season's New Year (and on my facebook!) with the Hold Steady song "A Positive Jam"! I'm enough of a superstitious traditionalist that I'm not going to mess with what is working! ;)
So here it is again: http://youtu.be/K0eDpsROSvQ
Last season at this time was also the start of Second Chance. . . yeah, that's not happening right now. ;)
We are getting started again with Idol proper in two days though, so I hope you are ready!
Until then, here's the Free Topic: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/513465.html
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How has 2012 been treating you so far? Like a boss or like a Mayan?
For me, 2011 had its ups and downs, but for the most part was very much up! I started last season's New Year (and on my facebook!) with the Hold Steady song "A Positive Jam"! I'm enough of a superstitious traditionalist that I'm not going to mess with what is working! ;)
So here it is again: http://youtu.be/K0eDpsROSvQ
Last season at this time was also the start of Second Chance. . . yeah, that's not happening right now. ;)
We are getting started again with Idol proper in two days though, so I hope you are ready!
Until then, here's the Free Topic: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/513465.html
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How has 2012 been treating you so far? Like a boss or like a Mayan?
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Date: 2012-01-01 05:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-01 05:02 pm (UTC)Need to walk my dog but she's terrified of all the stupid fireworks outside.
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Date: 2012-01-01 05:11 pm (UTC)Happy New Year, everyone!
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Date: 2012-01-01 05:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-01-01 05:28 pm (UTC)We watched the ball drop, played a couple games and had the best dessert ever: bananas foster bread pudding with home made caramel sauce and egg nog ice cream. Jealous anyone?
Breakfast is going to be creme brûlée French toast too. Good thing I start a diet tomorrow :P
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Date: 2012-01-01 06:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-01-01 05:46 pm (UTC)I really need to organize my closet.... But knowing me, it won't be soon!
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Date: 2012-01-01 06:02 pm (UTC)Right?
Happy New Year, y'all. :)
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Date: 2012-01-01 06:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-01-01 06:15 pm (UTC)So far, 2012 has been nice to me.
The boy and I had a quiet evening in last night with the semi-daughter, showing her FRINGE for the first time and eating homemade chicken eggrolls and fried rice. Today has been about catching up on housework that hadn't gotten done all through December. There's a crockpot beef stew cooking today and a turkey ready to cook tomorrow in our new electric roaster.
I feel rested, warm, healthy and happy for the first time in a very, very long time. I hope I am not tempting Fate.
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Date: 2012-01-01 06:44 pm (UTC)I hope that this New Year's is a sign of good things to come for you this year!
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Date: 2012-01-01 06:44 pm (UTC)I'm only splotchily online in terms of commenting -- still packing things. Also feeling sorta off, but I think it will go away. :)
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Date: 2012-01-01 06:51 pm (UTC)My husband got sick, though, and is still sleeping. :(
2012 thus far has been good. :)
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Date: 2012-01-01 07:01 pm (UTC)What about
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Date: 2012-01-01 07:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-02 12:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-01 07:27 pm (UTC)Oh, and it's a beautifully absurd 67 degrees out today here in NC. Just ridiculous.
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Date: 2012-01-01 07:42 pm (UTC)We're just north of Durham. I am lamenting that the horses need today off since the rest of the week is going to be much much colder but we've ridden three days in a row (I seriously couldn't ride today if I wanted to).
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Date: 2012-01-01 07:33 pm (UTC)I have to stop stalling and go take down the trees.
So far I'm liking 2012 but honestly all I've done is watch The Empire Strikes Back and sit on my bed and read LJ before that I walked a puppy and drank a cup of tea. We slept in.
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Date: 2012-01-01 07:50 pm (UTC)It's in the 50s here. I've got all the windows open. Might as well take advantage of it since it's supposed to be below freezing for the remainder of the week :brr:
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Date: 2012-01-01 07:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-01-01 07:55 pm (UTC)Looking very much forward to picking Idol back up again, and I wish I had been able to work on the free topics, but I was having too much fun romping around Seattle :P
Bonne Annee, GR!
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Date: 2012-01-02 04:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-01 08:41 pm (UTC)now it is Jan 2nd and I am getting ready to get organised!
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Date: 2012-01-02 04:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-01 09:43 pm (UTC)Funny how a couple of weeks off makes you all slack :oP
I got to try my hand at bell ringing today and signed up to volunteer at a local heritage site which they were very happy about - the volunteers tend to be on the elderly side so a bit of fresh blood is always welcome.
And I found Human Centipede 2 on DVD - AWESOME!!!! OK, so it's going to be edited beyond recognition, but I'm still very excited nevertheless. The original was so funny and I'm really looking forward to seeing how the story continues.
Right. Off to see if red wine and story writing can mix.
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Date: 2012-01-01 11:22 pm (UTC)Re: Bell ringing.
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Date: 2012-01-01 11:17 pm (UTC)Just don't crack that whip too hard Gary.
NY spent with friends was awesome. Food? huge prawns in lettuce beds as a start. Assorted meats and salads, crackers and smoked cheese, and an olive dip that was delicious, baby potatoes with mint, several antipasto dishes. Then desserts to die for!.... a fruit jelly made with sparkling red wine, a merengue cake with custard cream, and strawberries, then more cheeses and tiny chocolate cups containing mousse.
Then sitting in the garden looking at the moon, drinking wine, it was a balmy night. But we weren't late, guess who was mad enough to be doing a Market stall on January 1st....? got it in one. That is another story. But getting up at 6.am was just the start of it.
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Date: 2012-01-02 12:05 am (UTC)Oh, and cell reception sucks at the park - we would try to send texts if we got separated, but it could be 20-30 minutes before they were received because so many people were trying to use such limited resources.
Today we slept in, packed up Tge car, and are currently about 1.5 hours from our stopping point in Macon, GA. We will drive the rest of the way home tomorrow, then it is back to work on the third! Happy new year to all!
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Date: 2012-01-02 06:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-01-02 01:16 am (UTC)Late Commenter League: HAPPY NEW YEAR, ancient mesoamericans!
Date: 2012-01-02 04:02 am (UTC)Now we're relaxing as I prepare to go back to work tomorrow evening (my holiday day off was Friday)
As for how I feel, I think it's more like a Mayan since I was about to get started on a 2013 calendar when the neighboring Aztecs informed me my culture is going to be
collapsed and assimilated instead -- hope those nice Spaniards in the fancy boats in a century or so treat us better. =)
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Date: 2012-01-02 04:09 am (UTC)Behind Painted Lines
Date: 2012-01-02 04:20 am (UTC)http://pricelessone.livejournal.com/659424.html
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Date: 2012-01-02 04:33 am (UTC)parents lost a dog. she ate rat poison and it was not decon so instead of being a vit K anatgonist it was a coagulant. Being in crap town Iowa no vets avalable on weekends. no animal ER.
it was a very long night.
Not a good start to this year at all.
Hope everything is going a great deal better for every one else.
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Date: 2012-01-02 06:37 am (UTC)Rat poison.
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Date: 2012-01-02 06:47 am (UTC)Am I the only person to notice that you added the "right now" at the end there to imply you might be doing a second chance round later in the game? :P
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Date: 2012-01-02 11:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-03 12:08 am (UTC)One more day.
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