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22133. alistairconnor - 6/29/2007 8:48:47 AM Still haven't heard the sexy Nyetskaya, I haven't been at home, and the maiden aunts in the network dept won't let us access mp3 files from work.
For a few weeks just recently I was in a slow-motion courtship ritual with a big, big lady. We like each other a lot but never got to the point where I could find out whether size was going to be an obstacle or not... 22134. Ms. No - 6/29/2007 5:22:54 PM I've never dated a truly fat man. I occasionally find them attractive and have been known to get swoony over Marlon Brando in his later years, John Goodman and Jack Black -- who isn't really fat but merely barrel-built with a bit of padding. As for real-life encounters, though, I've never been with a man even remotely approaching my BMI.
On the other hand it would never occur to me to say that such men aren't dateable or that they should be ridiculed or disdained for their appearance. I think people should be ridiculed and disdained for their actions and their lack of compassion or intelligence, not for how they look---unless they happen to be the sort of person who pokes fun at others' appearance and then I consider them fair game. ;->
22135. thoughtful - 6/29/2007 10:01:53 PM Ah but love covers a wide variety of things.
I'm sure I never see my hubby as other people do. I'm sure he doesn't see me as other people do.
And I know I've looked at other couples and thought what does s/he see in him/her? But when eyed through the eye of love, it always comes out much different. 22136. alistairConnor - 6/29/2007 10:31:06 PM Oh how true! Banal and trite but it makes me all teary-eyed because I've just got off the phone with my beloved, they are sending her for a week to (Country X) [self-censorship]. 22137. Ms. No - 6/29/2007 10:34:15 PM This is true.
I'm wondering if it's the same principle in reverse that make us go "Ick!" when we think of our parents in bed together or our siblings or children getting hot and heavy with someone. 22138. alistairConnor - 6/29/2007 10:35:35 PM Bad taste alert! (your mileage may vary, I think it's fun) 22139. Ms. No - 6/30/2007 8:29:03 AM Aw, that was really cute! What fun!
I'm high as a kite right this second. Opening night is done and we had no idea what to think at first. Every audience we've had has been different so far. They all laugh in different places, some of them have talked back to the stage, some of them cry or get pissed off, but tonight was terrifying because they were so silent.
I swear, we came off after the first scene and I thought "Either they hate us, or they're so into us that they're speechless....or they're passed out drunk from pre-show cocktails."
We got some chuckles and I heard a couple of gasps and moans but it was overall just this rather unnerving quietness. We had no idea what to expect when we got done and headed up to the lounge for the reception. I was almost afraid to go --- I mean, I know we did well, but it isn't about us just pleasing ourselves.
Turns out we've got a damn fine play. I was so pleased with all of the questions and comments from the folks who stayed for the reception. I love it when they get the subtle stuff and when they want to talk about this or that other implication. It was wonderful to know that we'd conveyed what we meant to and that people were really thinking hard about it as well as being pleased with our performance.
The Bee critic was there tonight and he's not at all a fan of LaBute, but regardless of what he ends up saying we're all thrilled with the way things have come together. I hope he enjoyed it and writes a good review because it'll bring in more viewers --- and of course it wouldn't hurt our egos any to have him rave about us --- but we got what we needed tonight from people who paid their money just to see a show and it feels fantastic.
Woo-hooo!!! 22140. alistairConnor - 6/30/2007 9:27:31 AM How unspeakably cool! Would love to see the show, but there you go... live theatre is an ephemeral thing. 22141. wabbit - 6/30/2007 3:03:58 PM Hooray, Ms. No! It must be a huge relief to have opening night under your belt. I'm betting on stellar reviews. 22142. jexster - 6/30/2007 4:39:40 PM Congrats Ms. No! 22143. jexster - 6/30/2007 4:40:02 PM From Guess Who
 22144. arkymalarky - 7/1/2007 4:26:12 PM Good looking guy.
I'm posting from the back porch of the cabin. Unless and until my thumb typing improves this won't be a regular thing, but it's cool to know I can. 22145. arkymalarky - 7/1/2007 4:28:37 PM GO NO!! Fantastic! 22146. jexster - 7/1/2007 4:47:01 PM WAS a good looking guy!
sigh
 22147. alistairConnor - 7/1/2007 7:28:03 PM Lovely weather!
Until now, spring and early summer have been wet and cool. Now it's starting to turn nasty...
I was out and missed the best of it, but there were drifts of hailstones, mud and rocks all over the road, and about 2 inches of rain in half an hour or so. It's started again now, about another inch in the last half an hour.
Blech. The vege garden will be a write-off I think. Firemen pumping water out of someone's house down the road.
At least the roof hasn't leaked. 22148. betty - 7/1/2007 9:30:17 PM AC-
that is just God's way of punishing you French Freaks for your socialist thinking.
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Last night I lost my freakin' mind. I walked out on the most smokin' rock show I was gonna see for three years to play with some asshole who doesn't even know how to make an appointment with me. And who ever heard of a girl being so drunk she can't perform? what a disaster. I'm back to drinking in moderation. 22149. judithathome - 7/1/2007 9:43:15 PM It's great when you finally reach the point of deciding to only drink in moderation from now on....saves you a lot of heartache down the road. Trust me on this.... 22150. alistairConnor - 7/1/2007 10:13:23 PM Nah Betty, God is clearly a Green. She's punishing us for electing Sarkozy.
Oh dear... cue that Dead Kennedys song... you know the one...
Me, buy me two beers and I'm yours.
Eight days ago, I went to a hell of a concert, with the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, billed as the world's hottest salsa orchestra. I'm not a specialist but I'll take their word for it. The lady I was with bought me two beers, then took me home and... well suffice it to say that I suspect she's the love of my life. The second half of it anyway. 22151. arkymalarky - 7/2/2007 12:13:34 AM Alistair, you're as close to giddy as I've ever seen you! Congrats--if that's what one says to love in bloom.
Jex, you still look great. Very buff. Miss the hair, but you look good without it.
22152. arkymalarky - 7/2/2007 12:34:31 AM It's hot up here and I have a migraine. Not that I'm complaining. We'll get a lot of good rest and alone time. We're going to town tomorrow. If it's not too dry we'll go to a great fireworks show the 4th.
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