It's just Thursday, MKF! 1/29/04

[Paint the Sky]

Hey all you happy and not so happy Thursday people.

It's been a strange week. I think the muscle relaxants the doc prescribed for my back are having a strange side effect on me.

I've been pain free - the desired effect - but I've also been feeling less stressed in general.

It could be because I'm getting more sleep, or it could be an overall state induced by the pills.

Whatever it is, long may it continue.

It was a good day today.

1. It was payday

2. The Area Manager was in England

3. The Park Manager was on flexi-leave

4. The Team Leader was annual leave

5. The sun shone all day

So, basically, the lunatics were in charge of the asylum. It was fun, fun, fun, until daddy takes the t-bird away, or in our case, the ride-on mowers.

I'm not so sure the park users appreciated the lawn mower races, and tossing the wellington boot competions we held in the afternoon, but sometimes it's good to be bad.

I'm only sorry we couldn't have the Terrapin Races in the tropical glasshouse like we used to, but they've all gone to turtle heaven long time since, we could only bet on the squirrels and how quick they could get to the top of the tree they were climbing.

Have a good rest of the week and weekend, y'all.

[Foomatic]

MFK, you'll be happy to know that I met the most gargantuan cat today. I'm not talking fat happy cat like Garfield. I'm talking like, a BOBCAT, walked in to the room. He was freakin' huge, with a long bushy tail. This is the first time I've come across a Maine Coon. Seriously, this cat was the size of my beagle, and I have a big beagle. He just looked at me, checked out what I was doing, and was on his merry way.

And then right after that, I met the most adorable English Bulldog. He liked me so much he tried to hump my leg. Twice.

And that's not all. Mrs. Foo sent this to me today:




This was the caption:

"Dog For Sale; free to good home. Excellent guard dog.

Owner cannot afford to feed him anymore,
as there are no more thieves, murderers,
or molesters left in the neighborhood
for him to eat.

Most of them knew him as "Holy Shit!!!".

'Twas a zoo this Thursday, MFK, 'twas a zoo.

[woahnellie]

Wow such an eventful Thursday happening by all kittens. At least everyone had a very entertaining Thursday: we have pill poppers, unemployment, girl on girl pulling, dirty cities, giant pussies, and to top it all off: discussion of beer drinking up the ass. The things that make you go hmmm in the Thursday thread. I can't believe it is Thursday already. I've been doing some major apartment hunting today. I've always had a roommate up until now so I'm trying to figure out what I can afford. And man does this blow. But I can't wait to have a place of my own. The girl asked me to a family function this weekend and I'm majorly freaking out. I wanted to take things slow and within two weeks I'm wrapped around her finger. I'm going on like 6 hours of sleep the whole week. I wanted to get to bed early since the girl has to work tonight but I remembered the season premiere of Grey's is on. I can't miss out on that goodness. Well have a good rest of the Thursday party peeps.

Janelle

[Leaf]

Sweet mother of god you all are nuts and I love you dearly. My day was already ending on a high note, but reading the rest of today's thread was just the icing on the wacky cake. I think I will be laughing well into tomorrow. And such a bevy of actual names on top of it. Nearly makes me dizzy!

Sweet dreams kiddos,
Jes

[Foomatic]

Oops, I forgot . . . . April. Like the month I was born in.

[Paint the Sky]

Most of them knew him as "Holy Shit!!!".

They were my exact words

In the spirit of real name day ... Adrienne

[gorn]

Guess who had Thursday Nookie this morning, MKF?

[Leaf]

Ha! Welcome home Mrs. Gorn!

I'm having a best of times worst of times sort of day. The folks are in town and the visiting is lovely and the weather is beautiful and my car just got stolen. There is an increasingly wee chance that it will show up at the Brooklyn tow pound, but it's not looking good, MKF. Big poop. So I'm feeling deeply bummed about that but still determined to enjoy my parents visit. Truth be told, it's a little confusing.

All the best, kittens.
-Leaf

[kisstheviolets]

Guess who had Thursday Nookie this morning, MKF?

mazel tov!! so glad this mrs is back and you will hopefully no longer have to subsist on take-out and frozen pizzas, gorny.

leaf: soooo freakin' sorry about your car dude! that effing blows.

i am in a gloriously good mood this morning, mkf!

the girl and i have been having a tough time (in the vein of, "what does one do when the person they're dating and in love with tells them that they don't see this being a forever thing but doesn't want to end things either?") but we agreed to just ride it out and enjoy ourselves, so i slept over last night. and but i didn't get thursday nookie cause she had to be at a work event at 5:15 this morning. instead i got tucked in all sweetly in her bed with plenty of goodbye kisses. worse ways to be woken up at 4:45 right?

i got a myspace message from a very old friend. someone i haven't spoken to in at least 11 or 12 years. she was a friend of mine in high school, a cheerleader (which was funny because i was known for despising those broads and skewering them often in my newspaper column) and my first official, public, necessitated-my-outing, girlcrush. nothing ever came of it, cause she was "totally straight" except for her massive obsessions with gwen stefani and alanis morrisette (it was 1995!). well, i get this message from her, and after a marriage to her junior-high school sweetheart and two kids, she's divorced and dating a woman! she asked if i was shocked. i responded "not really. couldn't you have figured this out when i was 17?!?!?" damn.

my mom is in town for like a month and a half. it's great to have her here now, i haven't seen her in five months, but it's going to get old soon, i'm sure. fortunately she's staying at my brother's and i just have to bring her to my place for a couple of nights here and there to give them a break.

i'm going to another debate-watching party at the girl's place tonight. fortunately there won't be a drinking game involved with this one. during the mccain/obama debate last week i pulled a slip of paper out of the bowl that read "al qaeda" which meant i had to drink EVERY TIME one of those bastards said al qaeda. i was three sheets to the mothereffing wind! i can't wait for the biden/palin slap-down tonight. it's going to be amazing!

hope you all have a swell thursday! i'm off to enjoy my unemployment with my mom and niece (got fired from the fundraising job yesterday... but only after getting a $500 contribution from an 80s movie star... how can i put this... to appeal to her giving side, i should have held a boom box over my head and played "in your eyes").

hasta!

[woahnellie]

Happy Thursday party people! I can't believe it is already Thursday. This week went by surprisingly fast. I hope everyone is having a fantastic Thursday. I know Gorn started his day out the right way. I'm hoping to end the day with some Thursday night nookie. Kinda disappointed that Grey's Anatomy is getting interrupted. I'm not into politics that much so I could care less about watching them on TV. Oh well gives me something to look forward to next Thursday. My apartment search is over. I found a small apartment for pretty cheap. I'm just finally excited to live by myself and not have to deal with roommates. Everyone have a thirsty Thursday! Party on!!

[Floyd]

Hey people. I've never had Thursday nookie in my life, it's quite upsetting.

My Thursday was okay, in uni 9-5 which SUCKED, and I never saw S, but we hung out for 7 hours (?!) yesterday after she made me get out of bed to come see her.

Wharrgh!

I'm done with the hyper.

Peace out.

[Boschi]

Wow.

A fascinating Thursday.

Cheers to Thursday nookie, gorn.

And to cheerfulness in the face of unemployment, auto theft, Greys Anatomy interruption, confusing relationships and the return of annoying bosses (that last one was for me).

Yeah, all around an okay week. Have I mentioned that I bought the equipment of a veggie grower who was getting out of the business?
It was like Christmas in September, MKF. I felt a little like an opportunistic little snot, but I couldn't help but feel a little glee as the truck and trailer filled up with tons of equipment I need, at a price that was unbelievably good.

Hmm... well, the VP debate is starting. I must sign off to watch - I can't be appalled and type at the same time.

P.S. - me signing off with my name was a total accident last week. Tickled me no end how folks followed up.

[Floyd]

Thursdays have been ruined for me.

She works on Thursdays. So I don't see her.

But hi, Thursday, anyways. *gloom*

How's everyone on this clouuudy morning?

[Boschi]

Thursdays have been ruined for me.

She works on Thursdays. So I don't see her.

But hi, Thursday, anyways. *gloom*

Ah, Floyd, our living proof that hanging out with those pervy homos can be contagious... heheheheh What ever happened to the metal head?

How's everyone on this clouuudy morning?

I'm fair to middlin' - I spent yesterday with a friend, picking up a shed that had been modified into a cooler. So basically a very, very heavy shed. It took three of us, a trailer with a winch, several large levers, a floor jack, a bunch of those ratcheting straps and three hours just to get it loaded onto the trailer. Then it took five hours to drive it back to KC (very slowly), and drop it off. Got home around midnight, so I slept in today.

So today is beautiful weather - sunny, no breeze, and crisply cool. Ah, lovely. I'm headed out to do my last harvest of the season. Woot. I plan on enjoying it.

Be good all.

[Floyd]

Bosch: He didn't like animals. And I got bored of him. Reaaaally quickly. (Not my fault, I've got a short attention span. =]) This girl is so damn perfect though, it's kinda funny. I'm SO jealous of your nice weather though. I'm stuck with rain, rain and moreee rain. :(

[gorn]

A bit of a bummer Thursday here, MKF. I'm reluctant to share this and bring anyone else down, but at the same time a little comfort from the Thursday Kittens would make me feel better. Call me selfish.

My parents' dog just died. He wasn't just a pet, he was a member of the family. My parents loved this dog about as much as they love me & my brother - I think he might've taken our place when my brother finally left home, you know? My parents traveled a lot, and he went with them everywhere. Odd tempered little cocker-spaniel, but he was cute. He's been the best companion for my folks, and they're taking it hard.

I haven't told Mrs. Gorn yet; I'm afraid she's going to take it hard, too.


If any of you Kittens out there have been thinking of getting a dog (that's kind of an odd sentence ...), please, please go to the Animal Shelter and rescue one. I don't know what this has to do with my parents' dog dying; I just felt like saying it.

[Floyd]

*hugs for gorn*

Sucks when you lose furry family members. :( But I'm sure he had the best life a dog could possibly have.

Sorry for your loss..

[woahnellie]

I raise a glass to gorns furry brother!! May he rest in peace! I've been in such a good mood this week. Life is great really. I met a girl who absolutely adores me and I absolutely adore her. We have a bet tonight that she can't keep her hands off of me during Grey's Anatomy night but I gurantee later there will be touching of each others anatomy. ok that was kinda corny. I can't wait to move into my own place. I'm really looking forward to it. 3 weeks and counting. I hope everyone else is having a good great grand wonderful no yelling on the bus kinda thursday!
peace out kittens

[Leaf]

Hey there kittens,

Big 'ol condolences to gorn and parents. So hard to loose a furry friend.
Mrs. Leaf and I have had retired-racer greyhound adoption plans cooking for years now. I'm scared to even let her see gorn's post. She will take his directive and run with it. Meticulous and responsible financial planning be damned! The puppy time is now! Boy howdy am I in for it.

We had ourselves a tragic sort of morning too. The police found our car. Or rather, what was left of our car. So we hauled out to Queens to check out the damage and see if it was salvageable. To which the answer was a resounding no. The poor thing had been gutted. Like a turkey after Thanksgiving. The bastards had stripped the whole interior. No seats, no floor, the insides of the walls were ripped out, nothing but wires left hanging out of the dashboard. Damn vultures. Fixing it, in addition to being money we do not have, would have cost many many times more than the value of the car. So we shed a tear and pulled the plug and said "vaya con dios, little coche!" And then forked over $100 for the privilege of having it hauled off to the salvage guy. Sigh. It was the best little car ever, the first one I owned, the one that taught me to drive stick (feel free to snicker here) and I will miss it quite a lot.

On the brighter side, Floyd and woahnellie have new girls who adore them and Boschi has a big heavy coolershed. Those all seem like good things to have.

And because we are feeling sorry for ourselves, the thai joint around the corner will be cooking dinner for the Mrs and me tonight. And we don't even have to do the dishes. Sweet deal if you ask me.

And hey - my wedding anniversary is on Monday. That's worth something too, huh?

All right then, silver linings ahoy. Have a great night everybody!
-Leaf

[LesbianJedi87]

My Thursday has been amazing.

Got brought home the Elite Xbox 360.

Went out and about 3 month Gold membership, 1600 Microsoft Points card, Wireless Adapter, new Wireless Controller, Halo 3, Halo 3 guide cause I'm nerdy and want the poster, and an Amp energy drink to keep me up all night hehe
I get to play with her too! Haha this will be interesting. At one point we'll have to eventually go over to the others houses just to get out some more...

Fun thursday!

[Foomatic]

Gorn, so sorry to hear about your parent's dog. I totally agree with getting a shelter dog. Those poor guys need a home! Our beagle was a shelter pup; we went to the local SPCA one day for fun, and, well, you can't just leave and not take one of them home with you.

Speaking of Fetch, he's been doing this odd thing lately. He's missing his back right leg, and for the last week he's been trying to scratch that side of his body with his phantom leg. He just bends his head backwards like he's gonna scratch it, and then his stump starts to twitch . . . I feel really bad for him; he never did this at our old house, so I think he might be allergic to something here. I scratch that side of his body as much as I can; the orgasmic look on his face is hilarious.

Happy anniversary Leaf! Mrs. Foo and I celebrated our second this weekend with a trip to Lake Tahoe. Our room had an awesome jacuzzi tub, so I splurged on some really nice bath stuff . . . and sexy hijinks ensued. Which was much needed and welcomed. We road the ridiculously expensive Gondola to the top of the mountain, got a great view of the lake, and became obsessively addicted to this mechanical race horse game that actually paid out in quarters! I love the clank clank clank sound they make when you cash out . . .

On a bit of a downside, I hurt my back at work on Friday. Note to self: see if you can find a door before you climb out of a window. I twisted my back in a nasty way, and went and saw the doc on Tuesday. I've got a lumbar sprain, which means I'm on light duty (ie, looking busy at a cubicle and not drawing attention to myself so they won't give me actual work) for the next few weeks. I'll be surfing the board incognito a lot this week.

Happy Thursday!

[Boschi]

Good morning folks.

Hey Leaf, sorry to hear about the vehicle. After appropriate mourning, I wish you successful new vehicle aquisition. Something reliable, quirkily cool, super parkable, and reasonably fuel efficient. Also, cheap.

Gee. Spelling "aquisition" at this hour of the morning was oddly difficult.

Well. It's Thursday. I am going to ignore stock market convultions, global declarations of a new economic order, presidential candidates, my overdue student loan bill and also the pile of dirty dishes in the sink.

The hell with all of it. I shall go mow. With my new mower. So there.

We had a light frost here last night, which was unexpected. I'm hoping my peppers and eggplants survived it. Unlikely, but perhaps they were high enough up to escape. If so, I'm planning a yummy variation on eggplant parmesan for tonight. Mmmmmm.....

Best wishes, all.

[kisstheviolets]

i missed thursday last week. i don't quite know how that happened. but i'm here now to atone for my sins, mkf!

i've actually only got a quick minute, so ya'll will be spared one of my long rants [insert cheer from the peanut gallery here].

i started a document review job yesterday. it's projected to last a couple of months, but you never know when the client might call it off with this sort of thing. it's about a 40 minute commute, which is a pain in my ass, and though my roommate works at the very same place (we didn't know this till we ran into each other at the interview), he doesn't seem interested in carpooling. sigh. but can i just say "yya! job and bill money!" the next couple of weeks will be rough till i get paid, but i still have such a massive sense of relief (no eviction! haha).

life is good everywhere else. the girl is amazing (though still an emotional cripple). obama is leading in the polls. my niece is turning two tomorrow. delightful, all of it.

at work i read the email of these corporate dudes who are in trouble with the feds. yesterday i was reading the email of the one goody-two-shoes member of senior management. the only personal mail he has in his account relates to bible study. someone sent him such a message that had a flyer attachment. the flyer extolled the virtues of antioxidants, detailed which foods you could find them in, and listed suggested intake amounts. noting revolutionary. however, the final paragraph of the flyer read as follows:

IMPORTANT NOTE: Antioxidants are not a suitable replacement for meaningful prayer and the acceptance of Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.

there's your "one to grow on" for the day!

peace out, kittens!

[Leaf]

Kittens, kittens, kittens...

I'm having a sluggish sort of day, myself. Won't get called into work until later today and the laundry is already done. What's a girl to do?

Thanks for your car condolences, Bosch. I think we're going to kick it pedestrian for a few years. Public transportation takes good care of us in our day to day living, and as for those lovely little escapes out of the city, well, we'll just have to plan ahead a bit more.

And speaking of lovely little escapes, the girl and I are off for one tomorrow. Yipee! (In, sigh, a rental car. It's been ages since I've driven an automatic...they do that weird thing where they start moving before you hit the gas, don't they? Wacky.) I think the reason I feel off kilter today is that I really just want to go now. Like, this very minute. Or five minutes ago. That would be ok too. I am deeply in need of some unwinding. And sleeping. And foliage viewing. And, well, you know...

Allrighty, I am going to be productive and pack. And take my antioxidents, regardless of their spiritual limitations. Happy Thursday everybody.

Leaf

ktv - Glad to see you this week. That'll be 5 Hail Thursdays and an act of perdition.

[Floyd]

Hey everyone. Leaf, I'm so jealous of you going away. I'd love to just get in my car and leave.

I'm being messed around. By a girl. *I'm* being messed about. I think this is my karmic payback for all the guys I've messed around. Great.

Peace out.

[LesbianJedi87]

My thursday was spent playing mass amount of Halo DBL XP weekend...and avoiding getting into any situation that would entail me meeting the girl somewhere.....I'm avoidy and suuuuck.

[gorn]

I lived seven years in downtown Yokohama without a car, and I never missed it. Seven years ... Hard to believe now. You ought to be fine in New York, though. I think New York and Chicago are the only cities left in America where you can reasonably get by without a vehicle.

So, where you going?

Mrs. Gorn and I aren't going anywhere, MKF, and that's OK by us. A quiet, lazy weekend at home. We're both feeling a bit traveled-out just now, you know? I might go to the end of the yard on my riding mower, but that's about it.


I'm not much of a vegetable eater by any stretch of the imagination ... and yet I love reading about Boschi's garden. All these wonderful things I'll never eat (I particularly hate eggplant), snuggled down in the dirt trying to shake off the frost ...


Whatever happened to the chickens?


EDIT - I can't help wondering ... are Floyd and LesbianJedi writing about each other? Perhaps they don't know about each other's Kitten alter-ego in Real?

[LesbianJedi87]

EDIT - I can't help wondering ... are Floyd and LesbianJedi writing about each other? Perhaps they don't know about each other's Kitten alter-ego in Real?

lol nooooo gorn. noooo. I'm going on about a girl I met in my town recently....floyd is talking about...some girl she met in her country recently haha

[Floyd]

Day seven minus her and I'm still standing. Champ.

Me + Rose = funniest couple idea EVAR.

How's everyone's Thursday? It's cold, rainy, wet and generally shit here.

[Leaf]

Well, Floyd, not to make you jealous or anything, but it is exquisitely beautiful today. Bright blue clear sky, 50 degrees, and even Brooklyn's foliage (such as it is) is red and golden and gorgeous. This is why I love October. Aaahhhhhhh.

The getaway weekend rocked. Notice my discernibly improved mood? We stayed in a little cabin on a little lake a couple hours up the Hudson. Mostly we lazed about by the fireplace, but we also did some hiking and cooking and eating. That is my kind of vacation. Walk, cook, eat, rest - repeat as necessary. And on our way out of town we hit the Duchess County Wool and Sheep Festival which was more fun than I ever could have guessed it might be. We brought home a jar of garlic jelly which, while it may stretch the imagination a bit, with a little cream cheese or some such on some good bread is divine!

Today has involved laundry, a walk in the hood, and bagels in the park for lunch. And I'm thinking if this isn't nice, I don't know what is. I should be folding said laundry now, but my cat Finn is curled up on the mound of it like a blissed out dragon on her hoard. Who am I to interfere with such happiness?

I'm slated to work all weekend, which is kind of a bummer, but as this morning has felt like a weekend all in itself, I don't really mind that much.

Happy Thursday everybody,
Leaf

ETA: Oh, oh! I almost forgot about my new hat! Mrs. Leaf gave me a new hat. I am a big fan of hats in general but this one is totally the bee's knees. It is a blue and gray plaid fedora and if I may say so, I look seriously cute in it. Woo hoo!