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

[gorn]

I don't really understand the concept of this thread and I'm too lazy to read the first page ha But clearly it's a big deal...so...

Oh, LesbianJedi, you have no idea how big a deal this thread is ... I invite you to spend some quiet, quality time this weekend, perhaps in the evening when you're kicking back with some soft music and your favourite beverage of choice, to go back and read through some of the pages of this most wonderful of threads. Like holy scripture - yea, like inspired writing - everything you need to know is on these pages. Everything. You might find it overwhelming, you might cry, or fall on your knees, but that's OK. It's Thursday. Every one of us here has felt it, we've all come in out of the darkness into light; you'll feel our symbolic embrace as you experience it, too.

There is nothing quite like Thursday, and nothing quite like posting about it in the "It's Just Thursday, MKF!" thread.

[Paint the Sky]

LesbianJedi87 wrote:
I don't really understand the concept of this thread and I'm too lazy to read the first page ha But clearly it's a big deal...so...

Oh, LesbianJedi, you have no idea how big a deal this thread is ...

Hey all, I saw this post and just had to let LesbianJedi87 know just how special Thursdays are.

This is from Gorn, defender of the faith, and guardian of the Thursday feeling. If this doesn't convert you, nothing will!

As a newbie, I asked a similar question, and was lucky enough to get this in reply:

I really do not have the time to do this today, but it IS Thursday; I ought to make time to do the Right Thing. I seem to have become the unofficial cheerleader of this thread - or perhaps it is official, I don't know. I DO know Thursdays, though, so I'll be happy to explain.

In your heart, you already seem to have some understanding of how great Thursdays are. Fridays & Saturdays are great - nobody needs to be told this and these days don't really need their own thread. Sundays are OK ... but there's kind of a downer Sunday night when you're getting ready for bed, knowing what horrors await you the following morning. I am, of course, talking about Monday, the single most godforsaken day of the week. It is an abomination, a plague upon Humanity, a cross we all must bear each and every goddamn week. Tuesday & Wednesday are little better - even on Wednesday, "Humpday," you're still only halfway there. It can be disheartening. These days do not in the least warrant their own special thread. Yes, I know such threads exist, but I pay them no heed.

But Thursday! Ah! It's like rounding that last corner in the Kentucky Derby, coming into the home stretch. The goal is right there in front of you. You can see it! Thursday is like a mini Christmas Eve that you can celebrate, look forward to, and enjoy each and every week. It's like that first drink of cool, clear water after crossing the desert, MKF.

Since first discovering this thread a little over a year ago now, though, I've come to learn there's even more to it than that. It's not something I think I can explain; it's an intangible, abstract feeling. Almost spiritual. This thread has changed my life and the way I look at the world. It has made my burdens lighter. Spend a little time here, talk to the other Apostles, perhaps meditate upon it for a while; if you're one of the lucky, the few, the chosen ... you will come to understand just as the rest of us have.


Now, as for posting here on non-Thursdays? MKF frowns on it, but she's cute when she frowns. What are you gonna do? If it's still in the Spirit of the thread, I don't think there's really any long-term threat to your karma. Just don't make a habit of it.


Welcome, and Happy Thursday!

[gorn]

Heh heh heh ... A big thanks to Paint the Sky for finding that post!

It's a bit of a somber Thursday for me today, MKF. 9/11 ... I was still in Japan when it happened, and it hurt like hell to watch it all from so far away. The towers falling, the city where I was born going up in smoke ... Some people don't want to remember it, others want to portray it as something it's not, but I remember with crystal clarity what I thought and felt on that day and the days afterwards.

I love people from all around the world - I married one, in fact - but on this day I remember my countrymen. I love this country and the people in it. This is my home ... and I'm sorry I wasn't home when 9/11 happened. On that day I remembered how much I missed you.

[LesbianJedi87]

Boring Thursday for me. It's my friends birthday back home and he's all by himself as is boyfriend got called in to work till 11pm. I wish I could be there!

Went to the library and got a couple books then headed over to the BX (Base Exchange. Like...Target for military folks!) to treat my sister and I to Starbucks. Yummy mocha's! Sat for 20 minutes and oogled the women in military uniform. Spent the rest of the day bored as hell. Fun shit.

[Leaf]

Hey kittens

I'm having a tired and blue Thursday. Work was long, and I found myself faking the patience and compassion and enthusiasm a bit. Even caught myself using "spa voice" at one point. Shudder.

I've got way too much going on this weekend, friends coming into town, clients to see, checkbook in dire need of balancing, and not nearly enough time for everyone. All I really want to do is stay home in my jammies eating popcorn and reading fanfic til my eyes hurt. Sigh. Whine. Ugg.

Allrighty, there's my mopey 2 cents. I trust that the power of Thursday will take my whiney blues and magic them into a better day next week.

-L

[kisstheviolets]

oh thursday... weird thursday.

i got a craptastic gig doing telephone outreach and fundraising for an environmental group. watch out kittens, i might be calling you. if a lawyer job does not come along soon i'm going to kick the universe in the gnads.

i get bar results tomorrow. i feel sick. i'm convinced i failed. really.

gorn, you're the kind of american i'm proud share this wacky land with.

i had just moved to north carolina two weeks before 9/11 and found it so hard to be away from my family, friends, and girlfriend at the time. unfortunately, the ways things have gone down since and all of the bullshit posturing and opportunistic invocation of the tragedy has totally dried up the rest of my sympathy.don't get me wrong, it was horrible. i feel for the families. i feel for the rest of us. but i've moved on.

i'm probably going to hell.

i am also getting a migraine. i should go to bed.

hope thursday is rockin' harder for the rest of you who haven't posted today.

[LesbianJedi87]

i'm probably going to hell.

you're not going to hell cause I feel the same way Though I don't ever admit this for fear of getting yelled at.

[cattwoman]

Almost...


So, I am a bit premature. I love me my Thursday. All day has felt like Thursday. All in all, this week has sucked, but I always look forward to Thursday.

Everything will be shiny and new tomorrow. *sigh*

[Boschi]

Yup, shiny and new. Which is a little bright for me at the mo' - I just stumbled out of the wrong side of the bed.

Nothing quite like having a dream about standing behind your ex as some random guy tries to convince her that the best thing for the social dynamic of the group in the other room would be for her to have sex with all of them. She is seriously considering this.

Then (and this has to be my favorite part) he leaves the room and I attempt to dissuade her by taking the pasta from the bowl in front of her, cutting and folding it, and coming up with this perfectly symmetrical net of little pasta circles. I then use this as a visual aid for a series of strange metaphors about connection. Then the scissors come out and I cut the net back up into her bowl.

At this point she starts addressing my concerns and it suddenly becomes an ad for that vaccine, Gardisil.

Strange. I'm sure it reveals all sorts of things about my subconscious, but I'm just too sleep addled to see right now.

At anyrate - I offer a muted woohoo for Thursday. I haven't been to my field in close to a week, but I have two days in a row there coming up, so I'm pleased. The weather has warmed up a little to a pleasant upper 70s, with cool nights and clear skies. Pretty lovely.

Hope this Thursday finds everyone as well as can be.

gorn - is Mrs. gorn returned yet? I don't think so, but the time is drawing close, yes?

foo - your posting in the Crappy Feelings Thead was a breath of fresh air.

ktv- where art thou?

Leaf, PtS, and all others - woohoo! Happy Thursday!

- Boschi

[Floyd]

It's gone two and I only just woke up. Gotta love laptops and wireless internet.

Today I didn't get up 'cause I had no reason too. Which is depressing me for some weird reason. BUT this thread has made me realise I do have something to get up for (besides paying my BT bill, £50 to set up the damn internet?!). Its Thursday! And House is on tonight! And Devil May Cry 4 may be the best thing ever. Yay for demonic devil bringer hands and chopping demons to bits.

So basically, this is my last free Thursday before I'm in at uni from nine 'til freakin' five. This might just kill me. So basically, if I disappear.. Vet school ate me.

Enjoy your Thursdays people!

EDIT:

I've got gas.

foo - your posting in the Crappy Feelings Thead was a breath of fresh air.

*giggle*

[kisstheviolets]

i'm having a crisis of faith. i just can't get up for thursday lately. i think i'm just waaay too far in the bell jar to really care much about anything.

leaf - your waffle guy is on the today show right now! amazing!

bosch - enjoy your fields. i still owe you an email. i'm a terrible, no-good, very bad internet buddy.

gorny - i had a dream about you the other night. you were preaching inside of a bennigans... must have been inspired by your sermon on the thursday mount. how many days now till the mrs is home and the thursday nookie resumes?

speaking of thursday nookie... i got a bit this morning. it was mostly a make-up quickie because the girl was a bitch last night and we went to sleep upset. well, i tried to talk it out but she fell asleep... as she's been doing almost every night for the past week. i know it's election time and she's working like a dog and tired, but for someone who has always said that she doesn't believe in sleeping over just to sleep over, she's being a big ol' hypocrite.

the job search continues. thanks to those of you who sent your condolences about my stunning failure of the oregon bar (by 2.5 points, no less). i'm doing better about it now. while it was super upsetting because i really needed some good news at the time, i know i didn't spend enough time studying, took it for granted that it'd be easier since i'd passed once before, and just had way too much going on this summer. as my friend beth says, i didn't really try so i didn't fail, i just didn't triumph! so, i learned my lesson and will definitely try to take some time off in february to study (assuming i am actually employed by then!!).

anyway, hope all of you citizens of thurslandia are doing well!!

[Leaf]

Hey gang.

This Thursday sees me climbing cautiously out of a multi-week bad moody funk. I've blamed it on over-scheduling, pms, cloudy days, bad clients, and a possible great disturbance in the force. But it dawned on me yesterday that it's probably just me. Which was oddly comforting. Go figure. Anyhoo, today is actually a beautiful day and since I managed to notice that and enjoy it, I say woo hoo for me. Onward ho!

My cat Finn has just hopped up on my lap to join the Thursday fest. She says she lives every day as though it is Thursday and works hard to be an example to the rest of us and isn't it high time someone made tuna salad so she can have a treat please.

I'm also thinking that by comparison here my dreams are deeply boring. What kind of pasta are we talking about here, Bosch? Spaghetti? Fusilli? Seriously, I need to know. And by god I would give a lot to hear gorn preaching in a Bennigans. If only.

Floyd - enjoy your last Thursday of freedom!
ktv - I had no idea my waffleman's fame had gone national. Hot damn. And sorry bout the bar. That bites. Your friend Beth is a smart one.
Boschi - I hear you about the wrong side of the bed. I've learned as of late just how many wrong sides my bed has. It's a geometric anomoly.

Happy Thursday all. Keep on keeping on.
-L

[Foomatic]

Is it Thursday already? Geez, the week's gone by fast.

Bosch: You sure do remember a lot about your dreams. I usually just remember one or two random bits, like flying through the air or fliritng with Tina Fey.

Floyd: I would give my left breast for a day where I had no reason to get up right now. Enjoy it while you can.

ktv: Score on the morning nookie! If only we all could be so lucky. The wifey is not big on morning boom boom, and I wouldn't be either if she had the morning breath I get when I wake up. Heh.

Leaf: It's the little things that make us happy, huh? I went to work seeing the sun today instead of the misty morning fog.


Don't have much going, really. Planning a Tahoe getaway for anniversary #2 and contemplating a gift for the Mrs. Something romantic or practical? I can't decide. One thing though, we are hitting the gym at least once this week or I will gouge out my eye. We keep putting it off, and I'm tired of paying for something we're not using. Grrgh. And it's high time we get back into a routine. Now that we're pretty much moved in and adjusting to living with two senior citizens, there's no reason to. So a little encouragement, MFK.

Have a great Thursday, peeps!

[gorn]

I shouldn't be this busy on a Thursday, MKF, but what are you gonna do? We had an off-site Budget Review meeting all day today ... with NO coffee. That's right - someone (and I know who it was) forgot to prepare any coffee for the meeting. Oh, they had drinks & donuts and fruit and granola thingies, brought in pizza for lunch (that wasn't bad, admittedly) ... but not a single drop of coffee passed my lips all day. And the meeting suffered because of it, though not quite as much as I personally did. And you know what? We get to do it again tomorrow! At least tomorrow I'll know enough to stop by Pilot on the way in and get the biggest damn cup of coffee they sell.


Oh, ktv, I've shouted in the wilderness and in the palaces of kings! Why not in Bennigans? I think I'd rather be in your dreams than Boschi's ...

I just found out I have to go to Detroit next week. My apologies to any Kittens from the Motor City, but your town is the armpit of America. I hate going to Detroit. I've got a bit of a problem this time, as well, because Mrs. Gorn isn't home to look after the dogs. I think I'm going to drive up and bring the dogs with me. I'll probably pocket a cool extra $200 by driving my own car instead of taking a plane, too, even with gas prices being what they are. Maybe it won't be so bad going to Detroit if I have the dogs with me ...

Mrs. Gorn will be back in 12 days, by the way. It can't come soon enough.


The best of Thursdays to all Kittens out there!


Oh, before I forget ... I'm a Fish in the Bowl.

[Boschi]

Leaf asked:

What kind of pasta are we talking about here, Bosch? Spaghetti? Fusilli? Seriously, I need to know.

Spaghetti, I think. I can't imagine how I would've turned any other sort of pasta into the little net thing.....

I don't normally remember so much detail, Foo, but this was right before I woke up.

ktv, you are my favorite terrible, no good, very bad internet buddy. You are also possibly reading too many kiddy books.
No worries about the email. I shall be here with, in all likelihood, the same set of complaints and dramas, whenever you come up for air. Depressive funks are temporary. My pessimism is eternal.

I will share with all here the happy apple dance.
The apples on one of my trees are finally ripe, so I have something to sell this Saturday. I got impatient with picking them today, and the ground was fairly soft, so I went the route of just shaking the crap out of the tree. Damn near gave myself a concussion. heh. Clever, I am.

[LesbianJedi87]

It's always a good day when I'm out driving and manage not to crash or kill anyone. Fact that I drove on a THURSDAY and can live through Friday is swell for me. I get panicky driving out here sooo bad. Making left turns into right lanes scare the shit out of me haha

It's a good day cause my sister's husband is making dinner. He's making his own homemade chick soup for dinner. It's rather delicious! He learned how to make it while being out in the wilderness for training as an Aerial Gunner, but at that point he used rabbits...uhm no rabbit stew please! Ha.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their lovely Thursday!

[Leaf]

The boss brought a box of Beard Papa's to work today.
I do believe in Thursday I do believe in Thursday!

-happy cream puff eatin Leafy

[gorn]

We've got Beard Papa here in the States? I used to LOVE Beard Papa's!

Hold on ... now checking on the internet.

[gorn]

Guess what day it is today, MKF!

Wow, time flies when you go to Detroit. Two days out of the office, come back on a glorious Thursday, and now it's damn near the weekend. Sweet. I can't remember what happened earlier this week, but Detroit was almost as sucky as expected. I say almost because the weather was nice; I actually saw blue sky. I have to go to Detroit several times a year, and until this trip I'd NEVER seen blue sky up there. It's always that weird greyish white, like the colour of TV tuned to a dead channel. Grey, depressing, dirty, rundown ... even their football team sucks. Ah, well. Detroit is what it is. I'm very happy to be back now on a Thursday in the beautiful bluegrass state of Kentucky.

This coming weekend will be my last Mrs. Gorn-less weekend. I feel like I ought to throw some sort of bachelor party, you know? She'll be back in four days now, and it's probably going to take every free minute of those four days to get the house back into some sort of decent shape. Remember when you were a kid and your Mom would get sick for a few days? You and your Dad and any siblings would sit around watching TV all day, eating TV dinners or going to McDonalds. Remember what the house would look like? That's kind of what my place looks like now ...


Got a meeting coming up now. Better brew another pot of fabulously dark coffee, MKF.

[Leaf]

Good morning kittens,

Today is grey and quiet and cool (pleasant grey - not Detriot grey .) A good morning for laundry, which is fortunate, since it had to get done regardless of the weather. Nice.

On the Very Good Things front, Mrs. Leaf got some good news about her eyeball this weekend. Actually, it was even better than the best case scenario that we tried really hard not to hope for too much would have been. Sometimes life coughs up the good stuff. With a really big bow on top. Cue gratitude. Lots and lots of gratitude.

My folks are coming through town for a couple days next week on a big road trip from Chicago to North Carolina. I'm kind of jealous as all heck because it's been ages since I've done the road trip thing. I am such a fan of slowpoke travel. Sigh... I'm also looking forward to seeing the folks themselves. They are good guests. They entertain themselves quite well and even do the dishes unasked. And they are going to take us to the Tenement Museum, which Mrs. Leaf and I have been wanting to do since we moved here. It's nice to have visitors - gives you an excuse to do touristy things in your own city.

Be good everybody. Well, not too good. All things in moderation, yes?
Happy Thursday
-Leaf

p.s. Yes, Virginia, we do have Beard Papa here in the states. Mostly California and New York, I think. And by god those things are tasty. Mmmmmmm...

[Boschi]

"Beard Papas". Hmmm. Fascinating. I've never seen one, but the website is making me salivate.

I'm so friggin' pleased to see Thursday this week. The first three days of the week were spent trying to organize and supervise a project on the fly. A project I never committed to. A project that is not mine.

A project that my boss, who is conveniently out of the country, set up and then dumped in my lap.

Silly boss.

However! Today I am the silly boss of myself. I'm off to pour vast quantities of concrete in a vain attempt to stabilize my high tunnel footings. I shall be grubby, exhausted and hopefully very pleased with myself by the end of the day.

Glad to hear about the Mrs.'s eyeball, Leaf.

Good luck with the house cleaning, gorn - did you see that I caught the Trek episode with the Gorn on telly? My gf thought I was stark raving mad - I kept pointing and exclaiming "It's the Gorn! The Gorn!".

Take care folks,

Laura

[gorn]

Good luck with the house cleaning, gorn - did you see that I caught the Trek episode with the Gorn on telly? My gf thought I was stark raving mad - I kept pointing and exclaiming "It's the Gorn! The Gorn!".
Laura

Indeed, I did. Things go by kind of quickly in The Random Moments thread, but I didn't miss that.

Believe it or not, I do the exact same thing every time I see that episode, too.

[Floyd]

Hey everyone. Happy Thirsday.

I'm hungover today. Last night I went to a pub quiz, planning to be home at eleven. But, as seems to be the pattern with me, after a few drinks I get irrational and silly things happen. So by 1am I was in a gay club with a (VERY camp) guy I lived in dorms with last year, doing far too many shots, after which he pulled me into a booth and tried to make out with me. Along with this there was some random (I have to admit, gorgeouuuus) girl going on about how much she wanted me and talking to my mate in Spanish about me. I don't speak much Spanish but that didn't sound PG rated.

So yeah. What the HELL?!

[kisstheviolets]

hey thursday-party people,

i don't know why i keep having wretched experiences on thursday, but the trend has got to stop. the girl had me crying both last night and this morning (i can't even begin to get into all of that right now) and now i've got a migraine and had to call in sick to my craptastic "job".

speaking of the craptastic job, i suck at it and will likely be terminated next wednesday night. my numbers have been below quota all week and i've been told that if i'm not at or above all this next week i'll be gone. i'm actually okay with this because 1) i hate the job, 2) i'm clearly no good at it, and 3) i qualify for unemployment as of sept. 28 (a new quarter starts then so i will finally meet the base year income requirements... long story). so i can make the same amount of money and not have to spend 8 hours a day in that telephonic sweatshop, it's a happy day.

but it does bother me that i suck at something that the stoned, smelly hippies and hipsters seem to excel at. i have two degrees and have negotiated massive legal settlements (high six figures) and yet i can't negotiate with environmentalists to renew their memberships for $100 bucks? e* made a good point last night and said that i possess social skills and a sense of propriety and decency that these folks do not. having shared an office with them for two weeks, i can say they really have no sense of decorum or personal boundaries. so when someone tells them they've been out of work for months, are trying to keep out of foreclosure and can't afford to contribute a dime right now, these fools continue to ask if there isn't just some way these members can throw some money on a credit card to help the cause. and they continue to ask in a multitude of ways at least four or five times till the member finally hangs up. i just can't do that in good faith. i make my appeal, i rebut their initial decline, but then i wish the poor unemployed person the best of luck and hang up. you can't get blood from a stone, you know?

having said this though, it's hard not to feel bad about this latest example of my recently acquired status as a "failure." i've never been a failure or had so many stunning examples of said failure. but for the last couple of months it's been one thing after another... firing from job, rejections from every job i've interviewed for, failing the bar, and now sucking at this job. until last month i'd never not gotten something that i applied for and i tried to take it in stride and embrace humility. i don't know how much more humble i can get. if the universe is trying to teach me a lesson, it hasn't gotten the message that i've aced my exam on the subject. it's time to let up now.

thanks for listening thursketeers. i hope to be unemployed and awash in the glory of thursday this time next week.

leaf: so glad the mrs got some good eye news. a couple of years ago i had a visual field test show a wonky patch of missing sight from one of my eyes and for a full week thought i had a brain tumor. ended up being drusen on my optic nerve. scary stuff to contemplate so i'm glad you got the best case scenario diagnosis.

bosch: cement pouring? hot!

gorn: four days of freedom!! i fully support the bachelor-style party. can i come drink beer (via the mouth, not anus), eat pizza and play wii?!?! i'm glad you won't have to know another thursday without the mrs though, my friend.

are we signing off with real names today?

- brandy (no, really. that's my name. sad, huh?)

ETA:

floyd: damn! i want your life! go get a broad already girl, sheesh!

[Floyd]

...Why would you drink arse beer? That makes me saaaad.

And hey, I'm kinda workin' on it. I'm seeing her tomorrow and I'm terrified. Halp?

Though she's thinking of getting a bike.

Ooft.

[kisstheviolets]

...Why would you drink arse beer? That makes me saaaad.
.

it may have been in this thread, but once gorn and i had a discussion about the fact that an enema with one beer is the equivalent of drinking 12 beers. since then we've been threatening boschi with having a beer enema party in her presence. super gross, i know. but hillllaaaarious.

so yay for seeing the girl! be your charming little self and take her pulling abilities for a test drive (i'm learning scottish slang, woohoo!).

[Floyd]

Heh charming? Never been described as that before.

And I'm not sure about the pulling while sober heh.

[kisstheviolets]

Heh charming? Never been described as that before.

And I'm not sure about the pulling while sober heh.

okay, i take it back. just an fyi... most chicks don't like to know that you'd only make out with them whilst inebriated. so be careful about that one!

[Floyd]

Don't worry, she knows I'm kinda weirded out by it.

You can talk to chicks so much more easily heh.

[gorn]

Yes, it's true, and it would not surprise me if it had been on a Thursday. I was flipping through channels one night and stopped on a a doctor talking about people putting beer up their ass. It was one of those things where, even against your better judgement, you just can't look away. I think the show was Mythbusters or something similar, and they were discussing the fastest ways to become intoxicated. According to the doctor (and I assume doctors everywhere must have studied this), alcohol taken up the ass is not filtered by the liver but rather goes directly into your bloodstream. Instant intoxication. They went on to say that it was actually dangerous, that relatively small amounts could result in alcohol poisoning, and the (scientific) formula of 1 can of beer up the ass = drinking 12 cans was explained.

Now, as much as I or ktv would NEVER ever do such a thing ... in the back of your mind, you almost can't help thinking, "hell, I can drink 12 cans of beer ..."


If I could add to what ktv said about not mentioning to women that you need to be intoxicated first - don't mention anything about putting beer up your ass, either. At least not on a first date.


- Wynn