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Kali, Queen of Kitteh
16:37 / 17.07.06
July was been spectacularly bad for me:

* my car was damaged and I was issued a citation

* I'm hunting for an apartment because my landlady decided to raise my rent

* my wallet was stolen and $100 withdrawn from my account

* my car broken into and the stereo stolen

* and insomnia to boot.

Nonetheless, I love my job and I slept through the past two nights. I'm sort of figuring that I will have to make my own luck and turn things around.
 
 
sibyline, beating Qalyn to a Q
16:45 / 17.07.06
The. Best. Man.

Black verbs in kettle stones.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
17:55 / 17.07.06
Quo vadis, VGSOH?
 
 
Ticker
18:00 / 17.07.06
Wishes of health to your loved ones, Gentlefolk.

It's kind of crazy to me that less than a month ago I was contemplating the very real possibility of my left forearm being amputated from a gawd-damn cat bite of all things. All that's left is a big chunk of scar tissue and some stiffness in the wrist. I'm amazed at the process of physical healing. The body is a truly amazing thing.

Besides that I'm getting fairly excited about my trip to England in a week and a half.
My class should be very fun and I'm looking forward to meeting some UK folk from these here fora. A vacation will be lovely even if it is too short.
 
 
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18:06 / 17.07.06
Oooh, I like this thread. I'm doing okay actually. Work is really quite stressful, mainly because I'm turning things around from a slump in productivity at the beginning of the year. I've a 'moment of truth' meeting on wednesday that I'm rather nervous about ... none of the possible results are horriddire, but one of them is distinctly preferrable to the other rather yucky one.

On the other hand there are many things giving me a happy at the moment. I recieved the prep work and first unit for the first course in my Physics Degree from the open university and am hugely excited about getting back into studying again after a fair span of years, especially doing something that inspires me. Things are going well with the band to the point where I feel like I have a creative outlet again, something I've sorely missed. I seem to be getting more of a handle on my Tai Chi than I've had before, which should stand me in good stead when classes restart in September.

The sun is warm in the late evening when I'm winding down and happy, my garden is filled with buzzy bumblebees, things are going well in my relationships and with my family ... and on a mundane and deeply wonderful level, we may soon be out of debt for the first time in eight years.

Be well, Barblebees.
 
 
Kali, Queen of Kitteh
18:16 / 17.07.06
Even better, we just had a near-death experience here at my job.

A customer was test-driving her scooter, hit the throttle, and then hit our natural gas line. There's nothing scarier than your boss coming at you, yelling, "Everybody out of the building now!" Then running three blocks away, all the time wondering if a spark is going to ignite and then blow up your workplace.
 
 
sibyline, beating Qalyn to a Q
18:45 / 17.07.06
Quo vadis, VGSOH?

The park. Oh look! Dog poop.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
19:33 / 17.07.06
Sib, you seen to be trying to turn a thread specifically tasked with expressions of friendship, concern and care for other Barbeloids and their loved ones into a "petty snarking" thread. Might you perhaps want to step on that fairly quickly?

Oy. This is why I don't talk about my family online.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
19:36 / 17.07.06
I don't understand. But not understanding seems to be treating me just fine. So I'll keep going with it.
 
 
sibyline, beating Qalyn to a Q
19:40 / 17.07.06
but petties *are* family!
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
19:43 / 17.07.06
Yeah. Cancer. Not funny. Not playing.
 
 
sibyline, beating Qalyn to a Q
19:45 / 17.07.06
stoat, just to get you up to speed
 
 
Kali, Queen of Kitteh
19:46 / 17.07.06
I have to agree. Anything that involves a disease should be kept out of brevity.

Especially when it comes to family.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
19:51 / 17.07.06
I'm going back to the Big Brother thread.
 
 
paranoidwriter waves hello
19:53 / 17.07.06
sibyline, can you please explain what are you on about? I'm very hungry, and I'm slow at the best of times, so you're hurting my brain. Are you still annoyed at Haus for something he said about verbs in the thread you linked to? If so, do you think this thread was the right place to deal with that issue?

Can we all just have a big hug and get back to the topic in hand?...
 
 
paranoidwriter waves hello
19:56 / 17.07.06
(Sorry, I meant "... what you are on about ...". And that wasn't supposed to sound snarky. I told you I was hungry.)
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
20:36 / 17.07.06
Well, I suggest that we either go on some kind of mass delete here, or start a new thread, or just draw a veil and carry on from here.

Sibyline, if you want to carry this on, there are plenty of other places to do it. I think that there are a number of Barbelith in-jokes that you're not familiar with, and which might help your comprehension - in this case, the "My. Girl. Friend." gag, and actually possibly also the Ender and Steve running gag. I think that you might be having some trouble with "disinterested" and "uninterested", as well, which possibly means you didn't understand my last comment in that thread you linked to, which might have led to a bit of confusion. However, I don't think that this thread is an appropriate place for this to be worked through. So, let's just step away, and if you want to pick this up I'll be happy to do so in another thread or format.

OK? Now, everybody... a cleansing breath.
 
 
sibyline, beating Qalyn to a Q
21:49 / 17.07.06
um, i was just being random. no snark intended. i thought it was pretty clear given my previous comments on the thread, for instance:

"yeah, i definitely want to keep this thread going. it makes me feel warm and fuzzy about barbelith, which doesn't always happen."

i was still interpreting haus' "petty comments" line as a joke until the last few posts.

i obviously still don't get when it is and isn't appropriate to make some sort of ambiguous meta-comment in convo. other people seem to do it a lot but i've been tagged a couple of times for doing it inappropriately. i've learned to live with my own internal confusion at this point.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
21:54 / 17.07.06
A clue might be people mentioning seriously ill relatives.
 
 
sibyline, beating Qalyn to a Q
21:57 / 17.07.06
to further clarify: haus, it was obviously an egregious oversight not to mention your mom when i offered sympathies to stoat's sister. i'm sorry about that. my comment re: the grammar thing was just me being silly, and i didn't make the connection until you stated it explicitly above. again, sorry for the misunderstanding.
 
 
sibyline, beating Qalyn to a Q
22:03 / 17.07.06
ok. i'm stupid and insensitive. now that we have that establlished, i'm going to try to move on.
 
 
paranoidwriter waves hello
22:06 / 17.07.06
Hey sibyline? Wanna hug? Careful though, I'm week with hunger...
 
 
agvvv
22:16 / 17.07.06
Nothing new really.. I need a job.. Im writing shit.. Im in need of beer.. same old same old
 
 
paranoidwriter waves hello
01:08 / 18.07.06
Hope things improve Sandy Claws and that you get a job soon. It's shit being unemployed innit?

Stoat: Finished work for the week, and off to Bug Jam at the weekend, ...

Hey Stoat, you seen this Wooden VW beetle made by Livio De Marchi yet? I just saw it on the OU and thought of you. Check out Livio De Marchi's other work on the site as well. The man's a legend.

Oh, and case anyone was worried: my mate just leant me a fiver (bless hir) so I've eaten and I've got cigarettes! Yay!
 
 
Triplets
02:04 / 18.07.06
I've been painting watercolour postcards

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First painting I've done in about a year. So, that's giving me quite a happy. That may or may not be Olulabelle's parrot Fawkes.
 
 
Disco is My Class War
03:24 / 18.07.06
I feel sorta sick with rage about Lebanon and Gaza.

But otherwise, good.
 
 
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04:27 / 18.07.06
Stoatie, Haus, anyone I've missed; I wish you and your family members improved health and happiness. Kali, sorry you're having a rough month, as well.

Feeling sort of fragile these last four days or so. It's weird how unexpected things can hit, and then it takes a few days of walking around sort of numb, before it sinks in and you go from feeling light and hollow to feeling sort of full of lead. And then the fact that I got the news late means that people I care about already did that numb walking around, and I wasn't there for them. That's rough. I need to be closer to my friends.

I feel guilty when I think of something other than her, and I feel guilty when I think of her instead of thinking of, say, Lebanon.

I'm emerging, but still in a mood to be a little self-indulgent. Sorry about that.

Love to everyone. May you and all your loved ones be well and happy.
 
 
Mono
05:02 / 18.07.06
much love to you, id and haus (and stoatie of course).

i am back in the u.s. for a visit. it's the first time in 2 1/2 years and it's been fun seeing friends and family.

i'm spending the day with my maternal grandparents tomorrow. we're pretty close and there's a really really good chance that my grandfather will not be around next time i'm in the states. he's not doing so well these days so it'll be pretty emotional. and then on wednesday i'm going to visit my other set of grandparents...my nana has gone blind in one eye and will most likely lose sight in the other before i'm able to visit again.

i'm guess i feel like i've made it back just in time...
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
12:46 / 18.07.06
'Kay, sibyline - let's get back on track and say no more about it.

Paranoidwriter, don't eat sibyline. She's having a hard day as it is. I'm glad you got hold of some cash, though, for both your sakes.

Recent discussion has made me think about private and public grief or rage, and how they interrelate. Does one get as sensitive about something happening in the public sphere as one does the private sphere? In a way, I guess it ties into the huge/close, small/far away thing. 54 people in London die, and it feels bigger, maybe, than 200 people in the Lebanon. One person close enough, and that blots out the sun. Which is to say that I have some knowledge of where you are, id, and where you are, Mister D, and they both seem very... sane madnesses, perhaps. Thoughts with you both.

And sorry you're having such a rotten time, Kali - I suppose that when you're actually fleeing, you don't have time to do that slow-motion running thing, either.

Fly safe, Mono - and when you come back I will see you play music. Even if I have to hire you to play in my living room, Sandy Thom style.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
12:50 / 18.07.06
Supportive thoughts your way, id.
 
 
paranoidwriter waves hello
13:39 / 18.07.06
Paranoidwriter, don't eat sibyline. She's having a hard day as it is. I'm glad you got hold of some cash, though, for both your sakes.

*burps*

I swear I haven't seen hir for ages...No, no, those aren't hir clothes...and that's pork in fridge, honest...

Stoat, didn't you like the wooden VW beetle? If not, check out Livio De Marchi's "House of Books" (you've seen it before, haven't you?)

Me, today? Well, the cheque still hasn't arrived but I've had an encouraging call from one of my clients, so it seems I may not have been ripped off after all (fingers crossed). Other than that, I really should stay out of that Immigration thread in HeadShop...

Entity, Mono, and everyone else, I hope everything improves for you soon.

Oh, and Triplets: I love the Fawkes painting. Especially the face.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
13:42 / 18.07.06
That Beetle's ace. I want it.
 
 
paranoidwriter waves hello
13:44 / 18.07.06
I knew you'd love it. Maybe you should Email him and invite him to the next Bug Jam?
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
13:46 / 18.07.06
I've just emailed it to all the people I'm going to Bug Jam with.
 
 
paranoidwriter waves hello
13:53 / 18.07.06
Top. By the way, if you get to have the Beetle, can I have the House of Books? It has knocked light houses and windmills out of the running to become my dream house.

Sorry, back on topic: how's it going everyone?
 
  

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