funny
matisse
i work from home everyday and i do not read usenet everyday. sometimes i
do, but don't read half the groups.
everything grows old eventually....
"bob" <than...@coldmail.nu> wrote in message
news:gpfbavcsh5c6vn2bk...@4ax.com...
> Now that I'm working from home I seem to have no problem keeping up
> with usenet. Maybe I shouldn't have installed Agent on this computer!
Luna
>> Now that I'm working from home I seem to have no problem keeping up
>> with usenet. Maybe I shouldn't have installed Agent on this
computer!
heh, I work from home too, usenet is my coffee break.
I have a love/hate with usenet. There's all this banal mixed in with
the odd oasis of amazing. I *know* so many people through usenet,
entire histories of their lives unfold as I read. It often strikes me
as one notch below extraordinary (a mini notch).
For example, with you - I've been reading you for years. I hope that
doesn't offend you, my admitting that. I'm really not a creep. I have
certain groups where I post; certain groups where I mostly lurk/read.
My participation in each subset feels equally intense. Maybe I am a
creep, or at the least a voyeur, which does equate with creepiness.
Ah well.
jean
matisse
> On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:25:42 GMT, "matisse" <m...@queenisdead.com> wrote:
>
> >it will grow old bob.
>
> I'm bored still.
>
> Would you like to entertain me?
>
how am i going to do that? i am one of the most boring individuals around.
my life is boring, i am boring. life is boring.
> >i work from home everyday and i do not read usenet everyday. sometimes i
> >do, but don't read half the groups.
>
> I only read alt.angst, this group, and alt.thedavid.
>
> >everything grows old eventually....
>
> I am old.
>
na, you aren't old. you are ripe.
matisse
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:22:09 GMT, "matisse" <m...@queenisdead.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"bob" <than...@coldmail.nu> wrote in message
> >news:564eav4u75is0hjat...@4ax.com...
> >> On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:25:42 GMT, "matisse" <m...@queenisdead.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >it will grow old bob.
> >>
> >> It already has. I've started to tell people to fuck off and that means
> >> I'm bored still.
> >>
> >> Would you like to entertain me?
>
> >how am i going to do that? i am one of the most boring individuals
around.
> >my life is boring, i am boring. life is boring.
>
> >
work work work.
life is such a joy.
i met a computational linguist the other day. she is most interesting...
> >> >i work from home everyday and i do not read usenet everyday.
sometimes i
> >> >do, but don't read half the groups.
> >>
> >> I only read alt.angst, this group, and alt.thedavid.
> >>
> >> >everything grows old eventually....
> >>
> >> I am old.
>
> >na, you aren't old. you are ripe.
>
> Older every minute.
me too. i'm starting to really get some grey hairs. i'm blaming it on the
dissertation, though, and not on the fact that i am getting older.
I am only turning 31 this month, so its not like i am old. I am young and
seem to be getting younger with every moment, i.e. learning how to not take
things so seriously.
I'm bored today. i am suppose to be writing, but a g-friend called and upset
me with her life problems. We only got off the phone cause she started to
cry. I'm having a hard time refocusing now. Besides, it is lovely outside
and i keep thinking i should be outside, not inside!
spring brings truly perfect weather to chicago......
oh well, must keep writing. must finish this fucker sometime soon so that i
can enter the work force and be even more bored.
matisse
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:21:22 GMT, "matisse" <m...@queenisdead.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"bob" <than...@coldmail.nu> wrote in message
> >news:c1dqav443kvt5s6q6...@4ax.com...
> >> On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:22:09 GMT, "matisse" <m...@queenisdead.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >"bob" <than...@coldmail.nu> wrote in message
> >> >news:564eav4u75is0hjat...@4ax.com...
> >> >> On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:25:42 GMT, "matisse" <m...@queenisdead.com>
wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >it will grow old bob.
> >> >>
> >> >> It already has. I've started to tell people to fuck off and that
means
> >> >> I'm bored still.
> >> >>
> >> >> Would you like to entertain me?
> >>
> >> >how am i going to do that? i am one of the most boring individuals
> >around.
> >> >my life is boring, i am boring. life is boring.
> >>
> >> Mine too. I just got up. I should be working.
>
> >work work work.
>
>
i would rather just be reading.
writing is no fun...
> >life is such a joy.
>
> Yeah. Hopefully it'll be more of a joy soon.
>
> >i met a computational linguist the other day. she is most interesting...
>
> What do computational linguists do?
>
AI type stuff.
> >> >> >i work from home everyday and i do not read usenet everyday.
> >sometimes i
> >> >> >do, but don't read half the groups.
> >> >>
> >> >> I only read alt.angst, this group, and alt.thedavid.
> >> >>
> >> >> >everything grows old eventually....
> >> >>
> >> >> I am old.
> >>
> >> >na, you aren't old. you are ripe.
> >>
> >> Older every minute.
> >
> >me too. i'm starting to really get some grey hairs. i'm blaming it on the
> >dissertation, though, and not on the fact that i am getting older.
>
> One side of my head has a lot more gray than the other side. I told my
> daughter I use that side of my brain more. Lately I've been outside a
> bit more than usual so the hair that is still dark brown (80 percent
> of it) is turning blonde. I look wild when I get sun. My skin turns
> red but doesn't really burn (I rarely use sunscreen).
>
i just turn really brown. i love my olive skin. husband turns bright red
and burns very very bad.
i hope that our kids get my skin.
there is a chance i could have a red headed child. its amuzing as hell.
mother in law has gorgeous red hair. i don't like red hair.
> >I am only turning 31 this month, so its not like i am old. I am young and
> >seem to be getting younger with every moment, i.e. learning how to not
take
> >things so seriously.
>
> I'll be 40 in June. Not that old though I've noticed changes in the
> past 3 or 4 years. I have lost most of the hormonal rage I used to
> have and the urge to run when I'm in a hurry is easy to ignore. Soon
> there will be no urge! I still talk fast. I wonder if that will stop
> also. Maybe I'll just mutter fast.
>
i still talk very fast too, and most likely will for the rest of my life. It
was a major problem when i taught. I'd get all excited and would start
talking a mile a minute.
My opening introduction lecture had a bit about my speed talking.
> >I'm bored today. i am suppose to be writing, but a g-friend called and
upset
> >me with her life problems. We only got off the phone cause she started to
> >cry. I'm having a hard time refocusing now. Besides, it is lovely outside
> >and i keep thinking i should be outside, not inside!
>
> It's nice here also. I just checked. 74F at 5:30 PM. Not too hot. Cool
> enough to open the windows. We keep it about 78F inside. A bit warm
> for me but my wife can't handle it colder than that inside.
> >
its been about 70-75 here as well. lots of sun, nice cool breeze.
i keep my house at 66 --or 72 in the summer, or 68 when it is below freezing
outside.
> >spring brings truly perfect weather to chicago......
>
> I'll be in NY in a week. I hope it's nice when I'm there.
> >
good old NY. this summer we are going to the Jersey shore and hope to take
my husband's mom into NY city.
Husband is also applying for a job in NY. Not sure if i want to deal with
the cost of living there, but I''ll go wherever he wants to go.
his present company sucks.
> >oh well, must keep writing. must finish this fucker sometime soon so that
i
> >can enter the work force and be even more bored.
>
> There ya go!
>
> I'm trying to get my company to let me work at home a three days a
> week. I'm working here for about a month while they get the internet
> connection issue settled. I have to go to the office a couple of times
> a week (I've been there twice in the past two weeks) but there isn't
> much need for me to go there right now.
>
> We'll see.
that would be nice. i would actually like to have to leave my house more.
its nice, though.
i love staying in my pjs all day and not having to worry about such things.
matisse
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 21:59:57 GMT, "matisse" <m...@queenisdead.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"bob" <than...@coldmail.nu> wrote in message
> >news:t3rtav8vh10qr94b0...@4ax.com...
> >> On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:21:22 GMT, "matisse" <m...@queenisdead.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >"bob" <than...@coldmail.nu> wrote in message
> >> >news:c1dqav443kvt5s6q6...@4ax.com...
> >> >> On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:22:09 GMT, "matisse" <m...@queenisdead.com>
wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >"bob" <than...@coldmail.nu> wrote in message
> >> >> >news:564eav4u75is0hjat...@4ax.com...
> >> >> >> On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:25:42 GMT, "matisse" <m...@queenisdead.com>
> >wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >it will grow old bob.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> It already has. I've started to tell people to fuck off and that
> >means
> >> >> >> I'm bored still.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Would you like to entertain me?
> >> >>
> >> >> >how am i going to do that? i am one of the most boring individuals
> >> >around.
> >> >> >my life is boring, i am boring. life is boring.
> >> >>
> >> >> Mine too. I just got up. I should be working.
> >>
> >> >work work work.
> >>
> >> Coincidence. I just wrote "study study study" in an alt.angst post.
>
> >i would rather just be reading.
>
> >
> >writing is no fun...
>
> It depends on what you are writing. I wrote an email last night that
> wasn't much fun. The email needed to be written though.
>
i'm in the process of writing one of those.
> >> >i met a computational linguist the other day. she is most
interesting...
> >>
> >> What do computational linguists do?
> >AI type stuff.
>
> OK. I would like to be an AI.
i like passion, though, and the problem with AI type things is that they can
only do literal translations. We would have to live without sarcasm and
irony. WHo knows, maybe the world would be a much happier place.
this friend is a strange influence in my life. the other day, i was making a
usual "i am pathetic" type of joke, and she goes to me, "you realize your
'mind's eye is listening, right?"
i said, sure, but i like sarcasm.
i think she would like to live in a world that only speaks to the literal. i
think i would break in such a world.
>> > Yes. Two of my children have very fair skin. One son has skin like
> more like mine. He doesn't need much artificial protection.
>
> >there is a chance i could have a red headed child. its amuzing as hell.
>
> My wife has red hair (strawberry blonde anyway). One of her sons does
> also though his is more read than hers.
>
> >mother in law has gorgeous red hair. i don't like red hair.
>
> I don't like ... hmm. I don't like coleslaw all that much but I'll eat
> it to be polite.
>
what i mean is, i don't find red heads attractive, though my youngest
brother in law is a real cutie.
> >> I'll be in NY in a week. I hope it's nice when I'm there.
>
> >good old NY. this summer we are going to the Jersey shore and hope to
take
> >my husband's mom into NY city.
>
> Where are you going? I've spent a lot of time on the Jersey shore.
>
we go near Point Pleasant. When i was a child, we lived in Avon for a few
months, two blocks from the boardwalk. I learned how to swim in the ocean,
so its like going back to the 'mother's womb.' Swimming in the ocean is one
of my favorite things.
why did you use to spend a lot of time on the jersey shore?
Luna
>>
>> heh.
Hi denise!
>>
>> for bob: Luna and i have a "history" in another group. hated each
>> other intensely, then became friends, now, well, now i don't know
>> what we are. she's on my "friends" list for Live Journal, but
other
>> than that, we don't really interact. i used flaming techniques i
>> learned from you on her.
Still friends in a way. I still do read you all the time; more of a
passive friend; definitely rooting for you.
>>
>> it's a small world.
It's about 22" wide. (tap tap)
jean
>>
>>
>> denise
Luna
<snip>
>> My world has gotten a lot smaller since I started working at home.
I
>> spent two hours at the office today (I showed up to pick up my
>> paycheck and chat a bit). I was happy to hear the internet
connection
>> problem hasn't been solved (I need high speed access and the cheap
>> methods aren't available in our new building).
I've been working at home almost three years now - every three months
or so I make the 3000 mile trip to Calgary and actually go to work
with real people in an actual workplace environment. I usually end
up spending that time on my belly, sticking sable brushes into lumps
of clay and photographing them with a digital camera. There's
something about it all that's very satisfying to me. I'll look at the
picture on the website and I can remember setting up the shot - every
time we sell a brush it's a little victory.
I digress, as usual. Working at home is fun, I love it. I'll go out
at lunch to run an errand and my car will be the only one in the
parking lot. It makes me feel a little smug. You poor suckers - I
get to wear my pj's while doing customer service, ohh yeah!
jean
Boniblueyz
>My wife has never lived more than 30 miles from the ocean if you
>include the Gulf of Mexico as ocean.
I've never lived more than 10 miles away. I take it for granted, but I would
miss it if it wasn't nearby. I feel the same way about the city.
Bonnie