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Alright, as long as you misbehave yourselves, ha ha!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 30, 2006 at 12:49 PM
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Pleeeze Tony can we come again???
it is all cleaned up now, and we made you fresh coffee...Man, you were funny, keep this up and we fix you with .Dave for a big show down. Hope you slept well.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 30, 2006 at 11:52 AM
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Creative...
posted by
_Symphony_
on October 30, 2006 at 9:31 AM
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Sleepless
Even in your sleepless fog you managed humour.
posted by
Troosha
on October 30, 2006 at 7:29 AM
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Blanche...
posted by
ginnieb
on October 30, 2006 at 6:05 AM
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Tonyzonit,
I love hippo and slip-oh... pretty good effort for a tired boy.
posted by
mneme
on October 30, 2006 at 4:09 AM
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Tony
You are too talented not to give us fun even with your nonsenses. Marvellous, I must say. You are one to be adored by one and all.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on October 30, 2006 at 2:01 AM
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MC and Blanche
Hey, you two - clean up that mess! My living-room's a disgrace. Do call again. Shame I couldn't join in - it was just too late for me!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 30, 2006 at 1:13 AM
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Thanks Star!
Well, it made me think, I'm going to write about something silly. And it worked!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 30, 2006 at 1:12 AM
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hey Tony, it's funny......so sleepless nights make you funny.
posted by
star4sky5
on October 29, 2006 at 9:58 PM
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bye!
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 4:50 PM
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I am still struggling with downloading photos here, I seem to get into all sorts of strife. Just had to say hi to Swiftfox, he is gone now but i should really go to the shops before school is out. so I must go...
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 4:48 PM
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Okay, sorry not to respond quicker, I think I finally figured out photo
resizing.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 4:45 PM
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Blanche I got to go and Swiftfox is back!!!
great talking to you, will catch up some other time, it has been very interesting and enjoyable.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 4:43 PM
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I also have some blind spots and i make mistakes, hopefully, I am learning. I can sense a lot through people's writing, i wish I did not feel others so much. It can be invasive.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 4:38 PM
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blanche,
I can relate to what you are saying...i love writing too for the same reasons. I spend too much time on the blog at the moment, and I use it as an escape at the moment until my circumstances improve...
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 4:36 PM
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Yes, there is not always a reason, explicable to others, for doing things
a certain way or liking certain people, but my radar is pretty accurate,too, its when I overrride it to attempt to please or appease other people I get into trouble.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 4:34 PM
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No, it is not a substitute, I have a good life off the blog, as well, but I
find that, as much as I've tried, I can't really give up blogging either. I need to find the happy balance, but writing is in my blood, my heart and soul, it's how I work through my feelings, those cataclysmic emtional storms and try to find reason, clarity and insight. Some wisdom.
It's not a substitute, but it's certainly a necessary adjunct for me.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 4:33 PM
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blanche,
I am like you and i do follow my gut instinct, it is the most sensible thing to do, i'd say. It sometimes defies logic but it can see beyond the obvious and appearances. I send out my radar too. I guess I have learnt the hard way, and i am still learning.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 4:32 PM
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cyberspace is fun and safer than the real world but I feel something is missing, I guess it will always fall short of the real world. the only good thing is you can decide what to make of it and you have more control over it than the real world. it is entertaining and informative but no subsitute for real life.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 4:29 PM
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MC, I have been trusting and I have been cynical both, the last few years
tending more towards the latter. Now, I figure I only go wrong if I don't listen to my intuition and my heart. Many people lambaste me for not liking certain people, but I follow my gut instincts and they are seldom wrong.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 4:29 PM
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I agree with you on this one. I am very trusting as a rule, may be too much so but I'd rather be that way than too cynical.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 4:27 PM
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Too true, although there are definitely people here, whom I don't think
that I would be disappointed to meet "in the flesh" as it were. If their words are consistent with their hearts, I can safely say that I don't think that I would be disappointed to meet "old friends" such as GinnieB, .Dave, or Wiley Coyote, they are too much "themselves" I think to not be as they seem online.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 4:23 PM
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bridging the gap between cyberspace and real life, words are a tenuous bridge that can be burnt any time all too easily.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 4:20 PM
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yeah, better that way.
we could end up disappointed, on the other hand we might not be...probably surprised I would say. I know of people who actually meet. I have not got further than a phone call, and that is daring enough for me for now.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 4:19 PM
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It would be a fun exercise to do, in writing, just to figure out where
everyone is. Everyone who cares to be found, that is.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 4:19 PM
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MarieClaire, there's always that fantasy.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 4:17 PM
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My apologies to both MarieClaire and Tony, MC, I've been messing around
with photos, trying to edit some, and to Tony for taking up cyberspace on his blog, hopefully he'll return soon and not mind.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 4:16 PM
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blanche
we should organize a world blogging tour and visit everyone...
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 4:15 PM
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apologies to Tony for barging in his cyberspace...
did not mean to cramp your style...we were just sitting on your sofa and drinking your coffee. I knew you would not mind, we left you some cake too.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 4:14 PM
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blanche,
Mneme is in Australia, I am the NZ resident. Paris hosted some interesting characters, it was a thriving cultural centre still is, but it did not rub off on me much I am afraid. I think Paris was teeming with dreaming artists writers making a dubious living out their art, living off other's generosity, leeching off the working class that they so despised, or at least some of them.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 4:11 PM
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MarieClaire, am I correct in remembering that you are in New Zealand now?
Or am I getting you confused with Mneme? I would like to go back and meet Dave and his wife, Sam for a beer as we've joked about, sitting in a sidewalk cafe or a bistro. I loved the bistros, even with the smoke, which I don't do.
There's so much rich culture. I am not sure if I've got Sylvia's last name right, I just know that the original Shakespeare and Company was a thriving English and American expatriate book store in the 1930s, I believe, where Keruouac, Hemingway, and Joyce all wrote and stayed, at Sylvia's largesse.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 4:01 PM
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blanche
that sounds interesting. I visited the Louvre a couple of times and remember Mona Lisa, and the sculpture from Rodin and that is about it. I want to go back again of course. I heard about that Shakeaspeare place but have never seen it...so interesting, I am now 22 thousand miles away from Paris, too far to hop back whenever i like.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 3:56 PM
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I did like Paris, MC, I liked sitting on Le Boulevard Ste. Germaine,
sipping tiny espresso in a sidewalk cafe, visiting the Louvre, (which is huge and I barely scratched the surface and had to catch my breath, sitting behind the Venus De Milo, just inches from her bare rump), but did not see the Mona Lisa because sadly that exhibit hall was closed.
And the other museum, which name I cannot quite recall, very avant-garde, very abstract. I barely remember. I stayed at Shakespeare and Company with two friends who knew the curmudgeonly owner, George Whitman, (I think if I remember his last name), who must surely be dead by now because he was 80 at the time, although he had a 3 year old daughter named after the oriignal owner, Sylvia Beech. I have good memories of that trip.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 3:48 PM
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blanche, you are forgiven indeed.
did you like Paris? I was there last year visiting my brother.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 3:44 PM
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Yes, it's apropos Rumoured Intelligenc's blog on graveyards and epitaphs.
I thought you might have noticed my clumsy attempt at phonetic spelling. Boy, was I wide of the mark. Thank you, I've written that down on a notepad.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 3:42 PM
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I was in Paris in 1989, MarieClaire, but I've never studied French, too
intimidated, I think, to even make the attempt, because it is a complex language full of nuance. And, yes, I'm feeling sunny today, thanks.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 3:41 PM
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where did that sudden question come from??? have you left the zoo now?
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 3:40 PM
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sunshine you got that wrong but hey it's okay
le cimetière du Père Lachaise... I think, I have never been inside it as far as I remember, so many things I have yet to visit, but it is a bit grim anyway...expensive plot of land for old bones I say.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 3:39 PM
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An aside question to MarieClaire, can you tell me please how to spell
the name of the Paris cemetery. I was just guessing phonetically, and that only leads to mistakes, is it "Pere La Chez" the one where Jim Morrison is buried?
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 3:36 PM
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you must be the giraffe then, and I must be the frog...
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 3:34 PM
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oh, and lol to your pun, intended or otherwise, about "lots of legs", hehe
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 3:34 PM
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well nite then
I wonder what kind of crazy dreams your poem might bring on...
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 3:33 PM
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We certainly get a lot of mileage out of them in .Dave's blog, lots of fun!
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 3:33 PM
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Blanche
This animals theme seems to have some legs! Yes, it's so easy to draw inspiration from them. Glad you thought it was good. Animals are like crazier versions of ourselves!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 29, 2006 at 3:32 PM
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Hi MC
Still here, but just off to bed shortly!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 29, 2006 at 3:30 PM
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Tonyzonit, I think this would be a great poem for young kids who love
animals. Are you still perhaps thinking of pandas from yesterday. I'm still laughing a little at my misreading of shat which I misread as "shot". Although, I've had more fun that way. Lions and tigers and bears, oh boy!
posted by
Blanche.
on October 29, 2006 at 3:24 PM
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tony,
U still here! must night cap time...
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 3:16 PM
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Why thank you, Babe!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 29, 2006 at 3:06 PM
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That's pretty good nonsense.
posted by
babe_rocks
on October 29, 2006 at 2:45 PM
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Hi Mike.
I take bananas at four hourly intervals. Just push them through - I won't bite!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 29, 2006 at 2:34 PM
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Hi Tony, I love it, what a crack
Nothing I am told is impossible as you have surly proved sir. Glad mine I am reading from this side of the bars tho , what times feeding, time ? Mike 
posted by
lionladroar
on October 29, 2006 at 2:12 PM
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Hi TAPS
Yes, but I can't on my site, unfortunately. I'm glad you think it's worthy of an illustration, though. Perhaps you or Ypunday or Lion Lad would be up to the job!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 29, 2006 at 1:30 PM
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Tonyzonit, I think you should illustrate it for us.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 29, 2006 at 1:19 PM
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Hi PF
Benadryl? Not sure. I have had something called Night Nurse in the past. Maybe that contains it. But it can make you drowsy the following day. But I might look into it - thanks for the tip!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 29, 2006 at 1:13 PM
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Have you tried Benadryl?
You can buy it over the counter. It WILL put you to sleep. And there are few side affects.
posted by
Passionflower
on October 29, 2006 at 1:00 PM
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Oh la la... petites. Il y ont plus d'une, merci a Dieu!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 29, 2006 at 12:31 PM
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Well, thank you, ma'am...
There's plenty of real-life experience of that, I can assure you. Well, not of being behind a giraffe, but... oh, you know. And I'm quite tall. Goodness knows what it must be like for petite madames francaises!
Hello Kat. I must admit, animals are always a winner. Even the slugs. Yummy!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 29, 2006 at 12:29 PM
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funny...
I am sat behind a giraffe at the show...
sounds like your lovely hyppo above (your flat) inspired this lovely piece of nonsense, when you actually picture it, it is hilarious.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 12:18 PM
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Tony
very different but cute
posted by
Kat02
on October 29, 2006 at 12:03 PM
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tony,
if there is any meaning, it's been squeezed and bent out of shape between the hyppo's backside and the elephant rump, so fat chance of that. chum! there might be more meaning if I tried squeezing it out of an empty toothpaste. I'll rest my case!
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 11:15 AM
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Hello there PF and MC.
What? But this is a deadly serious poem about... er, no, it isn't! Still, it was about time I did a silly one, wasn't it? Maybe there might, if you look hard enough, be some hidden meanings in there. If you find them, please tell me what they are! Yes, MC, it's all your fault. I've caught whatever you've got. Oh, the microwave's done my baked potato... See you later. (That wasn't meant to rhyme!)
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 29, 2006 at 11:00 AM
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Tony
You've definitely swallowed something...some pink pills or something, I did not do it I swear.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 29, 2006 at 10:55 AM
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It's very whimsical...
Hope you get some rest.
posted by
Passionflower
on October 29, 2006 at 10:44 AM
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