was when I saw an advertisement for the Toy Story 10th Anniversary DVD.
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I agree that this is the first time i felt REALLY old, but i received hints of it when my cousins started becoming teenagers, and when Hershey nixed the fun silver foil wrappers. -Sanguine
yeah! what's up with that?! now they're vacuum-wrapped for extra freshness, or something? stupid world. I felt old when Lego quit making cool stuff a couple of years ago. I think that the company was taken over by people with blue hair. and plenty of other physical features that scream, "look at me! I'm not conservative! I'm weird!" I'm sure that Lego's reason is something related to reaching a new crowd, but let's think about this for a moment- kids grow up and new ones come! the 'new crowd' thing takes care of itself. I don't care how psyco the kids get; they would all like the kind of legos there were in my childhood. the poor, poor upcoming generations who will miss out on great legos. [sigh]. now I'm depressed. lousy world. -The Swedish Eskimo
awwww, i'm sorry Eskimo! yeah, the loss of foil is stupid. what's worse is the detailed directions on how to open the new wrappers. well, i suppose if you're in shock from lack of foil, you might need that...but come on. Lego? i used to love their stuff!!! :D i haven't kept up with them lately though ~ how are they different? don't worry, if describing that gets you depressed again then don't bother.
of course the world is lousy. the Alps is just less lousy. ;) -Sanguine
I've been getting the Lego Shop at Home quarerly catalog (more like a magazine) for around 8 years now. I've never ordered anything from it, but it was nice to see what there was and how much sets cost so that I could plan what I wanted to get from walmart or wherever. I think it's free, so I still get it just to see what there is these days.
Well, first of all, they don't use many minifigures anymore. As I look through the latest issue, I find that no more than half of the sets have, or are made for, regular minifigs. it's sickening. I don't even know how to describe this repulsive figure I see right here. 4 whole double-page-spreads full of stupid "bionicle" sets. robotic, mythical creatures, or something.
anyway, I don't have a problem with lego MODELS. I mean the most expensive sets made: the ones that replicate something, have hundreds of pieces, and that go on display. actually, those are my favorite. the problem is that they don't make them anymore. I haven't seen a new one for a couple of years. too much "bionicle" focus, I guess.
Lego has by no means deteriorated to a burning pile of molten plastic. that would smell horrible, actually. [oh, yeess!! Wake Me Up When September Ends just came on the radio!] um... anyway, lego still has plenty of good stuff, but I'm afraid that they're going down the wrong path. more and more junk is being made. also, the collection on store shelves has been shrinking. that's sad too.
well Sanguine, I'm really glad that you have been a lego fan. that is comforting. now I just need to get you to at least slightly like baseball and especially the CARDINALS. by the end of this postseason, I hope to influence you somewhat. though, sadly, you will probably still not care. [sigh]. oh well.
i ramble all the time Eskimo. (i could be obnoxious and do so right now).
so how is you planning to influence my baseball beliefs different from me asking certain questions expecting certain answers? they're both forms of manipulation. i suppose you'll argue that you have good intentions at heart or something, since i'm so clearly in the wrong. i've never used my so-called "Creepy abilities" for negative things. they're for party planning and harmless detail gathering for later party planning (such as learning your birthday).
...umm, [gulp], when did you learn my birthday? are you THAT manipulative that I don't even remember handing that info out? all I can remember is Bridget asking. did you just overhear that? or did you actually put her up to it?? wow.
all I mean by influencing you is for you to realize the genuine beauty of the game. (well, I guess I'm hoping for too much). if you come to a playoff game party with us, and are therefore forced to somewhat watch it, and Albert Pujols hits a game-winning grand slam in extra innings, then you will hopefully be feeling slightly happy. STL pride. Cardinals pride. that's all I ask. be a fan to some degree. as the wonderfull, late Jack Buck said, "baseball is memories." and boy, they are warm memories. nothing like it on earth. best wishes. -The Swedish Eskimo
relax Eskimo! Bridget asked ~ you said May ~ i guessed the 19th, you said yes. no i didn't put her up to it, for her own secretive reasons she desired to know. it's a step in the friendship process, learning someone's birthday. or something like that.
ok ok ~ i'm not determined to be angry with the Cards ~ and i suppose if we won the world series or something i would be happee. and i would enjoy myself at a party, cuz i'm a party girl ;) this would be alot easier if you would admit that certain pieces of machinery in my house do evil things all by themselves, lol still friends? carefully neutral? -Sanguine
I am relieved to remember the truth of how you gained that knowledge. it's still pretty weird, though, that you guessed the date. I mean, 19? who would guess 19? surely you must have known to some extent before.
to believe that technology goes wacko by itself on you, I'd need some examples. I'm Thomas here, show me the scars and then I'll believe. see, that prevents me from being gullible. remember, you warned me to watch my back. whoa! that was freaky. I just turned around really fast to watch my back, and there was a metal clothes hanger sticking out of my dresser drawer a couple feet away that was aimed at my face. that was weird. unexpected. anyway, thank you for already being more receptive to the Cardinals. good job. be good, party girl. -The Swedish Eskimo
lol bridget guessed several numbers before i guessed 19. and hey, you proved that remembering combinations isn't so difficult either.
*sigh* ok. the most frequent are servers going down at the least opportune times, and my phone telling me i have missed calls and unheard messages a minimum of 10 hours after the fact. what good does that do?! "come quickly, i need help!" Correction, you needed help 10 hours ago when you left this message. unforunately for you, my phone decided to conceal its existence for awhile.
in february of 2001 (this was traumatic) i had just finished typing up about 12 pages (single spaced, font 12) of a story manuscript...and lost it all because the computer experienced some sort of "permanent fatal error" and blacked out. i'm not sure why i didn't hurl the keyboard thru the computer screen actually...but that was our old one. i don't know how to get it to give me an error message, so that was not my fault.
this new one is fond of locking me out of my email account and not recognizing file types it used to recognize (mostly to do with downloading video segments from sites).
our old printer liked to print the words (in progressively fainter ink, whether the cartrige was new or not) slanted on the page. this kills you when turning in papers in MLA format, because MLA format requires even margins. how am i supposed to explain how it prints crookedly? hm, that might be after my mom bashed it because it wouldn't print at all...either way. *shrug*
this is just my testimony. then there's Hillary's cell phone...ha...the usual revealing of messages hours and hours after they happen, never getting signal where everyone else's phones get signal...cutting out randomly in the middle of calls...weird beeping noises...
her CD player turned itself on, played a minute of a song, and shut off again, on its own. (we were across the room, and nobody else tinkered with it. it was kinda freaky).
her tv turns things pink and green alot.
my grandparents' satellite tv blinks in and out every minute or so. why have this great selection of channels if they only come in 3 out of every 5 minutes or so? you completely lose what's happening.
oh yes, and the countless random times our old computer would just freeze up altogether and we'd have to just pull the plug.
satisfied? -Sanguine p.s. *sigh* I'm sure after all that you'll STILL dispute me. why do i even bother?... p.p.s. at least the cardinals aren't evil to people who don't care about them. p.p.p.s. i'll be good, tell my computer that!
wow. first of all, I'm sorry. what a rough life. yes, I am satisfied. technology sorta hates you. but that's life. it happens to everyone to one extent or another. hey, it does more good than bad, right? you still use a cell phone and computer- therefore you appreciate the conveniences. right? you just expect perfection. that's obviously not going to happen. but hey, look at the bright side- at least microwaves don't turn themselves on. that would be REALLY bad.
nonetheless, I now give you every right to be disappointed with technology in general. you have reasons. may your future endeavors with the evil microchips be more than disappointing. -The Swedish Eskimo
thank you Best Friend. :) technology does seem to hate me. my computer seems to have an anti-amanda bug at the moment...it keeps shutting me out of things. *sigh*
i don't expect perfection, just reasonability! like not anti-amanda-ness. oh well. -Sanguine
oh, yeah... about that bug... I created that and implanted it into your computer. sorry about that. just a random act of violence, I guess. I won't let it happen again. -The Swedish Eskimo
What?!! you attacked me, ME, your best friend!!! i can't believe this...just wait and wonder if a random act of violence comes your way...*evil cackle*
that was a breach of the Best Friendship code, that was. *shakes head* -Sanguine
p.s. the sad part is you may not be sarcastic...and i'll never know.
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My Daily Prayer
John 17
...Holy Father, protect us by the power of your name... so that we may be one as you are one...
...let us have the full measure of your joy within us...protect us from the evil one...sanctify us by your truth...
...I pray also for those who will believe in you through our message, that all of us may be one, Father, just as you and the Son are one...
...May we be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent your son and have loved us even as you have loved him.Daniel 9
...O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with all who love him and obey his commands, we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws...
...Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant... We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. O LORD, LISTEN! O LORD, FORGIVE! O LORD, HEAR AND ACT!
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I agree that this is the first time i felt REALLY old, but i received hints of it when my cousins started becoming teenagers, and when Hershey nixed the fun silver foil wrappers.
-Sanguine
yeah! what's up with that?! now they're vacuum-wrapped for extra freshness, or something? stupid world. I felt old when Lego quit making cool stuff a couple of years ago. I think that the company was taken over by people with blue hair. and plenty of other physical features that scream, "look at me! I'm not conservative! I'm weird!" I'm sure that Lego's reason is something related to reaching a new crowd, but let's think about this for a moment- kids grow up and new ones come! the 'new crowd' thing takes care of itself. I don't care how psyco the kids get; they would all like the kind of legos there were in my childhood. the poor, poor upcoming generations who will miss out on great legos. [sigh]. now I'm depressed. lousy world.
-The Swedish Eskimo
awwww, i'm sorry Eskimo! yeah, the loss of foil is stupid. what's worse is the detailed directions on how to open the new wrappers. well, i suppose if you're in shock from lack of foil, you might need that...but come on. Lego? i used to love their stuff!!! :D i haven't kept up with them lately though ~ how are they different? don't worry, if describing that gets you depressed again then don't bother.
of course the world is lousy. the Alps is just less lousy. ;)
-Sanguine
I've been getting the Lego Shop at Home quarerly catalog (more like a magazine) for around 8 years now. I've never ordered anything from it, but it was nice to see what there was and how much sets cost so that I could plan what I wanted to get from walmart or wherever. I think it's free, so I still get it just to see what there is these days.
Well, first of all, they don't use many minifigures anymore. As I look through the latest issue, I find that no more than half of the sets have, or are made for, regular minifigs. it's sickening. I don't even know how to describe this repulsive figure I see right here. 4 whole double-page-spreads full of stupid "bionicle" sets. robotic, mythical creatures, or something.
anyway, I don't have a problem with lego MODELS. I mean the most expensive sets made: the ones that replicate something, have hundreds of pieces, and that go on display. actually, those are my favorite. the problem is that they don't make them anymore. I haven't seen a new one for a couple of years. too much "bionicle" focus, I guess.
Lego has by no means deteriorated to a burning pile of molten plastic. that would smell horrible, actually. [oh, yeess!! Wake Me Up When September Ends just came on the radio!] um... anyway, lego still has plenty of good stuff, but I'm afraid that they're going down the wrong path. more and more junk is being made. also, the collection on store shelves has been shrinking. that's sad too.
well Sanguine, I'm really glad that you have been a lego fan. that is comforting. now I just need to get you to at least slightly like baseball and especially the CARDINALS. by the end of this postseason, I hope to influence you somewhat. though, sadly, you will probably still not care. [sigh]. oh well.
-The Swedish Eskimo
sorry. I rambled on and on in that last comment. I will try to limit my complaining next time.
-The Swedish Eskimo
i ramble all the time Eskimo. (i could be obnoxious and do so right now).
so how is you planning to influence my baseball beliefs different from me asking certain questions expecting certain answers? they're both forms of manipulation. i suppose you'll argue that you have good intentions at heart or something, since i'm so clearly in the wrong. i've never used my so-called "Creepy abilities" for negative things. they're for party planning and harmless detail gathering for later party planning (such as learning your birthday).
-Sanguine
[really big, frightened eyes here]
...umm, [gulp], when did you learn my birthday? are you THAT manipulative that I don't even remember handing that info out? all I can remember is Bridget asking. did you just overhear that? or did you actually put her up to it?? wow.
all I mean by influencing you is for you to realize the genuine beauty of the game. (well, I guess I'm hoping for too much). if you come to a playoff game party with us, and are therefore forced to somewhat watch it, and Albert Pujols hits a game-winning grand slam in extra innings, then you will hopefully be feeling slightly happy. STL pride. Cardinals pride. that's all I ask. be a fan to some degree. as the wonderfull, late Jack Buck said, "baseball is memories." and boy, they are warm memories. nothing like it on earth.
best wishes.
-The Swedish Eskimo
relax Eskimo!
Bridget asked ~ you said May ~ i guessed the 19th, you said yes. no i didn't put her up to it, for her own secretive reasons she desired to know. it's a step in the friendship process, learning someone's birthday. or something like that.
ok ok ~ i'm not determined to be angry with the Cards ~ and i suppose if we won the world series or something i would be happee. and i would enjoy myself at a party, cuz i'm a party girl ;) this would be alot easier if you would admit that certain pieces of machinery in my house do evil things all by themselves, lol
still friends? carefully neutral?
-Sanguine
oops. i guess your birthday is online now. sorry about that. i was so caught up in proving my innocence...
-Sanguine
I am relieved to remember the truth of how you gained that knowledge. it's still pretty weird, though, that you guessed the date. I mean, 19? who would guess 19? surely you must have known to some extent before.
to believe that technology goes wacko by itself on you, I'd need some examples. I'm Thomas here, show me the scars and then I'll believe. see, that prevents me from being gullible. remember, you warned me to watch my back. whoa! that was freaky. I just turned around really fast to watch my back, and there was a metal clothes hanger sticking out of my dresser drawer a couple feet away that was aimed at my face. that was weird. unexpected. anyway, thank you for already being more receptive to the Cardinals. good job.
be good, party girl.
-The Swedish Eskimo
lol bridget guessed several numbers before i guessed 19. and hey, you proved that remembering combinations isn't so difficult either.
*sigh* ok. the most frequent are servers going down at the least opportune times, and my phone telling me i have missed calls and unheard messages a minimum of 10 hours after the fact. what good does that do?! "come quickly, i need help!" Correction, you needed help 10 hours ago when you left this message. unforunately for you, my phone decided to conceal its existence for awhile.
in february of 2001 (this was traumatic) i had just finished typing up about 12 pages (single spaced, font 12) of a story manuscript...and lost it all because the computer experienced some sort of "permanent fatal error" and blacked out. i'm not sure why i didn't hurl the keyboard thru the computer screen actually...but that was our old one. i don't know how to get it to give me an error message, so that was not my fault.
this new one is fond of locking me out of my email account and not recognizing file types it used to recognize (mostly to do with downloading video segments from sites).
our old printer liked to print the words (in progressively fainter ink, whether the cartrige was new or not) slanted on the page. this kills you when turning in papers in MLA format, because MLA format requires even margins. how am i supposed to explain how it prints crookedly? hm, that might be after my mom bashed it because it wouldn't print at all...either way. *shrug*
this is just my testimony. then there's Hillary's cell phone...ha...the usual revealing of messages hours and hours after they happen, never getting signal where everyone else's phones get signal...cutting out randomly in the middle of calls...weird beeping noises...
her CD player turned itself on, played a minute of a song, and shut off again, on its own. (we were across the room, and nobody else tinkered with it. it was kinda freaky).
her tv turns things pink and green alot.
my grandparents' satellite tv blinks in and out every minute or so. why have this great selection of channels if they only come in 3 out of every 5 minutes or so? you completely lose what's happening.
oh yes, and the countless random times our old computer would just freeze up altogether and we'd have to just pull the plug.
satisfied?
-Sanguine
p.s.
*sigh* I'm sure after all that you'll STILL dispute me. why do i even bother?...
p.p.s.
at least the cardinals aren't evil to people who don't care about them.
p.p.p.s.
i'll be good, tell my computer that!
wow. first of all, I'm sorry. what a rough life. yes, I am satisfied. technology sorta hates you. but that's life. it happens to everyone to one extent or another. hey, it does more good than bad, right? you still use a cell phone and computer- therefore you appreciate the conveniences. right? you just expect perfection. that's obviously not going to happen. but hey, look at the bright side- at least microwaves don't turn themselves on. that would be REALLY bad.
nonetheless, I now give you every right to be disappointed with technology in general. you have reasons. may your future endeavors with the evil microchips be more than disappointing.
-The Swedish Eskimo
thank you Best Friend. :) technology does seem to hate me. my computer seems to have an anti-amanda bug at the moment...it keeps shutting me out of things. *sigh*
i don't expect perfection, just reasonability! like not anti-amanda-ness. oh well.
-Sanguine
oh, yeah... about that bug... I created that and implanted it into your computer. sorry about that. just a random act of violence, I guess. I won't let it happen again.
-The Swedish Eskimo
What?!! you attacked me, ME, your best friend!!! i can't believe this...just wait and wonder if a random act of violence comes your way...*evil cackle*
that was a breach of the Best Friendship code, that was. *shakes head*
-Sanguine
p.s.
the sad part is you may not be sarcastic...and i'll never know.
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