josie

Is this a euphemism for a lady friend during that time of the month? Or did I miss something crucial up thread?

So, I can partially blame this thread... normally the day after playing hockey, I laze around because "I earned it". But I got up this morning and started running again. Slowly, and mostly walking, but you gotta start somewhere. It was a beautiful morning, too.

This little company just sent out its first orders today- they take hockey sticks that were broken in college and professional games and turn them into phone cases. Kind of pricey, but made in Detroit, and you never know when the case you get is a former NHLer's stick. If you don't dig the one you get, they'll have alternatives you can swap in. Pretty neat. http://www.originalstix.com/

:w00t: It's true, I've always been attracted to guys with larger than average schnozzes. d4rk included. My poor future offspring. They'll have to get second jobs as bloodhounds.

Good point. Best advice in this thread. ...but I have a huge nose... :P

You lucky sonuvabitch. HOW. I'm watching all the girls my age start to morph into "mom body" and holy crap I'm trying to avoid it. Metabolism/the body thinking it needs to pack it on to support tiny lifeforms.... ugh. Please god no. Seems if I eat "correctly", I get thunder thighs. If I work out, I get an ass. If I don't do anything, my shape is the body equivalent of taupe- boring. I'm overly critical of every inch of this shell I'm hauling around, and starving it doesn't seem to get the results I want either. TEACH ME YOUR WAYS.

I need to get running again. Was just grumbling at poor d4rk this morning about how my lack of doing much (farm work and hockey once a week, that's it) has me feeling like a shapeless blob. Working out religiously only ever made me bigger, and as I've stated elsewhere, I'm not sane about that/can't handle it. I turn into a little tank. So maybe running and biking will bring das booty back without my brain thinking I'm fat. I badly need to work on my cardio. I put away about 1000 - 1200 calories a day, and try to keep those mostly healthy things. I live on lean meat and eggs and grapefruit. Maybe I should cut it down to 800. At my craziest, I put in <400 a day and worked out like an idiot. It's just tough to find the time to work out when you sit all day at work and then go home and work/sit more. I need to become a morning person.

I wanna say LA in 6 but every single prediction I've tentatively made this season has been tragically erroneous. I'd love to see Lundqvist lift that cup and break a 20 year drought for NYC over LA getting cup #2 in three years. Plus, I'm just really really really really really super extremely sick of hearing Cartman screaming "GO TEAM GO" in Staples Center. That's enough to make me root for just about anyone else.

Any time and every time. I'm addicted to them. This Iggy lady looks a LOT like the dudes in White Chicks. First thing I thought of.

Absolutely. After some really spirited games between Habs- Bruins and then these two goliaths battling it out.... I find myself not really caring about the finals. Lundy is capable, but the Rangers are just nowhere near the level of talent and momentum as either Chi or LA. Cross coastal travel would be tough on them too, if it's the Kings. I can't wait for this western game 7.

Happy bday Taro! And congrats Dennis and your future wife!

Yeah, my friend is still doing it full time I believe. He's 23, and thinking about actually going to college. The piece of paper that says he has a tech degree will open just a few more doors that he needs opened. He has a GED and is so good at computer tinkering that he lives very very well as it is. He makes a ton of money. It can be pretty high stress, though. He'll pull 72 hour crisis benders sometimes if a server busts and whatnot. But, being albino, not like he'll ever have to worry about white hairs... My studio mate/tattoo artist friend has been trying to find someone to put his hate symbol Coexist on.... it's got swastikas and middle fingers and is generally super offensive. He has it as a bumper sticker and slaps it on cars that park stupidly.

Nice. My friend has the Linux penguin and cords in a celtic knot on his back with other operating system stuff. He's albino - the picture of it shows up on tattoo sites quite often. He's got other techy symbols on his forearm- he works as a Penetration Tester (best name ever) for the gov- tries to hack in and show them how to better protect the areas he was able to get into. His ex gf/my best friend here in upstate has the mac power on symbol, and... well, the firewire and usb symbols are in an interesting place, too. Amongst dozens others. It feels like a combo of tickling and occasional pain- like a big fuzzy bumblebee is aggressively snuggling you. Depends on where, too.

haha that's awesome. I'd be covered in tattoos if they were easier removed. What I love now may not be what I love when I'm older and have popped out some kids and got things saggin' and baggin' all over. I'd doodle all over myself and others. I've never even had the guts to dye my hair- it's too obvious.

Nope- his last name is Bean. I can only think of Rowan Atkinson when I see him. video game/nerd culture tats- most of my coworkers have those. Triforce, Metal Gear Solid, various pokemon things, code, basic life UI, etc. I realized the other day that if I were to get married, all of my bridesmaids save my sister would be covered in tats. They've got some beautiful work. My mum was like, what kind of dress would you choose for them so to cover that up? I told her I would let them pick anything they wanted, to show off their artwork. She wasn't too pleased. Diffr'nt stroke for diffr'nt folks.

Bad bet. I have pilot's wings on my hipbone and ... an armadillo on my ribs. The armadillo is a pretty silly one, I admit, but hey, they're my favorite little animal and how can I get too serious with that permanently on my body? I would love to have my friend in Arizona do a full sleeve on me someday, but I'd have to wait for my parents to pass. They're apoplectic as it is about the two tiny easily hidden by a swimsuit ones I have. I've got some friends with some pretty horrible tattoos. The kid I know who got his last name tattooed in HUGE letters from top of shoulders to lower back.... "BEAN". He's the nerdiest little dude... it just... it's better than "Tarbox" for sure but it's still hilarious.

I hear ya. I can handle myself in a nice restaurant within reason, but I grew up being reminded constantly that I wasn't part of the upper crust/country club crowd. I walked into a Burberry store with my mum in Somerset Mall once when I was all of 14 and the clerk said, "Ah, must be nice to have a rare chance to admire the finer things in life. We have no clearance rack, by the way". Scarred me for life. Ok, I already babble too much about myself and am easily searched on the internet anyways but... 1. I also have a couple small tattoos, hidden pretty well. Several of my closest friends are tattoo artists. I always swore I'd never get inked, but for these guys, I make exceptions. 2. Played piano for 15 years, was very competitive. Was a competitive writer, on a martial arts "show team" until a nasty accident, and traveled Europe playing alto sax in a wind ensemble. Competitive shows up a lot- however, I have some of the lowest damn self esteem you'll come across. Always a nickel short of a dollar, honey. Can't see the forest for the trees. 3. Sports is a rather new thing for me. It was demonized in my family growing up- something only "meathead jocks" were into. Wellp, sign me up for some jerky brains then, because I'm pretty darn addicted. The history is my favorite part. I don't say much hockey related stuff here, but you better believe I lurk and learn. 4. Shooting an AK-47 is a lot of fun. 5. I flew a small plane once. I didn't die. 6. Fear of failure is my main motivation. I feel that my family is still pretty dismayed that I chose art instead of engineering or genetics or forensic anthropology or something "smart". Always gotta prove something. I have some massive chips on my shoulders. If I had money, I'd go back to school. 7. I'm tightly wound. d4rk is less tightly wound. We balance each other out. It's worked for 3 years so far! 8. I hope to run an animal rescue someday. I volunteer at a horse rescue now- it's by far the most rewarding thing I do every week. 9. Sometimes, there's just nothing better in the world than a huge greasy cheeseburger, salty fries, and a tall, cold beer. ok, most times. 10. I'm 24 and I don't know what I don't know.

I love visiting NYC for brief periods of time when I'm there to blow some money, but I couldn't live there. After a week and a half in that city I get super depressed- I gotta have sky. The only big city I've been able to stand for longer periods of time is Paris- no skyscrapers in most of the city. It feels open. Never spent any time to speak of in Brooklyn or any of the other boroughs, so who knows, maybe I'd love it there. I've turned down several jobs in the city because I know I'd go insane.

A friend wants me to airbrush his goalie mask. Now to find an airbrush. And learn how to airbrush. And figure out what machine/inks to buy.

Good for you. What an ass. I've had more dudes than I care to count say similar things to me. I stick around 135-140 pounds, less if I'm not working out. A group of losers in high school would leave notes in my locker "you'd be so much prettier if you lost 15 pounds". I was a black belt, I had abs, and I had double D's. I wasn't fat. But you know, it didn't work like that in my brain. I spiraled into anorexia (which I still struggle with) and landed in the hospital.... the lowest I ever could get, funnily, was 120 pounds, and I had a heart attack. Didn't work on my frame. Of course, dropping 20 pounds in a month isn't something I'd recommend. I'm still paying physically for that crap. I think d4rk actually wishes I'd put some back on, maybe get those double D's back. Sorry, bud. :( But yeah ###### that guy. Good on you for having the guts to tell him to hit the road.

I don't think she's ready for this jelly

haha sorry. I can never be sure on days like today! I'm all jumpy anyways. And oh god, that poor b.astard. I'd rather have something else massaged... like my neck.

You referring to my potential future teaching job? No, I meant the privately owned company I work at now, that frowns upon any time off and used to pay me $5 an hour for a rather long time and only offered me partial benefits after 2+ years of salaried work, which I can't afford anyways. There's a lot of things wrong with the place, but I have no good alt. options. Apparently there's an actual sophomoric burn book type list floating around the tight knit friend group in the office about other employees. Kinda toxic up in here. Go back to discussing hockey everyone, I was trying to lighten the mood and made a snark I probably shouldn't have because I'm extremely frustrated with things. My apologies. I'll wait to bitch in the thread tomorrow.

Have a beer, relax, it's the internet. Anger discredits validity. That goes for everyone. Enjoy your vacation. Wish I could take one, but I work for a facist regime besmirched with favoritism.

Came for the goalie talk, stayed for the popcorn.