Note To Self

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:31 pm

NTS- breathing, breathing...

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:26 am

NTS: keep meditating, it eventually starts working.

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:03 am

Note to self... 3 Jamesons and 4 Stouts are fun, right up until it is time to wake up, get dressed and go to work.

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 7:23 am

NTS: You are still a work in progress... and words of wisdom are always welcome.

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:00 am

NTS: DO NOT GO DRINKING WITH LYDIA ON A SCHOOL NIGHT!!!

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:59 am

Note to self: Smooch Samtzu for a long time next time I see him.
Note to self: When one is too intoxicated to meditate, switch to the ol' standby of masterbation. It gets to job done right quick.

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:04 am

robbidobbs wrote:Note to self: Smooch Samtzu for a long time next time I see him.
Note to self: When one is too intoxicated to meditate, switch to the ol' standby of masterbation. It gets to job done right quick.

NTS: Look this lady up sometime...
NTS: Definitely more fun than meditation, although you wind up in a different place...

Lydia Love · Post by **Lydia Love** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:08 pm

although you wind up in a different place...

Sticky?

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:28 pm

NTS: You WILL feel horribly ill, when it comes to your stomach, after a night of drinking LIITs.

Learn, fucker, learn.

~*moan, gurgle, moan*~

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:40 pm

Lydia Love wrote:
although you wind up in a different place...
Sticky?

Yes... but a transcendent sort of stickyness...

Lydia Love · Post by **Lydia Love** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:23 pm

aw jeez... RJ, I'm really sorry...

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:26 pm

yes, well, if i wasn't so damned happy (see me doing the happy dance?) i'd have my revenge. you're off the hook this time, sweet thang.

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:20 pm

samtzu wrote:
Lydia Love wrote:
although you wind up in a different place...
Sticky?
Yes... but a transcendent sort of stickyness...

NTS: make a point of working my way to Samtzu's place asap.

Yes, you do wind up in a different place, but a "place" none the less important. What you get is a deep sense of groundedness, and yes, it can be a little unctious...like lube. And the spiritual flavor lasts a long...long...LONG time.

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:45 pm

NTS: Read more slowly. You have to choose a new book again. This half-a-book-a-day trend is inexcusable, considering you've been doing other things, too.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:18 pm

NTS: don't try and be cute or cleaver here. These people can bury you without breaking a sweat.

poof. I want to be cute and cleaver.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:37 pm

Last time I tried to be a cleaver I accidentally carved four cattle carcases and cut off the tip of my left thumb. "Be the cleaver...be the cleaver....nunnunnunnunnunnunnunnunnunnnnnnn"

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:38 pm

Ranger Genius wrote:Last time I tried to be a cleaver I accidentally carved four cattle carcases and cut off the tip of my left thumb. "Be the cleaver...be the cleaver....nunnunnunnunnunnunnunnunnunnnnnnn"

Sharp...

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:46 pm

Note to Self: Count your fucking blessings.

This was posted today to the staff list. Pearl is one of the folks who helps run the gate during the event.

> From: pearl [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 6:08 AM
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: [staff] Pearl...
>
> This is Pearl. I am currently in Bangkok waiting for a flight I have
> cajoled my way onto. I am one of the survivors. With only scratches,
> briuses and infections I am fine.
> Everything I own (almost - a small plastic jesus doll made it
> through!) is gone. My house was wiped out, as were 3000 hotel rooms,
> around 600 other resident/vacation homes and almost all the business'
> in the area.
>
>
>
> Our house was 150 feet from the beach, that is THE hardest hit beach
> in Thailand. As water rushed into our house and then ripped open the
> second story wall, I leapt off our second story roof and swam and swam
> and swam, riding the wave deep into the jungle, as it destroyed
> building after building, ripping up trees and spinning diesel trucks
> into the air. All this with me in the center of it clinging to
> anything that floats and swimming to avoid the standing buildings or
> trees that crushed and impaled many others.
> The wave deposited me, a small swedish girl and a 60 foot poilice
> cruiser (medium sized steel patrol boat - around 20 tons) 1 kilometer
> from the beach
> - in the jungle.
> For the next 5 hours i set up a triage center and cared for dead and
> dying foreigners. Finally we got helicopters in, and I made my way
> back towards the main town. I found Karin (my girlfriend) and
> collapsed. We had both assumed each other dead as the destruction was
> so massive. She had climbed a coconut tree, wrapped her arms and legs
> and held on. The water kept pullng the tree and her under, but it and
> she survived.
> That day I saw around 100 bodies. The next day, another 200, and the
> day we left there were cattle trucks full of rotting corpses being
> taken to Phuket.
>
> After days of no news, dwindling food and water - a group of divers
> virtually kidnapped a driver to take us away. Every few hours someone
> had created a rumor that another wave was coming, or there was a gas
> explosion, or the Muslim rebels were attacking. None were true, but it
> caused massive panic and killed many more people. We were already
> under massive psychological strain, and this just made it insane. We
> ran.
>
> My town is gone. There are probably 2% of the original buildings in a
> recognizable form. I am very lucky to even be making my way home. The
> U.S.
> goverment offered me a phone call, a toothbrush, a paperback book and
> a temporary passport. No hotel, no food, no flight home. I was told
> that I could take out a loan if I could list three people who would
> vouch for me at home. The process would only take a few days. I was
> alone, injured (superficially - but I sure did look bad), no
> possesions, no money and my government offered my a book.
>
> I don't know who or what to acknowledge for my presence. That will
> take a lot of soul-searching. I am certainly among the luckiest people
> in Thailand right now. According to local news it looks like my town
> had a SURVIVAL rate of 60%.
>
> The out support and questions about my well-being are appreciated and
> I will reply...eventually.
>
> Please think of what you value. Look around, have you given a hug to
> someone recently? Anyone? If everything you had were taken away, who
> would you turn too? In the end it is each other, not the things, that
> make the world spin.
> I won't ever forget that.
>
>
> Breathe
>
>
> -p

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:50 pm

wow..thanks badger.....

Bambi of Finland · Post by **Bambi of Finland** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:27 am

Thank You Badger, I'll be sure to pass this on to some friends who work the gate, and must know Pearl.

Pearl and Karin, just get home. We Love you.

Note to self: Add Pearl and Karin to list of personal Heros.

tonytohono · Post by **tonytohono** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 10:27 am

Wow... that is just crazy Badger. Glad she is all right.

Thanks for sharing.

tonytohono · Post by **tonytohono** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 10:33 am

NTS:

reanalyze what I value most, and give everyone I love a hug today, tomorrow, next week, and every other chance I get.

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:51 am

NTS: Never get a male cat/kitten again...ever.
NTS: Get my cat Oliver fixed before I strangle the fucker.

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:03 pm

NTS: Stop procrastinating and do the final clean-up of the car trunk and get the rest of BM 2004 camping stuff out.
NTS: Vacuum out playa dust from carpet.
NTS: Oh, hell, why bother? BM 2005 is almost here again.

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:15 pm

NTS: Time to pull The Dead out of the BM CD box and put them on the CD player again... and dust off the CD, dammit!

NTS: Meet more women this year...

NTS: Find a means of living in the manner you are accustomed to, that doesn't involve kissing corporate ass, 'cause you're not good at it...

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:11 pm

Thanks, Badger. That was like Moby Dick. Cheers to you, Pearl, if you ever check in here.

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 7:36 am

Again, thanks Badger.

And Pearl... for all the work you did. I'm guessing the survival rate is higher in that town because of her. Blessings and healing.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:42 am

Badger
If you find out where Pearl is and if there's anyting we can do to help, let us know.

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:43 am

Will do.

Am waiting for e-mail to that effect right now.

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:44 am

And Pearl... for all the work you did. I'm guessing the survival rate is higher in that town because of her.

Oh, and Pearl ain't no girl btw. At least not since I last saw him.