The Bar

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:26 am

AAACCK!!@!!

[pulls hat down over her eyes and ears at mention of work and runs out of bar, whacking herself on the doorframe first]

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:26 am

lovely way to look at it, Sam. As always.

I can't wait to see your pictures!!

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:31 am

GuinivereElise wrote:lovely way to look at it, Sam. As always.

I can't wait to see your pictures!!

Yeah, I feel like I've been kicked in the nuts this last week, but I refuse to give in or give up... I've got a defective 'fight/flight' mechanism: I always fight, even if I know I'm going to get my ass kicked. *sigh*

The pictures look good (I think, I've only looked at them once) so I'll post them at the usual place... and provide the link here and on the "Lower Level Review" page...

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:33 am

Hey, can we talk a minute over this whiskey about how we feel about getting email holiday cards?

At first I resented them, but as my office wastepaper basket filled up with cards from people I don't know or care about, the digital ones began to make a lot more sense, particularly from an ecological POV.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:39 am

sure, BHA....

I'm the same way... as far as cards I'd rather get... the ecards do the job. that way, I don't have to be a part of the waste problem. Still, nothing quite equals snail mail, really. getting a card in the actual mail from my mommy is nice.... anything other than bills is nice, really.

I would feel better if they were actually written in with some thought, but everyone is in such a rush now that most of the time, they just sign and stamp.

I'm torn, really...

that, and I have really great memories of these cute little boxes and ornaments my gram used to make to reuse the beautiful cards... precious.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:48 am

good morning everyone...
im buying a round of eggnog for yall to comemorate my hundredth post
drink up me heartys yo ho

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:02 am

Thanks for the eggnog, Duke... much appreciated. Congrats on 100...

BHA... I prefer ecards, although it appears that only silly ones get sent to me... dancing reindeer and farting cats (don't ask)... but I have received eletters from friends that have photos attached and warm messages. Those work much better for me.

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:04 am

Hey! It just dawned on me... I've been in a worse place than this before in my life. In '96 I had lost my job, lost my car, lived in a trailer in the middle of a field with no electricity and 'pasturized' (it ran through a pasture) water, and I was happy as a clam. In fact, I don't think I had ever been happier in my life before, or since... I actually went a week without food because I literally had no money... and still, I was filled with Joy.

If this is the time of year for reflection (it is, trust me) then this is what I'm reflecting on: I've had a hard, but good, life, and I don't think I would have it any other way. I am learning lessons that are creating, deep, deep inside of me, a much better person than I used to be. I like the new me a hell of a lot more than the old me...

How about another eggnog?

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:07 am

Well aw-right, Lampie!

As I type we are passing the Michter's whiskey around the office. This shit is smooth, pimp-Cadillac smooth.

Note to Lydia Love: a friend of mine just walked out of here with a gift-wrapped BB gun to give his 84-year-old father for Christmas. Why? The old fucka wants to shoot some squirrels.

Yeah boy!

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:12 am

OH! That reminds me, miss Lydia! My friends have a 30-year-old band... they're fantastic... called....

wait for it....

the Squirrels!!

and Squirrel (the drummer) has more hair than I have ever seen... he's totally a cut little pothead hair farmer...

just thought you would appreciate...

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:13 am

ummm. that should read 'cute', not 'cut'... he's NOT cut, by any means...

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:19 am

so many guests visiting today! I should spruce the place up a bit.

[sets out fancy santa-shaped soaps in hte guest bathroom, puts a bowl of homemade chex mix on the bar, another bowl of nuts......, grabs broom and pushes it around]

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:40 am

Well, that's it for work, Kiddies.... think I'll go home and post those photos, read a book, and clean the house...

Merry Christmas, y'all... I'll be back...

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:41 am

thanks Sam... back atcha...

tonytohono · Post by **tonytohono** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:16 am

Can I get one of those pint glasses?

Umm, wait, not the brew... Is it possible to fill it with vodka?

Ice? No, let's skip the ice.

Thank you.

=)

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:25 am

[humming christmas snippets as she fills a mason jar with vodka, dresses it with a red ribbon and bow]

happy holly day, Tony T!

tonytohono · Post by **tonytohono** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:44 am

<tries to slam it, get's a little more than half way and sputters to a halt>

*cough cough*

Thank you Giggle. Ahem... feeling extremely flammable about now.

"Bright and shiny time"

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 12:36 pm

buckethead alien wrote:Hey, can we talk a minute over this whiskey about how we feel about getting email holiday cards?

They've been the only ones I've sent the last couple of years; I'd reached a point where I was spending $20 on postage, because I couldn't bear the thought of leaving anyone out....

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 1:58 pm

[resplendent in her silver and red highschool drill team uniform and long underwear, giggles pops the top on her second guinness and appreciates the music]

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 2:31 pm

Hi Giggles!! Hi TonyT!! Happy Holidays All!!!
I've gotta be good for awhile. I'll take a cranberry juice on the rocks.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 2:40 pm

ooo, giggles... it's about time you pulled that outfit out again...

hmmm, beer me please. I need something to go with my tator tots...

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 2:42 pm

Um, Giggles, what does pibloktog mean???

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 2:46 pm

It's one of my favorites! Good for housecleaning and baking. An old standby........ my crazy friend Leslie declared it the Christmas Outfit today. I can see me, a crusty old woman whipping out the crusty old highschool uniform, three sequins left.......

"Oh gawd, grandma's putting on her stupid old uniform again......I just hope she doesn't break out the purple thong like last year. Ewww, grandma!"

CoworkerLurker · Post by **CoworkerLurker** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:20 pm

Donita wrote:Um, Giggles, what does pibloktog mean???

You've inspired me to look it up:

http://www.mhsanctuary.com/therapist/134.htm

Giggles- whatchu bin doin in that snow?

"So, unless you have torn your clothes off in a rage and run naked across a frozen tundra, then found yourself miles from where you started with no memory of how you got there, it is safe to say that you have not experienced a _pibloktog_ state. If so, then you have."

Snort!

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:32 pm

snort, indeed! To piblokto! My new favorite mental illness!

[suddenly screams and rips her clothes off, dashing out into the snow.....]

What?

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:39 pm

Wait...I'm right behind you...and I've got real tundra and cold and snow and stuff.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:46 pm

I once woke up naked miles from where I started with no memory of how I got there, not sure I was in a rage, though. Well, something might have been raging there for a while. I had to figure out where I was, where my car was, what her name was ... it was kinda embarrassing. Is that this publicdog thing you speak of?

Lydia Love · Post by **Lydia Love** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:57 pm

I would very much like to start drinking now...

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 5:07 pm

Yeah, me too ...

Let me look under here in this cupboard ... yeah, that's it ... the good stuff!

Absolute! Mix it with a little peppermit schnapps and serve on ice with a candy-cane swizzle ... here ya go.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 5:07 pm

oh, crap, I forgot the powdered sugar "snow" on the rim.