Confessions.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:12 pm

I confess I'm curious as hell about the new mutant vehicle the captain is working on.

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:18 pm

Zulegoona wrote:I confess I'm curious as hell about the new mutant vehicle the captain is working on.

Well... it was gonna be quite radical... it was gonna be a four-seater "airplane", held about 8 feet up above a very flat chassis, and able to barrel-roll while cruising...

But UNFORTUNATELY... I did a BAD thing.

I added up how much money I have into BM stuff so far (around $15,000) ... not to mention the time and effort. Way the hell too much.

I shelved the new rig while in the parts-gathering stage.

I need my life back.

But if I show up this year, I will bring the boat back.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:22 pm

I confess that I bought flowers for myself today at the market. I confess that I did it because the spot on my dresser that housed some lovely lillies looked BARE NAKED without anything there.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:25 pm

if I show up this year, I will bring the boat back

are you thinking about sitting out a year?...

Goddammit! you buy your ticket right now

Sandwichman · Post by **Sandwichman** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:28 pm

Captain Goddammit wrote:
Zulegoona wrote:I confess I'm curious as hell about the new mutant vehicle the captain is working on.
Well... it was gonna be quite radical... it was gonna be a four-seater "airplane", held about 8 feet up above a very flat chassis, and able to barrel-roll while cruising...

But UNFORTUNATELY... I did a BAD thing.

I added up how much money I have into BM stuff so far (around $15,000) ... not to mention the time and effort. Way the hell too much.

I shelved the new rig while in the parts-gathering stage.

I need my life back.

But if I show up this year, I will bring the boat back.

I would be happy to help with work on this vehicle/plane and would be happy to keep my eyes open for parts and such needed. Just PM me your wish list and I will keep my eyes open. I am on all kinds of lists and frequent all kinds of flea market kinds of sites.

Jason

blueniteowl · Post by **blueniteowl** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:47 pm

I confess that when I drink I say and do things that I regret later. I also confess that I say and do things I regret later when I'm sober. It happens more often than you'd think.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:05 pm

I confess that i have a rule about not regretting the things i do when drunk, no matter how much other people make me feel like I should. If Im drunk, I'm drunk. fuckit.

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:27 pm

I confess that if I squint my eyes just right when I look at guinivereElise, i can vaguely remember what it was to be 24 pre children.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:28 pm

Ummm. I confess that I'm 25.

*wink*

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:36 pm

um, I was talking about how you reminded me of being prechildren, back when I was 24 *wink*

G'night all!

{blowing kisses}

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:39 pm

night, babe. love you!

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:01 pm

well me 25 too....++++++++++++ ah shit

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:33 am

i confess that i'll be 24 (next week).

i further confess that i'm really posting here because i was to bury the borg2 thread. not that i want to stifle conversation, but that i'd like the people who inhabit GD to be people who want to be here and jaw with us - not folks who are lured in by the stench of dog shit that dripped down from areas up-board of us.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:38 am

i confess i would like it if rian doesnt like the movement, she should bury her head in the sand and pretend it isnt there...theres no law that says you have to read every post

viva le resistance!

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:41 am

it's not that i don't like the movement. i hate what just happened upstairs - people ripping each other to shreds. it was just ugly... and it's nice to leave ugly up there sometimes.

that said, this HAS been the LoEA lately. mud fight anyone?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:42 am

i confess that i dont know what LoEA means....

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:43 am

Land of Endless Affirmations.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:46 am

ahhhh...
thats a place i could stand to be....
instead of here...the LoEP...land of endless paperwork

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:50 am

So I would then be at the LoEN?
Land of Endless Nerds?

My God man! This sea of khakis are making my eyes bleed Perrier!

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:56 am

i confess I am five minutes away from bagging up every toy I see in this house and taking them down the road to the goodwill. I am swimming in a sea of toys with children who despite reasoning, pleading, threatening, and multiple beatings with a cane (just kidding on that) refuse to pick up their toys and forget about actually them doing it without being asked or even the first time asked and heaven forbid their be no crying, whining, or eight-year-old-little-white-girl-putting-on-serious-black-girl attitude.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:59 am

I confess that my mother would, while we were at school, go through and selectively purge our toybox every once in a while... we wouldn't even notice, except to say, a few weeks later, "mom, have you seen _______?" and her replying innocently... no, where did you put it last?"

I confess that it worked beautifully...

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:02 am

i confess that at first i thought you meant a different kind of toy and was confused.

gigglesnort, my friend Nuha does that single-parent-much-of-the-time bit, with a full time job. She has two kids, now about 13 (Yara) and 11-ish (Rames). Years ago, they wouldn't pick up their toys either. She told them that if they didn't clean them up she was throwing them away. They tried to call her bluff. She wasn't bluffing. After the toys were thrown out, they never, ever did it again.

If it gets bad....

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:13 am

GuinivereElise wrote:I confess that my mother would, while we were at school, go through and selectively purge our toybox every once in a while... we wouldn't even notice, except to say, a few weeks later, "mom, have you seen _______?" and her replying innocently... no, where did you put it last?"

I confess that it worked beautifully...

I did this when they were younger and I was a stay-at-home mom with no other job to do, and it did work fine.

Rian, I am dead serious. Brand-new Christmas toys and all. I'm done. I'm having breakfast right now, spicy blue tortilla chips and an avocado, to get my strength up; this isn't going to be fun or easy. Well maybe a little fun (is that so passive aggressive or what. sheesh.)

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:16 am

i'm dead serious, too. the above is a true story.

don't get me wrong, this woman is sweet as anything. but tough as hell, too.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:19 am

I confess that it seems like they're testing your boundaries, and that a little show of where those boundaries lie seems to be in order...

be tough, momma.

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:21 am

it's time for.... Magic Momma Maniac!

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:23 am

*trumpet fanfare* Doo do do DOO!!

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:24 am

I confess they already know I'm crazy, and that I've done this before for one of them. Yes they are testing boundaries; every little interaction is a test of boundaries it seems. I think it's their job as children. I'm scared for puberty (three teenage girls......shudder).

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:24 am

I confess that I have no children and so I'll probabaly take a beating for giving advice where I have no experience at..........But here's my advice:

How about boxing up half the toys and hiding the box somewhere, storage or a friends place. When they come asking where their toys went that you _________ them.
They aren't gone forever then and can be refound.

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:24 am

okay, I'm going in.....be back with a report in a bit....