1. This thread is all about random and/or boring things.
2. You post 10 things. Or 4 things. Or even 13 things. It really doesn't matter.
3. Please talk about yourself. Or don't. Up to you. :)
4. I have two dogs, a cat, a 40 gallon fish tank, and two hermit crabs.
5. See how easy that was?? :)
6. The sun peeking through the dense fog this morning was stunning!!
7. Lucilledesign rocks my world. :) And I always do what I'm told, which is why I'm starting this thread even though I've been absent a bunch lately.
8. I still love you all. NOT random. OR boring. Just true...
9. AMY RAY. Swoooooooon!!!
10. Now you try. :)
11. We try very hard to be polite towards one another in this section because we like things all nicey-nice.
12. I can't wait for August!!!
13. VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

Hola, Corazon.
1- Long time no "see." Miss you.
2- The crocus are up in my yard, little yellow ones about to open!
3- The triplet grambabies are doing well, having formal evals for autism spectrum issues... They're now 4.25 years old.
4- They like to add "... you're a girl..." to every comment they make, esp to newcomers. Haven't gotten to the you-have-a-vagina comments yet, but I see it coming!
5- My sweet Papa passed away last Tuesday. We were all with him. It was heartbreaking and yet good at the same time. He lived a rich 79 years on the Earth. I miss him.
6- I am looking for cross-country ski boots. I went for the first time in January and it was rilly fun!!!
7- Been too long since spoke with any 'yalls. Good to see you on FB from time to time.
8- It's about 60 degrees here today, last day of Feb.
9- Thinkin' 'bout adding on to my house, to make it a family compound and consolidate.
10- I hope to come to fest this year, and stay in RV land.
Love to All.
~indijeny

1. Am very excited to see the lineup and start dreaming of Michigan
2. yesterday I bought some gumboots/wellington boots which will be perfect for Michfest as they are light to carry on the flight
3. we've had a wet summer here (in Australia) but today its sunny so am disappointed I won't wear my new boots today
4. my beautiful 15 year old cat died 4 weeks ago and I still miss him so much
5. if you come to Australia, I will show you the womens pool in Sydney, a women and child only ocean pool which is bliss and the closest we get to women only space.
6. hoping to get to Michigan this year.
7. wondering if I should buy a sleeping mat here or wait till I get to the US (where everything is SO much cheaper)
8. I don't know who most of the performers are but know I will still love them
9. running out of random things to say
10. Oh, am going to see Naomi Wolf speak at the Opera House this weekend, very exciting!

xx to all

1 Thanks for starting our new home HF!
2 Leslie and the Ly's!
3 Scream Club!
4 GEM SWEATERS
5 festie festie festie festie
6 I was just thinking the other day, I REALLY wish Scream Club would come back!
7 I love the lineup this year! Only 2 bands I care about!
8 AND NO NIGHT STAGE!
9 Last year was terrible. I was at night stage EVERY night for music. This year, Wednesday ONLY for opening ceremonies. And probaly Elvira lol
10 FRICKIN GEM SWEATERSSSSSSSS

1. I love the line-up
2. I love LD
3. I love the new forums and no more politics
4. I love the colors of the flyer
5. I can't wait till August
6. I'm really sick today but all this made me happy
7. I'm trying to get into a study for a drug for my disease (MS). Wish me luck.
8. I love Survivor and it's on tonight.
9. My partner just made me the sweetest little supper. I love her. <3
10. It was so easy to find this 10 Random/Boring things. I didn't even have to look for it, lol.

I had to go back and add something...

Amanda just brought the mail in. There was a package for me from someone whose name I didn't recognize. (I don't know some festie's last names, lol). It was from Michigan. In the package was organic coffee, a beautiful candle, heart candies, a sweet note and soft brown socks. The envelope with the note in it had a drawing of a butterfly so then I knew it must be from a fest sister. Anyway, it was from one of my DART fest sisters and it meant so much. And THAT is fest majick. Because I needed it so much today. And I just let the tears out. Amanda understands and yet she doesn't. She's never truly "gotten" fest. But she knows I needed it today.

But you get it.

1. it's been forever since I've dropped in here!
2. it's been two years since I made it to fest
3. I INTEND to get there this year!
4. The new BB is really refreshing... it's prompted me to re-engage
5. i guess I should re-introduce myself, since it's been so long!
6. I live in montreal... but wish I lived in columbus with my gf! (trying to make it happen!)
7. i have 1 cat, 6 fish, and 1001 snails (my poor tank... I'm trying to learn to coexist with them... because asking them to leave isn't working)
8. i don't have a favourite colour... i like variety too much
9. i'm excited that dar williams is returning because I missed fest the last time she played!
10. I really, really miss the singing circle: my favourite place at fest

1. EEEK! THE LINEUP!
2. I really really miss fest.
3. I missed the last two years :(
4. I'm Clover's Girlfriend.
5. Please send her woo so she can move here.
6. Please send both of us woo to get to fest this year.
7. I love the new board.
8. Some motivation to stop by more often.
9. My favorite color is purple.
10. I've run out of things to say.

1) yaaaaaaaaaaay, the lineup! amy ray, elvira, and dar williams!! and chix lix road trip - that sounds interesting! now if only tender forever and leslie and the ly's were on the same afternoon...or if one of them were on night stage...oh well. :o)

2) i have too many cupcakes. somebody come help me eat these cupcakes.

3) wooooooo to solameya and clover - hope you can make it home! i missed last year, it sucked. never want to miss again!!

4) mourning the loss of Davy Jones today, though not as hard as my best friend kelly who went to see him every year at epcott. but still. thanks to him, not only did i make one of the best friends i've ever had, but i also had a flawless british accent by the time i was ten. they are still my favorite band.

5) we are having very odd weather.

6) my favorite color is orange. and blue.

7) uhhhh....i can't think of anything else. have a great night, everyone!

Buy clown fish!! That's what we did. They won't eat the really big snails (unless they are really big fish), but they will eat any babies that arrive. Snails don't need another snail to reproduce, so your tank can easily be overcome with babies. We learned that the hard way when I asked to add a snail to the tank "because it was sooooo cute!" We are almost 100% eradicated now. Whew!

YAY for new and old friends coming back to the thread! :)

HF - I've tried!!! I've been through 5 clown loaches (not all at the same time)... they don't like my aquarium. I think it's just too small for them (it's only 5.5 gallons). First I tried one. When it died, the pet store people told me they were schooling fish and might have been stressed alone, so I tried 3 at a time... but that didn't work either. The longest I can keep them alive is about 3 weeks... (and they cost a lot... so I'm done with killing loaches for awhile)... the snails and I are making friends (so long as they don't entirely eat up my plant life!).... I'm mostly just paranoid that they'll starve my plecostomus.... my little "grump" needs some detritus to munch on!

1). Of course I had to drop in and check out the new BB. Nice job, LD!!

2). Nothing much going on here. Working, breathing deeply, loving life.

3). We are moving at the end of this month to a much bigger apartment. I've been at the current place for over three years and I have a lot of memories wrapped up in it. Many good but most bad.
Its time to move to a different place. Make a fresh start.

4). I love my job. Have I mentioned that before?

5). I am escorting this Saturday and dreading it because we are in the middle of the "40 Days" protest. Lots of new people coming out just to yell at and demean women. It's a bit depressing.

6). But..... The day will get better because we are going to sex trivia Saturday night!! My entire health center is going and wearing our "I loved sex ed" shirts.

7). I have a lot going on. Not physically but mentally. I have a lot of old hurts and emotions to wade through and deal with.
I thought the 'bottle it all up' method would work forever, but alas. Time to work through it all, I guess.

8) whoops, just had a patient walk in. Time to go.

1 A sprinkle of fairy dusts has guided me home
2 Big fest hugs, I have missed you.
3 New BB is beautiful thanks Lucilledesign
4 Rain and snow rain and snow, overall mild winter in the NE
5 Healing and safety to midwest tornado areas
6 Wasi loves Dar , I love Dar too
7 Wasi married me
8 Waiting to hear if I will be needed at a new job (grateful for supportive energy)
9 Love my new purple room
10 ♥♥♥♥♀♀♥♥♥♥
11 ♥~V~♥

1. Love the new digs. Thanks so much LD!

2. I have been spending far too much time alone these days. My roomie moved out and my housemates are all away, so all my free time is at home alone. This has been both healing and BORING! I need to get out and have some fun.

3. So I think I will! I will be heading out this Saturday night to go dancing. Very excited. I wish my festie friends were nearby to come too!

4. Speaking of which......I went out west to Seattle just over a month ago to visit the illustrious Scout, Aunti Laura, her fabulous partner S (who I am not too sure if she has a board name here so will just call her S), L-Boy and L-Girl. I had such a great time!

5.And Seattle is freaking gorgeous! I can understand why they all moved there. It almost makes me want to become a west coast person. However, the east coast - i.e. PEI - is so firmly rooted in the core of my being that I doubt I could move that far from it.

6. Good thing I have another week of vacation time I need to use up before the end of April. I am heading back to Seattle - this time for a whole 8 days - and will get to hang with all those wonderful women again!

7. And I am sure we will be engaging in some interesting activities. You know - like knitting, sewing, maybe a bit of macrame. Good, wholesome fun. Right?

8. This winter has rocked! Almost no snow, temperatures close to freezing but not too cold, many days of bright sunny skies. I wish every winter could be like this! It has been a welcome reprieve from the snowy winters of the last 3 years. Also, my bank account is thankful for it. We have electric heat, which is SO expensive.

9. I miss Sparky. I miss going to Sparkytown and seeing her smiling face. Around this time of year for the last three years, I would be making plans to go to the Sparkytown Fest fundraiser. It saddens me that this won't happen now :(. Also, I really just miss knowing Sparky is on this planet being the beautiful soul she was. I am happy they have carried on her name in Syracuse.

10. So I have lost 75 lbs so far since last fest. The best part of this is that I am looking forward to buying FUN clothes to wear at Fest this year. Hello, funky shorts! I have always been limited in my apparel wear by my size, so now that I can buy "off the rack" it has opened up a whole new world for me. I am so grateful for this.

11. (because I am a rebel and need to go past 10)

12. I am also looking forward to how much easier mobility on the land should be for me, having lost so much weight. Don't get me wrong - I am still a big grrl, but my weight is still dropping and I am in such better physical shape. YAY!

13. V <3

14. Love you all!

1. indijeny: I’m so sorry about your Papa. ((HUGS)) Keep us posted on the triplets. I remember when they were wee little things!!! It would be GREAT to have you in RV land so I can find you to help relocate spiders as needed. :) (It is all about me, don’t ya know?)
2. sydneygirl: Don’t think we’ve met, but I love that you’re here! I love that you’re going to see someone at the Opera House. :) It reminds me of this RV…

http://www.ysin.co.uk/

3. Trixie: You will ROCK a gem sweater. Can’t wait to see you in it. : )
4. Butterfly: I am so sorry that you’ve been so sick. (((HUGS))) Love you. (And YES. We get it.)
5. Clover and solameya: Long distance for that long is NOT easy. Hats off to you, and sending woo that you can live together SOON and that I’ll see you both at fest. :) (We have a plecostamus we call Picasso. How original, right?? He’s probably 10—11 inches long now)
6. luckdragon: Do I get to cash in on my birthday date this year?! :)
7. Phoenix: I knew you’d love your job—you so deserve it!! Sex Trivia sounds like a BLAST. Good luck! (Snort—as though you’ll need it?)
8. Heartsmind!!!! Love that you’re back!! Send Wasi my love, too. Lots of love and supportive energy being sent your way. Really can’t wait to see you. :)
9. streetsweep: I can’t wait to see the new you!! You didn’t get all radical and stop dying your hair or wearing my favorite plugs, right??? (See number 1)
10. Anyone else read Jamie Anderson’s blog? She’s hilarious!!

http://jamiebobamie.wordpress.com/

11. I’m getting my haircut tonight. I’m growing it but it needs some SHAPE.
12. Tomorrow night I’ll be on a gorgeous boat looking at the twinkling lights on Lake Michigan. Love the city skyline from the water. It will be cold, but so worth it!!
13. WEEKEND. :)

1. Hello Ladies!

2. I have been gone a while but miss you all.

3. Work and well.... life have been keeping my busy. All is good though.

4. Not caught up, sorry.

5. I did catch bits of haircuts and Gem sweaters though..... I do miss you gralz!

6. Sitting in my new office, just moved yesterday, and loving it. Other than listening to competing radios..... ahhh the joy.

7. Waiting for the storms to knock out our electricity here..... it seems to go when we get heavy winds.

8. We are very (less than a mile) near the airport and I believe that they shut off our electricity on purpose to send to the airport if needed.

9. I'm loving the new board. No politics! Can you say YEAH!

10. LD, you rock dear!