26 October 2003
Submitted by eve on Sun, 10/26/2003 - 8:49pm. Graffiti
"Gina is a dum ho."
"The defense rests, your honor."
--Written on the wall of a construction site near Lexington & 59th.
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Posted by Saint on Fri, 10/31/2003 - 9:11am.
I love Halloween, I just hate all the annoying kids and stupid people. I hit the Haunted Woods and the Corn Maze last night, and both would have been pretty damn cool if not for all the punks and drunks ruining it for everyone else. The Haunted Woods you could run through as often as you wanted after you paid your admission, and a lot of people went through four times or more, and loudly greeted all the monsters along the way before they could even try to scare anyone. The Corn Maze is at the end of its run, and a lot of paths have been beaten through the corn that shouldn't be there and pretty much kill the value of it as a maze. *shrug* Still fun, but it would have been more fun with a taser.

My wife and I wore our costumes yesterday (she was a punk catholic school girl, and I was horny--that is, I wore horns). So shoot us. We were expecting to do a haunted house today, which meant we would have to get together new costumes, and we wanted to wear the ones we'd planned at least one day. Of course, now the haunted house has been cancelled, so we don't know what we'll go as today.
 
...
Posted by Joe Napalm on Fri, 10/31/2003 - 9:24am.
I don't do Haunted Houses. It's for the best, really.

I have entirely the wrong set of reactions to someone trying to jump out and grab/scare me to be doing that sort of thing.

It tends to be hard on the people working in the Haunted House.

-Jn-
Efreeti Sophist
 
I never did much ...
Posted by ParU on Fri, 10/31/2003 - 1:12pm.
of the Haunted House bit, but my son sure did. He worked for several years at one where they always tried to really scare people. Their 'victory' was once where they made one kid spew. (Tears were too easy). What's really annoying is the people that go into one with little kids and then get mad that it's 'too scary'. Especially when it's told that it's not for kids under 6 yrs old.

They were pretty good at surprises and misdirection, though the scariest thing I think I've seen was last Halloween when the comic strip 'Foxtrot' ran a bit of a kid who had a computer monitor mask. And then he'd spout the 'BSOD' (Blue Screen of Death) line about Windows Error. Totally geek joke. I loved it. (And his tag line was that he thought he ought to cut Bill Gates in on some of his candy).
 
I hadn't been through one sin
Posted by Saint on Fri, 10/31/2003 - 9:50am.
I hadn't been through one since I was in 1st grade, so it was fun. I think I could build a much better one (and if I was rich enough to order supplies from the Nightmare Factory, I could make something really cool), except that I would then feel the need to stand armed guard over my creation. And that could lead to bad places.

Actually, one of the things I'd like to do if I became astonishingly wealthy (yeah, never happen, but dreams are free) is to buy out the dying Durango Mall and turn the whole thing into either a haunted mall, or a paintball arena. Maybe both.
 
*sigh* silly sewicked
Posted by Sewicked on Mon, 11/17/2003 - 12:04pm.
She forgot to sign in so her reply to Saint's comment looks like it's from Anne, not her. And now she's talking in the 3rd person. Time to hit the chocolate again.
 
Anne's comments
Posted by Kris the Girl on Mon, 11/17/2003 - 4:58pm.
I never see any anonymous comments. Hmm.
 
Hnnn
Posted by Saint on Tue, 11/18/2003 - 8:55am.
Neither do I. Is there some setting I have to change, or what?

Be a sport and repost it, Arlene?
 
Where oh where did my little post go?
Posted by Sewicked on Tue, 11/18/2003 - 12:07pm.
Well, when the site says 'awaiting approval' I figure my post won't show up immediately.

Anywho, it basically said:
Ooh, ooh, paintball arena 330 days a year & then the other 35 days, a haunted paintball arena.
 
Oy!
Posted by Saint on Tue, 11/18/2003 - 3:45pm.
The clean-up would be hell.

Then again, what would I care? If I was rich enough to buy out the mall and convert it into a (sometimes haunted) paintball arena, chances are I would also be rich enough to hire peasants to clean my castle for me.
 
Castle crew...
Posted by ParU on Wed, 11/19/2003 - 12:08pm.
I don't think you have to pay peasants, Saint. Or at least you don't have to pay 'serfs'. They just have to work for you for free, kinda like your children.
 
Yeah but
Posted by Sewicked on Thu, 11/20/2003 - 8:11am.
You have to throw them feasts on all the saints days (hhhmmm, how many days do you have, Saint?) & house them & give them a set of clothes at Christmas.
 
Yeah, see
Posted by Saint on Thu, 11/20/2003 - 10:46am.
I don't want to house that rabble. And is it even possible to have a feast on all the saint days?--I mean, there's a saint for every day of the year, and some change. Besides, I think the govt would frown upon me setting up a realistic feudal castle situation, complete with serfs and the occasional foreign slave, no matter how cool it might be. And finally, I don't think the farmland around here is good enough for the serfs to subsist on and still give me my share, even if I managed to get enough water rights to irrigate it in the first place.

*sigh* Another dream, shot down...
 
Saint's Serfs...
Posted by ParU on Thu, 11/20/2003 - 12:41pm.
Well Saint, it's sad but true that such things DO happen in real life. They've been running several stories around here (San Francisco) about the People's Temple and Jim Jones. Evidently he actually DID rule people's lives and got major, major SF political backing, till it got too hot for him. So he took his followers to Guyana where he then made them all commit suicide after he murdered a US Congressman (Leo Ryan). That was 25 yrs ago. Goes to show the very real dangers of a 'charismatic' cult leader.

You, on the other hand, would probably do just fine...
 
Ouch
Posted by Sewicked on Thu, 11/20/2003 - 2:22pm.
Not to add fuel to the fire, but Saint, I think ParU just dissed you.
 
Okay, Unit
Posted by Saint on Thu, 11/20/2003 - 3:10pm.
Just drink your generic Kool-Aid and shut up. ;D

Setting up a cult is not the same as putting together a feudal territory. I don't want to run anyone's life right down to the last minutia; I have a hard enough time running my own affairs. Plus, I'm easily bored. So, building a cult is flat out.

No, I just want servants who will do their work, and produce enough food and for me (and themselves, I suppose, since starving people make poor workers), with enough left over to pay the king's taxes and trade for goods. Every once in a while, I might expect a few of them to follow me off to war, when the king gets a wild hair across his ass. And in return, I will defend my serfs from invaders, settle their disputes with one another, and make sure no one (else) abuses them. Now is that so bad?

But you see, cult members still live reasonable run of the mill lives, at least as far as the outside world is concerned. The govt only takes notice of them when the cult decides it no longer needs to pay taxes or that it needs a stockpile of automatic rifles for judgement day. Now, serfs, on the other hand, would never be paying taxes, as they would neither own their land and business nor be paid for their labor--and there would be a lot of them, all concentrated in this one area around my castle. The govt couldn't help but take notice.
 
Kool Aid
Posted by ParU on Thu, 11/20/2003 - 6:26pm.
Seawicked - I wasn't dissing Saint!!! It was a joke!

I was remarking on the People's Temple cause it was in the papers here, and I found it interesting how all the politicans used to fawn all over Jim Jones and then quickly disavowed him. And cults do be dangerous. Yeah, them stocks of rifles'll do it every time.

Now in FantasyLand, I think it's fine that Saint wants servants. Hey I've got kids, I know what that's like. After all, my kids wait on me hand and foot and one even came up with a web site that provides me with opportunities to show how stupid and opinionated I can be. Who could ask for more?
 
No worries
Posted by Sewicked on Fri, 11/21/2003 - 5:25am.
No worries ParU. I know it's all in fun. I can resist anything, except temptation.

For years, my mom claimed that the only reason she had a son was to get things off the top shelves & she had me to wash dishes.
 
Well yes..
Posted by ParU on Fri, 11/21/2003 - 1:34pm.
Besides you need kids to keep you sane...

And I hope you haven't drowned yet Arlene... I'd recommend GoreTex for your next foray to the building next door.
 
Nawww
Posted by Sewicked on Tue, 11/25/2003 - 9:19am.
Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your kids. That's what my mom claims, anyway.

Thanks for the dry wishes. I have not actually drowned. It rained last night again, but not as badly & I was safely indoors. I really thought that hurricane season was over....
 
Wait a minute there ...
Posted by dave on Mon, 11/24/2003 - 1:17pm.
You have kids to keep you sane? Ours must be a different definition of sane ParU ;o)

"Million to one chances happen nine times out of ten">
 
Kids and sanity...
Posted by ParU on Tue, 11/25/2003 - 12:43pm.
Sure my kids keep me sane. They remind me what's important (them) and not to sweat over the 'bumps' in life. And yours do too, dave, when you think about it.
 
Well if you're going to make me go and be honest ....
Posted by dave on Tue, 11/25/2003 - 1:19pm.
then you are of course correct. Its just those small moments in between when they've scuttled the house in under five minutes that one wonders why!


"Million to one chances happen nine times out of ten">
 
Well yes...
Posted by ParU on Tue, 11/25/2003 - 6:16pm.
I always used the concept of my daughter's toys being scattered about the room as a definition of entropy in action.

But they do grow out of it, honest. Now it's just her thoughts that're scattered about the Internet...
 
Dave
Posted by dave on Tue, 11/25/2003 - 6:42pm.
Well at this points, my thoughts scattered about the internet are more likely to embarass my kids than the other way around .. though I doubt revenge will be long in coming. Lucky for me my wife doesn't read the things I write often .. though she was warned that this post was going to happen no matter what

"Million to one chances happen nine times out of ten">
 
Dave, Dave, Dave
Posted by Sewicked on Wed, 11/26/2003 - 6:47am.
You evil, wicked man. Whatever will you do if your wife decides to start posting on-line & posts all about your little, ahem, foibles?
 
It's unlikely to cause me muc
Posted by dave on Wed, 11/26/2003 - 1:39pm.
It's unlikely to cause me much of a problem as I've probably posted about most of them anyway. I embarrass her talking about them more than vice versa!


"Million to one chances happen nine times out of ten">
 
Yeeeeees
Posted by Apple on Wed, 11/26/2003 - 7:29am.
Dave, what is your wife's email address??
*grin*
 
Isn't it a shame that she has
Posted by dave on Wed, 11/26/2003 - 1:37pm.
Isn't it a shame that she has no interest in the internet and only gets email when I choose to tell her its there :D

"Million to one chances happen nine times out of ten">
 
Well yeah
Posted by Sewicked on Wed, 11/19/2003 - 6:25am.
Doesn't every castle come with a clean up crew & gardners? Oooh, and you could repave the lot with that neat porous asphalt.
Actually...
Posted by steff on Thu, 10/30/2003 - 6:09pm.
'tis my very favorite of all the holidays. veeeeeerry. fave. i'd not mind the childlets as much if they came on the 31st, as per the agreement. you see. and, yes, strangers coming to my door does make me a bit... edgy. heh.

in fact, i'm gonna play the 'karmic twin' card and make a guess that it's plays-with-fire's favorite, too.

yes, he's a grouch. what's your point? =D
...
Posted by Joe Napalm on Thu, 10/30/2003 - 4:20pm.
What the @#$% is the MATTER with these people?!?! Hallowe'en is tomorrow. Can't they read a bloody calendar? Gah! -Jn- Efreeti Sophist
 
Halloween...
Posted by ParU on Thu, 10/30/2003 - 5:21pm.
is the coolest holiday, after the 4th of July. The 4th involves food and 'splosions, while Halloween involves dressing up and candy.

Joe, you and steff are just grouches...*g*

Besides it's my birthday and I've always loved Halloween, so there!
 
Timezones
Posted by peegee on Thu, 10/30/2003 - 11:22pm.
Damn those timezone, I'm always late. But happy birthday, ParU.
 
...
Posted by Joe Napalm on Thu, 10/30/2003 - 6:36pm.
Happy Birthday.

And I'm not a grouch - Hallowe'en is my favorite holiday, bar none...

...I just think it should be observerd on Hallowe'en.

Silly me. *Grin*

-Jn-
Efreeti Sophist
 
Jack Skellington
Posted by Joe Napalm on Thu, 10/30/2003 - 6:44pm.
Oh, and by the way...

"I AM THE PUMPKIN KING!"

-Jn-
EFVF
 
I really ...
Posted by ParU on Thu, 10/30/2003 - 10:28pm.
think Joe needs to lie down and check his medications a bit more carefully...
 
Munchkin infestation?
Posted by steff on Thu, 10/30/2003 - 4:42pm.
i myself narrowly avoided being caught without candy. i love my mother-in-law. *grin* she looks out for me. i haven't quite figured out the logic of switching nights when it FALLS ON A FRIDAY THIS YEAR. i mean... really. i intended to be out of town for this fiasco.
 
Duh
Posted by Cebu on Thu, 10/30/2003 - 7:18pm.
Wait... what? Are people trick-or-treating on Thursday this year? Tonight? If that's true then that bowl of candy is ... all ... mine!

I didn't get the memo.
 
So I've heard
Posted by Jon on Fri, 10/31/2003 - 8:23am.
Apparently children are trick-or-treating on a designated night (not the 31st) in some towns. I had it explained to me, and it sounded all very reasonable. I promptly forgot the reasons, however, as Samhain is not a holiday about reason...
 
Days
Posted by The Normal Stingray on Fri, 10/31/2003 - 9:17pm.
In this town kids trick or treated both nights. They were probably the same kids too. Stupid little nippers.
 
Yeah...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 11/01/2003 - 11:00am.
"Stupid little nippers" with two days worth of free candy. Heh.
 
...
Posted by The Normal Stingray on Sat, 11/01/2003 - 1:41pm.
No, I know they're not stupid. I meant stupid, as in, I wanted more of my house's candy. Hmph.
I actually got
Posted by hypoxic on Wed, 10/29/2003 - 4:52pm.
a 124. But I got tired after 75% of the questions and guessed. I don't think it is that accurate.
 
Well, don't guess
Posted by Taragirl on Mon, 11/03/2003 - 10:06am.
because you'll end up with a 67 and now I feel really stupid but not enough to go and take it correctly. Why can't they just have multiple choice about movies?
Scored 119 also...hmmmmm
Posted by brian65401 on Wed, 10/29/2003 - 2:54pm.
Scored 119 also...hmmmmm
 
*skeptical look*
Posted by Joe Napalm on Wed, 10/29/2003 - 3:30pm.
I, too, got a 119...my cat helped.

"Helping" means that I either energetically play fetch with him, or die the Death of a Thousand Yowls & Scratches. "Energetically" means that he's not really that good at the actual fetching part of said game, and you sometimes have to go get things yourself or die the Death of Mewls and Aggrevated Pestering. At the moment, he's on top of my monitor, reading this by the miracle of Feline Raster Osmosis, and giving me a look at suggests that I show more respect for the divinity of the Royal Blood of Siam, lest I suffer the doom of one of his signature techniques...Red Lightening Strikes the Unwary.

Anyway - I think the chances of several of us pegging in at exactly 119 kinda casts some doubt into their testing methods. Either that, or Kris broke it.

In any case, I've had to take so many of these bloody tests in my lifetime that I rarely put much faith in them - even the one's that aren't web-based and take all day instead of a few minutes.

I mean, like I need someone to reaffirm my readily apparent genius? Come now. *Grin*

But, just for fun, here's another.

-Jn-
Efreeti Sophist
 
I like Joe's test better!
Posted by miss liss on Thu, 10/30/2003 - 11:20am.
I scored 135, which they said was way above average, and I thought most of the questions were pretty easy, so I'm just going to believe them and pretend this one is accurate! Hee! I needed a lift today anyway!
 
Well Joe's Test
Posted by ParU on Thu, 10/30/2003 - 2:08pm.
showed me getting a 127 but I too got bored and guessed at a few of the hard ones.
 
...
Posted by Joe Napalm on Thu, 10/30/2003 - 4:16pm.
That test, at least, did more than just pattern recognition...

...so I was hoping it would help with the goldfish attention span problem.

*Grin*

-Jn-
Efreeti Sophist
 
119
Posted by Saint on Wed, 10/29/2003 - 11:40pm.
Just like everyone else.

I could make excuses about how it was boring (yeah, kinda was), or my wife was practicing Christmas music on clarinet and flute right next to me (very loud in this small room, too)--but, let's face it, I just didn't have a clue there at the end. *shrug* Never said I was mensa material.
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