Northampton?

[Lady C Sparkle]

Morning All ~ I've emerged from my too-much-sleep-spring-clean-shuffle-about-sulking-in-my-jimjams weekend :$ (not by choice i might add, but needs must) (w)

Mlle Robin ~ I saw Suzan Lori Parks last week at UMass. I'd love to see her speak again but I have to attend a lecture here this afternoon.

Have fun at the ballet, I adore the Joffrey!


When you do dance, I wish you
A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do
Nothing but that.



edited to add:
re: codpieces. mwahhahahahahahah. i have to tell you nothing makes a male dancer/actor squirm more than the mere idea of being measured for a dance belt/codpiece! mwahahhahahaaha ( <-----thats my evil costume designer laugh)

[Sophisticated1]

Morning All ~ I've emerged from my too-much-sleep-spring-clean-shuffle-about-sulking-in-my-jimjams weekend :$ (not by choice i might add, but needs must) (w)

Mlle Robin ~ I saw Suzan Lori Parks last week at UMass. I'd love to see her speak again but I have to attend a lecture here this afternoon.

Have fun at the ballet, I adore the Joffrey!


When you do dance, I wish you
A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do
Nothing but that.



edited to add:
re: codpieces. mwahhahahahahahah. i have to tell you nothing makes a male dancer/actor squirm more than the mere idea of being measured for a dance belt/codpiece! mwahahhahahaaha ( <-----thats my evil costume designer laugh)

LOL Lady C.S., I can see you now, measuring tape in hand, then wheeling about to an assistant and yelling, "SMALL, another SMALL here" ... eeeeyes... I like it! To be sure, I can picture you at a later point greeting said actor/dancer... "Hello Tiny.. um.. I mean Tony..."

Oh ... before I go:

"Marry, here's grace and a cod-piece; that's a wise man and a fool."

Peascod
pea-pod (bawdy quibble on “codpiece”)
“I remember the wooing of a peascod instead of her…”

1, S1

[JesterButch]

I will be doing a "gay show" tonite on The Naked Truth with my buddy
If you can,listen in or call in! Monday nites at 8 pm
We go on at 8 pm 103.3 FM (p)
(8) (8) Live Gay Radio woo hoo!!(8) (8)

(l) Jester (aka Jedi) (h)

[msmoxie]

dear lady...hoping you have emerged from your weekend in your jimjams like this: (f)
as opposed to this: (w) .
(l) (k) dearie! mox



Morning All ~ I've emerged from my too-much-sleep-spring-clean-shuffle-about-sulking-in-my-jimjams weekend :$ (not by choice i might add, but needs must) (w)

Mlle Robin ~ I saw Suzan Lori Parks last week at UMass. I'd love to see her speak again but I have to attend a lecture here this afternoon.

Have fun at the ballet, I adore the Joffrey!


When you do dance, I wish you
A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do
Nothing but that.



edited to add:
re: codpieces. mwahhahahahahahah. i have to tell you nothing makes a male dancer/actor squirm more than the mere idea of being measured for a dance belt/codpiece! mwahahhahahaaha ( <-----thats my evil costume designer laugh)

[Sophisticated1]

^o) :| ooo its so quite in here....

The ballet was fabulous last night! Three great pieces. Had a wonderful dinner before hand with the lovely FoxyMsMoxie and then strolled over (ok hurried over, it was cold as heck!) to the FAC to meet up with Mr Bone and Miss R who both looked smashing by the by.

Mr. Bone and I are keen on having an outing to the Met for a little opera. I am actually going this Saturday (La Traviata) but I also think a group venture could be fun :D

Any opera fans about? Opera sympathsizers? Closeted opera curious types? Or perhaps any "I have never been and as such I would never make sweeping 'ugh! opera!' judgement, hey it could be fun.." types about? ... Ponder a trip.;)

1,S1

[Lady C Sparkle]

i (l) opera and i'm quite jealous you're seeing la trav this weekend!

[Sophisticated1]

i (l) opera and i'm quite jealous you're seeing la trav this weekend!




Why does this not shock me?;) I do not know all of the the ins and outs of the 2007/2008 season, but perhaps we can check our schedules and begin the makings of an adventure...

1,S1

[JesterButch]

I went to the Opera once with my fav NYC gay boy, David
he loved taking an "opera virgin" and I fear I disappointed him, I fell asleep!
The chairs and the darkness whisked me away into a delicious slumber, what can I say?
The music was very, uh, relaxing....

anyway, I'm 1/2 way interested in trying again with a bunch of B-F ers
I promise not to snore! |-)

p.s. note to GB, I know its considered dangerous, in these parts, but I was wearing a NY hat in my incognito pic :o truth be told, I could care less about baseball but I enjoy the camaraderie and the chaos of the stadium

the last time I really paid attention to anything that happened in a stadium was PRINCE at half time SuperBowl, he's my guitar hero these days (8)

[Holliday]

^o) :| ooo its so quite in here....

The ballet was fabulous last night! Three great pieces. Had a wonderful dinner before hand with the lovely FoxyMsMoxie and then strolled over (ok hurried over, it was cold as heck!) to the FAC to meet up with Mr Bone and Miss R who both looked smashing by the by.

Mr. Bone and I are keen on having an outing to the Met for a little opera. I am actually going this Saturday (La Traviata) but I also think a group venture could be fun :D

Any opera fans about? Opera sympathsizers? Closeted opera curious types? Or perhaps any "I have never been and as such I would never make sweeping 'ugh! opera!' judgement, hey it could be fun.." types about? ... Ponder a trip.;)

1,S1

*shameless family plug*
Hey, you don't have to go all the way to the Met for good opera! I've seen several great productions with Connecticut Opera--faves being Aida and Carmen. I can usually get comps or discount tickets on productions my mom is in, too! :D

My enjoyment of opera has greatly improved since super-titles came into regular use!!

http://www.connecticutopera.org/

Holliday
xox

[Sophisticated1]

*shameless family plug*
Hey, you don't have to go all the way to the Met for good opera! I've seen several great productions with Connecticut Opera--faves being Aida and Carmen. I can usually get comps or discount tickets on productions my mom is in, too! :D

My enjoyment of opera has greatly improved since super-titles came into regular use!!

http://www.connecticutopera.org/

Holliday
xox

Huh, no kidding. Well that is cool, not shameless, the family connection that is. ..lol. We will have toss this into the mix.

1,S1

[miss robin]

*shameless family plug*
Hey, you don't have to go all the way to the Met for good opera! I've seen several great productions with Connecticut Opera--faves being Aida and Carmen. I can usually get comps or discount tickets on productions my mom is in, too! :D

My enjoyment of opera has greatly improved since super-titles came into regular use!!

http://www.connecticutopera.org/

Holliday
xox

I would love to go with you to see your mother perform, Holliday! Normally I'm not an opera fan but I'll give it a shot if there's a context. What do you think of supertitles? I saw a play about the Marquis de Sade in Swedish and I couldn't read the titles and watch the stage at the same time.


The ballet was fabulous last night! Three great pieces. Had a wonderful dinner before hand with the lovely FoxyMsMoxie and then strolled over (ok hurried over, it was cold as heck!) to the FAC to meet up with Mr Bone and Miss R who both looked smashing by the by.



What a handsome suit, 1, S1! MsMoxie, you looked stunning as always. :) I never get enough of seeing two butches in suits. You and the Bone looked great together.

I never saw the Joffrey before. They were amazing. I heard Little Deuce Coupe this morning on my Ipod at the gym and thought of the ballet. A Twyla Tharp piece set to Beach Boys music -- that was a blast!

Is anyone going to the Stonewall Center meeting tonight about the gay bashing? I'm not stepping a foot out of this house again. It is too freakin' cold.

BikerB, I used the clippers for the first time this morning on Roxy the patient poodle. I shaved her face with a #10. She looks a little shrewish (rather than Jewish) but at least I got the feel for the clippers.

Miss Robin

[Holliday]

I would love to go with you to see your mother perform, Holliday! Normally I'm not an opera fan but I'll give it a shot if there's a context. What do you think of supertitles? I saw a play about the Marquis de Sade in Swedish and I couldn't read the titles and watch the stage at the same time.



What a handsome suit, 1, S1! MsMoxie, you looked stunning as always. :) I never get enough of seeing two butches in suits. You and the Bone looked great together.

I never saw the Joffrey before. They were amazing. I heard Little Deuce Coupe this morning on my Ipod at the gym and thought of the ballet. A Twyla Tharp piece set to Beach Boys music -- that was a blast!

Is anyone going to the Stonewall Center meeting tonight about the gay bashing? I'm not stepping a foot out of this house again. It is too freakin' cold.

BikerB, I used the clippers for the first time this morning on Roxy the patient poodle. I shaved her face with a #10. She looks a little shrewish (rather than Jewish) but at least I got the feel for the clippers.

Miss Robin

Miss Robin-- supertitles=awesome! For me, anyway. I used to fall asleep part way through operas (granted, I was very young--probably too young to be sitting through a whole one). With supertitles, I can follow the story. I always get a synopsis beforehand, but it's still nicer to know what's going on blow-by-blow.

I'll see if she's in either of the upcoming productions and get back to you.

Holliday
xox

[musicfemme]

*shameless family plug*
Hey, you don't have to go all the way to the Met for good opera! I've seen several great productions with Connecticut Opera--faves being Aida and Carmen. I can usually get comps or discount tickets on productions my mom is in, too! :D

My enjoyment of opera has greatly improved since super-titles came into regular use!!

http://www.connecticutopera.org/

Holliday
xox

I would totally love to have a B/F opera field trip! To the Met or to see your mom! What upcoming productions is she in? I haven't been to an opera in ages. (8) (8) (8)

See? This is what happens when I don't pop into the thread in a while, I miss all the good stuff. Ballets, operas, biker boy parties, codpieces, snow tubing kitties...:o

If anyone is interested, I am having a birthday dinner/drinks outing in Northampton on March 17th to commence at 7-ish. I will be turning the big 3-0 and any/all of your shiny faces are welcome. PM me for details and to RSVP so I can make reservations. <:o) (^) <:o)

If not, I am sure I will catch some of you at the warming of the house of a couple of our favorite peeps. (y)

[msmoxie]

happy almost birthday to you.....

[quote=musicfemme;2285680]


If anyone is interested, I am having a birthday dinner/drinks outing in Northampton on March 17th to commence at 7-ish. I will be turning the big 3-0 and any/all of your shiny faces are welcome. PM me for details and to RSVP so I can make reservations. <:o) (^) <:o)

YIPPEE an outing--i am excited that other folks are into the opera thing--i am an opera virgin! (anyone else on here up for a first time experience??)

and Miss R and Sir Bone--twas a lovely evening, indeed, and we ALL did look divine, no? (I re-read the compliment a few times, it made my horrible day--so a kiss, a curtsy, and a thank you to you, miss!)

[Sophisticated1]

Happy soon to be the big 3 ohhh musicfemme!

msmoxie..... did you really say that?..;) (f)

1,S1

[msmoxie]

what do you think?
but of course i did, my sweet 1,s1.


Happy soon to be the big 3 ohhh musicfemme!

msmoxie..... did you really say that?..;) (f)

1,S1

[guitarboi]

NO! Just say no to the Yankees! *Note to self...get Jester a Sox cap.


I'm game for seeing opera at the Met :)


I went to the Opera once with my fav NYC gay boy, David
he loved taking an "opera virgin" and I fear I disappointed him, I fell asleep!
The chairs and the darkness whisked me away into a delicious slumber, what can I say?
The music was very, uh, relaxing....

anyway, I'm 1/2 way interested in trying again with a bunch of B-F ers
I promise not to snore! |-)

p.s. note to GB, I know its considered dangerous, in these parts, but I was wearing a NY hat in my incognito pic :o truth be told, I could care less about baseball but I enjoy the camaraderie and the chaos of the stadium

the last time I really paid attention to anything that happened in a stadium was PRINCE at half time SuperBowl, he's my guitar hero these days (8)

[nvcap1]

Happy Birthday Musicfemme.


On another note. Really disinterested in opera.

N.

[Sophisticated1]

Happy Birthday Musicfemme.


On another note. Really disinterested in opera.

N.

Well as they say, "it is not for everybody."

[Holliday]

I would totally love to have a B/F opera field trip! To the Met or to see your mom! What upcoming productions is she in? I haven't been to an opera in ages. (8) (8) (8)

See? This is what happens when I don't pop into the thread in a while, I miss all the good stuff. Ballets, operas, biker boy parties, codpieces, snow tubing kitties...:o

If anyone is interested, I am having a birthday dinner/drinks outing in Northampton on March 17th to commence at 7-ish. I will be turning the big 3-0 and any/all of your shiny faces are welcome. PM me for details and to RSVP so I can make reservations. <:o) (^) <:o)

If not, I am sure I will catch some of you at the warming of the house of a couple of our favorite peeps. (y)

Happy almost birthday, MusicFemme!

[Sophisticated1]

For those with an interest, these are some of the operas that are in the spring. They do have week day showings but I have only gathered info for the weekends.

Rossini's Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (You know The Barber of Seville... Bugs Bunny did it quite well as I recall;) ) Opera virgins will recognize a lot of the music. It is a comic opera that lasts about 3 hrs.
Saturday, March 24, 2007, 1:30 pm
Saturday, May 5, 2007, 8:00 pm
Friday, May 11, 2007, 8:00 pm

Handel's Giulio Cesare - the story of Caesar & Cleopatra. It is 4 hours
Friday, April 13, 2007, 7:30 pm
Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 7:30 pm
Friday, April 27, 2007, 7:30 pm

Puccini's Turandot- What's not to love about a blood thirsty princess that decapitates her suitors? Set in China and said to be composed of "brash, wild, and thrilling choral and orchestral strokes." It is about 3 hrs.
Friday, March 30, 2007, 8:00 pm
Saturday, April 14, 2007, 1:30 pm
Saturday, April 21, 2007, 8:30 pm
Saturday, April 28, 2007, 8:30 pm

Puccini's Il Trittico - Three short one act operas basically taking an extensive view of humanity. It is about 3 and a half hours.
Friday, April 20, 2007, 8:00 pm
Saturday, April 28, 2007, 1:30 pm
Friday, May 4, 2007, 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 12, 2007, 8:00 pm

Most of the tickets that are left are in the "family circle" and are typically about $42-50.

So, that is a start.

1, S1

[Sophisticated1]

How did I do Mr. Bone?

[Lady C Sparkle]

I've always wanted to see Turandot! That would get my vote -

...and it is also scheduled (the last dates) at the same time as the NYC Butch-Femme Formal (and related events). I know some people from here are planning to attend. I wonder if we could work out something around that.?!?!?! or it is all just a bit too much to fit in to one weekend??? Something to think about....

And Holliday!!! I forgot your mother is an Opera Star (*) please post their schedule!

[miss robin]

--i am an opera virgin!

There's something very nasty about that Miss MsMoxie. (f)

What other sorts of virgins do we have around here?

Miss Robin
virgin virgin

[Sophisticated1]

I've always wanted to see Turandot! That would get my vote -

...and it is also scheduled (the last dates) at the same time as the NYC Butch-Femme Formal (and related events). I know some people from here are planning to attend. I wonder if we could work out something around that.?!?!?! or it is all just a bit too much to fit in to one weekend??? Something to think about....

And Holliday!!! I forgot your mother is an Opera Star (*) please post their schedule!

Yes I would agree. I hear it features the Mets most extravagant sets and costumes. ( and speaking of scenery, Andrea Gruber who plays Turandot and Hei-Kyung Hong as Liu are, well, exceedingly easy on the eyes!!) ;) :D

I was wondering if we could link the two events together into one trip as well. Would it conflict with whatever BF event is happening in the city? I am not in the loop as to exactly what is happening when.

Holliday, yes find out what is happening in your mom's neck of the woods as well!

Oh... it is not as if I was trying to make my point twice.... I think it was taking forever to go through and impatient me kept hitting return... Sorry about that! :s

1,S1

[Sophisticated1]

There's something very nasty about that Miss MsMoxie. (f)

What other sorts of virgins do we have around here?

Miss Robin
virgin virgin


Wha..who…wa….msmoxie? nasty? :o Why, she is the quintessential girl next door! (a)
How she ever got mixed up with the likes of me….. ah well…. as they say, “there is a first time for everything.”;)

Humm a virgin virgin?…. Does that make you doubly virginal? Indicate that you have no experience with virgins? Or that you have actually never…been a virgin? It’s rather complicated…^o)

OH! Lady CS I almost forgot:

I love a ballad but even too well if it be doleful matter merrily set down, or a very pleasant thing indeed and sung lamentably.


1, S1
I’m not really a virgin I just play one on TV....

[Stone_to_bone]

Miss Robin
virgin virgin

;)
Well, my virgin virgin...I think we should certainly go to Holliday's mother's show and I am ALL for Turandot...if I could choose from anything Turandot would be in the top two or three. But I see no way to tie it into the B-F Bash wkend, as the opera is at 8:30 and the formal is the same time...Perhaps we'll have to go before or after and just see another opera?

STB, sick of this cold weather and dreaming of somewhere warm

[Holliday]

;)
Well, my virgin virgin...I think we should certainly go to Holliday's mother's show and I am ALL for Turandot...if I could choose from anything Turandot would be in the top two or three. But I see no way to tie it into the B-F Bash wkend, as the opera is at 8:30 and the formal is the same time...Perhaps we'll have to go before or after and just see another opera?

STB, sick of this cold weather and dreaming of somewhere warm

"Dreaming of somewhere warm..." (ip) (ip) (ip) |-) (ip) (ip) (ip)

:P

Here's the link to CT Opera again:
http://www.connecticutopera.org/

And the cut-and-paste details:

Cosi Fan Tutte (pardon my lack of accents, etc.)
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for
the Performing Arts

Friday, March 2, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, March 4, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Thursday, March 8, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 8:00 pm

Sung in Italian with English Translations

"Women are like that!"
Deceivers learn their lessons the hard way. Don Alfonso makes a bet with Guglielmo and Ferrando that their fiancées, Fiordiligi and Dorabella (who are sisters), can't remain faithful, because "women are like that" (così fan tutte). To prove their friend wrong, the men disguise themselves and court the other's fiancée, confident they will be rejected. At stake is a large sum of money to Don Alfonso if they are not. Are the women faithful? Do the couples survive the test? In some productions, the couples are reconciled; in others, they are not. We're not telling how ours ends! Come see for yourself.

Don Pasquale
By Gaetano Donizetti

In Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for
the Performing Arts

Friday, April 20, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 8:00 pm

Sung in Italian with English Translations

"Love alone instructed me to play
out the role."
Deceiving an old fool turns into happiness for young lovers. Ernesto loses his inheritance when he rejects the bride his uncle Don Pasquale has chosen for him. Disappointed, Pasquale decides to take a wife himself. Ernesto feels all is lost, until Dr. Malatesta suggests a plot to trick the old man into a change of heart. The Doctor convinces Pasquale to marry his docile niece "Sofronia" (in reality Ernesto's beloved Norina). Immediately after the vows, the bride becomes an annoying shrew. Angered, Pasquale annuls the marriage. When he's let in on the "joke," he tells Ernesto he can have Norina—and his inheritance.

***************

I really like the quote and description for the first one. (l) that essentialism. :s

Regarding the Met options, I'm a big fan of Turandot, too!

Holliday
xox

PS:
Soph1--I still plan on PMing you to start planning the tag sale thingie. Soon. :$

PPS:
I just noticed that the first opera is almost over. Oh, well.

[Sophisticated1]

Holliday, no worries about the tag sale thingy.. there is still plenty of time.

1,S1

[musicfemme]

Thanks for the early birthday wishes, you guys! I love when it starts feeling like my birthday a couple weeks, early. LOL! <:o) <:o) <:o)

My 1st choice for a Met opera would also be Turandot--but I can't see how we could fit it into the NY weekend, either. Trying to do it the weekend just before might be kind of crazy, too. The Barber of Seville would be my 2nd choice. Julius Ceaser I have no desire to ever see. I studied it in college and the music isn't all that interesting. (n) Plus, the Ceaser role is supposed to be played by a castrato. In Handel's day, that was the height of masculinity. :|

I'd be wicked excited to see Holliday's mom in Cosi, but I don't think I can get my act together before that one ends. I'm totally up for seeing the Donizetti, though.

I'm not an opera vigin, but I am a Met virgin. I will not be disclosing my other virgin qualifications. :o

Oh, and keep us updated on the tag sale/junk removal plans. I have some stuff I wanna tag and sell. (y)

[Sophisticated1]

Thanks for the early birthday wishes, you guys! I love when it starts feeling like my birthday a couple weeks, early. LOL! <:o) <:o) <:o)

My 1st choice for a Met opera would also be Turandot--but I can't see how we could fit it into the NY weekend, either. Trying to do it the weekend just before might be kind of crazy, too. The Barber of Seville would be my 2nd choice. Julius Ceaser I have no desire to ever see. I studied it in college and the music isn't all that interesting. (n) Plus, the Ceaser role is supposed to be played by a castrato. In Handel's day, that was the height of masculinity. :|

I'd be wicked excited to see Holliday's mom in Cosi, but I don't think I can get my act together before that one ends. I'm totally up for seeing the Donizetti, though.

I'm not an opera vigin, but I am a Met virgin. I will not be disclosing my other virgin qualifications. :o

Oh, and keep us updated on the tag sale/junk removal plans. I have some stuff I wanna tag and sell. (y)


LOL Well Musicfemme, I agree it is sometimes best to certain things private.

And the Met... swoon....Personally I think the Met is like being in a fairy tale. Dressing to the 9's, a wonderful dinner prior to, and off to the Met for Tosca, La Traviata, Turandot, La Boheme or M Butterfly. Oh my, that sort of night makes me feel like I died and went to heaven! I didn't grow up with access to these sort of things so it is particularly fairy taleish for me. I am not a fan of NYC, but I do love some of the cultural things that it offers. .. and then I like to come right back home.

We will keep you posted re: the tag sale.

S1

[guitarboi]

I would like to see Turandot as well. (8)

Also thanks for posting the CT opera events Holliday :)


I've always wanted to see Turandot! That would get my vote -

...and it is also scheduled (the last dates) at the same time as the NYC Butch-Femme Formal (and related events). I know some people from here are planning to attend. I wonder if we could work out something around that.?!?!?! or it is all just a bit too much to fit in to one weekend??? Something to think about....

And Holliday!!! I forgot your mother is an Opera Star (*) please post their schedule!

[msmoxie]

hmmm. for some reason i seem to have janet jackson songs stuck in my head. :s


There's something very nasty about that Miss MsMoxie. (f)

What other sorts of virgins do we have around here?

Miss Robin
virgin virgin

[miss robin]

Thanks for the early birthday wishes, you guys! I love when it starts feeling like my birthday a couple weeks, early. LOL! <:o) <:o) <:o)

I'm not an opera vigin, but I am a Met virgin. I will not be disclosing my other virgin qualifications. :o

Oh, and keep us updated on the tag sale/junk removal plans. I have some stuff I wanna tag and sell. (y)

Happy almost birthday, Music!

I am not a Met virgin, but I am a Mets virgin. I hate spectator sports and intend to keep my virginity intact. (h)

I need to be part of this junk removal plan. I had a tag sale last summer and Rob ran the whole thing while I made sure we had food and coffee and we made $600 mostly selling off my ex's OCD tool collection.

It's freezing out but I see bright yellow goldfinches flitting around the trees. That's a hopeful sign that soon I can wear dresses without freezing.

Did anyone catch the poodle story in the Gazette yesterday? I had to write a letter to the editor because the writer made a mistake about poodles sizes.

Miss Robin
Bone, I love thenew avatar. Mmmm...

[Holliday]

hmmm. for some reason i seem to have janet jackson songs stuck in my head. :s

Isn't it Nasty Boys? 8-|

If anyone's a lady, it's Miss Robin!!

[Holliday]

I am not a Met virgin, but I am a Mets virgin. I hate spectator sports and intend to keep my virginity intact.

Ha ha ha ha!!

Hey...I consider burlesque dancing a spectator sport, and I KNOW you like that!

[Sophisticated1]

I am not a Met virgin.... but I have met virgins
:-# And thats all I'm saying

[Stone_to_bone]

Isn't it Nasty Boys? 8-|

If anyone's a lady, it's Miss Robin!!

I adore you, Holliday.

And burlesque is indeed the one spectator sport my flesh-addicted much better half is enthusiastic about. That and maybe mudwrestling.
:| What? She's a pervert, what can I say?

STB

[Stone_to_bone]

Bone, I love thenew avatar. Mmmm...

Thank you, my dear. I know you like the smiling ones. I rather favor the ones in which I look tough but oh well.
STB

[msmoxie]

such a good tactic to take, 1 s1...
(you know i am teasing)

and by the way--i have such an incredible urge to clean my house.
you should see what i've done with my sock drawer this morning--life is so much more grand now that i've done some long-needed sock-weeding. :D



I am not a Met virgin.... but I have met virgins
:-# And thats all I'm saying

[Sophisticated1]

But Bone, you have such a great smile....it doesn't take away for your tough guyedness, it merely makes you more multi dimensional!
see:
---> Bone with a big happy smile :D
----> Cool smiling Bone (h)
---> Bone wondering which of her pics are tough enough 8-)
---> Crying Bone :'( (ooops sorry big bones dont cry) LOL

But really, its all good.

1, S1

[miss robin]

I am not a Met virgin.... but I have met virgins
:-# And thats all I'm saying

LOL. You're so darn clever, 1, S1.

Maybe I should start a virgin thread? A criterion would be a virgin of something you want to do, rather than wanting to retain perpetual virginity (like me and spectator sports. Ms Holliday, that would be the kind that use balls, like football, rather than the ones that take balls, like burlesque ;).)

and 1, S1, you forgot ----->Smiling Devil Bone (6)

Mister Bone, I do love your smile.

Miss Robin

[Sophisticated1]

hmmm. for some reason i seem to have janet jackson songs stuck in my head. :s

I Think you have the Prince song Nasty Girl stuck in your head, performed by Vanity 6
You know:
"Cuz
Tonight, I'm living in a fantasy.
My own little nasty world
Tonight, don't u wanna come with me?
Do u think I'm a Nasty Girl?"

Of course that song came out in 1982.... which was 25 years ago.... which would make you a um....okay wait a second... *getting a pencil* 2007 minus 25 ... 2 from 3 is......Oh ya... you were a virgin when that song came out!:| .....Funny though, 8-) I didn't know you then....

1,S1
my own little nasty world...:D

[Sophisticated1]

LOL. You're so darn clever, 1, S1.

Maybe I should start a virgin thread? A criterion would be a virgin of something you want to do, rather than wanting to retain perpetual virginity (like me and spectator sports. Ms Holliday, that would be the kind that use balls, like football, rather than the ones that take balls, like burlesque ;).)

and 1, S1, you forgot ----->Smiling Devil Bone (6)

Mister Bone, I do love your smile.

Miss Robin

Dang! LOL Well I think you are probably more familiar with smiling devil bone than I ... so ... it is no wonder it slipped my mind....

A virgin thread? You mean ... like I would be a Tuscany virgin or ahhh.. a Volcano virgin? ... :-* You know, until recently I was a Blue Heron virgin:| its true...

Here is my Blue heron virgin story:

Well, I went there with Glinda the good femme about a month ago. She had been there numerous times, I don’t mean to suggest that she is some sort of restaurant hopper or gastronomically promiscuous or anything like that. Actually, she was very gentle. At first I was afraid that the food, well you know, might be too much for me. But we took our time and I began to feel at ease. While I did find the appetizer was a little uncomfortable at first, as the meal progressed, I found that it was very good.


1, S1

[musicfemme]

---> Crying Bone :'( (ooops sorry big bones dont cry)

All this talk of "big bones" is making me think of that commercial for that giant dog treat the "jumbone". Something about how the dog doesn't want to talk on the telephone, play the trombone, just eat a jumBONE. (8) It's a really, really, really big BONE (8)

Miss Robin: I can't believe you made $600 off a tag sale! I never this could be so lucrative. Do you think STB would be willing to be the coffee boy for our B/F verison? (Not that he can't answer for himself, LOL!) Oh, and you should totally start a virgin thread. (a)

Mr. Bone: Please see above. Also, I really like the new smiling avatar as well. You have a gorgeous smile. :)

msmoxie: I (l) the phrase "sock weeding". I have a problem when it comes to throwing away socks. I collect cute socks and I have been known to keep abandoned singles from a favored pair for AGES in the hopes that the mate will someday turn up. Sometimes it pays off. Two weeks ago I found three missing ones in the trunk of my car when I went to do laundry. (y)

[Sophisticated1]

I am not a Met virgin.... but I have met virgins
:-# And thats all I'm saying

hummm for clarity sake....that is to say that I have been introduced to virgins,.... not that I collect Met virgins.

1S1

[miss robin]

hummm for clarity sake....that is to say that I have been introduced to virgins,.... not that I collect Met virgins.

1S1

god, 1, S1, only you can make funny funnier.


Miss Robin: I can't believe you made $600 off a tag sale! I never this could be so lucrative. Do you think STB would be willing to be the coffee boy for our B/F verison? (Not that he can't answer for himself, LOL!) Oh, and you should totally start a virgin thread. (a)

Thank you for writing to the virgin thread. :) http://www.butch-femme.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?t=28443 (http://www.butch-femme.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?t=28443)

Making 600 bucks from a tag sale helps if you have an ex with OCD and a compulsive-spending habit. On the day of the tag sale, my front lawn was Home Depot Jr. There were multiples of things you don't need one of. I was the coffeeanddonutsatrix while Rob was salesbutch extraordinaire.

What I need to do this spring is get together the burliest among us and a truck and take down a patio in the backyard and get rid of it and the old fence sections laying on it.

Miss Robin

[msmoxie]

that s1 sure is funny. and me, i'm nasty, apparently!
i'll have to check out your thread.
i am up for that tag sale, too--but much of what i need is HAULING crap out of my shed and away to the dump. (much easier now that i have a pass--a cinch if i had the truck and the braun. (brawn??) hmm--coffemaker or brute strength? both are critically important, after all.

have a good weekend, everyone. i must be off to work. +o(
(actually, i do rather feel that way. hmm. have i finally succumed to the ICK?)



god, 1, S1, only you can make funny funnier.



Thank you for writing to the virgin thread. :) http://www.butch-femme.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?t=28443 (http://www.butch-femme.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?t=28443)

Making 600 bucks from a tag sale helps if you have an ex with OCD and a compulsive-spending habit. On the day of the tag sale, my front lawn was Home Depot Jr. There were multiples of things you don't need one of. I was the coffeeanddonutsatrix while Rob was salesbutch extraordinaire.

What I need to do this spring is get together the burliest among us and a truck and take down a patio in the backyard and get rid of it and the old fence sections laying on it.

Miss Robin

[Holliday]

Miss Robin--We may have to fight over who gets the role of coffeeanddonutatrix at the next big tag sale/major clean-up-and-throw-away party. Maybe I could bring homemade treats and drinks, and you could serve them? Ooh...I'm also pretty decent at driving big rental vans and trucks. It's all that power in my hands! ^o) :-#

MsMoxie--No! No succumbing to The Ick. Here's a preventative mug 'o' chicken soup for you. Conveniently, it contains the curative properties of the soup, PLUS as much caffeine as a cup of coffee! For you --> (c)

Holliday
xox


god, 1, S1, only you can make funny funnier.



Thank you for writing to the virgin thread. :) http://www.butch-femme.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?t=28443 (http://www.butch-femme.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?t=28443)

Making 600 bucks from a tag sale helps if you have an ex with OCD and a compulsive-spending habit. On the day of the tag sale, my front lawn was Home Depot Jr. There were multiples of things you don't need one of. I was the coffeeanddonutsatrix while Rob was salesbutch extraordinaire.

What I need to do this spring is get together the burliest among us and a truck and take down a patio in the backyard and get rid of it and the old fence sections laying on it.

Miss Robin

[PearlsNLace]

Hey, my butch and I have a need for some things and we need them probably before tag sale time. We are about to be foster parents to 2 queer teenagers, and we have been collecting stuff for a couple of months now. But we still need one twin bed frame (we have found head boards) twin sheets, towels, comfortors for 2 twin beds, curtains, and small area rugs, oh and 2 pillows, and cd/radio players for each kid. Perferably with headsets! YEs, I know target and walmart has these things, but you see, Ive been sick for a solid month now, with no sick pay at my job. to say money is tight is ludicrous. Im about to get back to work- hopefully as early as next weeek, but the kids will probably be here berfore we are back on our feet. So, if you have any of this stuff just laying around that you wouldnt mind giving us- heck, we will even be able to pay you for it in a few months, just not now, that would be awesome.

Thanks, Misha and Trace

[Holliday]

Hi, PearlsNLace.

I may have a few things. I'll PM you.

Holliday
xox


Hey, my butch and I have a need for some things and we need them probably before tag sale time. We are about to be foster parents to 2 queer teenagers, and we have been collecting stuff for a couple of months now. But we still need one twin bed frame (we have found head boards) twin sheets, towels, comfortors for 2 twin beds, curtains, and small area rugs, oh and 2 pillows, and cd/radio players for each kid. Perferably with headsets! YEs, I know target and walmart has these things, but you see, Ive been sick for a solid month now, with no sick pay at my job. to say money is tight is ludicrous. Im about to get back to work- hopefully as early as next weeek, but the kids will probably be here berfore we are back on our feet. So, if you have any of this stuff just laying around that you wouldnt mind giving us- heck, we will even be able to pay you for it in a few months, just not now, that would be awesome.

Thanks, Misha and Trace

[Sophisticated1]

Hey Northamptonites


(1.S1 - taking the week off from opera, Shakespeare, virgins and the like to revisit her roots)

Happy week of Irish celebrations to all of my Irish and non Irish friends!
I know that as we move towards St. Patrick’s Day a variety of emotions and opinions come up. Perhaps, like me, St. Patrick the man and Catholicism are not high on your list of things to celebrate! Perhaps the idea of LGBT exclusion from St. Patrick’s Day parades doesn’t sit well. Either way I personally can’t ditch the entire holiday, when it seems the perfect venue to revisit, share and celebrate the many of important aspects of Irish culture.

There is an awful lot of history behind the necessity to celebrate Irish culture, food, music, language, dance, literature and history. It really isn’t just about a parade, green beer, and all of the other tacky crap that pops up when holidays and celebrations are co-opted or capitalized on. (I hate the “everybody is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day” it is just an excuse for knuckleheads to get drunk)

Anyway, in recognition of the week, here is one of several wee tid bits I will share. Did you know that wearing green could have gotten you executed at one time? Well if you were Irish and believed in Irish freedom, showing that, might have been enough to get you killed.

The Wearing of the Green
(We hear the song every St. Patrick’s Day… do you know what it is about?)

During Irish rebellion against England the late 1700’s, (one of many historical rebellions) England basically practiced what amounted to state terrorism in Ireland, burning homes, using all manner of torture, and murdering those supporting Irish freedom from England.

At this time, green was the color of the Society of United Irishmen a revolutionary organization. Wearing a shamrock in ones hat was an outward sign of rebellion and was severely punished. Those caught displaying revolutionary colors or insignia were routinely and methodically hung.

The song, The Wearing of the Green is not just as jaunty little ditty played by marching bands on St Patrick’s day. Most folks have no about the lyrics to this song as the only time many of us hear it, is when it is being played by a marching band. So… hear they are.

O Paddy dear, and did ye hear the news that's goin' round?
The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
No more Saint Patrick's Day we'll keep, his color can't be seen
For there's a cruel law ag'in the Wearin' o' the Green.

I met with Napper Tandy*, and he took me by the hand
And he said, "How's poor old Ireland, and how does she stand?
She's the most distressful country that ever yet was seen
For they're hanging men and women there for the Wearin' o' the Green.

So if the color we must wear be England's cruel red
Let it remind us of the blood that Irishmen have shed
And pull the shamrock from your hat, and throw it on the sod
But never fear, 'twill take root there, though underfoot 'tis trod.

When laws can stop the blades of grass from growin' as they grow
And when the leaves in summer-time their colour dare not show,
Then will I change the colour, too, I wear in my caubeen**
But 'till that day, please God, I'll stick to wearin' o' the Green.

But if at last our colour should be torn from Ireland's heart,
Her sons with shame and sorrow from the dear old isle will part;
I've heard a whisper of a land that lies beyond the sea
Where rich and poor stand equal in the light of freedom's day.

O Erin, must we leave you driven by a tyrant's hand?
Must we ask a mother's blessing from a strange and distant land?
Where the cruel cross of England shall nevermore be seen,
And where, please God, we'll live and die still wearin' o' the green!

* James Napper Tandy and Irish rebel leader

** Hat


That ends my tid bit sharing for today.
1. S1

[Holliday]

S1--I can handle public drunkeness (waving at UMass from a very-pleasant distance), but I cannot stand green carnations. Yuck yuck yuck. +o( <--There, a green face to express my displeasure.

I appreciate your lyrical post. My best friend and her husband co-op'ed (sp?) in Belfast a couple of years ago, and they had some serious culture shock regarding the outright political violence they encountered. Boo! violence. Yay! freedom of religion.

Holliday (who is quite Irish, even if I don't look it)
xox

[Sophisticated1]

S1--I can handle public drunkeness (waving at UMass from a very-pleasant distance), but I cannot stand green carnations. Yuck yuck yuck. +o( <--There, a green face to express my displeasure.

I appreciate your lyrical post. My best friend and her husband co-op'ed (sp?) in Belfast a couple of years ago, and they had some serious culture shock regarding the outright political violence they encountered. Boo! violence. Yay! freedom of religion.

Holliday (who is quite Irish, even if I don't look it)
xox

Hey Holliday
Had no idea you were "quite Irish." Learn something new every day!

Ya, carnations I can take or leave, what I am not keen over are the giant green #1 fingers, the big green Cat in the Hat hats, and all the other plasticy trinkety hoo ha's that are hawked along parade routes.

My family is from the North. They came from Derry, on the opposite side of the island from Belfast. Sometimes refered to as Londonderry.... but don't get me started on that lol.

Yes. Political oppression mixed up with economics and religious beliefs, is very hard to effectively address. The violence, it breeds, no matter what country, can be horrifiying on all sides. Makes me :'( and 8o| and :@ ...

1,S1

[unndunn]

Hey Holliday
Had no idea you were "quite Irish." Learn something new every day!

Ya, carnations I can take or leave, what I am not keen over are the giant green #1 fingers, the big green Cat in the Hat hats, and all the other plasticy trinkety hoo ha's that are hawked along parade routes.

My family is from the North. They came from Derry, on the opposite side of the island from Belfast. Sometimes refered to as Londonderry.... but don't get me started on that lol.

Yes. Political oppression mixed up with economics and religious beliefs, is very hard to effectively address. The violence, it breeds, no matter what country, can be horrifiying on all sides. Makes me :'( and 8o| and :@ ...

1,S1

Hi there Northamptonites (and those who love them),
I saw this discussion and thought it was interesting. The Wearing of the Green song lyrics are about part of what were known as the Penal Laws in Ireland, exacted against the Catholics, and in some cases Presbyterians too.
Here's a link: The Penal Laws (http://homepage.eircom.net/~earrings/penal_laws.html)

The Romans and later the British looked at the Irish as barbarians and made cartoons of them as being monkeys living in squalor, but pre-Christian Ireland had a system of laws that some countries still don't have now. They are called the Brehon laws. Very interesting stuff. Women had more rights in fifth century AD Ireland than they did in 19th century America, or most of the world.
here's a link: Brehon Laws (http://www.irish-society.org/Hedgemaster%20Archives/brehon_laws.htm)

Unndunn

[nvcap1]

S1--I can handle public drunkeness (waving at UMass from a very-pleasant distance), but I cannot stand green carnations. Yuck yuck yuck. +o( <--There, a green face to express my displeasure.

Holliday (who is quite Irish, even if I don't look it)
xox

About the carnations, my sister has said, "if it is a carnation do even think about giving it to me." She has a very low opinion about carnations and I make a rule of thumb to ask they not be included in a bouquet when ordering flowers for anyone not only just my sister.I am not sure what the issue is, I am just playing it safe.

Oh. I have been trying to spread enough rep to rep you back about my fantasy thread post. I think the particular person I have in mind would have me arrested if I were to try that with her. But I guess I could explore other options.;)

N.

[drvnsnow]

Just a drive by posting to say how wonderful it was for Bruno and I to get to spend some time with some of you fabulous Noho people. I haven't been able to get into BF all day, which was weird, so I figured it had something to do with my cookies and I tossed'em. It worked.

[guitarboi]

It was an absolute pleasure to spend some time with you and Bruno :) I hope to see you both again soon.



Just a drive by posting to say how wonderful it was for Bruno and I to get to spend some time with some of you fabulous Noho people. I haven't been able to get into BF all day, which was weird, so I figured it had something to do with my cookies and I tossed'em. It worked.

[Sophisticated1]

1, S
Hi there Northamptonites (and those who love them),
I saw this discussion and thought it was interesting. The Wearing of the Green song lyrics are about part of what were known as the Penal Laws in Ireland, exacted against the Catholics, and in some cases Presbyterians too.
Here's a link: The Penal Laws (http://homepage.eircom.net/~earrings/penal_laws.html)

The Romans and later the British looked at the Irish as barbarians and made cartoons of them as being monkeys living in squalor, but pre-Christian Ireland had a system of laws that some countries still don't have now. They are called the Brehon laws. Very interesting stuff. Women had more rights in fifth century AD Ireland than they did in 19th century America, or most of the world.
here's a link: Brehon Laws (http://www.irish-society.org/Hedgemaster&#37;20Archives/brehon_laws.htm)

Unndunn

Well hello Unndun!:D

T&#225; an ceart agat! Go raibh maith agat. Sl&#225;inte! (You are right! Health and long life to you! Cheers.)

Very interesting stuff indeed. Thanks for chiming in!


1, S1
Beagan agus a ra go maith Say little but say it well ( I often have a hard time with the "little" part LOL

[unndunn]

1, S

Well hello Unndun!:D

Tá an ceart agat! Go raibh maith agat. Sláinte! (You are right! Health and long life to you! Cheers.)

Very interesting stuff indeed. Thanks for chiming in!


1, S1
Beagan agus a ra go maith Say little but say it well ( I often have a hard time with the "little" part LOL

I took an Irish language class for about 3 months and loved it. It was the hardest language I've ever tried to learn. I had to quit due to my work schedule. I wish I could have done it longer. I was just starting to get an ear for it. My grandmother was from Ireland and used to love to teach us how to swear in Irish. lol It was the first foreign language I learned.

Unn

[Holliday]

S1--I'm nearly 3/4 Irish/Scottish/Welsh. 1/4 Italian, and a wee bit of American Indian. Does that add up properly? 8-) I grew up labeled a Mutt. (&) I wish I knew the family details like you do...all I know is that my paternal grandma grew up in Cardiff. The rest is a relative mystery (pun unintended). Ha. Now about those "plasticy trinkety hoo ha's..."

Nvcap1--Hey, thanks! Life is better without a restraining order, and that's the truth. :| :P Maybe you can keep the fantasy but change the person of interest?

Happy 5 minutes til Monday everyone!

Holliday
xox


Hey Holliday
Had no idea you were "quite Irish." Learn something new every day!

Ya, carnations I can take or leave, what I am not keen over are the giant green #1 fingers, the big green Cat in the Hat hats, and all the other plasticy trinkety hoo ha's that are hawked along parade routes.

My family is from the North. They came from Derry, on the opposite side of the island from Belfast. Sometimes refered to as Londonderry.... but don't get me started on that lol.

Yes. Political oppression mixed up with economics and religious beliefs, is very hard to effectively address. The violence, it breeds, no matter what country, can be horrifiying on all sides. Makes me :'( and 8o| and :@ ...

1,S1

[miss robin]

Just a drive by posting to say how wonderful it was for Bruno and I to get to spend some time with some of you fabulous Noho people. I haven't been able to get into BF all day, which was weird, so I figured it had something to do with my cookies and I tossed'em. It worked.

What a wonderful evening! That was a really nice dinner, wasn't it? Thank you for making all the arrangements, Bri! I hope we see you two again soon.

xo
Miss Robin

[miss robin]

So imagine my surprise to learn that things like “oy”, “putz”, “kvel”, “kvetsh”, “schmuck”, “mitsve”, “shmendrek”, “shmuz”, “mishigas”, and “nodnik” , didn’t really belong to my people! LOL

1, S1


Love the creative spelling, 1,S1. :)

Is anyone going to see The Tempest tonight at the Fine Arts Center? It's in French with supertitles. I wonder if the supertitles are in Old English? I would love to see it.

Nancy, that's a good call on No Carnations. Do they exist in real life? Are they real flowers? I think they're dreadful, poor things.

Miss Robin

[miss robin]

and "schmuck" is penis in both Yiddish and Hebrew.

And in German it means jewelry. I thought it was hilarious the first time I went to Germany and saw Schmuck written on stores selling ... uh ... tiny baubles. ;) I wonder what a "butch penis" would be called in Yiddish -- a schmuckala maybe. (What would "huge" be in Yiddish).

1, S1 wrote: "Ahead of the goy curve." LOL.

Miss Robin
(I have a letter in today's Gazette about poodles. A subject of world importance)

[Lady C Sparkle]

Oi!

Sorz lasses and lads ~ that was rather a bah-humbug response of mine earlier this a.m......:$

There are things about my heritage that I do love....

I love the music...i get all tingly and excited when I hear a fiddle or the many-part-harmony of some of my favourite ballads or even the wild revelry of my mates and their favourite drinking songs (after far too many pints)....

And for the lovely foxxiemsmoxxie:

So come all you jolly young fellows
I'd have you take warning by me
Whenever you're out on the liquor, me lads,
Beware of the pretty colleen.
She'll fill you with whiskey and porter
Until you're not able to stand
And the very next thing that you'll know, me lads,
You're landed in Van Dieman's Land.

:D

i love the people of Ireland - north and south of the border.
they're good humour, they're generosity, they're friendliness
and i love the land itself. it is so diverse and so beautiful.

(l)

but I could live without the food..(no more blanched out corned beef please)
and I could live without the religion (EX-catholic checking in) and without the politics and the violence etc. as stated before...

[Lady C Sparkle]

OMG the forums have fallen in to a tear in the time-space continuum today :| :| :| :| :|


things are posting all out of order, with odd time-stamps, and the last poster is wrong...weird,weird,weird....

dododododododododo

[Lady C Sparkle]

Morning All ~

Twas great to see you (drvnsnow & Bruno, Mlle Robin & STB, Beeeeeeeee & Dapper) Saturday eve. Cafe Lebanon was fab :D

1,S1 ~ ta for the lessons! :) My family is from County Kerry.
When I lived in the UK I learned more about the ongoing "conflict" (i like to call it war, silly me) in Northern Ireland, than I had previously understood. I have to say I vaccilated between :@:@:@ and :'(:'(:'( The recent "incidents" at Ardoyne Road re: Holy Cross School were happening when I was there. :'(

There was nothing more horrifying to me than witnessing that violence, seeing enraged animalistic adults throw bottles and rocks at terrified children shook my faith in humanity ---and witnessing the baton of hatred and violence as it was passed to another generation was heart breaking.

Anyway, I find it difficult to discuss these issues (this side of the pond) because I find most Americans do not have a clear picture of what is happening there (and has happened). They tend sugar-coat Irish history and culture and they tend to glamourize the violence that the IRA represents, in the name of another pint o' guiness (and all that green plastic tat) ---- and that makes me :@:@:@

violence begets violence. period.

blahblahblah. good morning. (more coffee needed as my brain is just awaking)



ps. to the Eire-philes I'd recommend reading Peter Hamil's works. For fiction loves I'd recommend "Forever" - Wonderful Book!

[Sophisticated1]

I took an Irish language class for about 3 months and loved it. It was the hardest language I've ever tried to learn. I had to quit due to my work schedule. I wish I could have done it longer. I was just starting to get an ear for it. My grandmother was from Ireland and used to love to teach us how to swear in Irish. lol It was the first foreign language I learned.

Unn

That’s great. Always something that I wanted to do formally. Gaelic for me is a self taught sort of thing …which leaves a lot of holes in the intricacies to say the very least!

My Dad grew up in NYC actually and picked up a lot of words and sayings in his neighborhood. As a little kid, I knew we were Irish and I just figured that what ever he was saying must have been Gaelic. So imagine my surprise to learn that things like “oy”, “putz”, “kvel”, “kvetsh”, “schmuck”, “mitsve”, “shmendrek”, “shmuz”, “mishigas”, and “nodnik” , didn’t really belong to my people! LOL

1, S1

[Sophisticated1]

Morning All ~

Twas great to see you (drvnsnow & Bruno, Mlle Robin & STB, Beeeeeeeee & Dapper) Saturday eve. Cafe Lebanon was fab :D

1,S1 ~ ta for the lessons! :) My family is from County Kerry.
When I lived in the UK I learned more about the ongoing "conflict" (i like to call it war, silly me) in Northern Ireland, than I had previously understood. I have to say I vaccilated between :@:@:@ and :'(:'(:'( The recent "incidents" at Ardoyne Road re: Holy Cross School were happening when I was there. :'(

There was nothing more horrifying to me than witnessing that violence, seeing enraged animalistic adults throw bottles and rocks at terrified children shook my faith in humanity ---and witnessing the baton of hatred and violence as it was passed to another generation was heart breaking.

Anyway, I find it difficult to discuss these issues (this side of the pond) because I find most Americans do not have a clear picture of what is happening there (and has happened). They tend sugar-coat Irish history and culture and they tend to glamourize the violence that the IRA represents, in the name of another pint o' guiness (and all that green plastic tat) ---- and that makes me :@:@:@

violence begets violence. period.

blahblahblah. good morning. (more coffee needed as my brain is just awaking)



ps. to the Eire-philes I'd recommend reading Peter Hamil's works. For fiction loves I'd recommend "Forever" - Wonderful Book!




Good morning LSC

Country Kerry is it then! Lovely

There is a lot of misinformation and lack of information on the subject to be sure. A couple of movies and the knowledge that your family has Irish roots, can rile people up before they really know much of anything about the issue. For many folks their Irish history begins around 1916 or the early 1970’s!

The continuing conflict in Ireland and in other countries speaks to both the inhumanity of human beings as well as our on going efforts towards change. Wish things would change more quickly!:'(

1. S1

[Sophisticated1]

Love the creative spelling, 1,S1. :)

Is anyone going to see The Tempest tonight at the Fine Arts Center? It's in French with supertitles. I wonder if the supertitles are in Old English? I would love to see it.

Nancy, that's a good call on No Carnations. Do they exist in real life? Are they real flowers? I think they're dreadful, poor things.

Miss Robin

Miss R
That is a Gaelic-Yiddish combo...eeee ya... that's it. (its far better than my English spelling I'm affraid) If microsoft word had spell check for yiddish I would be golden!

1,S1

[msmoxie]

what, are we all vying to be the colleen this morning? all the irish lasses online at once? my dad had dreams of me being the colleen. i could not stand the concept of pagents and glitz and waving and riding on a float--but i did enjoy saying "there's my dad!" during the parade every year. i wanted to play field hockey and take ballet, instead i got irish step dance lessons. which i promptly quit as soon as i gave it a decent "eye roll, fine, i tried it, are you satisfied?" hmm...i got force fed a tad of irish food and culture, but the actual history and significance of the "conflict" was something i never had a real understanding or appreciation for. i'm horrifed now, as i remember the green food coloring and green (gasp!) carnations and green everything from back in the day. unfortunately, even growing up 2nd generation, a house full of irish flags, st brigid, and a shamrock on the mailbox and the irish hour on the radio every weekend, i got the sugarcoated glamourization version of our history, and about how "irish and dogs need not apply"--but the background and true history of the conflict was something i never absorbed. good thing i know people now who have helped me understand my own heritage!


Morning All ~

Twas great to see you (drvnsnow & Bruno, Mlle Robin & STB, Beeeeeeeee & Dapper) Saturday eve. Cafe Lebanon was fab :D

1,S1 ~ ta for the lessons! :) My family is from County Kerry.
When I lived in the UK I learned more about the ongoing "conflict" (i like to call it war, silly me) in Northern Ireland, than I had previously understood. I have to say I vaccilated between :@:@:@ and :'(:'(:'( The recent "incidents" at Ardoyne Road re: Holy Cross School were happening when I was there. :'(

There was nothing more horrifying to me than witnessing that violence, seeing enraged animalistic adults throw bottles and rocks at terrified children shook my faith in humanity ---and witnessing the baton of hatred and violence as it was passed to another generation was heart breaking.

Anyway, I find it difficult to discuss these issues (this side of the pond) because I find most Americans do not have a clear picture of what is happening there (and has happened). They tend sugar-coat Irish history and culture and they tend to glamourize the violence that the IRA represents, in the name of another pint o' guiness (and all that green plastic tat) ---- and that makes me :@:@:@

violence begets violence. period.

blahblahblah. good morning. (more coffee needed as my brain is just awaking)



ps. to the Eire-philes I'd recommend reading Peter Hamil's works. For fiction loves I'd recommend "Forever" - Wonderful Book!

[guitarboi]

Nope, certainly not Gaelic....

Those words mean lazy, fuck around, crazy people, pain in the arses, complaining and "schmuck" is penis in both Yiddish and Hebrew. I think "Oy" or "Oi" is universal though.

Now what would be interesting is a Gaelic-Yiddish dialect.

This was always a favourite of mine I'd hear from my great uncle:
Gai kaken oifen yam... which means go take a dump in the ocean. :s




That’s great. Always something that I wanted to do formally. Gaelic for me is a self taught sort of thing …which leaves a lot of holes in the intricacies to say the very least!

My Dad grew up in NYC actually and picked up a lot of words and sayings in his neighborhood. As a little kid, I knew we were Irish and I just figured that what ever he was saying must have been Gaelic. So imagine my surprise to learn that things like “oy”, “putz”, “kvel”, “kvetsh”, “schmuck”, “mitsve”, “shmendrek”, “shmuz”, “mishigas”, and “nodnik” , didn’t really belong to my people! LOL

1, S1

[Sophisticated1]

Nope, certainly not Gaelic....

Those words mean lazy, fuck around, crazy people, pain in the arses, complaining and "schmuck" is penis in both Yiddish and Hebrew. I think "Oy" or "Oi" is universal though.

Now what would be interesting is a Gaelic-Yiddish dialect.

This was always a favourite of mine I'd hear from my great uncle:
Gai kaken oifen yam... which means go take a dump in the ocean. :s

LOL yes, I had the meaning down... but as a child the origin was a wee bit skewed! Still, it made me appear just a tiny bit ahead of the "goy curve" with my Jewish girlfriends over the years. My ex wifes mother always used to say Gai kaken oifen yam ! Usually while yelling at the TV when various right wing politicians were spouting off.


1,S1

[Sophisticated1]

what, are we all vying to be the colleen this morning? all the irish lasses online at once? my dad had dreams of me being the colleen. i could not stand the concept of pagents and glitz and waving and riding on a float--but i did enjoy saying "there's my dad!" during the parade every year. i wanted to play field hockey and take ballet, instead i got irish step dance lessons. which i promptly quit as soon as i gave it a decent "eye roll, fine, i tried it, are you satisfied?" hmm...i got force fed a tad of irish food and culture, but the actual history and significance of the "conflict" was something i never had a real understanding or appreciation for. i'm horrifed now, as i remember the green food coloring and green (gasp!) carnations and green everything from back in the day. unfortunately, even growing up 2nd generation, a house full of irish flags, st brigid, and a shamrock on the mailbox and the irish hour on the radio every weekend, i got the sugarcoated glamourization version of our history, and about how "irish and dogs need not apply"--but the background and true history of the conflict was something i never absorbed. good thing i know people now who have helped me understand my own heritage!


;) You are my fine colleen msmoxie! Ta tu go halainn, bean mo chroi!

1,S1

[msmoxie]

(k) :$ (k) :$ :$ (k) :$ (k)
thanks. (l)



;) You are my fine colleen msmoxie! Ta tu go halainn, bean mo chroi!

1,S1

[Holliday]

Hello, everybody!

Most of you probably know about this already, but just in case:

Holliday & Nohofemme's Housewarming Party
This Friday, March 16th
9pm-?

BYOB, Light food/snacks provided

PM me for more info, or if you haven't already RSVP'd to the yahoo group.

Thanks. Hope to see you here! <:o)

[Sophisticated1]

Oi!

Sorz lasses and lads ~ that was rather a bah-humbug response of mine earlier this a.m......:$

There are things about my heritage that I do love....

I love the music...i get all tingly and excited when I hear a fiddle or the many-part-harmony of some of my favourite ballads or even the wild revelry of my mates and their favourite drinking songs (after far too many pints)....

And for the lovely foxxiemsmoxxie:

So come all you jolly young fellows
I'd have you take warning by me
Whenever you're out on the liquor, me lads,
Beware of the pretty colleen.
She'll fill you with whiskey and porter
Until you're not able to stand
And the very next thing that you'll know, me lads,
You're landed in Van Dieman's Land.

:D

i love the people of Ireland - north and south of the border.
they're good humour, they're generosity, they're friendliness
and i love the land itself. it is so diverse and so beautiful.

(l)

but I could live without the food..(no more blanched out corned beef please)
and I could live without the religion (EX-catholic checking in) and without the politics and the violence etc. as stated before...





I Hear you LadyCS!
I give (y) (y) to traditional music, literature, dance, humor, spirit, and beer the way beer should be! (not to mention those fine Irish lasses! OMG;) As for religion, the place was better off in my opinion prior to Mr.St. Patrick and his lot going about mucking up the works with Christianity...(not that I was there then mind you...I'm not THAT old!:| )

LOL blanched out corned beef! When I was last there, the food wasn't as bad as I expected. We had a lot of nicely prepared salmon and some rather tasty stews. Perhaps as the food improves, so too will good will.

Speaking of good will, I think Will said:
Now good digestion wait on appetite, And health on both!

And Madeleine L'Engle noted “That's something I've noticed about food: whenever there's a crisis if you can get people to eating normally things get better.”_
So perhaps there is something to it...

As for war and religion:
“There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible."

"The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood."
Sean O’Casey

Oh, and in honor of your theatrical side Lady CS:

"All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed."
O'Casey as well.

I wonder where on earth this post is going to show up... roll of the dice it seems :|
1, S1

[Lady C Sparkle]

I Hear you LadyCS!

I wonder where on earth this post is going to show up... roll of the dice it seems :|
1, S1


:D :| :D :| :D :| :D


is this posting*disorder*chaos happening elsewhere in the forums?


or just here in lesbianville?


:o


are we the only ones to have noticed it?


:|

[msmoxie]

dear lady--i agree with you about the music. and how did you ever find those lyrics? my dear, that's me they are singing about--porter and whiskey! my dad will be thrilled to hear i became a colleen at last--even if it means i am a wee bit on the nasty and bad influence side of things and surrounded by stuporous suitors.
(bwahahahahaha...as if. still, better a stuporous suitor than a stoopid one.) ;)

hope your week is going well. i called out of work!! :| OMG.


Oi!

Sorz lasses and lads ~ that was rather a bah-humbug response of mine earlier this a.m......:$

There are things about my heritage that I do love....

I love the music...i get all tingly and excited when I hear a fiddle or the many-part-harmony of some of my favourite ballads or even the wild revelry of my mates and their favourite drinking songs (after far too many pints)....

And for the lovely foxxiemsmoxxie:

So come all you jolly young fellows
I'd have you take warning by me
Whenever you're out on the liquor, me lads,
Beware of the pretty colleen.
She'll fill you with whiskey and porter
Until you're not able to stand
And the very next thing that you'll know, me lads,
You're landed in Van Dieman's Land.

:D

i love the people of Ireland - north and south of the border.
they're good humour, they're generosity, they're friendliness
and i love the land itself. it is so diverse and so beautiful.

(l)

but I could live without the food..(no more blanched out corned beef please)
and I could live without the religion (EX-catholic checking in) and without the politics and the violence etc. as stated before...

[drvnsnow]

Bruno and I are in for the housewarming party!

[miss robin]

:D :| :D :| :D :| :D




is this posting*disorder*chaos happening elsewhere in the forums?


or just here in lesbianville?


:o


are we the only ones to have noticed it?



:|


That was weird. :| I don't even know where my posts are from yesterday.

Bri, I'm so pleased that you and Bruno will be around on Friday for the party!

Mlle Robin ... as the Lady C calls me.

[Damned Queen]

Me too, I noticed posting disorder too! :)

[guitarboi]

It happened in the photo galleries too. Must be a hiccup.


That was weird. :| I don't even know where my posts are from yesterday.

Bri, I'm so pleased that you and Bruno will be around on Friday for the party!

Mlle Robin ... as the Lady C calls me.

[msmoxie]

let's give the site a spoonful of sugar, then, shall we?



It happened in the photo galleries too. Must be a hiccup.

[Ravenouss]

Tomorrow... tomorrow... tomorrow... I go home to Massachusetts, if not the warmest, at least the smartest state in the Union.

Joy! Joy! Joy!

[Sophisticated1]

I hear that many computers TV's and the like are having difficulties, as the day light savings time was set three weeks early this year (apparently the government made some random decision to do that for some reason..:s ) So you may have noticed that though your tv or computer may be programmed to automatically reset it's clock, it may not have happened yet. I know that DPH is having major difficulties with this.

Perhaps this website is having the same or similar problems.

1, S1.

[Lady C Sparkle]

...testing testing one two three...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/11/BAGGTOJG8A58.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/11/BAGGTOJG8A58.DTL)

[ladywthgreeneyes]

Does anyone know of a reasonably priced dog walker in Northampton? I broke a bone in my foot and my border collie mix is used to going to the park at least once a day. I am fairly new here and know absolutely no one.

[guitarboi]

Welcome :) private message me about your(&). I probably can do it for a reasonable rate while your foot heals.

GB


Does anyone know of a reasonably priced dog walker in Northampton? I broke a bone in my foot and my border collie mix is used to going to the park at least once a day. I am fairly new here and know absolutely no one.

[Sophisticated1]

Ok so here is an interesting little Irish factoid:
The Republic of Ireland has had 8 presidents, 2 of which have been women. The current president Mary McAleese, was not only the first person born in Northern Ireland to be elected president in the Republic of Ireland, but she was also the first legal advisor for the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform in the 1970’s. When she left that position, she succeeded by Mary Robinson, who, 8-) as we all know I'm sure, was the first female President of Ireland.


1, S1

P.S. Hey Sparkle, on the link you posted regarding the time change (which apparently has affected ONLY the Department of Public Health LOL) there is a bit up in the corner about Irish food coming of age.

[Holliday]

Welcome (almost) Home, Ravenouss! It's been pretty warm the past few days, but who knows what'll happen tomorrow.

Holliday
xox


Tomorrow... tomorrow... tomorrow... I go home to Massachusetts, if not the warmest, at least the smartest state in the Union.

Joy! Joy! Joy!

[guitarboi]

I was just outside and the thermostat said 68 degrees :o
Must be close to that anyway, I had no coat on....

YAY 8-|
Goodbye heating bill?

[msmoxie]

OMG. it was gorgeous today and i went for 3 walks! (if i were a dog i'd be in puppy heaven!) I joined the gym. and I went.

Miss R and GB--i did it! now it's the keeping on part....

Dear green eyed lady--welcome! hope you find a dog walker..looks like you have a great start.

[guitarboi]

Yay ms M:)!!!!!!


OMG. it was gorgeous today and i went for 3 walks! (if i were a dog i'd be in puppy heaven!) I joined the gym. and I went.

Miss R and GB--i did it! now it's the keeping on part....

Dear green eyed lady--welcome! hope you find a dog walker..looks like you have a great start.

[msmoxie]

i am not so proud to beg for public encouragement....truly, it's my only voyeuristic tendency.

i went back again today!
i will slay the dragons of gymphobia with my pretty pink new gym back and cootie and callous preventative gloves (thanks (k) s1).

but ewwww--i'm still so grossed out by the idea of sitting on and touching all those weight machines! i'll wrap myself in saran or somesuch and pretend i'm trying to accelerate the fat burning process instead of being neurotic about the cootie factor.

ringworm and mrsa and tinea, oh my!
(hey! who stole my purell!)


Yay ms M:)!!!!!!

[Sophisticated1]

i am not so proud to beg for public encouragement....truly, it's my only voyeuristic tendency.

i went back again today!
i will slay the dragons of gymphobia with my pretty pink new gym back and cootie and callous preventative gloves (thanks (k) s1).

but ewwww--i'm still so grossed out by the idea of sitting on and touching all those weight machines! i'll wrap myself in saran or somesuch and pretend i'm trying to accelerate the fat burning process instead of being neurotic about the cootie factor.

ringworm and mrsa and tinea, oh my!
(hey! who stole my purell!)


Hummm well…. um… sitting on the machines shouldn’t be a real problem if you are clothed…. You are clothed right?? And the handy new work out gloves should give you a bit of a barrier between yourself and the leftover/abandoned cooties left behind by the cootie infested. I don’t think you need to design a saran work out suit just yet hon!
People are “supposed” to wipe down machines when they are finished with them. I never trust that that they do (suspicious untrusting sort that I am) so I do it before I work out. Usually only on the treadmill and the like where people are more apt to … um… perspire… +o(

Hey foxymsmoxie, don’t forget about your cootie combating shower flip flops as well! Of all of the cootified places at the gym, the shower floors and benches creep me out the most (not to give your already “neurotic” tendencies any more fuel for the fire…):|

And YES to Purell. I used to use it when I taught dance classes all day and had to be touching everybody's hands. All of my staff used purell after each class. We were a clean lot!:D

1, S1

P.S. Ringworm?? Oh god!:| :| :| +o( +o( +o( :|

[ladywthgreeneyes]

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that sent me names and numbers for dog walkers. Lucky went to the park today with his new friend and came back a happy little guy. I don't feel so guilty about not being able to take him there and play with him.

[guitarboi]

(&) Lucky is so much fun! Even when he ran into the mud and looked at me as he rolled in it:s I hope you will attend some of our local events ladywithgreeneyes. You'll like us. We're a great bunch :)




I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that sent me names and numbers for dog walkers. Lucky went to the park today with his new friend and came back a happy little guy. I don't feel so guilty about not being able to take him there and play with him.

[Lady C Sparkle]

stages of sparkle this week, come to end, repeat:

:s --->(o) :| (o) ---->(c) (c) ----> +o( -----> :$ ------>:( :( ------------------------------------->8-) (co) (t) :'( --------> (c) (c) (c) (c) -------(o) ------ -----> 8o|






OMG somebody please shoot me and put me out of my misery, i anti-heart my-arse-achusetts bureaucrazy & grant applications

[guitarboi]

Yep. I just saw my lovely and she is indeed :s ---> (o):| (o) ---->(c) (c) ---->+o( ----->:$ ------>:( :(8-) (co) (t) :'( -------------------------------------> (c) (c) (c) (c) --------> (o) ------- ------ -----> 8o|

Although she looks fabulous!!!
xoxox (I'd insert a red heart and a rose but it won't let me put anymore pictures in here!)

[Sophisticated1]

OMG....:|

Lady C Sparkle.....(f) please do be seated.... Feet up love, here you go(d)

A Short Opera to The Lady Grants
Act 1 S1 enters stage right. Cape, sword, lovely velvet hat at a rakish tilt of course oh... and the codpiece... She turns to the lovely Lady of Grants who is at her wits end and contemplating posion, happy daggers and the like...

.ahem...me me me...ahem... (out of practice)


(8) "Do not let them get you down,
we hate to see you with a frown.

When oafs and louts make your life hell,
remember that your friends are swell.

Take solace in our warm embraces,
do picture our smart friendly faces.

If this ease not the pain of Umasses....
We shall ready ourselves to kick some asses!"

Call at will the posse and band
together we will purge the land
Of all those who do vex you so
Then in the wind your cares will blow...

S1 slices at the wind with her foil ending her solo.

...hey LOL what do you want for composing on the fly. Hope your day/week gets better.

1, S1

[Lady C Sparkle]

Although she looks fabulous!!!
xoxox (I'd insert a red heart and a rose but it won't let me put anymore pictures in here!)

ta darling (l) <--- por vous




Act 1 S1 enters stage right. Cape, sword, lovely velvet hat at a rakish tilt of course oh... and the codpiece :P hehehehehehe... She turns to the lovely Lady of Grants who is at her wits end and contemplating posion, happy daggers and the like...

.ahem...me me me...ahem... (out of practice)


(8) "Do not let them get you down,
we hate to see you with a frown.

When oafs and louts make your life hell,
remember that your friends are swell.
<tis true, ever so true, i am indeed blessed in that department>
Take solace in our warm embraces,
do picture our smart friendly faces.

If this ease not the pain of Umasses....
We shall ready ourselves to kick some asses!"

Call at will the posse and band
together we will purge the land
Of all those who do vex you so
Then in the wind your cares will blow...

S1 slices at the wind with her foil ending her solo.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :P

I'd reply in-kind with my stunning aria o'woe but i'm currently utilizing my creative writing skills with this blasted application!!!!

....Its a damn good thing I specialize in fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants fundraising....there should be hazzard pay for this - though...

...ta for the laughter - twas much needed...

(*) for the evah-clevah 1, S1!!!!

[guitarboi]

Witty 1, S1 :D
perhaps we should collaborate on a little ditty?



OMG....:|

Lady C Sparkle.....(f) please do be seated.... Feet up love, here you go(d)

A Short Opera to The Lady Grants
Act 1 S1 enters stage right. Cape, sword, lovely velvet hat at a rakish tilt of course oh... and the codpiece... She turns to the lovely Lady of Grants who is at her wits end and contemplating posion, happy daggers and the like...

.ahem...me me me...ahem... (out of practice)


(8) "Do not let them get you down,
we hate to see you with a frown.

When oafs and louts make your life hell,
remember that your friends are swell.

Take solace in our warm embraces,
do picture our smart friendly faces.

If this ease not the pain of Umasses....
We shall ready ourselves to kick some asses!"

Call at will the posse and band
together we will purge the land
Of all those who do vex you so
Then in the wind your cares will blow...

S1 slices at the wind with her foil ending her solo.

...hey LOL what do you want for composing on the fly. Hope your day/week gets better.

1, S1

[msmoxie]

oh, my dear lady c--may your sparkle return soon. glad you got a lift from the sweet GB and the ditty-witty 1s1. for you:(k) (l) (k) (l) (k) (f) (f) (k) (l) (k)
shall we sic the posse on anyone in particular, or just the week in general?

and OMG--if you two collaborate--i can't wait to see the finished product!!

glad lucky made a new friend.

--mox
(who used her flip flops and attempted and failed to use the sauna for exactly the reasons stated by s1!)

[Holliday]

*clap clap clap* (f) Brava! That was lovely, S1!

Lady C Sparkle--I'm sorry you're in such a bad place. Chin up and it'll be Friday before you know it! :) <:o) <:o)

GB--Thanks for the walkin' company. I declare, I almost have tan lines it was so lovely out today. :D

Green Eyes? Blue Eyes?--Oh, dear, I should have taken better notes before replying here. I'm glad your dog is a happy camper! Maybe we'll see you Friday night?

Holliday
xox


OMG....:|

Lady C Sparkle.....(f) please do be seated.... Feet up love, here you go(d)

A Short Opera to The Lady Grants
Act 1 S1 enters stage right. Cape, sword, lovely velvet hat at a rakish tilt of course oh... and the codpiece... She turns to the lovely Lady of Grants who is at her wits end and contemplating posion, happy daggers and the like...

.ahem...me me me...ahem... (out of practice)


(8) "Do not let them get you down,
we hate to see you with a frown.

When oafs and louts make your life hell,
remember that your friends are swell.

Take solace in our warm embraces,
do picture our smart friendly faces.

If this ease not the pain of Umasses....
We shall ready ourselves to kick some asses!"

Call at will the posse and band
together we will purge the land
Of all those who do vex you so
Then in the wind your cares will blow...

S1 slices at the wind with her foil ending her solo.

...hey LOL what do you want for composing on the fly. Hope your day/week gets better.

1, S1

[musicfemme]

GB: It has indeed been beautiful weather outside! I really hope that I don't have to buy oil again.

msmoxie: OMG--the image of you going to the gym wrapped in saran wrap is HILARIOUS!!!!! Witnessing that might even be enough to get my lazy ass there. :D Good for you for going!

Lady C: Oh my. I hope your wek gets bettr soon! We totally will beat up the Umasses for you like in S1's one act. I have a bitch paddle with their name on it. :o

S1: That was quite good for composing on the fly, actually. I especially likd the swashbuckling sword bit. (y)

Again, any and all are welcome to attend my birthday outing this Saturday, March 17th. I know I'm competing with St. Patrick's day and all, but give me a PM if you'd like to come so I can make reservations. <:o) (g) <:o) The plan is:

Dinner @ Fresh Pasta 8PM
Drinks & pool & whatever @ Packard's 10PMish

And I will probably see some of you Fridee! :D

[guitarboi]

don't tell me i gotta watch out for the sauna :s

i go in barefoot and no diseased feets yet :D

yes a collaboration is needed. 1s1 bring some manuscript paper to the soiree!(8)



oh, my dear lady c--may your sparkle return soon. glad you got a lift from the sweet GB and the ditty-witty 1s1. for you:(k) (l) (k) (l) (k) (f) (f) (k) (l) (k)
shall we sic the posse on anyone in particular, or just the week in general?

and OMG--if you two collaborate--i can't wait to see the finished product!!

glad lucky made a new friend.

--mox
(who used her flip flops and attempted and failed to use the sauna for exactly the reasons stated by s1!)

[Sophisticated1]

GB: It has indeed been beautiful weather outside! I really hope that I don't have to buy oil again.

msmoxie: OMG--the image of you going to the gym wrapped in saran wrap is HILARIOUS!!!!! Witnessing that might even be enough to get my lazy ass there. :D Good for you for going!

Lady C: Oh my. I hope your wek gets bettr soon! We totally will beat up the Umasses for you like in S1's one act. I have a bitch paddle with their name on it. :o

S1: That was quite good for composing on the fly, actually. I especially likd the swashbuckling sword bit. (y)

Again, any and all are welcome to attend my birthday outing this Saturday, March 17th. I know I'm competing with St. Patrick's day and all, but give me a PM if you'd like to come so I can make reservations. <:o) (g) <:o) The plan is:

Dinner @ Fresh Pasta 8PM
Drinks & pool & whatever @ Packard's 10PMish

And I will probably see some of you Fridee! :D

Evening Miss Musicfemme,

Thanks for the compliment. I have a rather long standing date on the March 17th that I am affraid I cannot break. Otherwise would be happy to attend your birthday celebration. I do hope you have a marvelous time though!!<:o) <:o) (b) (b) <:o) <:o)

Breith lá Sona Duit! (Happy birthday) Sláinte agus saol chugat! (Health and long life to you! ) and Beannachtai na Feile Padraig (Happy St Patrick's Day)

1, S1

[msmoxie]

happy close to b-day to you.....(f)
don;t think i will be able to make your soiree...but i do wish you lots of happiness!
i think i have been abducted, i am mad that i work 12 hr today and can't go to the gym. and that's without the saran! ;)


GB: It has indeed been beautiful weather outside! I really hope that I don't have to buy oil again.

msmoxie: OMG--the image of you going to the gym wrapped in saran wrap is HILARIOUS!!!!! Witnessing that might even be enough to get my lazy ass there. :D Good for you for going!

Lady C: Oh my. I hope your wek gets bettr soon! We totally will beat up the Umasses for you like in S1's one act. I have a bitch paddle with their name on it. :o

S1: That was quite good for composing on the fly, actually. I especially likd the swashbuckling sword bit. (y)

Again, any and all are welcome to attend my birthday outing this Saturday, March 17th. I know I'm competing with St. Patrick's day and all, but give me a PM if you'd like to come so I can make reservations. <:o) (g) <:o) The plan is:

Dinner @ Fresh Pasta 8PM
Drinks & pool & whatever @ Packard's 10PMish

And I will probably see some of you Fridee! :D

[Sophisticated1]

Hey GB How goes it?

....LOL I am not sure that my song writing skils work up to much more than funny. But hey who knows as I'm searching for the right career, perhaps I have to revisit my old one... hummm

1,S1

[Stone_to_bone]

Happy Birthday (soon), Music!

I don't think we can make your bday dinner but we'll certainly be thinking of you and hey, we'll see you on Friday!

STB

[Stone_to_bone]

S1, that little cheer-up ditty was great! I PMd you a moment ago. We'll get together sooner or later. In the meantime, Happy StP's Day.

msmoxie, I so relate to your gym woes. Miss R, top-only-while-at-the-gym, has been helpful in arentless sort of way but I am really struggling to get back into it. I've been going regularly and am still in that pained, huffing stage :s although I've gone from thinking "ok, 1 more minute, I can do anything in the world for 1 minute" to thinking "ok, 3 more minutes, I can do anything for 3 minutes" so while I guess that's progress, myohmy, does progress ever happen more slowly with age. Yikes.

STB

[musicfemme]

Thanks for the almost b-day wishes--msmoxie, S1, STB! :D I'm very excited to be getting birthday wishes so early, LOL! It's ok if no one can come to my outing, I figured with it being on the 17th I wouldn't get many takers. Just wanted to offer it up to the B/F crowd anyways.

I've been sick the past few days, but I'm hoping to feel well enough to attend festivities tomorrow night!

[guitarboi]

I'll be going to the gym tomorrow STB...if you wanna come with :)

Happy almost bday MF! Sorry I can not attend your party.


S1, that little cheer-up ditty was great! I PMd you a moment ago. We'll get together sooner or later. In the meantime, Happy StP's Day.

msmoxie, I so relate to your gym woes. Miss R, top-only-while-at-the-gym, has been helpful in arentless sort of way but I am really struggling to get back into it. I've been going regularly and am still in that pained, huffing stage :s although I've gone from thinking "ok, 1 more minute, I can do anything in the world for 1 minute" to thinking "ok, 3 more minutes, I can do anything for 3 minutes" so while I guess that's progress, myohmy, does progress ever happen more slowly with age. Yikes.

STB

[Holliday]

Hi, everybody. Tonight I am the bearer of bad news...

The housewarming party is a no go for tomorrow--Nohofemme and I don't want any of you slipping around in the nasty weather. The new date is March 23 (aka next Friday), same time. No need to RSVP unless you can't make it on the new date.

Sidenote: I have far too much yummy food already purchased that will go bad by next week, so if anybody with ambition and/or AWD wants to get snowed in over here, please come! Board games and fuzzy slippers required.

Holliday
xox

[Sophisticated1]

Hope everyone is managing in the snow storm. I was driving on 91 today and there were 2 accidents about a half mile apart from each other, one going South one going North....Traffic was tied up for a good bit.

Why is it than when one goes to the gym and pumps all that heavy iron that you feel as though your arms should look like Popeye... but they don't .... the way they feel...they really should!! Grrr.

Speaking of the gym, I almost snapped a trainer with a towel today!:| ...lol another inch Miss R.... :D

Be safe all

1, S1

[LK71]

Hey MsMoxie ,glad you found a new gym and that you are going. Keep up the good work, which gym did you end up joining universal or the Y?

Music... Happy almost birthday to you, i hope you get everything you want and your day is spectacular.

S1, it usually takes 12 week of consistent working out, 3 times a week with weights and 4 to 5 times a week cardio. Free weights will give you much better results than machines. plus of course the hard part is what foods you are eating, thats the hardest part for me, i love french fries and gummy bears,just 2 of my weaknesses..lol Lifting heavier weights with less reps will also give you that popeye look ..if thats what you are looking for. Feel free to PM if you want more inof. I hear you are a great dance instructor by the way.

Green eyes.. glad you found a dog walker, I would offer my help but I work an hour an 20 mins away from here...for a couple more months anyway. I could help out on the weekends if you need me. PM me if I can help out.

Holliday, yeah the weather is pretty nasty out there, see you next week, thanks for the PM. Speaking of snow, I have to go shovel before it mixes with that awful sleet and freezing rain. Stay safe everyone. LK

[musicfemme]

Thank you GB & LK! :)

Sad there as no housewarming tonight--but it was treacherous out even by early this afternoon. And it doesn't help that people drive like complete idiots in the snow. I had this one red car about a foot away from my rear bumper for MILES. I was like, what on earth are you THINKING?!? :@

[miss robin]

I'm a little behind, but I wanted to say...

Welcome back, Rav!


Me too, I noticed posting disorder too! :)

Hi Damned Queen. You should bring that Damned King and come up to godforsaken Northampton.

Miss Robin

[miss robin]

i will slay the dragons of gymphobia with my pretty pink new gym back and cootie and callous preventative gloves (thanks (k) s1).

but ewwww--i'm still so grossed out by the idea of sitting on and touching all those weight machines! i'll wrap myself in saran or somesuch and pretend i'm trying to accelerate the fat burning process instead of being neurotic about the cootie factor.


A good workout outfit makes such a difference! Ms Moxie, really, don't worry about the cooties. I've been going to gyms since I was 16 and since I'm superstitious I won't say anything without knocking on wood but let's just say, you probably encounter more germs pulling open the front door at Thorne's. Now gyms have those alcohol wipes, but DON'T USE THEM, they completely destroy your nails. I carry a little towel and I don't touch my face until I've washed my hands.


I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that sent me names and numbers for dog walkers. Lucky went to the park today with his new friend and came back a happy little guy. I don't feel so guilty about not being able to take him there and play with him.

Which park do you (with a well foot) take your dog to? I have two poodles and Rob has a maltipoo and herding dogs love them because they do all the running and the collie does all the herding and everyone goes home exhausted. I had a bird named Lucky. I love that name for critters, though we're the lucky ones to have them. And yes to what GB said about joining us all.

Miss Robin

[Holliday]

Ug. Those are the people that make me wish I had better insurance so I could slam on my brakes, duck under the dash, and let them ruin their nice little car. And their car insurance rates.

Holliday, who is clearly no (a)


Thank you GB & LK! :)

Sad there as no housewarming tonight--but it was treacherous out even by early this afternoon. And it doesn't help that people drive like complete idiots in the snow. I had this one red car about a foot away from my rear bumper for MILES. I was like, what on earth are you THINKING?!? :@

[miss robin]

Lady C, I hope you're relaxing at home on this ridiculous mid-March post-snowstorm day.

1, S1, what a poem! And what flourish!

Musicfemme, Happy birthday!!! Are you still meeting at Packard's tonight at 10pm?


Speaking of the gym, I almost snapped a trainer with a towel today!:| ...lol another inch Miss R.... :D


LOL. I was keeping my eye on you. I think you should do a different kind of workout with the goal being definition, not bulk. Wanna schmooze about it sometime?



msmoxie, I so relate to your gym woes. Miss R, top-only-while-at-the-gym, has been helpful in arentless sort of way but I am really struggling to get back into it. I've been going regularly and am still in that pained, huffing stage :s although I've gone from thinking "ok, 1 more minute, I can do anything in the world for 1 minute" to thinking "ok, 3 more minutes, I can do anything for 3 minutes" so while I guess that's progress, myohmy, does progress ever happen more slowly with age. Yikes.

You've been doing really well, Mister Bone. I was just telling 1, S1 about your determination. Maybe we can all meet at the Smith gym one day?

I'm off to help the Bone shovel the drive. And then he's making Matzo Brie for us and the 4 teenagers. And we're not coloring it green for St. Pat's day +o(. What are they doing about the Holyoke parade?

Miss Robin

[Holliday]

So I *accidentally* started a thread for Musicfemme's birthday. Ya know, party today, why not actual birthday today?! :$

Now you can take your time getting over to the thread and wishing our very own Musicfemme the best!

Holliday
xox

http://www.butch-femme.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?threadid=28538

[musicfemme]

Ug. Those are the people that make me wish I had better insurance so I could slam on my brakes, duck under the dash, and let them ruin their nice little car. And their car insurance rates.

I was very tempted, believe me!!!!! Grrrrrrrrr. 8o|

Miss Robin: I am still having birthday festivities this evening. We will be at Packard's more like 9 instead of 10, though. I am sure we will still be going strong at 10! LOL! Might we see you & Mr. Bone? <:o)

Holliday.2: Yeah, it's all sorts of confusing at this point. I don't think anyone knows when my actual birthday is anymore. LOLOLOL!

[LK71]

Musicfemme and Holliday, I know what you mean about people sriving like maniacs in the snow. I was driving home from work on Friday afternoon and this guy in an SUV was right behind me driving crazy and then tried to pass me at a high speed, he fish tailed and swerved off the road and landed in a ditch, I do hope is ok but i was thinking is this guy crazy , the snow was coming down heavy, althought the plows were out the road wasnt in great condition. I called 911 to report the accident. I hope is ok despite his craziness. Hope everyone is staying safe and keeping warm, speaking of the gym, I am off to work out myself. Hope eveyones weekend was enjoyabloe. LK

[miss robin]

Miss Robin: I am still having birthday festivities this evening. We will be at Packard's more like 9 instead of 10, though. I am sure we will still be going strong at 10! LOL! Might we see you & Mr. Bone? <:o)
!

Musicfemme, I hope you had a wonderful birthday party! Mister Bone had his son on Sat night and I met up early with some folks to have dinner and drinks and then went home and couldn't get up the oomph to venture out again.

What is everyone up to on Weds night of this week? Shall we have a 'tini night that includes butches? Same place same time (that is, Tunnel Bar at 7:30).

Miss Robin

[Holliday]

Sounds good to me.

Holliday
xox


Musicfemme, I hope you had a wonderful birthday party! Mister Bone had his son on Sat night and I met up early with some folks to have dinner and drinks and then went home and couldn't get up the oomph to venture out again.

What is everyone up to on Weds night of this week? Shall we have a 'tini night that includes butches? Same place same time (that is, Tunnel Bar at 7:30).

Miss Robin

[miss robin]

Sounds good to me.

Holliday
xox


Oh goody! Who else? Mister Bone, you're free at 7:30 on Wed, right?

Come one Come all:


Femme 'tini Night with Butches Allowed
Tunnel Bar
Strong Ave.
Wed., March 21, 7:30pm


Miss Robin

[musicfemme]

LK: I always say what scares me the most about driving in the snow is not handling my own car, but how reckless everyone else is on the road! I hope that guy is ok, too--but really what an idiot! :@

Miss Robin: I had a great birthday party, thank you! Very fun. We had great food and wine and everyone in the restaurant sang me the most rousing rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" I've ever heard. (Maybe because it was St. Patrick's Day and everyone was extra drunk/happy?) Then we played several rounds of drunken Uno in the library at Packard's. Good times.

I am probably in for Wednesday. I'm like 75&#37; sure I will go. LOL! (d)

[msmoxie]

Crazy drivers should all be corralled and punished by being taunted and trapped by their worst terror.

WHOA. Is this what happens when MsMoxie goes decaf? Be nice to me. It's still a new thing. I'm having a boomerang effect-- I'm more geared up than I would normally be bc I am trying to compensate for possible spaciness! (Oh, they love me at work!!)

Glad we all stayed safe despite the conditions--it was awful at the height of the storm, and i was so grateful when i finally got home intact.

Tini night sounds fun...will have to get back to you.

MF--Glad yoour birthday was a good one.<:o)

[miss robin]

Miss Robin: I had a great birthday party, thank you! Very fun. We had great food and wine and everyone in the restaurant sang me the most rousing rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" I've ever heard. (Maybe because it was St. Patrick's Day and everyone was extra drunk/happy?) Then we played several rounds of drunken Uno in the library at Packard's. Good times.

I am probably in for Wednesday. I'm like 75&#37; sure I will go. LOL! (d)

How fun that everyone sang. I was in a big NYC movie theater once and before the trailers started, a guy stood up and said it was his boyfriend's birthday and would we all sing happy birthday. The boyfriend was so embarrassed, but it was wonderful. An entire huge movie theater of people singing to someone they didn't know. Birthdays will do that. I hope you got great presents and had an all around fabulous day!

I'm glad you'll probably be there tomorrow night! And you too MsMoxie.

So far we have:

Miss Robin
Mister Bone
Holliday
Lady C
GB
CK
Musicfemme (y)
MsMoxie (y)

[guitarboi]

Yes crazy drivers should be. Much agreed. However even if someone was driving up my ass, and wiped out, I would see if I could help the person until the medics arrived. Maybe I am the crazy one.

I'm glad you got home safe too MsM :)



Crazy drivers should all be corralled and punished by being taunted and trapped by their worst terror.

WHOA. Is this what happens when MsMoxie goes decaf? Be nice to me. It's still a new thing. I'm having a boomerang effect-- I'm more geared up than I would normally be bc I am trying to compensate for possible spaciness! (Oh, they love me at work!!)

Glad we all stayed safe despite the conditions--it was awful at the height of the storm, and i was so grateful when i finally got home intact.

Tini night sounds fun...will have to get back to you.

MF--Glad yoour birthday was a good one.<:o)

[Holliday]

GB--I hear you. Even if the worst of drivers rear-ended me, I'd still be concerned for them. Not that I could do much to help...
and:
CONGRATULATIONS! on the music nomination! That's fantastic...just adding to your career happiness recently, huh? <:o) <:o) :D

S1--You are officially the resident Noho thread poet. :)

Miss Robin--Thanks for the kind words earlier...I didn't go to the afternoon job, but I did take a nap. I'll see you tomorrow.

Holliday, who could really use a big ol' (d) righta'bout now


Yes crazy drivers should be. Much agreed. However even if someone was driving up my ass, and wiped out, I would see if I could help the person until the medics arrived. Maybe I am the crazy one.

I'm glad you got home safe too MsM :)

[Lady C Sparkle]

i just wanted to pop in to say:

red.
patent.
leather.
4" stacked heel
maryjanes.






***swoon***









i bought them





.............................................................................in two sizes b/c i didn't know which would fit me and they're 50&#37; off on nordstromdotcom and the idea of having one of those tragic life moments where you walk away from the most perfect *thing* ever...and you go back to get it, realizing the folly of your ways only to find out that was the last one in the world, EVER! and its a discontinued model and you can never ever have one......and you think about it for the rest of your life..........like the chocolate brown velvet beret i left in montreal in 1989..............:$........anyway.......that is all.

[Lady C Sparkle]

......Oooo its starting to do that crazy mixed up (o)-warp thing again............

[msmoxie]

OMG. driving home on friday i passed someone in the ditch....really...i passed them. i was stunned that i kept going, but it felt so unsafe to stop, and so unlike me to keep driving...if you could call 3 mph with no visibility whatsoever driving...so as soon as i got to a reasonable place i called the state police to report it.

i'm still stunned that i did not stop.

who is this person masquerading as me?

oh dear, caffeine, i need caffeine.




Yes crazy drivers should be. Much agreed. However even if someone was driving up my ass, and wiped out, I would see if I could help the person until the medics arrived. Maybe I am the crazy one.

I'm glad you got home safe too MsM :)

[msmoxie]

oh, we are disgusting, aren't we?
(k) (l) (k) (l) (k) (l) (k)
thank you, my sweet s1.
i'll be sure to point the knife elsewhere.
i've yet to actually buy the organic italian roast decaf...
but's it's on tomorrow's todo list.

and btw--please syr, may i have some more guinness?
but really--no tobacco and no caffeine??? wtf????
bushmills. neat. NOW.





No worries msmoxie. You are no where near as bad as you imagine you come across. Really. Now, put the knife down...... thaaaats right....... puuuuut it downnnnnn... good.

Now, just relax.... have a seat.....(b) here is some Guinness.....and a wee bit of verse to go with.

Is bre&#225; liom caife
Is bre&#225; liom msmoxie

When she said she was dropping the caffeinated,
To be sure I was really quite fascinated.

But if caffeine was the fiend,
That was causing the scene,
It should rightly and swiftly be terminated.


Still what of our shared morning brew,
Must I forsake the bold high test too?

When I brew up a pot,
if caffeine is there not,
I should think that it just wouldn’t do.


Organic Italian dark roast,
Is the one that I do love the most

The taste rich and fine,
The aroma divine,
I would miss it with my morning toast.


But msmoxie is worth all the time,
It will take to make her brew and mine

When she stays at my place,
I will be sure to grace,
Her cup with a decaf sublime.

Slainte a ghr&#225; mo chro&#237;

1,S1

[Sophisticated1]

WHOA. Is this what happens when MsMoxie goes decaf? Be nice to me. It's still a new thing. I'm having a boomerang effect-- I'm more geared up than I would normally be bc I am trying to compensate for possible spaciness! (Oh, they love me at work!!)



No worries msmoxie. You are no where near as bad as you imagine you come across. Really. Now, put the knife down...... thaaaats right....... puuuuut it downnnnnn... good.

Now, just relax.... have a seat.....(b) here is some Guinness.....and a wee bit of verse to go with.

Is bre&#225; liom caife
Is bre&#225; liom msmoxie

When she said she was dropping the caffeinated,
To be sure I was really quite fascinated.

But if caffeine was the fiend,
That was causing the scene,
It should rightly and swiftly be terminated.


Still what of our shared morning brew,
Must I forsake the bold high test too?

When I brew up a pot,
if caffeine is there not,
I should think that it just wouldn’t do.


Organic Italian dark roast,
Is the one that I do love the most

The taste rich and fine,
The aroma divine,
I would miss it with my morning toast.


But msmoxie is worth all the time,
It will take to make her brew and mine

When she stays at my place,
I will be sure to grace,
Her cup with a decaf sublime.

Slainte a ghr&#225; mo chro&#237;

1,S1

[teddybearbutch]

HI NOHOinites

Just a quick hi to say Ill be in town thurs for a early am drs appt and was wondering if anyone wanted to get together for lunch. I dont get to do much with yall since i live a good hr away and work nites and yall have things going on when Im asleep

shoot me a pm if you want to have a lunch while im there

have a great day
teddy

[Holliday]

Hello everybody!

My lovely friend Jenn (aka Pussy Bojangles) has suggested forming a femme contingency to march in the Noho Pride parade (like Boston's Mad Femme Pride). We are looking to see how many femmes would be interested in participating before registering. I, for one, would march all by myself...but it'd be nicer with company. ;) You know--any excuse to dress up and show off. (a)

Reply here or PM me if this sounds like something you'd like to do. Also, go ahead and spread the word!

Holliday
xox

[miss robin]

Hello everybody!

My lovely friend Jenn (aka Pussy Bojangles) has suggested forming a femme contingency to march in the Noho Pride parade (like Boston's Mad Femme Pride). We are looking to see how many femmes would be interested in participating before registering. I, for one, would march all by myself...but it'd be nicer with company. ;) You know--any excuse to dress up and show off. (a)

Reply here or PM me if this sounds like something you'd like to do. Also, go ahead and spread the word!

Holliday
xox

I think we need a sponsor and a float. Or maybe we can hijack a float and add to its beauty by our presence, like the drag queens do. Or better yet -- why don't we find a butch with an opened-back truck and we can make it look pretty and have banners on the sides! (we can promote the local b/f list -- but Nohofemme and I would have to screen really carefully who wants to sub.)

Teddy, Rob and I are going to be at the Holyoke mall this afternoon -- a place we both dread but sometimes you just have to go there. Have fun while you're in the 'hood.

That was a fun 'tini night. :)

Miss Robin

[Lady C Sparkle]

Good Morning Good Morning

Sorry I missed 'tini night!
I was having a catch-up supper with a friend and it ran over (o)

Have a lovely day all!

Ooooo and Teddy! How long will you be in town?
I have a Doc. appt at half-two, so I'll probably be finished by 3/3.30 ~ I'm guessing you and G have some plans?
I'll check in with him! :)

[msmoxie]

EEK! I forgot all about tini nite and spent the eve nesting on my sofa with the remote and s1...and a slice of the most amazing homemade ganache chocolate cake from glinda the good femme! (thank you honey, if you are reading this!)

Miss R--speaking of cake, I found a nice recipe for a coconut cake with a lemon filling and have copied it for you and beeeeeeee.

Lady C-when do i get to see those shoes in real life? they are amazing in the pic!!

today it is running around day...but i can't seem to get to the running around part, i'm enjoying my sleeping in/late/lazy start and (gasp) decaf too much. yesterday i gathered items together for the big tag sale...today is chapter 2 of the same, if i ever stop drinking decaf and get offline....



Good Morning Good Morning

Sorry I missed 'tini night!
I was having a catch-up supper with a friend and it ran over (o)

Have a lovely day all!

Ooooo and Teddy! How long will you be in town?
I have a Doc. appt at half-two, so I'll probably be finished by 3/3.30 ~ I'm guessing you and G have some plans?
I'll check in with him! :)

[teddybearbutch]

I think we need a sponsor and a float. Or maybe we can hijack a float and add to its beauty by our presence, like the drag queens do. Or better yet -- why don't we find a butch with an opened-back truck and we can make it look pretty and have banners on the sides! (we can promote the local b/f list -- but Nohofemme and I would have to screen really carefully who wants to sub.)

Teddy, Rob and I are going to be at the Holyoke mall this afternoon -- a place we both dread but sometimes you just have to go there. Have fun while you're in the 'hood.

That was a fun 'tini night. :)

Miss Robin




Ms Robin and Rob

I hope that yall had FUN FUN FUN at the mall ;)


Got to have lunch with the Beautiful Ms Holliday thank you for you company Ms Holliday


Lady_C I didnt get to see GB :'( he was still sleeping I cant wait to hear how it went last nite


I hope all the peeps in NOHO have a great day
teddy

[guitarboi]

Ah shit! Bud, did you call me? I kinda recall a Teddy/GB convo but yeah I was fast asleep. I always pick up the phone though when I hear it :) Sorry to miss you pal.


Ms Robin and Rob

I hope that yall had FUN FUN FUN at the mall ;)


Got to have lunch with the Beautiful Ms Holliday thank you for you company Ms Holliday


Lady_C I didnt get to see GB :'( he was still sleeping I cant wait to hear how it went last nite


I hope all the peeps in NOHO have a great day
teddy

[musicfemme]

OMG, sorry I missed 'tini night as well. I'm glad I said I was only 75&#37; sure about coming. Work has been horrendous lately. I suspect I may be fired soon, and one of my co-workers quit this week. I have been really, really drained and driving up to Noho Wednesday night just didn't feel do-able to me.

[teddybearbutch]

Ah shit! Bud, did you call me? I kinda recall a Teddy/GB convo but yeah I was fast asleep. I always pick up the phone though when I hear it :) Sorry to miss you pal.

I asked Bud GB and he said he didnt call u but he does say he misses u and wants to know when ur coming back down this way and he says he so wants to meet Lady_C

Now i called u twice and both times i woke u up im so sorry now are u going to tell us about the thing on wed nite

have a great day everyone
teddy

[guitarboi]

Bud called me. I swear! :)

I'll tell you about Wed off of here. I don't put my work stuff on the site. :)


I asked Bud GB and he said he didnt call u but he does say he misses u and wants to know when ur coming back down this way and he says he so wants to meet Lady_C

Now i called u twice and both times i woke u up im so sorry now are u going to tell us about the thing on wed nite

have a great day everyone
teddy

[teddybearbutch]

Bud called me. I swear! :)

I'll tell you about Wed off of here. I don't put my work stuff on the site. :)

yes i know but my phone hasnt rang :'(

Bud says that he likes you an awful lot but he SWEARS ur just not his type like that(a) (a)

hope yall r having a great day
teddy

[Holliday]

OMG, sorry I missed 'tini night as well. I'm glad I said I was only 75% sure about coming. Work has been horrendous lately. I suspect I may be fired soon, and one of my co-workers quit this week. I have been really, really drained and driving up to Noho Wednesday night just didn't feel do-able to me.

(((((Musicfemme))))))

I have a hard time imagining you being fired... Boo. I'm tellin' you...a tea party would do you good! :) Or maybe it's just that I want to see Vinnie all dolled up. :D

Holliday
xox

[musicfemme]

(((((Musicfemme))))))

I have a hard time imagining you being fired... Boo. I'm tellin' you...a tea party would do you good! :) Or maybe it's just that I want to see Vinnie all dolled up. :D

Holliday
xox

Ack. It really did happen yesterday. I KNEW it. A tea party and Vinnie in a bow WOULD make me feel better. :'(

Honestly, it's for the best. My boss was completely insane and I've been saying I needed to get out for a while.

[guitarboi]

hey now Teddy, I have yet to hear Mr. Bud(@) say anything naughty! ;)

8-|


yes i know but my phone hasnt rang :'(

Bud says that he likes you an awful lot but he SWEARS ur just not his type like that(a) (a)

hope yall r having a great day
teddy

[Lady C Sparkle]

Ack. It really did happen yesterday. I KNEW it. A tea party and Vinnie in a bow WOULD make me feel better. :'(

Honestly, it's for the best. My boss was completely insane and I've been saying I needed to get out for a while.

Awwwwwwwwwww Lovely! I'm sorry! That really sucks.
But it sounds like it is a relief too!

What type of work are you looking for? I'll keep my ears/eyes open for you!

(l)

and if you have a tea-party Vinnie MUST HAVE a tiara! he simply won't be dressed without one.

Holliday & Nohofemme sorry to miss your partay last night, I hope it was grand!

x C.

[teddybearbutch]

hey now Teddy, I have yet to hear Mr. Bud(@) say anything naughty! ;)

8-|

well u know it usually is when he doesnt get his way he is very vocal sometimes i want to put a sock in his mouth but i dont think it will stop him at all

hope u and Lady_C have a great weekend

[Lady C Sparkle]

well u know it usually is when he doesnt get his way he is very vocal sometimes i want to put a sock in his mouth but i dont think it will stop him at all

hope u and Lady_C have a great weekend

You too, Mr T.B.Butch! :D

[msmoxie]

geez. we must all be busy.

[miss robin]

Hi MsM. I'm here! The last few days were a little hectic: Mister Bone put down a new bathroom floor for me and then we both groomed one of the poodles. She looks a little weird. Her legs are too skinny and she has a moustache that rivals Einstein's. I think she's wondering why she had to go first. We saw a GREAT movie -- The Lives of Others at Amherst. What have you been up to?

Holliday and Nohofemme (en b/f absentia), the housewarming party was really lovely. I love your house-decorating touches Miss Holliday. You definitely put the "fem" in feminine. Your room is a perfect blend of girl and queer.

BikerB, I hear you arrived after we left with your little poodle in tow! I missed her :'(.

Miss Robin

[guitarboi]

I'm here. Just cranky because my joints are killing me with this damp cold weather....should be wicked fun playing guitar tonight and at my next gigs.

So sorry to miss the party. again cranky. :(

[Holliday]

My goodness, that's some compliment! <:o)

I would like to post a couple pictures from the party, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to do it. The problem seems to be that I'm not resizing them properly. I can't even get my new userpic to show. Hmm. Is there anyone who can troubleshoot with me?

Holliday
xox


Hi MsM. I'm here! The last few days were a little hectic: Mister Bone put down a new bathroom floor for me and then we both groomed one of the poodles. She looks a little weird. Her legs are too skinny and she has a moustache that rivals Einstein's. I think she's wondering why she had to go first. We saw a GREAT movie -- The Lives of Others at Amherst. What have you been up to?

Holliday and Nohofemme (en b/f absentia), the housewarming party was really lovely. I love your house-decorating touches Miss Holliday. You definitely put the "fem" in feminine. Your room is a perfect blend of girl and queer.

BikerB, I hear you arrived after we left with your little poodle in tow! I missed her :'(.

Miss Robin

[Sophisticated1]

Buzy, cranky, tired and feeling a wee bit under the weather and definitely under the gun work wise... but here.

1,S1

[guitarboi]

Send photos to my domain name email or my yahoo one and i'll resize them and send them back to you Holliday. As for the user pic...send that too. it has to be wee.



My goodness, that's some compliment! <:o)

I would like to post a couple pictures from the party, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to do it. The problem seems to be that I'm not resizing them properly. I can't even get my new userpic to show. Hmm. Is there anyone who can troubleshoot with me?

Holliday
xox

[msmoxie]

:| wheee! we're all cranky except holliday, and miss r. even the poodles are cranky.

mr bone and miss r put in a floor yay! s1 and i are planning on doing my floor this spring--and holy moley, a friend just offerred to GIVE (yes, GIVE) me her extra ceramic tile from her kitchen remodelling project....and it might be enough! i am doing quite the happy dance about that--and it is squashing my own crankiness and sadness every time i think of it....which is a very good thing because i have been quite
:'( :'( :'( :| :@ :$ :'( :'( :'( :| :| :@ :$ :'( :'( :'( lately...too many things happening at the same time. a friend just passed away, and family members are ill and friends are struggling, too and ICK ICK ICK ICK. ENOUGH ALREADY.

life is big. **SIGH** but the badness, when big, restores in us a sense of what REALLY matters, so it is about balance...

but i do enjoy the coping mechanisms of the gym when i go....and am pleased to say i am no longer a yoga virgin. i may not be skilled, but i did it. (eagle pose!?!) and red wine and a nice pint of ben and jerry's. (thank god my chol is divine! it makes the guilty pleasure of ice cream not quite so guilty...but hell, i was raised catholic, i'll find something to feel guilty about soon enough.)

[Lady C Sparkle]

wheee! we're all cranky except holliday, and miss r. even the poodles are cranky.

mr bone and miss r put in a floor yay! s1 and i are planning on doing my floor this spring--and holy moley, a friend just offerred to GIVE (yes, GIVE) me her extra ceramic tile from her kitchen remodelling project....and it might be enough! i am doing quite the happy dance about that--and it is squashing my own crankiness and sadness every time i think of it....which is a very good thing because i have been quite
:'( :'( :| :@ :$ :'( :'( :@ :$ :'( :'( lately...too many things happening at the same time. a friend just passed away, and family members are ill and friends are struggling, too and ICK ICK ICK ICK. ENOUGH ALREADY.

life is big. **SIGH** but the badness, when big, restores in us a sense of what REALLY matters, so it is about balance...

but i do enjoy the coping mechanisms of the gym when i go....and am pleased to say i am no longer a yoga virgin. i may not be skilled, but i did it. (eagle pose!?!) and red wine and a nice pint of ben and jerry's. (thank god my chol is divine! it makes the guilty pleasure of ice cream not quite so guilty...but hell, i was raised catholic, i'll find something to feel guilty about soon enough.)

****MWAH**** foxxiemsmoxxie

Thursday a.m. aqua class?
Can't do tomorrow as I have a crazy busy work day

I'm sorry a friend of yours has passed! Sending you much love!!!! (l)(l)(l)
Do you need supplies? <aka sesame chicken, soft soft tissues and some bubbly>


the good thing to happen to me today:

* i received a fabulous LETTER (like in an envelope with a bunch of stamps) & wee-prezzie from my mate in Brisbane (l)(l)(l) an unexpected & lovely suprise!

strangest kitty behaviour today:

Poo-Tossing

!!!
I mean REALLY!
why? (@)+ (@)why?


(2x) tonight I have come to find a single piece of litter-encrusted (YUM!) poo that has clearly been launched out of the box and landed across the room.

And please note: the litter gets sifted and changed once a day.

What is this crazy cat behaviour????????? why? has anyone experienced this?
they are soooooooooooo naughty.

[Holliday]

Wow...it is a bad time for folks. (((((((MsMoxie))))))))) I'm sorry about all the sadness. I was very upset last week, too, because my cat had to be put to sleep. Just ask Miss Robin & STB--they had to listen to my sob story while trapped in Home Depot! :$

And poop-tossing! The Nasty Boys... That's a new one in my book, Lady C. Do they share one litterbox? It might be territorial if they are picky about sharing.

Thanks for the offer, GB! I'll email them to you tomorrow and you can work your magic. :) Eventually I'd like to learn how to do it myself, too.

Holliday
xox


:| wheee! we're all cranky except holliday, and miss r. even the poodles are cranky.

mr bone and miss r put in a floor yay! s1 and i are planning on doing my floor this spring--and holy moley, a friend just offerred to GIVE (yes, GIVE) me her extra ceramic tile from her kitchen remodelling project....and it might be enough! i am doing quite the happy dance about that--and it is squashing my own crankiness and sadness every time i think of it....which is a very good thing because i have been quite
:'( :'( :'( :| :@ :$ :'( :'( :'( :| :| :@ :$ :'( :'( :'( lately...too many things happening at the same time. a friend just passed away, and family members are ill and friends are struggling, too and ICK ICK ICK ICK. ENOUGH ALREADY.

life is big. **SIGH** but the badness, when big, restores in us a sense of what REALLY matters, so it is about balance...

but i do enjoy the coping mechanisms of the gym when i go....and am pleased to say i am no longer a yoga virgin. i may not be skilled, but i did it. (eagle pose!?!) and red wine and a nice pint of ben and jerry's. (thank god my chol is divine! it makes the guilty pleasure of ice cream not quite so guilty...but hell, i was raised catholic, i'll find something to feel guilty about soon enough.)

[guitarboi]

Well my lovely Lady C...we both know which of the (@) (@) tossed the poo....
Monsieur Louis ratted on his (@) counterpart when he pawed him in the face then looked at you and did his silent meow!

Holliday may have a point about the sharing the litter box.... but I dunno...seems odd because the toss of the poo is a new thing and they have been sharing everything since the beginning.

Ms Mox I am so sorry to hear of your friend's passing (l) and (f) for you.

Holliday, I'll be happy to show you how to resize pics to make them web friendly etc in the near future. Also I am sorry to hear of you cat :(

nite
GB

[msmoxie]

thanks to all for the kind words and the (k) (l) (f) s.

lady c--thanks especially for making me giggle. i have seen poo tossing, but i never did understand they why of it. i can't do the thursday class, but i am actually preparing to go to one RIGHT NOW for 8. thanks for the supply offer...will let you know.

holliday--so sorry to hear about your cat. these are for you. (k) (f).(l)

[guitarboi]

I can't stop thinking about the penguin now. :| Must hit lotto. need to see the wee blue ones!


****MWAH**** foxxiemsmoxxie

Thursday a.m. aqua class?
Can't do tomorrow as I have a crazy busy work day

I'm sorry a friend of yours has passed! Sending you much love!!!! (l)(l)(l)
Do you need supplies? <aka sesame chicken, soft soft tissues and some bubbly>


the good thing to happen to me today:

* i received a fabulous LETTER (like in an envelope with a bunch of stamps) & wee-prezzie from my mate in Brisbane (l)(l)(l) an unexpected & lovely suprise!

strangest kitty behaviour today:

Poo-Tossing

!!!
I mean REALLY!
why? (@)+ (@)why?


(2x) tonight I have come to find a single piece of litter-encrusted (YUM!) poo that has clearly been launched out of the box and landed across the room.

And please note: the litter gets sifted and changed once a day.

What is this crazy cat behaviour????????? why? has anyone experienced this?
they are soooooooooooo naughty.

[guitarboi]

If you need anything Ms Mox, just (t) :)


thanks to all for the kind words and the (k) (l) (f) s.

lady c--thanks especially for making me giggle. i have seen poo tossing, but i never did understand they why of it. i can't do the thursday class, but i am actually preparing to go to one RIGHT NOW for 8. thanks for the supply offer...will let you know.

holliday--so sorry to hear about your cat. these are for you. (k) (f).(l)

[MsCK]

Hello to all.

I am/have been a little out of touch recently. I accepted the position of Sous Chef at the Jewish Retreat Center, Isabella Freedman in Connecticut. It is so, so, beautiful there. It is a perfect place for me to work on my stuff. Music, writing, health and culinary pursuits. I am learning how to survive in a Kosher kitchen. Very exciting.

Holliday & Noho: Heard your party was lovely. Sorry about the kitty.

GB: Great to hang with you today. Can't wait until Friday... Lindsey Buckingham

Biker: So sorry, things have been super crazy with job drama this month, forgot to call. But if you would like to go to the concert on Friday, show up at 6:30pm with a white shirt and black pants, kind of casual/dressy. You can work the show with GB and I. I will be arriving probably right on time, as I am traveling from CT.

Lady C: Always lovely to talk with you.

Ms R & Stone: Great pics from Tini night!

Mox: Sorry to hear about your friend.

To All: Hope your week goes well.

Talk to you all soon...(l) (k)

Ck

[miss robin]

mr bone and miss r put in a floor yay!
...
a friend just passed away, and family members are ill and friends are struggling, too and ICK ICK ICK ICK. ENOUGH ALREADY.

but i do enjoy the coping mechanisms of the gym when i go....and am pleased to say i am no longer a yoga virgin. i may not be skilled, but i did it.

MsMoxie, credit where credit is due -- Mister Bone put the floor in. I just had the meltdown about going to Home Depot where yes, I received an even worse meltdown call -- but justifiably so -- from poor Holliday about her kitty. That was really sad. At the time of the call I was in the sander aisle asking an impatient guy (our H.D. butch's shift ended) if I could use a "cordless Dremel" on my poodles' toenails. I was irritated that he was not impressed that I knew what a "cordless Dremel" was! (from my e-list: Poodle Support Group.) And then Holliday called and when I turned to Rob and said with a gasp, "_____'s cat died!," you could see the guy's jaw clenching. We needed our butch. She would have understood.

I'm so sorry to hear about a friend dying, MsMoxie, and family members ill. Please call me anytime you want to get out of the house or work and come over or have a coffee.

That's great about yoga! I've been swearing I'll get into it soon. Where did you take it?

take care~
Miss Robin

[msmoxie]

hmmm, we might need to find this hd butch when the time comes to do MY floor! i am impressed that you know what a cordless dremel is. (WTF is it?? I am sooo handy that i am of the mind that a stud finder is a femme personal ad for f seeking b. although, i do have some power tools, and find it thrilling that i know how to use them!)

yoga is at the Y. having been a virgin until oh so recently, i can't speak to the skill or technique of the class/instructor, but i do know i really liked it. ain't that what it's all about??

i took today off from work! WHEEE!!!! hookey--i turned an important mid-day doctor appt into a whole entire sick day! whoo hoo. (holy shit. maybe i am really ill, cuz i don't feel sick with guilt) and am about to go play now. hope everyone else is well.

CK--congrats on the new situation--hope it brings you what you want and need! and thanks for the kind words about my friend.

my friend died a good death, from what i understand, surrounded by everyone and everything she cherished. i guess that's what we all can hope for. namaste.


MsMoxie, credit where credit is due -- Mister Bone put the floor in. I just had the meltdown about going to Home Depot where yes, I received an even worse meltdown call -- but justifiably so -- from poor Holliday about her kitty. That was really sad. At the time of the call I was in the sander aisle asking an impatient guy (our H.D. butch's shift ended) if I could use a "cordless Dremel" on my poodles' toenails. I was irritated that he was not impressed that I knew what a "cordless Dremel" was! (from my e-list: Poodle Support Group.) And then Holliday called and when I turned to Rob and said with a gasp, "_____'s cat died!," you could see the guy's jaw clenching. We needed our butch. She would have understood.

I'm so sorry to hear about a friend dying, MsMoxie, and family members ill. Please call me anytime you want to get out of the house or work and come over or have a coffee.

That's great about yoga! I've been swearing I'll get into it soon. Where did you take it?

take care~
Miss Robin

[miss robin]

hmmm, we might need to find this hd butch when the time comes to do MY floor! i am impressed that you know what a cordless dremel is. (WTF is it?? I am sooo handy that i am of the mind that a stud finder is a femme personal ad for f seeking b. although, i do have some power tools, and find it thrilling that i know how to use them!)

Happy NoWork Day, MsMoxie! Yes, liking the yoga is what it's all about. :)

About the ... (clearing my throat) ... "Cordless Dremel." I know power tools for poodle usage. Can I impress you with my Andis Single-Speed Clipper with a #10 blade?

Oh, a stud finger (I'm gonna leave that typo)... stud FINDER, we must have a good one in Noho since we have our very own studs. ;)

I would like to make up my own power tools. Like something that could take the nail polish mistakes off my cuticles and fingers without wrecking my nails. Or get under the stove and find the thing the dog keeps whining for. (the list is endless).

MsCK, congratulations about the job!!! We'll miss you but what a great opportunity! (Can we all visit?)

What gig are you and GB and BikerB working???

Miss Robin

[nvcap1]

Hello LK

It was noce to see you last night. I hope to catch your first game. Is there a place on-line that I can get a schedule?

N

[Sophisticated1]

Mr. Bone, (happy first day by the way! How did it go?) ....what kind of floor did you install? I am thinking about redoing the floor in my 2nd bathroom as well as the foxymsmoxies kitchen.

1,S1

[Sophisticated1]

Hey, Holliday, I am so sorry to hear about your cat friend. I am a big animal lover and my little cat buddy is like my best pal in the whole world. Hard to lose friend. (f) (f) (f) (f) (f) (f)

1,S1

[Sophisticated1]

Gee it is quiet in here..... think I just saw a tumble weed blow by....

[miss robin]

Gee it is quiet in here..... think I just saw a tumble weed blow by....

Hi, 1, S1. I'm here.
They're heerrrrre.... remember that from Poltergeist? Tumbleweeds make me think of the scariest Twilight Zone I ever saw. But I was about 6 so my scary-o-meter was pretty low.

Tomorrow night Rob and I are meeting The C*nt (can't write it) and her butch Gwen at Divas for the O.L.D. It's a fundraiser for Pride so 1, Dapper 1 will be there maning the Pride booth. (do I really have to write "womaning"? or worse, "wominnning" .. how about "wombening" :|) And Dr. Beeeee will be there as well (I'm guessing since she'll be in town but maybe not 'til Sat.)

Please come on out everyone. Afterward at Divas is a "Hot Body" contest.
:P <--just kidding. But some of us might don gas masks and throw-away clothing and enter the smoke-filled den of the WWII club.

Miss Robin

[Damned Queen]

Tomorrow night Rob and I are meeting The C*nt (can't write it) and her butch Gwen at Divas for the O.L.D. It's a fundraiser for Pride so 1, Dapper 1 will be there maning the Pride booth. (do I really have to write "womaning"? or worse, "wominnning" .. how about "wombening" ) And Dr. Beeeee will be there as well (I'm guessing since she'll be in town but maybe not 'til Sat.)~ Miss Robin

:)Im confused ;) jk Miss Robin(f)

&

Gee it is quiet in here..... think I just saw a tumble weed blow by....~Sophisticated1


too funny:)

DQ with not much else 2 say:)

[Sophisticated1]

Hi, 1, S1. I'm here.
They're heerrrrre.... remember that from Poltergeist? Tumbleweeds make me think of the scariest Twilight Zone I ever saw. But I was about 6 so my scary-o-meter was pretty low.

Tomorrow night Rob and I are meeting The C*nt (can't write it) and her butch Gwen at Divas for the O.L.D. It's a fundraiser for Pride so 1, Dapper 1 will be there maning the Pride booth. (do I really have to write "womaning"? or worse, "wominnning" .. how about "wombening" :|) And Dr. Beeeee will be there as well (I'm guessing since she'll be in town but maybe not 'til Sat.)

Please come on out everyone. Afterward at Divas is a "Hot Body" contest.
:P <--just kidding. But some of us might don gas masks and throw-away clothing and enter the smoke-filled den of the WWII club.

Miss Robin



LOL Scary-o-meter... that is funny, I like it. The Twilight Zone used to scare the heck out of me when I was a little butch. So I used to go to my room, put on a tie, my dads aftershave, and go watch it with Alice, the pretty lady who lived next door ;) ... Ok ok she used to babysit for me too.... but in my little butch mind...it wasn't like that at all!! lol

I dont think I can write the C word either.... :|

Divas? ... I think D1 will be "staffing" the table.. ya, there we go.

Not sure what the foxymsmoxie and I are up to tomorrow. May have dinner plans if our host has recovered from her illness. And the hard working girl doesnt get out until 8 anyway.

We shall see....

1,S1

[msmoxie]

the foxymsmoxie might not be UP for anything at all tomorrow night, she says as she types furiously in both mood and speed....as she must go fast to bed right NOW to wake at 0300am to return to work until 8pm, because she might be in a heap on the floor zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. :@
sipping hot milk and trying hard to not be so so sooo cranky about it, because it will only make it harder to fall asleep.....:|

it's karma. i took a sick day yesterday, so someone else took one tonight. Ok, maybe it's not karma, bc my sick day was arranged a week ago and my shift covered, so noone got an unpleasant surprise like i did tonight. :'(

must go zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz now.

dear 1s1, please tell our host I might be a party pooper, and will rsvp tomorrow.
(you should still go! one musn't miss a dinner at glinda's!)

miss r--i trust you will tell us all baout the hot body contest later. that's a request. ;)





LOL Scary-o-meter... that is funny, I like it. The Twilight Zone used to scare the heck out of me when I was a little butch. So I used to go to my room, put on a tie, my dads aftershave, and go watch it with Alice, the pretty lady who lived next door ;) ... Ok ok she used to babysit for me too.... but in my little butch mind...it wasn't like that at all!! lol

I dont think I can write the C word either.... :|

Divas? ... I think D1 will be "staffing" the table.. ya, there we go.

Not sure what the foxymsmoxie and I are up to tomorrow. May have dinner plans if our host has recovered from her illness. And the hard working girl doesnt get out until 8 anyway.

We shall see....

1,S1

[CSI_Femme4Butch]

I think we need a sponsor and a float. Or maybe we can hijack a float and add to its beauty by our presence, like the drag queens do. Or better yet -- why don't we find a butch with an opened-back truck and we can make it look pretty and have banners on the sides! (we can promote the local b/f list -- but Nohofemme and I would have to screen really carefully who wants to sub.)

Teddy, Rob and I are going to be at the Holyoke mall this afternoon -- a place we both dread but sometimes you just have to go there. Have fun while you're in the 'hood.

That was a fun 'tini night. :)

Miss Robin


(c) (c) Good morning, and Happy TGIF!

I just stumbled across this thread, and I have to say, it's made for some really amusing reading....LMAO!

I highly suggest the "open back truck" idea, you never know what kind of trouble you can get into afterwards...LOL...Or maybe that's just me (6)

A great day and happy, safe weekend to all!

*Hugs!*

Chris

[Stone_to_bone]

Hi all.

I've been severely out of the loop due to, well, nothing very exciting--work and such.

msmox, I'm sorry to hear about your friend. And I hope the yoga is a good thing.

S1, thanks for asking me-the job is going well. Very busy and demanding. Any local folks should feel free to drop by Lia Toyota on King St and visit me.

The floor was just vinyl tiles (but nice ones) but unfortunately the adhesive wouldn't take bc the subflooring was sketchy so I had to use the dreaded tile glue, which is still all over my feet ;) Professional tile-man, I am not. But it looks ok.

Ok, off to work but hi to my Nohoite friends and I hope to see lots of you tonight at Divas.

STB

[Sophisticated1]

STB
Glad to hear things are going well. I will have to stop in and say hello. :D

I think I am doing the stick on type tiles in my bathoom. I had no idea, until I saw them the other day that they have improved so much over what they used to look like. They are a lot harder and one is also hard pressed to know they are not the real deal.

The Foxymsmoxie
You hard working girl!! It is nice to have one's own personal hero.(f)

Miss R
I havent been to the gym all week:| My work out partner is off interviewing hither and yon and my work load these next two weeks is eating up all of my time. Grrrrr.

Lady C Sparkle
Much Ado About Shoes.....I heard an interesting tale about a pair, no two, of red shoes. Shoes? thought I (being a butch with an admitted shoe fetish) what kind, what color, from where.... As the fox conveyed the tale I thought, surely there must be a fitting quotation for such an occasion. Having been remiss of late, I offer this for your entertainment:

All this I see; and I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man. But art not thou thyself giddy with the fashion too, that thou hast shifted out of thy tale into telling me of the fashion?

CSI
Hello and welcome. Glad we could amuse you.

Back to the grindstone....

1,S1

[msmoxie]

happy monday everyone...at least i hope it's happy for everyone!

miss r and anyone else who celebrates: happy passover!

mr bone--i waved at lia this weekend as i drove by.

lady c--how are those shoes treating you? went to macy's this weekend and could not find a pair to compare...

xx to all from mox, getting ready to :[ to (ip) with (l) to visit the fam! (*gush!*)

[Lady C Sparkle]

happy monday everyone...at least i hope it's happy for everyone!

miss r and anyone else who celebrates: happy passover!

mr bone--i waved at lia this weekend as i drove by.

lady c--how are those shoes treating you? went to macy's this weekend and could not find a pair to compare...

xx to all from mox, getting ready to :[ to (ip) with (l) to visit the fam! (*gush!*)

Morning Darling

I've not actually worn them *out* yet.
I need the proper occasion!

I'll give you a ring, do you leave today? I thought it was tomorrow....

Happy (ap) & Happy Visiting and much much much (l)(l)(l) Sweetie!
(@) & I will be eating (^) and sippin' (d) and (t)making long-distance prank calls whilst you're away.......

[Sophisticated1]

....

Happy (ap) & Happy Visiting and much much much (l)(l)(l) Sweetie!
(@) & I will be eating (^) and sippin' (d) and (t)making long-distance prank calls whilst you're away.......


LOL Oh I can see it now ...

(@) (t) Hello? SPCA yes I would like to report a case of neglect.....I wanted wet food she gave me dry!

(@) (t) Hello? SPCA.... Do you have spot remover? Well could you come and get the neighbors dog.

:D (t) Hello Sams Army Navy? Yes that's 6 flannel shirts, 2 pair of overalls and 1 pair of steel toed boots.... Yes, the name is msmoxie M-O-X-I-E. Can you rush that order please?

Have fun with (@) Lady C.S. <:o) (we are laeving bright and early wednesday morning by the way) Perhaps we could all have a (b) (d) when we get back.

1, S1

[msmoxie]

perhaps the cake and the tini's are why miss rosie loves it when you care for her!
no worries--we didnt leave today. i'll call you with details. and THANKS again! (k)

make the prank calls good ones you know my motto--if you're gonna be bad, make it count.(a)
so uh, whose phone are ya gonna use? mine's conveniently disconnected. :P

we'll find an occasion for the shoes, no fretting there.
MUAH!


Morning Darling

I've not actually worn them *out* yet.
I need the proper occasion!

I'll give you a ring, do you leave today? I thought it was tomorrow....

Happy (ap) & Happy Visiting and much much much (l)(l)(l) Sweetie!
(@) & I will be eating (^) and sippin' (d) and (t)making long-distance prank calls whilst you're away.......

[msmoxie]

you. are. hilarious. :|

(actually, you ARE! bravo!)

and, i'll keep the 'ralls and the boots....but what would you have me do with all that flannel?? i'll be sure to sign you up for loops of espn on every channel.






LOL Oh I can see it now ...

(@) (t) Hello? SPCA yes I would like to report a case of neglect.....I wanted wet food she gave me dry!

(@) (t) Hello? SPCA.... Do you have spot remover? Well could you come and get the neighbors dog.

:D (t) Hello Sams Army Navy? Yes that's 6 flannel shirts, 2 pair of overalls and 1 pair of steel toed boots.... Yes, the name is msmoxie M-O-X-I-E. Can you rush that order please?

Have fun with (@) Lady C.S. <:o) (we are laeving bright and early wednesday morning by the way) Perhaps we could all have a (b) (d) when we get back.

1, S1

[Sophisticated1]

you. are. hilarious. :|

(actually, you ARE! bravo!)

and, i'll keep the 'ralls and the boots....but what would you have me do with all that flannel?? i'll be sure to sign you up for loops of espn on every channel.

:| ......:| .........:| :| E....E S.....ESPN?.... Oh...no....NO please, I...I, ... I couldnt stand it... there....there arent enough drugs at the pharmacy to get me to a place where ESPN could be on my tv and not have me tearing my hair out.... even if it was on mute!..... Ok Ok .... UNCLE ..... I'll make dinner..... give you a massage...... flowers candy..... hot sex.... anything....In the name of humanity just NO ESPN!!

1,S1 (drama butch)

[Lady C Sparkle]

:o :o :o



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:D <(@)>

[msmoxie]

ok fine. no espn. i'll do sports talk radio then. piped in 24/7.
i'll still take the dinner, flowers, hot sex, and the massage. and while it sound delish, how bout a pedicure instead of the candy? and i could definitely do without the uncle.
;)



:| ......:| .........:| :| E....E S.....ESPN?.... Oh...no....NO please, I...I, ... I couldnt stand it... there....there arent enough drugs at the pharmacy to get me to a place where ESPN could be on my tv and not have me tearing my hair out.... even if it was on mute!..... Ok Ok .... UNCLE ..... I'll make dinner..... give you a massage...... flowers candy..... hot sex.... anything....In the name of humanity just NO ESPN!!

1,S1 (drama butch)

[miss robin]

Good gloomy morning, everyone.

This is depressing but I have no one to have a Passover seder with! The Jews have skipped town. It's just me and Theo and Mister Bone. That's what I get for fetishizing Catholics. I'll still be eating my box of matzo on Easter.

Hi Damned Queen and Chris/CSI Femme. You both have to come up and over to Noho for some local festivities! Will you both be around for Pride on May 5th? We're going to have a femme float courtesy of Mister Bone who sells cars at Lia Toyota

(intro music (8) (8) run ad (~) : If you need any kind of car, Toyota or not, call the handsome studly butch at Lia Toyota, 413-584-5922, ex129 or ask for Rob C. (8) (8) Or if you want to buy or refinance a home, Rob works for a mortgage broker and can get you a helluva deal and not rip you off with broker fees. end (8) (8)
cut (~) )

Miss Robin

[ladywthgreeneyes]

We went to test drive cars at Lia on Sunday but an older man grabbed us.

[ladywthgreeneyes]

After I wrote that I realized how it sounded. lol The guy didn't (grab) us. And he was a very nice man.

[Sophisticated1]

After I wrote that I realized how it sounded. lol The guy didn't (grab) us. And he was a very nice man.


LOL I was going to say that Lia Toyota must have some very interesting sales techniques! STB did not mention anything about grabbing..... huh.....8-)

1,S1

[Ravenouss]

Hello all,

We are back from Brazil... I have this weekend home and then I have to go to Charlotte, NC.
I am not sure we will be able to squeeze the New York trip in April, but we will do our best.
Happy rains to you all, I love that the bulbs are poking out of the ground...

[msmoxie]

great plug, miss.
hmm...advertising is in your future?
happy passover, sorry no seder for you.



Good gloomy morning, everyone.

This is depressing but I have no one to have a Passover seder with! The Jews have skipped town. It's just me and Theo and Mister Bone. That's what I get for fetishizing Catholics. I'll still be eating my box of matzo on Easter.

Hi Damned Queen and Chris/CSI Femme. You both have to come up and over to Noho for some local festivities! Will you both be around for Pride on May 5th? We're going to have a femme float courtesy of Mister Bone who sells cars at Lia Toyota

(intro music (8) (8) run ad (~) : If you need any kind of car, Toyota or not, call the handsome studly butch at Lia Toyota, 413-584-5922, ex129 or ask for Rob C. (8) (8) Or if you want to buy or refinance a home, Rob works for a mortgage broker and can get you a helluva deal and not rip you off with broker fees. end (8) (8)
cut (~) )

Miss Robin

[guitarboi]

This Jew is around. I'm not a big fan of matzos though. I just do without.:)


Good gloomy morning, everyone.

This is depressing but I have no one to have a Passover seder with! The Jews have skipped town. It's just me and Theo and Mister Bone. That's what I get for fetishizing Catholics. I'll still be eating my box of matzo on Easter.

Hi Damned Queen and Chris/CSI Femme. You both have to come up and over to Noho for some local festivities! Will you both be around for Pride on May 5th? We're going to have a femme float courtesy of Mister Bone who sells cars at Lia Toyota

(intro music (8) (8) run ad (~) : If you need any kind of car, Toyota or not, call the handsome studly butch at Lia Toyota, 413-584-5922, ex129 or ask for Rob C. (8) (8) Or if you want to buy or refinance a home, Rob works for a mortgage broker and can get you a helluva deal and not rip you off with broker fees. end (8) (8)
cut (~) )

Miss Robin

[Stone_to_bone]

Good gloomy morning, everyone.
intro music (8) (8) run ad (~) : If you need any kind of car, Toyota or not, call the handsome studly butch at Lia Toyota, 413-584-5922, ex129 or ask for Rob C. (8) (8) Or if you want to buy or refinance a home, Rob works for a mortgage broker and can get you a helluva deal and not rip you off with broker fees. end (8) (8) Miss Robin[/COLOR][/B]

Who's a good?

[miss robin]

Who's a good?

Ha! I can't believe you're revealing my strange poodle-speak. Who's a bad?

Miss Robin
curtsey to MxMoxie

p.s. Hi Rav! Welcome back! GB, you didn't do Pesach at all?!?


LOL I was going to say that Lia Toyota must have some very interesting sales techniques! STB did not mention anything about grabbing..... huh.....8-)

1,S1

Laugh. Just the way you say things, 1, S1...

The bone and I are off to Chez Albert in Amherst. Anyone try it? It's French and loud. I love that.

[musicfemme]

After I wrote that I realized how it sounded. lol The guy didn't (grab) us. And he was a very nice man.

LMFAO!!!!!!!

I always get grabbed by older men when I go car shopping. :|

Hey, if anyone is interested in coming to a sex toy party Friday night--lemme know. Apparently my roomie is throwing something together kind of last minute, but it should be a good time. Lots of queers, beers, and sex toy thingies that don't rhyme. :s

[guitarboi]

No, no seder.
Chag Sameach Pesach though to you and your family.


Ha! I can't believe you're revealing my strange poodle-speak. Who's a bad?

Miss Robin
curtsey to MxMoxie

p.s. Hi Rav! Welcome back! GB, you didn't do Pesach at all?!?



Laugh. Just the way you say things, 1, S1...

The bone and I are off to Chez Albert in Amherst. Anyone try it? It's French and loud. I love that.

[Damned Queen]

Good gloomy morning, everyone.

This is depressing but I have no one to have a Passover seder with! The Jews have skipped town. It's just me and Theo and Mister Bone. That's what I get for fetishizing Catholics. I'll still be eating my box of matzo on Easter.

Hi Damned Queen and Chris/CSI Femme. You both have to come up and over to Noho for some local festivities! Will you both be around for Pride on May 5th? We're going to have a femme float courtesy of Mister Bone who sells cars at Lia Toyota

(intro music (8) (8) run ad (~) : If you need any kind of car, Toyota or not, call the handsome studly butch at Lia Toyota, 413-584-5922, ex129 or ask for Rob C. (8) (8) Or if you want to buy or refinance a home, Rob works for a mortgage broker and can get you a helluva deal and not rip you off with broker fees. end (8) (8)
cut (~) )

Miss Robin

Hello Miss Robin sweet...

Thank you for your post...sorry you are lonley for matzo day or whatever..gigglin, me bein the staunch Catholic girl ya know;)* Only time I would practice that nowadays is if DK would be the unforgiving priest in the confessional box..Oh Lordy, don't let my mind wander to that scenario..haha:)*
Yes, and thank you for your business referrals there. Good to know, cept doubt if we'll be buyin anything real soon lol.
Uh, yeah the femme float, sounds so much fun, and I would love to be there in May...
I'm off to Denver next week to visit my son for a week and there's lots of 'commitments' goin on here to take care of at the moment, but we shall see, we shall see. It's day to day here, Miss Robin:)*
DK's got a s**t-hot truck, burgundy Dodge Ram, with the Hemi and the roll bar with grill, lights, blah blah..I know we would all look so hot ridin around in that thing! But He goes to look after His aged Auntie some weekends, and don't know if that May 5th is one of them, and it can happen on short notice, but we shall see. Would be great to get out of here for a while.
<~~~whinin...needs to be havin sum fun!
Well, Happy Happy Holiday to all and hope to be seein you sumtime.

Regards
the Damned Ones in Fitch:)*:[ (6)

[miss robin]

(*) Last night we got a call from Sam Rush, the director for New Century Theater (Noho's professional theater company), to say that Theo got the role of the "first love" in a play for the upcoming 2007 summer season! It's his first paying equity role.

The performances all take place at Smith in Theater 14.

Miss Robin


Kimberly Akimbo July 19-28


By David Lindsay-Abaire


Directed by Ed Golden Set in the wilds of suburban New Jersey, KIMBERLY AKIMBO is a hilarious and unique comedy, cut from the same cloth as the Academy Award winning film "Little Miss Sunshine". Sixteen year-old Kimberly has progeria, a rare condition causing her body to age more rapidly than it should. When Kimberly and her family flee Secaucus under dubious circumstances, she is forced to reevaluate her short life while contending with a hypochondriac mother, a rarely sober father, a scam-artist aunt, and the possibility of first love. The New York Times called this off-Broadway hit "The comedy of the Year. A haunting and hilarious new play. KIMBERLY AKIMBO is at once a shrewd satire, a black comedy, and a heartbreaking study of how time wounds everyone." The Los Angeles Times dubbed the play "A breezy, foulmouthed, fleet-footed, warmhearted comedy. There have been many dark comedies about dysfunctional families, but this is one of the funniest."



The Web address for New Century is: http://www.newcenturytheatre.org/index.html

[guitarboi]

Go Theo!!!!!!! yay! So now he needs a SAG card ;) :)



(*) Last night we got a call from Sam Rush, the director for New Century Theater (Noho's professional theater company), to say that Theo got the role of the "first love" in a play for the upcoming 2007 summer season! It's his first paying equity role.

The performances all take place at Smith in Theater 14.

Miss Robin


Kimberly Akimbo July 19-28


By David Lindsay-Abaire


Directed by Ed Golden Set in the wilds of suburban New Jersey, KIMBERLY AKIMBO is a hilarious and unique comedy, cut from the same cloth as the Academy Award winning film "Little Miss Sunshine". Sixteen year-old Kimberly has progeria, a rare condition causing her body to age more rapidly than it should. When Kimberly and her family flee Secaucus under dubious circumstances, she is forced to reevaluate her short life while contending with a hypochondriac mother, a rarely sober father, a scam-artist aunt, and the possibility of first love. The New York Times called this off-Broadway hit "The comedy of the Year. A haunting and hilarious new play. KIMBERLY AKIMBO is at once a shrewd satire, a black comedy, and a heartbreaking study of how time wounds everyone." The Los Angeles Times dubbed the play "A breezy, foulmouthed, fleet-footed, warmhearted comedy. There have been many dark comedies about dysfunctional families, but this is one of the funniest."



The Web address for New Century is: http://www.newcenturytheatre.org/index.html

[miss robin]

Go Theo!!!!!!! yay! So now he needs a SAG card ;) :)

Thanks GB. I don't even know what "equity" means but I've asked so I'll learn soon. See you tonight!

Musicfemme, how did the sex toys party go? I went to one once and left. I felt shy.:$

DQ, I hope you and DK come for Pride! Bring the aged Auntie. The more the merrier. ;)

Miss Robin

[msmoxie]

hello all.
back from (ip) and catching up and checking in!
-happy passover to GB and Miss R! Sorry for the lack of seder and matzo gnoshing.
-miss robin who speaks in strange poodle-speak gets shy from time to time?
who woulda thunk it? (not me!) but i would have been leaving the party, too, even if among only my very best of friends. actually, i wouldn't leave, i simply would not attend a sex toy party!
-music femme--hope the party was a success.
-miss r--i gotta say, with that particular L-word description of Chez Albert, I am soooo disinclined (or would that be uninclined or simply, not inclined??) to try the place, though the F-word aspect certainly does appeal. I don't like most things loud.
-lady c--miss rosie curtsies and meows, purrs and says TA, and wonders she can take YOU to dinner?

[guitarboi]

Thank you for the holiday wishes ms M :) Hope you had a lovely (ip).

sidenote* if you can think of an ace bandage type of material that is not made with latex will you give me a (t) or a pm?


hello all.
back from (ip) and catching up and checking in!
-happy passover to GB and Miss R! Sorry for the lack of seder and matzo gnoshing.
-miss robin who speaks in strange poodle-speak gets shy from time to time?
who woulda thunk it? (not me!) but i would have been leaving the party, too, even if among only my very best of friends. actually, i wouldn't leave, i simply would not attend a sex toy party!
-music femme--hope the party was a success.
-miss r--i gotta say, with that particular L-word description of Chez Albert, I am soooo disinclined (or would that be uninclined or simply, not inclined??) to try the place, though the F-word aspect certainly does appeal. I don't like most things loud.
-lady c--miss rosie curtsies and meows, purrs and says TA, and wonders she can take YOU to dinner?

[msmoxie]

I will PM you with the info...I might actually have something for you!

SHOUT to Miss R and her wonder actor boy--congrats! Brava!(f) (f) (f)


Thank you for the holiday wishes ms M :) Hope you had a lovely (ip).

sidenote* if you can think of an ace bandage type of material that is not made with latex will you give me a (t) or a pm?

[MsCK]

This is depressing but I have no one to have a Passover seder with! The Jews have skipped town. It's just me and Theo and Mister Bone. That's what I get for fetishizing Catholics. I'll still be eating my box of matzo on Easter. This Jew is around. I'm not a big fan of matzos though. I just do without.

Happy Pesach! I am back from Jewish Camp to celebrate a little Easter. I wish I had known that my lovely Jewish friends in NOHO were in need of some company this Passover. I could have steered you to 22 Dewey CT. I heard there was a seder on Thursday. However, as all good Jews know, the Chag begins tonight as well. You could play a little catch up, perhaps. I could possibly send a Rabbi your way, if you would like him to sit with you.
Unfortunately, I will be back at camp cooking for the next few days. I must say, camp has been very difficult. The "chef" is incompetent and thinks that the elder Jews should eat slop. So, I am trying my best to pick up after him and make their meals beautiful and delicious. "Good Chef, Good Chef." We will see what is to become of my stay. It all depends on how political the place really is. And how much they really want to move forward. So, my friends... say a little prayer and whatever will be will be.

GB& Biker: Sorry about missing your gig lastnight. With the craziness that is my life right now, I came down with a fever and congestion. I ended up sleeping through the night. So, sorry. But I was definitely thinking about you. I am sure that it went well.

Call me..

To everyone else...
Hope all is calm in the House of Usher.

xo,
ck

[guitarboi]

Thanks ms m.
Hang in there CK. Sorry I couldn't meet up today :( :(

[Lady C Sparkle]

-lady c--miss rosie curtsies and meows, purrs and says TA, and wonders she can take YOU to dinner?

Oh I could never turn down an offer of dinner from the fabulous, most meow-iest Rosie! :D

[Stone_to_bone]

My friend, what's happening? A week atthe Jewish Spa (I can't say Jewish Camp--it makes me nervous) and you suddenly sound like a rabbi...

STB


So, my friends... say a little prayer and whatever will be will be.

[msmoxie]

So glad to hear it. I have late eve obligations til 830 ish each night this week...Miss Rosie wonders if you are free Fr/Sat/Sun? Take your pick of date and locale dahling.
Cafe Mox is always open, as is the most favorite Eastside.
Most Meow-iest is a great way to describe her mouthy self. (@) :)



Oh I could never turn down an offer of dinner from the fabulous, most meow-iest Rosie! :D

To the crowd--Mount Holyoke seems to be doing a HUGE amount of programming around gender and sexuality this week, some of which are specifically about Trans stuff. Last night Donnie Faux and I went to a lecture about Femme Power. There are bunch of listings in either the Advocate or The Women's Times, so check it out.

[Holliday]

Hey, MsMoxie...thanks for posting! The only related event I found (on the Advocate website) was this, which I plan on going to:

Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison presents Writers and Stories: Between the Imagination & the Page is the World.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Gamble Auditorium
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA

413-538-2096




To the crowd--Mount Holyoke seems to be doing a HUGE amount of programming around gender and sexuality this week, some of which are specifically about Trans stuff. Last night Donnie Faux and I went to a lecture about Femme Power. There are bunch of listings in either the Advocate or The Women's Times, so check it out.

[miss robin]

Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison presents Writers and Stories: Between the Imagination & the Page is the World.



I'll definitely join you! I think she's terrific. I wonder what it's about? Is she introducing other authors? Reading? I don't care.

I would love to join some of your dining gals. Do you have a plan?

Thanks for the congrats about Theo!

Miss Robin

[Lady C Sparkle]

Mlle Robin & Holliday, OMG I *love, love, love* Dorothy Alison!!!

And *damn, damn, damn* i have plans Wed. night - which are rain-cheque plans due to my cancellation last week - which means it would be oh-so-rude to cancel again :'(

BUGGER!

FoxxieMsMoxxie ~ I'm so glad you and DF went last night, I wasn't feeling up to it at all!!!

re: Supper: I'm up for anything and yes I think I have the whole weekend free
(no family for the first time in two weeks - hoooooo*rah :P (one should not be so excited about that, should one?) )
Though, I went to Eastside on EasterSunday, so maybe ChezMox or somewhere else in town? Whatever you and the meowiest fancy!
I do love your cooking :D mmmmmmm asparagus.....mmmmmmm chicken....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Oh and hey, I've joined the Y. :D So Yoga on Saturday a.m. - anyone?
Or Aqua Aerobics at the crack of dawn? Boot Camp? bums n tums?

[Holliday]

Lady C--Oooh...you've given me even more incentive to suck it up and put that Y membership on my credit card! I've been waffling about it for a long time. I REALLY love to swim and want to start again. If I join, will you be my pool buddy? (i) (h)

Miss Robin--I'd love to join you for the Allison reading! We'll chat in the next few days, okay?

Femme Pride update:
We have a truck (thanks, STB!), we have a tentative name (Paradise City Femmes--yay for GnR references), and Pussy Bojangles and I are working on a date for sign/banner making. PM me if you want more info. on the craft day or on the march in general.

Hope everyone is enjoying the sun. NohoFemme tells me snow is on the way, so soak up the sun while you can!

Holliday
xox



Mlle Robin & Holliday, OMG I *love, love, love* Dorothy Alison!!!

And *damn, damn, damn* i have plans Wed. night - which are rain-cheque plans due to my cancellation last week - which means it would be oh-so-rude to cancel again :'(

BUGGER!

FoxxieMsMoxxie ~ I'm so glad you and DF went last night, I wasn't feeling up to it at all!!!

re: Supper: I'm up for anything and yes I think I have the whole weekend free
(no family for the first time in two weeks - hoooooo*rah :P (one should not be so excited about that, should one?) )
Though, I went to Eastside on EasterSunday, so maybe ChezMox or somewhere else in town? Whatever you and the meowiest fancy!
I do love your cooking :D mmmmmmm asparagus.....mmmmmmm chicken....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Oh and hey, I've joined the Y. :D So Yoga on Saturday a.m. - anyone?
Or Aqua Aerobics at the crack of dawn? Boot Camp? bums n tums?

[Lady C Sparkle]

Lady C--Oooh...you've given me even more incentive to suck it up and put that Y membership on my credit card! I've been waffling about it for a long time. I REALLY love to swim and want to start again. If I join, will you be my pool buddy? (i) (h)



ooo, go to www.wrsi.com (http://www.wrsi.com) (the 93.9 the river - website) they have 30% gift certificates for the Y. $50 for $35!!! there were only 17 left yesterday though, so check it out soon! Bang 3 of those on your credit card and you will have covered the joiners fee and the first two months deposit (required for bank draft) --- and you will have saved $45!!!

I (l) Bargains!

:) I love swimming too! I'll definitely be your pool-gal-pal!! :)

[guitarboi]

I'd like to go if I am feeling well enough to attend. Let me see how today goes. I do like her work a lot.


I'll definitely join you! I think she's terrific. I wonder what it's about? Is she introducing other authors? Reading? I don't care.

I would love to join some of your dining gals. Do you have a plan?

Thanks for the congrats about Theo!

Miss Robin

[Holliday]

Dorothy Allison isn't until next week, so hopefully you'll be feeling better by then. :) I also discovered that she is doing two nights of reading--

Dorothy Allison, winner of the 2007 Robert Penn Warren Award for fiction and author of several prizewinning books, including Bastard Out of Carolina (1992), Cavedweller (1998), and Trash (2002), will give a talk Wednesday, April 18, at 7:30 pm in Gamble Auditorium titled "Writers and Stories: Between the Imagination and the Page Is the World."

The following evening, April 19, at 7:30 pm, Allison will give a lecture at John M. Greene Hall, Smith College, titled "Giving Voice to the Unspeakable." Preceding the lecture will be a brief performance by the outreach arm of Voices from Inside, a program that brings the words of women who have been incarcerated into the larger community.

A talkback and book signing will follow both the Mount Holyoke and Smith events.

I think I'm going to try to get to both!

Holliday
xox


I'd like to go if I am feeling well enough to attend. Let me see how today goes. I do like her work a lot.


I'll definitely join you! I think she's terrific. I wonder what it's about? Is she introducing other authors? Reading? I don't care.

I would love to join some of your dining gals. Do you have a plan?

Thanks for the congrats about Theo!

Miss Robin

[guitarboi]

Oh that's good news. Thanks Holliday. :)


Dorothy Allison isn't until next week, so hopefully you'll be feeling better by then. :) I also discovered that she is doing two nights of reading--

Dorothy Allison, winner of the 2007 Robert Penn Warren Award for fiction and author of several prizewinning books, including Bastard Out of Carolina (1992), Cavedweller (1998), and Trash (2002), will give a talk Wednesday, April 18, at 7:30 pm in Gamble Auditorium titled "Writers and Stories: Between the Imagination and the Page Is the World."

The following evening, April 19, at 7:30 pm, Allison will give a lecture at John M. Greene Hall, Smith College, titled "Giving Voice to the Unspeakable." Preceding the lecture will be a brief performance by the outreach arm of Voices from Inside, a program that brings the words of women who have been incarcerated into the larger community.

A talkback and book signing will follow both the Mount Holyoke and Smith events.

I think I'm going to try to get to both!

Holliday
xox

[/QUOTE]

[NYC femme BBW]

I love Dorothy Allison! Have a great time!

[Lady C Sparkle]

OH YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!

I've got my copy of Trash right here!!!
I'll have to look at my travel schedule and see which i can attend but i'd love to have my book signed :)




Dorothy Allison isn't until next week, so hopefully you'll be feeling better by then. :) I also discovered that she is doing two nights of reading--

Dorothy Allison, winner of the 2007 Robert Penn Warren Award for fiction and author of several prizewinning books, including Bastard Out of Carolina (1992), Cavedweller (1998), and Trash (2002), will give a talk Wednesday, April 18, at 7:30 pm in Gamble Auditorium titled "Writers and Stories: Between the Imagination and the Page Is the World."

The following evening, April 19, at 7:30 pm, Allison will give a lecture at John M. Greene Hall, Smith College, titled "Giving Voice to the Unspeakable." Preceding the lecture will be a brief performance by the outreach arm of Voices from Inside, a program that brings the words of women who have been incarcerated into the larger community.

A talkback and book signing will follow both the Mount Holyoke and Smith events.

I think I'm going to try to get to both!

Holliday
xox

[/quote]

[msmoxie]

YAY YAY YAY YAY! You joined! Yes, Yoga every other saturday--count me in. Did you know that cafe mox is in fact serving a special of chicken and asparagus this week? all we need is the frilly cocktails and pretty shoes!

(sorry, all this is a private affair. a TGFF (thank god for friends) girlie night with my cat miss rosie, sparkle the wonder kitty nanny, and myself)

I am looking into the 18th and 19th--not sure if i can swing it or not!
Holliday--thanks for the info!



Mlle Robin & Holliday, OMG I *love, love, love* Dorothy Alison!!!

And *damn, damn, damn* i have plans Wed. night - which are rain-cheque plans due to my cancellation last week - which means it would be oh-so-rude to cancel again :'(

BUGGER!

FoxxieMsMoxxie ~ I'm so glad you and DF went last night, I wasn't feeling up to it at all!!!

re: Supper: I'm up for anything and yes I think I have the whole weekend free
(no family for the first time in two weeks - hoooooo*rah :P (one should not be so excited about that, should one?) )
Though, I went to Eastside on EasterSunday, so maybe ChezMox or somewhere else in town? Whatever you and the meowiest fancy!
I do love your cooking :D mmmmmmm asparagus.....mmmmmmm chicken....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Oh and hey, I've joined the Y. :D So Yoga on Saturday a.m. - anyone?
Or Aqua Aerobics at the crack of dawn? Boot Camp? bums n tums?

[Holliday]

And I love when you pop into the thread!

:D

Holliday
xox



I love Dorothy Allison! Have a great time!

[MsCK]

Hey guys and Ladies...

I am back for the day from "The Spa". As Bone perfers it. Just a note to say "hello". It's exciting to hear about all of the Pride Planning Departments or (PPD) ideas for the main event in May.

I don't think I will make it back for the event, but I will be here in spirit. I made it through Pesach and decision making time is at hand. I will know by the weekend if I am staying at the Spa for long term or not.

Despite the tumultious week, I had a great time. I met some amazing people and enjoy the community and the scenery. The Spa is about 30 miles south of the Lee Outlets. So, if anyone is heading out that way... what's another 30 miles of Berkshire scenery?

Hope get in touch with you all very soon.

(l) ck

[guitarboi]

I'm glad you are having a great time. Miss ya though :(



Hey guys and Ladies...

I am back for the day from "The Spa". As Bone perfers it. Just a note to say "hello". It's exciting to hear about all of the Pride Planning Departments or (PPD) ideas for the main event in May.

I don't think I will make it back for the event, but I will be here in spirit. I made it through Pesach and decision making time is at hand. I will know by the weekend if I am staying at the Spa for long term or not.

Despite the tumultious week, I had a great time. I met some amazing people and enjoy the community and the scenery. The Spa is about 30 miles south of the Lee Outlets. So, if anyone is heading out that way... what's another 30 miles of Berkshire scenery?

Hope get in touch with you all very soon.

(l) ck

[Holliday]

Did someone say OUTLET SHOPPING?!!?

:D (a)

Hee hee hee. No, seriously, best wishes for a quick and painless decision. As a Libra, I can understand how tough it can be.

Holliday
xox


Hey guys and Ladies...

I am back for the day from "The Spa". As Bone perfers it. Just a note to say "hello". It's exciting to hear about all of the Pride Planning Departments or (PPD) ideas for the main event in May.

I don't think I will make it back for the event, but I will be here in spirit. I made it through Pesach and decision making time is at hand. I will know by the weekend if I am staying at the Spa for long term or not.

Despite the tumultious week, I had a great time. I met some amazing people and enjoy the community and the scenery. The Spa is about 30 miles south of the Lee Outlets. So, if anyone is heading out that way... what's another 30 miles of Berkshire scenery?

Hope get in touch with you all very soon.

(l) ck

[msmoxie]

(((CK)))) best of decision making to you....not that i can ever do it myself, but i've heard that thinking in terms of "For Now" has great merit...

wishing i could BE at pride for the festivities, but alas, i must work. they don;t seem to understand that pride is a queer holiday....


Hey guys and Ladies...

I am back for the day from "The Spa". As Bone perfers it. Just a note to say "hello". It's exciting to hear about all of the Pride Planning Departments or (PPD) ideas for the main event in May.

I don't think I will make it back for the event, but I will be here in spirit. I made it through Pesach and decision making time is at hand. I will know by the weekend if I am staying at the Spa for long term or not.

Despite the tumultious week, I had a great time. I met some amazing people and enjoy the community and the scenery. The Spa is about 30 miles south of the Lee Outlets. So, if anyone is heading out that way... what's another 30 miles of Berkshire scenery?

Hope get in touch with you all very soon.

(l) ck

[msmoxie]

dear GB--so sorry, no nonlatex wrappy thing found. :s wish i could help.
xx mox


I'm glad you are having a great time. Miss ya though :(

[guitarboi]

Thanks for trying sweetie. I'll think of something.
(f)
GB


dear GB--so sorry, no nonlatex wrappy thing found. :s wish i could help.
xx mox

[miss robin]

Is anyone going to Stephen Petronio dance co at UMass tonight? Rob just surprised me with tickets. They're very good and very queer if anyone is dying to do something different on a Thurs night.

Hi NYC femme BBW, I love when you drop in too. You've got to get Dad to bring you up here. ;) Maybe for Pride (insert fingers crossed smilie).

Holliday -- I will definitely go to the Ap 19th 7:30 Dorothy Allison lecture at Smith!

Anyone seeing the Dalai Lama at Smith on May 9th? Our town will be a different place that day. They're closing most of Smith for security reasons.

[Sophisticated1]

Is anyone going to Stephen Petronio dance co at UMass tonight? Rob just surprised me with tickets. They're very good and very queer if anyone is dying to do something different on a Thurs night.

Hi NYC femme BBW, I love when you drop in too. You've got to get Dad to bring you up here. ;) Maybe for Pride (insert fingers crossed smilie).

Holliday -- I will definitely go to the Ap 19th 7:30 Dorothy Allison lecture at Smith!

Anyone seeing the Dalai Lama at Smith on May 9th? Our town will be a different place that day. They're closing most of Smith for security reasons.





Greetings

I am in workoholic mode until after April 25th so I can't come out to play until after that.

Speaking of which, if anybody is interested in attending an environmentally themed dance event preformed by Amherst Ballet and featuring yours truly, it is happenig on Wednesday April 25th at AIC (American International College) in Springfield. (no, I will not be dancing... I am the environmental consultant and will be doing a presentation between the dance pieces.

There will be two very different dance performances, one based on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and another on the Tropical Rainforest. I think they do an excellent job, very entertaining and .... it's completely free!

1,S1

[Holliday]

Oh, good...I'm glad you're coming next week.

Do you have any more info about the Dalai Lama's visit?

Holliday
xox


Is anyone going to Stephen Petronio dance co at UMass tonight? Rob just surprised me with tickets. They're very good and very queer if anyone is dying to do something different on a Thurs night.

Hi NYC femme BBW, I love when you drop in too. You've got to get Dad to bring you up here. ;) Maybe for Pride (insert fingers crossed smilie).

Holliday -- I will definitely go to the Ap 19th 7:30 Dorothy Allison lecture at Smith!

Anyone seeing the Dalai Lama at Smith on May 9th? Our town will be a different place that day. They're closing most of Smith for security reasons.

[LilTomboy666]

Hello to all of you!

Anyone seeing the Dalai Lama at Smith on May 9th? Our town will be a different place that day. They're closing most of Smith for security reasons.


If you have more info could you please post it? My wife is VERY interested in seeing him and I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks

~LTB(h)

[Lady C Sparkle]

Hello to all of you!

Anyone seeing the Dalai Lama at Smith on May 9th? Our town will be a different place that day. They're closing most of Smith for security reasons.


If you have more info could you please post it? My wife is VERY interested in seeing him and I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks

~LTB(h)

http://www.smith.edu/dalailama/

snipped from the website:


ABOUT THE VISIT


Smith College, Hampshire College and the Tibetan Association of Western Massachusetts will welcome the 14th Dalai Lama to the Pioneer Valley on Wednesday, May 9, 2007. This momentous visit by the leader of the Tibetan people and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize recognizes the colleges’ thriving exchange program with exiled Tibetan scholars in India. Years ago, Hampshire began the Five College Tibetan Studies in India Program, and since then the Dalai Lama has followed its growth as Smith collaborated with Hampshire to sustain the annual academic exchange.


Smith President Carol T. Christ and Hampshire President Ralph J. Hexter will host the daylong visit, during which His Holiness the Dalai Lama is expected to deliver a talk to thousands of students, faculty, staff and invited guests from the two colleges and the Tibetan community. That talk will take place at Smith’s Indoor Track and Tennis facility (ITT) from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Although the audience will be restricted to members of the two college communities, the event will be broadcast live on local television and accessible to anyone in the Pioneer Valley.


During the visit, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will also address an audience of invited members of the area’s strong Tibetan community. That forum will not be broadcast.

The schedule of the Dalai Lama’s talks will be announced closer to the visit. Check back here for that information or e-mail eventinfo@email.smith.edu.

[msmoxie]

hello all.
lovely weather we are having, no?(um) (um) (um)

i'd like to take this opportunity to thank celticcannibal, whoever that may be, for starting this thread. i've been meaning to say that for a while now.
whew. there. i did it. i can cross another thing off my list of things to do.
but seriously--cc--are you out there? did you ever find your apt? did the valley treat you well? do you still live here? has anyone else ever wondered?

enjoy dorothy allison, those who go, i wish i could!

can you believe the news?:| :'(
i am so horrified about Virginia Tech.
local news is not much better but certainly on a smaller scale.

btw--totally different subject--that one leaves me mostly speechless--
spoletos is having prix fix 4 course dinners through april 30th for $20 to celebrate their 20th anniversary. anyone up for it?

and--who is going to host our fantastic tag sale? i am gathering goods together.

dreaming of (ip) (ip) (ip) (ip)
and hoping we all have a ducky day ;)

(i ate a bowl of corny for breakfast.+o( )

--mox

[Holliday]

Hi, MsMoxie! Glad to see a post on the thread. I think the same thing about the OP whenever I see the starting page. And here we all are, taking advantage of it!

OMG! I saw that Spoleto thing and got really excited, too. I'd love to go with some folks...like, at least once. <:o)

Every single tv station at the gym was showing stuff about the VT shootings. Very scary stuff.

Crap. Tag Sale. I was supposed to be thinking about that, huh? I would offer my place for it, but I don't think we have the best location.

Stay cozy today!

Holliday
xox

PS-Happy Birthday to LadywiththeGreenEyes!! And forgive me for getting your name wrong, I'm sure. :)


hello all.
lovely weather we are having, no?(um) (um) (um)

i'd like to take this opportunity to thank celticcannibal, whoever that may be, for starting this thread. i've been meaning to say that for a while now.
whew. there. i did it. i can cross another thing off my list of things to do.
but seriously--cc--are you out there? did you ever find your apt? did the valley treat you well? do you still live here? has anyone else ever wondered?

enjoy dorothy allison, those who go, i wish i could!

can you believe the news?:| :'(
i am so horrified about Virginia Tech.
local news is not much better but certainly on a smaller scale.

btw--totally different subject--that one leaves me mostly speechless--
spoletos is having prix fix 4 course dinners through april 30th for $20 to celebrate their 20th anniversary. anyone up for it?

and--who is going to host our fantastic tag sale? i am gathering goods together.

dreaming of (ip) (ip) (ip) (ip)
and hoping we all have a ducky day ;)

(i ate a bowl of corny for breakfast.+o( )

--mox

[ladywthgreeneyes]

Holliday- Thank You for the birthday wishes. You are sweet.

[guitarboi]

It's your birthday????

You didn't say anything about that when I saw you the other day!:s

(l) (8) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!(l) (8)

GB



Holliday- Thank You for the birthday wishes. You are sweet.

[fairytales]

Hello everyone, it's been awhile since I have been here hope you all weathered the storm well . I am still pumping water out of the basement, Could of been worse.
Have a great day.

[LilTomboy666]

Lady C Sparkle(f)
I thank you for the info. Unfortunately, it looks as though we are out of luck, living out here and not in the Pioneer Valley. Hopefully one of the local channels here will pick up the broadcast and I can tape it for the wife.

Thanks again,

~LTB

[miss robin]

Good afternoon, Northamptonites! Isn't it a lovely day?! I'm off to scour the secondhand stores in search of the perfect Slut Night attire for the dance in NYC at the end of the month. (Holliday, you're going, yay!!)

Tonight is Dorothy Allison at Smith. Rob and I, and several of you, are going. If we don't see one another in front or inside -- let's meet afterward in front and go for drinks. Maybe we can go to Mama Iguana's for margaritas and chips and guacamole -- though it's been packed whenever I've gone.

Miss Robin


April 19, at 7:30 pm, Dorothy Allison will give a lecture at John M. Greene Hall, Smith College, titled "Giving Voice to the Unspeakable." Preceding the lecture will be a brief performance by the outreach arm of Voices from Inside, a program that brings the words of women who have been incarcerated into the larger community.

[Lady C Sparkle]

Dorothy Allison is Brilliant!!!

I was very moved by her lecture.
And I can't wait to read this new book!

Nice to see you all, however, fleetingly.

:)

[JesterButch]

I was feeling so overwhelmed after her lecture, I could barely speak let alone socialize in a crowded restaurant, but sorry not to have met the butch/femme posse
Wow, how many places can you mix laughter, stories of horrific violence, wild applause and sympathetic (and empathetic) murmurs all in one room
It was intense, nu?

I will be live on the radio WXOJ SUnday and Monday, if you all have any ads or promos you want me to play, say, hey, send me a pm

valleyfreeradio.org (o) (o)

(k)
Jedi Warrior aka JesTer Butch

[NYC femme BBW]

I wish I could have been at the Dorothy Allison lecture. It sounds so intense.

[Lady C Sparkle]

@ NYC Femme BBW ~ we (collectively) wish you could have been there too :)

@ Jester ~ yes it was very intense, listening to her made me want to re-read some of her books (it has been at least a decade) and it also made me examine somethings personally - specifically what my unspoken truths are -- and -- also how i may have (unintentionally & insiduously) contributed to the silencing of those I love due to my own fear of facing the horrific truth(s).

Also - she spoke at length about our (as humans) fascination with violence.
We can revile the stories of our friends/our family/our neighbors/our colleagues - and yet we thrive on violence in films, and books, and television, and computer games....we become so desensitized to violence that it becomes 'everyday' or passe...

I left with much to think about!
Which was wonderful.

I also found it fascinating that she's been clipping articles since the 70's - creating an archive of violence against women - particularly the history of anonymous women....

I feel privledged for having had the opportunity to listen to her for 2hours.

And my Mz. Allison is charming and witty - to boot! :D

[NYC femme BBW]

I want a tape of it :'( . Her writing has had such a powerful influence on me. Thank you for writing more about the experience.


@ NYC Femme BBW ~ we (collectively) wish you could have been there too :)

@ Jester ~ yes it was very intense, listening to her made me want to re-read some of her books (it has been at least a decade) and it also made me examine somethings personally - specifically what my unspoken truths are -- and -- also how i may have (unintentionally & insiduously) contributed to the silencing of those I love due to my own fear of facing the horrific truth(s).

Also - she spoke at length about our (as humans) fascination with violence.
We can revile the stories of our friends/our family/our neighbors/our colleagues - and yet we thrive on violence in films, and books, and television, and computer games....we become so desensitized to violence that it becomes 'everyday' or passe...

I left with much to think about!
Which was wonderful.

I also found it fascinating that she's been clipping articles since the 70's - creating an archive of violence against women - particularly the history of anonymous women....

I feel privledged for having had the opportunity to listen to her for 2hours.

And my Mz. Allison is charming and witty - to boot! :D

[Lady C Sparkle]

I want a tape of it :'( . Her writing has had such a powerful influence on me. Thank you for writing more about the experience.

Someone was filming it - for Smith....

I'll make some (t)s and see what their policy is regarding lecture series.

They may reproduce it for a fee.
Or they could have a strictly enforced intellectual property-type policy that forbids that.

:)