h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

AHK!!! Verra nice!!!

Hairball?

::stops jigging and slumps to the floor with a great sigh::
SIGHHHHHHHHHHHHH... Another Monday, here again.

YAY!!! Mondays are friendly!!!

Mondays are friendly????? Hmmmmmm... what planet are you from again?
Of course now it's something of a moot point, as it's Tuesday, but still... someone should wash your mouth out with soap for saying something like that...
Speaking of which, did you get to see your Ian over the holidays? Not that it's really the least bit of my business, but you know, since we've talked about him, I'm a bit curious... Besides, I'm very concerned with my Musemother's... ummmm... well, let's just say your well - being and leave it at that -- I noticed you were making more chocolate milk yesterday and, well, what with the things we've established about chocolate and all, I was just curious...

Well... haven't seen him since August 16th... I plan to meet up with him in Boston for New Years, and my parents are not hapy about it!!! GAH!!!

I'll be ok.... ::grinds teeth::

Wish my parents were as concerned about my chocolate milk consumption as you are!!!

I'm from the planet earth. I like Mondays, because that means I don't have to work until Friday, and I get to go to school.

Ahhhhh.... I see. I assumed that you had to work on Mondays like the rest of us average blokes, but everything makes sense now.
And for some reason I had assumed that you were going to see him on Thanksgiving -- wrong holiday, apparently. *sniff* I'm very sorry for you...
Here !!!
If I could find a zucchini tag, I'd give you that, too, but I can't, so...

Hahahaha... you crack me up...

Mother's being VERY mean about the Boston thing. I live with my parents. Ian fears that we are going to plan everything, and then... the day I leave for DIA, they're going to say NO!!! And put me under house arrest.

That would stink to high s*** heaven and I'd have to move out. Mom refuses to talk about the issue this afternoon... so... still no tickets bought...

::bangs her head against the wall::

Hmmmmm... Are they being stubborn about the Boston thing because of all the um... 'issues' with the airlines, or is it just one of those parenting things?
I know how you feel -- up until about a year ago I lived with my dad. In all fairness, I have to say that he kicks ass and I love him dearly, but there's just something about parenting that parents can't seem to get over when their kids are all grown up -- it drives us batty, of course, but maybe that's their plan... Either way, it seems like as long as you're over 18, they can't really stop you from going. Of course, if you aren't over 18, then you may have a problem...
I noticed DIA -- is that Denver International? I ask purely out of curiosity, as I'm a Coloradan myself (Durango), and was wondering if I had accidentally found another... It's actually kinda funny, because when I first joined H2G2, I not only assumed that you were a guy, I also assumed that you were over in Europe somewhere... I'm going to have to learn not to be so assumptive (which may or may not be a word).

In other news, it's Wednesday!!! Yayyyyyy!!!! Actually, it almost kinda sucks, as I have to go to court tomorrow (this dumba** pig pulled me over on a bulls**t excuse AND he was out of his jurisdiction), but other than that, I'm horribly glad that the weekend is almost here again...

Ah, well, how are you today?

Tee hee hee... Yeah... I live southeast of Denver, and I go to school in Denver. YAY!!! So DIA is what you thought it was... I was born in Grand Junction and lived there until 18... YAY!!! So Durango... gotcha!!!

I love Colorado!!! YAY!!!

Anyway.... I know my parents can't stop me(I'm 21, it'd be impossible to live on my own out here), but there's still that fear. And I'd really like their approval. But... different standards, so what can you do, man!??

Their issues with Boston are, as per MOTHER(Dad hardly gets a word in, sadly): 1) Airline issues 2) Terrorist issues 3) Big City Terrorist Issues 4) Travel Issues 5) Moral Issues-- God forbid I sleep with a man I'm not married too!!! And Mom thinks it's horrible that I've been with three guys in my life(I think she's uptight and jealous)!!! Oh-so terrible... I know girls younger than me who've been with 2+ more guuys than I have... bleh!!! 6) Distance Issues 7) Age Difference Issues(Ian's older) 8) Mom thinks I'll get hurt again. That's such crap.

Mom didn't hesitate to tell me I'm stupid and that I should find someone here. And you know the affect that will have. Kids often do just opposite what their parents demand. SO THERE!!!

It's just not healthy and not helping anyone right now for them to be SOOO overprotective. ::sigh::

And I still love my parents and admire them, but we're just quite different. I think Dad has more empathy but I never hear his viewpoint, soo....

And it is Wednesday, which is still a good day, but since I have to slave away on the weekends I can not share your excitement about them.

And I like your term assumptive. YAY!!!

*sigh* That's a sad, sad story you tell... A very familiar - sounding story, given, but sad nonetheless...
It seems like parents just can't get over the protective part of having kids -- I can understand your mother's viewpoint, of course, because she does make a few good points (except for those last two, Age & Moral -- BLAH!!!), but she really needs to understand that she has to let go sometime. I'm sure she's only being quite so uptight because she loves you so much, but still -- that's no excuse.
Personally, I'm astonished to hear that she has a problem with you having been with three guys -- that's highly admirable. My gf is 19 and she's been with 8 (inc. me). Now, granted, that's kinda , but I love her anyway, and I don't think any less of her for it (usually -- although it is a little rough sometimes). Sounds to me like your mom is acting SO 19th century -- out of curiousity, does she still wear a corset???
I understand your point about not wanting to go without her blessing, though... *sigh* kinda a ed if you do and, well, heh heh, not ed if you don't sorta situation -- I honestly haven't the faintest bit of advice to give you in the situation... maybe you could send your parens out on a nice romantic date for dinner or something, you know, get 'em a motel room (hint hint, nudge nudge). Sounds like maybe your mom is just a bit jealous -- in need of some chocolate herself?
But, hell, what do I know...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A594902 that's the link to the Southwest US researchers group... a great way to purposely find other Colorado peoples!!! YAY!!!

You wrote: Sounds to me like your mom is acting SO 19th century -- out of curiousity, does she still wear a corset???

hahahahaa.... I wonder sometimes... you know... she has the tv downstairs on parental lock... because she doesn't want my father watching porn, but come on... most of the regular cable channels show close-to-porn all the time!!! ARGH!!! Britney Spears commercials!!! She has some issues... Too much medication from having more illnesses than four people should have to face, to be honest.

And so I've been fearful of making her worry about me and any plans I wish to make... So I haven't really fought for anything like this-- I was nervously preparing to tell her I was going to spend a night in a hotel with a former boyfriend after his prom night(yeah... he was three years younger...). Well, I broke up with him before that happened. But I have a pretty green dress I haven't worn...

ANYWAY!!! So yeah.... I've been with three whole men and yet I've NEVER spent a night with any of them.... which to me, is very sad, because I'm a very intimate and romantic person, and I want to be there and stay there and bleh... Yeah....

You wrote: [Your Mother] does make a few good points (except for those last two, Age & Moral -- BLAH!!!)

Well, yes, concern about my safety in traveling is shared a bit by me. But I think it's selfish of her-- if I die, I die, I'm fine with that. Sad that my life would be cut short, but... whatever will be will be!!! I can't hide forever and live in fear-- that's what terrorists want!!!

And she is a little concerned about Ian flying, but to her it's better for him to lose his life(that'd be great news... I'd have to find someone else) than for me to be gone. Bleh.

And I want her blessing. Family is VERY important to me. I used to not be able to imagine( for long) me moving to England to be with Ian, now, with all this, and myself so upset, well... I am considering it!!! !!! I honestly don't want to move THAT far, and I would like to finish my education where I started it-- in Denver.

Mom needs a lot more than chocolate. Good lord. It's sad. She's very negative about love and she doesn't hesitate to tell me that it doesn't exist and she feels that women are better off without men.... It's really cruel and I find it abusive. Not just to me, but to my father, who has to sit there and listen. I tell you, she has issues. And if I was Dad I would've left years ago, but then I remember he has me as a daughter, and so I see why he stays!!!

It's funny but I feel like I can share A LOT with you that no other h2g2 friends know about me!!! Scary, isn't it!??

Ummmm... the chocolate and Mom issue... yeah... she used to often say she didn't understand all the celebrated sexual freedom and sensuality she saw on tv.... and I think it was this summer when she added that, "I guess it's because I haven't had a really hot night(or some such) of my own."

I think that's bull. My father rocks. I think she's forgotten. But there's also an aspect of her that REALLY likes to try to win your sympathy. If you're sick, well, she's more sick.... or, because you are sick, she's been worrying about you and that has made her conditions worse...!!!

And I have tried to remind Mom that she was once young and in love. And every hour you can be together(another reason why we should meet in Boston-- I also can't expect HIM to always come to ME!!! How unfair!!! ) means the world. She was out until three am one night when dating Dad because he had to leave Grand Junction the next day. So there was something there... OF COURSE!!!

I'm in a good mood today though... trying to not think about this controlling situation I'm in... I AM very lucky to have both my parents, still together, and caring SO much about me. I know that.

Thanks for reading.

And you're girlfriend is with you now, not those other guys... but I personally don't know how I'd handle that...

In re to last communique -- Yeah -- it's wierd sometimes, you know... I find that the thought of all these guys standing around in a room pops up at the MOST inconvenient times, but it's just one of those psychological things that our minds do to f*** with us... when it comes down to the line, though, it doesn't matter in the least because I love her, and that is all that's needed.

"Concern about traveling is shared by me..." Understandably, and I've had issues with that lately -- my gf was tentatively thinking of flying to Houston, TX around Christmas this year to visit all her friends down there, but I think I finally managed to talk her out of it. Granted, what you said is true, that when it's your time, it's your time and there's nothing that could really be done about it, and we shouldn't live in fear of the terrorists... That's an excellent point. On the other hand, though, I think a number of people die before 'their time' simply because they took unnecessary risks... I guess there's a fine line between living in fear and living & acting with a healthy dose of caution... I think the boundaries of that line have to be determined by each of us individually, depending on the risks that you perceive to be present and the risks you are willing to take.
I will say, however, that I'm going to be really disappointed in you if you go and get yourself killed. I'll bring you back and give you a healthy boot in the butt, don't think I won't!
When it comes down to the line, though, the pursuit of love and happiness is all that's important in this world -- actually, it's all that's REAL, you know? I mean, hell, there's a lot of things to do in this world, you know, work, go to school, make money, etc., etc., etc., but it seems like these are essentially just ways of keeping ourselves occupied and alive until we find the love and happiness that we're really after -- the things that are our actual purpose in this life. -- At least that's what I think.

Maybe you could talk to your dad, you know, get him to take your mother out some night... From the things you say, it sounds like she probably wouldn't be able to loosen up enough on her own to be able to really enjoy it, though, so he'd probably have to get her mildly to extremely drunk or high or something... still, it might be worth a shot, you know, not only for their relationship, but for you too, because if their relationship has suddenly gotten all spicy and ALIVE again, or even just taken a slight turn for the better, then they will be far more open and understanding of your own relationship and the need to see your man. That's just simple logic. The hard part, of course, is getting your mother to break out from her normal way of thinking -- it can be extremely difficult for people of their generation to free their minds even slightly. I have watched this first - hand in my dad's marriage.
See, my mother died of cancer when I was 4 (thank you for the sympathy you felt as you read that -- I appreciate it greatly... and yes, you are VERY lucky to have both parents), and so I spent the next 11 years living with and being raised by my father alone... Sure, he had girlfriends, but there was really no mother figure, you know? Anyway, I left his company when I was 15 and joined an entertainment company, with whom I traveled around the US and the world for two years, during which time I was able to work off most of the aggression toward my father that I had accumulated over the previous 11 years ( I had gotten to the point of SERIOUSLY hating his guts before I left).
After those 2 years with the band, I left them and went back to the locality that my dad was in, got a place of my own, and started helping him build a massive house for this one woman.
Anyway, he had met a woman while I was in the band who he totally hit it off with, etc., etc., and to cut what is apparently now my life story short, they got married. Everything was cool for a while, you know, but then this woman started exhibiting some of the more hidden thought - processes that she had developed over the years -- and, because of her childhood and where she grew up (L.A. and Brooklyn), many of these mental states were extremely violent and angry and, well, ugly.
Well, they got divorced, and then about a year later, they got back together, because she had assured my dad that she had worked through all these thoughts and feelings that were left from her childhood and she realized that she really did love him, and all of this... Well, that lasted about three months before it all started coming back again, the exact same stuff (I know because dad used to sit and talk about it for hours on end -- drove me batty, but you know, it was helping him, so what the )
Now, don't get me wrong, my dad can be incredibly aggravating, because he has that tone of voice and way of arguing things, you know, that just says he's right, even when he isn't necessarily, but it was still painfully obvious that all of this stuff that was coming from this woman had nothing at all to do with him -- it was all ways of thinking and basic assumptions about the way life works and the way other people think that had been taught to her as a child, and when it came down to the line, she was unable to break out of those patterns.

*whew*
Damn, that was longer than I meant it to be -- sorry.
As you said, thanks for listening... my fingers hurt now, so I'm going to stop for a bit -- I'll try and check back in later today , though.
Also, if you want it, as you seem like a really good person, and I too feel like I can tell you a lot of things I wouldn't tell anyone else here, here is my e-mail address: [email protected] -- that might save a little time, if you want to use it -- whatever, though, cause this works too, and I check my space here more often than I check my e-mail.

OK! Gottqa go now anyway -- my boss is calling me for something...
Bye! Hope your mood stays good!

PHEW!!!! WELL!!! YES.... I'd ask Dad to take Mom out... but... she'll be suspicious and... stuff... And she won't drink or anything because she's diabetic.

And she's also in remission from Cancer, so I do have sympathy for the loss of your mother. I can't imagine how awful that must have been!!!

In about an hour, I'm going to go and get my passport in order... in Highlands Ranch... yes... you have to get the forms at a post office, and the closest one that has them is Highlands Ranch!!! HOW ANNOYING!!!



Hope your boss wasn't too cruel...

I've done a lot of work on the Musehome, so you might want to check it out if you like.... and are you a Muse e-group member!?? I can't remember... there's stuff there as well...

::takes a nap::

Yeah, I'm a member of the e-group, although I must confess I'm still a little hazy on the exact purpose of it -- I'll have to go back and check it out a little better...
Oh, and sorry about all o that yesterday -- I didn't actually mean to get into all that ... I think sometimes when I start typing, I forget what I'm actually typing ABOUT, you know?
And no, my boss wasn't too cruel -- secretly she has a bit of a fantasy involving me, so she tends to cut me some slack even though she knows I would never actually fulfill it for her... ACK!
I did get off work early, though, as I had to go to court to argue this dumba** ticket I go a few weeks ago... DISMISSED!!! AH HAH HA HA HAAAAAA!!!
::does a long, complex jig around , well, whatever's in the room::
Sweeeeeeeeeeet... I can't wait to see that ing pig again... Laugh in his face, I will!!!

Anyway, did you get things cleared up for your passport? Hope so... although actually, why do you need it if you're only going to Boston???
Well, I neglected the rest of my conversations yesterday, so I'm going to go check in on them... will also stop by the musehome to check out your renovations -- you've really done an excellent job with it though, you know?

Awww... thanks for the compliment...

I wanted to get my passport underway now because it won't be here until about January 10th. I want to visit Ian in England in late March. I just want to get it, ok!??

I had to have my pictures retaken though... Wal*Mart didn't get close enough to me.... ARGH!!! At least I was refunded, although I went there to SAVE MONEY.... instead of $8.57, the pictures cost $15.... but the ones at the Highlands Ranch P.O. were a lot better than the ones I all ready had...

Things are pretty busy with homework and work and tomorrow we're decorating for C-mas... so I haven't disappeared, I just have less time for h2g2!!!

Very happy to hear your ticket got sorted out!!! YAY!!!... but it's not really nice to laugh at cops... Or anyone...

Whaddya mean it's not nice to laugh at cops???? Of course it is! I mean, hell, the vast majority of them are heads, holes, and pure and complete ers anyway, so I'm damned sure going to laugh at them when I have the chance!
Granted, I have met like 3 cops in my whole life that weren't total pigs, but they were clearly the exception to the rule... OK, OK I understand your point, it isn't nice to laugh at anyone, but... ummm... well, how about GW Bush? How can you NOT laugh at him??? Hmmm? Answer me that!

I can't answer.... I think I need a nap...

Ha! Just as I thought!