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Speculations : The Rumor Mill : Jae Brim : Jae Brim

Topic 708 was started on 2002-03-17. There are 318 messages available to read.

Obsessions: Starbucks mochas, pet fish, Stoli vodka, new forms of magic and the Novel of Doom.

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Message 318 was left by Jae on 2003-05-14 10:25:47. Feedback: 0/0
That's too funny! I'm not sure what the reason is for many of the sites I'm blocked from. The firewall here blocks all sorts of benign sites for no apparent reason. Oh well. That's what I get for working for a corporate monstrosity.

Message 317 was left by Jamie Rosen on 2003-05-13 23:21:32. Feedback: 0/0
Why is the site you usually use blocked from work? I'm reminded of the small town library -- I think it was named the Titworth Memorial Library, but I'm not sure -- whose terminals couldn't access its own website because of the overzealous filters installed on them.

Message 316 was left by Ling on 2003-05-13 14:37:33. Feedback: 0/0
Yeah, it's called the 7-Up tree ;p

Message 315 was left by Lori on 2003-05-13 14:32:21. Feedback: 0/0
Huh. Is there an uncola tree? :-)

Message 314 was left by Jae on 2003-05-13 13:08:14. Feedback: 0/0
There really is! The site I usually do my botanical research on is blocked from work, but here's the link from the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Cola I don't think they actually use it in Coke or Pepsi products anymore. It's probably too expensive.

Message 313 was left by Lori on 2003-05-12 19:14:53. Feedback: 0/0
There's really such a thing as a cola tree? law

Message 312 was left by Ling on 2003-05-12 17:32:01. Feedback: 0/0
You are SO my twin.

Message 311 was left by Jae on 2003-05-12 14:01:16. Feedback: 0/0
K-Mart. Definitely, definitely K-mart. Ben & Jamie: Very funny! I don't think my story will involve Coke, or Coke products. I could put cola trees in my swamp. I saw one at the Botanical Gardens this weekend and pointed it out to my dad. "Look!" I said. "There's a Coca-Cola tree." "Only the cola part," my dad said. "They can't have the other half." Which shows that my dad is not as innocent as he pretends to be.

Message 310 was left by Ling on 2003-05-09 12:47:12. Feedback: 0/0
I think you definitely have to write this story. yeah, definitely, definitely, yeah

Message 309 was left by Benjamin Rosenbaum on 2003-05-09 12:32:31. Feedback: 0/0
ditto #308

Message 308 was left by Jamie Rosen on 2003-05-09 12:23:36. Feedback: 0/0
If you make Diet Coke an integral part of the story, remember to ask them for money for the product placement.

Message 307 was left by Lindsey on 2003-05-09 11:43:50. Feedback: 0/0
Jae, I love dreams like that! That is so cool, have fun with it. And umm, maybe depending on Diet Coke to save your life is more indicative of the real, and not the surreal. :) Work is the pits for everyone lately. -Linz

Message 306 was left by Lori on 2003-05-09 03:06:50. Feedback: 0/0
That is a totally cool opening. And I don't know if Diet Coke would save you, but if you drank enough it would probably preserve your remains. law

Message 305 was left by Jae on 2003-05-08 21:59:27. Feedback: 0/0
I'm still at work. Soooo not happy with the world right now. On the other hand, I think I dreamed an entire fat fantasy novel last night. The part I vividly remember is a beacon at the entrance to a forest path stating that only one man had ever survived the walk through unprotected, and the man next to me replied "I was young and stupid then." The forest was like the Everglades, and the path was made of wooden boards suspended over the swamp. Of course, myself and the people I was with had to continue in, and I began to die (only to be saved later on by drinking a lot of diet Coke, but that was where the dream took a severe left turn into the surreal).

Message 304 was left by Lori on 2003-05-04 14:45:20. Feedback: 0/0
Jae, Gary's on the phone gabbing with his mom and my email won't work. If I don't get a chance to talk to you today, have fun at the concert. law

Message 303 was left by Jae on 2003-04-23 10:35:41. Feedback: 0/0
I would take you, Terry. My tickets aren't until May 31. I also had to buy special ferry passes to the place they set up the tent. Should be fun!

Message 302 was left by Terry on 2003-04-22 15:16:45. Feedback: 0/0
I'm SO jealous of you people who get to see Cirque. In my dreams...

Message 301 was left by Samantha Ling on 2003-04-22 15:07:32. Feedback: 0/0
I'm a cirque ho. I'm on their mailing list, so the first instant their tickets go on sale, I'm all over it. The middle is still pretty good. The really awful seats are the VERY far left and VERY far right. Half the stage is obscured when you sit there. Even if you're sitting in the back row middle, it's still better than closer and to the side. When do you go? Let me know what you think of the show.

Message 300 was left by Jae on 2003-04-22 14:53:34. Feedback: 0/0
My seat is not that cool. By the time I got to it, all the front sections were sold out. So I'm in the middle. And thanks Lori. ;-)

Message 299 was left by Samantha Ling on 2003-04-22 14:33:19. Feedback: 0/0
Jae: trust me, it's worth it. The twins (they do an aerial act), they are SO HOT. They fly right above you. Or actually they flew above me. I had third row tickets. But damn, they are SO HOT.

Message 298 was left by Lori on 2003-04-22 13:57:08. Feedback: 0/0
Hey. It's Cirque. Of course it's worth it. So are you, of course, but that goes without saying. :-)

Message 297 was left by Jae on 2003-04-22 12:30:56. Feedback: 0/0
Now I have Varekai tickets, and I'm hopelessly broke. I hope it's worth it!

Message 296 was left by Lori on 2003-04-17 15:03:53. Feedback: 0/0
Wow. You rock.

Message 295 was left by Jae on 2003-04-17 13:17:33. Feedback: 0/0
Oh, and I have Ministry tickets. Woo-hooooooo!!!!

Message 294 was left by Jae on 2003-04-17 13:15:41. Feedback: 0/0
I would love to come back Lori. It's still too cold to beach here. I can't get to my e-mail right now, BTW, so if anyone needs me shout here.

Message 293 was left by Sam on 2003-04-17 12:30:26. Feedback: 0/0
Lori-That'd be cool. I'd like that.

Message 292 was left by Lori on 2003-04-16 18:50:21. Feedback: 0/0
Hey, Sam--depending on the weather, if you wanted to show up early for the Locus/Sam party event, we could wander around on the beach again for a while. Bring your stained glass.

Message 291 was left by Samantha Ling on 2003-04-16 15:53:25. Feedback: 0/0
Oooh, beeeaaaacchh.... I still have those stones that we collected. They're in a big heap on my writing desk. I'm looking for something to put them in, but I don't have anything that is remotely interesting that would show them off. They're all kind of scattered!

Message 290 was left by Lori on 2003-04-16 15:22:01. Feedback: 0/0
You can come and be stressed at my house, Jae. :-) NOT! I'd haul your butt down to the beach again for a good long walk. law

Message 289 was left by Lindsey on 2003-04-16 15:06:13. Feedback: 0/0
Well, I'm glad you liked our smut-talk, anyway. I'm sorry things have been so stressful! I have the opposite reaction to that much stress: I stop doing much of anything and then nothing gets done, adding to my stress. At least your coping mechanisms seem to be more effective! I hope the overtime and work drama decrease dramatically, and you get some breathing space. Take care of you, -Linz who will eat sweets in your honor. Tonight Frank is going to stay at our place, and we're going to make chocolate chip cookies! Yay!

Message 288 was left by Jae on 2003-04-16 10:28:34. Feedback: 0/0
This is just the kind of smut I like. Glaze, sticky buns, mmmm.... Seriously, this is making me hungry. Thanks for checking in on me! I wish I had good news. I've been really, really busy and a lot stressed out. It's mostly work drama, but there's some family drama in there as well. And some barfing cat and dead fish drama. I've been working a lot of overtime, which means by the time I drag myself home I'm too tired to even think about writing, but then I'm too stressed out to sleep. So I've had a lot of useless nervous energy so I've been taking it out on my apartment. I refinished my dining room chairs, bought a rug, hung a chandelier, repotted all the plants and rearranged the furniture. So at least I've accomplished something, and its even semi-creative. Tonight I'm going to repaint the little bookcases and hang shelves - assuming I'm not here until 9 PM again.

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