Posted January 04, 2015
low rated
EndreWhiteMane
How's U.S.today?
How's U.S.today?
swatkat
Razor Clawson
Registered: Dec 2014
From United Kingdom
Stilton
Darling I'm home
Registered: Mar 2012
From United Kingdom
Posted January 04, 2015
Hi people - remember me?
Happy New Year to everyone - how are those resolutions going? Its four days in and I'm still keeping up with mine (must be a personal record). Hope everyone's recovered/recovering from a couple of weeks of gluttony, too. I'm wearing a duvet around me at the moment because my trousers don't fit any more.
Singin' in the Rain was on the box over Christmas, followed by a collection of interviews with Gene Kelly and, by chance, Carrie Fisher was on a quiz show a couple of days later (this is leading somewhere, keep going...)
Now, my feeling is that Gene Kelly was something of a big head (it came over that way in the interviews, anyway). Decent dancer, if you like that kind of thing (no idea why I watched the film, let alone the interviews - I must've been immobile with food), but as a personality there wasn't any.
Debbie Reynolds was nineteen when she appeared in Singin' in the Rain and Kelly was something of a 'star', so she had to go through with the obligatory kissing scenes, like it or not.
Well, it turns out it was 'not', as Carrie Fisher explained on the unrelated quiz show a couple of days later, because after her mother (Reynolds) went through with what Carrie Fisher described as a 'tongue kiss' with Kelly, Debbie Reynolds threw up, which for some reason I found hilarious (not the throwing up - I like Debbie Reynolds - but the cause of it).
Not sure why I'm rambling all of this out, but if there's any worth in it, it must be that if you want to make it in the world you occasionally have to do things you don't like, even kissing Gene Kelly. You have been warned...
Happy New Year to everyone - how are those resolutions going? Its four days in and I'm still keeping up with mine (must be a personal record). Hope everyone's recovered/recovering from a couple of weeks of gluttony, too. I'm wearing a duvet around me at the moment because my trousers don't fit any more.
Singin' in the Rain was on the box over Christmas, followed by a collection of interviews with Gene Kelly and, by chance, Carrie Fisher was on a quiz show a couple of days later (this is leading somewhere, keep going...)
Now, my feeling is that Gene Kelly was something of a big head (it came over that way in the interviews, anyway). Decent dancer, if you like that kind of thing (no idea why I watched the film, let alone the interviews - I must've been immobile with food), but as a personality there wasn't any.
Debbie Reynolds was nineteen when she appeared in Singin' in the Rain and Kelly was something of a 'star', so she had to go through with the obligatory kissing scenes, like it or not.
Well, it turns out it was 'not', as Carrie Fisher explained on the unrelated quiz show a couple of days later, because after her mother (Reynolds) went through with what Carrie Fisher described as a 'tongue kiss' with Kelly, Debbie Reynolds threw up, which for some reason I found hilarious (not the throwing up - I like Debbie Reynolds - but the cause of it).
Not sure why I'm rambling all of this out, but if there's any worth in it, it must be that if you want to make it in the world you occasionally have to do things you don't like, even kissing Gene Kelly. You have been warned...
adaliabooks
"Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, you know?"
Registered: Jun 2013
From United Kingdom
swatkat
Razor Clawson
Registered: Dec 2014
From United Kingdom
Posted January 04, 2015
low rated
even kissing Gene Kelly. You have been warned...
No I don't think so...:-)
No I don't think so...:-)
Stilton
Darling I'm home
Registered: Mar 2012
From United Kingdom
Posted January 04, 2015
Hope the holidays treated you well, sounds like you've had a good time (apart form putting up with rubbish telly, but I think we've all had to do that)
How's everyone else doing?
Yep, Christmas was/is good. I'm a bit of a kid at heart and it always goes to my head ;-)
Hope you had a good one yourself ;-)
And everyone here absolutely deserves the best for 2015!
Scary thought, isn't it. Makes you think twice (or three times) about being ambitious...
Post edited January 04, 2015 by Stilton
adaliabooks
"Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, you know?"
Registered: Jun 2013
From United Kingdom
Posted January 04, 2015
Yep, Christmas was/is good. I'm a bit of a kid at heart and it always goes to my head ;-)
Hope you had a good one yourself ;-)
And everyone here absolutely deserves the best for 2015!
We had a nice Christmas, quite quiet. Just lots of good food and alcohol :)
swatkat
Razor Clawson
Registered: Dec 2014
From United Kingdom
Posted January 04, 2015
low rated
Hope the holidays treated you well, sounds like you've had a good time (apart form putting up with rubbish telly, but I think we've all had to do that)
How's everyone else doing?
Yep, Christmas was/is good. I'm a bit of a kid at heart and it always goes to my head ;-)
Hope you had a good one yourself ;-)
And everyone here absolutely deserves the best for 2015!
Stilton
Darling I'm home
Registered: Mar 2012
From United Kingdom
hummer010
Crazy Penguin
Registered: Dec 2012
From Canada
CarrionCrow
.
Registered: May 2011
From United States
Posted January 04, 2015
And congrats on the holiday. You just had the most stereotypical vacation in Canadian history. Did you also ride along with the Mounties and beat people up at a Hockey game?
My brother in law married into a whole lot of money. He's pretty out of touch with reality.
I drove 1800 km, and generally sped the whole way, except for while we were driving through the blizzard (another canadianism). I tried to avoid the Mounties. I watched a lot of hockey on TV - World Juniors and all that. No fights though.
Glad to hear that you and yours had a good time. Quiet new year's here, but that's not a bad thing. Beats having obnoxious drunks everywhere. =)
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The crazy thing about living without internet for a few days, was learning how pervasive the internet is to our daily lives:
"Let's go to the hot springs!"
"Are they open on Jan 1 - it's a holiday?"
"Let me check the internet ... oh"
"I'll call them"
"I'll look the number up for you ... oh"
And so on.
On the upside, though, if you were able to achieve that goal, it probably meant you were either extremely ill or eating something that your body is straight-up rejecting.
Also, I get exactly what you mean regarding net usage.
Some people around me just aren't like that, at ALL, to the point that their first impulse is to go for a phonebook or atlas for information, at which point I'm like, "I could totally check that for you in about eight seconds. Seriously. Eight seconds, that's all it takes, and I can pretty much find ANYTHING you might be looking for."
Good morning to you as well. =)
Post edited January 04, 2015 by CarrionCrow
j0ekerr
Heisenbunny
Registered: Jun 2014
From Spain
Posted January 04, 2015
Good afternoon everyone, seems like I've missed quite a few pages. Anything I should know?
Welcome back Stilton we've missed your presence, without our goði around we almost turned to false gods, and forsook the Allfather from our prayers.
I see you acknowledge the fact that Christmas isn't officially over just yet, even if it looks like it pretty much is.
Not here though. Epiphany is kind of a very big deal.
Welcome back Stilton we've missed your presence, without our goði around we almost turned to false gods, and forsook the Allfather from our prayers.
I see you acknowledge the fact that Christmas isn't officially over just yet, even if it looks like it pretty much is.
Not here though. Epiphany is kind of a very big deal.
Post edited January 04, 2015 by j0ekerr
adaliabooks
"Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, you know?"
Registered: Jun 2013
From United Kingdom
Posted January 04, 2015
(Only kidding, my OCD means I never lose my keys... )
swatkat
Razor Clawson
Registered: Dec 2014
From United Kingdom
Posted January 04, 2015
low rated
CarrionCrow
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Registered: May 2011
From United States
Posted January 04, 2015
Happy New Year to everyone - how are those resolutions going? Its four days in and I'm still keeping up with mine (must be a personal record). Hope everyone's recovered/recovering from a couple of weeks of gluttony, too. I'm wearing a duvet around me at the moment because my trousers don't fit any more.
Singin' in the Rain was on the box over Christmas, followed by a collection of interviews with Gene Kelly and, by chance, Carrie Fisher was on a quiz show a couple of days later (this is leading somewhere, keep going...)
Now, my feeling is that Gene Kelly was something of a big head (it came over that way in the interviews, anyway). Decent dancer, if you like that kind of thing (no idea why I watched the film, let alone the interviews - I must've been immobile with food), but as a personality there wasn't any.
Debbie Reynolds was nineteen when she appeared in Singin' in the Rain and Kelly was something of a 'star', so she had to go through with the obligatory kissing scenes, like it or not.
Well, it turns out it was 'not', as Carrie Fisher explained on the unrelated quiz show a couple of days later, because after her mother (Reynolds) went through with what Carrie Fisher described as a 'tongue kiss' with Kelly, Debbie Reynolds threw up, which for some reason I found hilarious (not the throwing up - I like Debbie Reynolds - but the cause of it).
Not sure why I'm rambling all of this out, but if there's any worth in it, it must be that if you want to make it in the world you occasionally have to do things you don't like, even kissing Gene Kelly. You have been warned...
And yes, while my memory might be somewhere between mush and dog shit at any given moment, you're still pretty memorable. =)
Happy new year to you and yours, hope everyone close to you had a good time.
As for resolutions? Well, wouldn't call them resolutions as much as things I've been bitching at myself to do for the gods only know how long, but finally starting to get off my ass and do them. Pretty much gearing up to be the bitchiest, angriest, most nerve-fried person at the gym, trying to get being a fat shit under control while quitting smoking.
Good times ahead, let me tell you....-laughs-
Also, it probably says something about me that with the entire story you told, and told well, that my first thought was, "I get the whole feeling weird about kissing Gene Kelly thing, but I don't even know where they're buried to do it...."
hummer010
Crazy Penguin
Registered: Dec 2012
From Canada