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Enigma2

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Enigma2 a private message Print Post    
The California fires were mentioned on another thread, and thought I would bring it here. And as I look around me, I wonder how hard it must be to –on an instant– loose everything that is familiar and treasured.

And one of my digressions: The French Daily News was giving much sympathetic coverage of the fires last evening. Which brings to the question: Why do I seem to find out so much more about my country on foreign tv news than on our own news channels? (eg I seem to learn more about the U.S. space program on French news than on CNN???)

Enigma2

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Enigma2 a private message Print Post    
Ah, yes: regarding adoption. I have decided to make the big move. But I'm going through one of those simpliy-my-life phases. And have decided to sign those adoption papers around the time that Survivor ends. (It might help with the 'withdrawal' symptoms at the end of the show...}

Lorry

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 10:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lorry a private message Print Post    
Enigma:

Stop watching CNN and switch to Fox ! hehe

Sorry, couldn't resist. The fires are being covered quite well on Fox. I have the Fox News on as background in each and every room. That way I can wander around and not miss anything.

As for the adoption.... sounds like a typical "Enigma2 Well Thought Out Plan". hehe

I just might stick around after Survivor myself and will look forward to seeing your posts.

Auntiemike

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 11:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
Enigma: regarding the daily news - just another example of living on the wrong coast. If you were anywhere near the West Coast you would have heard about the fires daily, if not hourly! It's been in the news constantly here...probably because we are so "close" to California.

My point being: time to get serious about that relocation plan. :-)

Catfat

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 2:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Catfat a private message Print Post    
Autiemike, I second that. What can we do to help Enigma?

Dogdoc

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 3:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
A reminder - the Joe Schmo has its finale tonight at 9:00 of SPIKE tv.

Enigma2

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 6:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Enigma2 a private message Print Post    
I'm sorry. I didn't make it clear. Yes, there is a great deal of coverage of the fires on tv. And, Lorry, I sort of use tv news as white noise while I work (and sometimes pay attention), and switch between CNN, MSNBC and Fox (also I get 3 of the C-Span channels..) (and more)

If I had explained myself better, what I was trying to say is that too much of the news we see from the U.S. –on a day to day basis– tends to focus on the 'sensational' (they need viewers to sell commercials)

So I tend to watch some to the foreign news reports (am a steady watcher of the French news, but also try to watch German, Canadian, Mexican, etc.) And it seems to be that on the foreign reports, I find all sorts of interesting, and even 'nice' stories about the U.S. that seem to be ignored here, or only covered in one-line.

Enigma2

Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 2:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Enigma2 a private message Print Post    
Well, I'm going to do a 'Lorry' trick, and boost this back up to the top...

It seems that most of us have already said most of what we can in the various threads. (I'm reminded of Jack at BigBrother discussing 'circular thinking:' You start at one 'position;' then talk all the way around it until you are back where you began.)

Can't wait for tonight's show.

Stilllurking

Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 5:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stilllurking a private message Print Post    
Good Morning Dear Enigma! I have been trying w/ all my might to track you down friend. It seems to me I'm going to have to send Dear Lorry after you to get my 1 question answered. I will ask 1 more time then I send the big guns after you (lol). Have you considered going to the NorthEast coast TVCHers get together? Would love to meet you and you will surely add wit and wonderful conversation to the gathering. I don't think you realize how many people have read your posts and would love to meet you!

Lorry

Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 6:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lorry a private message Print Post    
Hello everyone!!! Today is a lovely day here in the Pittsburgh suburbs. Weather is crisp and refreshing. Today we have four deer in our backyard... and they are soooo bold around here that even the dogs do not scare them off...lol

I'm in the process of getting used to a new med... so of course it will take a week or so before I feel normal again...lol Every time I get used to one med, they switch me to another... darn.

Glad to see so many friends here. Enigma, it sounds like you have a fan base on these boards... and I don't blame them. You ought to go meet and greet.

Well, I'm determined to do some posting today, maybe even write some more letters to the producers of Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire. I can't believe they pulled the show off the air. Damn that makes me upset. Every time I find a show I like, off the air it goes.

OK... talk to you all later. Have a nice day!!

Enigma2

Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 10:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Enigma2 a private message Print Post    
Stilllurking: The 90% hermit in me can't go. Afraid of seeing real people (Looked at your bio: maybe I need your help –joke, sort-of) On the other hand, would feel very comfortable w. your 4 dogs and cat...

Stilllurkings bio reminded me: Maybe we should talk about our pets on the quiet days. Everybody here seems to have at least one (but then, there probably is some place in this vast TVCH that is already doing that) Would just luv to talk about Meresankh, my really neurotic dog. She has a shrink.

Lorry, you actually got me t o get up and go look out a window: and it's a lovely day here in NYC as well. The sun is glittering off of the Empire State Bldg. and the Chrysler Bldg. (It's so nice that they are still here...)

Also Lorry: am bringing this over from another thread (Am being a very good boy and staying on-subject. Aren't I wonderful...) about your neice. Just to toss into the mix (re home schooling): when I was a kid, I was out of school for two years due to illness. And I had missed-out on peer bonding during that time. And I never quite felt comfortable with people my own age again. And that could be a problem with removing her from school. (Just a thought...)

Catfat: am doing a search on Sequin (too much info; was looking at picts of lavendar festival; need to get back when I have more time)

Does anyone else agree that Catfat should run for public office? (Independent, of course) (Who would be the god or goddess of independence and strong-thinking...)

Lorry has mentioned deer; Catfat has mentioned elk. (Have a friend in Vermont who has named her front yard: Moose Meadow...) At my hovel-in-the-woods, I have watched the beauty of small herds of deer slowly working their way down the hill behind the house toward the stream in front of the house for their morning drink, and them slowly return. Beautiful to watch. (But then there is Lyme's Disease and I haven't see a tulip in years, cause they eat them...)

Well, hope all enjoy Survivor tonight. (Even those stange people who do not like Rupert)

Kady

Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kady a private message Print Post    
Enigma...you are so right that we already discuss our dogs and cats. I am a cat lover myself. The clubhouse is a very huge place with so many sections. I have been here from the beginning almost so I don't have too many problems navigating myself around. I'm leaving you some links to the dog and cat threads. You may want to go look. Many people post pictures of their pets. If you have some time to kill you may enjoy looking at the pictures.

Cats

Dogs

Reader234

Friday, October 31, 2003 - 6:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Hi everyone!!

I'm so busy in adven's game (thank you so much stilllurking for joining the game, altho it does tend to give me a twinge of guilt, since I havent been back here in days!! )

Lorry, I too saw your post about your niece, thanks for your perspective enigma. I would like to add my sons experience. He was horribly teased, and bullied. He was/is different. He is hard of hearing. Kids would say he "thinks" he cant hear. He refused to wear hearing aids in jr hi, we had a wonderful teacher that was willing to go the extra mile with projects etc. It was later in the 8th grade I discovered the extent of the bullying, way too late. (He was on a team that would throw things at him, take his equipment, shove food, snow etc in his face, oh, and the real kicker was when a kid threw a lighted match at him, that he told me about, but of course all the kids denied it, so the coach just shrugged it off!!) At school they would shove him up against lockers, throw his lunch on the ground (all accidents, and my son was the 'paranoid' one) One of the bullies wanted a reference from the great teacher for his Eagle Scout application, that teacher called his parents in for a conference and explained if she were to write a letter it wouldnt be to reccomend him. He totally backed down, became more of an introverted kid (and did receive an Eagle, asked others for letters btw) BUT he started to behave 'better' to my son (of course my son is leary and civil to the boy, but never trusted him, and the boy understands, now that they are 18) Let see oh, yeah, in high school, he couldnt get a date for the formal dances, one girl even came over to the house to ask him, then the next day "changed her mind" That happened 3 times.

Of course these examples are just the tip of the iceburg. In class he was considered a strong student and a "leader" by the teachers. Some kids viewed him as a "brown noser" (he sat in front and always asked questions! duh!) and "aloof" (because he couldnt join in in most of the teenage conversation - he couldnt hear!)

He earned his Eagle award, his troop didnt come to the ceremony. The counselors from his camp did. They were his friends, and he took it in stride. He's in college now, 1st year. So far the reports are "I LOVE IT!!" He still wont wear a hearing aide. I still worry about him...

it still makes me cry when I think about it.

Do I have advice for your sister? Make sure she talks to her daughter, you too. Ask her what she needs from you... Be there, I dont think I was for my son. He loves me, and we talk about it now, he disagrees with me!! I love that we now talk like friends... I'm still not sure what I shouldve done differently. But I know I never realized the true extent of the bullying/teasing.

Reader234

Friday, October 31, 2003 - 6:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Enigma, I do hope you join the craziness of the rest of the BB, your discussions are always well read!!

I have a feeling a lot of people would fight over the right to adopt you!!

Enigma2

Friday, October 31, 2003 - 7:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Enigma2 a private message Print Post    
Kady: thanks. Went to dog link. Great pictures of dogs in halloween costumes. Am planning on getting back there when Survivor is over. Too much I want to do and learn; not enough time. Am now very much depending on reincarnation.

Yes, Reader234, I will get myself adopted. Will do at end of Survivor. (to combat 'withdrawal' symptoms.
Also: a good, caring teacher seems to make all the difference. It's so unfair that pro sports pays so much (and, in essence, this is for people have never grown-up and are still playing 'children's games) (oh, boy: am going to get bashed for that one...) and teaching pays so little. (We seem to have our priorities wrong.)

It's also unfair that Shawn is gone, and Jon is still there...

Gen

Friday, October 31, 2003 - 8:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gen a private message Print Post    
Enigma2, you are not going to get a bashing from me. You are correct that we have our priorities wrong. When are we going to honor those who use their brain rather than their brawn. Sure the sport figures, actors, and actresses entertain us, but others contribute so much more to society.

Reader234

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 8:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
I'm hoping the twist can fix some of that, I hope that Jon doesnt sail into the F4...

Lorry, havent seen you in a couple of days, hope all is well! Post when you can. Thinking of you.

Reader234

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 8:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Nope, no sign of Lorry since Thursday...

binoculars

Gen

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gen a private message Print Post    
Reader, Lorry was around yesterday. She posted on the "Who likes the new outcast twist?" thread at 11:55a. Like you I keep an eye out for her posts as they are always good.

Enigma2

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 9:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Enigma2 a private message Print Post    
Reader234: Yes, I noticed that Lorry hasn't posted since Thursday, as well. (It's always sort-of strange here without her...) But she had me concerned once before. Seems that Thursday nights are a big social night with her family. (And maybe she hasn't gotten through her hang-over yet –joke.) (And then again, people actually have-a-live outside of this room: how dare they?) So, I'm not worried.....Yet.....

Bcandscott

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bcandscott a private message Print Post    
I really could use a hug today. People are making me crazy elsewhere. I think I'm going to just snuggle up here in SurvivorTVCH land and hide.

Catfat

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 9:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Catfat a private message Print Post    
Big hugs, Bc. Am also having a stressful day.
Enigma, thanks for your suggestion that I should run for office, but that would mean that I would have to go out of the house and actually talk to people. Umm, not for me.

Reader234

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 10:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Enigma - I hate when that happens. Real Life. Lorry needs to know there are priorities. As I have adopted her, I feel responsible for knowing where she is!!

Lorry, when you come around, I promise not to lecture you. I've found it doesnt work, so I will forgive you!! Just know we are waiting your direction here!! I dont want to seem helpless or anything. Do tell how your family gathering was!

{{BC}} {{Catfat}}} I also have found this an awesome way to relieve stress, and snuggle up!! It sure takes my mind off real life, I also find I dont eat as much, so I'm calling it my diet food!!

I'm actually getting out of the house, but talking to people, I've started to avoid that. I'll let you know how it works out! Its not that I'm scared, I just dont often get the results I desire!!

I'm >< this close to hitting ds#2 upside the head. I really want to smack some sense in that kid!! His report card 4A's, 1 B and a D - how dare he? His response "what's the point? I dont see the point in writing, so I just dont do it" That boy has attitude problems I tell you!! I'm using all the patience I have on him!! I just love him so darn much, and I am proud of him, he's getting out there and actually talking to people!! He was invited to a party last night!! Its a first, and so I support that. Just hope his English teacher can help us move this kid to the next level. We shall see!!

I wonder why we have to wait a whole week for the next episode of Survivor? Have they announced the Celebrity Survivor? I'm going in search of some spoilers!! I hate waiting!

Enigma2

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 12:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Enigma2 a private message Print Post    
O.K. Bcandscott, Catfat & Reader234. Stand up. It's time for a group hug. (When I was a kid, I would get balloons and ice cream and, maybe a new teddy bear when things were bad. What people don't realize is that we adults still need that stuff.) So imagine that you are each standing there with a bunch of balloons (yellow for Bcandscott; red for Catfat, and blue for Reader234); imagine that I'm preparing heaping dishes of Hagen Dazs 'Cookies and Cream' and you each get a stuffed animal to hug until the stress goes away. (Sorry, that's the best I can do...)

Enigma2

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 1:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Enigma2 a private message Print Post    
Also (re Lorry): She mentioned that she had just gotten some new medications, and that this proceedure sometimes took a few days to 'kick-in.' She also seems to have very supportive (adult) kids. (They actually seem to discuss us...) So whatever the reason that she is not here, I don't feel as 'panicy' as last time...