Mike - I arrive at 2:44. America West from Phoenix. It's actually Friday, jags. Your calendar may say Thursday. It ain't.

-- Anonymous, January 17, 2001

Answers

It's Friday! Vegas is tomorrow! ACK!

Morning, MATHletes. Anybody around this fine Friday morning?

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

I'm here. Tired but happy. Maryland finally got the job done yesterday.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Why can nobody get in? That's terrible.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Our computers must be cooler, I guess.

This morning was a disaster. Traffic sucked, since the inaguration's closing the Memorial Bridge so everyone backed up to take the Key Bridge. That screwed up my commute. People, presidential inagurations should never make me late for work.

Ricky Martin concert at the Lincoln Memorial at 3:30. It's a shame I have to work.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

That is a shame. Maybe you could sneak out early and ask Ricky if you could borrow his leather pants.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

What's the point if Michelle won't be there? Her mom would never know I took her advice.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Bitches. Hos.

M - my hearty congrats to the Terps.

AB - as if I needed another reason to hate my job, it totally ruined VPN. And I didn't get home last night until 11.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

As long as it doesn't make you miss Vegas.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Damn, Al. That is no way to live. I watched Law & Order instead, though.

I have an idea about the airport. I think you should come here and let Joey take us there.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Believe me, it is truly no way to live. I had a press check for the dumbest shite in the world - and it took forevah. And I had to spend my evening in the thoroughly awful 'burg of Farmers Branch, TX, sitting in a nasty print house.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

That sounds like a whole lot of fun.

Need anything from Target? I'm going in a few minutes.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Where are y'all? I have to get out of here soon.

Don't go crazy while I'm gone again.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Ok, all of a sudden I can get in...

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Me too!

Scary part is I linked from Meg's site.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Now that AB and T are gone it works like a charm. Typical.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Let's see how long it holds out.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

VEGAS!

Sorry. Had to get that out of my system.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Looks like the Fuzz is planning an Atlanta Squishycon.

Dumbasses. They're all like, Pamie who?

We're authentic. We've got Pam.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

They can't call it a Squishycon. They have to call it a Stupidcon or something. Losers.

For lunch I am having lasagna and peach cobbler. Cheese and butter.

Overheard in Vegas: "Hey fred, did you think Allison would be so fat? I'm totally surprised..."

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Shut up. I had a baked p so covered in cheese someone thought I was eating a mound of cheese.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Cheese, glorious cheese. I just want to move to Italy and live in a house made of cheese.

I'm supposed to have practice tonight. Bleh. I so don't want to go, and I have a ton of laundry to do and bills to pay and stuff I should have done days ago to get ready that I haven't done...

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

I had soup and a turkeyburger. Heh.

Of course, I had chicken parm and tacos yesterday, so I'll still be out of shape. Plus my breakfast was a caramel machiatto, and that's got seven million calories, right.

But y'all, the only thing anyone we'll be saying about you after Vegas is "Damn, all the MATH women are hot! And they can sing too!

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

That's right, baby.

I'm so ready to leave. Like NOW.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Yeah, so am I, but it'll be a miracle if I'm out of here before eight. Plus I have to write my NCAA column.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Chicken parm!

Feh. My work e-mail is messed up, yo. That one I just sent out came back to me saying that it is undeliverable to Mike and pamie. Hmm.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Well, if anybody gets bored tonight, you can always call me here at work. I'll probably be here late as well.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Oh you guys. Please don't let the man take away your Vegas vibes.

In about 24 hours, MA-H will be united.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

And it feels so good.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

I'm sad that AB is out having a VPD without me.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

I'm having my own little VPN tonight. At the mall. You want I can get you a little somethin'.

Is it silly that I'm bringing my Nine West boots?

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

So Hannah's flying from Phoenix and Allison/AB from Dallas, right?

I'm just hoping I don't oversleep and miss the flight. That would be bad.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Also, is it bad that I'm stressin' over what to wear more than I would for any random blind date?

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

But it's like a giant blind date!

Yes, Columbus via Phoenix. I'm not changing planes or anything.

Do NOT oversleep. That's an order.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

The question is, do I wear the Hawaiian shirt Friday, or don't I?

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

You guys are all hard at work.

Check out my Spin Offs thread in Pop Culture. It's dying.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

"do I wear the Hawaiian shirt Friday, or don't I? "

Sure! Why not? It's Vegas

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Family Matters?

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Hawaiian shirt, yes. Or a white shirt and khaki pants. Whichever.

I forgot to ask if either of you saw my morning addition to Pulp Fiction...

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Yes. Family Matters. With Urkel. Do you know?

The boots people!

How much do I hate Anne Heche? That Talking Walls 2 thing was on HBO this weekend and "Thank You" by Dido is playing during the Ellen/Sharon Stone love scene and now the song is ruined. Ruined!

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Is her whole album as good as that song?

I know what Family Matters is, but was unaware that there were any spinoffs. I can't fathom why there would be.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Yeah, I hate Anne Heche. But, I love Ellen sometimes. I actually enjoyed that If Walls Could Talk thing. Chloe Sevigny was amazing in it.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

It's just too much to work right now. Must leave. But can't.

Hmm, that's a long VPD AB's got going.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

This thing is making me crazy. It's now 4:40. I leave in 50 minutes.

Anyone?

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

I'm back! Y'all still around?

I went to Target and to DeSoto (DefuckingSoto, Allison!) to pick up my paycheck.

I got everyone prizes.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Oh, gifts!

I can't wait to dance and see Mike's moves.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Y'all. When I say I'll see you tomorrow? I really will see you tomorrow!

I can't take it! I'm going to have to have a cocktail soon.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Do you think we're being too obnoxious with our Dear Squishite letters?

Hmm.

AB, you haven't written one yet, have you?

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

No! I must write one. To whom shall I write?

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

My moves? Hannah, I can't dance. At all. But for y'all, I'll try.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

I wrote to "Clyde-free T." I want to write to all of you, but I must have patience.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

No, no patience! Math is taking over their thread. We own them.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Hannah, you'd make a great coach.

"We are dominating these guys. There's nothing they have that we can't counter.

Teamwork, on three!
-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

We own them. Heh.

H, I just sent flight info again.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Hannah make pretty haiku.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Yeah, H. You're the coach.

Can I just run the scoreboard or something? And sing the National Anthem? Seriously, I went and played the other day at the gym and got my ass whipped. I'm awful.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Good thing I'm the coach because I can't play any sport for shit.

But I can boss!

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Little Miss Coach-y!

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

That's gotta ring to it.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Every team needs a coach.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Did I ever tell y'all I was in MATH Counts in 8th grade?

Just preparation for being a real MATHlete.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Greenspun sucks, people.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Sing it, sister.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

I wonder what the deal is. It used to do this on occasion when pamie had her forum here, but I don't remember it ever lasting more than a few hours.

Maybe the guy's on vacation.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

But, you know, who cares? Vegas is tomorrow. Tomorrow, I will see my jags and all will be good.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

I really hate packing. I never bring what I meant to.

Alas. It must get done.

-- Anonymous, January 18, 2001

Okay, it's actually 9 a.m. EST on Friday. Y'all. I'm so nervous. And reading how nervous Pamie is makes me more nervous. I hope this is something she WANTS to do, not something she feels like she has to, because then I'll feel all kinds of crazy guilty.

And really, I thought this was MATHcon?

-- Anonymous, January 19, 2001