Ah, Tuesday. Vegas just gets farther away.

-- Anonymous, January 22, 2001

Answers

Yay! I'm the first! ***hugs*** for me!

This morning has already been hectic. But I feel a lot, lot better. The red pils are working.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Okay, yes, the flowers didn't come yesterday. I will be I town (as I said, it's been a hectic morning with Cynthis all, "I need Teri in FLorida for the conference!" and Matt all "No! I need her here! If you're out, I need someone professional in the office!" and me all, "whatever" and Chris all, "But I have to go to Valdosta in wenty minutes!") today and maybe they could deliver the flowers to my office, which is also in Vinings (okay, Smyrna).

Insider Advantage 2555 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 200 Atlanta, 30339 770-434-0907

And yes, I believe that I discussed Jazz Fest with Mike. I am not going to Mardi Gras, even though I really want to and C has never been and he would be a hoot, and my cousin Colleen is a maid in Hermes and as Joh can vouch, their ball is a blast, but Spain is the next week and that is just pushing it.

So yes, Jazz Fest. And if there are any takers, Teri Lippincott's Third Annual Mardi Gras Extravaganza will be on February 24, 2001. Crawfish Fetuccini for all!

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Okay, y'all, I am loving Fred's post in the crush thread.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Y'all! So much to read! I missed so much yesterday. Ugh. I have like nine windows open, and I'm flipping back and forth madly.

Who needs money? I'm staying home today, damnit.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Greenspun is messing with me again! I'm very busy today, but wanted to check in.

Man, how kick ass would that have been to have had pamie link to me. Merr. Oh well.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I'm trying to think of some snarky retort to rudergirl's blatant plaigarism of the Casa de Trash.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I slept for, like, 100 hours yesterday. Does anyone else have Vegas lag?

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I'm here. In a suit. For the first time in forever.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

T, how about:

Dear Casa de Trash,

You know you belong exclusively to the MATH club. Tell ruderho to back up off you.

Love, The Real T

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Do you have an interview? Is the suit new? Are you going to a party? Are you having a picture taken? I like the picture you have now, the one with the purple shirt and the rogue curl on the back of your head.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Nothing that cool. Because we're a big ol' bureacracy in the Gannett chain, we have a massive luncheaon for newbies and people celebrating anniverseries every quarter.

And this is my five-year deal.

Please kill me now.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Holy cow! Five years? Congratulations! You deserve the flowers, Mike. Oh, let us laud you!

Seriously, that's pretty cool. I'd like to work for the same company for more than a year.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

See, and I sort of wish I was doing different things every year. But at least I get free food.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

T, yes yes. Go bust out Ruderho. I was dying for you to do it yesterday.

Where's al?

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Why do I have to be the mean one? Mayn. What is something snarky, yet demure that I could say?

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I don't know, but I vote for the all-out snarkiness. Just call her out.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Oh, and with regards to meg hating, did y'all see her latest entry and her even more blatant plaigarism? Look at the very bottom of the entry.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Okay, I guess I did a sort of call out in that insipid "Dear squishites" thread.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Ugh! Nice plagiarism, uh, trash. Mimicky McMeg.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I just hope she gets it. She's not real bright.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Are there any pictures of Chris posted anywhere? Am I allowed to calt him Meat of Cheese/Carne de Queso also?

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Of course you can call him Meat of Cheese!

There's a picture of him on ericajackson.com's website.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Pamie posted one in her entry. Call him MOC.

I hate Meg.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Y'all, I just read about The Holy Land Experience theme park in Orlando. The organizers promise that there will be no "overt proselytizng."

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Han, how much do I love those pictures of us singing? I KNOW we thought we were rock stars.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

And I promise that I can't always spell.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Okay, I should do some work now. Unfun.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Ab, what do you mean thought? We ARE rock stars. But really, we sang a LOT of stuff. I cant' even begin to remember it all.

Erica has a crush on you. Maybe you can do a guest entry on clitclick.com

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Oh, Johanna, tell me that was a typo.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Y'all, Jessifer is killing -- KILLING -- the pulp fiction thread. What does that girl have against capital letters?

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

"Oh, Johanna, tell me that was a typo. "

It wasn't.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I know she does! Who wouldn't, after our performances? The only reason she's not after you is because she knows Joel Feng will smack her ass down.

Mike, please go resurrect Pulp Fiction in the proper manner. I can't stand to see it go to the dogs like that. Or to the POSMs, for that matter.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Is that something seperate form chickclick?

(By the way, I will restate my opinion that chickclick is stupid and that I hate - HATE - those awful charicatures that are freatured in all the annoying chickclick banner ads.)

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Oh my God. Y'all please go look at clitclick.com. I'm think I just passed out.

Poke the Pussy?!?!?!? What is the world coming to?

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I still don't get that cutesey wootsey girly thread.

What kind of girl are they talking about? Because there are some girls I hate, but the reason I hate them is because I'm jealous. Which is what 90% of those posts sound like.

And the girls I'm not jealous of, well, they're just tacky and they could never bother me.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Wait. Have you guys seen Erica's period diary? It's called "Bleeds" or something. I almost died.

I think I just worded the above wrong. But I think y'all know what I mean.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

And really, y'all, there's no reason to be jealous. The Junior League lets in just about anybody these days.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Did everyone just die? Can Allison not get in?

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I'm here. Just working.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I'm here, but I'm leaving in a minute. I'm going to post from DeF'ingSoto so I don't miss my jags today.

Be back ASAP.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I was having trouble for a little while. Seems to be working fine now.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Rudergirl on It's Kat, from the fuzz thread:

She got pulled over in Texas. The cop must have thought she was stoned or something...he asked her what was in the back of her truck and she spun around and said, "What? There's something back there? Oh, my clothes." Then he asked why she had them back there and she said bc she was moving to Fla., so he asked what was in Fla. and she replied, "Tampa." He let her go with a warning bc, according to him, if he had given her a ticket she was going to have to go into town with him to pay it on the spot with a money order. She asked if she would have to go to the court house, and he said, "No, the court house is closed on Sunday," to which Kat replied, "Today is Sunday?"

I told her he only let her go so he wouldn't have to put up with her any longer.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

And from the AP news wire:

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said Bush made clear his position on vouchers ''is unchanged.'' But despite those differences, Kennedy said, Democrats are eager to work with Bush on education.

''The areas which he pointed out where we are in agreement, I thought were very substantial. I, for one, am interested in getting some action,'' Kennedy said outside the West Wing.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Oh, Teddy. I love it.

I'm here, peeps. I have been trying to post on and off for an hour. G-spun is killing me. I have to pretend to work for a while until I can do my picture pages.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

By the way, my loathing of the POSM's is stronger than ever. Atlanta Squishycon? Are THEY going to have pamie? Oh, people, I SO think NOT. So that would just make it a gathering, no?

Bitches. They can't let us have ONE thing without trying to copy it? I HATE them - idiot Pigfatt saying we keep posting boring Vegas stories. Hello? It's PAMIE.COM. pamie was THERE. Unlike DebacleCon 2001, or TRASHCon, where she won't be. But do you know who WILL be there? Possibly at least the A and T of the MATH Club.

How hysterical would it be if we invited ourselves and went? I could be in Atlanta in March, no problem.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Unless it's during Spain week, I could as well.

They'd DIE.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Hmm, you must all be lunching.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

And I know pamie was the one who suggested the NY,NY deli. Otherwise, how would we have known about it?

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I still can't believe they're having that dumb thing. DuMBy heads.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Look at me all lonely.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Actually, their DUMBcon is the same weekend as the Third Annual Mardi Gras Extravaganza. To be held at the Casa de Anulewicz. Not in Smyrna.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Oh, and in case you were wondering, they are so NOT invited to my Mardi Gras party. My Mardi Gras party is the numbah one MG party. People ask about it all year long. I have more food than...a lot of people. And it's good food. Yeah. No PoSM's allowed.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Why are you having it after MG?

There Dumbcon is March 23-25.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I'm not - MG is February 27. I usually have it the weekend before MG, but the weekend before is Chris' birthday and he wants to keep that low-key. And as I'm not going to MG this year, I'm having it MG weekend.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

How great would it be if MATH crashed the gathering. What would they do...

It'd be like the gang fight in West Side Story, only without the romance between Tony and Maria.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

How was your party, Mike?

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Very nice. Spinich salad, chicken in a mushroomy sauce, rice, veggies and cheesecake.

And I got a luggage tag. That's kind of tacky. But I got a little wine cup thingy in August, which was my actual five-year date.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

A luggage tag? Interesting. I wonder what kind of message they're trying to send?

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

If they are, they might get their wish this summer.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Huh? Do you think you might be moving?

Ooh - did I tell you? Chris is all thrilled because he has his ACC tournament ticket in hand. He's getting all his Maryland gear ready as we speak.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

As soon as I stop working the college hoops beat, I'll be there every year. I'm bummed that I can't go this year. It's incredible.

I go back and forth, but I think I might need a change of scenery at some point, so I might test the waters and see what's out there. That is, of course, only true if SPC hasn't made us all millionaires by then.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

oh, where's Mike going?

Y'all, my Vegas little "recap" is gonna be huge.

I hope Al's putting up her pics.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

H-

pamie's calling you out on the Gatherings thread.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Dear Santa,

Next Christmas, I want a digital camera. I have 38 pictures to scan from Vegas. It is making me cry.

Love,

AllisonLowe.com

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

"Dear -ATH,

As Integer, I hereby declare my love for the Original CdeT. Now let me in!

New Girl-ly,
AB

Y'all, don't think I'm not so, so sad at getting dissed in the CdeT thread.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

How did it happen? Why you get the dis? Maybe it's because you ran such a HATEFUL campaign for New Jag City, where the CdeT is zoned.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

But I'm the President of New Jag City! And I gave it a shoutout during my awful version of Eat It!

And you know, I wasn't the one who started the mudslinging during the campaign. I'm just sayin'.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Okay, I rectified things with AB. Al, Han - I'm walking out the door (like hell I'm working a full day. I worked one yesterday and about passed out as soon as I entered my house. I had surgery, for heaven's sake! These people I work with are nuts.) so y'all will need to take care of young Mike.

Mike, I will get you an ACC Terps souvenir, how's that sound?

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Oh, shite. Are we back to the New Jag City mudslinging? We were trying to be funny. Mike, I didn't even know you then. Hell, I barely knew Allison. It was all in fun. If I knew you then like I know you now, there would be no election. We would just step up and take that place OVER.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Are you going with him?

My Maryland bias aside, it's the greates conference tournament in sports. Especially if your team wins.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

It's all good. MATH erases all that happened before.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Did I clear the place out? I showered this morning. Really.

Y'all, I look ridiculous right now. I'm in my suit and tie, with headphones plugged into my speakers, listening to the ACC coaches' conference call on replay and taking notes.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Don't be sad, Bermanater! I fixed my post up all special for you.

I miss my MATHletes! I'm going home now. Y'all get online tonight so I can get my fix.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Aw, I bet you look great. The Bermanater is a handsome man.

Y'all. I have hit rock bottom. I have to work up a promotion for our next big system meeting. We took an old baseball card...I can't even remember whose card it is...and put our CEO's face on it and a logo on the shirt and cap that says THR Starmen. Calling the thing "A New Season at THR! Join us for Spring Training at the System Communications Meeting."

This is the weird part of my job that I sincerely dislike. I am just not cut out to be a corporate-side girl.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

AB, you rule.

Do y'all understand how dull sports press conferences are? Very dull.

When our lone sports girl walked in for work a few minutes ago, she looked at me all dressed up and laughed, and laughed, and laughed. Jag.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

H, I just read your recap. Excellent. You know you left something out though, right? The best thing. You left it out. Also the loss of my lip gloss, but that's not as important.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Greenspun sucks today.

I put up my entry. It's very MATHcentric. Oops. But I'll talk more about other jags when I put my pics up.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

You mean the thing about Ray? That was the best thing. Or your rendition of Crazy? That was also a good thing.

Hmm. What??

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I was talking about dameetray, yeah. But Crazy was good. Well, for me. Not so much for The Bermanater, I suppose. Oh, I'm just sorry, Mike.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I'm writing mine now. It should be done by six. I'll probably write another one Thursday, when I get my pics back. AB, send me your address if you want copies.

Allison, as soon as I got the gist of what you were doing, I turned to Fred, Elissa and Carol and said, "Y'all, welcome to my own personal hell."

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

I swear on the Bible I didn't plan it. I did not. And nobody but me and you and the girls knew at all what I was talking about, so no worries.

Plus, my boy, you bought that ticket to hell. Just sayin'.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Han, your entry was great! I'm all over your Chinese wedding. Do I get to plan the ritual tea ceremony?

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Al, you are hereby not allowed to be sorry for The Bermanater version of Crazy. It was the best thing I ever heard. I've already printed it out and framed it and hung it in my bathroom.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Y'all, I just had to issue a smackdown on some little bitchy-poo girl in the Bitch thread.

I just can't help myself when people are mean for no reason.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Allison, I can't let the world know about our love that knows no name. Besides, I don't want him, or Pam, to think I'm a stalker.

Even though I might start.

P.S I hate Greenspun!!!

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

You and Philip Greenspun need to have you a little talk, Han.

You should start the conversation with: "Dude, your software, like, sucks."

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

OK, my draft is up. I'll probably revise it tonight.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

AB - you numbah one tea organizer.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Mike - great entry. I laughed, I cried, I can't wait to read it again. But repeat after me: aloPEKis. ALOPEKIS. Alopekis. I'd fix that.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

Poor little starlight. She's scary sad. I keep forgetting Jessifer is only 17. The way she talks about her past and her "man" I keep thinking she's at least college-aged.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001

You guys. Jessifer the angel of death has struck again. Check out her letter on page 3 of Dear Squishites.

What are the chances of her making this shit up? And if not, man, that girl. She should lock herself away.

-- Anonymous, January 23, 2001