Hey my babies! Vertical Horizon very good. I'm a little not sober. I think about M and get sad.

I want to move. Here are my cities: L.A., DC, Atlanta, Dallas (or Austin).

Should I pick city or pick job?

Discuss.

Better MATH day! I say so! Also, ,week since Ray lettah! Must get plan B.

He must ROVE ME!

-- Anonymous, February 06, 2001

Answers

Well Hannah, I'm floored! Oh, wait ... I'll bet that's the non-MATH M.

Hmm...

Pick both. Look for cool jobs in cool places and take the best fit. But to sell my own city, Washington has the popcorn wagons, monuments, the Kennedy Center, some cool beaches (well, three hours away, but still...), outlet shopping and lots of bars, concert venues and mediocre sports teams. Of course, it also has its share of anal- retentive people, and it might not have me in a few months. But whatever.

See y'all this afternoon!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I know why Mike likes the outlet shopping.

Ooh, I had a god dinner last night. Al, I made collards for the first time, and they were pretty tasty. Oh - and they were playing Shelby Lynne in the Publix. It doesn't get any better than that.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oooh, An Bei! Your page looks sooo good.

I think that you need to get some big fourth grader to issue a smackdown to that Patrick brat.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh sheesh. I clazy!

Well, like Sara said, you can love your city and hate your job and it doesn't do you much good since you're at your job 80% of your time.

And I don't know if I could ACTUALLY live in L.A.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

An Bei!!! I love it! I love that you say you started a journal because you wanted to vote. That cracks my ass up.

Did you do it all in dreamweaver? Are they tables? So pletty!

But you know nothing at hannahbeth.com right now, yes? Hopefully sooooon.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Those squishy people are crazy.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Good morning, my girls and boy!

Y'all like An Bei? Really? I so happy! I work hard! I make pretty colors!

I'm exfuckinghausted. For real. Han, I fixed your link for right now.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Why do you think the squishy people are crazy? Because they have RenFest weddings?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Yeah, that, and they all hate their mothers.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I've noticed that. There are a lot of odd people out there. A lot of the squishy posters seem to be very bitter, self-centered, and angry. And they take things waaaaay too personally.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh - and they'll post long-ass responses without reading through the thread, and often it seems like they don't even read the original question.

Joh - have you talked to M lately? Last I recall, you were frustrated with him because he was infatuated with that girl who had a boyfriend. Is that still going on?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I noticed that too, T. A lot of them, though, just seem to argue gratia. It infuriates me. And they're bitter on top of it.

Hannah: Come to Darras! We have cowboys! I think this case is closed.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

She broke up with him, (like, last week) and it seems as though she and M are getting together. Whatever. If she's the one, zippidy do dah, but I doubt it.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

True. Colby lives in Darras!

Man, I was going to post again on the name thread, but I think I won't.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Well, maybe it wouldn't be the best thing to move to LA and put yourself in the middle of all that trauma. You might risk becoming the go-to girl every time something dramatic happened. And really, there would probably be a lot of drama if he gets really involved with that girl, and from what you said, he has a history of being involved with girls who invite drama by the barell-full.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I rove annachao.com!

What's the title? "I'm no Olive Garden"?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

No, I think I'll call it An Bei. It's not emblazoned everywhere, but I can fix that later.

What do you think?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I like An Bei.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I like An Bei the best, too. Should I pimp on pamie, y'all? Is the forum ready for An Bei?

Why does this all make me so nervous and fruity-acting?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I think you should pimp it, for sure.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Because you're about to go bust some asses with your skillz, and that would make anyone nervous.

Go pimp!

Where's Al?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Here, here.

AB, I'm dying. You said "fat-assest." I am so proud.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Ok, I just read all of An Bei there is to read. I swear to God we're related. Fruity-acting. You're my Grandmutha, girl. You are. Disguised as AB.

I salvaged the Bad MATH Tuesday and ended up having a decent night. I fell into bed like the dead, though.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Ooh - what did you do last night?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I'll just go ahead and tell you how I salvaged it.

You know, when I am under a lot of pressure, I can really come through sometimes. I flew out of here yesterday at 5:15, raced to Northpark, ran in and stood in the middle of the mall for 30 seconds to make a plan.

I decided against a gift from Tiffany's. Plus, I knew if I went in there and saw that engagement ring me and Anna Beth saw at the excrusive Berragio, I would get upset. Plus, I was dressed like crap and didn't feel right going in. So, I headed to Origins for plan B, which was to get her a gift certificate for a massage at their spa, and some other thing to wrap with the gift cert.

On the way, I passed Sephora and, while moving at the speed of light (for I only had an hour to get the gift, get the cake, go home, get ready, put the rush on JoAnn and get to the restaurant) I decided to go in and treat myself after Bad MATH Tuesday.

The best thing in the world happened. They had my lip gloss. They also had everything else in the world that would make my dreams come true, but I didn't have time, so I got it and raced back out.

I ran to Origins, got the thing, got it wrapped (they do a fine job), ran to the fancy grocery store, got the cake, got some flowers, raced home, ripped the flowers out of their tacky plastic, wrapped them in tissue, tied a ribbon around them, decorated the cake, got dressed, threw Mother in the car and made it to the restaurant only a few minutes late.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Yay for you salvaging the night. Is Jo Ann still in town?

Hey Al - guess what I might do tomorrow night.

Merle Haggard is in town, baby! It ain't the rodeo, but it ain't bad. He's playing at a bar in Kennesaw, Georgia (the town where all homeowners are required to own a gun) called Cowboy's.

I believe C may wear his boots for this one.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

And, Sonya felt like everyone had gone to a lot of trouble and she had a good time, and I was glad. As I was driving to the restaurant, I wrote her a really nice card.

Oh, and T called me from the Publix and I got that message when I got home. It was an excellent way to end the evening, laughing about that.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh, Teri. Please, PLEASE go see The Hag. Please. Now he is some real trash. Here's hoping he does CC Waterback, my favorite of his songs with George.

I can't tell y'all how disappointed I will always be in myself that I did not make Mike Berman go see David Allen Coe when we had a chance to in DC. He may have never spoken to me again, but it would have been hilarious.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Yay, Arrison get rip gross! That looks really funny. Allison get rip. Gross.

Glad you salvaged your night and the presents and all. I salvaged mine too, by staying up all of it. Did I mention I'm crazy right now?

Al, we are related. In the most Southern sense of the word, baby. And I'm so kicking Patrick's ass today if he even looks at Mad Madeleine funny.

Also, Big Bad Vinnie was asking about y'all's music date last night. When's JoAnn hittin' the road?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

No more RIP glitter lip gloss! Yay!

I must move out of Ohio. Not only do we not have Tiffany's or a Sephora even remotely close to each other, let alone IN THE SAME MALL, but there's no grocery store that would know who Shelby Lynny is, let alone play her over the speakers.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Please tel me that the Bermanator at least knows who David Allan Coe is. I will bever forget my sister Jane saying that she HAD to go see his last New Orleans show, as "He might be dead soon, what with his liver and all!"

Here's the Creative Loafing description of the Hag:While so many artists his age choose to simply rest on their laurels, the Hag keeps on making great music. Haggard's blend of country and jazz defies categorization, and his newest CD, If I Could Only Fly (Epitaph Records), is amazing. There are only a few real legends left -- Willie, George, Waylon and Merle. Don't miss it. Cowboy's/Kennesaw

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Johanna, we have a Tiffany, a Neimans, and a Sephora. In Atlanta. Come to Atlanta. Allison might.

Al - any word from grad schools yet?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Noooo! Y'all no leave An Bei in the lurch in Darras!

Dallas is pretty. Dallas is nice. Dallas cares.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

This is all hypothetical. We'll see.

An Bei never alone when there's MATH!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Gah! These name people are KILLING me! Killing. me.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

"Dallas is pretty. Dallas is nice. Dallas cares."

See, none of that is true. But, I must say, I have hated it a lot less since I moved out on my own and found AB and Honorable Chaos.

I.don't.know. when JoAnn is leaving. She drove, you know, so she "could decide for myself when to go back." Did y'all like that bathing beauty picture I put up of her? Y'all understand she was...uh...popular, right? She's pretty much torturing me, but I love her.

Date with Chao Family ASAP! Maybe this weekend? Jo might head out and go visit some friends of hers in LaGrange (shudder).

No, M did not know who DAC was. And I was not surprised. You have to be at least related to trash to know anything about him. Y'all, the man has a black widow spider tattooed on his...uh...yeah.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh my goodness - the Cowboy's where Merle is playing is the same as the Cowboy's in Dallas and Arlington. Have y'all ever been?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh, mayn. Merle is injured. The show is postponed until August.

Your mom is a dish, Al.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I've never been to Cowboy's. I was asked out to go there once, but declined. That had more to do with the guy than the location. I almost went to see Dwight Yoakam there, but couldn't for some reason.

However, when Anna Beth and I find hats, we're going. "Sissy!"

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Merle is injured? Mayn. It had to have been whiskey related. RIP, Merle, until we meet again.

H, let's decide where you want to move. I say ATL. You belong in glorious Beulah Land. Or Austin, which is also on my list (though closer to the bottom). It is just a KICK.ASS.TOWN.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Let's all move to New Orleans. It's not hot there, ever. But Austin's supposed to be a fabulous living-in city. Meredith loves it there.

Sissy! When we goin' hat shoppin'?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Yeah, I think L.A. is more of a pipe dream. I can't see myself happy there for an extended amount of time. But it has the ocean and I roooooove the ocean and miss water terribly.

Yeah, Leigha isn't helping the "name taker" side.

And how in the world is the daughter/dad dance "creepy"???

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Y'all, help me. I want a Diet Coke so bad.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Diet Coke's not bad for ya! Only 1 calorie!

Drink a lot of water. Quickly.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Shite. I'm just going to get one. I made this deal with myself, though, that if I drink one, I HAVE to drink at least 150 ounces of water. That's no exaggeration, either. It's the only way to get the DC out. I've done it before and, honestly, after you drink all that water, you want the DC less.

I've had so much DC lately, my skin has just looked bad. I haven't been breaking out or anything, really, I just don't like the way it looks. And I'm all tired and grumpy and fat and need to work OUT, dammit, but I am not doing it and I have GOT to figure out what it stopping me.

Where is Mike? Oooooh, y'all. His chat is today!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

The name people are making me gag. I just posted another response.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I'm out for a little while, babies. I'll be back in time for Mike's chat. Isn't it at 3?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

The chat is at three, yup.

Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta. But Austin is pretty cool.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Here's the link. http://cgi1.usatoday.com/mchat/20010207001/tscript.htm

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Bye An Bei!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

150 ounces of water in one sitting? Damn, that's a lot.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

T! We put Josh Joplin MP3 on abercrombie.com!

Hmmm. Atlanta. What's the cost of living htere?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Here's what I just asked Mike:

Dear Mike,

Is Kansas as over-rated as they say it is? They seem to be pretty good to me.

What's your favorite subject, by the way? Mine is MATH.

Think he'll get it? Heh.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Atlanta's comparable to Austin. My Va-Hi apartment is $720 for central a/c, hardwoods, and 1,000 square feet. However, that's an anomaly. Cost of living is reflected in salaries, though.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Yeah, your Va-Hi apt isn't normal. I mean, Kimi pays that for a one bedroom in the Vinings.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Dear Mike,

I'm a GA Tech fan, for sure, but I was shocked that they beat Maryland by 10 points.

1, how are you holding up? And 2, do you think that Tech stands a chance in March?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh, man, E bought a black rug. A black rug with her nasty-ass gray cat.

Serves her right.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I can't ask a question, as I know nothing about bball.

T, man, I wish someone would respond to you!!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I KNOW! Do you think that was a good post?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

And you know, Leigha should never call someone "tacky."

She's only 21. How can these young girls live with their boyfriends? I don't get it.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Actually, AB - the chat is at 2 our time. But I'm sure he'll answer your question, if his moderator puts it through. The best things about these chats is, you can print out the transcript and put it in your Berman Shrine. What? Y'all don't have one of those?

T, I meant 150 oz. in a day. That's still a TON of water. And I'm drinking a DC now, so I have to do it.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I know it's a big shocker, but Leigha's being uuuugly.

yeah 150 is a LOT. when i went to a nutritionist he said aim for 90-100 oz a day.

You're gonna float away girl!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Where'd y'all go? I just finally responded to the name thread. It ended up being long. Fleeah's doing some hair-pulling, isn't she? She's so DUMB. I'm just going to ignore it, since she's doing a fine job showing her ass.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

150 is a lot. I'll probably get to about 100 or so. I will definitely be running to the bathroom all day. But, if I am going to give-in and be addicted to this shit, I am at least going to do what I can to counter-act it's evil chemical effects. And y'all don't start with your "only one calorie" song. It's bad for you. The caffine and the sodium and whatever else they put in it - none of it is good. And it makes you have cellulite and I know it makes you fat.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

What? Don't be knocking on my diet coke like that!

Leigha is SOO trashy y'all. I feel like emailing lorax and being like, "you know she goes to strip clubs for the $2.99 steak dinners, right?"

al - your post was very good.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Al - your yahoo mail feels neglected, I think.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Now where did YOU go?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I had to run off and console my yahoo mail, Little Miss Bossy!!!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

ppfffffttt!

Do you have Allison@hateyourdaddy.com?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Yeah, but I haven't figured out how to set it up, yet. How do you do that, again? AB wrote those scary directions the other day, but I didn't get it. That will have to be part of our iBook date.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

T - I just read your entry. We have got to discuss your job angst. I have some insight.

My job before this one was my "first professional job." It occurs to me that I may have already told this story...but whatever.

I was director of marketing for this HIV/AIDS non-profit - the first one in Dallas - called Oak Lawn Community Services (OLCS). The cause was great, I loved the place, I loved the clients. I had to do everything on a zero budget, but I did it. I was all right until I realized how poorly managed the place was and that, no matter what I did, or how good my ideas or intentions were, I couldn't overcome the awful handling of the place and make any real success out of my job. They were just not going to ALLOW the place to succeed. I got SO depressed and hated to be at work.

My friend Jesse and I worked there together and were extremely ambitious and tried so hard and did anything we could to make things work out. We called every memo that came from management "The OLCS Recipe for Failure." They and our board were just a bunch of idiots trying to beef up their social resumes by doing this "work" for the "poor people with AIDS." Whatever. None of them had any business sense at ALL, and they treated the staff in this very age- ist (if that's a word) way, like we were too young to know anything. The executive director was a man who started at the agency in 1981 - when AIDS was still called GRID - and who had the disease himself.

He was very nice and wanted to do good, but was completely incompetent. The board put him in that position, knowing he was a former circuit party guy who didn't even go to college. People, we were dealing with government money here! Every single day, Jesse and I expected the feds to come in and arrest our boss for mishandling of funds.

The point I'm trying to make is, you can't beat yourself up because you're unable to make a success out of CRAP. I know that, and I fall prey to it every day, even here. Our department is so poorly managed, but I've stayed here, because I want this big web project to succeed. It never will, because they are never going to acknowledge the fact that the resources needed to do the job are spread throughout the system and they are letting politics and ownership issues kill the project with a slow poison.

So, move on. I'm going to. Let's find a job at the same place and make them let us run it.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I wish I could see T's journal from this computer.

I really need a Diet Coke. I'm soooo sleepy.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Johanna, that is just the oddest thing ever. Other people can see it from their I-books, I think, so it's not an i-book thing. Can you link from other pages, like Mike's or Allison's? That's just odd.

Allison, I think that is what's happening. Right now, this place is being run into the ground, and I really don't want my name associated with a failed company. They named a new president yesterday, and it's actually someone who I trust and admire, but I wonder if it's too late. I think I may give it a few more weeks, and then see if anything really changes, because when they've tried to make changes in the past, nothing has really happened. I had lunch with some people from Duffey today, so we'll see if any talks evolve from there. I don't want to say, "Take me back, please please! I've learned my lesson! I'll never take a risk again!"

Well, I'll probably take a risk. But ugh. I took a risk here. I'm making good bank, which is nice and will be good because if I change jobs, I'll probably make even slightly better bank. But I want stability. I want to be with a company for more than a year and a half.

Ok. About the name people. That loraxc person has always bother me. Like in the living in sin thread. She takes everything as a personal affront. It's rather irksome, seriously. SHe gets into a confrontation in just about every thread she contributes to.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

But she was also the one making good points in the stripper thread.

I don't remember her from the living in sin thread.

How long have you been at insider? But didn't you live Duffey because you were unhappy w/ managment there too?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Yeah, but management, and the culture in general, has really changed at Duffey.

I don't know if I would go back there. I have definitely accumulated a pretty big body of knowledge about energy issues, and maybe I'll try and take that to Southern Energy or some such.

Johanna, I get referrals from your page - can you link from there?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

T - I think I know someone at Southern Energy.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Ooooooh, you do? I know the names of some people at Veranda - we could switch.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Nope. It says t--.diaryland.com doesn't have a DNS entry. It must be bc of the slashes as I can get to other diaryland sites.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

That's so odd, though. Do you have a funky font in your address bar?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

The M8B refuses to answer that Ashley's girls question about her plane crashing. Please.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

You need to post back to Ashley as Hannah and say that M8B has a policy against answering questions related to actual life-or-death situations.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Al - what's your Valentine's Day vision? The M8B needs to know for research. yeah. Yeah, for research.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Ooh - what is a Valentine's Day vision?

Ooh - 12 minutes until the chat.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

What's up, all. Finally here. About to chat. Urgh. Then, all MATH. And high-school seniors choosing where to play football.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I can't tell y'all!

Well, for the MOC, I'm just going to get him some sweet stuff. A picture of me (if AB can take one that doesn't break her camera), a book, cd, I don't know. But I have a seperate vision for MATH, mwa HA!, that I will have to see if I can make reality.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Was there a point to Meg's dog v acura entry. I looooathe her.

How do I get on Mike's chat?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Just follow that link up there and watch it go by.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Hee! He's already started. I consider "What's up y'all?" to be a shout-out.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I was about to say the same thing! "Y'all" is totally a shout-out.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

The chat is not moving quickly.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

It's cooooooool. Are y'all watching it?

See, y'all realize the problem is that I have a really great job, right? And it's going to be impossible to replicate. So it's really a matter of wanting to live somewhere else.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh, he answered a question from the Magic City. Total shout-out, Al.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Berman is fancy smarty-pants! He famous!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Would you be interested in working with a retail company somewhere else? Maybe take what you've learnd and bring it to a local designer?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Yeah...but I didn't ask that question. I thought maybe my dad did, but it doesn't seem like one he would ask.

I asked one. We'll see if it gets through. I LOVE the chats. Bermanater at his best. One time, in a fantasy baseball one, he told someone that wanted to trade a player to see if he could get a bag of peanuts in the trade. It was a classic moment.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

The last questions I have is the one about Ajua Deng (alas, not Chin Feng Chen.).

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I am completely amazed by Mie's ability to remember not only the teams and their respective leagues, but to keep all of the mascots straight. Truly a rare talent.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

It just rolled over to one about Xavier. You have to be patient, T! The Man can only answer so fast.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

You know, I asked him one about Alabama, and I know he's gonna feel all sad when he has to tell me they actually suck and should not be ranked 15th.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Joh, there's an MAC shout-out.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Ah, shite. I just realized my question was retarded.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Yeah, but he didn't say anything about Miami! Merr.

Actually, I'd prefer to stay in retail. It's what I know.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Have any of y'all's ?s been asked?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh, they just asked T's! But they took off the MATH part. Merr!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

HAHAHAHA! Yeah, he answered T's. And clearly, he was so excited about it, he made a bunch of typos.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Hige.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Grauated.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

woo- HOO! hannahbeth.com is mine! Officially! And ready to go!! I'm still confused about setting up hannah@hannahbeth.com, even though I do have outlook at home.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I have it at home, too, and at work, but I don't know how to use it at home, at all. Actually, I haven't tried, really.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

T - you realize some woman called you out on the name thread, right?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh mayn, I love Mike. He answered AB's question, MATH and all.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Y'all, he answer AB's question about MATH! I love it.

H/Al, we need to have an e-mail setting-up session. Then you get e- mail!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

HEEEE! An Bei got her MATH shoutout in!!

Woo!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Everlyone rove Mike. I think T is off smacking that chick dooown.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Poor, M. He's gotten a few Maryland stabs. Go Terps.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

In theory, my job is to type as fast as I can, and people check for typos. Clearly, that was not the case. I might have to smack some people down.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh, mayn, they edited it. USA Today bastards!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Good Job M!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Excellent job, M. That was a busy one.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Wow. That is anal. Why would they take that out, and yet not fix the typos?

I'll bust some heads before next week.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Yay Mike! You answered my question! Woooo!

I don't think I issued a sufficient smackdown, y'all. I had a margarite and a half with lunch. I'm tired.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

They might have edited it, but we saw it!!!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Well, we all saw the MATH shout-out. We know it was there.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

T - I love how you included the "!". Ha.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

And Mike said "Y'all." That's a shout-out if I ever saw one.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I do like how all the folks who were whining about "daddy's money" shut the hell up. HA.

There's actually a store here in Atlanta called Daddy's Money. You've got to love that. I'm sure that all they sell is Vera Bradley and Brighton and expensive finger towels, but still. Love that name.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Re: Sockpuppetcompanions.com Just MATH, or should we ask like writergirl, or other good journallers we know and like to join?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I'd say SPC is just MATH, and we create a seperate journal ring for the WriterGirls of the world.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

WriterGirl really is a great writer. Plus, she has the kick-assest job of them all. And she gave me a shout-out last week, so I'm all biased.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

But I do agree that starting out, we should stick to SPC.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

The only reason I was thinking about it was, a portal of 5 is kind of small, adn we all link to each other already, adn this is a way to get more readers for everyone.

And when we get really popular, we can do our own SPC awards.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

And rig them so only people we like win. Oh, wait, the Diarist Awards already do that.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Why is Rudergirl writing a will?

Oh yes, initially SPC should be just MATH.

And then add people.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I guess I should go read some more of those.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh lord, I saw that. She owns what, a car? Ugh. She must be afraid that her bladder infection is going to be the end for her.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Is anyone going to update today? I got nothin'. I am thrilled with the interest in my Iron Chef thread.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I am still loving the Iron CHEF! haikus.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Mike - have you heard from your-site?

I'm not updating tonight. I'm going to work on my new site! I'm totally scraping my old stuff and will just move my archives over. That's going to be a huge ass pain.

I'm getting rid of links, I think, since we'll have the portal. And I think I'm ditching the cast. But I don't know.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

1.) I'm all set up with your-site. Will probably start moving things tomorrow. Tonight, as I'll complain about non-stop for the next few hours, is signing day for football players, so that's a huge pain in my ass right now.

2.) But, I am updating later. Hopefully it will be funny for a change.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Don't ditch the cast. You write about them a lot!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Yeah, but I write about people who aren't in there tho, too. I no know!

But I want to make it pletty.

I vote for Al and AB to design SPC as they have the best sites right now.

Yup!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Mike - did you understand that whole email they sent about your site?

What's up with all the directories?

And what's the CGI thing?

Al - do you use dreamweaver?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Hannah, it was like they were speaking Norweigian. I'm hoping I can figure it out at some point.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Yeah, Dreamweaver. I like it pretty well.

People, I am already having journal ANGST. I talked to Mike a little about this the other night, and now I can't stop thinking about it. How am I going to write all this stuff without revealing personal info and making people mad or shocked or whatever? Flip-side: I don't want the site to be just about me, but sometimes it will be and if I need to tell some story about when I was in college and dating so-and-so to get my point across about the crisis in Israel or whatever larger picture I'm trying to paint, then how will I be able to do it?

I want to write honestly about myself and the way I feel about things, and I certainly won't be able to update much if I keep everything about my life a secret.

Sigh. M, that conversation we had about Sara's Perfect Way is a big part of this. I sort of have a Robin, and I guess it would be hard for me to write about all of that and then have everyone I know read it. Including you guys. But a big part of me wants to tell those stories. Am I making any sense?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I say tell the stories. It's your journal, not a magazine. The way I see it, readers read at their own risk. But also, I approach my journal differently than y'all, I think.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Well, it's your journal, so I think you should be free to write about whatever you want. I certainly know that's why my parents, and some of my friends, do NOT know about it. I would feel too censored. And you'll always be censored a little.

Just write. If you feel like you need to go back adn edit yourself, you can.

In dreamweaver, do you still have to FTP your files in?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

My problem is deciding which stories are really mine to tell. For example, at some point soon I may write about my college dating situation, since my life may be starting to become Melrose Place. But I don't know that I want to write about anything that personal, because there are two sides to everything.

I'm sort of anal about privacy, and yet I do have an online journal and so far I think I've been OK at drawing a line. But who knows?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Well, my parents already know about it. I don't know why, but I wanted to tell them. And now they're gonna read every.day. Y'all get those mass e-mails I send out, and some of the rest of the people on that list are who I'm worried about, along with my parents. I just don't know if I should tell them or not. Most of those people really inspire and encourage me a writer, and some of them, I'll be writing about a good bit and I would want them to know...

Bah. I don't know. I don't know if I'll have the guts to make any real revalations. Hmph.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Of course there are two sides. You're just telling YOURS mr. journalist.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

There are two sides to everything, sure, but a journal is inherently about as one sided as it gets.

Allison, are you referring to MOC revelations?

Y'all are the only people that I've told. Oh, and a pimp at pamie. I think that Leigha girl reads mine. Huh.

Mike, please elaborate on the Melrose Place thing.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

The only people I'm worried about finding it are my parents. My mother would be all, "You are writing on the Internet? Not only that, but you're using curse words?!? I don't even know who you are anymore."

Other than that, I don't much care who reads it. But it is weird thinking about the people you write about getting upset. If I piss them off, it's probably because of something I did, not that I wrote about it.

Yeah, H, you still have to FTP in Dreamweaver. But it's built in, and super easy.

I think tonight I'm going to try mouseovers. An Bei think she technorogy whore now!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Well, here's the deal. If I write about Chris and want to relate it to the one other time I've been in actual L-O-V-E, which was my college relationship, I can't do it without either A) Lying or B) Dropping a huge bomb.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Hmmm. Well, you could talk about it with Chris first, and say, I'm going to publish this and this is why. Or you could just do it. Or you could write it down in a personal journal.

What does pamie usually do about things like that?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Were you married to an Egyptian princess who performed satanic rituals in your basement?

Do your parents already know about the relationship? If so, go crazy.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I don't know if I'm thinking of the right relationship.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I think pamie usually just goes ahead and tells it.

Chris wouldn't be the issue there. It would be my parents. And, as far as C goes, I've already asked his permission to tell some things later on down the line.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I wasn't trying to be flip. I was just trying to be outrageous, like MATH no care!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

The Melrose Place thing would take forever to explain on a message board, but the Cliffs Notes version is that a girl who I dated briefly, but seriously, in college is back in town, and friends -- who never knew we were going out in the first place -- are trying to set us up.

And yeah, I know I'm telling my side, but I'm also telling it as if it were fact. Which it really isn't. It's what I think is fact.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Ooo, H so outlageous. No, no Satanic rituals. I'm just dumb and panicky and started getting all NEA like "I can't compromise my art!" all of a sudden.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

This talk reminds me of something. I did a vanity search one day, and found the CLAZIEST website with the name Anna Beth all over it. It's so super scary, and I hope to God no one ever comes across it and thinks it's me:

annabeth's home page

I hope I did that code right.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh my God, AB. I am dying. DYING. I especially love to think that someone might read that and think it was you and that Big Bad Vinnie Chao was Master.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Well, if a journal isn't all about what you think the facts are, then I don't know what.

I'm going to leave soon - it's baby night. I updated, but it's crap- ass. C is working. The firm implemented this new thing where they show all the associates what they're all billing, and Chris is a little competitive. He billed 194 hours last month. That doesn't count the rest of the time he spent at his office. Merr. I could kick the partner in the shins for pulling that move.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Arrison no compromise art! Arrison write what she rike, she so good at it!

Or we sic Jesse Herms on you.

Seriously, though. Are you worried because you think you'll hurt your parents' feelings--as in, not telling them but broadcasting it to the world? Or you just don't want them to know?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Mike - that clazy! Maybe it's fate.

But a journal is all about your view on your life. On what you think is fact. Isn't that the point?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh my god, that's hysterical. So they're married for 12 years and boom!, they decide to have a master/slave relationship? And what does full time mean? Oh, good lord. That's a hoot.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I KNOW, Al! One day my mother's going to call me and ask me about Master V because one of her friends ran across "my" website.

I no bondage! Mastah V treat An Bei sweet!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Do you not want them to know about the relationship, period, or about an aspect of the relationship?

Allison, was it a full-time bondage/SM relationship? Is that it?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

That was a joke, by the way.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Ok, I read the bizarro annabeth's last entry and she talks about how she's had this weird back problem for the last two years. Uh, maybe it's because she's been in this fucked up, on-your-knees existence since then... I'm just sayin'.

I don't know. It's not like I want to devote my whole journal to my past relationships, but there are two in particular that have been extreme on the life-altering tip. One is J-Co and the other is the college romance. My parents know about both, but would be a little upset if I talked about them and then one of their friends read about it. I want to respect their privacy, but ultimately, it's my thing, right?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Yeah, it is, but ...

Let's say that it's something that happened to me and another girl I dated in college, that's something that happened to us but that nobody else in our circle of friends knows about (it's nothing sinister or remotely juicy, but it is kind of personal). I know that it's my story and I can tell it, but it's also her story and I think she'd be hurt -- and legitimately so -- if friends of ours stumbled upon the site and found it out. So I'm probably going to pass on it. But that makes the whole thing less honest.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

God. Me and Mike are both being so MATHsterious, aren't we? This sucks. See? I clearly want to tell some stories, but am too...what's the word, AB?... to do it.

No, T, it was only a part-time bondage thing. Come on, I had to go to class sometimes.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Like anyone goes to class at Alabama.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Burn.

Like you ever dated a girl.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I no know word, Al. Excrusive? You too excrusive, Arrison. Maybe you need acupuncture session or something, loosen you up.

Y'all just tell me my journal, no matter what I write about, is better than Meg Baggins', and every little thing will be all right.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Are you calling me a Meg?

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I no uptight. I just worried. I just clazy, is real problem.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Well, if the MiMIKEy McMeg fits...

You know I nevah call you Meg, Bermanater! You have tliumph! You have disaster! What she got?

Ferrets.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh, Anna Beth, I would never accuse you of such a thing. But I think Allison was calling me a Meg. And you know, that hurts.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Baby, I would never call you anything but Bermanater, King of the MATHletes, as we agreed in our contract. But you know I had to stab you for the Alabama smack up there.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

That's cool. It's all good.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Ok y'all, dinnah with JoAnn and West Wing tonight.

Peace, oot.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Y'all are MATHsterious.

Mike - see, I guess I don't really have those worries. If it was something only me and another person knew about, no, I wouldn't write about it. Like, I'm not going to talk about that time T and I hit a guy and threw him over the dock.

I work on hannahbeth.com, but it will probably be at least a few days until it goes up. All new! Totally improved!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

I'm sure the guy deserved it.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

ugh. I can't figure out how to open a new web on frontpage with the directions your-site gives. Blah!

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

If I make it through tonight without going insane, all the credit goes to the MATH cd.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Oh mayn, Al, Melissa wants to live next door to you when y'all both have like 30 cats.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001

Meloonsa.

Mike, the MATH cd has helped me through the past few days as well. Something about it makes me very happy. My new favorite song on it is Four Legged Zoo. I like it when they say "Anyone knows that who cares about seven!"

I need to make AB one of those. Maybe I can this weekend.

-- Anonymous, February 07, 2001