'sup.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Answers

Hey -- sorry I'm quiet. It's been a hectic morning.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

I'm in. I'm out at 1:45, though.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

What's with the one liners?

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

A man walks into a bar...

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

People, I did not, after all, dump the jags last night. I wanted to, but the new guys actually talked me out of it.

Where's AB?

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

I reckon she's on the patio.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

I reckon she is.

The Arl will once again be rocking this weekend with, not just me, not just AB, but the mother-effing M to the O to the C. We are going to get down, and allegations have been made about the possibility that some might also get funky.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

That's right! Is the MOC coming up tonight? Do y'all have tomorrow off of work? What are the plans?

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Sources say alcohol and music may be involved in the weekend plans.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Sources further revealed that Mike is "heartbroken" at being made the L_L.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Item! It's a busy day for the MATHletes!

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

No, he's coming up tomorrow night. Flying on a southwest deal. Friday night: We will start The Great Discussion regarding our future plans. If it does not go well, all of you should expect a drunken phone call after I kick Chris out on the streets of Highland Park.

I think it will go fine, though. I guess. Eeeek.

Anonymous sources also suggested that there may be phone calls made from Arlington Saturday to assorted MATHletes.

Here's the day: cooking out (I think) with the Chaos et friends, drinking, music-making (also known as "jamming"), general revelry, designated driving to Deep Ellum to see Slobberbone at the Gypsy Tea Room that night.

Easter Sunday... I have no idea. I may cook, we may go out, we may go to church, we may sleep all day. It's open.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Aw! The Bone! Sounds like the perfect Easter weekend to me.

Y'all. Council Travel overchared me a HUNDRED dollahs on my LA tickets. I'm so mad. Must calm down before calling them.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Hello? Where's my outrage?

AB - great update. I love Vinca Vine. I have taht in my garden too. Actually, it's the only thing in my garden right now, because I planted mostly annuals last year. And my neighbor's yard is gorgeous with tulips and other pretty things and mine is just sad.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

I liked that entry. I remember having a garden when I was little. Radishes are the best to plant, since they come up in two seconds. Lettuce was good as well.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

I had a garden, too. Tomato plants.

But it makes me grin like a cat that Berman had one.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Now I'm picturing a cute little Bermanater with his radishes.

I'm just doing herbs this year. We're extending the deck, so I'm not doing any planting in the back until that's finished. The front's really sunny so I'm going to stick to the azaleas that are there and probably some lantana.

I've GOT to rip out the pansies I have in the back. I'm keeping the rosemary that's in the biggest container and I'll put some pansies in the flower boxes. The rest, though, is all herbs. After we extnd the deck, I'm going to transplant the herbs and some big sunflower seedlings that I've started.

Allison, your weekend sounds dreamy. I can't wait to hear about the plans, alternate plans, etc. I dreamed last night that he was accepted to Emory. But really, even if he isn't, there's no reason not to apply again and move to Atlanta anyway.

I'll be in the 'Ham next Sunday.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

I updated too. I think I'm sticking with the book antiqua 3, for those of you concerned.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Aw, T! You'll be in the Magic City next Sat? I wish I could be. Some friends of mine are getting married way out in Shelby County on a farm. They're having a bluegrass band play and there will be food and dancing and good country living for miles. A bunch of my old friends will be there, cooking and singing. I just can't make it.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Oh, mayn, that sounds like a great wedding. Chris is jonesing for a bluegrass band for the rehearsal dinner. I don't know if there are many in New Orleans, though.

We're going to Mississippi next weekend to visit my sister and my grandmother. We drive through Birmingham (we pich Hwy. 82 in Tuscaloosa to get to Starkville) and on the way back, we're going to spend Sunday afternoon with the Judge in that really great, cute neighborhood with the beautiful houses that's near the Botanical Garden (I never remember the name of that part of town). But I like that place. Chris lived near there the year he was there.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Sigh... it's Mountain Brook.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

(Of course, to hear me say it, it would be spelled Mown'n'Brook. I reeeeally do talk like a hayseed, y'all. Sometimes, it bothers me.)

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

That's right. The Judge and Chris always walk the dogs through that great park with all the paths.

Allison, I think you need to live there one day. You could have a Vera Bradley purse. The MOC could teach at UAB, or something.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Girl, they'd kick me out of the Brook. We would have to OWN UAB for us to live there. Maybe in 50 years we could do it.

If I could ever talk him into living in B'ham, I'd want to live in Homewood or Crestline. Not as nice, but still great, and much more affordable. My mother grew up in Homewood, and it hasn't changed much since then.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Allison - I keep forgetting to ask you. Do you know a girl named Evelyn Outlaw?

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Maybe Homewood's where Chris lived. I can never remember. I should probably remember that stuff, but I don't.

Let's hope the weekend with Edna and Eugene goes well. Edna's a lot to handle - she'll drive Chris nuts after about three hours - but she's great. She's like 97 pounds of Edna power. Johanna, she is JUST LIKE Mimi, except she was in the CIA for 10 years and she's not 83.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Bye, y'all. Have great weekends!

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Allison - I keep forgetting to ask you. Do you know a girl named Evelyn Outlaw?

I do not, though she may be related to my grandfather. There can't be that many Outlaws.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

I just feel sorry for this girl, now:

"dear life,

could you suck anymore? i have a few doctors appointments of my own, another possible surgey, and mom's doctors just told she has about 5 more years to live. that her body is dying and there isn't anything else they can do to help her. why right now? why all at once? i don't know if i can handle this all.

jessifer"

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

But do you think she's embellishing?

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

My peeps! What's, as they say, up?

T, if you're still here, I just ripped out my pansies, too. They were very sad.

H, I am going to plant the vinca (I almost typed "vince") along the strip of grass opposite our sidewalk in the front. Will it spread like crazy? Because I want it to cover the whole thing.

All of you: Go buy this thing called "Autumn sage" right now. I got some yesterday, and it has these crazy spiky coral-pink flowers, and smells like heaven in a pot. It's the best thing ever. I'm thinking you can probably cook with it too, since it's called sage.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

oh yeah, the Vinca grows like crazy. My bed is along the sidewalk, but raised up, like you walk up steps to get to my front door, see, and it looked so cool last summer because it grew all crazy over the stone.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

AB, you can cook with Autumn sage, I'm pretty sure. I think I have seen it in my Crabtree & E recipe book.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Goody! I am going to make something with it ASAP. I wish I had a Crabtree & Evelyn book. Also, do you say Crabtree & Ee-vuh-lyn, or Ev-uh-lyn? It's a mystery to me.

H, I had to go look up the word "lusciously" when I read it in your entry because it looked weirder and weirder the more I studied it. My mind is crazy.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

I kind of like being L_L, except for the being L_L part. Bastards.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

We all have our turns in the sun, ABpie.

Why can I not stop looking at those Fuzz photos? Ha. Makes me laaaaaugh.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Girl, you were L_L for, like, a second.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Any length of time being L_L is too long, my Berman.

I can't look at those pictures again. PigFatt makes my head hurt.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Honestly, I hate myself for liking those pictures so much. But I do.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Naked Sometimes Hannah just wrote Lin Chao. Super!

You know, Allison Lowe is the only MATH member to write Lin Chao. I'm just saying.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

I'm a little scared of Lin Chao. But I think of something!

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

AB - how much do I love your letter to the Angel of Deathiffer? You know she won't write you back since your words make too much sense.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Thank you. I do try. she needed a little subtle making-fun-of, I thought.

No, she won't write back, because she's crazy.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

L_L again. Sadness.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Breaking news: I hate the MOC! He wrote a guest entry for PAM. Hate. I need to update so damn bad, and I don't have time and he wrote one for Pam. Whooer.

Go read it.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

But you sort of have to love him.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

If you made a L_L pie chart, I would surely have the biggest piece.

I'm out my sweet blossoms. Survivor tonight! Crap, I just realized I'll miss it next Thursday. Thank goodness for Mike's reporter notes.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

I do love him, but - and let me apologize profoundly because this is about to be very off-color - I am a little disturbed that pamie's entire readership is going to think we, uh, go to Oklahoma... if you know what I'm saying, and I think you do.

Now y'all, I love sex, but uh... the backdoor is locked. Yeah. How much did you need to know that? I know. I'm just sayin'.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Well, crap. There goes that entry idea. Chris beat me to it.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Haaaaate.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

I can't believe I can't write about history without being a Meg.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Please do write about history. Please. Try not to mention anal sex, though.

Stupid Chris.

Omar sent me an e-mail that read "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

But see, you mentioned Oklahoma in one of your guest entries and how you never go there. See, so, uh, I dont' know.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

Going to Oklahoma: It's Better Than Being a Slave in Egypt.

The name of my next album.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

I know, I know.

AB, you're freaking brilliant.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001