Where is MATH? Still recovering from 4th of July festivities?

Speak to me, O Wise Ones.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Answers

Bleary-eyed and scrambling (and wet), but here.

AB, how much do I love Ani singing "Most of the Time"?

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Oh, I bet you love it a lot. I do. And I think Bob Dylan's back there playing some of that banjo, too.

I can't even think of the words without getting a litle chill. Man, I'm cheesier than a box of Velveeta.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

It rocks.

Y'all, it rained like a mofo all day yesterday, and they had the fireworks anyway. I know there are a lot of people who might get pnemonia by the weekend.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Pnemonia. Is that, like, pneumonia in your knee?

I think I had that one time. Hee.

Stupid Arlington doesn't even have a levee to sit on, or a river over which to shoot fireworks. No water-having bitches.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

So... tired... must... do more... laundry...

Hey, people, let me give you a little tip: Being a Happy Homemaker? Well, it sucks. It sucks rocks.

Everything's settling down a little bit, here. I think I really like it. We went to the Lowes yesterday and had ribs AND hamburgers AND hot dogs AND everything else you could ever think of eating, including fried green tomatos.

I haven't updated HYD in a year, and I can't even think of where to start.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Arrison Rowe! Where you been arr my rife?

Master V and I sang your songs the other night. It was highly nostalgic, I'll have you know. Also, I sang real pretty.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Ha! AB!

I right here! In Atranta, GA.

I miss the Master V Bathroom Recording Studio... I am highly nostalgic for the Chaos, believe me.

I have no doubt you sang like a regular angel.

Berman, when do you hit the continent? I know you've said a million times, but tell us again.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

We fly out of New York tomorrow afternoon, and show up bleary-eyed and homeless in Paris at 6:15 Saturday a.m.

I'm setting up the guest schedule ... last chance to let me know if you want to go early or late in the month.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

The guest schedule! Berman's going to have some cool guest entries, for sure.

How many do you have planned?

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Eight.
ATH+1
The Hannah who's Sometimes Naked
Wobbly (http://wobbly.diaryland.com). She's on my notify.
MorganG of Fairfax to Fells, who just started.
And Allison's favorite Fairfax to Fells person, but not yet an online journallist ... jateke makes her debut on bermanation.com

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Hey, y'all.

Allison! I just left a message on your voice mail.

Mike, are you ready, Dove Daily Facials and Gore-Tex in hand?

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Tired, but ready.

I did decide to flake off and bail on the Depeche Mode concert tonight. It was adding undue stress, and I've seen them already anyway (and they're not that great live, but watching my college friends there would have been worth the price of admission).

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Yeah, at this point, you really don't need any undue stress or anything else that could suck up valuable hours of prep time, when you need to be packing your pack, deciding what to leave behind, and repacking your pack.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Mike - send postcards, okay? Did you get a room in Paris?

I'll go whenever you want on the guest rotation.

Y'all, I'm the biggest geek girl ever. On the third, Sara, Melissa and I played drinking Monopoly. Then we played asshole with Sara's neighbors till 3 a.m. We were drizz-unk. But had so much fun. Yesterday we slept till a billion o'clock and then saw A.I. I'm still not sure if I liked it.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Yes, postcards!

Is the game asshole like President Asshole, H? I vaguely remember doing back handsprings in a wet yard after losing that game.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Yeah, where the president can tell everyone what to do and there's an asshole at the bottom of the ladder. It's fun. When Sara was president she made everyone talk with a New York accent.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

That game is only fun until you fall on your head.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

See, I'm more of a Quarters guy, myself. Or Cups. I never lose at Cups.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

That's pretty much an offical across the board game rule though, don't ya think?

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Yes, yes, you're right. In fact, I think that the official motto of MATH should be:

MATH: Only Fun Until You Fall On Your Head.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Speaking of mottos, who wants to help name the next Hardlucy album?

Vince's choices are: "Ain't That Bad", or "Baseball, Evolution, and Marvin Gaye." Both song titles.

Ideas, anyone?

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

MATH: OFUYFOYH

Is Cups like Beer Pong?

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

You finish your beer, put the cup on the table so that part of it hangs off the edge, and flip it so that it lands upside-down. It's a team thing ... the losing team has to kill the pitcher.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

That kind of sounds like Beer Pong. I'd never heard of Beer Pong before I met the Brothers Alteri.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Maybe beer pong is a midwest thing.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Nah, we played it too.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Mike, I know this is old news, but do you agree that it's funny as hell that John Rocker called Chipper Jones "white trash" in an interview?

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

That truly may be the funniest thing I've heard in forever. Rocker is certainly the expert on White Trash.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

I return! I bet y'all are all gone.

I heard that Rocker interview, or one like it, on the radio when we were returning the moving truck.

AB, the next Hardlucy album can be named NOTHING but "Three Lefts Make a Right."

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

I thought it was "Three Rights Make a Left"?

Vince and Matt, sadly, have ixnayed that idea. Even though it was the best one. If I had to choose between those two song titles, I'd have to go w/the Marvin Gaye one.

Are you going to update today, Miss Lowe?

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

I too like the Marvin Gaye one better.

Yes Allison, I'm sure there are folks who wait to know you made it safely! I'm sure Ruderho wants to know when to start planning your party.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Mike, my guest entry date happens to be the day after I babysit my nephew for the first time. So mine will probably be full of babygoodness.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Oh, did y'all see in the last Dear Squishites, where people were telling RG that the yellow in her journal was killing them? That made me laugh.

The stupid thing is, she refuses to change it. Is she trying to drive people away?

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

John Rocker makes me laugh. The thing is, he and Chipper are both total white trash. Chris has a friend who was hit on by Chipper when he was playing for the Macon Braves (or whatever the farm team is called). Apparently, he walked into the bar wearing a black nylon jumpsuit, gold chains, and his hair was in a high-top fade.

Speaking of, Allison, when do y'all want to go to a Braves game?

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

But didn't Ruder say it was like her favorite color or something? And T, I'm offended that Flaya is on your notify and not mine. I'm on hers, dammit.

Ah, the power of the notify.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Babies are always good for extra journal hits, I think. That's cool.

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

All right, gang.

I'm off! I'll be checking in from Europe.

Rove!

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Bye! Have fun! Don't eat too much beef!

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Rove, M!

I take care of Bermanation while you're gone!

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001

Aw, little Bermanator is gone! Three weeks or two? I forget. That's a long time with no Berman!

-- Anonymous, July 05, 2001