Archive for December, 2003

Dec 21 2003

The Hard Nut

Published by MissMeliss under Blog

Hey !
This is for you.
* * *
So yesterday in the city, we were talking about how our husbands had no appreciation of ballet in general, and The Nutcracker specifically, and I mentioned that there's an hilarious send up of The Nutcracker called The Hard Nut (actually I think I called it the cracked nut, but [...]

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Dec 18 2003

Aiee RSS Madness

Published by MissMeliss under Blog

So, apparently, when you haven't posted to a blog in a while, and there's an RSS feed from it, into LJ, and then you post again, it goes back and grabs the weekly archives for the last month or so.
Sorry about the spam.
Not intentional.
Or controllable.

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Dec 18 2003

Electric Tangerine

Published by MissMeliss under Blog

So, and I were chatting in the office, about creating a book blog, and then I realized that phpbb is really easy to install, and free, and such, so hey, we did that.
Come talk about books, movies, music, etc.
Electric Tangerine

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Dec 17 2003

Crossposted from my Blog

Published by MissMeliss under Blog

That Christmas Queasy Feeling
Many people who've been reading my blog, or my OD or LJ posts, know I've been complaining about the following symptoms since the last week of November:
queasiness, esp. first thing in the morning & last at night
bouts of dizzyness and lightheadedness
unusual tiredness
a sudden inability to tolerate COFFEE or dairy
feeling mildly crampy
What I've [...]

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Dec 17 2003

But I *feel* Purple.

Published by MissMeliss under Blog

you are darkcyan#008B8B

Your dominant hues are green and blue. You're smart and you know it, and want to use your power to help people and relate to others. Even though you tend to battle with yourself, you solve other people's conflicts well.
Your saturation level is very high – you are all about getting things done. [...]

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Dec 17 2003

That Christmas Essay Thing….

Published by MissMeliss under Blog

…I mentioned earlier?
Well, you can find it here or you can subscribe to , which is the feed for the blog.
Questions can be answered in LJ or your own blog, or the comments at electrictangerine.

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Dec 16 2003

12 Days of LiveJournal (MEME)

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My LiveJournal 12 Days

My True Love gave to me…

12 barefootcellists a-gyrating.

11 bromiths a-ranting.

10 cyniths a-spamming.

9 gemgins a-yelling.

8 histoire68s a-waving.

7 kerroans a-tripping.

6 khanyars a-commenting.

5 light yellow komoss.

4 hugging lonespiritwolf2s.

3 Slovakian mysticmooses.

2 canary selandras.

And a zerimar in a pomelo tree.

Get gifts! Username:

Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

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Dec 16 2003

Holiday Essay Project

Published by MissMeliss under Blog

I'm working on a new project. I bought this book called A Christmas Conversation Piece – it's a book of holiday-related conversation prompts, and starting sometime today, I'll be posting them, and using them as essay fodder. Anyone who wants to play along with me, is welcome, indeed ENCOURAGED to do so. Link [...]

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Dec 13 2003

Choo-choo!

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I'm trying to convince Fuzzy that I NEED the Hogwarts Express train set to put around our Christmas tree.
Wish me luck.

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Dec 13 2003

Tilting at Trees

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Okay, so it's not a windmill, but when you're five feet tall a seven-foot plastic Christmas tree can be just as daunting as one of Cervantes' evil wind-machines.
Translation: I feel yucky, so I'm going to slay the yuckiness by putting the ornaments on the tree, now that I've lived with it, just lit, for almost [...]

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