The Inconspicuous Off-Topic Thread!

[Sarah]

I like animals. I’m not sure if I really love animals…

[Becca]

I love working with animals. It’s a great feeling to watch your dog do something cool and know how hard you worked to get him that far.

[Pip]

I’m a nutcase for cats and small poofie things, i.e., rodents and everyone think’s I’m crazy. Which I am. Icing to the cake, bub!

[Alyosha]

I regret to say that I was once obsessed with horses, rabbits, and cute and furry things in general.

…I was young! Very young. Like um… Nine! Ten! The far off days of my youth.

The first story I wrote was an epic account of rabbit-taming.

Ugh, I just wrote out a longish reply to your email, Pip, and then my computer had the nerve to EAT IT. Will write back later as it’s ten past one and there will be gruesome consequences if I’m not up on time tomorrow. (Computer privileges revoked, for instance. Horrors!)

Owan, the quote in your signature is maddening. I am quite sure I remember reading it in a book not long ago. For the sake of my sanity, WHERE is it from? Chesterton? Lewis? Wodehouse? I writhe in agony.

*types away at nameless NaNo novel and listens to Gladiator*

edit–Google to the rescue! For the curious or those too apathetic not to read this sentence, said quote is from The Horse and His Boy.

[Owan]

My signature is from HHB? That’s good to know, wondered about it myself… Must have been the part where Edmund tells Susan about the epic danger they were in?

[Sarah]

Um, they aren’t in HHB.

[Alyosha]

Yup–well, it was the Raven, talking to Edmund and Susan. I think.

[Sarah]

Oops, I forgot. They are in it. Sorry. *hides*

And you’re right, Alyosha. It is the raven.

[Pip]

Nasty old thang.

Ignore the question I confronted ya with, Alyosha, you are doing NaNo and you must lemme read it or I shall personally come and delete the whole thing!!!

Nasty about the email. I’m surprised you have time to even respond!!! I know if I were doing NaNo I would look like one of Edgar Poe’s characters by December 1.

What’s Gladiator???

Speaking of which, I’ve decided I loik gladiator movies! Demetrius and the Gladiators is nasty, tho’, so don’t watch it!!!

*looks lazily about the room* Garbonzo Bean is in my room watching a movie, I cannot return to Thr3e until she’s a good part into it, or I shall be more a tyrant that I have been ever since our puppy started running from our calls and tearing about the yard, and the pictures I took turned out black on the screen and I was gloomy over supper and the tea spilled and I snapped at everyone and we watched iSundae II bloopers and I came on here…yup, it’s been a high ol’ time!

[Alyosha]

Delete it? Horrors. We wouldn’t want that. Sure, I’ll add you to my list of People To Email The Thing To When I’m Done. (When it’s edited, that is. I am NOT letting any mortal see the first draft, and it’s lucky for you that it is so.)

Oh, it’s only the Fourth. Give me twenty-six more days and I’ll look suitably Poe-ish indeed.

Owan’s word count is probably farther than mine; it usually is, not to mention word wars and all that jazz. *goes off to check* Which I missed because I was off watching the election. How fascinating, yet how grim.

Gladiator = 2000 movie that I’ve never seen but which has a loverly soundtrack by Hans Zimmer.

Something about gladiators creeps me out…I can handle demon barbers and mutant Uruks but gladiators and martyrs are…I don’t know…creepy?

Eek, sounds like a dreadful day indeed. Poor Pip! (The last time I spilt my tea, the recording got on someone’s answering machine. Not the actual spilling but my shriek as the cup fell. It was hot tea.)

[Pip]

:lol: That should teach one not to drink hot tea while leaving a message.

Oh man, I love gladiators and martyrs and all that!!! You’re nuts, dear.

8O Oooh, the sun just came out! You should see the weather here, it’s sunny and flaming with fall!

Oh yeah, come to think of it I’ve heard of that gladiator movie but ain’t seen it, cause it’s R. *is mad* I have a bit of the soundtrack on my writing blog, tho’.

I am compiling a list of my favorite classical pieces. I have lots!

One of the bloggers who’s also doing NaNo is writing our likeness into her book!!! Links to that and a site for writers on HSB is on the writing thread here.

My hair is wild today. Verra curly but I can’t do a thang wi. it ‘cept put a rainbow kerchief over it.

[Owan]

Get on YIM and we’ll war, Alyosha. If you want to, I mean. I’m going to be on the computer at 8 (6 for you). Or rather…I’m going to try to get the computer at 8.

Um. I’m currently watching Welcome to the Freak Show. 90s music and dress and whatever…only slightly disturbing.

[Alyosha]

Hmm…six is Dinner. *mourns* I suspect that “I need to go write so can I please not wash the dishes tonight?” would not go over terribly well. I’d love to, but I can’t guarantee any computer access in the evenings…weekday mornings or afternoons are fairly certain but I suppose you’re probably not around then?

How did the NW word war yesterday go?

Only slightly? You are brave.

Haha, that’s a good idea, Pip. I wrote several people from a different forum (Maidens of Modesty) into one chapter of last year’s NaNo novel, but it *cough* didn’t tun out all that well.

Good luck with your hair-taming. When all else fails, scissors! (Kidding, though that’s what I did to mine.)

*plunks away at her keyboard*

[Owan]

Probably not when you are on, Alyosha. Mornings don’t work unless you are up before six. 8am-4pm (sometimes later) weekdays my time don’t work. I’m not supposed to be in the computer then. Except on Tuesdays and Wednesdays when I’m only not on the computer from 8am-1pm.

I should have guessed you’d be ocuppated with dinner, very unthoughtful of me. We are doing such at that time, too. Thursday I’m doing such from about 4-6pm and on Monday, Wednesday, Friday I’m not available from about 5-6pm.

6-10ish I’m nearly always available. Saturdays I’m gone from 8am-1pm and I’m gone during the fifth pm hour on Saturday. Saturday evenings aren’t much good in general. Sundays I’m gone from 7:30am-2pm at the earliest and then a hour around six o’clock I’m gone because of dinner.

Yadda, yadda, yadda. Those times only work when we have a computer at home (we have one here now but I don’t know how long it will stay.) When the computers are all at the store then I’d have to try to go to the library which is a whole lot harder to do. You now know why I don’t hardly ever get on the TS.

Anyways. *cough* All in all: you just need to sign into YIM more. *wonders if there’s a YIM Moble and how much it would cost*

Pip. *waves* Don’t think I’m trying to ignore you. I’ll make you a tremendous reply to all the things you’ve recently said as soon as I’m off my iTouch. (I’m kinda meh about gladiators. Reading about martyrs is somewhat unnerving…)

[Pip]

Unnerving??? How canst thou sayest thus???

I just went to a homemade medieval fair! It was cute, and they even had a real boar’s head!

Does anyone think empty candy wrappers are funny? I think they’re hilarious!!! I was looking at the remains of a sleepover feast, and burst out laughing!!!

:cry: Ohohohohohohohohohohohohoho! Jordan closed the 2008 RAT results thread!!! :cry: Oh, waaa! *hysterical sobbing*

Ok, I’m good now. At least we had a good party!

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