W00t! We never throw a koláč at each other We eat it

Indeed! Who says there is no justice in this world?

But who says belly dancing is a punishment? It´s fun

Wilber Czech Fest

I was joking about the kolache throwing...but there is a kolache eating contest.

How's Nicky settling in Ginger?

Ohhh, and forgot to say, got a text from Jeraly just before she got on the plane at 4.50pm, so hopefully she's almost there by now!!

Some political group (I support) wants me to go on camera in an ad for them!

good morning everyone.

He seems to be doing ok! I'm at work and he just emailed me from home...now he has had an interesting morning! First he accidently deleted his iTunes library (and him being the indie music geek he is...it damn well broke his heart!). Then, apparently a couple living in one of the apartments towards the front of the courtyard had a domestic dispute ending with her kicking him out of the house...apparently furniture and all. So if you are still looking at a place to live and want to move to Chicago instead of LA it looks like a nice 1 bedroom will be opening up in my building soon

Probably settling in by now...hope the trip was uneventful!!! (except for the reunion, of course )

Well they reunited a week or two ago and flew together

OK Jer, where are you? It's not like you to miss a day online, esp since you are now in Cali!

She is shopping for the bottle so they can relax

Fallen to page 2 - UNACCEPTABLE!

I know! Off topic has been a sad and lonely place of late!

So, dev, did you appear in the ad???

Nope. I think everyone in is vacay mode - the streets are dead & work is slow as can be....

*waves goodbye to the tumbleweeds*

Hi, I'm here. I just usually reply when I see something I think I can contribute to. So I suppose if others do that too, it has a reverse momentum effect.

Plus, Jeraly is freshly immigrated, and Maven's probably fluthered on Burbon Street!

How's the house stuff going Julez? Maybe someday long in to the future, in a land far away I will own a small dwelling....

I'm so frustrated at work.

I can't say anything all creative (even tho I have 10+ years as a creative) cuz it might offend some diva (crap) designer.

I love where I work, but I can't handle letting bad design go out. Reviews are coming up, maybe I can switch departments...

what do you do dev? And what depts would be available?

I'm very nervous about entering a new jobs market. I suck at networking, and it's pretty much a requirement in the film business. I'm always wayyy to obvious. Ohhh, you're working on THAT, ummm, are there any vacancies....

In a totally unrelated vein: I just realised that if you click the orange box to the left of the thread title, it takes you to the posts that are new since you read the thread last!!! Amazing!!!

Don't be afraid to be really obvious - it's LA, after all. Excessive praise of oneself and others is not only tolerated, it's actively encouraged. And don't express a negative opinion on any film or television show unless you are positively, absolutely sure the person you are talking to is not associated with it in any way. And practice saying things like "Dane Cook is the most exciting comedian working today" with a straight face in the mirror.

Hehe that would be easy for me I have no idea who he is

g'morning all.

We will be closing on the new house on or about the 28th of July - the day after we return from our trip to the UK. I'm very excited about the move, especially since we'll have about 50% more living space than we have now! Of course, since it is an older home, we'll have plenty of work to keep us busy (like that's ever a problem!!). But still, a fresh start will be good for all of us - the good news is that the kids are pretty excited about the whole thing!

We're still not quite ready to put our house on the weekend, but since we've a long weekend upon us, we're just going to buckle down and finidh up all the odds and ends and have agreed with the realtor, that come Tuesday next, the house is on the market. Hopefully it will be a quick sale! Houses in my neighborhood have been selling like hotcakes, we can only hope our house will be no exception to that rule!!

In the meantime, let's try and keep this thread a happening place to be!!

Oh! I didn't know that! *wanders off to look for orange boxes*

I never knew that either! A very cool feature!!

I knew!

well the orange box is news to me after 3 years on the site - and a very useful thing to know!


Good luck with the move julez - it sounds very exciting

Know it all!!!

Seriously, how did I not know this? All the times spent in long threads trying to find where I left off.....hours of my young life wasted....

Can one develop late-onset dyslexia?

Oh.... and good luck on your movie, Julez!

My movie? No time for a career change at the moment! I'll leave the showbiz stuff to all my fellow UK VJers out in LA!

But seriously, thanks Krikit and Robin! I am so excited to move!

Good luck Julez.


I had 11 vials of blood drawn today - how is that legal? And has THREE sticks to find a vein.

uggghh that sucks. 11 vials?

Glad to hear the house move is going smoothly. Hard work, but it sounds like it's paying off!

Can't wait to hear how Maven's getting on, on the road.

Yeah. Tell me about it.

Maven was good about the play by plays....wonder where they are now? They should be here Monday I think!

i think they were staying for a couple of nights with relatives in the south, so I suppose we'll hear some more when they start moving west again

Do you get to keep one to give to your OH like Angelina Jolie? :-p

You are just thinking about all the weekends, eh?


That´s a lot! They took 8 vials out of me and I thought thaaat was a lot

OMG, I just noticed!!! I have a heart!!! Wow. I should do more work, and spend less time on VJ lol!

good morning uk peeps.

Aly!!, I see you there, post!!!!

how've you been?

I'M HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Omigod - it's been such a nightmare!! We were expecting the net set up the day after we got here (so like the 1st July) between 7.30 and 9.30am - by 10.30am no-one had shown so Jeremy called and found out that they couldn't set up new accounts online (thanks for telling us ) and also because the last people who lived here hadn't cancelled their account, we needed to fax them proof that we lived here

Of course, by the time all this was sorted out, the earliest we could get someone out was Thursday between 12 and 6pm and they turned up at 5.30. At that point I had so much to catch up on I figured I just couldn't settle into being online so left it til today...

Thing is we don't have wireless set up yet and the puter is in the room with no furniture so this is really uncomfortable to type on right now

Ok - I haven't done my POE review yet - I will add it to my profile in due course - anyone who wants to find out how my cat got on though can read the sticky pet thread in the UK forum She's here and fine now

I freaked out totally the last couple of days in the UK. The plane journey I was kinda up and down - sometimes I would be excited and others I would be really sad and cry a lot - I am soooo glad Jeremy was there

I'm still finding my feet - we bought our bedroom furniture (check out my photos to see ) which has helped a lot as it feels like at least one room is homey. The heat is... interesting... it gets up to about 120 in the day to the point that we were out in 104 one evening and I thought it was just pleasantly "warm" I've been trying to keep my fluids up but that meant that going out last night I ballooned through water retention..., nice The aircon is good enough that I am feeling cold (at 80 degrees or so) but when the heat of the day comes then it gets a little too warm inside.

I am the cleanest I have ever been - I have to take at least two showers a day just to stay sane because it is so hot And in the mornings at about 7am I have to clean my teeth with warm water. Better than waiting til later on though because then the cold water tap runs hotter than the hot water tap - go figure

But yeah - I'm here, I'm coping, I'm not being too hard on myself when I have my freak-out moments and Jeremy is being very patient with me (although I still don't have my own keys ) I'm not expecting miracles right away but it is going well so far. The hardest was talking to mum a couple of days ago because she is finding it really really hard and that makes me feel terrible. She isnt trying to make me feel bad but it has hit her a lot harder than she expected - she doesn't know what to buy when she gets her groceries, she gets home and it is quiet and there is noone to talk to - it's difficult knowing that she is having a hard time - for her it is just like there is a big gap - for me, my whole life has changed to be with the person I love so it is kinda like a swap - I give up things I love but I gain some as well. For mum, she just had something taken away from her and she gets to try and live with that - I know she will be fine, she is a very strong woman but it does make me feel bad

Hmmm - piccies too big and can't be bothered to resize yet... lemme find it online if I can...



We got lamps from Walmart as well so they are slightly different...

Oh - and a PS3 80gb

Good to hear from you Aly! Try not to worry too much about your Mum, it's not like you were likely to live at home for the rest of your life anyway, so she would have had to make the adjustment to you not being there at some point... give it a week or two and she'll start filling the gap. Saying that, I know I will feel just the same about leaving my Mum when it comes down to it.

hmmm, I'm at work, but I'm the only one here, was taken out for lovely lunch with glass of wine, and now feeling pretty lazy.

Is it bad that I don't really feel like going home? I've got my work done, and I'm just messing on the internet, and feeling a bit buzzed. I love the summer.

You aren´t heartless anymore

Hehe good to hear you are doing good, Aly I know you get sad sometimes , but wait till you get your own keys

Yeah - I can't believe I still don't have any!!! I am catching up on facebook and my e-mails now but this is soooo uncomfortable sitting here - can't wait til we can afford more furniture Only reason we have the bedroom stuff is because my gran gave us 1000 GBP for a wedding present

g'morning everyone. i see jaraly has been found.

I know, I know - I was MIA