I wonder... how close/far apart is your internet-world from the real-world?
Are you different online from in person?
Do your internet (i-) friends wind up being "real life" friends?
Are the two worlds separate, or are things evolving where LJ is just another means of communicating?

I think of the two worlds as somewhat separate but the area gets ( Read more... )

January 1998 - my pal ldyjne and I decided to take a road trip to West Virginia just after New Years. It was a girls-only trip to lift the spirits and we had SUCH fun :) But something happened that was both exhilarating and petrifying and there is one place I will never dare show my face in, again ( Read more... )

There was a meme/thing going around MySpace recently where you post your favorite memory of your i-friend.  I showed it to Judy and we had a great time reminiscing about some of our favorite moments.   The favorite had to be our New Year's road trip in 1998 (story to be told closer to Jan. 1 ( Read more... )

Billions of cookies
Loads of Hugs
Cute vodka drinks
Really yummy meatloaf
Puppy dogs and scritchy tummies
another cute vodka drink
Ricky Bobby
Andrea Bocelli and Charlotte Church
a strange voice mail from a certain Welshman singing etcetera etcetera

It was a great evening :)
But I really miss my kiddo.

Day went swimmingly. Clients are testing away on the software, we're finalizing the issues list (after a month of hitting a moving target) and vendor is working on fixes. It was also the day of our annual "Gift Swap/Steal Game" and potluck, which was tons of fun. If you're not familiar with the game, it's great fun.
( Game Rules, Sheryl style )

I spent the day with my bestest pal on the whole planet. She's had a rough week, so we hung out at her place a bit then I took her out for lunch. Then we broke out her Christmas decorations and wreaked havoc on her house. It looks so cute, halls all decked and fa la la ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, Dearest Gary!

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Nice, slow-paced day. All stores were avoided ( Read more... )

This has been a really great trip! I think I've taken 150 pictures so far so it'll be some time before I get them all uploaded and choose which ones to post. And I don't think I could write and do justice to just how nice a time this has been, so I'm going to highlight what I can ( Read more... )

(sad feet) Gaz will be in Memphis tonight and I'm not. :( Read Here for Tale...

Guess I'm just going to have to fly to Perth and visit them on their side of the world!
Look out, mel_down_under!! I've been re-watching his Video CD he gave me epochs ago from his days in Newcastle playing for "Off the Wall". So cute, long-haired bluesy boy ( Read more... )