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Waltzing with fae. Slowly.
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 5,525
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Well, I went to school in Pgh, so I stayed on campus. Then moved to Friendship, then when a bullet came into my bedroom (while I was out), we moved to Squirrel Hill. Then I moved up north to McCandless, then across the hill to Wexford, then bought a house in Ross. So basically, I've lived in three neighborhoods, since anything north of the city is on nebulous blob called "The North Hills" until you get to Cranberry township. I don't think anyone would fault me for moving out of Friendship when I did. It's a *much* nicer area now, but back in the mid 90's... not so much.
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Ghost horse.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Near Hershey, PA
Posts: 22,466
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Hello folks. I have too much to do. Today: lesson.
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Part-time ninja
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Dallas, Texas
Posts: 995
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Good morning, Cantina.
I was MIA all weekend. What did I miss?
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
Posts: 38,142
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Of all the places I have lived - and that's a lot: 3 countries, 3 states, 9 cities - Pittsburgh's neighborhoods, particular it's ethnic enclaves, were more insular than almost any place else. Hence my amazement they let you move.
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Do not taunt Happy Fun Mod
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: the everlasting universe of things
Posts: 3,620
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![]() The idea of having to live my entire life next to the jackass kids I grew up near, though, makes me shudder.
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Do not taunt Happy Fun Mod
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: the everlasting universe of things
Posts: 3,620
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Also: your cute for the day
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zanzjan.net - twitter - facebook "It's always wrong of course to say that you can't do this or you can't do that in fiction. You can do anything you can get away with, but nobody has ever gotten away with much." -- Flannery O'Connor |
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My sarcasm got the better of me.
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 376
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I <3 media mail! My mother was a librarian and when I left for college, moved out and then went at life alone, she still sent me books. We relied heavily on media mail since I was a military brat and they were in Germany while I was in college in the US for what really amounted to the first time in my life. I'd only spent maybe a total of 5 years total in the US when I was very young. 2 years as an infant and 2.5 years from 4-6th grade. I didn't get to bring a whole lot from home and I needed my books!
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My sarcasm got the better of me.
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Los Angeles
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Dreams of Dragons
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,703
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going through the hay to your home
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: not here, I swear
Posts: 4,909
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Baby vibes, Kricket!
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Part-time ninja
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Dallas, Texas
Posts: 995
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Undercover, sort of...
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Alaska
Posts: 7,897
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 839
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1995, like 1982, is a state of mind. As long as you can still hear Coolio's Gangsta Paradise in your heart, and remember episodes of Batman: The Animated Series or Beverly Hills: 90210, you carry 1995 with you wherever you go.
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Undercover, sort of...
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Alaska
Posts: 7,897
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I'm going to have this tattooed on the face of someone I don't particularly like, but look at often.
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 839
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I'm personally still trapped in the 80s. I can't imagine a life without Patrick Nagel as the premiere pop artist, and Aliens as the high watermark of cinema. Also, "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN..."
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Trying to be a betterer writerer
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: SW Indiana, US
Posts: 9,960
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I love you guys. I come here and laugh on a very crappy Monday.
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Just a Fairy Princess
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Enchanted Forest and/or editing cave
Posts: 23,876
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ah, teej, no crappy mondays!
I'm sorry.I can still hardly move. Moving is hard work for a fat girl. And I haven't even moved yet. Advil cocktail: here I come! Did I also mention that the magical moving will also involve having my girl kitty cat fixed? My sister got a huge-o tax return and is funding the endeavor. I am so thankful. Now kitteh will be out of the way while we move, and under anesthesia when she is brought into the new place. I will make the bathroom a friendly kitty place, with her toys and her blankie and probably a couple tshirts of mine, so she has familiar smells around her.
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Just a Fairy Princess
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Enchanted Forest and/or editing cave
Posts: 23,876
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I loved him.... I had so many prints... so many... but they were stored in my sis's garage and the tubes fell down. Doggie went to town on them. Sigh.
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Undercover, sort of...
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Alaska
Posts: 7,897
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Yesterday me: We should totally try out this new diet.
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Doing Pirate things...
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: ...on my pirate ship.
Posts: 4,893
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Hihi, all!~ How goes it? Sorry for the moving pains, Bettie. And the false alarms, Kricket.
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 839
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Oh well, he left us with this: ![]() That's gotta' count for something. |
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Just a Fairy Princess
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Enchanted Forest and/or editing cave
Posts: 23,876
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beleive it or not... don't think I've seen that one!
And Nagel's death just proves that exercise is dangerous. I hope he'd think that was funny.
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Doing Pirate things...
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: ...on my pirate ship.
Posts: 4,893
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I must be hitting the middle of this draft, because I've suddenly been overcome with the urge to write a scifi/western/time travel romance involving ghosts.
*wanders off* |
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 839
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I'm usually fine for the middle. It's that home stretch where it suddenly becomes a chore.
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Undercover, sort of...
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Alaska
Posts: 7,897
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*collapses ded*
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