Congrats to nkuvu!

[nkuvu]

Buddy list? What does that do? I'm flattered, honestly.

I've learned an amazing amount from these boards, so I don't plan on going anywhere. My roommate and I are moving in June, so there might be a few days where I am a little quieter (gasp!). But don't take that as any kind of abandonment...

My sleep schedule has been really strange recently. The night before last I went to bed at about midnight, then woke up at 6:00 and couldn't get back to sleep. Just *ping*, I'm awake. I got to work early, and looked forward to being early for the rest of the week. Today I woke up at 7:00 and could barely get my eyes open.

I should really get going. I'm lucky enough not to have set times when I go to work (I need to show up sometime in the morning, preferably before 9:30) but the sooner I go the earlier I can leave.

[Kris]

Buddy-lists doesn't do much really.. But I can click on your name and see the newest post you replied to. Perhaps you have posted something I want to reply to.

- How is it possible to post so many posts in such a short time?


Kris

[nkuvu]

It's simple. Read the boards daily, find something that you want to reply to, then press "Reply".

Mostly it's due to the fact that I have a lot of waiting at my current job. As I mentioned, I run a lot of tests, which can take anywhere from 5-45 minutes. In that time I can't do much with my computer, except surf...

[nkuvu]

Okay, so here's my congrats thread, with no interesting conversations. So let's toss in some controversial words to stir things up:

- abortion
- capital punishment
- war
- politics
- animal rights
- small cute dogs who yak in your bed

Okay, so the last one might not be so controversial to everyone else. But when your dogs sleep under the covers with you, the last thing you want is for them to yak on you. Believe me, I know from personal experience. The controversial part is where I decide whether to let her stay in bed (after cleaning up, of course) or lock her out of the room for the night.






OK, so now that I've waited for a response, I guess I'll start talking to myself...

Hi Nkuvu, how are things?
Well, Nkuvu, we (that's me myself and I (and my roommate and our three dogs and the tortoise and the four goldfish) kind of "we") are moving in about a week.
That's exciting, Nkuvu. Why the move?
It's mostly so that my roommate can be closer to the University, but also because it's a nicer neighborhood and the house is a lot nicer.
Oh, I see. Does it matter to you where you live? Will you be closer to work or something?
No, I'll actually be further away, but I'm the one in the household who has the car.
Oh, look, the dogs just pulled all the covers off of her (her being the roommate, I don't have to specify which her to myself) bed, and made a little nest!
Self, that's off the subject
It's OK, no one was looking.


See how uneventful this is?

I guess it's a good reflection of the fact that I have never been a good conversation starter. I mean, I've posted almost 1300 replies to date, and started less than ten of those...



So. Here I am again. It's pretty quiet in here. Too quiet, if you ask me. But that's OK, I can amuse myself for quite a long period of time.

Hi Nkuvu, how are things?
Well, Nkuvu, we (that's me myself and I...

[edX]

well, you often end up amusing me. but i'm easy. in fact Easy Ed used to be one of my real world nicknames

until you explained, i thought you meant barking by yaking. I was going to bring up the dog next door and the dog at the house behind them that sit and bark and growl at each other icessently at times. they are most annoying. I like my neighbor, i like her dog, but i hate the barking. Sometimes when nobody else is around i yell over to the dog and call her by name and she stops. other times she just growls more. It really does interfere with the tranquility of my new pond

does having a cat hairball on the comforter count? we had one do that while they were all locked in our room for the party

so congrats on your move. hope the new place works out for you. moving into nicer is always good even if you have to figure out why at first. I remember not liking the house we moved to in Calif. when i was 12. eventually i came to really appreciate all the advantages it had. It just had different advantages than the one in Tenn. At first i hated that it was even in Calif.. then i realized that was the best advantage it had!!

ok, you continue to raise my curiosity, damn you. what were you doing where you could see the dog pull the covers off the roommate whom we know is a she? Are you really more than just roommates? or do you share a room with seperate beds and you are not a manly man after all? Or are you a manly woman? a womanly woman? a womanly man? or were you just chasing the dog into the roommates room to get her for the night? (the dog). or does the roommate sleep on the couch now and that is part of why you are moving?

so many possibilities

as for animal rights - i have learned the animal is almost always right.

[RacerX]

Maybe if you started a conversation on capital punishment for small cute dogs who yak in your bed? There is a controversial subject!

... actually, now that I think about it, that would fall under animal rights wouldn't it?

I would post in your thread more (in any thread more for that matter) if I hadn't been working so much over the last few weeks. Maybe we could get into the politics of capital punishment for small cute animals in a few days when I have more time.



Then again, maybe we could talk about something else.

[nkuvu]

or does the roommate sleep on the couch now and that is part of why you are moving?

Bingo. Give that man a cupie doll. Another note is that my roommate works as a veterinary technician in the emergency room at the local pet hospital. (Yes, it's really open 24 hours. People have a hard time figuring that one out ) So she was working last night when the dogs were playing in her bed.

We used to live in Washington, as I am sure some of you (all two who posted in my thread last ) are aware. In one of the places we lived, the neighbor's house had a deck that overlooked our back yard. Our dogs were outside, and being a little playful. OK, they were being unholy terrors, barking and cavorting and all the endearing things that dogs do. (Don't get me wrong, I love our dogs, they can just be a little much sometimes) Anyway, I went out to get them to quiet down and the neighbor was standing on the deck, screaming at the dogs. The dogs saw some stranger yelling at them in their yard, so of course they were barking more. The neighbor saw me and said "Your dogs have been barking for two hours! If you don't do something about your dogs, I will!" Keep in mind that the dogs had only been out for about twenty minutes. I was more than furious, that anyone would threaten our dogs, especially since they had a daschhund who would bark incessantly while they were gone all day. She came over about ten minutes later, trying to sound apologetic.

She complained about all sorts of things that were completely irrelevant ("Our house is so close to the property line, I don't know why this house was built so close to ours" -- well that's because when this house was built, there wasn't any other space for it. It's your own stupid fault for building on the property line when you have an acre-sized lot. And on and on). I told her that I really didn't appreciate threats to my dogs, and if she had a problem with the dogs yelling at them wouldn't do anyone any good. She was shocked that I thought she was threatening the dogs, and promised to come over if she had further problems. I silently promised to myself that I guess the whole idea of cleaning the yard by tossing excrement onto her deck would be a bad idea.

Anyway, to make a long rant a little less long, if the dogs knows you I'm sure you can probably talk to her and get her to quiet down. If the problem continues, talk to the owner. They might not even be aware that their dog is "talking" to the neighbor. We've found that a squirt bottle works well for most dogs (unless they are water lovers ). But I wouldn't squirt the neighbor dogs at all unless you talk to the neighbor first. So many people do weird and threatening stuff to dogs that it might be misconstrued. I have stories about that, too, but this post is long enough.

Chow chow!

[edX]

now that i've cleared a little space for my wonderful new cupie doll...

yes, i know the dog pretty well. Her name is Lucy and she loves to come over and see me in the mornings or anytime she is lucky enough to be out front without a leash. She has another funny habit as well. If i am wearing a suit and tie, she attempts to jump all over me. If i am wearing anything else, she just circles around my feet and waits for me to pet her

I must admit i have had very few neighbors i have ever liked. But this neighborhood seems to have some pretty nice people. I would say that most of them are more or less like me in terms of attitudes about neighbors - not very outgoing, but very friendly once approached. pretty much live and let live philosophy. No wonder i have always felt more at home in beach/coastal communities.

It is sad that my best neighbor is moving back to Boston this summer because she is getting divorced