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[Félix]

I'm watching last week's Lost, waiting for this week's show.

[Nuri]

I'm not moving, blasting Arcade Fire at deafening decibels because no one else is home and I can. It's cathartic...? refreshing....? Not quite: it's shiwonhae. I can't think of a satisfying English equivalent.

I am also checking goodreads a little more often every day. It's beginning to concern me.

[Matthieu]

I'm sitting at my desk beside my copy of Tensor Calculus. I'm drinking chamomile tea because it calms me. My roommates are both asleep. I have class in six hours, so I'll go to bed.

[RandomAnthony]

Hope that chair's workin' out, Leslie...

Ok, please give more info on shiwonhae, Nools. I love words that can't be translated easily.

And good morning, Matthew:) And everyone.

[Leslie]

I love my new chair!!! It's so comfortable, so much better on my whole body! And I rearranged the keyboard on the desk, just getting this area comfortable and effiencent, which it hasn't been until now.

The first time I ever heard the word twitterpated was in the Disney movie Sword in the Stone--if it's in a Disney movie it has to be a real word, right?

I love words like that too, Anthony--I feel like this language in so lacking in so many ways--that's a pet peeve of mine. We don't have words for a lot of concepts. The sea monkeys protest!!!

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OK, Lily Allen twitters - it has to be alright then - right Larry? Back me up here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsH2VA...

[Sally, la reina]

Watch out, Nools, pretty soon someone will make you co-moderator and you'll be on here every HOUR.

[Félix]

Jim, the fact that Lily exists in this Universe makes many things alright with me. Hope that helps.

Lily Rose Beatrice Allen, that is.

Nools, watch out. It seems our gal Sal is in recruitment mode today.

[Nuri]

So "shiwonhae"...

It's a word you can describe to use a cool, refreshing breeze, but also one to express that relieving comfort of a good massage. Typically older folks will also use it to describe a really hot bath or the sort of breathless contentment after taking a nice long draught of piping-hot broth. It is basically a very loaded, very deep sense of satisfaction. I used it trying to describe a sense of release after feeling very cooped up in myself all day.

I've been told that it was one of my first words, when I was in a park with my grandmother, visibly overwhelmed and delighted by a gust of wind, except I apparently pronounced it more like "hwa--nheh."


(Runs away before Sally comes back! <3)

[Sarah]

Right now I'm annoyed with Cruise Ship guy for posting in my other group... grrr...

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

He MUST be STOPPED! Grrr!!!

[Sarah]

Well, in my group we have an "Authors Corner" folder where authors can post and people can ignore them if they want to... of course he didn't follow the rules and posted somewhere else so he got a nasty email from me! I got no response but he then went back and posted again (I deleted his first one) in the proper folder. Ugh.

Apparently in his book he talks about following executives into the bathroom in his pursuit of a job... why doesn't that surprise me? I can picture him following us all into the bathroom saying, "if you need reading material while you're in there..."

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

You can delete him from the group permanently, Sarah, if you're a moderator. Sounds like he's earned it, too.

[Sarah]

We give everyone one strike, and on the second offense they're out. The thing that bugs me about that guy though is that he has NO intention of discussing anything with anyone. He has no friends, no books, and copies and pastes the same ad in EVERY group. I wish GR would just ban him from the site.

[Sally, la reina]

Deleting him would be very shiwonhae.

[RandomAnthony]

We kicked his ass out of this group...he's the only one in the history of TC to get an ass-kicking, er, outter...

It's a word you can describe to use a cool, refreshing breeze, but also one to express that relieving comfort of a good massage.

Damn, that is a cool word. How do you say it, phonetically?

Right now I'm on the couch after returning with two of my kids from the library. Apparently the library has problems with the security beeper things. I teased Brooke, the cute, quiet librarian, by asking her if she took security seriously and would leap over the desk and tackle people if they ran off with books. She turned bright red. She's adorable.

Tomorrow I'm in meetings from 8-5. Tomorrow blows chunks, and it's not even here yet.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Quit teasing the librarians, RA!

[RandomAnthony]

I refuse.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Huff!

[Félix]

Landing in Denver was very bumpy again tonight. What is it with this place lately?

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I think March is just a windy time, Larry. I'm sorry you had a bumpy ride - that's nerve-wracking!

[Leslie]

Who is this cruise ship guy? I've heard of him in other groups too.

[Félix]

Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I think March is just a windy time, Larry. I'm sorry you had a bumpy ride - that's nerve-wracking!"

I guess. They said when we left SLC about 5 pm that the temp had dropped in Denver by 20 degrees in the last couple of hours.

It was much rougher when I left there Wednesday afternoon. It doesn't bother me all that much. I guess I'm kind of numb to that stuff anymore.

The young lady next to me tonight out of SLC was extremely nervous. I let her have my free TV viewing - and that seemed to distract her. (I get free Direct TV on Frontier because I'm on their stinking planes so often.)

Once I was on a flight that was really bumpy. The attendant said that if she started to go toward the ceiling that I should grab her really quickly. I told her I thought we should practice that - but she didn't go for it. Oh well.

[Sally, la reina]

It was really bumpy driving to Denver tonight in my Prius, too, Lar. I think there is a front moving in right now.

[Félix]

Yup. You are correct. Would it be correct to say it was an affront?

[Sally, la reina]

Indeed.

Right now I'm at Sweeter's parents house, sans Sweeter. I've picked up a random wireless signal, so I'm checking on the sea monkeys instead of rereading my presentation for tomorrow.

oop, I was going to type that I'm not nervous, but the second I thought about that my palms got sweaty.
I don't want to turn off the lights and go to sleep - because that means that tomorrow will be here and it will be nearly time for this presentation.

[Félix]

Aw, you'll do great.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Good luck on your presentation, Sally! I know you'll do great!

[Sarah]

Break a leg!

[RandomAnthony]

Don't suck!

:)

You know that material backward and forward...have fun:)

[RandomAnthony]

Right now I should be preparing for a day of meetings that starts in...twenty minutes.

But I'm not.

[Félix]

How about now?

[RandomAnthony]

Done!

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Good luck Sally.

[Sally, la reina]

Half hour till showtime.

Then I'll be able to eat something.

[Kevin]

reviewing the powerpoint with the sea monkeys?

[Félix]

We're in your corner.

[Sarah]

Just picture everyone in their underwear...

[Kevin]

I don't even finish books that I don't like. I can do that. Just stop. There are too many other choices out there to read. Even if everyone else says it is great I can say "I wasn't feelin it". Doesn't make me dense or shallow. Just not my thing

[Félix]

Don't burn it. Donate it. Or put it on the shelf for a few months (years) and read it again. Maybe you're not ready for what it has to say?

[Sarah]

What book, out of curiosity?

[Dave]

Burn it.

[Dave]

The DaVinci Code was all right, but a book about the sequel to that book sounds burnable.

[Kevin]

i liked all of dan brown's books but not sure about this one. i have not read it though

btw - i am at my desk waiting on an appointment with the most perfumed woman in the universe. she smells very good but makes your eyes water and your office smell like Victoria's Secret for 2 weeks. she is very nice though...

[Félix]

And the problem is ...?

[Croyle]

I liked the DaVinci Code , the second Book was : Angels & Demons , It was all right, Same premise . Beautiful Girl , Mystery about a family secret , and secret societies. But the Widows son. I just wanted to slap that man.

[Kevin]

croyle - also try Deception Point and Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. both excellent and fast paced

[Sally, la reina]

I'm with Kevin on abandoning sucky books. There isn't enough time in the universe to put up with crap.

[Sally, la reina]

I don't know, I like to think I'm less cranky the older I get.

Right now I'm riding high on a post-convention presentation thrill buzz.

[RandomAnthony]

Awesome! Congrats! I knew you'd do well.

That's a great buzz. Esp. when followed with well-earned alcohol.