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Jul 12, 2009 05:14AM
So ism officially closer to 30 than 20. I am 26 and 95 dollars richer courtesy of the morongo casino and resort in cabazon. I have been awful this week and hardly written anything which I blame on my disdain for my day job, some crazy negativity, and my computer being held hostage by best buy. But my baby is back I don't have to work til Wednesday at my day job the negative b can suck it and I am entering a new year of my life and if my ex boyfriend Greg is right I am a year away from being ripe for the picking.
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I am a year away from being ripe for the picking. "what does that mean to you Lauren? I think I lost you there, but congratulations on your win. When I've gone gambling, it would have been more time efficient to just dump the money in the toilet. That way I'd the results would be that same and I'd still have my whole day free.
I thought 26 was a bummer, because all the fun birthdays were over- it's fun to be 16, 18,20,21,25... those are all "cool" ages to turn, but after 26. I felt like it was just a day to turn older. My mom turned 29 each year for several decades before she got into her 60's then she gave up on that.
Wendy; 30 is fun. What's not fun about 30? 32 for me was great fun. It was a blast. I plan to make every birthday from now one a huge deal. 33? Well that's a double number, that only happens so often, we'll have to have another giant party for that one.
40, I may not like it but I'm still going to enjoy it. Thats not for a while yet. I'll deal with each year as it comes and I'll make it fun.
Oprah said her 40's were the best years, so we'll just trust her on that- I don't have to find out for 8 more years.I do enjoy life- don't get me wrong- the numbers are a little crappy, but it's no big wup either way. I know when I'm 80 I'll be adding fractions back on. "I'm 87 and a half- take that you wippersnapper!"
Well, by 80 fractions are important. Like they were when you were a kid but for the opposite reasons. 
To me, the 20s, 30s, 40, and so far the 50s haven't really been any different. OK, it gets a little harder to do the things you used to take for granted, but as long as one is still basically healthy, that's no big deal. I mean, I don't suppose I'll climb Everest again, and I no longer have a realistic chance of winning Wimbledon; possibly even 100 metres Olympic Gold in 2012 is a little beyond my grasp now, but on the other hand, the new things I have learned to do over the years compensate for that.
Not sure why Lauren will be ripe for picking in a year either - picking for what? The Pulitzer Prize? Nobel? USA basketball team? Go on Lauren, do enlighten us :)
Greg was a boyfriend I had off and on for four years we are good friends now but that's it. We met when I was 20 and he was 28 in his mind I am perpetually 20 because I pretty much look the same he on the other hand is a different story. While we were dating he was very hung up about how old I am, he's afraid of commitment and the last couple of years that we dated casually and I mean like once every six months casually he had this rhetoric that because I was so young I didn't know who I truly was and that I am won't be who I really am until I'm 27 and then he would wish I was older and I would keep telling him Greg when I'm 27 I will just be 27.
Oh that, discovering who you really are. That actually happens at the age of 27 yrs, 214 days, at about 03:15 am. If there's a full moon.
Wendy wrote: " I am a year away from being ripe for the picking. "
what does that mean to you Lauren? I think I lost you there, but congratulations on your win. When I've gone gambling, it would have been mor..."
My cherry was ripened, plucked and eaten before I was 18. I'm still trying to grow more. Ahhh fond memories.
what does that mean to you Lauren? I think I lost you there, but congratulations on your win. When I've gone gambling, it would have been mor..."
My cherry was ripened, plucked and eaten before I was 18. I'm still trying to grow more. Ahhh fond memories.
Lauren wrote: "Greg was a boyfriend I had off and on for four years we are good friends now but that's it. We met when I was 20 and he was 28 in his mind I am perpetually 20 because I pretty much look the same he..."Sounds like 8, not 28? You're too old for him, Lauren. Mentally.
Paul wrote: "Oh that, discovering who you really are. That actually happens at the age of 27 yrs, 214 days, at about 03:15 am. If there's a full moon."otherwise i have to wait another 6 weeks like ground hog day
Andy wrote: "Lauren wrote: "Greg was a boyfriend I had off and on for four years we are good friends now but that's it. We met when I was 20 and he was 28 in his mind I am perpetually 20 because I pretty much l..."yeah thats why we are just friends now.
Lauren wrote: "Andy wrote: "Lauren wrote: "Greg was a boyfriend I had off and on for four years we are good friends now but that's it. We met when I was 20 and he was 28 in his mind I am perpetually 20 because I ..."I truley think that there is a Mr or Miss Right out there for everyone. You just have to find them. After my first marriage, I made a huge list of things I did and didn't want in the next woman. When I read it, I laughed. Not a hope in hell? I found her though and she added some things on to the good list I never thought of. It can happen. Have faith in you.
I'm sorry Lauren, I never said Happy Birthday. **reveals giant German chocolate cake with a large candle that resembles something Lauren remembers seeing but isn't so sure-,**Never mind the candle. I brought tequila, shooters for everyone. Here's some lemon, salt....so who's the first shot. Okay Lauren, body? Umm..volunteers?
grumbles quietly "Should be lime not lemon."Tequila - good oh...
licks back of hand, sprinkles salt on wet patch. Licks salt off, gulps tequila in one, chews lemon spits out rind.
Much better. Are we going to sing to Lauren?
Paul, you just took Lauren's shot, and we were doing body shots. That's what she wanted, not my decision. So roll up your shirt, you just volunteered.Then we'll sing, and maybe snigger just a little.
Oh Ok. Don't know how you play this game, but I'm willing.
Oh....I wish I was a little bar or soap,oh I wish I was a little bar of soap.
I'd go slippy and a slidy all over someone's hiney
oh I wish I was a little bar of soap.
Er- wrong song, sorry.
Happy birrrrttthdaaay to you...etc.etc.
Okay Paul, the drinker (Lauren) gets to choose a part of your body to do the shot from, she has to lick that part and salt it, then she licks the salt off, drinks the shot, and sucks the lemon. There are variations, ie where the lemon is placed, but we're keeping it clean. Remember, clean. Or Wendy will have to get teh soap she's singing about.
I'm sure it's dirty in there, but i might pick up something brilliant.
Lauren, stop it, that tickles!giggles hysterically...
OKay, now that's done. Who is next, wait where is the tequila?
nice, ok so super excited, aside from like 10 or 15 lines, when I copied and pasted the script from goodreads back into final draft it all automatically formatted, oh happy day. now all i have to do is read two episodes of my friends webisodic, he wants me to help him write the series, which should be amazing.
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Lauren. Hap hap happy birth date to youuuuuuuuuuuuu! Mwaaa - Who loves ya baby. remember Tele Savalas, you could do the body thing direct from his boldy napper.
*sneaks a shot of Tequila* Wowzer, how do you guys drink this stuff?Anywho, happy belated Lauren.
Renee wrote: "Boldy? What's boldy?"The guy has a chrome-dome, folically challenged, no hair on his head, as bald as a coot. Baldy. OK so my internal spell checker mucked up. Shoot me. Please?
Just messing with you Andy. i knew what you meant. I just couldn't resist.
Renee wrote: "Just messing with you Andy. i knew what you meant. I just couldn't resist."Oh you baddy. Naughty, naughty Renee. Got to bed now and no supper for you young missy.
But it's only 4:30!!! Come on the sun is out. i can't go to bed now.
Sorry, I forgot. It's 9.45pm and dark. there's things slithering around out there and I'm going to bed with a good book;}
Andy I gave my dad a wooden sign that said "I'm too sexy for my hair, that's why it's gone."I like to give him helpful things like that;
"Grandpa's are Antique little boys"
"Books for those who are older than dirt"
"Geezer digest"
it's fun.
Wendy, I take it your Dad has a sense of homour?
Yup. If you are at the table and you say, "could you please pass the dressing"he will A: say, "I could." and then go on eating.
B: Pass it to the next person over (farther from you) and then say ,"what? you didn't say WHO to pass it to, I did the best I could."
C: some other irritating thing...
SO I've learned to say, "Dad, would you please pass the dressing TO ME and leave it RIGHT hERE so that I can use it NOW."
He usually finds a way to mess that up too. He's an ornery old fart and I love him.
He is also in a barbershop quartet (the bass) and gets a kick out of being stupid on stage.
so i'm a complete nutter and was up til 2am last night working on Jesus vs. Mary, I didn't do anything yesterday but clean my apartment, cook and watch law and order and ncis, until midnight when i decided to start writing, i'm a total freak.
I've been known to do that on occasion, or wake up at 3 or 4am, and work away at something. So, we're both crazy. Welcome to the club. Here's some chips and salsa.
is it bad that that is what i totally just finished eating.
Nah, that's just my mind thing. I told you that you should eat that like an hour ago. Seriously, that's kind of weird. Stupid rule should be all the time. i before e except after c and well, whenever we feel like switching it up.
Ok so i wrote a poem and sent it to rita, i don't think you would neccessarily know i was talking about warewolves if you didn't know that was what the contest was about, but whatever.
Ok so I have edited a screenplay, written most of Jesus vs. mary, a poem and a rant so far this month. Still trying to figure out the best way to keep track of stuff. Someday I will get focused and figure out a method for here.
When you figure out how to do it, please let me know. I'm going a little nuts too. I might already be most of the way to crazy.
Wendy wrote: "Yup. If you are at the table and you say, "could you please pass the dressing"
he will A: say, "I could." and then go on eating.
B: Pass it to the next person over (farther from you) and th..."I like him. Sounds like a wind-up merchant like me. Love it!
he will A: say, "I could." and then go on eating.
B: Pass it to the next person over (farther from you) and th..."I like him. Sounds like a wind-up merchant like me. Love it!
So I already know I am going to be bad this weekend, because my composer is spending the weekend at my house and we are going to try and finish recording all the tracks for the musical we wrote. This has been one of the longest and most fulfilling processes. I think the hardest thing about it, is how collaborative an effort it is. I also think that it would never have happened had all of these random things not lined up, if I had been more egotistical and unwilling to relinquish as much control to my composer as I have under the guise of there is no way I could do what he is doing, I think the piece definitely would have suffered, and had I not gone out to that bar that one night and accidentally met him, and mentioned that I had just started writing a musical two days before, we would not be here three years later. Also, if I hadn't taken a chance on someone I didn't know who had never composed a full length musical before we wouldn't have this amazing project completed.
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