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A Bookworm Reading (Plethora) wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Hooray! Thanks, Karsyn. :) So for those of us on the east coast of USA, looks like it starts at 6am on the 17th."Or those on the west coast, 3am...not much before I get up for work."
About the time I'm usually getting to sleep in Cali. ;)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "About the time I'm usually getting to sleep in Cali. ;) ."I have a very bad habit of staying up late, usually between 11 and midnight, which wouldn't be so bad if i didn't get up before 4:30. I feel it come the latter part of the week, but if I try and go to bed earlier I just wake up at 3 in the morning and can't fall back to sleep. I'm sure my age will catchup soon and I'll be wanting an extra hour or two each night.
Karsyn wrote: "Well done Jen! We have a correct answer. :)Which ONE of her two suggestions? Well, as I said, there's a bit of a clue.... somewhere..... perhaps in questions asked recently? I could have sworn I ..."
Hmm... went through all the threads here and read every post you wrote... couldn't find it. Perhaps I should search the Mod posts.
A Bookworm Reading (Plethora) wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "About the time I'm usually getting to sleep in Cali. ;) ."I have a very bad habit of staying up late, usually between 11 and midnight, which wouldn't be so bad if i didn't ..."
Yeah, I usually sleep about 3a-11a or so. It's a sort of delayed sleep phase disorder. I think I would do better on 28 hours days. :/ And right now I've been up for 36 hours! 44 hours is about my limit--or at least was in my youth. I don't want to be up all this time, but it's like I have to 'reset' or it'll just keep creeping later and later, ya know?
Well, I was having a look around the threads, and there is a Survive Your Own Apocalypse challenge going on, with some storm-related things mentioned... I have no idea really; I've been following this chat the whole way, and can't remember anything related to either animals or storms so... *shrugs* I'll be excited either way, whatever the theme turns out to be.
One of the days in the wobble read-a-thon had a question about our pets.... So I'm thinking animals
Jessie wrote: "One of the days in the wobble read-a-thon had a question about our pets.... So I'm thinking animals"Very good Jessie!!! Correct. Actually the clue I was thinking of was when I asked what animals people do not like. Little bit of info gathering there for me. :)
First timer here! I have set up a shelf for Wobble. What will be on that shelf? A list of everything we read for the game, things we plan to read?
Linda C wrote: "First timer here! I have set up a shelf for Wobble. What will be on that shelf? A list of everything we read for the game, things we plan to read?"Welcome Linda!
Everyone does the shelf differently (some use it as a TBR) but for the most part it's easiest if you use it as your "read" shelf for Wobble. So, when you mark something as read, just stick it on your Wobble shelf as well. The shelf is used to keep track of what everyone reads during Wobble. While TBR books could be put there, I know as a captain, I have preferred it if only Read books are put there, as it's easier to keep track.
I hope you love Wobble!
Oh, as a first-timer as well, it's good to know about the shelf!
Glad I could clarify. As I said, people do it different ways and if your captain has a preference I'm sure they will say. I usually tell my teams just to put their Read books on there, but if someone uses it as a TBR as well, it doesn't bug me.
As 1st round sign-ups come to a close (May 31st, 11:59p Pacific time), please let us know if you have any last minute changes to your signup!
Specifically, let us know if you'd like to request anyone to play with and/or you'd like to change your preference for a chatty team (yes or no or doesn't matter).
Yes teams tend to be together, No teams tend to be together and Doesn't Matter is mixed through it all, so if you'd rather have a more chatty team but said "doesn't matter" you may want to change to "yes". If you'd rather have a more quiet team but said "doesn't matter" you may want to change to "no".
Please don't worry about changes to your bookshelf, that is something your captain can do if you want to change that. Just let us know (here is fine, or message myself or the mod account) if you prefer to change your team chattiness preference and/or want to request someone to be on the same team with.
Thank you!
When wl you post teams I can't wait
Karsyn, do we need to fill out a whole new form to change to a chatty team or non-chatty team? I can't remember what I put down, but I want to be on a chatty one. (I may have said that it didn't matter).
Sassafrass wrote: "Karsyn, do we need to fill out a whole new form to change to a chatty team or non-chatty team? I can't remember what I put down, but I want to be on a chatty one. (I may have said that it didn't ma..."No, please don't fill out a new form, just message me or the mods, or just say here as you have. :)
You said yes to a chatty team, plus with requests, so don't worry, you're all taken care of. :)
Marie wrote: "When wl you post teams I can't wait"Don't have an exact date yet, another week or so probably. Not too much longer! :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Diane Woods wrote: "Catherine wrote: "Did someone mention FUDGE?!?!?! I want some!!! lol"Are you saying I have found a fellow chocoholic?! Woo hoo!"
Yuck, fudge!! Why would someone talk wonderfu..."
I actually agree with that. I never put anything in my fudge. Why mess with an already amazing thing? Although, cookies and cream fudge is pretty good!
To be honest, I don't really like fudge. Maybe I've never eaten a good one?
Diane Woods wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "Diane Woods wrote: "Catherine wrote: "Did someone mention FUDGE?!?!?! I want some!!! lol"Are you saying I have found a fellow chocoholic?! Woo hoo!"
Yuck, fudge!! Why woul..."
I am the "original" chocoholic!!! lol. I live and breathe chocolate...24/7 :) it should be on the food pyramid as it's own food group :)
I'm a chocoholic as well, absolutely love chocolate, though I can't eat a lot of it. But fudge is not my thing
Karsyn wrote: "Sassafrass wrote: "Karsyn, do we need to fill out a whole new form to change to a chatty team or non-chatty team? I can't remember what I put down, but I want to be on a chatty one. (I may have sai..."Thanks!
Catherine wrote: "I am the "original" chocoholic!!! lol. I live and breathe chocolate...24/7 :) it should be on the food pyramid as it's own food group :)."That sounds like a plan. Let's make it the bottom part of the pyramid so we can get more servings. LOL
Catherine, I've been saying chocolate should be a top food group for YEARS! lol
Amy wrote: "I think it would be awesome if it was a storm related theme, so I'm hoping it's that one :)"Ditto Amy. Storm-based team names would be epic!
Seriously.....is there really such a things as "bad" chocolate? I haven't found it and i've been a Professional Chocoholic and earned a Masters in Cocoa since at 16. I was an early melter and entered the Gifted and Talented Chocoholics Association at 10.
As a wee tot, I had dreams of splashing in the Chocolate River I once spied on the telly.
Many of us agree (not all, but some) that the whole chocolate covered cherry thing is irritating (see 'add stuff to it' above) but we teach the next generation to just bite the flat part off the bottom, dump the cherry out to share with a friend, and ♬ enjoy the chocolate-y goodness!
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Ditto Amy. Storm-based team names would be epic!"
Sorry to disappoint those who hoped for Storm ones (good to remember though!)
See post 865 & 866 :D
I've been traveling for a week and I feel like I've missed so much I'll never catch up! Anything exciting happen? Any news? Help ya girl out.
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Nothing exciting yet, but starting to be. :)
Captains will start to be notified tomorrow
Teams theme is: Animals
That's about it. :D
Karsyn wrote: "Jessie wrote: "One of the days in the wobble read-a-thon had a question about our pets.... So I'm thinking animals"Very good Jessie!!! Correct. Actually the clue I was thinking of was when I aske..."
LOL I put dead ones for not liking. (I don't like that state dead animals are in) Hahaha
Becky ♡The Bookworm♡ wrote: "Seriously.....is there really such a things as "bad" chocolate? I haven't found it and i've been a Professional Chocoholic and earned a Masters in Cocoa since at 16. I was an early melter and en..."
Oh..Becky ♡The Bookworm♡....you were a late bloomer!!! I started in the cradle!!! lol. I was drinking chocolate and eating chocolate since I were a wee tot!! :)
No!!! Absolutely not!! There is NO such thing as "bad" chocolate :)
I do have to disagree though...I love chocolate covered cherries and strawberrries :) my mum says it ruins the strawberry...so we can see where her loyalty lies!!! lol..but given a choice...I wouod choose the unadulterated chocolate hands down :)
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Very good Jessie!!! Correct. Actually the clue I was thinking of ..."
Then you won't go in the "Extinct" section. ;)
Sassafrass wrote: "Catherine wrote: "I am the "original" chocoholic!!! lol. I live and breathe chocolate...24/7 :) it should be on the food pyramid as it's own food group :)."That sounds like a plan. Let's make it ..."
Let's get together to work on that pyramid!!! :)
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Then you won't go in the "Extinct" section. ;) "Oh good, then I'll be in the cute baby animals section!!!! There is nothing like be surrounded by cute baby animals.
I have to disagree. There is such a thing as bad chocolate. Here in Brazil, at least, we have a type of chocolate that has a lot of soy fat added to it, and it tastes nothing like chocolate (even though it's sold as chocolate)
RachelvlehcaR wrote: "Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Then you won't go in the "Extinct" section. ;) "Oh good, then I'll be in the cute baby animals section!!!! There is nothing like be surrounded by cute baby animals."
No cute babies, sorry. :)
Each mod has a classification of a type of animal. 6 mods. Anyone wanna guess the classifications we have going on? (I already gave you Extinct!) :D
Karsyn wrote: "Each mod has a classification of a type of animal. 6 mods. Anyone wanna guess the classifications we have going on? (I already gave you Extinct!) :D "Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, insects?
I'm with maria helena, I was thinking of the five vertebrate groups to start off with but I couldn't see one of the mods getting stuck with amphibians.
Extinct, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Not sure but that's my guess.
That is of course not putting in invertebrates.
If we add invertebrates, you have annelids, mollusks, arthropods, arachnids, echinoderms and protozoa. That would be a total stretch!
please, please, please not insects
Well...since 99% of all species (theiretically) have gone extinct....Are we going to be extinct animals?
There are many dinosaurs to choose from
Tati wrote: "Can you imagine, team Cockroach? LOL"Sadly...cockroaches are not extinct!!
Amy wrote: "please, please, please not insects"I was thinking that amphibians would be worse than insects.
There are some cute/cool insects. I wouldn't mind being team butterflies, ladybugs, or dragonflies.
With insects at least we can have different types of butterfly...?
LOL!No insects. (Almost was one, decided against it.) Think in BROADER terms. There's some that are sorta right, but not exact. The actual correct ones so far are ~
1 - Extinct (your freebie)
2 - Air
3 - Mythological
4 - Sea
5 - Land
6 - Endangered
And I love butterflies (it's my nickname from my Hubby) but no butterflies.
PS ~ no requests please. That's why I asked about dislikes in the read-a-thon. :) Teams are 99.8% set, so I'd really not rather move things around. Thanks for understanding!
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Are you saying I have found a fellow chocoholic?! Woo hoo!"
Yuck, fudge!! Why would someone talk wonderful chocolate and put a bunch of stuff in it! Boooo, hahaha. :)