Procyon

Sounds rather nazi-ish to me, registering what race people are.

Hmm, in my experience pine forests are fine... I agree about the beach though -- the sand gets everywhere. Literally. Bring a blanket...

It's great to have a mobile, yes, but I think those who say it's a necessity need to be without one for a while... because that's an addiction. I'm not counting those whose boss demands that they always have a mobile with them, but everyone else, yes.

Great that you're happy. And yeah, chopping wood is great!!

I'm so sorry for you. My father died in connection with surgery because of an aneurysm two and a half years ago, and I still cry over him... I hope you've friends who are supportive, that really helps.

Happy birthday Drewbie!

There's always some apocalypse or other. Just get used to it.

I'm jealous, too. I want winter to occur here.

I know, it breeds!! There's no other explanation for how it manages to take over *everything*... (And no, the second law of thermodynamics doesn't quite cover this.)

Wendy is adorable. And yeah, definitely an old lady, just look at her make up. Haha... a Nimbus 2000?

I agree that if someone would cheat on you with the sex that you're not, it wouldn't feel as personal -- it would mean that the person didn't find fault with his partner as a person, but had needs that his partner couldn't give him because of his or her sex. But really it's more important how a person cheats than with whom -- does he tell you about it fairly soon, of his own free will, and try to be honest about it? Then he's showing much more consideration and respect than someone who hides it until he's found out and then makes up excuses. How many times did it happen and under what circumstances? I have a friend whose boyfriend was of the opinion that cheating was okay as long as your partner never found out -- then she wouldn't know she'd been wronged and thus wouldn't feel bad about it. My friend thought the best approach was to be honest about it (they both cheated on each other several times). Of course her boyfriend didn't appreciate her honesty at all. As for trusting someone again, I'm all for second chances -- but again that would depend on the circumstances, and it would mean second chances, not third, fourth, or fifth chances. Once can be a mistake, life crisis, whatever, but several times means there's something seriously wrong. This is such a derogatory thing to say -- as though bisexuals were incapable of being faithful to one person simply because someone of the other sex might come along and be more attractive to them? It wouldn't enter my head to think that of a bisexual, unless the person were very young, or very obviously confused about his sexuality.

True! That is so annoying.

Manual -- I don't want to think about trying to drive an automatic when there's a lot of ice and snow. And then you've just got much better control over your car, automatics change gears when I don't want them to... Having said that, I had a bit of a close shave doing a hill start today; I had to reverse my car away from a boulder that I'd gotten very close to, and it was a lot harder to do a hill start when reversing than the normal way... which is no trouble at all, usually. Haha.

Hilaaaarious... Lucky I'd finished my coffee or it'd be all over my screen right now.

I love water, nothing can beat it, not even coffee, wine, and beer (even though I'm addicted to coffee). I don't like soft drinks much, though I buy orange juice every now and then and drink one glass and then forget that I have it in my fridge...

I really like this one.

I agree... it comes along so rarely anyway, you need to take the chance if you're lucky enough to get it.

Wow, I'd never heard of that. That sounds so much better than just flour... Going to try the whole thing when I get back from Austria.

She'll thank you one day when she realises you saved her from that particular section of hell. It must be the most crowded one.

The health risk is debatable, I've read, but I would want to find out more about that before I try it. And I think I'd need a lot of wine to go with it... Anyway, I'm not going to Sardinia any time soon (as far as I know) so I needn't worry about that just yet.

P.S. What's brown roux?

Omg that recipe sounds so good... I've never had okra before and I didn't know what to do with it, but I could try this now...

Lol, me too... Ch

I voted that I let them decide, but that isn't entirely true -- my first 'real' boyfriend from years ago started out as a good friend, then we became a couple, and then we drifted apart, I don't remember why, but we were still friends (I remember at one point he sheepishly said that he'd slept with one of our mutual friends and asked if that was okay with me, which it was). Then I went abroad for a while and didn't see him, and he got married to a woman who doesn't let him see his exes unless they're married, too... how awful is that? So since I'm not married, he keeps our communication to a minimum. If I got to choose though, I'd be seeing a lot more of him. With my next ex I was so relieved that he split up with me that I just didnt consider phoning him for months afterwards, and since he didn't either, our friendship ended. But then there wasn't really any friendship there to begin with; it began with sex and when we got to know each other, more and more unpleasant sides emerged (in him, that is, dunno about myself... ) And I haven't been in touch a lot with my latest ex either, but I saw him about a week ago -- he invited himself -- and I'm glad that he did, because he was great to talk to. I can understand, now, why his exes always want to stay friends with him. (He was immensely annoying to have as a boyfriend though!) That is so true. A short-term relationship is one thing but as soon as it's longer it's really sad if they're not on speaking terms. Me too, but yeah, it can be very hard. But when I really love someone it's forever, or else it wasn't love in the first place.