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Chewing Wax:
I'm deep frying some squid for dinner. Delicious.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 4:41:07 pm)

Chewing Wax:
I like the rasperier one with the bongos and the horn section.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 4:41:32 pm)

Heruka:
I like grilled octopus in olive oil immensely. I can eat it out of the can just the same. as long as it doesn't have that nasty cottonseed oil in it. ack.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 4:42:40 pm)

Queenie:
In that Swedish GL Phillips interview, the radio guy tells him that he reminds him of Nick Cave. And Phillips laughs and the radio guy says, "Do you even konw who Nick Cave is?" and Phillips goes, "Uh... oh... sure..." and the radio guy says, "Name a Nick Cave record" and Phillips goes, "Um... uh...well, there was that one called 'Surf Sounds'" and it was really very funny.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 4:44:50 pm)

Heruka:
For octopus, I may have to convince Bertha to go Greek. I've tried discussing about it to her before, but she wasn't interested. And that conversatio had nothing to do about Greek food.The Greek Isles is a great Restaurant, but it's all the way downtown, and I no like downtown anymore.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 4:49:48 pm)

Queenie:
I got really sick on greek food once. But I like the spanikopita. However it's spelled.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 4:51:30 pm)

Queenie:
What's that floatin' in the water?
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 4:54:30 pm)

Queenie:
I have a question about the story bela told earlier. She said her dog ate 'human poop'... but how did she know it was human?
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 4:55:01 pm)

bela:
I knew it was human because he ate it. They don't eat dog poop - never eat dog poop so when they do eat it, its just a hunch but I think its human. And its always in a place some scumbag would poop.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 4:57:00 pm)

Queenie:
Ugh. Dogs.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 4:58:28 pm)

Queenie:
And the whores like a choir go UH!
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 5:08:43 pm)

bela:
Yeah, they're pretty gross. I have too many animals in my house, if I could do it over I wouldn't have so many but its cool. Never again this many. Cats are no problems, I'll never have more than one big dog though.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 5:14:45 pm)

Queenie:
Next time, I'm getting a guinea pig or a hamster.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 5:26:00 pm)

Queenie:
It's a lie. I'll bring home a crate of kittens, I just know it.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 5:26:17 pm)

:
All Hail the King of Whatever the Fuck and Whoever the Fuck Cares
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 5:48:50 pm)

Decoy:
I was suprised at how much 26,000 gallons of water cost.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 6:18:07 pm)

Chewing Wax:
Free?
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 6:30:35 pm)

Chewing Wax:
Keep it clean and moist
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 6:30:45 pm)

A story about me (Queenie) and Sidney:
So I asked her what she did today in school. Usual response: "I don't remember".
So I said, "Well, what did you write about today at writing time?"
She said, "We didn't work on our stories. We wrote questions instead"
Me: "Questions?"
Her: "We had to write questions and then different answers."
Me: "What were your questions?"
Her: "Well, my first one was 'How did the first person come to earth?' and my answers were god, monkeys, or dinosaurs laid them in eggs."
Me: "Wow. Awesome question."
Her: "And my other question was 'Why does god allow suffering in Afghanistan?"
And I was stunned.
Me: "Uh... Where did that question come from?"
Her: "On the news, silly. You know, all the destroying in Afghanistan."
Me: "Yeah, I know, but did you hear someone else ask that question or something?"
Her: "No."
See, not being your traditional god-fearing American family, we don't sit around and talk about god much. My mom pushes it onto my daughter every chance she gets, but I counter that with as many alternate theories as I'm able to come up with, just because I want her to make up her own mind about things.
She knows what my mom thinks, she knows that I disagree, she knows what I think, and she also knows that there are even other theories about god out there.
But wondering why god allows suffering.... I just did NOT get at ALL where this was coming from.
We don't watch the news much because my husband doesn't think all the stories of war and death and murder are good for her. But she's seen enough, I guess.
So I questioned her further...
Me: "Are you sure you've never heard that before?"
Her: "No! I just wondered!"
Me: "Well, what were your answers?"
Her: "I said either god did it or Afghanistan did it."
Me: "Either god lets the people suffer, or Afghanistan lets the people suffer?"
Her: "Yeah."
And then she picked up a picture book and put in on her head and said, "Look at me! I'm wearing my book as a hat!"
And I had to leave the freakin' room, as I was utterly unable to process the conversation.
But I'm OK now.
Such heavy thoughts for a six year old! And then to wear her book as a hat! Such a terrible, perfect moment, it was.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 7:17:16 pm)

Myk Murphy:
damn, queenie. sharp kid. kinda makes sense, in a way: i think kids get fed the idea of god as a parental figure from an early age. just like you wouldn't let her suffer, she may get the idea that god shouldn't let anyone suffer. bummer about there not being a god who cares. that's gotta disappoint.

seriously, that's a sharp kid there.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 9:12:43 pm)

True King of the Robot Jews:
oh jesus, don't get me started...
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 10:05:33 pm)

Chewing Wax:
Hello True King
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 10:30:37 pm)

Myk Murphy:
yes, hello true king. hi wax.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 10:37:25 pm)

Heruka:
sssshhhh the Jews are listening........
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 10:55:40 pm)

Queenie:
I like what Joseph Campbell said, about how the idea that god is kind is absurd. He was like, "Hello, read the old testament much?" Well, he didn't put it quite like that, but you know what I mean. Then he went on to say that there is divinity even in monsters. Look at what god has done when angry, he says. He was a total monster. And there's divinity in that. Interesting theory, but depressing when you think that if it's true, that means that evil can never be eradicated because evil is just as godly as goodness. That's a little too pessimistic for me.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 11:28:46 pm)

Queenie:
Oh yeah, her answer to both her questions was "god". So in her mind, god created man yet god allows man to suffer. That's got to be a tough thing for a small child to wrap their head around.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 11:30:33 pm)

Queenie:
When I asked her what the other kids' questions were, she said, "Mostly they were 'why is the sky blue?'" Heh.
(Thu Apr 11, 2002 - 11:31:11 pm)

Decoy:

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(Fri Apr 12, 2002 - 12:59:29 am)

Heruka:
My cable has been out for over an hour now, and I'm afraid to call and complain cause they might find the cable box has been tampered with. I hshould have gone dish. Oh well.
(Fri Apr 12, 2002 - 1:18:45 am)

Heruka:
That question gets asked by a lot of kids, simpleminded adults too. the point is, every problem that plagues humanity can be solved by humanity. But no-one really gives a shit. Well, relatively few. And I mean FEW. But the point is, why should God give a crap about people who don't give a crap themselves? How many times should we force a drug addict into treatment until we realize that they simply don't enough to quit the stuff? What's the point?
(Fri Apr 12, 2002 - 1:26:11 am)

Heruka:
STD's are running rampant, but who stands up and says casual, indiscriminant sex may not be such a good idea? When someone does, everyone laughs at them. Again, no-one really gives a shit. Hunger can be solved, there's enough farmable land on earth to feed all the hungry in this world. No-one cares.
(Fri Apr 12, 2002 - 1:30:00 am)

Heruka:
And I don't mean giving free drugs away, or giving condoms out, or letting 12 year old girls have abortions without their parents cosent. That doesn't do anything but promote the social ills that are the core of the problem in the first place. It perpetuates the mental social irresponsibility that feeds the problem in the first place. Oooh, raccoons are fighting outside. First time this year. Excellent!
(Fri Apr 12, 2002 - 1:36:06 am)