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Quinn Morani

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  1. Charolotte Caxton wrote: So I arranged with the caterers, set out place holders, ordered a crate of wine and even did a special request sushi bar for what!? This lunch is gonna happen, this lunch is gonna happen. I'm only coming if you put out the good silver and china!
  2. Sylvia Tamalyn wrote: Does it have tassles? You know, you really ought to post a link to the picture when you say things like that. :matte-motes-agape:
  3. Davina101 wrote: I'm just praying that 2004 was a freak and we won't see anything like that again. What's really interesting, hurricanes are the only natural disaster, (that I know of), that people schedule parties for. 2004 — Charley, Frances and Jeanne all blew through Central Florida from different directions within weeks of each other. I never want to see anything like that again, either. We had tarp on our roof for nearly a year after Jeanne. And a very scary moment when my son injured himself during Jeanne and we were home alone, since my husband has to be at a local emergency operations center during these storms. I vowed after that NEVER to stay alone with the kids during another storm without another adult around. What would the kids have done if something had happened to me? That thought frightened me. Next time, I'm having a hurricane party. That's why people have them. So they aren't alone.
  4. Up4 Dawes wrote: Was really bad,,, It will take years to rebuild!
  5. Davina101 wrote: You can always move to Florida. I prefer my natural disasters with a three or four day advance warning. ;-) That's more or less what I always tell people, too! I did feel my first earthquake about a year or year and a half ago when I was in San Diego for work. I think it was a 5.7, but epicenter far enough away that there was no real damage. I was on a high floor in a tall hotel and could feel the building swaying. It was very surreal.
  6. Storm Clarence wrote: Go Away Irene. Be safe everyone. As the Mayor of Philadelphia said earlier this morning: "if the water is over your head, it is probably too late." No kidding. :matte-motes-bored: No kidding. Be safe, everyone!
  7. Since this thread has now been officially necroposted, I'd like to add another contribution. This is something I originally wrote in my own blog on July 1 (one of only two posts I've made there, and the only one of substance). I should have put it here in this very thread, and I am correcting that oversight right now. This isn't the blog post I meant to write. The post I started out to write was supposed to be a reflection on an opportunity I had last weekend to hang out with a group of people different from my normal crowd, and the universal traits of camaraderie and kinship I saw there. I was going to write about how even though I didn't have a history with that group to be "in" on much of the conversation, I was very much struck by some similarities with my own gang of friends. The personalities and the topics of conversation and the subjects of friendly ribbing may have been different, but the fact that this group had a shared history and genuine delight in the company of one another was exactly the same. It warmed my heart to see that such connections are alive and well in Second Life outside of my own little cocoon. That's what I was going to write. But this isn't that post. It isn't that post because something took place last night that superseded any of those reflections. Last night my "regular" group and that other group came together for the joint purpose of celebrating a special friend we share in common. And even now, a day later, it makes me emotional to recall just how much that unity, and the entire surprise evening of friends lavishing attention and heartfelt speeches and belated birthday wishes, touched and moved our mutual friend on so many levels. Knowing that you've been a part of of giving someone else such a moment of joy (or Bliss, as the friend in question might say), is utterly priceless. And I was moved nearly to tears myself over all the selfless love that was shown last night. I don't think I've ever felt so acutely the emotions normally associated with RL friendships played out in SL. It's moments like last night that justify every second I spend in Second Life. I wouldn't trade my SL friends or the memories I have made with them for anything.
  8. /me sighs Maddy always did have a way with words. Welcome back, Maddy!
  9. 1) Are you a LWL? (Lady with Lists) YES!! 2) If not how do you keep track of things? With my lists. 3) Do you use your phone to make lists? Yes (and my iPad too) 4) Do you use your computer to make lists? Yes 5) Do you use some form of handwritten list. Yes 6) Do you make the list or do other people make them for you? I make them. I trust no one else with my lists. 7) Do you think this list is too long? Of course not. Bring on the lists! A couple of tips for the LWLs among us: Toodledo and Grocery IQ. Both of these websites also have iPhone/iPad apps so you can manage your lists from anywhere. I use Toodledo for my to-do lists and Grocery IQ for my shopping list. I never go to the grocery store without Grocery IQ and my iPhone. You can set this app up by individual store where you shop, so if the produce comes before dairy in one store but after dairy in a different store, it will re-sort your list for you in the correct order. It's time consuming to set up for the stores you frequent, but SO worth the effort. I am also a Lady Who Loves (LWL), a Lady Who Learns (LWL), and a Lady Who Laughs (LWL). 
  10. The most provocative post, to me, in this entire thread is one that has disappeared. I saw it, I heard it, and even though a part of it is off the mark, I do understand why she feels the way she does.
  11. There are two days every year that I get off as holidays from work. I get other holidays off, of course, but what makes these two particular days unique is that they are not holidays for my husband, and the kids don't get them off from school. I do not use the days to run errands, catch up on housework, or the like. I discourage Zeke from trying to take these days off to spend them with me (we take other days off together as hooky days). Instead, I stay home, reflect, and bask in the exquisite silence, stillness, solitude, or whatever you want to call it. I consider it my own personal retreat, I suppose. It's a rare chance to escape the constant cacophony that exists in our world and just think, uninterrupted. Silence is restful, and it recharges me emotionally and spiritually. And there is absolutely creativity, love, and every other emotion in that space. Whether that experience can exist in a text environment like this is interesting food for thought. I'll ponder it in silence and when I feel enlightened, I'll return with my thoughts.
  12. There I go trying to be all light-hearted, and you pose a question that stops me in my tracks. I think that what is not said is often as powerful, or more, than what is said. Whether that power represents eloquence or the death of love depends on the circumstances and the people, does it not?
  13. /me tiptoes in and gives Scylla the silent treatment. :matte-motes-zipped: :matte-motes-big-grin:
  14. This movie by far holds the record for most viewings by me. I watched it so many times growing up that I could easily recite all the dialogue. And big arguments would erupt between me, my sister, and our neighbor friends when singing along to the soundtrack (on vinyl!) over who got stuck singing the boy parts in "Summer Nights."
  15. DQ Darwin wrote: Reads post from Dillon, looks for falling rocks. Comes back reads post from Dillon, looks for falling rocks. Comes back reads post from Dillon, looks for falling rocks. Hehehe, do you know that is nearly exactly what I think whenever Dillon posts in a thread I'm following by email? The email notification shows the poster's signature, but doesn't differentiate it in any way from the body of the post. Makes it much harder to skim over the signatures in email. Fortunately, despite Dillon's frequent warnings to be aware, I've not yet been hit with any falling rock.
  16. Cinnamon Mistwood wrote: This is my absolute favorite movie of all time. I can't count the number of times I have watched it and it never gets old. My 3 daughters and I have it memorized word for word, from beginning to end. You probably won't want to watch it with us. "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." I love, love, love this movie.
  17. A very nice OP, Ima, and some excellent questions. My own attitude about the forum has undergone some changes lately. I was mostly away for about a month due to RL commitments, and since coming back I've had a hard time getting back into the "groove" of keeping up with various threads. I can't quite put my finger on why. I'll have to ponder this for a bit. In the meantime, a warm "hi" to those I haven't seen posting here in a while!
  18. Is YouTube down? I can't get to it now. So for now, a list of a few more favorites. I'll come back later to add the trailers. Groundhog Day (sentimental reasons, it was my first date with Zeke) The Princess Bride ET Gone With the Wind Toy Story 3 BBC/A&E production of Pride & Prejudice (I know this is cheating, since it's not the movie but the TV miniseries, which I far prefer to the movie)
  19. I already mentioned this movie in the songs that make you cry thread, but it's one of my very favorites. I haven't watched it in a while, but just watching the trailer makes me want to run home, plug in my DVD and sob my sorry little eyes out.
  20. Can't believe I left these out. Both all the more poignant because of the respective artists' tragic and untimely deaths.
  21. Dee, Il Silenzio does it to me, too. Have you ever heard this version? This girl was only 13 when she did this. Simply amazing.
  22. What a musical soul he has, Lillie. I think you must add that song to your repertoire!
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