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I had a life, once
« on: May 30, 2006, 07:15:20 pm »
I saw BBM for the first time on December 27th. I had a life before that. Now...

Things I have given up since seeing BBM

1. Cooking
2. Going to the grocery store (actually, most all sorts of shopping, to be honest)
3. Reading the newspaper
4. Watching TV (never watched much, but I have been cured of my apprentice addiction)
5. Balancing the checkbook
6. Exercising
7. Sleeping much less (down to 5 hours a night from 8)

Things I do, sorta...

1. Eat (when someone puts food in front of me. See no. 1 and 2, above)
2. Pay the bills (also difficult, see no. 5, above)
3. Work
4. Talk to my family

Things I do with gusto and passion

1. Write fanfic
2. Read fanfic
3. Hang out on the bettermost board (since 3/30; prior to that it was IMDb. Same thing)
4. Hang out in the bettermost chat
5. Scour the Internet for pictures of Heath Ledger
6. Scour the Internet for articles about Heath Ledger
7. Scour the Internet for anything else related to bbm
8. Have sex with my husband

No. 8 is the only reason my husband hasn't divorced me...

Others?

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Re: I had a life, once
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2006, 07:20:01 pm »
Good for you Leslie - sounds like you have a very balanced life there!  ;D
What more do you want lady?  ;)

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I dream alot more (while awake and asleep) and my imagination is working on overdrive... ::) :P


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Re: I had a life, once
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2006, 07:20:42 pm »
ROFLOL.....sounds good to me Leslie!

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Re: I had a life, once
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2006, 07:43:59 pm »
I saw BBM for the first time on December 27th. I had a life before that. Now...

Things I have given up since seeing BBM

1. Cooking
2. Going to the grocery store (actually, most all sorts of shopping, to be honest)
3. Reading the newspaper
4. Watching TV (never watched much, but I have been cured of my apprentice addiction)
5. Balancing the checkbook
6. Exercising
7. Sleeping much less (down to 5 hours a night from 8)

Things I do, sorta...

1. Eat (when someone puts food in front of me. See no. 1 and 2, above)
2. Pay the bills (also difficult, see no. 5, above)
3. Work
4. Talk to my family

Things I do with gusto and passion

1. Write fanfic
2. Read fanfic
3. Hang out on the bettermost board (since 3/30; prior to that it was IMDb. Same thing)
4. Hang out in the bettermost chat
5. Scour the Internet for pictures of Heath Ledger
6. Scour the Internet for articles about Heath Ledger
7. Scour the Internet for anything else related to bbm
8. Have sex with my husband

No. 8 is the only reason my husband hasn't divorced me...

Others?

L
xo



Replace Jake where you have Heath and leave out write Fanfic, and we're practically twins!!
« Last Edit: May 30, 2006, 07:46:06 pm by DeeDee »
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Re: I had a life, once
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2006, 07:52:39 pm »
What you had - that's 'a life'?  ;)

I actually do still go to the grocery store - have to, 'cause I'm the only one around here capable of it, apparently.  ::)

And I do still exercise.  But, tell ya what.  The truth is... I've been working out like a maniac lately mostly because I'm inspired to look my best in a couple of weeks.  Meetin up with some good, old friends, dontcha know.

But what don't I do since BBM that I used to?

1) Tolerate mediocre movies.  If they don't pull me in in the first 15 minutes, I turn 'em off and send 'em back (to Netflix, that is).

2) Watch very many other movies at all unless I know they're gonna pull me in in the first 15 minutes.  (I couldn't watch any other movie for the first two months.  Since then, it's still been slow going.)

3) Hear any love song on the radio and not relate it in some way to BBM.  If it's something I just can't possibly relate to it (but that's rare), I turn it off.

4) Have any kind of lengthy conversation about anything that I don't segue somehow, some way, into BBM.

Aw, Brokeback.  Why don't you just let me be, hunh?

All this reminds me of a song:

When you just give love, and never get love,
You'd better let love depart.
I know it's so, and yet I know,
I can't get you out of my heart.

You made me leave my happy home.
You took my love, and now you've gone,
Since I fell for you ...

Love brings such misery and pain.
I guess I'll never be the same,
Since I fell for you ...

Well it's too bad, and it's too sad,
But I'm in love with you ...
You love me, then you snub me.
But what can I do, I'm still in love with you.

Well, I guess I'll never see the light.
I get the blues most every night,
Since I fell for you ...

Since I fell for you.

(Buddy Johnson)





No more beans!

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Re: I had a life, once
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2006, 07:55:40 pm »
What you had - that's 'a life'?  ;)

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Re: I had a life, once
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2006, 08:09:38 pm »
"You call that a life?"

"You shut up now.  This aint Alma's fault"


See?   I'm even thinking and talking in BBM-Speak!

Life?    No.  I was asleep before BBM.  Now I am ALIVE!

Well,  locked in my computer room 22 hours a day, but alive!   LOL.

Although I haven't turned on my stove in months.


"I'm pretty good with a can opener though"   


There I go again!      :laugh:

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Re: I had a life, once
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2006, 08:16:22 pm »
i hear ya, david...i don't know why i didn't notice this before...after Jakes says that about the the can opener...you see him kinda lounging back, TRYING to open a can of beans and not having much luck...gets the bean juice all over his hand...
just like Ennis asking for soup instead of beans, jack takes the camp tenders job to give Ennis an opportunity to be out with the sheep, which i think a guy like Ennis woould prefer..
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Re: I had a life, once
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2006, 08:21:21 pm »
Well Leslie, you are part of the flippin reason I don't have a life! If I could read something other than Fanfic, see a movie that doesn't star Heath Ledger or Jake Gyllenhaal-wait, I'm getting over that one, do something in the evening other than hang out in the chat room or on Bettermost I WOULDN'T BE HAPPY! So far, I like my new no life but when the empty cat food cans take over the house I might need to think about doing something differently. Until then....

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Re: I had a life, once
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2006, 08:42:56 pm »
Well Leslie, you are part of the flippin reason I don't have a life! If I could read something other than Fanfic, see a movie that doesn't star Heath Ledger or Jake Gyllenhaal-wait, I'm getting over that one, do something in the evening other than hang out in the chat room or on Bettermost I WOULDN'T BE HAPPY! So far, I like my new no life but when the empty cat food cans take over the house I might need to think about doing something differently. Until then....

 O0

Just to keep you all on your toes, I am having a fabulous time right now writing about Jack & Ennis buying a new mattress...

I had a life, once...

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