Chix Chat

From: Anne
Date: Tuesday, July 3, 2001 3:35 pm
Subject: Ooops! Three great messages with the same thought!

Hello, Michele!
 
Did I send three of the same letter to you yesterday? I knew it was acting freaky - when I would press send, I would get the error message "Cannot delete this message." It’s like, "Whoa! Who said anything about deleting?!" D’oh!
 
Would you believe that my ear is still stopped up? It has been for over two weeks, and I’m starting to feel slight twinges of pain. After the holiday I must schedule a visit to one of my crack (or is it quack?) medical team.
 
I am in one of those moods where everything about work is bugging me!! (Hello, PMS!) Is there NO END to the brainless tasks that my boss has for me?! I’m SO GLAD to be off tomorrow!
 
Re: pictures. I’ve heard that some film developers can put the pictures from a regular camera in digital form. I haven’t tried that yet, but it would be a cheaper alternative to getting a scanner. Actually a scanner would be cool to have, too, because you could scan any previous pictures that you have/liked.
 
I have mentioned you on the site, and I’m sure that I’ll mention you again. (I haven’t updated too much this week…) I was going to ask, but I didn’t want to put you on the spot. I generally don’t mention people’s names. I know if you had a site, I wouldn’t mind if you mentioned me, as long as it’s not something like "Anne is *so* weird because …" I try to keep stuff pretty positive, which is why you’ll notice the absence of references to my exes!
 
I don’t think you’re being judgmental at all. I know the kind of "nutty" zealots that you’re talking about; I agree that people are not going to line up to be part of that. It’s also like all those church groups (notice that I didn’t say Christians) that would flock to ***** every Sunday. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more sour, less Christ-like bunch of people! How the waitresses used to hate to see them coming! These same groups would gripe about *everything* and leave a dollar or two on the table with a religious tract. One of the older guys of one of the worst-acting group of regulars invited me to his church "to meet a good man." Gee, would he act just like you? Could I be barefoot AND pregnant? Sorry, I’m off on a tangent there: I really agree that people need to see more NORMAL, HAPPY Christians!
 
I believe Otown was (is?) the group from Making The Band: I haven’t watched that show, but their song plays on the radio, and I really like that line. It reminds me not to settle!
 
Talking about cooking, I only cook vegetarian stuff: this could be a problem with my future husband. I haven’t eaten red meat in about six years, and when I ate meat before my mom always cooked it.
 
***Recommendations***
 
movie- Deep Impact (I haven’t seen it, but will add it to my list!)
tv show- Three’s Company (I loved it - it doesn’t come on here.)
cd- Pink Floyd-The Wall (I’ve heard it is excellent!)
 
movie- Shakespeare in Love
tv show- Frasier
cd- Heart - Bad Animals 
 
***new questions-answered!***
 
how old were you when you started your period? how did you feel about it?- I was 14, and I definitely did not want it! I remember thinking, "Okay, how long before I hit menopause?"
 
fave authors?- Judy Blume, (I’m drawing a blank … will come back to this one.)
 
are your grandparents still living?- No, they’ve all passed on.
 
do you have any other e-mail/pen pal friends besides me?- yes - I ‘d call them casual e-pals. There’s Rhoda, who usually only sends me generic "forwards" (i.e. SPAM), and Don, who signed my guestbook. (He just recently started writing to me.) I met them through a "Christian friendship" site; I definitely have casual conversation only! I also stay in touch with some of the men that I worked with out of town.
 
were you ever teased in grade and/or high school?- (I was going to ask you … !) Yes! I was also pretty self-conscious and shy. Plus, my mom used to buy us clothes that were way too big - I guess she didn’t want us to out grow them - so you can imagine the teasing I got for that! There was this mean guy in ninth grade (Jamie) who was in just about all of my classes - this was when I’d just started a new school. He and his flunkies would tease me all the time; he’d say things like, "We’re gonna get married and have kids, but not girls, ‘cause they might look like you." What a buffoon! I remember one cheerleader sitting behind me said, "Snob." Was she talking to me? I think so, but I was *shy* certainly not a snob!!
 
any hidden talents?- (insert wicked grin here. Moving on…) I seem to have a pretty good sense of direction- must be that American Indian heritage!
 
have you ever had a crush on a cartoon character?- Spiderman! And Darkwing Duck. (I loved that show!)
 
I know you’re a vegetarian but if you had to choose, do you prefer hot dogs or hamburgers? hamburgers
 
do you sleep with a light on? No, but I do like to leave my blind up so I can see the moon light. There’s also a street light that shines into my window, so it’s usually not pitch black in my room.
 
do you have any tattoos and/or piercings (besides the ones in your ears?)- nope. I used to want a tattoo, but now the idea of someone dragging a needle around on my skin just doesn’t appeal to me …
 
NEW QUESTIONS
 
things I’d change about myself (This may have been in one of the Big Three messages from yesterday … I’m revisiting this question because I remembered a biggie.) Most of the time, I’m pretty expressive and animated when I actually talk to people, and I think a lot of people find this weird and goofy! I like being friendly but I hate being perceived and goofy/senseless! I try to live by the motto: why be normal, when you can be interesting?
 
Product(s) that you couldn’t live without? the Wonderbra!
 
Ever broken a bone? No
 
Can you swim? No
 
Have you ever ridden a horse? When I was in kindergarten, on a field trip to a farm, I rode a pony with someone walking beside holding me on - does that count?
 
Do you have any gay friends? When I worked at Shoney’s, I had at several very close gay friends - both guys. Today, I don’t regularly encounter gay people except that I believe my hairdresser is. Of course by the Bible, I think that being gay is wrong, but I don’t believe that shunning people is the answer!
 
Has it been two months that we’ve been emailing? I do feel honored that you tell me things. I know that I tell you stuff that no one else knows. As I said on the site: "those juicy details that are not suitable for public viewing."
 
My boss is letting me leave a bit early: woo hoo!
 
That’s it for today: Happy Fourth of July!! God bless America!
Anne