Mad World

[forestdesert]

Lately I find myself contemplating how exactly I managed to fuck up my life to this extent. Four years ago, I never would have pictured myself still living in Florida, toiling incessantly on some dull and fruitless project for an equally vapid supervisor whom I despise, attending classes that have little relevance to my field of interest, not to

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[nexrad]

Busting my ass laughing! Once again, you have written a masterpiece. You should work on "The Daily Show." ;-) ... Hurricane Chode is right, that describes Jeanne well enough. Even Franny. Great new icon too.

[forestdesert]

Of all people, I knew you would appreciate my hurricane humor =) Maybe I should listen to your forecasts rather than the crap I get on TV.

[nexrad]

Well my innaccuracy with Frances and Jeanne was about 25-miles... otherwise I did decent. Then I recall Channel 9 (WFTV) here hyping the hurricanes with much doom and gloom. "Oh no!!! We're gonna dieeeee! (again)." After the 2nd certain doom prophesy, people just stock extra beer, I've learned, per my neighbors' heeping mounds of empty bottles in the recycling bins. Heck some people have run out of those bins and are using laundry baskets.

mad MAD world

[kreenut]

OMG!!! my life is so far from my expectations, but wow, what a sense of humor can do! you are awesome! don't doubt that for a minute!

Re: mad MAD world

[forestdesert]

Aww .. thanks =)

[siliconshaman]

Humph, My life is not unlike yours, insofar as languishing is concerned... except no hurricanes to liven it up.

Hell, round about now I'd welcome a natural diaster or two but noooo... I live in Britain, where the only natural diasters we have just make life slightly uncomfortable.

Even the unnatural disasters, like the government or the pro-hunting lobby, are just plain boring. [incidently, prohunting lobbyistas complaining that 98% of the population wanting to stop this barbaric sport of a few rich, aristocratic yobs, is "undemocratic"?!! get real!]

Hmm, maybe what we need round here is some mad genius to unleash a man-made apocolypse..... *evil grin*

[enigma2578]

Lol, in Britain hunting is "the fine art of the gentler, nobler classes," who continue to propagate the "white man's burden" of wars, oppresion, and classism throughout the word; in Alabama, its the predominant pastime of people who live in trailer parks, crush beer cans on their foreheads, give their children annoying hyphenated names like "bobby-sue," or "Jim-bob," and think that nobility means mixing your cool-aid with "Aristocrat Vodka."

Either way, it ought to be banned. If your idea of fun is getting up at 3:00 in the UNGODLY EARLY MORNING when the temperature is below 0 on the KELVIN SCALE, just to go chase a deer around a forest somewhere, then you clearly need some serious conseling!! People say to me "its not about the meat, but rather its about the thrill of the hunt!" Well, I get my meat at the supermarket, and "the thrill of the hunt" comes from searching for that elusive shopping cart that isn't missing a wheel!

[forestdesert]

Yes, and the capital gains tax is undemocratic as well because it hinders the ability of rich people to invest their surplus income and make obscene amounts of money without having to contribute back to society. Damn liberal commie bastards.

As for the man-made apocalypse, I think you're just the man for the job.

[cyprien]

Wait, animal life can exist in the British Isles? I thought everything except for humans, rats, and parasites (though I'm being redundant) perished circa the time the events in Macbeth took place.

[the_cazualty]

Indeed.

And it lasts for aeons.

Yup, it's a word. Eat it.

[enigma2578]

Yes, "Hurricane choade" does a great job of describing the remnants of Ivan moving over Florence. I had waited until the last minute to complete 3 hours observing in a high school classroom,.. that was due to be completed by Monday, and Thursday, when I was going to do it, "choade" resulted in said HIGH SCHOOLS BEING CLOSED!! Lukily, the storm moved over rather quickly, saving the electicity for most people (though some were out for a day or so), and also saving most of the large oaks in town (though south of town in the higher elevations trees were downed everywhere

[forestdesert]

Choad ... I knew I must have misspelled it.

[cyprien]

It's "chode" in my corner of the world.

[naturalreason]

Good stuff, especially the hurricanes bit. Nothing like a little trailer cleaning, eh?

I especially like the guy whe tried to extract money and your bank account info to apply for a "modeling opportunity." He's not the brightest chap.

[forestdesert]

It was once said that most hurricanes follow the path of the most trailers ... I would give credit if I could remember their username.

[theblueday]

I just wanted to comment on your icon.

Aww! That's my comment.

For some reason the brunette in the trailer trash picture reminded me of you, except of course you're much more attractive, classier, thinner etc (don't kill me!).

[forestdesert]

Hey!