I just realized there IS no place dear to my heart. Anybody else

[crim son]

moved around so much that you can't really call any one place home? I guess I think of Oregon as the place I want to be... but I don't know where in Oregon. I know for sure that Maine isn't my home yet, and I've been here since 1991.

[idgiehkt]

1. I kind of feel that way.

I'm okay wherever I am when I'm outside but I think all places are basically the same. I'm not attached to specific geography much anymore.

Anytime you want to go to Oregon, let me know, and we'll go together.

[crim son]

2. Let's do it.

I think about living there in my old age. Cherry trees, peach trees. Roses. Hills and rocky shoreline. Green, green, green, except the interior which has its own charm. And Ashland has palm trees! :)

[SPKrazy]

3. I Can Relate To That

Haven't moved much in a while, but I'm not where I want to be

I was born in Illinois, grew up in Utah, my family moved back to my parents home state, Oklahoma when I was 15, then I moved to Little Rock for grad school, Fort Smith Arkansas to work. My family (parents) moved to Colorado, my sister moved to Colorado, so I either don't have a place to call home, or Fort Smith is it, and I haven't felt that to be true.

I'm rootless?

;(

I believe I will find "home"- or a place that I really find dear to my heart.

:hi:

[crim son]

6. As long as you're not ruthless, there's hope for you, my friend.

Get this: Born in Toronto; moved to Vancouver; moved back to Toronto; back to Vancouver (eight years old at this time). Moved to Salem, Oregon. Moved to New Zealand for a year. Moved to Eugene, Oregon. Moved to Newark, Delaware. Back to Eugene. From Eugene to Boston - three moves in Boston. From Boston to Bucksport, Maine. From Bucksport to Bangor. Currently residing in beautiful downtown Bangor and not much liking it. However if you leave the city limits the insects come and suck the flesh from your bones, so I'm staying put for now. I have no family nearby either.

Usually I don't mind, until I'm reminded. Like you, some day I'll settle down.

[SPKrazy]

10. No, I'm Not Ruthless

I could be maybe?

(it's an inside joke to me, isn't that strange, I have my own inside jokes with myself)

You have moved a lot

you will find a place, your place some day, maybe soon.

;-)

[crim son]

13. Once upon a time I visited a lover in the wee hours of the morning.

There was a strange car outside his apartment and the windows were covered with heavy condensation. I knew I'd been betrayed, and started pounding on the glass of his picture window. The glass broke and I stepped through it, picking up a great, sharp shard as I entered the studio. As expected there was a lovely young thing in my boyfriend's bed and when she saw me, she screamed and ran to th bathroom. I turned to my sweet love, brandished the glass like a knife, and advanced. I was completely dizzy with rage and jealousy and I could have killed him. But I didn't! Dropped the glass, turned away and left. This I believe is proof that I am not ruthless. A little insecure, perhaps.

[SPKrazy]

19. Perhaps

but anger is a normal reaction in a situation like that. Picking up a shard of glass was just handy.

threatening him was on the borderline but understandable

turning away and leaving is a sign of sanity

you are not ruthless, I'm not either.

I don't know about insecure, but that's quite a story, I can't beat it, and I'm sorry you had to experience that- sometimes life just sucks and there's nothing we can do about it but keep moving, and tighten our helmet!

:pals:

[crim son]

22. It happened years and years ago.

You'd probably scare me if you could relate something similar. :pals:

[SPKrazy]

24. I'm Not Too Scary Of A Person

really

years and years ago i had a jealous fit once in a girlfriend's apartment (probably 22 years or more)where I think I threw something. Nothing as obvious as your situation, just someone telling me they were somewhere else that they weren't etc.

I didn't break anything, and I remember feeling like I'd lost my mind, but life goes on.

We didn't last long after that

it's a good thing too!

:crazy:

[Road Scholar]

4. Maybe you need a transplant.

:shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

[crim son]

7. A face transplant, anyway. n/t

[Haole Girl]

5. That's sad. I felt like that for many years...

..until I spent several weeks, several times in one year, in Hawaii.

Someday, I hope to make it my official home. And, someday, crim son, I hope you find a place
you feel dear, too, also.

:pals:

[crim son]

8. I used to think that place was Mexico but I had a bad

experience there which forever ruined its appeal. But hugs to you, KC2! I don't mind being a tumbleweed.

[Porcupine]

9. If you're cute I can show you how to fix that................ nt

.

[crim son]

11. Cute is in the eye of the beholder!

And I'm not, anyway. :)

[SPKrazy]

12. Depends On The Beholder Doesn't It?

a beholder gets to decide what is and isn't "cute"

[crim son]

15. It does.

I think it's impossible to determine cute without knowing the whole human being. Yes, James Marsters is gorgeous. But is he "cute"? I'll never know :)

[Porcupine]

25. You need to give yourself a break.

Humans are strange critters and I've seen quite unlikely pairings. I think you're writing is cute but we never get the graphics. Alas you are geographically challenging and I have anchors.

[crim son]

27. What, are you suddenly afraid I'm going to take you too seriously?!

Don't you worry. I'm a great cynic. Thank you for the compliment on my writing, though.

[Porcupine]

54. all lounge pitching of woo not serious. Itsa rule!!!

I hope.

[crim son]

57. Of course. Just making sure you'd read the same handbook

I've read! :hug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

73. Liar!

:hug:

[crim son]

75. Flatterer!

:loveya:

[BarenakedLady]

14. Maybe

But you are dear to my heart.

:loveya:

[crim son]

16. And you, to mine.

:hug:

[mainegreen]

17. Sorta. My dad is from Paris, France, my Mom from Amsterdam,

my brother was born in Casablanca, Morocco. There are more citizenships in my family than I could count reliably, most of us having more than one. I have family on every continent on earth. I have not spent a majority of my time on earth in any one place.

I can relate. ;)

[crim son]

18. Is your mixed heritage the reason your name blew up

that website? Just kidding. That must be hard. Since moving to the U.S. I haven't felt either Canadian or American which adds to the feeling of alienation. Do you feel that you belong, at least, to the U.S?

[mainegreen]

20. Nope. I feel I'm on the *wrong* continent.

I really consider myself more European in my viewpoints than American. I like their food, politics, personality, culture, and dress better. I fit in more over there. But I'm here, in Maine. Admittedly, if I have to be in America, New England is the place, and Portland is a great city by any standards. I feel don't *really* fit anywhere, but can blend anywhere!

[crim son]

21. I understand.

I always feel friendless here. When I go abroad, everybody thinks I'm just grand. But you're right; at least in Maine, nobody much cares who you are or how you live your life. It's a state full of oddballs and other interesting folks...

[SPKrazy]

23. Maine-iacs?

I'm sure you've never heard that before, right :eyes:

[crim son]

26. Not that, nor "Massholes" either :) n/t

[SPKrazy]

45. Massholes?

I remember I went to Hawaii (hey that might be a place close to my heart ;))
and was renting a car and the young lady made some comment about my Oklahoma drivers license, and asked seriously if we had "indoor plumbing".

Of course, my Dad grew up in Oklahoma and didn't have that until he was older, so I guess it was just 30 years off the mark. Okies, hillbillies in Arkansas (where I live now)

Since I can't really claim either as my place of origin, or my "home", I can't be categorized.

:shrug:

[crim son]

47. It's probably not so great to be easily categorized.

But now I'm seeing you in a cowboy hat and western riding boots. No, right?

When I first moved down from Vancouver to Salem, a girl in my homeroom asked if I'd lived in an igloo... speaking of being categorized :rofl:

[SPKrazy]

50. Haven't Had Any Cowboy Boots Since I Was A Kid

in college

not a cowboy

did have a horse back in Utah

[crim son]

51. *tremendous sigh of relief*

I like horses although getting on one frightens me. When I was a kid I went to horsecamp to learn to ride. Late in the summer my horse decided he hated me and took me for a long & unexpected romp. I wasn't much of a rider and nearly broke my hose on his neck.

I'm picking on you, though. It's perfectly okay by me if you wear boots every day of your life. :)

[SPKrazy]

52. Pick Away!

I just don't like boots really.

too hard to get out of in a hurry! ;-)


In High School I had a friend who decided he was going to go streaking (we were pretty tanked) and so he stripped down but left his boots on.

So here I am driving my car (MADD would be mad, and I don't drink anymore thank goodness) and here's this naked guy in cowboy boots sitting in the passenger seat. He streaked somewhere, and after that some people started calling him "boots" LOL

That should have been enough to stop me from drinking, but it wasn't.

:-)

[crim son]

56. I'd hate to think what did stop you drinking.

Not because driving naked is a terrible sin, but because it must have been hard for you. If you've read me, you know I've been drinking too much for a few months and although I'm getting past the point of needing alcohol's pain-relieving effects, I haven't eliminated the vodka entirely. And I've done a few dumb things under the influence.

I don't like boots either, except on women and in the snow.

[SPKrazy]

62. What Did Stop Me Drinking?

can't say for sure it was any one thing

just a moment in time (or longer) when I realized that I was killing myself, and everything around me was falling apart. I couldn't blame it on anyone or anything because I was the only common denominator left, that and my booze. (and a few other things that didn't help matters either to cause uncomfortable numbness- as from the pink floyd thread yesterday)

So with some help from good people who had similar problems, I was able to stop. That was over 21 years ago. That's my story in a nutshell, but it isn't everyone's story and people find lots of different paths to health.

PM me if you want, I'm happy to share more about it if you want.

:hi:

[crim son]

74. My god. "Nose" not "hose". n/t

[SPKrazy]

106. I Wondered About That

picturing you beating the horse with a hose and breaking it

I just said "oh well" whatever

:rofl: :pals:

[crim son]

108. Sonofagun.

I don't do the spellcheck, though it wouldn't have caught it in any case.

[SPKrazy]

109. Horse Hoser!

:rofl:


That really is funny that you found that

I thought maybe I just missed something, or like it was a different term for a riding crop, but hey, it was your NOSE

:hug:

you funny thing

[crim son]

110. Don't you check your posts so as not to miss anything?

Probably not. You've a life.

[SPKrazy]

112. My Co Workers Tell Me I Don't Have A Life

but that's because I hang around work a lot so as to avoid being other places where I don't feel as comfortable (that's a sad statement on life), you know, like home. :-(

But no, I don't check my posts unless I've gotten into it with someone on DU challenging me or my facts. R/T can be a great place to go to find that kind of conflict, but I also really like some of the posters on the R/T forum, I just don't frequent there much anymore.

:evilgrin:

[crim son]

114. R/T. Religion/Theology?

Ooooh, I bet you and I could have some nasty arguments! Unless you mean the Rutabaga/Tomato forum, in which case I am regrettably uninformed.

On edit: Hey, I'm monopolizing you. I will cease and desist.

[SPKrazy]

117. R/T Is Religion/Theology

we could argue maybe, maybe not

I'm pretty liberal about my beliefs and really don't argue with anyone unless they attack my personal beliefs. To each his/her own.

You aren't monopolizing me

don't cease and desist unless you want to :)

[crim son]

119. It's almost one.

I'll be up for a while longer. I'm starting to get tired and even if I hit the hay at two, it's still an hour early!

BTW, being at work in your case IS having a life. You do something important.

[SPKrazy]

120. Everyone Does Something Important

Without each other we couldn't do what we do.

Besides, if the economy ever breaks down and we go to a barter system, I don't know how much call there will be for a social worker, so the real important jobs are the ones that have value in a barter system. (yes I think too much about such things probably)

Speaking of work, i really should be hitting the hay.

I read DU at work sometimes, but I don't post there, I fear the IS police logging my keystrokes or something there.

:hug:

[crim son]

122. Sleep well.

I'll do the same too, soon. And I'm not about to harass you unbidden, so put your mind at ease! -L

[SPKrazy]

123. Not Worried

you sleep well too

[SPKrazy]

121. Hey, You're 45 posts past 4000 now!

at that rate you'll be to 10000 in no time at all!

[crim son]

124. This is a consequence of my trying to avoid studying.

Once I get back into it, I will subside and be quiet. Goodnight. :hug:

[SPKrazy]

125. What Are You Studying?

Bats?

[crim son]

126. Go to BED!

Otherwise, you're going to regret it.

Studying - ahem - to be a medical office assistant. Yes, it's ridiculous. But in this area, it's my best bet for getting a job with health insurance.

Goodnight.

[SPKrazy]

127. You're Right

g'night

[crim son]

128. No! Don't!

Just kidding. :)

[SPKrazy]

129. Dang, I Thought You Meant It! n/t

[crim son]

130. Aw, I do. But that's just because I'm a selfish wench. n/t

[SPKrazy]

131. You Selfish Wench!

I love it!

do gotta go tho!

:dilemma:

just can't make myself go!

[crim son]

132. If it's because I'm irresistable, let me tell you

that that is a misconception. Recent history proves it. And let's face it; we will probably both be here tomorrow, or the next day. :)

[SPKrazy]

135. You Will!

okay

or the next day after that!

now I'm excited!

:thumbsup:

[crim son]

136. Crazy person. :hug: n/t

[SPKrazy]

134. It Isn't Ridiculous

you've looked at the market and found the best thing to do with insurance.

That's a rational reason to do something. Insurance is important.

See what happens in a doctor's office without insurance, (you may know?) they don't want to see you even if you pay in cash unless you've got a lot of it.

I know that my doctor's office is run so badly they could use some folks that know what they are doing!

I know

good night

[crim son]

138. 'night.

I'm assuming.

[SPKrazy]

140. G' Day!

I'm assuming
;-)

[last_texas_dem]

28. I kinda agree with you

I've mostly lived in the same town my whole life, and it's "home" 'cause most of my family is here, but otherwise there is very little to recommend the town. I have some sentimental feelings for Milwaukee, WI 'cause I did campaign work for a couple months up there, but I think it might be a little too big for me to want to live there long-term. (I find big cities fascinating, but my horrible sense of direction makes getting around them very nerve-wracking for me.) Then again, I'm moving to Austin in a couple months for grad school and it's not much smaller than Milwaukee, so I guess I should get prepared!

[crim son]

33. I haven't been to Austin, but have friends who live there and

think it's great! You may be pleasantly surprised. I hope so :pals:

[last_texas_dem]

71. Thanks!

:pals: Yeah, from the time I've spent there and what I've heard about it from others who have lived or live there it seems like a really cool town. It's mostly just the transition of getting used to a big place and all the other stuff I will have to take care of that make me nervous. But I also tend to worry too much!

EDITED 'cause I didn't proofread before posting in the first place!

[Pale Blue Dot]

29. Yep.

I'm a ramblin' man. :D I live where I live now to be with my sweetheart, but I really don't have any other attachment to the place.

I took a vacation to the Grand Canyon a year and a half ago. I felt home there. ...sigh. Maybe someday.

[crim son]

34. Or, maybe if you stay long enough where you are, with your

sweetheart, you will learn to love the place and develop roots.

[Jean Louise Finch]

30. There is this song, Homesick, by Kings of Convenience...

that I think will really resonate with you. It's a beautiful song, I recommend tracking it down. Very, very, very mellow. I didn't really think much about it until my partner and I were driving one day, and it hit me in the gut. I feel the way that you do, definitely. Like I've been drifting for a long time.

Homesick, Kings of Convenience

I lose some sales
and my boss won't be happy
but I can't stop listening to the sound
of two soft voices blended in perfection
from the reels of this record that I found

every day there's a boy in the mirror
asking me
what are you doing here
finding all my previous motives
growing increasingly unclear

I travelled far and I burned all the bridges
I believed as soon as I hit land
all the other
options held before me
will wither in the light of my plan

so I lose some sales
and my boss won't be happy
but there's only one thing on my mind
searching boxes underneath the counter
on a chance that on a tape I'd find

a song for
someone who needs somewhere
to long for

homesick
cause I no longer know
where home is

[crim son]

35. I will look it up, I promise.

I like the lyrics.

[graywarrior]

31. Oh yeah.

Lost count after 100...and I ain't kidding.

[crim son]

37. Unbelievable.

Military family?

[graywarrior]

40. Dysfunctional family.

[crim son]

42. Sorry.

Really.

[graywarrior]

44. Hey, I'm the head of the household. Don't feel bad.

And there's only two of us.

[crim son]

49. Laughing again.

Have you ever thought of taking it on the road? Your great wit, I mean.

[graywarrior]

72. They'd throw rocks at me.

[Xipe Totec]

32. ...

[crim son]

38. Yes.

Eventually I'll get there. :hug:

[SPKrazy]

63. Yes You Will n't

[Xipe Totec]

76. PS:

:hug:

[crim son]

78. Thanks. None of us get enough hugs.

:hug: One for you, too.

[alarimer]

36. I feel that way too

Until this last move, I moved every three or four years, since I was about 7 years old. I have been living here in Texas 9 years but it does not feel like home. Visiting my parents, though I call it home, isn't really home either.

It is a lonely feeling. I guess home will be the place I finally meet someone to love or something like that. I have no idea though.

[crim son]

41. Settling down with somebody, I think that helps.

Maybe some of us are just meant to wander (sprinkling sunshine wherever we go, haha).

[SPKrazy]

53. At Least You Are Spreading Sunshine

some of us spread manure more than sunshine LOL

:party:

[crim son]

61. I don't believe it.

Not about the sunshine or the manure either!

[SPKrazy]

67. Well, Okay

no manure

i'm sure you spread sunshine though

you've made me smile!

:-)

more than once!

[Deja Q]

39. How about Minnesota?

I've got plenty of cocoa and it's really not as bad in the winter as some people might say... :)

[crim son]

43. Is it worse than Maine?

That's about as bad as I can tolerate. Unless I'm kept warm, somehow.

[Deja Q]

46. I think it's better than Maine...

As for keeping warm... :blush: ;) :D

[crim son]

48. That's what I wanted to hear.

Every word of it! :loveya:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

55. I have a place I call home;

but oddly enough, it's not one of the places dearest to my heart...

Aren't there places that have touched you deeply, without being places you've really come to know well?

:hug: I hope you find "home" soon...

[crim son]

59. There are, Goddess.

I love Oregon - Ashland especially, but also the Eugene-Salem-Portland areas. I think Costa Rica is somewhere I could settle down. Maybe Mexico, some day. And Italy. Italy is marvellous.

You are right; home is not always where the heart longs to be, but rather the place it resides. Surrounded by our loved ones we come as close to perfect happiness as we are able.

[ThomCat]

58. I have always felt like that.

I left my Mom's home at 18 and never looked back because I knew it wasn't home, and I've just moved around since then. :shrug:

[crim son]

60. Thom!

GoddessofGuiness once said to me that great suffering leads to great compassion. I see the compassion in you. :hug:

[BarenakedLady]

65. And for you too

:hug: :*

[crim son]

70. You're the sweetest, BNL.

I'm hauling my butt up to bed now. I don't want to! I'm completely awake! But I must. :hug: :loveya: :hug: Thank you for the hugs and I hope you wake to a better day tomorrow. Couldn't be worse, right?

[ThomCat]

66. LOL!

I am very glad that you see it. Other people mostly see an opinionated pain in the ass. :P

Yes, I have gone through a hell of a lot, and I'm an old softy because of it. GoG is absolutely right about that. People who have a lot of pains and trials in their lives either become bitter and hateful, or strong and generous. I try to be strong and generous as much as I can. I channel the bitter and hateful parts into just being a cynical curmudgeon.
:)

[crim son]

69. Well, nobody likes a perfect man.

Gotta have a couple of flaws or we'd reject you!

[BarenakedLady]

64. For you

:* :hug:

just because

[ThomCat]

68. And hugs and kisses right back at you!

:hug: :*

[YellowRubberDuckie]

77. Home doesn't have to be a place...

Like a specific house or a city. It can be the presence of the one you love the most. It doesn't matter where we are. Home is with Skip for me. :evilgrin:
Duckie

[crim son]

79. Skip?

Who's Skip?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

80. My very sweet husband.

[crim son]

81. Cute! n/t

[u4ic]

82. The only place I can think of

for myself is on the back of a horse.

In terms of a physical place, no. I do have fond memories of certain places, but nowhere I'm tied to that much.

I don't know if I could stay in the same spot for the rest of my life. Most certainly not here - I've been feeling rather restless of late and terribly bored with this city. It may just be cabin fever (not good when it's not even December and you've got a lot of winter still to go)...a friend on the BC coast invited me for a visit next spring, and I may scout around there. I've never been before, but the pics look beautiful.

[crim son]

83. It is beautiful.

I lived in Vancouver for seven years and spent a lot of time on the coast and ferrying to the islands. You should go!

And now, to bed.

[u4ic]

84. I do intend to go

I wasn't clear - I meant scout around and see what I think of it for a possible move.

Good night, crim son! :hi:

[crim son]

85. Goodnight U4ic. I've decided to stay up for a few more minutes.

I'm just not tired. I'm glad you'll be going on that trip :hi:

[Tony Soprano]

87. Stay up, Crim Son.

You can sleep when you're dead!

[crim son]

88. You put in in such a way that it's impossible to refuse.

I'm up, probably until 1:00. :woohoo:

[SPKrazy]

90. Yeah!

party party party!

in the lounge

party party party

we're celebrating the coming of cold cold cold weather!

[crim son]

91. Celebrating is perhaps not the right word.

I like the cold for a few days, a few weeks at most. Here we sometimes get snow in October and sometimes in June, too :( Where you are, do you get much of the hideous white stuff?

[SPKrazy]

92. No, We Don't- I Expect We Won't Get Much Of Anything But ICE

some of the oldtimers around here tell me that the ponds used to freeze over, and it used to snow a lot more.

I've lived here since 1989 and it has not snowed much at all in that time really.

Destructive ice storms once in a while

it snows 50 miles north of here, sometimes around a foot or more.

We got some snow a few years ago that was on the ground more than a few hours.

celebrate isn't probably the right word for cold weather

celebrating is really because you are STAYING UP

:hi:

[crim son]

93. You have a very good attitude.

About me, I mean. :rofl:

[SPKrazy]

97. Attitude Is Everything!

but I like you!

:hi:

so my attitude is adjusted!

[Tony Soprano]

99. True about attitude being everything

A dash of motivation to boot!

[crim son]

101. Laughing.

It's true. One can accomplish almost anything with the right attitude and motivation. Almost.

[SPKrazy]

104. Almost Anything

is better than almost nothing!

back to my response to you

yes I have a good attitude about you

you stayed up with minimal arm twisting apparently.

:evilgrin:

[crim son]

107. I confess: I had a nap this afternoon.

I started doing a home-hypnotherapy thing when my life fell apart and got into the habit of doing one session every afternoon. Although recently I've changed suggestions from, "You are not a sinner. Everybody makes mistakes" (ha) to "You are toned and svelte and your arthritis has disappeared" I still do the session periodically. And fall asleep.

Don't mind me messing with you, okay?

[SPKrazy]

111. You Are Toned And Svelte

and your arthritis has disappeared.

You aren't a sinner!

I've had some hypnosis training. Probably just enough to be dangerous. I used to work as a counselor in a pain clinic and used hypnosis, relaxation training, etc. to help people cope with chronic pain.

To be honest though, chronic pain is hard to treat period, and hypnosis has varying effects. Hypnosis can work well with acute pain because the trauma to the body is a naturally dissociating experience so it doesn't take as much to create a hypnotic state.

Self hypnosis is really what all hypnosis is in my opinion. Being able to do it do yourself (hypnosis) just means that you are better at it than someone who has come to depend on someone else to do it to them (again hypnosis we're talking about here ;-))

I've found that the quickest way to get to a hypnotic state is the best way, and finding that is a personal thing. For me, it is arm levitation, and I'm gone.

And no I don't mind you messing with me!

:hi:

[crim son]

113. Excellent. I will mess w/you on occasion.

I started the self-hypnosis when I was diagnosed with IBS and nothing - not diet, not drugs, not "relaxation" - had any effect. I bought a set of CDs and was cured!

Arm levitation? As I understand it, a hypnotherapist must use some technique to tire the subject to prepare him/her for further relaxation. But arm levitation? Hmmm.

[SPKrazy]

115. Yes, It's Really Very Simple

I started with a script for arm levitation. But I found I was able to do it so easily.

It's really an unconscious movement of the arm up or down- not truly levitation.

Rest your arm on your thigh with your fingertips touching your thigh lightly. Start to focus on your arm and any sensations you feel in your arm. You may start to feel like your arm is getting lighter, or you may start to feel as if your arm is trying to lift up off your thigh. Just let it do whatever feels right for you and let it rise until you get tired of holding it up and then you can just let it drop.

It works better with someone doing this with you.

[crim son]

116. "It works better with someone doing this with you."

And yet I get the sense you're trying anyway, lol.

[SPKrazy]

118. Well I Started Trying To Explain It

and realized I was running the script in my head and just putting it on the post

yeah, that's kind of funny

B-)

[Tony Soprano]

86. Born in the Red State South, relocated

to Blue State Oregon, South Coast. It stole MY heart!

[crim son]

89. You lucky, lucky... person (gender: undeclared) :)

That is a beautiful part of the country.

[SPKrazy]

94. That Is A Beautiful Part Of The Country?

gender undeclared?

where is that? ;-)














(yes I know what you were saying)

[Tony Soprano]

96. Over by Boise Idaho and

Gilrlsy, WY, hehe

[Tony Soprano]

95. Did you go to school at Bama?

Crim Son Tide, hehe....

[crim son]

98. My screen name has a ridiculous dramatic origin.

These days I'd rather go with your interpretation.

[Tony Soprano]

100. Mr screen name has an eqaully

ridiculous dramatic origin. Plus all teh good ones were taken, ahah!

[crim son]

102. I hear you. I didn't want to be "Lisa99999". n/t

[Tony Soprano]

103. I hear ya...Crim Son has a better.....ring?

n/t

[crim son]

105. No, crim son is stupid and I've regretted switching from

kiraboo many times. They used to call me "Boo" and now I'm "Crimmy". See what I'm saying?

[idgiehkt]

133. what about crissy?

it's still in the neighborhood, but cuter.

[crim son]

137. Tell GoPsUx and the others.

Crissy is better... except, lol, that's what my MIL calls my husband. Imagine it said in a thick German accent, and sternly. :rofl:

[hfojvt]

139. Wisconsin is dear to me, as is my hometown in SD

I gotta say the weather here beats both those places pretty bad - much longer, and drier, summers.