1:10am EST - Just wondering, how many GD du'ers are out there tonight

[The Straight Story]

I was just up watching a show I taped and rolling a carton of smokes. Checked in here, seems slow :)

If you are out there - HI!!!

Seems awfully quiet here this evening. If you are lonely, etc, check in.

ASK ME ANYTHING - and I mean anything, and I will answer as honest as I can. Or just chime in and spout off.

[Gloria]

1. All day looking at flight trackers....seems that there are no good

international trackers.

[bananas]

51. Try this one

http://www.noradsanta.com
Merry Christmas, Gloria!

[Mind_your_head]

2. You're a 'sweet one' that's for sure......

Merry Christmas, Straight Story.... :-)

[The Straight Story]

11. Sweet maybe

not sure a lot of people in this world value that anymore :(

[bobbolink]

20. I hear ya on that....:(

:( indeed....

[calimary]

55. Indeed! Merry Christmas, Straight Story!

Still up - holy cow - 2:37am pacific time!

I'm too excited to sleep, mainly because the kids are too excited to sleep.

:headbang:

[SeattleGirl]

3. It's been pretty quiet all evening.

I was out shopping earlier. Didn't have any money until yesterday, so having to scramble to get the Christmas presents. Lots of people are probably traveling to see family and friends. I was supposed to be one of them, but had to delay my trip until next weekend.

And, HI back to you! :pals:

[OhMcNo]

No...

A little lonely, but I'm okay...

[The Straight Story]

10. Been there myself at times in life

Never easy - but things can change.

At least you have some folks here to talk to tonight :)

[calimary]

54. Welcome to DU!

You need not be lonely if you're checking in here. This is one GREAT community!

And Merry Christmas!

:toast:

[OhMcNo]

4. No...

A little lonely, but I'm okay...

[Why Syzygy]

5. 12:20 CST Christmas Eve

Can't sleep. Some mood swings from light euphoria to melancholy.

[jgraz]

6. 10:23 here -- just finished the pre-Christmas cooking

Girlfriend's downstairs watching Buffy Season 4 on dvd. Taking a break before going down to clean the kitchen. :/

[Newsjock]

7. Wide awake in Collie-fornia

Waiting for the Benadryl to kick in. Going on a 36-mile bicycle ride in the morning. Hoping to jeebus that there's not another earthquake tonight.

(Oh, and I should add, lonely as hell, too.)

[mcctatas]

8. still trying to wrap friggin presents...

I think next year I'm switching to gift bags! Happy Holidays All! (don't tell o'reilly, I think what I just typed is considered a war crime in the war on xmas;) )

[The Straight Story]

17. I still need to wrap the wife's gifts tonight

other then that, all done. I suck at wrapping things!

[Jane Austin]

49. I like gift bags.

You can use them over and over again - - just spare the Scotch tape - - and the very old and the very young can get to the present inside much easier.

Big Lots has all sizes really cheap. I know they're made in China or someplace, but if you find some that aren't, let me know!

Thanks for the shoutout. It's nice to have some folks to touch base with.

[freeplessinseattle]

53. It took me forever to wrap gifts, just going to gift bag the rest

why did I wait until tonight to wrap everything? I can't believe how long it took. thank goodness I picked up a bunch of gift bags on clearance last year.

[meegbear]

9. 1:30 AM and sick ...

:-(

[The Straight Story]

13. Wife and daughter have been sick

throwing up and weak. They are getting better though. We have christmas dinner with the family tomorrow, hope they all feel better for it!

[cynatnite]

57. Been feeling pretty rotten tonight myself...

body aches, low grade temp, nauseated. Just a general ickiness and I can't get to sleep. Hubby was sick a few days ago and prior to that so was our little boy. Guess it's my turn. *sigh*

[meegbear]

58. I think it finally broke ...

feel light headed, worn and runny nose. Hope we both get better for Christmas. :hug:

[Wiley50]

12. Hi Straight

Sorry i didn't reply sooner but i've Been
on the phone with my son in Seattle.

Man, DU has really blessed us both lately
Hope you are ok

Where's the wife and kid
asleep?
answered my own question

I'm around
Need anything just ask

[The Straight Story]

14. Wife and daughter are in bed sick and sleeping

I hope they are better in the AM though.

Just sitting here watching tv and rolling smokes, wondering how my friends are doing here on DU :)

[RoyGBiv]

15. Yo!

Not really lonely. Alone, but by choice.

Thought I'd check in anyway. :hi:

[The Straight Story]

18. I am not real lonely myself

but up alone at the time.

The holidays can be hard on me, so just chillin here doing the best I can among friends. Glad to see you here!

[RoyGBiv]

28. Holidays are hard on me too ...

I got all weepy earlier today, in the strangest of circumstances -- I was in a grocery store buying cheese, of all things. Started missing my cat Petey, who died this summer and really liked cheese and always got a hunk of it on Christmas, even though it wasn't good for him.

Came here later, helped a fellow DU-er with a computer problem, and I've been okay since.

I like this place. :-)

Good to see you too!

[Porcupine]

16. Still up in NorCal.

Shopping burnout ugh.

[The Straight Story]

21. I went today with my 5 year old

It was a mad house. Was shopping for the wife - looking for civil war stuff and comfort items (robe and bath stuff). Damned stores were insane!

Sitting here now with a beer and a smoke. Ahhhhhh.... ;)

[Wiley50]

26. Civil War Stuff? For The wife?

Which side?

[The Straight Story]

30. She is a history buff on the civil war

She reads and watches anything and everything she can on it. Also helped to inspire some of my poems (see my sig).

She knows more about the civil war then most people I know. For the 8 years we have been together she has been a student of it (videos and books). She also knows a lot about medical things and art.

I got her a 3 volume set on the civil war and a Matthew Brady book. SSSHHHHH!

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. Cool!

[Az]

19. Still lurking about

Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck picture quotathon!

[The Straight Story]

27. You are just waiting to pounce :)

Always know your - got that smiling icon that looks oh so innocent and friendly ;)

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Waiting for hubby to get home from work

had a fun day of cleaning house, not because of the holidays... brother and my sister in law are dropping in tomorrow for vacation and they are crashing here.

Hubby will be home by one, I hope... and me, getting a map done for a new fantasy setting I will be creating for next year

With the damn cold I cannot really concentrate on writing

;-)

[The Straight Story]

37. What sort of fantasy set

And what sort of writing? I am working on an idea for a novel myself.

[nadinbrzezinski]

45. I run a game company,

and I have a sci fi setting already and books ready to go...

Or on sale.

This will be a fantasy setting for Dungeons and dragons... just futzing with the map first, I have several cartography programs and decided to go for the real fancy one this time.

My sig has a link to the site

www.deistgames.com

Oh and I have tried to get some of my fiction published by MS publishers but off the record have been told they don't want it to deal with issues... well it is easier to hide them among dragons and dwarfs if you get my drift

Oh and one last thing... I have now written two novels for the sci fi setting, will start planning the third after the first of the year... and the second is far better due to the critique group... get one if you can

[enigmatic]

23. I'm up

Doing my overnight show and getting ready for our Christmas OTR marathon that starts tomorrow. Really nice and peaceful here right now...

[The Straight Story]

29. What show do you do?

Sorry if I have missed it, not always up on things here!

[enigmatic]

31. It's an internet station

http://www.radioenigma.com

I do an overnight show every night; whatever I feel like playing. You live in Ohio, right? I grew up there; Cleveland, but I live in Columbus as well...

[The Straight Story]

34. I am in Columbus for now

Looking to move to CA in a month or two though.

If you ever need a guest on the show let me know :) I have been calling into 610 since I was 20, and I am 41 now.

[enigmatic]

40. Oh man...

It's been years since I lived in Columbus, but I listened to radio back then, too. You couldn't escape WLW, and WWWE 1100 was a blowtorch, too. You're a regular? That's great; what show do you call into?

[The Straight Story]

42. I used to call into Steve canon's show a lot

he got canned in favor of Hannity at that hour. GRRRRRR.

I call into Joe O'reilly's show now once in awhile. Not the same since they added the big national shows. But they are dropping Glen Beck due to contract issues - wooohooo!

[enigmatic]

46. Steve Boom Boom Cannon!

Man, I remember him; I remember his "Desperate And Dateless" show he used to do sometimes; what's he doing now?

[The Straight Story]

48. No idea

He was there one day, gone the next - and Hannity was on.

Pissed me off to no end.

[keopeli]

24. I'm always around! Happy Holidays!

Peace.

[The Straight Story]

32. How did you come up with your screen name?

Reminds me of Kokopelli ;)

[Higans]

25. ...News Flash...

[Catherine Vincent]

35. I'm here!

Earlier, I went to church today because I didn't want to go on Christmas day. I rather stay home and help my mom cook. I just finished wrapping all the presents I bought for my nieces and nephews. In the morning, there's a Christmas play I'm attending and will videotape that my niece will participate in. I'm ready for Christmas and happy that I have the whole week for vacation.

Hi all! :hi:

[The Straight Story]

41. OOooh a Christmas play

Been a LOT of years since I was in one of those :)

How time flies....

[dennis00]

36. HI

Sure nice to know you are out there in the middle of the night. I'm usually here everynight at this time, me and my goldfish. Rolling a Carton? I roll Midnight Special. Papers are included. I wrote and posted a short Christmas story yesterday about noon. Jessica About a kid who still believes in Santa and why. My cousin Sue died from a heart attack Friday and my friend Donna had one a few hours ago. Courtney's mom if you saw my earlier post. Heck of a holiday weekend. Ah well. I'm going to make a cup of Joe. More later maybe.

[The Straight Story]

38. We had a goldfish

Named Dorothy. She died, and I flushed her away - not knowing my little girl (3 at the time) was watching me :( She was all upset and still talks about dorothy to this day (she is almost 6).

[nadinbrzezinski]

47. As I type my cockatiel

is playing with his bottle... I tried to get him to bed but he wants to wait for dad... he is funny that way

[sandnsea]

39. Just turned the kitchen light off

Put the chocolate cheesecake in the frig, hope it tastes good. I made a low-fat, alternative sweetener recipe. Everything's ready for Christmas Eve tomorrow, all the kids are coming for dinner and then we'll get together at my daughter's Christmas morning before they all take off to in-laws' houses. I have had such a joyous holiday season, I so wish every one of you will find some joy in yours too. I've had some pretty damned lousy ones when the kids were little, if I'd just known they actually forget 90% of Christmas anyway, maybe it would have made it easier to focus on the positive and just be glad we had each other to love. That really is all that matters.

[The Straight Story]

43. Indeed

I have had some damned awful ones. Two years ago I was home alone, ice storm, mom went back into the hospital and then died. I don't remember more then three minutes of that Christmas.

This one has been much better so far :)

[NJCher]

44. here but leaving

I was up to let a kitty out to "do her thing." But she's back now. I think I'll look at a few more threads and then go back to bed to watch a movie.



Cher

[Rosco T.]

50. Yeah, I'm awake.... dammit...

Humbug

[The Straight Story]

52. Let's turn that humbug into something good :)

why the humbug....

[oblivious]

56. I just put up some more Christmas lights for the neighbourhood kids.

It's almost 7pm Christmas eve where I am and almost no Christmas lights, so I gave my balcony a double dose much to the delight of the kids at the party next door. Wow! It really stands out when you are the only place on the hill with Christmas lights.

[CabalPowered]

59. Up.

I shouldn't have had that third glass of wine. I had use the bathroom and now I can't sleep. Mmm.. coffee. :hi: