Quick, pour me something 100 proof.

[crim son]

I thought I'd do my kids a favor by having their father over for his birthday. I made his favorite meal & dessert, and supplied cards and presents from everybody. On the surface all went well but by the second hour we both were so ANGRY and STRESSED that the kids scattered. We didn't fight or anything, but apparently everything I do pisses him off, and everything he does has the same effect on me. On the one hand it's kinda sad but on the other I am reminded with a force the strength of Felix that this divorce is SO the right thing. For both of us.

So, cheers! I took my final today, got the dinner party over with and now I'm just kicking back waiting to hear from CaliforniaPeggy. :toast:

How's tricks, Lounge?

[Guava Jelly]

1. Hey gorgeous

The drinks are on me..
My belly button is full of
:loveya:

[crim son]

2. Cool! I was RAISED on Everclear.

I used to keep a bottle in my cedar hope chest when I was a senior in h.s. :rofl: I'm sure it's better from your bellybutton than it was mixed with grape soda. :loveya: :hug:

[Guava Jelly]

3. But not as tasty as it would be from the belly button of the

beautiful Crim son
:D :loveya:

[crim son]

7. Certainly not.

:eyes: You flatterer, you! :D

[Guava Jelly]

32. I tend to disagree

Anything would taste better off of your tummy :D

[crim son]

34. Oh Dearest GoPsUx.

Whenever I'm down, I know to whom I must turn for sweet words. Tonight I'm not even down! so you have me smiling. Thank you. :loveya: :hug: :pals:

[SPKrazy]

8. grape soda?

grape kool aid was the cause of many a night of untold adventures in falling down and ending up places and not knowing how the hell I got there exactly, then there was always the trash can punch :puke:

:hi:

:rofl:

[crim son]

10. Maybe it was kool aid. It's been several decades.

I do know for certain that my taste for orange crush and root beer was forever destroyed by mixing it with everclear. I still like Fresca, though! :hi:

[SPKrazy]

12. ROFL

:puke: :puke:

orange crush or root beer and everclear omg

fresca?

:yoiks:

[crim son]

13. You get drunk with the beverages you have,

not the beverages you wish you had! :P

[SPKrazy]

15. true dat

ever drink moonshine :D

:rofl:

yeah, i've had some strange combinations when i think about it actually

:rofl:

;)

[lost-in-nj]

4. Oh hon

I am sending you hugs

sorry it didn't work out......

:hug: :hug:

lost

how did the test go ???

[crim son]

9. Eh, it went as well as could be expected.

It wasn't much different when we actually lived together. The test? I think I did well but it was half short essay and half filling out forms (insurance forms Woohoo!) and it must be hand-graded. I'll find out the final grade on Thursday. Only one more course to go! I'm pleased. :)

How are you, lost?

[SPKrazy]

5. yo comprendo!

the stress
the anger
the feeling of being pissed off about things
comprendo

:hug:

took your final today!

:toast:

gonna have to go to work!

;)

[crim son]

11. Oh no, I still have one more course to go.

Then an externship, and THEN a job! I can't wait to be employed, seriously. I've done as much needlepoint, embroidery, knitting, decorating, cleaning, cooking and otherwise expressing myself to last a LIFETIME. I want money!

[SPKrazy]

14. oh... well, externships away...

can't do the course and the externship at the same time?

:shrug:

[crim son]

18. I could but she has had something particular in mind for me

since the Spring. It starts in October, I believe, and will expose me to a bunch of different office environments. I like the idea because my resume is blank, but when people see me in person and watch me work, I tend to get the job.

Watch it be different this time. :(

[SPKrazy]

21. oh sure...

you'll be fine

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear crim son!

I'll call you as soon as I eat.....and watch the news...

Now then.

There's nothing quite like getting the lesson you got today, is there?

It's finally, fucking over!

And what a relief that is!

Now, forward, sweetie!

Into the future with David!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[crim son]

16. Oh yes.

David called me a few minutes ago, playing my favorite song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (sung by Roberta Flack) in the background "to soothe my ruffled spirits" he said. It worked. Or it could be the wine :P

I'll be around whenever you're ready, although I will probably be abed by one o'clock my time.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. No problem, sweetie...

That's my ten o'clock...

And I'll be there long before that!

Later, sweetie!

I'm starved........

:hug:

[jgraz]

19. How 'bout 120+ proof?

Booker's Bourbon is the only bourbon bottled straight from the barrel, uncut and unfiltered. It was originally created by Booker Noe, grandson of Jim Beam, and master distiller. The bourbon is bottled at its natural proof of between 121 and 127, and aged between six and eight years. Each barrel that will become Booker's bourbon is aged in the very center of the rackhouse where the temperature and humidity combines in the perfect proportion for the finest bourbon. It has a smoky amber color and an oaky scent with vanilla notes making it a lovely winter warmer. Booker's sells for around $50.

http://www.smallbatch.com/

[crim son]

20. If you're buying!

I bet it's a great drink. I'm just learning to like bourbon/scotch/whisky. The burn is a pleasure.

[jgraz]

22. Anytime...I'm having some now over crushed ice

I usually drink it neat, but it's so friggin hot here today...

Damn, this shit is good.

[crim son]

23. It almost makes me want to pull out the...

what's that cheap stuff called? If I can drink that neat, I can drink anything. VSO? Heh.

[jgraz]

25. You need to know how to do it

Only an idiot or a masochist would slam this stuff in one gulp. You'd be breathing fire for hours.

You take a sip onto the front of your tongue, close your mouth and tilt your head slightly forward. Use your tongue to press the whiskey into the back of your front teeth.

Then tilt your head slightly back and let the whiskey trickle over the sides of your tongue into the bottom of your mouth. Scoop your tongue into the whiskey and swallow.

You get all the rich tastes of the bourbon with none of the burn. It also keeps you from getting totally shitfaced too quickly. ;)

Enjoy. :beer:


Edit: wow, that was nice. Time for another.

[crim son]

26. I have this bookmarked for later in the evening.

It's true that drinking bourbon is a slower way to develop a good buzz. I do thank you!

[jgraz]

28. Have fun!

And just remember, as painful as your evening was, wouldn't it be worse to be sitting home now wondering if you'd made the right decision?

(Speaking from experience? No comment.)

[crim son]

29. Maybe you need to make somebody dinner.

Sometimes it's hard to have faith in our own powerful instincts but the truth is, they rarely fail us. :hug:

skal! :toast:

[jgraz]

31. heh -- lucky for me, my experience is well in the past

From what I've read, it seems you're doing a good bit to put yours there as well. :toast:

[crim son]

33. Doing what I gotta.

:toast: To wisdom; to personal growth; to bourbon. :toast:

[mainegreen]

24. All I have is vodka, but it's the good stuff, so here's a shot for you!

:pour shot:

;)

Sounds like a wicked stressful evening.

How's tricks? Hmmmmm. I've been going flat out for a week and the baby spends every night kicking me in the head non stop. Best sleep I had was when I went to go sleep on the rug in the living room. Still, we've been having fun. And the hot weather's over so I'm psyched for cool fall 70's!!!

[crim son]

27. Dude, so with you w/respect to the cooler temps.

Living here has altered my ability to withstand heat!

Right now the baby is kicking you in the head... in twenty minutes you wiill be sending him off to high school like I did this morning. No doubt everybody you meet tells you to savor these young years. I won't say the same thing, but I will tell you to treat the little lad with love and respect, because he will remember... :P

Life's good. The kids are at school, I'm almost done with my schooling, I'm still dating the repuke and it's going astonishingly well.

You? When are you and the family coming up to Bangor? heh. I know: never. :hi:

[mainegreen]

38. Oh, we head up about once every seven years or so.

Usually to Orono, not Bangor, but they're sorta the same.

Glad to hear things on the romantico front are still going well with you.

;)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

30. Here you go:

[crim son]

35. God that looks good but

can I get it with a plate of gorgeous brown man?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

36. Yes -- compliments of the chef!

:evilgrin:

[crim son]

41. aHHHH.

Even Peg appreciated those beverages. I'll write back... you may be in bed.

Um, where is that chef? I'd like to... congratulate him personally.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

42. Still awake.

;)

[crim son]

45. Sent you a PM but let's face it

I'm not at my best. What I want to do right now is jump you. Funny: CalPeg asked if I were truly interested in you. Heh.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

46. I'll send over a trampoline.

:evilgrin:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

37. Bacardi 151 Kicked My Ass Not Long Ago...

:toast:

[crim son]

40. Oooh, OMC. I think I've never spoken to you before.

I've moved from wine to an abomination of jpak's suggestion: I'm into the abominably cheap bourbon. A toast to you, my friend: :toast:

[Aristus]

39. Name your weakness, crim son. I'll pour.

:beer:

[crim son]

43. You (and of course, Mrs. Aristus) are my weakness.

Pour, and pour generously. :evilgrin:

[ThomCat]

44. You did good.

He has no reason to expect a soon-to-be-exwife to organize his birthday.

:hug:

[crim son]

47. So said the woman at the grocery checkout.

He didn't expect it: it's for the kids. As I was building his cake my seven year old asked me if I though I was going to "break my marriage with Daddy." I answered him but I was evasive, and I told him that if we did break the marriage that he would notice no difference in his life, except perhaps that his daddy would have a girlfriend. He already knows that David is my "boyfriend" and likes him well enough to tell him that he needn't try to impress!

Point being, it's all about the kids. If I didn't have any children C & I would be over, completely. As things stand I am a bit proud of how we've handled the transisiton. No worries: all Hell will break out in time, I'm sure.

Hi, ThomCat. :hug:

[crim son]

48. So said the woman at the grocery checkout.

He didn't expect it: it's for the kids. As I was building his cake my seven year old asked me if I though I was going to "break my marriage with Daddy." I answered him but I was evasive, and I told him that if we did break the marriage that he would notice no difference in his life, except perhaps that his daddy would have a girlfriend. He already knows that David is my "boyfriend" and likes him well enough to tell him that he needn't try to impress!

Point being, it's all about the kids. If I didn't have any children C & I would be over, completely. As things stand I am a bit proud of how we've handled the transisiton. No worries: all Hell will break out in time, I'm sure.

Hi, ThomCat. :hug: