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too.much.mexican.tummy.may.explode. -- nm - tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) Apr 20, 12:21
Somebody should tell chris that, in honor of Festival of Books, LA Times has several articles about being a writer in LA -- nm - con_carne Apr 20, 12:18 1
- Oh sorry. Pixitude. -- nm - con_carne Apr 20, 12:19
�Do you know what this country used to sit on? Logs. Girders. Poles� -- nm - Stacy Keach Apr 20, 12:17 3
- I knew he looked familiar. Great send-up of the Eastwood ad. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 12:20 2
  - (also, 30rock spoils) - Beryllium Apr 20, 12:22 1
    - I need to go back and watch all of Jack and Liz's couch-confessions before I delete it from the DVR. -- nm - Ser Vermyn Apr 20, 12:27
MexiCoke is for sale at the local IGA. Sweetness in my belly -- nm - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 20, 12:15 1
- I was surprised when I saw this start appearing in the chain grocery stores. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 20, 12:25
FB: It's 2012. Dick Clark has died. We can no longer ring in the New Year. Well played, Mayans. Well played. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 20, 12:14 1
- Mop is on FB? -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 20, 12:32
don't tell trish: fear of clowns is no laughing matter -- (link) - pixitude Apr 20, 12:13
Parents of murdered or missing kids to get income assistance from Canadian Govt as well as job protection -- (link) - Beaker Apr 20, 12:11 3
- *watches parents disapperaing theior kids skyrocket in Canada* -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 20, 12:33
- Well, that's going to be a tough one to publicly oppose. -- nm - Ser Vermyn Apr 20, 12:28 1
  - "Lousy mooching war widows!" -- nm - Roger More Apr 20, 12:35
NHL Playoffs tonight: Detroit v Nashville and Pittsburgh v Philadelphia -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 12:09 4
- My guess is, between the two games, 7 goals will be scored. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 12:10 3
  - by the 10 minute mark of the first period. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 12:12
  - that will be half the first period in the Pitt/Philly game -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 12:12
  - So, 1-0 Det/Nash and 4-2 Pittsburgh/Philly? - Will Hunting Apr 20, 12:11
some pretty neat optical illusions -- (link) - con_carne Apr 20, 12:07
Toastmasters! -- nm - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 20, 12:02
Picking up my daughter from school, now working from home at 3 PM on a Friday. Soooooo unmotivated at this point. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 12:00
*snicker* Holographic Tupac shot in CA -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 20, 11:58 3
- I'd be looking at that Star Wars chess board if I was the cops. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 20, 11:59
- I was going to say "too soon". lol -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 20, 11:59
- hee -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 11:58
I'd like to tell my 20 year old self not to do some of the stupid things I did (like put off college), but then some of the good things that happened - Stephen Apr 20, 11:48 6
- yeah, this is the whole thing about never wishing about doing something you did. It's an experience that - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 20, 11:51 5
  - I could have had the entire experience without being married - that was the fatal flaw for me - Epiphany Apr 20, 11:54 3
    - :) -- nm - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 20, 12:02
    - yes. note to 20 year old self, you don't have to marry the first girl you sleep with! -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 20, 12:00 1
      - also, note to 20-year-old self, if you're going to throw away your college experience, at least have fun while you're doing it -- nm - znufrii Apr 20, 12:04
  - Yeah. I only really regret one thing I ever did. The rest are things I wish I had done. -- nm - sycor Apr 20, 11:52
Guy Pearce is going to be the other villain in Iron Man 3. Very nice. -- nm - David Apr 20, 11:48 26
- He makes me want to see Lockout. 'nuff said. -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 12:14
- easily one of my favorite actors. solid -- nm - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 20, 12:14
- The best thing to come out of Neighbours! -- nm - Roger More Apr 20, 12:11 2
  - Kylie Minogue! -- nm - MDH Apr 20, 12:12 1
    - The Singing Budgie? No way! -- nm - Roger More Apr 20, 12:15
- they should go the DYTBIA23 route and make it JVDB. - Reagen Apr 20, 12:05
- Maybe it's just me, but I feel like he's always had great roles, but just never "made it." Like the avg moviegoer wouldn't know him well. -- nm - MDH Apr 20, 11:58 1
  - I've wondered why he isn't better known too. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 20, 12:03
- He looks great in Prometheus. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 20, 11:54 6
  - His role in The Hurt Locker makes the movie for me. - David Apr 20, 11:57 5
    - I still need to see this. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 20, 12:03 4
      - I hated it (I don't even remember that Guy Pearce was in it) -- nm - con_carne Apr 20, 12:14
      - The movie is a fascinating exploration of adrenaline junkies. -- nm - David Apr 20, 12:06 2
        
        I don't think it explored much...it was just effective as hell. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 12:16
        
        This. -- nm - MDH Apr 20, 12:15
- I love him so much - anyone else seen Hard Eight? it's not a great film but he was great in it -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 11:52 3
  - That's one of my Belgium films. I watched it primarily because it was in English. - David Apr 20, 11:56
  - Hard Eight, the P.T. Anderson movie with gwenyth, john c. reilly, sam jackson and phillip baker hall? - Inigo Apr 20, 11:55 1
    - sorry - The Hard Word - Epiphany Apr 20, 12:25
- Sweet! -- nm - Jelly Apr 20, 11:52
- Ooh I like. (Who's the first one though, I can't remember) -- nm - MDH Apr 20, 11:52 5
  - Sam Jackson. - Beryllium Apr 20, 11:56
  - Ben Kingsley -- nm - David Apr 20, 11:55
  - Jonah Hill -- nm - pixitude Apr 20, 11:53 2
    - Awesome! -- nm - con_carne Apr 20, 11:57
    - *snicker* - Epiphany Apr 20, 11:55
Of course, the real test for me, in terms of atoning for doing dumb things in the past, comes this summer - znufrii Apr 20, 11:43 11
- Set exact hours, like you are going to the class and stick with it. -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 20, 11:48 4
  - that's good advice... - znufrii Apr 20, 11:51 3
    - Butthat is why you *must* set it like it is a class you have to attend. -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 20, 12:24 2
      - knowing myself, that's a lot easier said than done, based on my past experiences. - znufrii Apr 20, 12:28
      - And when doing so, it is okay to have class early, but never late. -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 20, 12:24
- I can't do online classes. not motivated. -- nm - loosilu Apr 20, 11:44 5
  - Someone needs to update all those video games where 2nd graders learn math and spelling with Dora the Explorer... - Ser Vermyn Apr 20, 11:51 2
    - *becomes less motivated* -- nm - loosilu Apr 20, 11:59 1
      - For you chicks, MarioKart and Tetris. No wait, Pinterest. - Ser Vermyn Apr 20, 12:20
  - It does take a lot of motivation - con_carne Apr 20, 11:47
  - yup. same. - znufrii Apr 20, 11:45
Nothing like a 4 1/2 hour commute to kick off the last day of the work week! -- nm - Stephen Apr 20, 11:43
Note to 20 year old self - when your uncle offers to send you to ANY college, say YES dumbass! -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 20, 11:42 8
- Not to self: When your great aunt and uncle, native Italian Speakers and Known World Travelers offer to show you Italy your senior summer...say Yes. - Mel Profit Apr 20, 11:47 6
  - Oh wow. - Stephen Apr 20, 11:55 3
    - and they are the fun Great Aunt and Uncle... - Mel Profit Apr 20, 11:59 2
      - I can understand that. I had never been outside of California until i'd joined the Army. - Stephen Apr 20, 12:06 1
        
        I was already used to it...being an Army brat I went to 8 different schools up to 12th grade and lived in Europe. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 20, 12:09
  - oh yeah, and trying to explain 'missed opportunities' to your own kids is also a waste of time. - CrankYanker Apr 20, 11:52 1
    - My goal is to drag my son through this, kicking and screaming. - Beryllium Apr 20, 11:53
- heh -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 11:44
tfox has been leghumped. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 20, 11:41 2
- *rubs eyes* I saw this as "exhumed" -- nm - loosilu Apr 20, 11:42
- good - pixitude Apr 20, 11:42
Latest NHL suspension announced -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 20, 11:39 [youtube]
Things I wish I could tell my 20 year old self: You're not fat. Take those art classes. Go to Prague when you graduate. -- nm - loosilu Apr 20, 11:38
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- Fitting since pink slip is what got them in trouble in the first place. -- nm - David Apr 20, 11:38 3
  - *long, slow clap* -- nm - Stephen Apr 20, 12:03 1
    - I said the exact same thing about that night...but for a totally different reason. - Groiny si Apr 20, 12:04
  - OMG. - MDH Apr 20, 11:42
dumbest thing you ever did, come on, fess up -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 11:34 12
- Wasted so many years with sometime who clearly did not love me/want to spend his life with me. - kelly Apr 20, 11:57 2
  - You abandoned ME! -- nm - Fenway Apr 20, 12:00 1
    - Ouch. - kelly Apr 20, 12:12
- marrying that abusive jackass - Epiphany Apr 20, 11:50
- I wanted to say "took a job that got me moved to Cincy" but there've been some good things that have happened here. - CovingtonCat Apr 20, 11:42 4
  - there you have it: getting hit by a car in cinci is better than living in Boston. :D -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 11:42 3
    - Getting hit by a car in Boston would probably have killed me. -- nm - CovingtonCat Apr 20, 11:45 2
      - ... and if not, the driver probably would have -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 11:46 1
        
        Yeah, drivers in Boston don't expect pedestrians to actually be *in* a crosswalk. -- nm - CovingtonCat Apr 20, 11:49
- not taking the screenwriting class with Greg Garcia in my senior year of college -- nm - pixitude Apr 20, 11:40 1
  - Oh dang. Yeah, you really missed out. -- nm - Vince Gilligan Apr 20, 11:40
- Nearly ended it all over some drama. - Will Hunting Apr 20, 11:37
Roll Poll --- "Dumbest thing you ever did" -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 11:34 41
- Played pickup basketball in b/n baseball games (doubleheader) and broke my wrist in multiple places -- nm - MDH Apr 20, 11:57
- Shot myself in the hand with a bb/pellet gun to see if it would hurt has to be near the top of the list for me... -- nm - Stephen Apr 20, 11:50 8
  - So...did it? -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 11:53 7
    - since it's near the top of the list, my guess is he still has a tiny circular scar ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 11:54 5
      - I do! - Stephen Apr 20, 12:00 4
        
        Friend of mine got shot in the arm with one by his brother. We were pretty sure it bounced off, but there was definitely a hole. - Beryllium Apr 20, 12:09 3
        
        Yeah, I kind of sort of shot myself from near point blank range... - Stephen Apr 20, 12:12 2
        
        this was near point blank, too :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 12:14 1
        
        heh Kids are dumb! -- nm - Stephen Apr 20, 12:16
    - Extremely.... -- nm - Stephen Apr 20, 11:54
- There have been so many things - decline Apr 20, 11:48 6
  - If we're doing just split second dumb shit, I spidey-scaled the outside of a 4-story dorm just to do it and jumped from the top of an apple tree into - Will Hunting Apr 20, 12:03
  - I've done the last one, hurt like hell. -- nm - MDH Apr 20, 11:52 2
    - that hurt, but not as much as the time I was pushing a wheelbarrow up a hill and slipped and it cracked my sternum - decline Apr 20, 11:59 1
      - Dayum. -- nm - MDH Apr 20, 12:06
  - Final Declination -- nm - con_carne Apr 20, 11:49 1
    - for real - geesh -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 11:51
- Starting smoking. -- nm - Krusty Apr 20, 11:45
- Spent too long chasing one person that clearly wasn't worth it -- nm - MDH Apr 20, 11:44 1
  - *buys you a round* -- nm - pixitude Apr 20, 11:46
- slept with that girl or maybe bought my house. - sycor Apr 20, 11:41
- Thankfully nothing happened: a couple of times drove home blackout drunk. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 11:38 3
  - You weren't driving and that wasn't your home. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 20, 11:40 2
    - That was the last time - also thankfully that I was surrounded by friends. - JaxSean Apr 20, 11:43 1
      - The last time for me was 2008 during an evening in our limo, hired a driver......passed out, on the limo floor, face down. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 20, 11:47
- It wouldn't make my actual top 10 but a good one to mention here is that... - David Apr 20, 11:38 13
  - LOL! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 11:45
  - ha ha. i would never dare -- nm - pixitude Apr 20, 11:40
  - To be fair, she's probably deserved it once or twice. :P -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 11:38
  - *glove slap* -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 20, 11:38
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    - Nobody ever remembers that I was among its most ardent supporters prior to release. - David Apr 20, 11:39 7
      - Eh, I saw it prerelease and would have called it 312.50 if I had thought of it then. -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 20, 11:42
      - I remember it had just come out when I first ventured onto TT and defended it. - Mel Profit Apr 20, 11:42
      - Well, when you came up soooo short in terms of reality...... - Will Hunting Apr 20, 11:41 3
        
        It didn't have enough screens that weekend, dammit! -- nm - David Apr 20, 11:43 2
        
        Yes David's Backyard Adventures 17 was a bit of a limited release. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 12:06
        
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      - i still remember thinking it sounded fantastic, and i still shorted it. -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 11:40
- stayed in grad skool long after it was clear I hated it. -- nm - loosilu Apr 20, 11:36
- wasted 5 years with a crazy ass woman. -- nm - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 20, 11:35
I have to be honest about this: I love the little girl in We Bought a Zoo more than I love any of you. -- nm - David Apr 20, 11:34

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