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[insomniak]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 12:50am

Bad experience, Fredi?

[BEKA531]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 12:51am

my parents have set a good example. they barely use their credit card, except when cash isn't accepted. some months they don't even have more than $20 on their bills. and they each have ONE.

its ANNOYING. sometimes i want to order stuff off the internet, and i CAN'T. Updated On: 12/18/04 at 12:51 AM

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 12:54am

more than one nia...

my goal is NO DEBT OF ANY KIND (gotta ways to go...)

but I tore up the credit cards ages ago (keep one for emergencies...)

the interest rates are what kill you - you work all your life just to feed the interest...

I started studying how rich people think and behave.... one thing is for certain - they don't live off their credit cards... when they use them - they ususally pay them off right away (like AMEX)

I had a great mom who taught me a lot of wonderful things - but money management wasn't one of them... i've had to learn it the hard way but the lessons took - for sure!!! now, i hope to be able to pass certain information along to my kids so they will be able to enjoy their money (i.e. live in the NOW) and still be wise about savings and planning for their future goals...

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 12:57am

mmmhmm, whenever i use my CC i make sure i have enough money to pay it off...

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 12:57am

Okay I'm back (as if that wasn't apparent already)...

Anyways. About Lemony Snicket. The movie wasn't too bad. I'm afraid I'm not the one to ask if they butchered the books or not, because I haven't read them. Jim Carey was quite ammusing (as always), and made me laugh at things I normally wouldn't have. Like whats so funny about being eaten to death by leaches? I have no idea, but when Jim Carey is involved, it can be. There were quite a few things that bothered me though. Like at the beginning, theres this cartoon and really happy music and birds chirping and little elf things singing... honestly it creeped me out. The point was for the happiness to suddenly come to an end, and the narrator to give the audience one last chance to leae the theater to see something 'more happy'. It was just really drawn out-- the song must have gone on for a few minutes, and I was beginning to wonder if I was in the right theater. The rest of the movie was okay, but it bothered me how the children were so unphased by everything happening to them. Maybe thats how they were in the books though, so I guess I can't complain...

My sister loved it though, which was all that mattered at the moment.


One last question though to those who did read the books... who the heck is Lemony Snicket? In the movie we would randomly hear his voice and see him typing or looking at pictures.

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 12:58am

you're lucky beka...

how much stuff off the net do you really need? (I'm sure that's just what your folks say too )

do yourself a favor - strive to be JUST LIKE THEM!!! At least where credit debt is concerned...

my motto - if i don't have cash - i don't need it...

it's been working well.... much better than the other way...

[insomniak]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:00am

Glory, read the books. Lemony Snicket is the author's pen name and the story's narrator who slowly works himself in as a character. They're darkly funny stories, I love them. It might make sense if you read it more. Was Jim Carrey slapsticky or more ironically comical?

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:01am

welcome back blaze...
thanks for the critique....

[BEKA531]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:02am

its mostly rare stuff that i can't buy anywhere else, or near me.

i am definitely careful about what i buy (my parents say i need to live a little, i've gone for months without spending a dime), but this year i'm buying myself chanukah presents cause my one from my parents was wicked tickets. theres some stuff i would have gotten, but now i have to get them myself.

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:03am

that i understand...

i got myself a manicure/pedicure for christmas!!1

(just today - i feel sooooo girly!)

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:05am

'Was Jim Carrey slapsticky or more ironically comical? '

A little of each. Just the way he moved and talked, hand gestures, obvious ad-libbing etc. He's just a really wild guy that brought some really wild acting to the film.

[BEKA531]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:06am

i need a manicure/pedicure so bad! but it'll just get messed up at gymnastics... i just slapped on some nude color so no one has to see my nasty toenails at practice.

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:07am

you guys remember the out-takes from "liar/liar" when swoozy kurtz looks at carey and shouts

"OVER ACTOR!!"

I hooted...

[insomniak]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:07am

Wild how, Glory? As in 'I'm a comedian and I want to entertain' or character stuff?

Fredi, I'm not much of a manicure person (same nail polish has been on my toes for months) but good for you.

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:10am

oooooooo - som, they feel so good!!

it's my monthly luxury ($20 for my nails once a month - i deserve that much!)

splurged for the ped today - normally don't care as much in the winter 'cause nobody sees my feet ....

[BEKA531]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:11am

i had the same nail polish since september. (no more flip flops i love flip flops) so i just fixed them for practice... barefoot...

i love drew carrey. has anyone seen the truman show? definitely one of my favorites.

[insomniak]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:12am

My feet are too ticklish for that, Fredi. I'm ticklish all over, actually.

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:12am

drew or jim?

[BEKA531]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:13am

oh i said drew. OOPS!
thats what too much who's line does to you...




Customer: "Uhh, I dont have a '7' key."
Tech Support: "It's between the '6' and '8'."
Customer: "I don't have a '7' key."
Tech Support: "Do you see the '1' key?"
Customer: "Yeah."
Tech Support: "What's to the right of that?"
Customer: "'2'."
Tech Support: "And further right?"
Customer: "'3', '4', '5', '6'."
Tech Support: "What's the next one?"
Customer: "'8'."
Tech Support: "It should be to the left of the '8' and the right of the '6'."
Customer: "Ohhhh, that '7' key."

^^ HAHAHA. i'm still on this site...

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:14am

you go bst - doesn't it feel great!

what color are your toes?

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:14am

'Wild how, Glory? As in 'I'm a comedian and I want to entertain' or character stuff?'

Oh it was definately in character most of the time...

*Do you mind if I spoil it more than I already have? Do you plan on seeing the movie? If not then continue reading*

Except when we first meet his character he dances and sings down the stairs... thought that was a little odd. Everything else was great though. Very ammusing story, but I'm not sure if it actually followed the books or not, so maybe I'll read them and see

[BEKA531]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:15am

i read that it followed 3 of the books... not the first three though.




shouldn't anthony be updating soon? i want some more LVB antics...

[BEKA531]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:17am

Customer: "Do you want a forward backslash?"

^^ this site is really making me laugh out loud... i hope i dont wake anyone up...

[insomniak]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:17am

Beka, he's in Thailand.

Glory, I don't remember any singing...

[broadway_star_tomorrow]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:18am

maroon. and the fingernails are french tipped. because that's all i can have for work.
also bought the vocal selections to "songs for a new world" today. wheeee!!!
so excited.
spent more money than i should have, but oh well. i deserved it.

what color are your toes fredi?