Teacup XXXVIII - Page 17

Aikanáro · 12-20-2009, 03:22 AM

Mari is in the same country as me! Yay!

In other news, snow is pretty. We had quite a bit on Friday and the kids at school were delighted.

*hugs for Ingwe*

it's as if I need to think I'm a demon from hell, or else I just don't feel right.

This. I know exactly how this feels - unfortunately, it's very difficult to start feeling better when you don't think you deserve to. Here's an idea - do a few nice things for someone. I'm sure you do this already, but here's the difference - be aware that you're doing something for someone else, some small act of kindness. No hell-demon is going to do that, so you're proving yourself wrong in a very obvious fashion, and proof is easier to come to terms with than fuzzy notions of self-belief, right? Prove to yourself that you're not evil.

***Earniel*** · 12-20-2009, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Mari

Manchester

but I'll be home on the 23rd, in time for my grandmother's birthday.

I hope the eurostar isn't going to cause you any delays. I hear they're not handling the snow particularly well at the moment.

***Varnafindë*** · 12-20-2009, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Aikanáro

- be aware that you're doing something for someone else, some small act of kindness. No hell-demon is going to do that, so you're proving yourself wrong in a very obvious fashion, and proof is easier to come to terms with than fuzzy notions of self-belief, right? Prove to yourself that you're not evil.

Hear, hear!

Grey_Wolf · 12-20-2009, 02:28 PM

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Noble Elf Lord · 12-22-2009, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Mari

*hug*

I don't whack in that sort of cases, dear. *gives Noble another hug to take away his fear of being whacked while feeling justifiably sad*

*is feeling ultimate gratitude*

Thanks, once again. But update again: after the initial shock, I realized that this time the sorrow isn't overwhelming, freezing (when I'm depressed, I feel physical cold crawling from my heart or spine to my limbs) or paralyzing. I'm sad, of course, but there's also the feeling that it'll get better. I'll get better. She reminded me of how it feels like to be wonderfully, terribly in love. I'll have to remember to thank her for that.

My only qualm is that I liked her more than anyone so far, and then screwed it... Well, seventh time lucky then, eh?

**Mari** · 12-23-2009, 09:59 AM

Of course. I always did like 7 as a number. *nods*

Earn, I came home this morning 2 hours early than scheduled, though I expected to have to spend the night in the bus station or something.

I'm lucky!
The snow in Manchester was beautiful though! But when I came to London it was mostly gone already. Here we've still got snow aplenty!

Midge · 12-23-2009, 11:34 AM

Well, Noble, all I can say is that I'm so glad that all the times I felt like I was in love when I was in school never worked out. If they had worked out, I probably wouldn't be engaged to my amazing fiance. And even situations which didn't have anything to do with love, like when I decided not to return to my school's theater program even though I enjoyed it. If I had, I wouldn't have gotten to know my handsome man (theater had a different lunch period and an unfavorable reputation, in his opinion).

Everything happens for a reason and this is no exception. It will teach you SOMETHING or be an event that leads to SOMETHING important in your life.

And the best part is that you can't see it now, but when you get there, you can look back and see exactly how everything worked together for your good. That's just the way God works. Sometimes we must go through pain to reach the good He has planned for us. I'm glad you're finding it bittersweet though, instead of just bitter.

***Earniel*** · 12-23-2009, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Mari

Earn, I came home this morning 2 hours early than scheduled, though I expected to have to spend the night in the bus station or something.

I'm lucky!
The snow in Manchester was beautiful though! But when I came to London it was mostly gone already. Here we've still got snow aplenty!

Great! I suppose coming back from London is easier than going there.

I'm told there's maybe still some snow to come. Or, with our luck, it'll be rain, washing away the snow, and then some freezing to make the streets slippery like hell.

Acalewia · 12-23-2009, 04:33 PM

*passes around hot chocolate and cookies*

Grey_Wolf · 12-23-2009, 05:03 PM

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YE ALL FROM GW!

***Jonathan*** · 12-23-2009, 05:26 PM

No more studying until January!
I spent today trudging through the beautiful snow-covered city looking to buy the last Christmas gifts. Also kind of ran into my dad and had a sort of a premature and spontaneous Christmas celebration with him. Luckily I was carrying his presents in my backpack, so we exchanged gifts and all. I downed four (!) hot chocolates in the process. Wow, I didn't realise how much I had longed for hot chocolate

And just before closing time, I found the last gifts! Terry Pratchett for the oldest niece and Roald Dahl for the youngest!

Feeling pleasantly exhausted, I think I'll sink back in my couch with some tea and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe which I haven't read before.

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Originally Posted by Mari

Earn, I came home this morning 2 hours early than scheduled, though I expected to have to spend the night in the bus station or something.

I'm lucky!

Brilliant! Take that, stupid failing transports

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Originally Posted by Eärniel

Great! I suppose coming back from London is easier than going there.

Oh, don't say that. A friend of mine went to London today...

***Varnafindë*** · 12-23-2009, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan

Feeling pleasantly exhausted, I think I'll sink back in my couch with some tea and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe which I haven't read before.

You haven't? You've got something to look forward to, then.

The Chronicles of Narnia are my favorite books - perhaps not as great a concept as Tolkien's works, but with more of a child-like charm ...

**Mari** · 12-23-2009, 07:06 PM

True that

I got the whole series from one grandmother for my BA. I got the LotR-series from my other grandparents for my first year propedeutical diploma. Anyone see a theme here?

GW, are you going on vacation? A merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you in any case! Thanks for the nice tree ^_^

Say, Santa Clause hasn't shown up this year yet, has he?

***Earniel*** · 12-23-2009, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonathan

Oh, don't say that. A friend of mine went to London today...

Oops, maybe he'll get lucky? It's just that they've been saying all day how people who don't absolutely positively have to be in London, better move their train reservation to next year.

***Jonathan*** · 12-23-2009, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Varnafindë

You haven't? You've got something to look forward to, then.

I indeed have! I'm already ready to tackle the next book in the series

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eärniel

Oops, maybe he'll get lucky? It's just that they've been saying all day how people who don't absolutely positively have to be in London, better move their train reservation to next year.

She's going by plane actually so hopefully she's spared from such trouble.

***Tessar*** · 12-24-2009, 01:27 AM

I'm watching The Fifth Element... I'd only seen it once before, but I liked it then even though it's weird. I really love it, now... it's so weird, but really very sweet in a lot of ways

. Sad, but sweet.

Grey_Wolf · 12-24-2009, 05:05 AM

Dear friends!

Im staying at mum's over Christmas and New Years - I have 11 days straight of leave which is nice.

Best to ya all from you mooter friend gw

***Jonathan*** · 12-24-2009, 05:20 AM

That sounds nice Grey Wolf.

God Jul på dig, och Gott Nytt År

***Varnafindë*** · 12-24-2009, 10:43 AM

God jul og godt nytt år, mine skandinaviske venner!

Merry Christmas to everyone else!

Grey_Wolf · 12-24-2009, 06:10 PM

tack Varna - önskar detsamma till dig.

12-20-2009, 03:22 AM	#321
Aikanáro Chaotic Good Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva Posts: 827	Mari is in the same country as me! Yay! In other news, snow is pretty. We had quite a bit on Friday and the kids at school were delighted. hugs for Ingwe it's as if I need to think I'm a demon from hell, or else I just don't feel right. This. I know exactly how this feels - unfortunately, it's very difficult to start feeling better when you don't think you deserve to. Here's an idea - do a few nice things for someone. I'm sure you do this already, but here's the difference - be aware that you're doing something for someone else, some small act of kindness. No hell-demon is going to do that, so you're proving yourself wrong in a very obvious fashion, and proof is easier to come to terms with than fuzzy notions of self-belief, right? Prove to yourself that you're not evil. __________________ Vanima i metta nauva, nan anda ar sarda nauva i mallë.

12-20-2009, 02:28 PM	#324
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	ENTMOOTIA CITY INQUIRER: The traditional enormous Christmas tree was today lowered into place at its usual site on Entmoot Plaza. It was truly an impressive sight as the huge crane swung the gargantuan tree over the heads of the gathered Mooters in the square and as it slowly decended into the concrete socket the gathered populace exlaiming their awe at the spectacle. X X X X XX XXX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX XX XXX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX XX XX XX Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 12-20-2009 at 02:30 PM.

12-23-2009, 09:59 AM	#326
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Of course. I always did like 7 as a number. nods Earn, I came home this morning 2 hours early than scheduled, though I expected to have to spend the night in the bus station or something. I'm lucky! The snow in Manchester was beautiful though! But when I came to London it was mostly gone already. Here we've still got snow aplenty! __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-23-2009, 11:34 AM	#327
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	Well, Noble, all I can say is that I'm so glad that all the times I felt like I was in love when I was in school never worked out. If they had worked out, I probably wouldn't be engaged to my amazing fiance. And even situations which didn't have anything to do with love, like when I decided not to return to my school's theater program even though I enjoyed it. If I had, I wouldn't have gotten to know my handsome man (theater had a different lunch period and an unfavorable reputation, in his opinion). Everything happens for a reason and this is no exception. It will teach you SOMETHING or be an event that leads to SOMETHING important in your life. And the best part is that you can't see it now, but when you get there, you can look back and see exactly how everything worked together for your good. That's just the way God works. Sometimes we must go through pain to reach the good He has planned for us. I'm glad you're finding it bittersweet though, instead of just bitter. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

12-23-2009, 04:33 PM	#329
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	passes around hot chocolate and cookies __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

12-23-2009, 05:03 PM	#330
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YE ALL FROM GW!

12-23-2009, 07:06 PM	#333
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	True that I got the whole series from one grandmother for my BA. I got the LotR-series from my other grandparents for my first year propedeutical diploma. Anyone see a theme here? GW, are you going on vacation? A merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you in any case! Thanks for the nice tree ^_^ Say, Santa Clause hasn't shown up this year yet, has he? __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-24-2009, 01:27 AM	#336
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	I'm watching The Fifth Element... I'd only seen it once before, but I liked it then even though it's weird. I really love it, now... it's so weird, but really very sweet in a lot of ways . Sad, but sweet.

12-24-2009, 05:05 AM	#337
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Dear friends! Im staying at mum's over Christmas and New Years - I have 11 days straight of leave which is nice. Best to ya all from you mooter friend gw

12-24-2009, 05:20 AM	#338
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	That sounds nice Grey Wolf. God Jul på dig, och Gott Nytt År __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

12-24-2009, 10:43 AM	#339
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	God jul og godt nytt år, mine skandinaviske venner! Merry Christmas to everyone else! __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

12-24-2009, 06:10 PM	#340
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	tack Varna - önskar detsamma till dig.

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