July I have enough trouble with my piddly ass HTML layout, I cannot imagine how much work went into that picture. *bows down* ;-)
~AlternaMommy

What exactly is a "long-established diarist"? Thanks for the congrats everyone. I appreciate it. However, that doesn't help the fact that I still have to vote for somebody, and that sucks. But I have Boon disease again, and that's a good thing.

Too bad about those CMGEs though, huh? (Man, was that picture a bitch to put together..)

july

Congrats, July (already left in your g-book too, but lemme be a monkey and copy everyone else *wink*). Okay. I have to say: it was a GIVEN that July or Magpie would win (both excelled in their interpretation of the topic). However, I can't help but feel gutted - not a single vote - again! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah. They should put a warning in the application form: Diaryland Survivor: taken anally to cure long-established diarists from too much pride and acute cases of arrogance. Will cause humble-pie-ingestion. Do not use Heavy Machinery and Do Ingest Alcohol (to drown away your sorrows).

Congratulations, July!

Congrats July. Yours and magpie's smoked. Texas says hi.

Congratulations July! Well deserved.

~AlternaMommy

Congrats July!

--angeline

congratulations july!!!

Hey July, my email is ms_m32@hotmail.com, and my aim name is msm4survivor

Thanks! Um... what's your AIMname?

Congrats July!!! And thanks for leaving your Aim name.

My AIM: theepiphany@mac.com

-july/the-lacuna

Okay! I'm finally hooked up on Aim, Yahoo and, as always, MSN. If people don't mind stating which program and their user name - I'll get in touch. I already have a few of you - Raw, for some reason Trillian didn't save you in my contact list, so I need yours again. Scud, Matt, Ginger, Angeline, and Joanna - we're still good. And Kinetix, if I get the emails (I'll be checking Yahoo, since the emails usually go to my work account) I'll definitely forward it all!

OK, "f*cking network" is rapidly becoming my new catchphrase. It was not fixed at 3 as we were promised it would be. I just spent literally 12 minutes logging into here, just to post this, knowing full well that the network is probably going to time out and eat this post! Aaaargh!

I need a favor, though. :) When the IC results and TC e-mails come out tonight, could someone please please please forward them to my diaryland e-mail? (kinetix@diaryland) I get those on a different server that actually works. I'm asking because there's no promise of this being fixed before the weekend, and survivor e-mails go to my hotmail, which is rendered unworkable by the network.

Thanks for your help! (I hope.)

Raw I've typed blooger more times than I care to count! And yes, hit post and publish or your comment stays here on the posting screen and doesn't show up on the main site (with all the purty graphics) until someone else comes along and posts & publishes their own comments.


Just wanted to say good luck to all on the IC tonight, they were all so good, I have a hard time "predicting" in my mind who'll win.

I won't be home till late and I know my mind will not be where it should be tonight! :)
~AlternaMommy

okay, so no one knows what i've been posting? that's really kinda funny. chrome never posts and i have secret posts, so maybe we're off be secretive together. of course, that's cause lady ms. is getting freaky with fernando. okay, it's been a long day and i'm ready to go home and don't worry, i will post & publish and you will all have to read my blather....

raw, you need to hit 'post & publish' cause your entries aren't showing up for me, and i don't think anyone else. also i'd like to state that kinetix holds the record for most consecutive worst timings in the history of the world. i swear it's almost woman-like in the way he manages to im me ALWAYS as i'm headed right out the door. it's eerie, something's not right with him.

everytime i type this url i accidently type blooger instead of blogger. with that stated, i must use this forum to agree with some of the judges' comments re: tv surivor. i would totally bash clay's head in w/ a coconut. actually, clay reminds me of a flintstone's character. i'm not sure which one, but it'd have to be someone equally short, dumb, and southern. i also just love the way clay hides under big ted's faux-menacing body. big ted reminds me of an even bigger dumb flintstones character. and the used car salesman... whatever his name is ... dude, it looks like he was rejected from a bad 80s band, or flock of seagulls, but i can totally see him doing soft [bad] porn. actually, i see him doing all kinds of porn, but i don't see him making a killing from persuading people to do anything. all three chuy guan guys suck. and pom pom head jan needs to hit the road. i'm holding out hope that the navy woman (and her name is?) takes the game. she is a no-nonsense ass kicker, just what they need.

Evil laughter? Oh nooo.....I thought the judges LOVED us! What could it be.....?

There is evil laughter in the judges blog. I fear it.

Thanks for hooking me up with the links July! I couldn't get your hyper links to work.

Ms M- There are things linked in the image. The top shelf of the Out Box, the paper on the desk, and the laptop. The jars in the back are linked back to the-lacuna. If the imagemap isn't working for you, here are the direct urls to the various things:

The outbox: http://www.theepiphany.net/lacuna/ic2/experiment.html

The paper: http://www.theepiphany.net/lacuna/ic2/popeletter.html

The laptop: http://www.theepiphany.net/lacuna/ic2/diary.html

Let me know if you have any other problems with them.

Heh heh. She said "penal", and then she said "dick". Heh. "Dick." Heh heh heh.

I can't read July's IC! Am I missing something? Or is the picture the entry?

Haha. She said "penal." I can be SO mature sometimes. :)

I'm going to my brother's in Dallas for the weekend. Be back Monday night.

I'm bringing my laptop so I can vote in the TC Sunday.

Don't penalize me if I don't update over the weekend. Just penalize me for being a dick. :)

Thank you for the compliments! In a way I addressed 3 of the sub-topics, but the journal entry part wasnt' quite as specifically done, so I consider it an "extra" instead. It took me a long time to do, and I was up way past my bedtime. Today I woke up feeling quite ill, so I am home. Bleh. Anyway, now that I have mine up, I'll read everyone elses...

July -

All I can say is that IC was unfuckingbelievable. Not that the rest of the IC's I've read haven't been fabulous (including yours, Joanna! Don't be so hard on yourself!). But, whoa.

I just saw July's entry!! Awesome, awesome, awesome! (Okay, that was a little 1982 but you get the general idea!) You guys all did great w/ this IC... makes me want to erase mine and start over but then will look like total and complete thief (must not give away secret so soon!).

This IC was much harder than I thought it would be... I kept having to erase and start over, nothing seemed like it fit for me. I was going to go funny, but wasn't much feeling funny, I wanted to write about erasing my kids' bipolar issues but that seemed trite and well, I've talked that subject nearly to death. *sigh* Anyway, I agree w/ Angeline, with the expection of my bomb, the rest of the ICs are just fabulous.
~AlternaMommy

Crazy Guestbook Jenn says I should win. I'm a goner. :(

okay, magpie and july are running neck and neck for my "oh that's an awesome IC" award... but, i agree with angeline that we all seem to have to raised the bar on this one. good work us!

PS: I am sorry, but I have capped the cauldron o' poo for the night. If anyone one else wants a go with the poo-stirring stick, they may have it. :D

Sooo...I have seen some amazing IC's today! KUDOS, everyone.

Do you think we have made the judges happier this time around?

*gives the judges' blog the hairy eyeball* :D

I think there was some amazing creativity shown this time around. Some made me laugh, some made me cry....well, not cry, but they were really FEELING, and that's good.

They want creative, we give! :D Hurrah, us!

I would just like to officially apologize for the sucky ass nature of my IC.

That is all. Carry on.

p.s. judging by the favorites poll, we should all just give up and bow to the loudness. and i'm beginning to feel just a bit like vanilla or cotton due to the tales of terror from previous diary survivor contests. i mean, maybe we are just a tad too sweet and loving. i think angeline should stir that cauldron a bit more often... oh, and i think there should be more reasons to say ms. kim and the ging...

no body ever ims me either... except the divine ms. m (and i sang to kinetix but he told me to shut up... i think it's cause it was some ole skool michael jackson). i couldn't get raw-voice, so i went with voiceraw and i think i have everyone's im, but i could be wrong. i'm not on much during the week, but probably will be on the weekends. i, too, really had fun with ic2. i feel like i've forgotten something, but at least i had a good time doing it. the rest of y'all need to get yours up so i can read read read!!

oh, i agree with ms. kim and the ging. magpie's entry kicked major booty. and thank god(dess) someone is finally doing away with the nasty fire ants!

Okay, this might sound like brown-nosing, but I swear, it's NOT. Seriously. I just have to say how much I enjoyed the IC2 topic. It was seriously fun to work with. And looks like everyone who has submitted so far has really gone to town with this one. I loved Kinetix's squirrel thing . Just wish I'd placed a bet on him writing about killing squirrels. Ms.M's clever handling of the subject matter - again, fab entry. And Magpie's is probably my fave. Original and well written.

Okay, you can all beat me up now for making you go: ewwwwwwwww.

Oh, and one more thing - got to share this. Thanks for showing the way, Frank. Maybe you are God?

Uh Matt... I borrowed them a few weeks back when I went on a date in Texas. I'll Fed Ex it back ASAP! Thanks for the eyeliner tips! I looked smokin'!

Damn. I just can't seem to find my tire iron or trailer park blue eyeshadow ANYWHERE.

Magpie, that was a terrific #2 entry.

OK. Which of us wants to make like Tanya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan her knees?

Argh, I can't post on this except at night -- and usually long after you guys have all gone to bed. :P

In short: I keep forgetting to log into AIM, yay pledge, bummer about Heather being voted off, and I
did my poo stirring earlier so I'm off the snark hook for a while.

G'nite all.

then all i can say kinetix is that i should last the longest here. unless he doesn't know about scud, then i'm SOL big time. and yes alterna if you see me 'online' and i don't have an away message up it means i'm free to be bugged.

Oh My God! Can you believe one of the stunningly brilliant judges is voting based on comic book characters? ;)

I don't know how to do the AIM thing and if I downloaded it and learned how, I'd have to forget my address or something. My noodle can only hold so much.

My email is loudwomanme@yahoo if anyone wants to talk shit about anyone else. :Thumbsup:

Maybe we should all preface our snarky comments with "Stirring the Cauldron O' Poo"? ;-)


I'll make more of an effort to turn on the AIM, but I hate being the first to IM a person, I always feel like I'm intruding... can we just have a standing order: if you're AIM is on, you're available for bothering?

Sorry to be such a wuss about this.
~AlternaMommy

Thank you, Randal!

I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule.

yea figures some sick bastard like you would get enjoyment out of your cunning ruse.

There's nothing more exhilarating than pointing out the shortcomings of others, is there?

:P

oh fine YOU'RE A BUTTMUNCH ANGELINE AND I'M VOTING YOU OFF NEXT TIME NO MATTER WHAT!!

Well, Scud, I don't think ANY of us like you.

*winks*

*stirs the cauldron o' poo*

--angeline

hehe i'm always on AIM because i have a constant connect so i leave it up 24/7 but a lot of the times i'm away i'm playing a game or watching tv so just leave a message and i swear i'll get back to you in a few minute, or asap.

i basically added everyone who's mentioned their name here but haven't talked to some of you cause you sign on just as i'm headed out.

ps. does anyone think it's laughable that the judges expect us to be at each others throats? i'm sorry but we're not playing for a million bucks so i'm not going to cry myself to sleep if i get kicked off, or if someone doen't like me and votes against me.

D'oh! *slaps self on forehead* Sorry Scud! :)

Oh, and judges, I'm AlternaMommy. *curtsies*

Muheras IS Scud, Joanna. *giggles*

Ging, I wanted to thank you for putting my interview up. Between that and Survivor I am swamped in hits and feel the desperate need to become--gasp!--a real writer. Horrors!

Heather, I am sorry to see you go. *hugs*

--angeline

Scud I don't think I have your IM name.


I have someone name Muheras but cannot remember which survivor that is, and Muheras is always away. So who are you and why bother turning on the AIM when you are always away?


Ms. M, I added you.


Heather, I second what July said, you really shouldn't feel badly about the way the vote went. This being the first vote and all, I think it was mainly arbitrary... like throwing darts.


And I also second what July said about the next IC. Can't wait. Ms. M's is hysterical if you haven't seen it, go check it out. :) Cheers, all.

Oh yeah- a couple more things:

Heather: I'm sorry you got voted off. I hope you know that none of us really want to vote anyone off, so you should keep in mind that I'm sure it couldn't have been personal. Same goes for anyone else that gets vote for and/or voted off in the future.

Secondly, and mind you I don't really mean this as brown-nosing ;) but: This next IC is awesome! What a great topic that we can really shine on... while the first one allowed for a large amount of creativity, it was focused in such a way as to hem us in, if for no other reason than that we had to mention each other.. But this one.. this one I'm really looking forward to! Such possibilities! I mean hell, we're Gods! Yay!

I don't know about the rest of you, but I didn't witness this "being able to see who voted for who" thing Meg spoke of. Of course, I didn't go looking for a way to either. As for "signing" that pact thing- intriguing idea, but I think I would need some changes before I signed it. Like, there should be a clause that allows us to stray from ignoring outside jerks. Just like while driving, there should always be an "out"- in this case, a way to completely throttle and ridicule any weiny that decides to kick dirt on your shoes. After all, you have to be able to defend yourself. And not being able to go on the offense when it 'feels right' seems like a serious killjoy. And if you're wondering who has the bad breath right now, it's me. Just my passive-agressiveness asserting itself without my permission.

Whoa. I'm still on the island. Cool. :-)

I've set up an AIM name, trendymatt, so PLEASE talk to me! The way I see it, the more I type, the more it looks like I'm really working here. I am SO Peter from Office Space sometimes.

Sorry I'm away so much from AIM. Some of my staff have my name, and some of my friends are extremely lonely and needy, so the second I turn IM on messages pop up everywhere, distracting me from whatever I'm doing. Therefore, I only turn it on when I have nothing else to accomplish, which is rare.

*sigh* Second immunity challenge. Damn it. It took me long enough to write the first one.

Mental note to self: NEVER check the contestants Blog from work again, unless you're prepared to squirt coffee through your nose in a futile attempt to prevent yourself from laughing out loud.

i'm so going to get all of you for voting for me 4 times. i mean really!! you're all mine now!!

actually i'm in on the pact thingamabobber. and i swear i'm on im 24/7 and i never see anyone besides angeline, ginger and sometimes kinetix [tho he's away pretty often] on. what's the dillio-yo!?

I'M TELLING! Gingerbug is trying to kill me by making my head explode! That's not in the rules, is it?

Pact, my ass. Buncha cold hearted bastardos.

Voting Heather off when her mom was in the emergency room all weekend.

For shame! :p

i'm totally in on the pact. especially the coconuts! part.

Okay, my AOL name is msm4survivor! I can't believe it finally worked!

Here, here!! ~whips out pen~ I'm in!

Sportsmanlike Survivor Contestant's Declaration of Independence (from petty crap)

I hereby declare that I will Enjoy Diaryland Survivor, for the fun it is meant to be, for the opportunity it provides me to meet other diarists and gain publicity in the process. I will not pay attention to taunts, threats or jeers and I will do my best to have a smashing time whilst on the island. I will play the game fairly, based on good writing, participation and sportsmanlike strategy. I am here to play the game and I will not hold it against my fellow contestants if they do so also. I will not badmouth the judges or other contestants. I will continue writing into my online diary, just as always and even if some of my entries make reference to the Contest, it does not reduce my ability to maintain a credible diary. I will make every effort to enjoy myself, whilst not taking the contest too seriously. Coconuts!

Who's signing? :)

Hey all, how about a pact? From here on out we all just concentrate on having fun and doing our homework (IC's) and ignoring the negative outsiders and detractors!?

Hey Ginger, my Yahoo name is msm4survivor.