Rosarugosa says:
hi Former Boyfriend!
Former Boyfriend says:
Hi! Are you still there?
Rosarugosa says:
hi
Rosarugosa says:
yes, still here
Rosarugosa says:
listening to the kill van kull being dredged
Rosarugosa says:
it sounds like 4th of july
Former Boyfriend says:
SOunds like fun...I think?
Rosarugosa says:
or like someone is pounding a drum far away
Rosarugosa says:
the Indians are coming!
Former Boyfriend says:
I was watching a movie about Gerry Kasparov playing Deep Blue, but I got bored
Former Boyfriend says:
The Cleveland Indians?
Rosarugosa says:
documentary?
Former Boyfriend says:
Yes, called "Game Over"
Rosarugosa says:
sorry, I went to get some water
Rosarugosa says:
well that sounds fascinating (not being sarcastic)
Rosarugosa says:
I love documentaries
Rosarugosa says:
Mr. Crazy was born on the day deep blue beat kasparov
Former Boyfriend says:
Me too, but I am just not in the mood tonight, I guess
Rosarugosa says:
one does have to be in the right mood, I suppose, for something of that ilk
Former Boyfriend says:
Really? Maybe he would like the movie
Rosarugosa says:
when's the last time you heard the word ilk?
Rosarugosa says:
I'm sure he would
Rosarugosa says:
he's a big chess fan
Rosarugosa says:
he can beat the computer sometimes
Rosarugosa says:
sometimes
Former Boyfriend says:
It has probably been a while since I have heard the word "ilk"
Rosarugosa says:
we were at the children's museum the other day, and they have a life-sized chess set
Rosarugosa says:
with the "board" painted on the floor
Former Boyfriend says:
Can you move the pieces around?
Rosarugosa says:
a bunch of toddlers were moving the pieces around and Mr. Crazy shouted: AREN'T YOU AWARE THE BISHOP CAN ONLY MOVE ON THE DIAGONAL?
Former Boyfriend says:
He is very big on following the rules, I gather
Former Boyfriend says:
Or just in chess?
Rosarugosa says:
WELL, HE HAS SOME OCD
Rosarugosa says:
oops
Rosarugosa says:
sorry about the caps
Former Boyfriend says:
Don't shout!
Rosarugosa says:
sorry, sorry, jeesh!
Former Boyfriend says:
Its OK!
Rosarugosa says:
my 3 yr old shouts all the time instead of talking. IT's maddening
Rosarugosa says:
she'll be 4 in January
Former Boyfriend says:
Maybe she will get quieter as she gets older?
Former Boyfriend says:
I am eating a Cracker Jack (TM) flavored rice cake.
Rosarugosa says:
I watched a bad movie by Todd Sollonz (sp?) called "Storytelling"
Former Boyfriend says:
It doesn't really taste like Cracker Jacks though
Rosarugosa says:
It's in two seemingly unrelated parts-- the first part is good (if shocking) but the second part sucked
Rosarugosa says:
what is "cracker jack flavor?"
Former Boyfriend says:
I haven't seen that one, but Solondz is strange and twisted
Rosarugosa says:
and the good first part was only about 15 minutes. The bad second part went on forever and was very stupid.
Rosarugosa says:
there was a shocking sex scene in the first part that freaked me out
Rosarugosa says:
I'm still trying to recover lol
Former Boyfriend says:
It supposedly tastes like Cracker Jack; the caramel coated popcorn and peanuts
Rosarugosa says:
caramel
Rosarugosa says:
that's the flavor
Former Boyfriend says:
He is a very strange director. He is good , but very strange and his films are disturbing
Rosarugosa says:
I was vegan today except for some yogurt on a salad
Former Boyfriend says:
The rice cakes have little peanut pieces, too
Rosarugosa says:
yeah, but this film committed the worst sin. I'm sure you know what the worst sin of film making is?
Former Boyfriend says:
Hmmm
Rosarugosa says:
and I ate two chocolate munchkins, I assume they have lard and eggs in them
Former Boyfriend says:
Self-indulgence?
Rosarugosa says:
have a guess?
Rosarugosa says:
well, close
Rosarugosa says:
BEING BORING
Rosarugosa says:
the 2nd part was a snoozer
Former Boyfriend says:
Aha, of course!
Rosarugosa says:
come on, you belong to netflix and didn't know that?
Rosarugosa says:
doesn't netflix make you take a course first?
Former Boyfriend says:
I stand before you, broken and ashamed
Rosarugosa says:
lmao
Rosarugosa says:
et tu, brute?
Former Boyfriend says:
Indeed
Rosarugosa says:
so is the library you go to nice?
Rosarugosa says:
or small and skimpy?
Former Boyfriend says:
Yes, actually, quite nice. A little small, but then I am used to the Main Carnegie library in Pittsburgh, which is huge
Rosarugosa says:
I bet that is a fabulous library, in Pittsburgh
Former Boyfriend says:
They have lots of new books, and CDs, and DVDs
Rosarugosa says:
cool!
Rosarugosa says:
where is the drooling smilie?
Rosarugosa says:
the closest is
Rosarugosa says:
but that seems to suggest mental retardation
Rosarugosa says:
or whatever the PC term is these days-- mentally disabled?
Former Boyfriend says:
It really is. It in the middle of all these large monumental buildings and parks and universities and so on. All of the robber barons felt guilty at the turn of the century and gave lots of money away for the public good
Rosarugosa says:
mentally handicapped?
Former Boyfriend says:
Not disabled, differently abled
Rosarugosa says:
yes, and the architecture of that era is gorgeous
Rosarugosa says:
making it even more delicious
Former Boyfriend says:
dis-abled means you are "dis"ing them, I think
Rosarugosa says:
differently abled. that does sound more polite
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Rosarugosa says:
it looks like a castle
Former Boyfriend says:
Here is an old picture of the library. There is actually a museum and music hall attached to complex now
Former Boyfriend says:
I miss Pittsburgh, sometimes
Rosarugosa says:
it's hard to be away from that old architecture
Rosarugosa says:
California just doesn't cut it somehow, architecture wise
Former Boyfriend says:
There isn't much of that here really, you are right
Former Boyfriend says:
Some nice architecture at Stanford, for instance, but not quite the same
Rosarugosa says:
right, it's not quite the old wooden musty stuff you get used to over here
Former Boyfriend says:
My apartment complex has "historically reminiscent" architecture, according to the brochure
Rosarugosa says:
lol
Former Boyfriend says:
I guess because it has faux tile roofs and Spanishey looking architecture
Rosarugosa says:
this is spooky: highlight all these smilies:
Rosarugosa says:
they look evil when you highlight them
Rosarugosa says:
right. it looks like mission style or something
Former Boyfriend says:
Like if the spaniards had built an apartment complex here in 1672, it would have looked just the same
Rosarugosa says:
LOLLL!
Former Boyfriend says:
That is spooky, the smileys. Maybe Bill Gates IS the anti-christ!
Rosarugosa says:
who said he was?
Rosarugosa says:
you say that as though this is a well known suspicion.
Former Boyfriend says:
Somebody must have, I am sure
Rosarugosa says:
he is the richest man alive, correct?
Former Boyfriend says:
Maybe to run the next version of Windows we will all have to get the sign of the beast, for "security reasons"
Rosarugosa says:
hmmm... well the antichrist is supposed to be adored and loved by the masses, because he is so irresistible
Former Boyfriend says:
He is in the top ten anyways. He gains and loses billions day to day as Microsoft stock fluctuates
Former Boyfriend says:
Oh well, so much for that theory
Rosarugosa says:
Michael Jackson, maybe, is the antichrist?
Former Boyfriend says:
I heard a convincing explanation that the AC was actually Adam Sandler.
Rosarugosa says:
he seems to be well-loved despite obvious reasons to the contrary
Rosarugosa says:
what was the explanation?
Former Boyfriend says:
I knew you were going to ask that
Former Boyfriend says:
I don’t really remember all of it, except he is Jewish and beloved by many for no apparent reason
Former Boyfriend says:
BRB
Rosarugosa says:
ok
Rosarugosa says:
lol
Rosarugosa says:
well here is something interesting
Former Boyfriend says:
OK, what's that?
Rosarugosa says:
the number of the beast as is well known is 666; in hebrew, numbers are represented by letters. "Vav" the letter V is 6
Rosarugosa says:
there is no W sound in hebrew, so when english is transliterated into hebrew, the W sound is transliterated as Vav
Rosarugosa says:
you see where this leads?
Rosarugosa says:
WWW is "vav vav vav", or "666"
Former Boyfriend says:
Aha! "W" is the antichrist!
Rosarugosa says:
no... the internet is the beast
Former Boyfriend says:
Or the World Wide Web ?
Rosarugosa says:
exactly
Rosarugosa says:
you're mixing up the beast and the antichrist
Former Boyfriend says:
So the internet is the beast and Bush is the Antichrist!
Rosarugosa says:
get your eschatology straight!
Rosarugosa says:
but bush is not well loved
Former Boyfriend says:
Except Al Gore invented the internet...this is so confusing!
Rosarugosa says:
lol
Rosarugosa says:
well let's think-- what political figure is well loved? are any of them?
Former Boyfriend says:
Maybe Al Gore is the Antichrist?
Former Boyfriend says:
John McCain?
Rosarugosa says:
well he has to be adored by the masses
Rosarugosa says:
maybe
Former Boyfriend says:
Ahnald!
Rosarugosa says:
Ross Perot
Rosarugosa says:
hey, that works!
Rosarugosa says:
hillary?
Former Boyfriend says:
She really isn't well-loved!
Rosarugosa says:
true
Former Boyfriend says:
No, I think it is the Governator...except his popularity is waning here.
Former Boyfriend says:
There is still talk of passing an amendment so he could run for President
Rosarugosa says:
yes, I've heard he's losing his sparkle in the eyes of the masses
Rosarugosa says:
isn't that the weirdest thing?
Rosarugosa says:
don't we have better things to worry about?
Former Boyfriend says:
He's done a decent job, but CA is in a mess due to taxes
Former Boyfriend says:
Than what?
Rosarugosa says:
passing an amendment so Arnold can run for president
Former Boyfriend says:
Oh, yeah, well that is the Republican party for you
Former Boyfriend says:
Lets worry about the lives of stem cells before we worry about health care for babies
Rosarugosa says:
or even older children
Rosarugosa says:
cuckoo
Former Boyfriend says:
Yup. I started typing several more lines, but it was too depressing
Rosarugosa says:
don't torture yourself
Rosarugosa says:
so what is on your netflix plate tonight?
Former Boyfriend says:
Have you even read anything by Barbara Ehrenrecih?
Rosarugosa says:
no, at least not that I'm aware of
Former Boyfriend says:
Nickled and Dimed is her best known book. Basically a look at the lives of the working poor.
Former Boyfriend says:
Her new book "Bait and Switched" is about the formerly middle-class unemployed. Haven't read it, but I will. Nickled and Dimes was great
Former Boyfriend says:
I don't think I will watch anything more tonight
Rosarugosa says:
I may have heard her interviewed on the radio
Former Boyfriend says:
Yeah, she has been on NPR a few times.
Rosarugosa says:
I'm really tired, I should go to bed
Rosarugosa says:
what time is it there? I'm toot ired to subtract 3
Rosarugosa says:
toot ired!
Former Boyfriend says:
OK. I think I will go read. It is 8:48 here
Rosarugosa says:
what time do you go to sleep?
Former Boyfriend says:
Depends. Anywhere between 10:30 and midnight, usually
Rosarugosa says:
ok, well goodnight, thanks for talking