bossymarmalade | it's a kisses-make-me-boogie o'lantern!

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it's a kisses-make-me-boogie o'lantern!

Okay, the stupid-ass merchandise that comes out for Valentines' Day never ceases to amaze and disgust me. There was an ad I came across for the "Vermont Teddy Bears"--this particular one was a firefighter bear, which apparently means it wears boxer shorts with flames racing up them, has a helmet with "Burnin' Love" on it, and a tattoo of a flaming heart reading "Love" on its arm. And that's not even the worst part! The caption says, "I'm Hot For You!" Dis-gusting!! *shudder*

Now that I've gotten that out of my system, a few things:

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strandia wrote me Choey! Happy wonderful bookstore-and-coffee Choey! Go read it!!

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wgsarah has an interesting theory concerning the legality of HP fanfiction that she likes to call, Lego TOLD Me I Could!!.

-- I did a minor friendslist shuffle. If you got dropped, it's because either we don't have a lot in common, or you're vocally opposed to something I like, or you're just kind of too dramatic for me. I like my lj full of things that don't agitate me, for the most part. Feel free to drop me if you want--I don't believe in the whole Towering Guilt Syndrome when it comes to shifting about your friendslist. All good? All good. *g*

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d'oh! um...*takes inventory quicly*

1. we seem to have stuff in common...hmmm...yeah
2. I'm vocal about everything but don't think I've vocally opposed something you like--oh! Chris? *laugh*
3. *blink* oh..um..yeah. This is probably the one.

Anyway...probably won't drop you cause I like reading your LJ and randomly commenting. Would that be awkward if I commented even though I was dropped?

*g* No, not awkward at all. I mean, I do this every now and again, and generally a while down the road I add people back. I see it like real life, y'know? Sometimes you just drift from certain folks, and then later on you start to wonder how they are and pick up again. Like that!

And just so you're not worrying yourself needlessly--yeah, it's the Chris thing. The drama in your journal is pretty balanced, so it isn't overwhelming.

I know it's a simple fandom thing, but hey, I've dropped people who ragged on Justin too much and then re-added them after the vitriol ran its course. It's my own fangirlish self-defense method. No hard feelings? *snug*

okay...just wanted to clarify...because I'm always hesitant commenting in folks' LJ's when dropped just because I'm not sure why and don't want to further annoy them with my commenting. *laugh*

BTW, Maggie! Hun! You do know I'm joking about Chris right? That's just me trying to be funny...I assumed folks knew that.

You didn't ask for an explanation and probably don't want one, but I don't like that anyone would think I'm deliberately trying to be mean so...

When I first came into the fandom I did get annoyed by Chris for various reasons that I won't get into. I mentioned it in passing to a few friends and they tried like heck to get me to like him. It quickly spread that I HATED Chris even though I never did and it became a joke to me. Because really...how can I hate anything? Me? the huggy person? *laugh*

Anyway...instead of getting defensive and hurt or angry I tried to flip it into a joke. Go overboard in an attempt to let folks see there was no way I was serious. (and obviously I failed in some cases *hugs Maggie*)

I'm sorry you got the wrong impression. Heck! I write sappy Choey and smutty Trickyfish! How can I hate the poor guy? *laugh* (and I just typed gay by accident d'oh!)

Just wanted to make sure you didn't misunderstand. I'm sorry if my Chris posts go overboard. Just last week I was trying to let off that drama I've been having so I tended to pick on poor Chris.

Here...I'll use my Chris icon to make up for it.

And I hope to see you back on my FRIENDS list one day...or at least have you drop in from time to time.

Dude, you're like totally wooing me back. *g*

See, it's just such a dorky reason, y'know? I'm not Chris (even if I do relate to him quite a lot) so it's not like I'm personally riled, I just get agitated by certain things. And I don't feel that my preferences and whatnot should have any sort of relevance on what you do in your journal, which, after all, is your journal. So I figured the easiest thing was to just not become agitated.

I'm in one of those phases where things bug me easily. I wouldn't be surprised I added you back in a week or two after the emotional levels have stabilized. *g*

Just made my "Chris Post of Doom"...so yeah. *laugh* It goes further than my comment did...so if you want to read my real views on your guys? It goes into it.

And hun...it's YOUR friends list...you shouldn't have anyone on it you don't want to read. I mean my god. LJ's supposed to be where you go to get away from it all and just...you know...be you and stuff.

I'm glad I found out about what you were feeling because more than likely there are more who were feeling the same way..and yes it is my LJ...but it's also something others read and I don't want to offend people.

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Anyway....this is actually what I was going to post in you LJ to begin with this morning! *laugh* And I totally lost sight of it in my flippant lil post about reasons why I may have been dropped. (and again, I was totally not offended)--

"Drive by LJ Hugging--you've been randomly loved. Pass it on."

(please copy and paste this entire message as comment in a journal of someone you want to surprise with LJ love)

*purrs happily*

I love it when we can disagree politely in lj-world without it becoming a big kerfuffle or without calling down curses on each other, our families, and our hairdressers!

*snuggle*

...er, not that we're even really disagreeing on anything, but--oh, you know what I mean! *g*

Dude! Don't bag on the Vermont Teddy Bear! Juppy got one for Lance this year. ;-)

*snort* You're mental. And that idea made me laugh really, really hard, because Lance wouldn't know what the hell to do with that thing, but not want to hurt Justin's feelings, and it would be hysterical. You should write it. *giggle*

*giggles* No, no, no! Must write more Terence/Oliver... must not be seduced into a word of sparkly dancing boys....

*sob* You hate me--

Oh, wait. I'm still there.

Carry on! :D

Are you disappointed? *giggle*

No way! I loves you, biatch. :D

Bizzotch! Fo shizzle! *snug*

Thank you for not dropping me. Because then I would have had to woo you back with shocking and very public displays of affection and billboards and stuff...

♥ Drive by LJ Hugging--you've been randomly loved. Pass it on. ♥

You're so sweet! You make me feel all giggly and warm and happy. Thank you!

*snuggle*

random driveby LJ-underwear drawer shitting.

your underwear drawer has been randomly crapped it. have a nice day.

i haven't even checked if you shuffled me. i'm feeling all gung-ho! i'm living on the edge here! i am wild! and free! and....in need of coffee. yes.

aaahahahahah! I'll have to be careful when sorting around in there. Either that, or go commando. Hmmmm, what an intriguing possibility! *g*

I sent you a Valentine. It was a Looney Tunes one. You have to keep on your friends list or the guilt will kill you!

Dear God, YES! How could I possibly drop you after that?

Also, you're the sweetest thing EVER. Squeee!

*sobs gratefully*

You kept me around! Even with all the Shawn Desman abuse and heaps of melodrama ;)

Dude, you're my link to GP fandom. Hell, you are GP fandom! I think I can weather a little "come on in and throw it up" for that. *g*

Okay. It was the post o' twenty-two Justin pictures that made you keep me around, wasn't it?

[g]

Not even a little. It was the way my heart stopped in unutterable glee at the hat archive. And, y'know, it was the way I kind of like you and find you fun and entertaining. Silly. *snuggle*

But if you go to the actual Vermont Teddy Bear Company (in Vermont, obviously), they have the Fireman bear right next to the Construction Worker bear and the Policeman bear, and it's like a little Village People section of the store. It's fabulous! And the construction worker bear even has a rainbow tattoo on his arm...

Hmmm. This may make me reconsider the value of the Vermont Teddy Bear. Although I'm a little disturbed that you know this, man...*g*

Although I'm a little disturbed that you know this, man...*g*

Hey, it's pretty innocent, I swear. My roommates and I went to Stowe, VT for a weekend in August, and on the way back we stopped at this yummy cheese shop, and the Vermont Teddy Bear company happened to be in the same building, so we went in. And actually, I think it was just the store, not the actual factory. Although they did have a thing where children could make their own bears. Also, we were kinda scared by the Village People bears too. And I don't thing the Village People theme was intentional on the part of the company. I think they were just putting all the public servant bears together. Although you really gotta wonder about the construction worker with the rainbow tattoo...

Really, the coolest bears the had were the alien bears that looked like regular bears, until you took their faces off and saw there was an alien face underneath. Those and the genetic mutation bears that were like, leopard print and had a leopard tail and stuff. (I'm thinking someone there watches too much X-Files and Dark Angel.) But really, none of it was worth the price they were charging.

Those and the genetic mutation bears that were like, leopard print and had a leopard tail and stuff.

Now that's cool. Genetic Mutation Bears! And the alien bears sound pretty neat as well. But they were expensive? That's just wrong. The only way I'd pay a huge amount for a stuffed toy is if it bears an invitation to Joey Fatone's house, or something. *g*

Hmm... I don't remember exactly how much they were charging... they were decent sized bears... I think it was just more than I wanted to spend. I remember being tempted by the panther-bear. He was shiny black with panther eyes and a long tail.

Dude! So I went to their website to see if I could find a link to the bears I was talking about (and check prices), and apparently the bear with the rainbow tattoo is completely intentional! (and not a contruction worker, but oh well) He's in the Alternative Lifestyle (http://store.yahoo.com/vtbear/altlife.html) section! So fab! Of course, it would be nice if they didn't call it "Alternative Lifestyle", but hey.

Okay, so it took me forever to find it, but here's the Alien Bear (http://store.yahoo.com/vtbear/alien.html). I still can't find the genetic mutation bears, but the Holstein Bear (http://store.yahoo.com/vtbear/15holstein.html) gives you an idea of what I'm talking about. But yeah, $60-$70 for a teddy bear is just a wee bit out of my price-range.

Pride Bear! That's fantastic. And the Groom & Groom Bears!

I especially like how they have to refer to the Alien Bear's "friendly alien face" underneath its bear-face. Just so you don't worry that it's hostile or something. *g*

Oh, and now that I've seen the Valentine's Day Fireman, you're right-- it's completely frightening.

and your friendslist is still freakin huuuuuge!
and i'm still on it.

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and your friendslist is still freakin huuuuuge!
and i'm still on it.

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You're all so interesting! Even when I do drop people, I sometimes go back and re-add them anyway whne i'm feeling ambitious.

But you, babygirl, were never on the list of possible drops. You're just to danged adorable, doing aborted cartwheels! Eee! *snuggle*

And incidentally--my friendslist is huge?!? You have like 460 people on yours, baby!

*goggles*

I feel obnoxiously and I do mean obnoxiously giddy that I'm still on the list. Because I love you and it would destroy me...destroy me, I tell ya! Ok, I'll just be over here...being giddily obnoxious or something.

Don't worry, baby--you can be secure that your adorability will keep you on my friendslist for a long, long time. *snuggle*

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