tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post4548840551240536688..comments2024-03-22T05:18:29.555-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: Giant Spiders and Other ObsessionsLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-16589281668427374812008-03-17T22:24:00.000-04:002008-03-17T22:24:00.000-04:00my first love, i guess you could say, i was almost...my first love, i guess you could say, i was almost a stalker lol, but to be young and think he is a god from atlantis, well not exactly that, but thats how i felt about him, so so nice,sexy,snile, dimple, o yes i persue and caught him but then my shynees would burst out and all i could do was mumble noting good ,lolblackroze37 AT yahoo.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18149823428113225855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-54765599983913440602008-03-17T22:06:00.000-04:002008-03-17T22:06:00.000-04:00love lifehouseobesse with mtv.love lifehouse<BR/>obesse with mtv.kim hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15203861775319304597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-7584906603518223922008-03-17T07:01:00.000-04:002008-03-17T07:01:00.000-04:00Trish, I TOTALLY would have gone to Myrtle Beach w...Trish, I TOTALLY would have gone to Myrtle Beach with you! I am often tempted to jump in the car and drive over there. It's only about 3-1/2 hours from here. I hate responsibility! And the day job! And all that other stuff that keeps me from making road trips! Except, of course, I really do adore my little family, so I suppose the sacrifice is worth it. *sigh*Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-71745719186948093552008-03-17T06:57:00.000-04:002008-03-17T06:57:00.000-04:00Keira, I knew it! I just had a feeling you had a w...Keira, I knew it! I just had a feeling you had a whole LIST of things to do once you get rid of the kids. Just make sure they get used to you being gone and never try to move back home. *g* I hope they improve our on-body camera technology by then. I would hate to miss a second of your future adventures!Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-14570478938474460252008-03-17T06:55:00.000-04:002008-03-17T06:55:00.000-04:00Dianna, an overabundance of imagination can be pro...Dianna, an overabundance of imagination can be problematic (as I find out OFTEN). But hey, you'll never have to worry about the effects of a spider bite, now will you? *g*Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-42363821473728125692008-03-17T06:54:00.000-04:002008-03-17T06:54:00.000-04:00Joanie, LOL on the Oakridge Boys! I think your evi...Joanie, LOL on the Oakridge Boys! I think your evil garage-dwelling insect could be the heinous camel-back (or cave) cricket Cassondra and I were going on about. Eew! <BR/><BR/>Call Orkin, stat!!Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-24456896837371260132008-03-17T06:52:00.000-04:002008-03-17T06:52:00.000-04:00Cassondra, that is exactly the way I feel about th...Cassondra, that is <I>exactly</I> the way I feel about the black leather jacket. I found one in NYC that could have been the one, but it was $400. Now, some people might be able to justify that, but not me! Not only must it be perfect, it must be at the right price. Life would be so much easier if I were rich!<BR/><BR/>Keep looking. I'm sure SOMEDAY we'll find what we're looking for.Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-27408274249146070262008-03-17T00:50:00.000-04:002008-03-17T00:50:00.000-04:00Joanie....come just a little closer so I can *smac...Joanie....come just a little closer so I can *smack* that spider pig obsession out of you!Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-59150706569757816222008-03-17T00:40:00.000-04:002008-03-17T00:40:00.000-04:00Okay, I won't be looking for any enormous spiders ...Okay, I won't be looking for any enormous spiders either, but I do have an obsessive personality (in a good way). I too play my favorite songs (and YouTube videos) over and over. When I discovered the band HIM a few months ago, I went online to find out if they'd be touring the States anytime soon. As it happened, they were on the last legs of a U.S. tour before heading back to Europe. If my hubby wouldn't have thought me insane, I would have so loaded up the car and driven two states away to see them at Myrtle Beach. Alas, I'll have to wait until they hit the U.S. again.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-77984170272086903942008-03-16T23:41:00.000-04:002008-03-16T23:41:00.000-04:00Are you sure your bug with all those legs bought i...<I>Are you sure your bug with all those legs bought it after being assaulted with only one measely can of Raid?</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, now that's just evil!<BR/><BR/>Joan, tearing her bed apart and taking a baseball bat to bed with her.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-21915843196409397722008-03-16T23:38:00.000-04:002008-03-16T23:38:00.000-04:00OK. Going through this list, I see that you guys h...OK. Going through this list, I see that you guys have been having fun at my expense. Well, when you receive those photographs of KAIs (Keira Animal Interactions), courtesy of Caren's GPS with camera, you'll know that I survived and be appropriately envious!!<BR/><BR/>Chocolate is good for you in all amounts, Caren, not just small portions. Forget the antioxidants. Think about the endorphins!! :)<BR/><BR/>Jeanne: I love how you express your obsession for snow leopards in a beatific manner "my tithe to the Universe." Yes, that's it. My KAIs are my tithes (don't laugh) to the universe, too.<BR/><BR/>Donna: Just keep writing about the Regency. They have morning chocolate, tight pants, afternoon tea, tight breeches, night parties...why they have chocolate, designer clothes, and more. <BR/><BR/>Donna: You're hilarious. A corset in need of a waist. :)<BR/><BR/>Cassondra: As a Seattleite, I almost split my sides laughing over your coffee maker heading for the "big Starbucks in the sky."<BR/><BR/>Joan: Are you sure your bug with all those legs bought it after being assaulted with only one measely can of Raid?<BR/><BR/><I>Keira wrote, "Imagine how badly it would hurt when they bite you." <BR/><BR/>Joan wrote back, "Keira you wouldn't feel pain...not from the BLOODY STUMP!"</I><BR/><BR/>Joan: From a spider bite, I could get slow poisoning and/or a ton of pain. With a bear tearing off a limb, I'd be in shock or lose consciousness. No pain there!!Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-3086644617108349302008-03-16T23:14:00.001-04:002008-03-16T23:14:00.001-04:00BTW, the above list (except for penguin and tortoi...BTW, the above list (except for penguin and tortoise) is real.Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-27407035639628448662008-03-16T23:14:00.000-04:002008-03-16T23:14:00.000-04:00Caren Crane said... [everyone together] "Welcome, ...<I> Caren Crane said... <BR/>[everyone together] "Welcome, Dianna!" <BR/>You are among friends here at the Obsessive Book Disorder Club. As someone whose obsession extends, as you confessed, beyond the bounds of obsession proper, we offer you complimentary charter membership!</I><BR/>Dianna ooking up from book saying "What did I do? Where? When?hrdwrkdmom aka Diannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520769151419586319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-70003884382081048862008-03-16T23:13:00.001-04:002008-03-16T23:13:00.001-04:00Caren: You'd need to put a GPS unit on me with a c...Caren: You'd need to put a GPS unit on me with a camera, so you can see me holding hands with a mountain gorilla, hugging a brown bear, watching the Northern Lights in Alaska and Finland, and traveling to: Tibet, Bhutan, Laddakh, Galapagos Islands, and Antartica. Might as add petting penguin and a giant tortoise to my list of Keira-Animal Interactions (KAI).Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-85915648920684008522008-03-16T23:13:00.000-04:002008-03-16T23:13:00.000-04:00Okay, note to self. Do NOT appear in Joan's vicini...Okay, note to self. Do NOT appear in Joan's vicinity dressed as a bug! It could prove hazardous to your health. She is the Scarface of bug killers. "Let me introduce you to my little can!"<BR/><BR/>Cassondra, what a great story. That is one of those once in a lifetime moments, isn't it?dogladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392561174583932552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-8873827983688279582008-03-16T23:08:00.000-04:002008-03-16T23:08:00.000-04:00I am so with the spider haters here, if it has mor...I am so with the spider haters here, if it has more than 4 legs keep it away from me! Everyone has their limits, mine happens to be 4 legs. You are not going to believe this but it was reading that put the fear of insects in me. Lenigen Versus The Ants, never even thought about bugs until then, add to that the experiences in junior high and seeing what they looked like under a microscope, nope, that done it for me. I would pick up a black snake and carry it home but a little pee ant gets on me and it is hysterics time. I got a lot of whoopin's over that.hrdwrkdmom aka Diannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520769151419586319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-3837706690321702512008-03-16T23:00:00.000-04:002008-03-16T23:00:00.000-04:00Imagine how badly it would hurt when they bite you...<I> Imagine how badly it would hurt when they bite you. </I><BR/><BR/>Keira you wouldn't feel pain...not from the BLOODY STUMP!<BR/><BR/>God, I hate insects. Tonight I got out of my car and there was a bug...with LOTS of legs all around it's long little body sitting on my garage wall!<BR/><BR/>I sprayed 1/2 can of RAID on it and the other 1/2 just to make sure!Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-67584799554580991982008-03-16T22:57:00.000-04:002008-03-16T22:57:00.000-04:00OH, and in my earlier years I was an Oakridge Boys...OH, and in my earlier years I was an Oakridge Boys groupie!<BR/><BR/>:-)Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-62127287709947347832008-03-16T22:56:00.000-04:002008-03-16T22:56:00.000-04:00Actually, I became obsessed with the Broadway musi...Actually, I became obsessed with the Broadway musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". I've seen it over a dozen times and one time when it came to Louisville I went THREE times in one week to see it.<BR/><BR/>*sigh* I love it.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-73971751144680226452008-03-16T22:55:00.000-04:002008-03-16T22:55:00.000-04:00Obsession? You mean like singing....."Spider Pig, ...Obsession? You mean like singing....."Spider Pig, spider pig, does whatever a spider pig does?"<BR/><BR/>:-) at SuzJoanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-39706966760943165592008-03-16T22:36:00.000-04:002008-03-16T22:36:00.000-04:00Doglady said:Get some strange looks here in Alabam...Doglady said:<BR/><BR/><I>Get some strange looks here in Alabama, but I am considered a little odd anyway. (She listens to that opry stuff and I ain't talking about Loretta Lynn!)</I><BR/><BR/>OMG! LoL! Doglady, I have a story about Loretta. I was running an event--The Legendary Songwriters' Acoustic Concert--in which we featured songwriters who had careers of hit songs spanning 20 years or more. One year Loretta (yes, THE Loretta) agreed to be our feature/finale act. Before her was an act that had written a number of Broadway hits including "New York, It's a Helluva Town". They were fun and hilarious. I was standing backstage at the Ryman Auditorium (a magic place) when the "New York" duo was on stage, and Loretta (who would take the stage next) was standing beside me. She asked for a bottle of water, which I fetched for her, and she said, "Who is that?" And I told her. And she said "And what did they write?" And I told her they wrote Broadway hits, and she said..."Oh. That's not my area," and turned to speak with her manager. It was one of those moments you never forget.<BR/><BR/>Caren, wonderful post. I've obsessed about men (well, BOYS) but not much since I was in my 20s and got married. I obsess about certain songs or artists and have to have ALL of their work. Now, not so much. <BR/><BR/>NOW I obsess about finding something I'm looking for that's exactly right. For instance, I want a nice, leather laptop case, and I've looked all over. All over the state, all over the internet...and I can't find the one that's exactly like the one I would design. I would pay a lot of money. But it's not out there--at least not in my price range. And I just won't buy it unless it's "the one." I will carry my laptop in a brown bag if I have to until I find "the one."<BR/><BR/>I'm that way about "stuff." If I have to pay money for it, I want it to be something I'll love. If it's not exactly the way I want it, I just won't buy it.<BR/><BR/>I'm currently obsessing over a coffee maker since mine, last week, went to the big Starbucks in the Sky.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-16757527323407762432008-03-16T22:27:00.000-04:002008-03-16T22:27:00.000-04:00Y'all, thanks for playing with me and sharing your...Y'all, thanks for playing with me and sharing your VIOs (Very Important Obsessions) with me. I'm afraid our infant Obsessive Book Disorder Club has already disbanded due to a serious lack of attention. Darn books! <BR/><BR/>I'm toddling off to bed now, so I can go work under the baleful eye of Big Brother tomorrow. *sigh* I only get to read at lunchtime there! Life is too cruel.<BR/><BR/>But that explains WHY I get sidetracked with stories like Dominic's. See what a lack of access to blogs does to a person? It's outrageous!Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-22339122115814719822008-03-16T22:16:00.000-04:002008-03-16T22:16:00.000-04:00Kirsten, my sister in pursuit of the perfect garme...Kirsten, my sister in pursuit of the perfect garment! Good luck with your red chinos. You know, I bet they would look FABULOUS with a black leather jacket that comes just past the hips, natural silhouette shape, deep vee collar, 2 or 3 buttons, straight cuffs, no belt. Yep, I can see it now.<BR/><BR/>Ooh, especially if paired with the ideal black leather boots I also haven't found! <BR/><BR/>Um, Kirsten you need to hang out with Doglady and bond over your love of tarantulas. I'm not sure the rest of us could really appreciate the "cute" part. I'm glad your kids were digging the giant spiders, though. It's amazing how many species of spiders are bird eaters. I was dumbfounded!Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-70593323577740161022008-03-16T22:11:00.000-04:002008-03-16T22:11:00.000-04:00Jeanne, I didn't know you were the competition for...Jeanne, I didn't know you were the competition for my HGTV Dream Home! *g* I never get any love from them. And that house they did in Texas last year was MADE for me! It had a cute little exercise room and a nifty office and everything. *sigh* <BR/><BR/>Oh, well. Guess we'll have to content ourselves in the stacks. Especially since you're bent on reading rather than color-coding things. *g*Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-34615825892214149062008-03-16T22:10:00.000-04:002008-03-16T22:10:00.000-04:00Caren, your blog today sponsored a lot of google s...Caren, your blog today sponsored a lot of google searches with the kids for pictures of bird eating spiders! My dad had a tarantula when I was growing up. He didn't want to have it de-venom-ized (thought that was cruel) so he gave it to a zoo when it got big enough to really bite. I have to admit, it was a cute bugger! <BR/><BR/>I share the obsession with finding a particular garment. I get something in my head (red chinos, right now) and will spend far too much time searching for this particular item. <BR/><BR/>Until the season changes and I lose interest, of course. I'm obsessive, but also have a short attention span. So that helps. ;-) <BR/><BR/>My biggest obsession, though...WRITING. Drove myself into a complete frenzy for about three years, absolutely determined to write something GOOD and SELL. Once I sold, the pressure came off a little, but I'm still pretty driven. I never understood people who talked about procrastinating instead of writing. What? Putting off writing? Still makes no sense to me. Writing is like lifeblood. There's no way I can NOT do it. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com