*~ Getting to know each other #4 ~*

KittyCaller · Post by **KittyCaller** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:30 am

Hmm...I'd have to figure out how to rig some sort of robot to give a visual inspection, also. Boy, we work this just right, it'll be like not having any pets at all!

Margaret · Post by **Margaret** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:30 am

Kitty - how funny! I also didn't "own" any of their stuff until my 30's! I love "No Sleep 'til Brooklyn." to keep me going when I'm on a long drive or up late. My kids told someone at church that they got me the Beastie Boys for mother's day, and she couldn't even parse the sentence; she just nodded and said "OooKay", and I was like "Time to go, kids!" LOLPharfly - Even if the neighbors think we should be all "Better Homes and Gardens", social services recognizes how life really is. My daughter got lead poisoning and some inspectors came in to find the lead; I was a wreck, worrying about every little thing, but they were very cool.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:52 am

1) What time you wake up in the morning5:30 when I have to work, 10 when I don't.2) What type of movies you like mostNon-Hollywood3) Favorite cartoon as a kidScooby4) Super power you wish you could haveFlight5) Favorite kind of non-American foodVeggie Pizza6) Pet you wish you could haveHorse7) musical instrument you play (or wish you could play)Guitar, bass, and a little drums. I used to play trumpet too.

What age you wish you could be259) Cats or dogsDogs10) something not many people know about youI listen to the Go-Gos

skittles · Post by **skittles** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:05 pm

the go-gos! lol! gotta love retro! im a donna summers fan myself, and when my friends first came over unexpected and caught me listening to her the first time *as high as i was alowed at the time which was still pretty loud* they were like.."you listen to disco ?!" and i was like yeah *busts out disco moves*

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:45 pm

heck yeah! I grew up in the Disco era!

Baneykinz · Post by **Baneykinz** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:34 am

My dad listens to this stuff, that I'm not quite sure what decade it's from, but I think the Flintstones may have written it. But Brian and I occasionally listen rock from the 60's, I'm an alternative rocker myself. lolOh, I want to add to my superpowers, and my wanted petSuperpower, I wish I could shape change, AND talk to animalsPet, I also want to get a burmese python, and a mangrove monitor!!Kitty-Don't okapi's almost look like a Zebra and a giraffe mized together?! They're about the same height as me (5 ft) and they're soooo pretty!!

kitty_LHC · Post by **kitty_LHC** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:05 am

YES! Of course it depends which end you are looking at. If they are walking away from you they look like zebras.Jed, how often do you have sleep paralysis? I have had that and it scares the blank out of me. I had it twice as a teenager and had no idea what it was. It wasn't until like a decade later I overheard pyscology students in the student lounge at my university talking about it that I figured out that it was just freak thing that occurred to me. Then it happened a few more times. Yikes! Last year I had a student who suffered from it and believed it was the spirit of an old woman sitting on her chest. Apparently that's on old wives tale or something. Anyway, since reading your post made me think about it and guess what? It happened to me last night. Freaky. Like my own brain wants to torture me. I didn't freak out though. I just thought, "Oh it's that stupid thing again. I'm going back to sleep until it's over." ANd I did. If only I knew that would work for me I wouldn't be so afraid to sleep.

KittyCaller · Post by **KittyCaller** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:33 am

My sister gets it from time to time, and so does my stepdad. I think they've gotten used to it. I've never woken up with that, but then the control that's supposed to keep me from moving around isn't super strong. I sleep talk a lot (I actually woke up a week ago and found myself in a convo with my brother. Apparently, I asked him what time it was and he told me, and I told him "I'm up, I'm up." Then apparently he told me that I should probably get started on my sister's birthday cake. At this point, I woke up in the middle of hearing myself say "I don't think we have eggs. I need eggs to make the cake.") I've also sleep walked once or twice, but that was a long time ago. I toss and turn a lot and sleep in weird positions. I woke up at some point this morning, but I was still dreaming. I was convinced I had dropped something on my curtains (like beads or something) and was very frustrated when I couldn't find them on the curtains to pick them off.

kitty_LHC · Post by **kitty_LHC** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:54 am

I've had dreams like that. I spend the whole day feeling a loss bc I can't find what I dreamt about.

Jedediah · Post by **Jedediah** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:12 pm

I've had it very frequently when I lived in a student's dorm a few years ago, about once or twice a week. Since I moved out, it happens only about once a month or so, I don't know why it got less. It's weird - of course I know what happenens and I'm just irritated (aarr - not again!) and know exactly what to do to snap out of it. But at the same time I'm scared, because i always have the very strong feeling that there is someone in the room with me, watching me. A few times I even heard voices speaking in a language I couldn't understand. Carl Sagan once wrote that sleep paralysis could be responsible for a lot of cases of "alien abduction" and I'm pretty sure he's right. The feeling is very strong, it seems to come from a certain point in the room and you just know that whatever is in the room with you doesn't just want to give you a hug and a hot cocoa... To get out of it, it's enough to blink a few times or to jerk, like you sometimes do when you fall asleep (another weird sleep phenomenon).

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:59 am

Jed: do you remember the time when we first watched Ringo? We thought Sadako might come out of the TV!That time I couldn't sleep with a TV in my room...Weird...

Jedediah · Post by **Jedediah** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:07 am

Well, yeah, I had to sleep in my flatmate's room because we both were so scared. For two nights. Argh. But great movie nonetheless.

kitty_LHC · Post by **kitty_LHC** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:58 am

The first time it happened to me I feel asleep ona friend's couch while she was vacuuming. When I "woke" up, she was still vacuuming and there were other people in the room who weren't there before and they were all chatting. I couldn't understand what they were saying but I don't thnk I cared bc I was too busy panicking. When I finally woke up for real, there were people in the apartment who weren't there when I fell asleep.The scond time it happened I was napping next to my boyfriend. For a long time afterward I felt a lot of resentment towards him bc I was trapped and he couldn't help me. I knew it wasn't logical but I still felt he let me down in the bero department. Both times it happened during the day so I refused to take naps for a long, long time thinking that was the cause.BTW, don't feel bad for the boyfriend. He later stole my parrot and sold it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:29 am

1. The time I wake up varies from day to day. If I have to open at work then I get up at 3am. On my days off I've been known to sleep until noon or later.2. I love horror movies and indy films the most.3. I loved Tom and Jerry and The Roadrunner Show.4. I wish I had the power to go invisible.5. I love Borsch, I love Ethiopian food, Love Sushi, Heck..I love all food.6. I wish I could have a bengal kitten. Maybe one day when the circumstances are right it'll happen.7. I wish I could play the guitar and the piano. I love listening to my boyfriend jam on his guitars.8. I like the age I am right now (36) but I would love to have the knowledge I've been gifted with at this time in my life and maybe be 25 again.9. Cats, hands down. 10. When I was born I had to have surgery to remove a small tumor attached to my bottom. It was about the size of a large orange/small grapefruit and along with the tumor they removed my tailbone. The tumor is known as a Sacrococcygeal Teratoma (SCT) and contained amniotic fluid, hair and teeth. Ewwww, I know. I was in the hospital for 5 weeks and the scars are huge. I even have a 3 inch scar on the inside of my right ankle from where they sewed in the IV.I also have slight anxiety when it comes to time. I don't like being late for anything and having to wait for someone makes me extremely anxious. I tend to be quite obsessive compulsive at work as well and am constantly cleaning/organizing everything.

Christa · Post by **Christa** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:53 am

1) What time you wake up in the morningAround 8AM2) What type of movies you like mostHorror and sci-fi3) Favorite cartoon as a kidMarine Boy4) Super power you wish you could haveMindreading, tho my spouse thinks I do that already5) Favorite kind of non-American foodGerman6) Pet you wish you could haveI have both pets I wish I could have, cats and crabs. Maybe marine crabs?7) musical instrument you play (or wish you could play)Cello, I wish8) What age you wish you could beThe age I am now because, like many people, I made some incredibly stupid decisions until I was about 27. I think that's when people are really, truly "grown up." 9) Cats or dogsCats10) something not many people know about youI do not put my pants on one leg at a time