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Post by Seymour Glass on Aug 21, 2014 21:49:18 GMT -5
Did Michelle get Vegemite from Australia? I know they don't sell it in the US for some reason.
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Post by Michelle Denouement on Aug 21, 2014 22:03:43 GMT -5
She brought a jar back when she returned to the States in January. And you can find Vegemite in the States, you just have to search for it. A lot of grocery stores have it in the imports section. And it's sold at World Market, though it's $9 for a 220 gram jar.
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Post by Seymour Glass on Aug 23, 2014 22:08:41 GMT -5
I didn't know that.
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Post by Michelle Denouement on Aug 25, 2014 15:02:54 GMT -5
Michelle: I graduated in a class of 52 people. I went to a boarding school school and everybody knew everybody. I went to my 10 year reunion in June, and everybody was there. And I have everyone added on my personal Facebook. Also, everybody matriculated into 4 year schools. ******* Samantha: I am openly pansexual, and the question I get a lot is "Are you sexually attracted to pans?" The answer is no, I am not sexually attracted to pans. Pansexuality is the ability to fall in love with anybody regardless of gender or expression. I fall in love with a person based on other things, like their personality. I fell in love with my now-husband Micah because our personalities clicked. And just because I'm married to a cis man doesn't make me straight. Neither my current nor my past relationships define my sexuality. ******* Maureen: Even though I have just started my 3rd year teaching high school choir, I have confiscated some weird salsa. Some of the things I've confiscated are a pair of Groucho Marx glasses that had a headphones on it instead of a nose, a bullet vibrator on a keychain, a pot leaf necklace, a note that says, "Maureen is a MILF", an issue of "Playboy", a mini Christmas made from tampons, a condom balloon, and a bottle of cannabis flower perfume. The other choir teacher, who has been teaching since 2000, has confiscated even weirder salsa. Some of the salsa he has confiscated are a nip of Grey Goose, a bubble pipe, a note that just said "pubes", these trading cards with nude women on them, a vibrating headphones ring, a mannequin leg, a hat that says #YOLO, and a cinderblock. ******* Michelle: First day of grad school went great. I taught a class that runs from 9:00-10:15, and then had class from 12:00pm-3:00pm. In the break between teaching class and going to class, I ate lunch with a few of my colleagues. I got home at around 4pm and I have a short paper and a short section of reading to do by Thursday. I do take the subway to Columbia University, because even though we have a car, it's for trips outside of the city. ******* Michelle: I identify as a woman. It's just that sometimes, I like expressing myself more masculine of center. Other times, I express myself in a feminine way. And lot of the time, I'm expressing myself androgynously. Hugo looks beyond my expression and loves me for who I am, which is one of the biggest reasons why I married that guy.
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Post by Michelle Denouement on Sept 20, 2014 2:24:36 GMT -5
Michelle: I'm friendly towards most of my colleagues at grad school, except for Becca. Nobody likes her but her friend Amber. Becca reminds me of my old co-worker Sandra, an annoying busybody. And Amber is just as annoying. Mina, Garrett, Alex, Fatima, and Benjamin are cool and are my main damies. ******* *Michelle, Mina, Garrett, Alex, Fatima, and Benjamin are eating lunch when Becca comes by the table* Mina: That's Becca Davis. The annoying busybody of the Music department. Garrett: She loves to gossip. Last year, she was spreading rumors on how I was flirting with Mina, which turned out to be true. Mina: We did not want out relationship to be outed just yet, since I was still in a long distance relationship with my now-ex boyfriend. Fatima: She also accused me of eating her hand sanitizer, when I don't even drink alcohol. I hate sharing an office with her. Michelle: Jeeze, she reminds of an old coworker I had back when I was working as a computer programmer in San Francisco. Benjamin: I also share an office with her, and she also has the worst taste in decoration. Fatima: She has all sorts of pink monogram crap. Michelle: She seems like one of those people who's parents are paying for her to go to grad school. And drinks Starbucks every day. Alex: Well, her parents are loaded. She grew up in an affluent North Shore suburb of Chicago, went to Catholic school for grades K-12, went to the University of Illinois with her parents footing the bill, and now she goes to Columbia and her parents are also footing the bill. They not only also paid her rent in undergrad, but they also pay for it here in grad school. As for the Starbucks, she drinks it everyday and kvetches on how they always get her name wrong. Michelle: Ugh. Mina: I know. During that department shindig, she was drinking mojitos. As a former bartender, from my experience they're the most annoying drink to make. Fatima: All she is is an annoying rich white busybody. My advice is to have a strictly professional relationship with her. Mina: Becca's only friend is Amber Sullivan and Amber's just like Becca. Except that Amber is from Connecticut and went to Temple University on her parents' dime. ******* Michelle: I have O+ blood, the most common blood type. O+ blood also can be given to anyone who has the Rh Factor, which most people do. I get a ton of phone calls every from the Red Cross. So many that in fact, I have their number on my phone under "Vampires".
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Post by Michelle Denouement on Oct 8, 2014 11:54:42 GMT -5
Michelle: I just got a pet cat. Her name is Mamrie and she is a shorthair cat with ginger fur and blue eyes. I named her after Mamrie Hart from YouTube, and it's kinda ironic because human Mamrie is allergic to cats. ******* Michelle: My favorite cocktail is a negroni. It is a cocktail made of gin; red, semi-sweet vermouth; and Campari, and it's garnished with a twist of orange peel. It's strong like a Long Island Iced Tea, but it's flavor is balanced. Not too sweet and not too bitter. ******* Michelle: I got my first laptop for christmas when I was 14. I got the iBook G3/466 Special Edition in Key Lime. It lasted me for almost 6 years, until I got the Late 2006 MacBook in Black. And then in 2012, I replaced it with a mid-2012 13 inch MacBook Pro with a 2.9 Ghz i7 processor. I'm such an Apple fangirl. ******* Michelle: Hugo and I went to see Bastille on October 10th at Radio City Music Hall. And then we'll be seeing the No Filter Show at The Bell House on October 25th. And I don't think we'll be going out again for a while. Remember that I'm a grad student and I have a kid and a cat.
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Post by Invisible on Oct 13, 2014 18:54:58 GMT -5
*In my ASORE universe, in which Kit and Dewey are married and not dead (lol) and Beatrice II is named Avril. Kit is also the mother of a teenage boy named Josh, but she suffered severe depression while he was a baby, meaning she missed a lot of Josh's baby years*
*Kit is opening the boot of her car. She is holding baby Avril in one hand, and struggles to dissemble the pushchair.*
Kit: Come on!
*Monty approaches her*
Monty: Got your hands full?
Kit: No, I'm fine. Just a little trouble with the stroller. Who made these contraptions so complicated?
*Kit succeeds in dissembling the stroller*
Kit: Oh! See?
*Monty laughs*
Monty: I can't imagine how complicated things must be; with all your responsibilities as a mother and in The City and this whole ice problem. It's a lot to take on, even for Kit Snicket!
Kit: Oh, I can handle it. You know, kids...they grow up so fast and I don't want to miss a second.
Monty: Yeah, because you missed it with Josh.
Kit: I don't remember scheduling a session.
Monty: I'm sorry, I just can't help myself, but you know it's really OK. It's actually healthy to not be joined at the hip. I can tell you, if you let it go, even just a little, the baby will be just fine. And you'll be even better. I promise.
*Monty walks away*
Based on this adorable little scene here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6WvKl7SouU
That is totally how I imagine Monty in his 20s, 30s and 40s. SQUEE.
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Post by Michelle Denouement on Oct 13, 2014 21:09:28 GMT -5
Willow: I fell into my teaching job. I couldn't find a full time teaching job straight out finishing grad school, so I substitute taught and taught private piano lessons. But then in January 2043, I got a call from the school saying they need a long term sub because the band director was dealing with aggressive brain cancer. So I stepped in. At the end of the school year, the former director unfortunately died, so I took over the position full time. ******* Michelle: I lost about 5 pounds during the first trimester of my pregnancy with Jordan. On some days, I was so ickleing sick, I was in bed all day. ******* Michelle: I'm going to San Francisco for Thanksgiving. We're taking an evening flight to San Francisco Wednesday night out of Newark and returning home on Sunday afternoon. Our return flight leaves at 6 in the morning San Francisco time and we arrive in Newark. We usually fly out of Newark. And we're staying at my parents' house. ******* Lissy: My husband, my kids, and I are going to South Africa for two months. We're leaving New York on February 4th, 2015 and be back in New York on April 5th. The reason why we're going to South Africa is that Roman's parents live in Durban and we have not seen them since Ingrid and Michael were born. Thankfully on both flights, we only have 1 layover, which is in Johannesburg and on both flights the layover in Johannesburg isn't long. We're renting a house in Durban, since it's a lot cheaper.
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Post by Michelle Denouement on Oct 27, 2014 13:27:09 GMT -5
Michelle: I had a Marie Antoinette costume, but I must have accidentally gotten rid of it while cleaning out my closet this spring, because I couldn't find it. So, I'm going as my back up: as Elsa Mars from American Horror Story. I'll be wearing a powder blue suit, matching eyeshadow, and red lipstick, like on that episode where Elsa sings "Life on Mars" by David Bowie. I love American Horror Story. A lot of people say that I look like a young Jessica Lange. ******* Michelle: I definitely didn't wait to have sex until I was married. I could never marry someone without having sex with them before marriage. But whatever, you do you. ******* Michelle: I can be very passive aggressive. Like recently, one person in my department likes to steal my Dr. Peppers from the department fridge. So I put a note on the fridge that said, "To the person who is stealing my Dr. Peppers: I know who's stealing my Dr. Pepper, but I'm not going to name names here. This stealing salsa is ridiculous. We're full grown adults, not children. So please act your age, not your shoe size and stop stealing salsa that is not yours." I also left a note on the microwave that says, "The vegan in the department will appreciate not having a rank microwave, so keep stinky foods like eggs and fish out." Somebody posted a note below that note that said, "I know who you are, department vegan. Every time you reheat one of your curries, the microwave smells just like it. Stinky foods? Speak for yourself, department vegan." I replied, "At least I don't feel guilty about animals' lives when I eat. And don't give me bullsalsa about killing plants, because plants don't have a conscience or a central nervous system." ******* *Michelle is in the office at Columbia University, answering emails. Amber, her colleague, storms in* Amber: So today on my way over here, I stopped at Starbucks, to get a Pumpkin Spice Latte. No big deal, huh? Well, when the barista asked me for my name, he spelled it wrong on my cup. He spelled it A-M-M-B-Y-R-E, when it's spelled A-M-B-E-R. Michelle: The baristas do that all the time just to ickle with you. Amber: Really? Michelle: One barista spelled my name M-Y-S-H-E-L. Amber: Oh... *Leaves the office* Michelle: *under her breath* What a ditz. I can't believe that she got into to grad school, much less Columbia. Now that I see it, she's the ditzy version of Becca. Both are annoying basic white girls, but at least Becca isn't a ditz.
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Post by gliquey on Oct 31, 2014 5:28:20 GMT -5
[bold lines removed from page 77 of The Austere Academy, where the Baudelaires are listing Olaf's henchpeople for the Quagmires]
"Aeginu!" Sunny said, which meant something like "And the assistant that looks like neither a man nor a woman." "Oh, and what about that wart-faced henchperson of Olaf's?" Violet asked. "No—he was retconned out of the troupe, remember?" Klaus replied.
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Post by Michelle Denouement on Nov 5, 2014 10:35:08 GMT -5
Willow: I had Reverie at a really young age. I was 17 and a senior in high school when I got pregnant with her, and I had her a couple weeks after my 18th birthday and graduating high school. Getting pregnant during senior year didn't ruin it for me. Yes, I didn't get to go away for college but I really didn't want to live in the dorms. I kept my grades up, so I didn't have my full ride scholarship to the University of Maryland at College Park revoked, and I managed to graduate from high school as salutatorian. Neither Vince nor my parents nor Vince's parents pushed me one way or another on how I should choose to deal with my pregnancy. I do not regret being a parent. Yes, it's a challenge, but I bust my ass off. ******* Michelle: My commute to Columbia University from Williamsburg, Brooklyn takes almost 50 minutes. I take a bus and a train to get there. I never take my car there, because 1. Hugo and I share the car and in case of an emergency, he might need it, and 2. Parking is a hassle to find near the university and getting a parking permit at one of the nearby parking garages cost a couple hundred bucks a month. ******* Michelle: We live in the middle unit of a triplex, so we have party walls with both of our neighbors. Our neighbors to the right aren't too noisy. They're a family with two young children, one of them being around Jordan's age. The neighbors to the left, though. They are a group of 4 NYU undergrads. It's three guys and one guy's girlfriend. I hear people having sex, I hear people partying on Friday nights, and I hear drunk people on Thursday nights. So, I named my router "Pipe Down, NYU Kids". ******* Samantha: So I decided to do something different with my hair. I got my old hair extensions removed, bleached my hair blonde, and got new extensions put in that match my new hair color. I waited until my old extensions were falling out before going for it. Last week, while I was curling my hair while getting ready for work, one of my extensions fell out. I've had blonde highlights and I've had my hair dark auburn, but I've never had my whole head of hair bleached until now.
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Post by Michelle Denouement on Nov 12, 2014 6:59:29 GMT -5
Michelle: There are two people in my department who I cannot stand. Becca Davis and Amber Sullivan. Both of them embody the trope of basic white girl. And both of them come from wealthy families. However, Amber is a total airhead and Becca is just mean. ******* Willow: I've always lived in places with high costs of living. I was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which became expensive because of gentrification way before I was born. I grew up and did my undergrad in Maryland, one of the most expensive states to live in. And I now live in Alexandria, Virginia. My parents pay through the nose in taxes, but with that, they were able to send us to great public schools. ******* Michelle: I've dealt with my fair share of catty people in ballet. When I was a freshman in high school, I got casted as Clara in "The Nutcracker" and one girl was so jealous of me, she cut my elastics and ribbons from my pointe shoes. Joke was on her, since those shoes had one wear in them left before they were dead and I had my new ones in my room with the ribbons and elastics sewn on. ******* Willow: There was this one teacher in high school who hated my guts, and I hated her back. And when I got pregnant, that one teacher said that I should be stripped of my salutatorian title and sent to the alternative school in Montgomery County. Then again, she said that all of the pregnant students and ten parents should be sent to the alternative school, for being bad influences. I'm far from being a bad influence. Even though I got pregnant during my senior year, I managed to keep my grades high enough in order to be salutatorian. And I had a full tuition and fees scholarship from the University of Maryland. And most of the people I know who got pregnant as teenagers did not plan on it. I certainly didn't.
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Post by Michelle Denouement on Jan 5, 2015 21:46:02 GMT -5
*March 23rd, 2015. Michelle is answering emails. Becca and Amber barge in.* Becca: Oh my god, Amber. Did you see the ring on Mina O'Shaughnessy's finger? Amber: Garrett Phillips must really love her a lot. Becca: They've only been open about their relationship for 10 months, and dating for 14 months. Amber: Why did he propose to her so soon? Becca: Think, Amber. Amber: Could Mina have a bun in the oven? Becca: Bingo. But we shouldn't ask her. Michelle: If you want to gossip like high school girls, go some place else. I'm trying to get salsa done. Becca: Why so passive-aggressive, Michelle? Michelle: Maybe it's because you're an busy body. And Amber is a ickleing airhead. And let's face it, nobody in the department likes you, Becca Davis. So if you and Amber want to gossip like ickleing high school students, ickle off from the office. *Michelle, Mina, Garrett, Alex, Fatima, and Benjamin are eating lunch together* Michelle: So busy body and ditz barged into my office this morning. Well, I share an office with ditz, so technically just busy body barged in. And they were saying salsa about Mina and Garrett being engaged. Garrett: What kind of salsa were they saying? Michelle: Well, Becca said that the reason why you and Mina got engaged is because Mina is... Mina: No, I'm not pregnant. Garrett: We just see each other be together for the rest of our lives. That's why I proposed to her over spring break. Mina: Just to clear up that rumor. Michelle: In other news, Ludovic still keeps stealing my Dr. Peppers. ******* *June 6th, 2015. Mina's Facebook status* Mina O'Shaughnessy: With Garrett Phillips- First major event of 2015: Graduate from grad school- done! Second major event: Move to Middlesex, NJ for my teaching job- done! Third major event: have baby- Due December 10th, 2015. Michelle Denouement: Oh my god, I knew it! Congrats Mina and Garrett! You two will be great parents! Mina: Thanks Michelle! It wasn't planned, but Garrett and I both want kids, and we're getting married, and we both have teaching jobs. Michelle: Where's Garrett's teaching job? And also, if you need any advice, feel free to ask me. Mina: Perth Amboy. And thanks, I'll ask you when something comes up. ******* Michelle: I followed the "Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue" thing for my wedding. The diamond in my engagement ring was something old (the diamond was from Hugo's great grandmother's ring, but the setting was recreated because the ring couldn't be resized), something new was my dress, something borrowed was my heirloom Brussels lace shawl, and something blue were my sapphire earrings. ******* Michelle: Because of the Winter Storm Juno salsa, Columbia University cancelled classes today and tomorrow. So we're stuck at home. So what do I do? Clean the house and stay on top of my work and spend time with my son. I also had to tweak my lesson plans. My parents also Skyped me, saying that they were worried about us. I reassured them that we've prepared for the storm. Got food for us and the cat, got extra supplies, a battery powered weather radio, we have a wind up flashlight that you can hook up USB phone chargers to it to charge your devices.
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Post by Michelle Denouement on Mar 5, 2015 19:57:17 GMT -5
Michelle: I can't wait for spring break to start. I'm going back to California with my husband and son. I have a week off from busybody colleagues and a certain colleague who likes to steal my Dr. Peppers and throw away my kimchi and to use the communal microwave to heat up fish.
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Post by Teleram on Mar 6, 2015 18:48:17 GMT -5
I don't even know, man.
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