bored bored bored bored

[jeaniesing]

Every morning this week I have to proctor standardized tests..... I forgot my book this morning because my garage door broke (cannot be opened) and my car is inside..... in my haste to get a ride I left my reading material behind.... now I'm bored bored bored bored....... anyone feeling entertaining?

[The Skull]

Pull the Cain that locks into the thingy that pulls the door up then slide the door up by hand.

[jeaniesing]

Hey - thanks for the advice..... but I don't have an opener... its the spring and pully system that went kablooey......... gears on the floor, general pandemonium! Worry not, "new garage door with opener" was already on the list for this summer ;)

[Elven]

Your online and you can't entertain yourself?? I don't know why but I find that funny.

[ZelRiptha]

*wonders what sort of entertainment might assuage your mood*

*smiles provocatively*

*wonders about the origins of the word "proctor"*

Poor Jeanie's been roped into being a proctor,
watching some kids fill in blanks.
Now I'm just supposing she might need a doctor,
to fill up those sensual tanks.

It's too bad we cannot just safely assume,
the brats wouldn't contemplate cheating.
Then blithely we could but retreat to a room,
and simmer our passion to heating. ;)

[jeaniesing]

Ahhhhh Zel..... y'always know JUST what I need :)

:stay tuned for another episode of bored bored bored bored tomorrow morning 8-10AM Eastern (GMT-5):

[jeaniesing]

Originally posted by ZelRiptha
*wonders about the origins of the word "proctor"* Etymology: Middle English procutour procurator, proctor, alteration of procuratour...... (go ahead everyone else... BE BORED ;))

[ZelRiptha]

Yeah! :-p

Coolness. ;)

Middle English always reminds me of Whan that Aprille...
Did you do the Chaucer thing?

[jeaniesing]

Heh... somehow I blazed through high school and college English without retaining damned thing ;) (Literaturally speaking).... I'm sure I did.... but would love to take the opportunity to be enlightened by you once again :)

[ZelRiptha]

Well, I could paste you a link (in fact I will in a bit), but it goes something like this:

Whan that Aprille withe his shoures soöte
the droghte of Marche hath perced to the roöte,

And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
of which vertu engendred is the flour;

Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth,

The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
hath in the Ram his halfe-cours y-ronne,

And smale fowles maken melodyë,
That slepen all the nicht with open yë

(So priketh hem nature in hir corages):
Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages

(And palmers for to seken straunge strondes)
To ferne halwes, couthe in sondry londes;

And specially, from every shires ende
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,

The holy blisful martir for to seke,
That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke.


It's very nice to hear read, as the ME pronounciation is quite melodic... :)

*searches for a 'net resource*

[ZelRiptha]

Here we go:

The prologue... (http://academics.vmi.edu/english/audio/GP-opening.html)
RealAudio of prologue, read by Alan Baragona (http://academics.vmi.edu/english/audio/GP-Opening.ram)

Makes me a little sleepy. If everyone spoke like that, I'd have trouble staying awake. :)

[ZelRiptha]

Originally posted by Nath
well it seems this thread is reasonably active, so i thought i'd say bye! so...........
bye everyone i spoke to....

Nath

Nath,

We've already put everyone else to sleep here, if you wanted awake people besides Jeanie and I, you should poke into another thread. :)

And where are ya off to? Don't make yerself scarce, man!

[jeaniesing]

Originally posted by Nath
well it seems this thread is reasonably active, so i thought i'd say bye! so...........
bye everyone i spoke to....

Nath "Bye"??? whaddya mean "Bye"?? SOme reasoning, pretty please?

[jeaniesing]

Originally posted by ZelRiptha
Makes me a little sleepy. If everyone spoke like that, I'd have trouble staying awake. :) oh my..... I'll have to agree..... I imagine your reading of it to be much more melodious..... and enticing........

[ZelRiptha]

I'm not sure how west-coast neutral with a Texas flavor might lend itself to Middle English recital, but I'll be glad to give it a go... ;)

[jeaniesing]

Awaiting and anticipating ;) It'll be especially nice with the tea and fire ;)

[ZelRiptha]

Indeed, Sugums. :)

Is this as good a place as any to try out my new sequence? Planet Claire by the B-52s, you game Honeypot?

[jeaniesing]

oh YES! (though I shan't be playing it whilst the students test tomorrow!)

[ZelRiptha]

Sorry, boss called for a minute.

Here ya go. It sounds a lot better through a real synth, but the Microsoft Wavetable Synth is okay, if barely decent. :)

It kinda fun if you've got the VanBasco player, as you can sing along with Fred. :) (Especially if you can manage that flat southern drawl with a hint of homo that he uses) ;)

[jeaniesing]

heh - my boss arrived home early from work to deal with my garage door debacle :rolleyes:... so I'll be running away soon :)

[ZelRiptha]

I'll miss ya!

*blows kiss*

:kiss:

[jeaniesing]

Leaving for what??? WHere??? or more provocatively WHO?

[jeaniesing]

Okay okay :kiss:.... but only if you spill the why's and wherefores!

[ZelRiptha]

Hey Nath!! Cut that out! Could you e-mail or PM me if ya don't want to post what's up?? :)

[jeaniesing]

but why must you leave......... <sigh>......... :walks away dejectedly:

[ZelRiptha]

And good on ya if yer headed back to college - at least take my good wishes with ya on the way out! :D

[jeaniesing]

Me too - me too..... Pm or email me...... and hey - if you ever need some old wordy farts to help you write papers ;) ;) ;)

[jeaniesing]

:AHEM:..... forgot my book again...... stuck in silence for another 1.5 hours..... I'm not good at silence.... not good at all... HELP!

[ZelRiptha]

Ai! I may be too late...

*struggles to resuscitate Jeanie* ;)

[Elven]

I wonder how you can tell if she's low on O2.
Does she tun a deeper shade of blue?

[jeaniesing]

hehehe.... King came to my rescue this morning - he sent along a 10 page paper in need of editing:)

One more day of these evil tests and I'm FREE! :)

[ZelRiptha]

Here's a quick MP3 I made of the sequence - how it sounds on my synth:

Planet Claire - sequenced by ZelRiptha (MP3 - 4.4MB) (http://www.geocities.com/zelriptha/B-52s_PlanetClaire_MarkOehl.mp3)

Care for a dance?

;)

[Si]

Originally posted by ZelRiptha
Ai! I may be too late...

*struggles to resuscitate Jeanie* ;)

Remember, AIRWAY, BREATHING, CIRCULATION.... ;)

[Si]

Hey Jeanie,

Sorry I wasn't able to help in the relief of your boredom. Occasionally work gets in the way of my online status in that sometimes I have to go there! ;)

[jeaniesing]

It's 8:20AM..... I have bout another hour of trying to sit still and be quiet..... I just wasn't meant to sit still or be quiet!

To answer Elven's "how can you be online and be bored?" When I'm online at home I'm most often watching television and cooking dinner WHILE browsing MB.... JUST being online doesn't do it for me.... (and the notable lack of aural stimulation is the biggest issue)

[Si]

Originally posted by jeaniesing
(and the notable lack of aural stimulation is the biggest issue)

Hmm...... shall I? Hmm.... maybe not. Zips mouth ;)

[jeaniesing]

:damn:....... (I didn't even catch the opening on that one!)

the good news is that testing is over :D..... Now my work thingy will get in the way of my online status for a few more weeks...... yep.... we're counting down!

[project92si]

sorry wish i could help

[M.O.T.E.]

Originally posted by Nath
Bye as in...............im leaving........ smeers peanutbutter on the theard.......Here boy , here nath.....