This thread can be used by anybody for the same purpose, but I just wanted to drop a line saying that I'll be gone for three weeks starting tomorrow. I will have internet for the second and third weeks, but can say nothing about whether I will have time to get on. Hope y'all have a wonderful summer, and I hope to see you on AIM or some such if I make it to a comp.

Best wishes, and toodles!

Nome

Christmas time is here again a.k.a. Yoda stuck at home with no internet time is here again! I'm only gone for 4 weeks but felt you should all be told. This is as opposed to the normal 4 weeks of me just not posting anything!

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, A Happy New Year and amidst all of that General Excitement!

See you next year!

Yoda, going home (yay! I miss my cats)

aaw poo, i missed yoda posts when he was leaving! oh well, farewell to yode for a time!

Jennie

I'm gonna be gone from tomorrow (Friday the 18th) afternoon until Tuesday the 23rd.

I expect you all to help hockeygod and Drie keep the Word Association thread alive while I'm gone!

Talk to you guys when I get back!!!

~DL

QUOTE (Della_Luna @ Dec 19 2003, 02:54 AM)

I expect you all to help hockeygod and Drie keep the Word Association thread alive while I'm gone!

What is she trying to imply? that we never post in that thread? shame on her

QUOTE (Willow @ Dec 19 2003, 01:36 PM)

QUOTE (Della_Luna @ Dec 19 2003, 02:54 AM) I expect you all to help hockeygod and Drie keep the Word Association thread alive while I'm gone! What is she trying to imply? that we never post in that thread? shame on her

I didn't mean to offend anyone

I was just saying that hockeygod and I post a lot.

Can you ever forgive me?

~DL

PS I'm back from my trip!

orite ill forgive you....

Good Trip?

You'll be forgiven just as soon as you finish serving your detention with Prof Snape. I believe he has some dragon's livers to be diced up.

Robert

I had a great trip despite the utter lack of sleep! I made tons of new friends but i missed my computer !!!

And Robert, that detention was so disgusting and painful but I'll consider it as a fair punishment...I guess.

Happy Holidays everyone!!!!

~DL

Edit to add that I missed my dog also...and my family !

Heh.

Will anybody object if I post a post-leave-of-absence announcement? *eyedart*

I've been missing for about two months, and I expect the newest people here might not know me... I'm Nome, (used to be) beta-person and bowling ball queen of the world (mwahah... 0wn3d!). Sorry I've been gone so long RL -- school, family, organizing my life, learning to drive, trying to graduate -- just kind of took over.

But I hope to make any ex-lurker/newbies aquaintances soon!

Nome

Hey! Glad you're back. It means I can do my next chapter now

*coughs about her own procrastination*

Good to see you!

Imogen

Welcome back Nome , though you have some serius posting to do to catch up with some of the newbies


bart

WeLcOmE BaCk NoMe!

Yay! I was wondering what happened to you. Missed ya!

*feels incredibly loved* I expected at least half of y'all to never notice I'd been gone!

And it's great to be back, especially with all the new smileys to play with.

QUOTE (bart @ Feb 2 2004, 08:59 AM)

you have some serius posting to do to catch up with some of the newbies

...for the record, may I say how incredibly scary it is that we have people with 2000+ posts?

Thats why hockeygod's parents banned him from the computer until he got a job!

Robert

BTW nome, check over at mugglenet, several of the HP stars (not the trio) are going to be in CA in March. maybe you can get there.

,

*hyperventilates* Now I wish I hadn't moved from OC. The signing's in Santa Ana.

Well, it's only a little under 2 hours drive.... And Drie might be able to make it, too! She lives in around Pasadena, IIRC, which is a bit closer, I think...

And it would give me an opportunity to wear my Chirstmas-gift-to-myself (a hand-made, by me, Gryffindor scarf. Although, made according to measurements someone supplied from studying the movie, my incredibly loose gauge means it ended up nine feet long. perfect size. My best friend got a slightly smaller Slytherin one for her birthday.) and not get so many weird looks!

Nome, plotting.

QUOTE (nome @ Feb 5 2004, 10:22 AM)

*hyperventilates* Now I wish I hadn't moved from OC. The signing's in Santa Ana. Well, it's only a little under 2 hours drive.... And Drie might be able to make it, too! She lives in around Pasadena, IIRC, which is a bit closer, I think...

*squeals as quitely as she can while sitting at her desk at work*

Details Nome -- I'd love to come!

I also have a homemade Gryffindor scarf that a friend made for me a few years back. Would be awesome to see you there.

All the info is posted at MuggleNet.com Drie.

Robert

Ah, thank you Robart. Robert is good, Robert is wise!

QUOTE (Drie @ Feb 5 2004, 08:51 PM)

Ah, thank you Robart.

A Robert/Bart Hybrid now that is scary

Robert is also sneaky & wondering when anybody is going to spot what he's up to.

Robert

Points Subtly at Roberts Sig Line

Do you think this may help Robert?


bart

QUOTE (bart @ Feb 5 2004, 01:04 PM)

QUOTE (Drie @ Feb 5 2004, 08:51 PM) Ah, thank you Robart. A Robert/Bart Hybrid now that is scary

You're right -- that is scary! At least this time my typo didn't result in the filter of Ron Language.

Ah, Mr. Robert, methinks you are planning something very sly . . .

You're a mean one, Robert dear,
With your withered, blackened heart.
You're as kind as Mrs. Norris
You are even worse than Bart
Robert dear.

You're a conniving bouncing ferret
With a mental head start.

*bows*

Nome, feeling silly.

Thank you Bart, as usual, you are excellent at marketing

QUOTE

Ah, Mr. Robert, methinks you are planning something very sly . .

Drie dear,

I honestly have no idea why 86 pages & 23,059 words would make you think I was up to something. Really now.

Nome,

LOVE IT!!! I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!

Robert
off to write about the duel.

Hi, y'all -

Just wanted to let you know that I'm being distracted by real-life (or as real as mine ever gets) and so haven't been hanging around as much lately.

I started a new job Feb. 2. I was at my old job for 21 years and 8 months, so this is kind of a BIG DEAL for me! Also, it's in another town, so right now I'm doing a hour+ commute (that's one-way) until my husband and I can decide if we want to relocate or not.

I will check in as I can but probably not be posting as much - of course, I'm not in hockeygod's and Willow's league in regards to posting output anyway!

I am hopeful that things will calm down fairly soon. The new job is going well so far (my internal pragmatist is reminding me it's only been a week!) Wish me luck!

QUOTE (Roxanne @ Feb 6 2004, 07:56 AM)

The new job is going well so far (my internal pragmatist is reminding me it's only been a week!) Wish me luck!

Good luck! I'm sending you as many pretty pink and blue thoughts as possible. I'm sure you're doing better than expected!

In case I forget to post this (very likely) I'm not going to be here from Monday until probably Thursday.

Since I have this week off as 'Ski Week' it seems most fitting that my family and I are going to...you guessed it...Disney.

Happy posting everyone!

~DL, who is afraid of big roller coasters yet has to go on them for her sister

That makes two of us. DL I won't be around for a while, at least as far as posting goes. I've got some personal issues to deal with and until then I won't be posting very often although I will be checking in nightly to see whats happening.

This doesn't mean that I will be stopping work on INVICTUS (now at 111 pages). I just need some time to sort out some personal stuff.

Hockeygod, you're in charge. Have fun.

Robert

THAT IS SCARY!!! Robert has put me in charge! Aye, sir. I'll do what is needed.

Yeah, I probably won't post as much as I used to, I am getting REALLY busy. I hope I can at least post everyother day, you guys will have to keep me posted, get it posts and keep me posted! Ah, I make myself laugh.

Since I am now, working, I won't be posting at full power, but I think I'll be on just about everyday, at some point.

This week is going to be a nightmare at work. I'll try and pop online, but you probably won't see me much before the weekend.

Have a good week everyone

Imogen

That is me realizing how little I've been posting and that is me injuring myself over homework. That's pretty much what has been going on: teachers assign homework, I procrastinate, I finally do homework, I don't sleep. Not too much time for posting in between and I apologize for that. I'll try to get back into my 'usual' swing of things but that could take a few days, months, years...who knows.

Does school ever get better after freshman year?

~DL

PS: Glad to see that Yoda has found both his head and his light saber!

Sorry, DL, but it gets harder after freshman year, because the work is more involved and because along comes a job.

Ah HA! I knew that reality check would get cashed! Welcome to the real world HG! Now, just wait until you have a mortgage, wife, kids, car payments ect...

Robert

Well I'm glad to see my head and lightsabre are back, however I (as in me) am still missing something. That's right - Easter is here and I'll be missing my internet soon! I'm also going through a bit of a...madness with my housemates, so it's looking like I'm going home tomorrow, sooner than anyone expected. If any of you need to contact me from this point on (unless I'm on site, assume I've gone in other words) just pass a message to Quickhare who will get it to me by phone or a message.

Happy Easter to all,
Yoda

I'll be a Not-So-QuickHare as I am quite deep in work, but I will try my best.

Hi everyone,

So much time, so little to do . . . wait a minute. Scratch that. Reverse it.

Very busy times ahead for the next few weeks with work and I'm also in the process of moving. I'll pop in when I can, but there will be less and less of me overall. When things calm down a bit, I'll be back!

~The Evil Auther~ (or whatever Bart has decided your name should be right now!), I promise to get a review to you soon. The second half of your story got packed into a box. As soon as I unearth it, I'll let you know what I think (though, I still say BRILLIANT so far!).

to you all!

Bother!

For anyone who hadn't noticed, I'm back! Wheeeeeeeeee!

Yoda,

You haven't missed much.

Bárt has messed with the filters,
several stories have been completed,
new games have been tried out,
my avatar has changed twice,
as has my sig line,
and my member title,
many people have been scared to post because of the Bothering, Annoying and Really Toilsome (I have not named him, but you can work it out).

Welcome back!

I'm leaving early Thursday morning and coming back late Monday night and I will be far far away from a computer. Don't get too far ahead in the *insert number here* thing *insert person here* would never say threads. Just because I don't post on them doesn't mean that I don't read them everyday regardless of whether there is a new post or not. I'll type to you guys soon!

~DL

Hey, it's me...again. I'm going away again but this time it's going to be for three weeks. THREE WEEKS!!! What am I going to miss?!? I'll miss you guys. I'm not leaving until Friday but this is incase I forget to post. I'm coming back July 4th.

Have a great beginning of the summer and don't get too far ahead Robert!

~DL

Where you heading to DL? And don't worry about me, I'll just keep ducking the objects sockless keeps throwing and by the time your back, I should be at around 340 pages on the master file.

Robert

I'm heading to Duke for a college program. I wanted to take a class on Harry Potter but aparently I'm too old. I'm not old enough to get on an airplane but I can't analyze Harry Potter with a group of people almost as insane as I am.

Don't worry Robert. You can borrow my "Random Flying Objects Sheild" It works most of the time!

Duke, huh? Well, just remember to stay away from East Carolina Univ. Delores Umbridge is currently hiding on campus in the guise of the school attorney Toi Carter!

So your too young for an HP class huh? Why not suggest tot eh English department that they consider a summer course on HP fanfict writing? Take along some stories to show them. Might be borth some brownie points.

Robert

Actually I'm too old for the Harry Potter class.

Umbridge...I could've sworn she was at my school pretending to teach English. Same method: reading without application.

Hi -- out all weekend for a cousin's graduation. Hope everyone has a good one!

Smiles,
Drie