Ah. I feel much, much better. I went home and watched soaps and curled up next to a big bowl and didn't eat anything and felt all clammy. Then I woke up this morning feeling fine. Thank goodness.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Answers

http://www.maryanderik.com

Do y'all have time to set up teriandchris.com? I think this an excellent example.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I"m glad you're feeling better. Too bad you have to be at work.

AB created a new splash page for Keli, and Keli calls AB her secret girl love.

Yes, I think we can rest assured knowing AB is an evil little evil person.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Oh, I was just about to say the same thing!

I have no doubt - no doubt - that Anna Beth blabbed all to Keli. Very uncool.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Very, very uncool. I could give AB the benefit of the doubt and say well, she just has a big mouth, but if that were so, she would've had to say something once that entry came up. There's no excuse for letting that go.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

http://www.maryanderik.com/miscellaneous.html

Are you kidding?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Oh, so very kidding. Her dad is famous investor Peter Lynch. Apparently money can't buy taste (or, apparently, decent web design).

Didn't she say that about AB the LAST time AB designed an entry page for her?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Ah - now the request for people to fork over $4000 each to go to Poland makes a little bit more sense.

I really want to say something snarky to Anna Beth.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

okay, that's tacky, but did you read their engagement story? So sweet!

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

See, here's what I don't get. Allison, say theoretically, pulled away from me because I hurt pam and therefore I'm a bad little person. Yet, she looooooooves AB and AB is her best friend, and she pulls shit like this? I guess their glass houses are fortified.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I can't even pretend to get it. It makes no sense, at all. There's always the possibility that Allison has no idea that AB did that, though.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I guarantee you, if AB had done something like this to Pam, it'd be a different story.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

About Allison not knowing, perhaps. Or rather, she probably knows but chooses to stay out of it. Really, I don't even know if Allison reads Keli. She might not.

But AB would never do anything to pam because pam is her hero.

I sort of want to reference that entry, but I don't know how. Like, oh I don't really read her anymore. T - like how you said you hadn't been there in a week. I caught that. I'm sure AB didn't.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I bet AB did. I hope she did, at least.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Oh, over on the MATH board? I referenced it very obliquely in my new GBU.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

oooh, I'll have to go check that out.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Where'd y'all go? It's too early for lunch.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I'm updating.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I was reading AB's update. And I got called into a mini-meeting.

I love how she stole pictures from her in-laws. Just ask for crying out loud. Trash.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Oh, lord. My parents would kill me if I stole pictures.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

"On a different note, I have to confess (again) that I really am a naive girl. The degree to which some people can be mean - mean, y’all – continues to leave me flabbergasted. It’s one thing if you’re thirteen and you’re just so angry about something that letting lose on the perceived villain is a no-brainer. When I see adults acting like thirteen-year-olds, though, it just makes me sad. Because, y’all, it is sad."

Joh - would you mind if I put that in my update (or my notify)?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Not at all. Is Keli on your notify?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Yep.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Then it's perfect. And I just got it.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

"coolest" is misspelled.

I think I did Betsy Ross or Martha Washington. I remember making dolls or something. Didn't there person have to be from a certain time?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I probably did Babe Didrikson Zaharias. I was really into her. I made my parents stop in Beaumont EVERY time we went to my grandmother's. Not much changes at the BDZ museum.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

They could be from any time - they just had to be real.

I always wanted to go to that museum, Hannah, but we never did.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Oh, you should go at least once. There was a giant key to the city there, even.

She really gets the shaft at the PGA museum (in New Jersey, that I visited on a business trip). I was quite upset.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Where is it located?

Then why would I do Betsy Ross? That makes no sense. I thougth it was an American history thing. Maybe I'm thinking of something else.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

In Beaumont.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Yeah, you said that didn't you. Duh.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

It's okay. It's Tuesday. Or something.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Everyone got all quiet. Maybe y'all are at lunch.

Did I tell y'all I emailed pam? Cause I did.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

What? What did you write her??

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

You can't leave me hanging.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I am so curious. Was it a "Could you email Keli and tell her this shit ain't cool?" Or a "I'm sorry you've stopped writing and wish you luck?" What?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Sorry, i didn't mean to leave you hanging.

Basically I just told her that I thought about her and that I wanted her to know that I'm sorry she got hurt, but that my decision wasn't made callously or flipply. I made a judgement call, one we've all made, and I wished her luck.

I'm sure she's gotten it, as I sent it several days ago.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

But what spurred it, was when I was talking to Eric about the Keli thing and I mentioned pam and how I thought about emailing her a lot, but how I didn't think she'd want to hear from me. And he said that he thought pam was sort of surprised and hurt that I never emailed her about it. Which surprised me.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Hmm. That's nice. You never emailed her at all? I think that makes sense- to say that you are sorry that she felt hurt by it etc.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

She might not have gotten it yet- she said she wasn't going to check email for a while, didn't she? And I'm sure she's deluged with email now, anyway.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Nope. I never even thought about. Well, I thought about her, but not about actually doing it. Becuase what would be the point? Besides, that would've been like I was confessing guilt or something, or admitting that I should feel guilty because I'd done something "wrong." I didn't want to head down that road. But I feel like things are more settled now and clearly this wasn't just a "roll in the hay."

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I think she was screening her email, but I could be wrong. They get back today, I think.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Well, I don't think it was ever just a roll in the hay- if it had been just that, I don't think you would've pursued it at all, you know? But I think I would've emailed at first, just to say I'm sure you're not going to understand, and I know this is awkward, but it happens. Or maybe not, that sounds dumb.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

She and Stee?

I wouldn't have thought you emailed here - I don't know why she was surprised. Did she want to give you approval, or something?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I think she's used to be treated like the princess and probably wanted me to defer to her. Or something, I don't know.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Or maybe she just assumed she'd hear it from you first? I don't know.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I would hope not. And, according to her very good close friend Allison Lowe, I shouldn't worry about pam, I should do what makes me happy. That pam shouldn't be an issue, as I didn't owe her anything. And this was before anything happened. T - remember I even called you to tell you how I liked him. Actually, I think I called you after something had already happened. But I called Al before.

I'm surprised no one mentioned your notify.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Unless they all know what T's talking about and don't want to bring it up.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Hannah - I'm sure that's why. They all known exactly what I'm talking about.

Joh - you called me on Sunday morning (or Saturday) I think. I knew right away what had happened, though.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

And I'm sure pam wanted to hear it from Eric first, not AB.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Joh - do you know anyone in columbus who works at the Erdey Eye Group? They're on the notify (not at that address) but that's the url that shows up on sitemeter.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

No clue. There's also someone in Columbus who reads from a law firm, and when they read they read a LOT. It might be catherinesheets, b/c she's signed up with a hotmail address.

I'm taking Keli off my notify and I'm unsubing to hers. Originally I wanted one of y'all or Sara to sign up, but really, I don't care anymore.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Do we know Catherine Sheets?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

She's the one from Columbus in the League. She's on my notify, too.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Yes. She's quiet nice, although she's only written me the one time.

Okay, I took Keli off. Too bad I can't get to topic to remove myself from her list.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I can't believe she hasn't responded or anything. If I were her I'd be ashamed.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Hopefully, she is. In my notify, I had to restrain myself from saying something like, "The saddest thing of all is when the people who do these mean things are people who have children."

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Hopefully she is. I figured out how to get myself off her list. I found the mean one that I saved, and it had the unsub address on the bottom.

I know. She and AB are both mothers. Fear.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Heh. I just sent AB my guest entry, and mentioned driving by Akeem Olajuwon's gates with the big AO as a child, and she emailed me saying "Isn't it Hakeem?" I tried not to sound snotty as I explained he used to be Akeem originally.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Cause you're a smarty smart one you are.

I'm half thinking of using my guest entry to talk about gossip or something.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

That would be classic.

Silly, pseudo-know-it-all AB. Everyone knows he as Akeem until his mother got all upset with him, so he reverted to Hakeem.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Well, I didn' know that, but then I don't consider myself some big basketball girl liek she does. I still can't believe she took pictures from her in-laws. What if that was her MIL's favorite photo?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

And what if she had it in the album in order? I can't believe that. Stealing. How hard it is to say "I love these photos, can I borrow them and scan a copy?"

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I'm bored and I have no work to do. Any new trainwrecks?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I wish. The new Tomato Nation is good.

Do you ever read Melissa from squish forum? She's on crack. I dont' know the address, but she posts enough that you could click on her profile.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I just read in Rudergirl's site that Julia is back with Lyle. I need confirmation on that or I won't be able to sleep.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I heard that on the radio this morning, but I can't find anything to corroborate it.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

What? Where in the world did she get that?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Maybe on the radio. Maybe it's Atlanta only news.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

her entry was hard to read. Plus the yellwo just gave me a headache.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I know that Montego is my dog and that she's not Mo's responsibility, but come on. She's known for over a month that I'm would either be going out of town this weekend or next. Two weeks ago when I booked my tickets she said she might go to Cedar Point with Mike, etc., but that never happened. So it's TUESDAY. I leave on THURSDAY, she still dosen't have plans, but she's trying to make some. If not she's going to her parent's. WTF? This aggravates me to no end.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Does she just really not want to take care of Montego?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

She doesn't want to stay in town alone. So stupid. And as this is because she's had a bad week, she's making my life harder.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Why would she be in town alone? Are all her other friends going to be out of town, too?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Of course not. I don't know. Like I said, Tego's my dog. This is just frustrating. Because now I either have to get like 3 friends to do it or take her to my mom's TONIGHT and pick her up next Tues. That's unfair to my mom and the dog.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

True, true.

Does AB's mother in law actually write the Ask Lin Chao column?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Can you tell Melissa that you need to know by this evening if she can watch the dog, as you'll need to drive out to your mom's?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Sara and Olivia are going to watch her, thank god. It's still sad as Tego will be all alone all day Sat. and all day Sun. Soooooo annoying. But it's a catch 22, because if she ends up going to her mom's, she's ONLY going because I'll be out of town.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Now, where are you going again? LA? Are you excited?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I gather that Eric will be staying with you in the beanbag hotel?

Did A&F suggest this trip, or did you?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I did. It's the same trip I took last July. I hope he'll be staying with me!

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

The beanbag hotel?

And y'all never answered me about Lin Chao. Wouldn't she read that AB had stolen pictures?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

oh, sorry. No, AB writes those.

http://www.standardhotel.com

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I don't think that Lin Chao has any idea that AB's site exists.

Seriously, I don't understand why AB wouldn't just ask her mother-in- law for the pictures. I can't imagine that she'd be all, "No! No pictures for you!"

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Oh, cool.

You know, if I was Lin Chao, that would really piss me off if I came across it. It's kind of racist.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I really want to say something more overt about the entry. I want to see her reaction.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Say something overt to AB about Keli's entry?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I think you should. I mean, how else would she have found out?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Lord. The Rob/Dana Pamie/Stee rumors came up again in 3WA. Sample:

<1: Mongoose> I don't think so. I heard that rumor months and months ago when they were both having relationship problems at the same time.

<1: Jennifer> Pamie isn't coupled with anyoen afaik

<1: Robyn-work> they write about each other all the time, and about mornings together. I just assumed.

<1: Jennifer> This probably comes fdrom them doing Buffalo Bill together

<1: Kristin> Stee and Pamie are the perfect example of why it a great friend of the opposite sex...either every assumes you are having sex, or they are asking you when you plan tohave sex.

<1: kerryo> kristin - true

<1: Mongoose> They can do whatever they want, naturally. But by putting their lives online, they've opened up the real possibility that we'll wonder and gossip.

<1: Jennifer> kristin: totally

<1: Robyn-work> I do'nt see why it's a big deal. I thought they were fucking/dating, but I don't care if they were to be not fucking/dating. It just seemed implied by their writing.

<1: Jennifer> It's not like you can really know if it's on the net, though. Unless they have a webcam of sex

<1: Kristin> Pamie and Stee are too nice to gossip about...can we get back to Dreama? :)

<1: kerryo> but the thing about the person who was talking trash about dana is that he/she supposedly linked to them on his/her guestbook and was nice to them in person, then talked about them behind their back

<1: Mongoose> Yeah! Sounds good.

<1: Decoder> Man, I had no idea all this smacktalking was going on. No *wonder* Pamie's quitting her journal.

<1: kerryo> was dreama ever nice to them?

*** jess has joined channel 1 [Talking smack].

<1: Robyn-work> I don't care. I like Stee, I don't care about Pamie. Yay if Stee is getting laid, by whomever.

<1: Mongoose> Hey jess!

<1: jess> hey all.

<1: Decoder> I gotta go do more work now.

<1: muffet> There was rumor that Dana and Rob had sex at journalcon?

<1: Mongoose> I like both. I don't care if they're dating. I'm curious, but I don't care.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Good lord are people naive.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Now, how am I supposed to say anything to her?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Yeah. Robyn knows (I /whispered it to her once in a burst of unable to keep quiet, but didn't tell her how I heard, obviously) and it drives her insane. She's whispering me "Does Jennifer think Buffalo Bill is code for f---ing?"

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

yeah, like they get together and work really hard on Buffalo Bill and then fall asleep in each other's apartments. What the fuck ever. Dumb! And you'd think people would WANT them together, you know?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Can you say something on the MATH forum? Like "Has anyone else seen this? Do you have any idea how Keli could've found out?" Or email her directly, saying "I know you and Keli have been close lately"-

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I'd rather say something on the MATH forum, like - I'm sure you guys have seen this, I know it's about me, I've just chosen not to react. I just wonder why Keli cares about other's lives or something. I don't know.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

"Does Jennifer think Buffalo Bill is code for f---ing?"

HA!

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Yeah, that might be better. And then maybe Teri can respond with a How on earth would Keli even know all this?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

You could say, "Hey - I'm sure y'all have seen this, and I'm prety much whatever about the whole thing, since she wrote a lot of misinformation, but how do y'all think she found out?

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I would say, "Yeah, I did see that. I didn't want to say anything since I was under the impression that the ruckus was over, but I referenced it to my notify list. I think it's mean (and misinformed) as hell."

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I'm just afraid that me saying "how do you think she found out" makes me look like I'm fishing. Since it's obviously AB.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Which is why you let Teri do that part.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Okay. I'm going to do it tomorrow as I'm about to leave.

Mean AB.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

I'm out beauties. Have good Tuesdays.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001

Have a good night. I'm going to re-start spinning. I think I'm going to get a trainer, too, for about two months. I just need help developing a schedule, if that makes sense.

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2001