KK Chat -- 20 January 2013

[DesertRose]

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[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:05:47 PM] <DesertRose> LOL, hi KK.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:05:49 PM] <the_Bee> Hi KK
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:05:52 PM] <Shiral> Hello, Katherine
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:05:54 PM] <Jerusha> Hi KK!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:05:58 PM] <DesertRose> We were just saying we were hoping you'd make it tonight.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:06:06 PM] <jemler> hi kk
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:06:07 PM] <Shiral> And now we're happy. =lo)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:06:22 PM] <Jerusha> Jerusha offers chocolate fudge
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:06:47 PM] <DesertRose> The ice cream worked. I put out chocolate and vanilla and Shiral threw on some toasted chopped hazelnuts.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:06:55 PM] * jemler puts out hot, spiced apple cider, and hot, fresh cinnamon rolls.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:07:06 PM] <Shiral> Never underestimate the power of Author Traps
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:07:08 PM] <DesertRose> Yum!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:07:08 PM] <Jerusha> Oh, yum!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:07:41 PM] <the_Bee> ?me adds fresh-baked manchet bread with honey, butter and strawberry preserves.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:07:53 PM] <DesertRose> KK, Evie probably won't be in tonight. She PM'd me via RhemuthCastle and said that they were either on their way back from TN again or at Mr. Evie's mom's place.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:08:13 PM] <Shiral> However, all of US made it. =o)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:08:18 PM] <DesertRose> Yup.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:08:23 PM] <KK> That is good!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:08:26 PM] <Jerusha> Ypper
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:08:29 PM] <the_Bee> Yes. Everyone here is present.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:08:34 PM] <DesertRose> So how goes, KK?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:08:42 PM] <KK> And those who are not here are not present.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:08:57 PM] <Shiral> That's very profound. =o)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:09:18 PM] <jemler> i'm here unless i'm somewhere else.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:09:44 PM] <the_Bee> How fare our heroes, KK?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:09:46 PM] <DesertRose> I'm sorry I missed last week's chat. I was feeling kind of crappy most of last week, but I'm feeling better now.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:09:48 PM] <jemler> in that case i'm just a bad dream you're all having.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:09:57 PM] <KK> It goes well. This week, I introduced Brion and Jehana--and then deided to start transcribing Swords Against the Marluk, so that I can get started on the changes and tweaks that will become part of this book. I have about 15 pp. so far.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:09:59 PM] <Shiral> I've been recuperating from a cold, too
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:10:20 PM] <DesertRose> Cool, KK!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:10:30 PM] <DesertRose> Sorry you've been sick too, Shiral. Being sick sucks.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:10:35 PM] <Jerusha> Looking forward to it, KK
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:10:36 PM] <the_Bee> I've been lucky. no flu shot, but so far no flu.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:10:38 PM] <Shiral> Now if you leave Brion and Jehana unchaperoned, do you worry they might misbehave? =o)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:10:48 PM] <KK> It gives me the illusion that I'm farther along--and it'd have to be done anyway.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:10:54 PM] <DesertRose> Kelson wasn't "premature" so I doubt it.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:10:56 PM] <Shiral> It sure does, DR
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:10:57 PM] <Jerusha> Won't Alaric be there?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:11:15 PM] <KK> He was getting ready to hopefully dance with her at the feast her father is throwing.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:11:27 PM] <Shiral> If Brion told him too, he'd look out the window and hum loudly
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:11:34 PM] Join derynifanatic64 has joined this channel (Mibbit@4CA975.B3C46D.D81D47.141BA4).
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:11:41 PM] <DesertRose> Hey derynifanatic64.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:11:47 PM] <KK> Alaric was helping him dress for the event.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:11:47 PM] <the_Bee> That right: She won't learn he's Deryni til later.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:11:48 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12hi all
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:11:49 PM] <Shiral> Hi DF
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:11:50 PM] <Jerusha> Hi DF64
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:11:52 PM] <jemler> hi df
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:11:54 PM] <the_Bee> Hi DF
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:12:06 PM] <KK> Besides, to her he's just a squire.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:12:07 PM] <Jerusha> Does Alaric play the lute? He could serenade the couple
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:12:08 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12anyone else enjoying a 3 day weekend
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:12:12 PM] <Shiral> Hope Brion brought his Sunday Best Kingly Duds
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:12:18 PM] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:12:40 PM] <KK> He brought dress duds, but he's tried to travel fairly light.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:12:42 PM] <Shiral> He'll want to make a good impression, after all
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:12:46 PM] <Jerusha> Not here, DF64
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:12:57 PM] <the_Bee> Somehow, I've never pictured Alaric as a musician.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:13:05 PM] <DesertRose> Well, if he has any sense at all, he knows not to travel without at least one semi-nice outfit.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:13:20 PM] <Shiral> Kings have to look good, after all
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:13:20 PM] <KK> They actually met for the first time in the palace gardens, where she and her sisters were playing ball with some puppies and her brothers were practicing archery.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:13:31 PM] <Shiral> Especially when they meet marriageable princesses abroad
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:13:33 PM] <DesertRose> Aw. That sounds cute.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:13:54 PM] <Jerusha> Hopefully her brothers were not aiming at a potential suitor
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:13:59 PM] <KK> It's the stereotypical first meeting, but stereotypes exist for a reason.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:14:04 PM] <Shiral> Keep it informal--add puppies as an ice beaker
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:15:45 PM] <DesertRose> I don't travel without at least one semi-dressy outfit, and I also always pack a swimsuit. You never know when there will be a heated pool, even if it's cold.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:15:59 PM] <DesertRose> I learned the swimsuit lesson the hard way when I was a teenager.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:16:08 PM] <jemler> brion in speedos.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:16:13 PM] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:16:24 PM] <Shiral> I'll bet he was pretty buff. Could get away with it. =o)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:16:27 PM] <Jerusha> I don't think Brion and Alaric have swimsuits.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:16:34 PM] <DesertRose> Brion might be one of those few men who can pull them off, especially as a young man.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:16:40 PM] <KK> Brion and Alaric in the altogether, in the scene I just finished--swimming, which doubles for bathing, in the field.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:16:47 PM] * jemler having a visual of DesertRose in a swimsuit.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:16:54 PM] <DesertRose> Oh, that'll make the fangirls happy, KK.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:17:02 PM] <Shiral> Yuppers!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:17:16 PM] Join kirienne has joined this channel (Mibbit@OWIRCN-5580061b.scrm01.sbcglobal.net).
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:17:16 PM] <Jerusha> Jerusha having a visual of Brion and Alaric *fans briskly*
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:17:21 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12hi kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:17:23 PM] <Shiral> Hi Kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:17:23 PM] <kirienne> Hi Everyone
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:17:24 PM] <jemler> hi kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:17:30 PM] * DesertRose throws a volley of goldfish at jemler.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:17:35 PM] <the_Bee> How do you swim in a field. Don't you need water?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:17:40 PM] <Jerusha> Hi Kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:17:43 PM] <Shiral> Nice clean king in his best bib and tucker--he's ready to go wooing
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:17:44 PM] <the_Bee> Hi kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:17:46 PM] <DesertRose> Hiya kirienne.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:17:54 PM] <jemler> bee, you've known me too long!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:18:49 PM] <Shiral> Medieval dirt baths were all the rage
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:18:50 PM] <KK> Two totally different scenes and time-frames, Shiral. When they're swimming, they's just come from kicking ass and taking names with the former Earl of Eastmarch, and executing same. And they're soon to meet the Marluk.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:19:05 PM] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:19:15 PM] <Shiral> Oh. So I'm confuzzled. =o)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:19:26 PM] <kirienne> :-)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:19:27 PM] <DesertRose> Brion: "I am here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of bubble gum."
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:19:31 PM] <Shiral> Not very romantic in the event
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:19:34 PM] <the_Bee> Who was the Duke of Eastmarch at that time?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:19:36 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12:D
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:19:50 PM] <Shiral> Whoever he was, he's very quiet, these days
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:19:55 PM] <jemler> EARL.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:04 PM] <the_Bee> right, Earl
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[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:13 PM] <Jerusha> He was Ian, wasn't he, in DR?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:16 PM] <DesertRose> Wasn't that another freaking Howell?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:18 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12hi alkari
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:20 PM] <Alkari> Hello everyone.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:20 PM] <DesertRose> Troublemaking lot, that.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:21 PM] <Shiral> Hi Alkari
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:22 PM] <DesertRose> Hi Alkari.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:23 PM] <the_Bee> G'day, Alkari
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:29 PM] <kirienne> Hi Alkari
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:31 PM] <Jerusha> Hi Alkari!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:40 PM] <KK> Rorik. And Rhydn was assisting him, but got away to cause problems another day.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:52 PM] <jemler> dr, that was roddy piper in they live.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:55 PM] <Shiral> The Howells don't Howl very much anymore
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:20:56 PM] <DesertRose> Is it still blazing hot in Australia, Alkari.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:21:14 PM] <DesertRose> ?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:21:23 PM] <Alkari> It's cooled down for a few days - we go back to hot by the end of the week. So they say!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:21:28 PM] <Jerusha> Rhydon is an interesting character
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:21:34 PM] <DesertRose> Was it, jemler? I always liked the quote but I wasn't sure of the source.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:22:10 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12i would like to know how stefan coram found out that rhydon had died so he could take his place as he did
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:22:21 PM] <Alkari> Same here, DF.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:22:24 PM] <DesertRose> That would be an interesting story, DF>
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:22:25 PM] <DesertRose> .
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:22:30 PM] <Jerusha> If it's any comfort, Alkari, it's -27C with the windchill here
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:22:40 PM] <bynw> stefan! ... Susie's fav character
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:22:46 PM] <Shiral> People do tend to become other people at opportune moments in the XI Kingdoms
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:23:14 PM] <DesertRose> Gorgeous here today, about 70F/20C with sunny skies and a light breeze. Lovely.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:23:24 PM] <Jerusha> I'd like to know how Wencit fell out with the Council
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:23:25 PM] <Shiral> I've always wondered how Stefan handled the logistics of being TWO people
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:23:26 PM] <Alkari> It's a pleasant 25C right now.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:23:49 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12maybe like camber/alister cullen
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:23:52 PM] <jemler> it's 25F here now
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:23:57 PM] <DesertRose> Yeah, Camber seems to have started that.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:24:05 PM] <Alkari> 45.5C - 114-115F - was just a little TOO warm!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:24:19 PM] <DesertRose> That is not just hot. That is damn hot.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:24:21 PM] <Shiral> Well yes. But he must have had to maintain two households and both his personi were alive
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:24:33 PM] <the_Bee> Camber didn't try to publically pretend he was alive.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:24:39 PM] <DesertRose> And this coming from someone who spent part of her childhood in Phoenix, AZ, where it gets that way rather a lot.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:24:46 PM] <Alkari> Yes, the background to that whole CC setup in DC and HD would be fascinating
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:24:56 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12even the weather service had to use new colors for the real high temperature down under
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:25:00 PM] <KK> How do you folk survive with heat like that?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:25:24 PM] <kirienne> That's way too hot
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:25:26 PM] <Alkari> Well, I retreated with Mum and brother to the cinema and saw 'Hitchcock'
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:25:29 PM] <jemler> BEER!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:25:34 PM] <DesertRose> You stay indoors in the AC (or swamp cooling, which you can do in the desert, humidifies the air to cool it), or you go to the swimming pool and live there.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:25:43 PM] <Jerusha> Jemler!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:25:57 PM] <jemler> yes.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:26:02 PM] * DesertRose pitches a crab cake at jemler.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:26:04 PM] <Alkari> I don't have air con because I don't need it - just shut the place up completely in the morning when its cool, and leave it closed.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:26:05 PM] <Shiral> Drink it, or soak in it, Jemler? =o)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:26:18 PM] <jemler> both.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:26:56 PM] <DesertRose> Well, in Phoenix, it is so hot in the summer that you kind of need some kind of cooling. A normal summer day out there is about 105-110F.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:27:01 PM] <Jerusha> Does it cool off a bit at night, Alkari?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:27:02 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12it's 64f in orlando
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:27:14 PM] <Alkari> The best thing was the southerly change about 8pm that night - the temperature dropped 20C in as many minutes
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:27:22 PM] <DesertRose> Holy cow, Alkari.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:27:51 PM] <the_Bee> We're supposed to be getting a big temperature drom in Boston about now.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:28:26 PM] <DesertRose> Yeah, I was checking the weather in Michigan, where my brother is, and it was well below freezing well before sundown.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:28:30 PM] <Alkari> Oh, a good ol' southerly change is a wonderful thing - you can hear a big one coming. The air went sort of still and very hot, then there was this slight rustle of leaves, but a different sort of rustle - and then WHAM! the wind change hit.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:28:55 PM] <Shiral> It's been very chilly here. I don't know exact temperatures, I just know it because there have been a lot of two cat nights lately
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:29:04 PM] <Shiral> Now we
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:29:10 PM] <Alkari> This one brought a shower of rain too. You could almost see the plants revive and drink it in.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:29:25 PM] <Shiral> are warming up, again
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:29:25 PM] <DesertRose> That's funny, Shiral. That's how my parents talk about night weather. How many cats are on the bed snuggling with the people?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:29:35 PM] <kirienne> We've been having hard freezes at night for quite a few nights
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:29:40 PM] <Kelric> very ocld
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:30:28 PM] <Jerusha> We would have three dog nights but our oldest is too old to jump up on the bed, now
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:30:32 PM] <Alkari> The trouble with big wind changes is the effect they can have on bushfires. Sometimes they can blow them back onto burnt areas, but other times they can send the front off in an entirely new direction - OK if there is rain with the change, but can be difficult otherwise
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:30:39 PM] <Shiral> I know it's REALLY chilly when Francesca wants to get under the covers with me. Unfortunately, then she keeps kneading and stickingl me with her claws. Then Dmitri pounces on her and they have a late night wrestling match
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:30:57 PM] <kirienne> LOL
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:31:01 PM] <the_Bee> Are you near the area that's had those fires, Alkari?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:31:17 PM] <DesertRose> LOL, Shiral.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:31:19 PM] <Alkari> No, thank heavens. Nothing in the Sydney area - so far.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:31:31 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12i saw three dog night in concert many years ago
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:31:55 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12in the 80's
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:32:11 PM] <Alkari> Onne smaller one in a national park in the northern suburbs, but that was not near major housing
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:32:13 PM] <jemler> Jeremiah was a bullfrog!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:32:25 PM] <DesertRose> My family adopted a new kitten at Christmas. He is plaguing the life out of their older cat (she's only about 3, but she doesn't like the kitten trying to play with her).
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:32:40 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12joy to the world was the last song they performed
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:32:42 PM] <DesertRose> Merlin (the kitten) likes to try to get in bed with the people, even when it's not all that cold.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:33:02 PM] <Alkari> Siaese cats like doing that!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:33:06 PM] <Alkari> * Siamese
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:33:08 PM] <Shiral> Dmitri is a much bigger cat than Francesca now that he's full grown,and I'm afraid he's a bit of a bully. He wants to be Top Cat
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:33:30 PM] <DesertRose> I don't think Merlin wants to be the boss kitty cat. He just wants PJ to play with him.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:33:40 PM] <jemler> tell him to get in line behind Garfield!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:33:53 PM] <DesertRose> I keep telling PJ she should kick his butt one good time to teach him who's boss cat.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:34:23 PM] <Shiral> To Dmitri "Might makes right" is the law of the household.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:34:38 PM] <DesertRose> She's kind of a scaredy cat, and he's a brassy little sucker.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:34:41 PM] <jemler> Melantha, take care od Dmitri for DR.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:34:44 PM] <kirienne> :-)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:34:57 PM] <DesertRose> Me? Shiral has Dmitri.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:35:08 PM] <the_Bee> I don't know what Melantha and Mickey were squabbling about the other day. I just heard snarling and fighting and then Melantha hissing.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:35:11 PM] <jemler> oh, my bad.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:35:33 PM] <DesertRose> I don't actually have any pets, but my family has PJ and Merlin.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:35:55 PM] <DesertRose> Merlin is half Manx. I call him Fuzzbob No-Tail.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:35:58 PM] <Shiral> There's another cat at my complex whom my two have designated as the Enemy Cat. Dmitri does a lot of macho posturing while he's inside and EC is outside. But the other day they came face to face. If Dmitri could have talked, he'd have said "MommEEEE! SAVE ME!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:36:06 PM] <Shiral> What a coward. =o)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:36:07 PM] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:36:14 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12:D
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:36:28 PM] <jemler> you have a scaredy cat?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:36:31 PM] <kirienne> Heee heee heee
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:36:46 PM] <Shiral> He was mondo embarrassed. =o)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:36:46 PM] <the_Bee> Is EC bigger?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:36:59 PM] <DesertRose> One of my friends when I lived in Charleston, SC, had a cat who had to have his hindquarters shaved, so she named him Fuzzbob No-Pants.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:36:59 PM] <Shiral> No. There just wasn't any wall between them
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:37:19 PM] <jemler> LOL
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:37:21 PM] <Jerusha> He must have been embarrassed
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:37:41 PM] <Shiral> Tried to play it cool, but he hated being exposed as the fraidy cat he really is
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:37:43 PM] <kirienne> poor cat
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:37:44 PM] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:38:05 PM] <DesertRose> He got over whatever he had to have his back end shaved for, but he looked pretty goofy there for a while.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:38:09 PM] <Shiral> It was good for him--he thinks he's lord of the universe, most of the time
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:38:13 PM] <the_Bee> Did Francesca take note?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:38:31 PM] <DesertRose> Of course cats are lords/ladies of the universe.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:38:42 PM] <Shiral> He very humbly washed her face. I don't know what she says to him when I'm not around, but I'm pretty sure she enjoyed that
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:38:48 PM] <Alkari> Hoomans are mere minions
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:38:52 PM] <DesertRose> Yup.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:39:39 PM] <Alkari> Cat law: When in doubt about a social situation, sit and wash.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:39:50 PM] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:39:58 PM] <Shiral> Dmitri was one clean pussycat. =o)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:40:26 PM] <DesertRose> Merlin tries to groom the people. He'll lick your hands if you pet him. It's kind of cute.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:40:50 PM] <Shiral> I get a few tongue swipes, too
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:41:10 PM] <DesertRose> He's also huge for his age; he's going to be a big cat.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:41:11 PM] <the_Bee> I get tongue swipes followed by nips.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:41:15 PM] <Shiral> Our GOH has fallen silent
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:41:24 PM] <DesertRose> Merlin gets told "no bites" if he does that.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:41:49 PM] <the_Bee> I've triedthat. It doesn't work.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:41:50 PM] <DesertRose> Yes, she has. We got off on the pet tangent.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:41:54 PM] <Alkari> Changing subject for a moment - Kirienne, how are you going?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:41:58 PM] <Shiral> Dmitri has turned into quite a monster. When he's relaxed, he'll tolerate tummy rubs, but then suddenly, you've been siezed by a monster kitty
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:42:04 PM] <KK> I have Gus sitting on my lap and reading all of this with interest. And Sasha has just joined e on the desk, and taken ot his box.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:42:17 PM] <DesertRose> LOL, kitty company.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:42:21 PM] <jemler> i posted this once, when people were talking about the kitten stare dowm. 'they know they are right, and the sooner you realize that, the better off you'll be.'
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:42:37 PM] * Shiral gives Gus a tummy rub
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:42:38 PM] <kirienne> I'm doing ok, I have the surgery on this coming Wednesday. The closer it gets, the more nerveous I get, but not in a scared way.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:42:41 PM] <Shiral> Virtually, of course
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:42:54 PM] <KK> Whoops, I lied. Sasha has taken to his basket, which is right next to his box.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:42:59 PM] Nick jemler is now known as Gus.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:43:00 PM] <Jerusha> But soon it will be out of the way
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:43:02 PM] <DesertRose> Good luck with the surgery, kirienne.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:43:06 PM] <kirienne> thanks
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:43:14 PM] <Jerusha> Jemler!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:43:19 PM] <Alkari> You'll be fine, kirienne!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:43:22 PM] <Shiral> HOpe all goes well on the day, Kirienne. I'm sure it will be good to have it overwith.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:43:23 PM] <KK> We'll be keeping good thoughts and prayers for you.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:43:30 PM] <the_Bee> Yes. Hope it all goes well, followed by a swift recovery.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:43:31 PM] * DesertRose pets Gus' head between his ears, and rubs Sasha's chin.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:43:32 PM] Nick Gus is now known as jemler.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:43:40 PM] <DesertRose> Gus the cat, that is.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:43:41 PM] <Shiral> Power of the purr to you, Kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:43:56 PM] <Alkari> It's always the waiting and not knowing that's the worst.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:44:14 PM] <kirienne> I'm sure I will be. I think it's normal that 'll be a litt anxious until I hear teh final pathology report though, but I'm trying not to think about that too mcuh
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:44:15 PM] <Shiral> It's a relief to stop dreading something
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:44:54 PM] <kirienne> yes.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:45:04 PM] <jemler> i'll stop dreading things as soon as I get done being afraid of them!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:45:08 PM] <Alkari> Hopefully they got it early enough
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:45:11 PM] <Shiral> Do you have writing goals for the coming week, KK?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:45:23 PM] <kirienne> I hope so, Alkari
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:45:28 PM] <Shiral> I hope so, too, Kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:45:38 PM] <Jerusha> So do we all, Kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:45:47 PM] <Shiral> Early detection really helps!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:45:54 PM] <kirienne> <3 thanks you all
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:46:13 PM] <Alkari> Yes - how are you going to torture Alaric this week, KK?!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:46:22 PM] <Shiral> Watch funny movies and laugh a lot. Keeping your spirits up is very important!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:46:34 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12you're in our prayers kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:46:44 PM] <kirienne> thanks so much everyone!!!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:46:49 PM] <the_Bee> and our woodgies.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:46:51 PM] <Shiral> He's having fun swimming in the woods--doesn't sound like too much torture. =o)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:46:56 PM] <jemler> Abbott and Costello! (whatever you do, do NOT watch the 3 Stooges!)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:47:09 PM] <kirienne> My priest will be there woth me before they take me in to pre op
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:47:13 PM] <kirienne> with even
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:47:22 PM] <Jerusha> Laugh gently at first, Kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:47:35 PM] <kirienne> I've been warned about that, LOL
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:47:37 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12who's on first
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:47:41 PM] <Alkari> And remember to cough very carefully!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:47:51 PM] <Shiral> Well, yes. Laugh now BEFORE the procedure, take it easy until it heals, afterwards!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:48:04 PM] <KK> You can hug a pillow, if you have to cought--or sneeze.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:48:09 PM] <kirienne> I've been warned that they'll teach me how to use a pillow against tummy to help when I cough
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:48:13 PM] <jemler> That's what I want to know, DF
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:48:26 PM] <Alkari> But depending on the size of the cut, you have to THINK about how you roll over or move in bed!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:48:42 PM] <kirienne> yep, so many things to think about
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:49:22 PM] <Jerusha> But once you are home and feeling better, you can write the fanfic you mentioned. Looking foward to it!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:49:33 PM] <Alkari> You want to get up and go to the toilet, and then have to spend 5 minutes thinking about 'how' to do it and get out of bed!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:49:54 PM] <Shiral> Exactly. Since you must take the time off for recuperation, enjoy it however you can
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:49:56 PM] <kirienne> LOL
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:50:06 PM] <the_Bee> or get out of bed and THEN do it.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:50:11 PM] <kirienne> I'll be off work until March 11
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:50:21 PM] <Alkari> Yes - they say at least 6 weeks off
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:51:44 PM] <DesertRose> Yeah, abdominal surgery of any kind is not much fun. You don't realize how much you use your abdominal wall until you can't use it like normal.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:51:48 PM] <KK> With luck, they'll give you a pain pump for the first few days, so that you can zap yourself before getting out of bed to go to the bathroom. It does help!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:51:57 PM] <Alkari> You will probably feel like you are rejoining the human race after 3-4 weeks
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:52:07 PM] <Alkari> Those are great,, KK
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:52:10 PM] <kirienne> That would be wonderful to have a pain pump
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:52:14 PM] <KK> Oh, yes!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:52:33 PM] <Shiral> Since we can't provide a Gabrilite Healer, get the pain pump!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:52:37 PM] <Alkari> It minimises them just giving you regular painkillers, because you only take the stuff when you need to
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:52:40 PM] <kirienne> especially since I do not tolerate pain well
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:53:09 PM] <jemler> i have percocet i got in may. i must have used about 10.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:53:19 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12pain is not fun
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:53:34 PM] <Shiral> Never is
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:53:39 PM] * jemler sings 'Hurts so good'
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:53:42 PM] <KK> But they'll have you up and walking the next day. I remember thinkig it felt like my insides were going to fall out. Walking all around the floor was a challenge, but what a high, when I accomplished it the first time. But a nurse walked with me the first couple of times, and that was good.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:53:42 PM] <Jerusha> Definitely not
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:54:00 PM] <KK> How long will you actually be in the hospital?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:54:02 PM] <DesertRose> I have allergies to some narcotics, so pain really sucks for me. I can't use Vicodin/Lortab or Percocet.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:54:10 PM] <Alkari> LOL @ KK. Same here.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:54:49 PM] <jemler> They told me that after the transplant i would need to take Bactrim. I'm allergic to Bactrim (and about 10 other anti-biotics)
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:54:50 PM] <kirienne> if I just have the 6 tiny half moon shaped cuts, I'll only be in overnight. If he has to do the "big cut" I'll be in for 4-5 days. We will not know until he starts
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:55:08 PM] <Kelric> hope it's the easy one
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:55:13 PM] <DesertRose> Oh crap. Is there some other antibiotic you can take, jemler?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:55:30 PM] <kirienne> yikes, Jemler, I hope there is something else you can take
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:55:32 PM] <KK> So it might be laparoscopic. That owuld be great. But I'm sure he son't switch to an open peocedure unless he has to.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:55:51 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12almost 8pm
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:55:57 PM] <the_Bee> transpland: past or upcoming, Jemler?
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:56:04 PM] <DesertRose> They don't like to do open procedures any more if they can do it laparoscopically.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:56:07 PM] <jemler> i saw an allergist. most of the ab's i'm allergic to, can be taken orally. just not ivs
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:56:13 PM] <KK> And that's a blessing.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:56:16 PM] <Shiral> Hoping it's Laproscopic, Kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:56:17 PM] <DesertRose> Yeah.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:56:22 PM] <kirienne> thanks
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:56:24 PM] <jemler> hopefully upcoming. i'm trying to get on the list now.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:56:25 PM] <kirienne> so am I
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:56:49 PM] <Jerusha> Hope you get one soon, Jemler
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:56:52 PM] <KK> Well, good luck. And on that note, I must boogie. It's nearly time for Once Upon a TIme. And then, Downton Abbey.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:01 PM] <Shiral> Night, KK
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:05 PM] <jemler> still have at least 4 tests to get.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:06 PM] <Alkari> Sounds like your perfect TV night, KK
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:06 PM] <DesertRose> Okay, KK, thanks for coming to hang out with us.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:06 PM] <Shiral> Hope to see you next week
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:09 PM] <jemler> nite kk
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:10 PM] <Jerusha> Bye KK! Hope to see you next week
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:11 PM] <DesertRose> Good writing and a good week!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:12 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12good night kk
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:18 PM] <the_Bee> good night, KK good week and good writing.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:20 PM] <Alkari> Bye KK - nice you could come.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:21 PM] <DesertRose> Nighters
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:21 PM] <Shiral> Good Writing Woodgies
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:22 PM] <kirienne> Thanks all. I gotta run along too, need to finsih some housework, whilest I can still do it.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:23 PM] <bynw> night KK
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:28 PM] <DesertRose> See you, kirienne.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:28 PM] <kirienne> night night and hugggles to all
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:30 PM] <Shiral> Night, Kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:32 PM] <Shiral> Huggles
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:35 PM] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:38 PM] <DesertRose> Best wishes, kirienne.
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:39 PM] <the_Bee> nighterts, Kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:39 PM] <KK> Nighters!
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:41 PM] <Jerusha> Night Kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:41 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12good luck kirienne
[Sunday, January 20, 2013] [07:57:43 PM] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: ).