MonkeyPod wrote:Those little gherkins.  My mommy used to make them, slice the gherkins perfectly, mix with the peanut butter.  My classmates would kill for them.  Weird.  haven't had one in years. 

 katzendogs wrote: 
more please

 michaelgmitchell wrote: 
Is it sweet pickle or are you a freak? (dill)

As with Sally Field . . . ". . . you love me!  You really love me!"  Or something like that.
If I'm sharing my sammich, it's peanut butter and pickle.  Just a warning. 

 meower wrote: 
I have fingers crossed for you!

 katzendogs wrote: 
Will I find your photos there?

One of the hardest things I've ever learned to do was to call myself an 'artist'. It took years and even now sometimes, I find the word catching on my lips as I say it. But if you don't believe me that you can't take photos like the one posted without having the eye, do this: frame a couple of your photos and hang them in your home, if you haven't already. Then sit back and really watch and listen to visitors' reactions to them. It's an extraordinary experiment in courage that gave me a LOT of strength to even keep trying, back in those early days.

 MsJudi wrote: 
It'll be a process, but I think they'll offer it to me.  I'm actually sending my stuff out all over (including canada, in case McCain's elected) so we'll see where I end up.  

MsJudi wrote:
Well, although its flattering to be called an artist, I must admit I'm just a lucky picture taker. I do see things differently from others though. Must have been the microdot. The true artists are in the photography forum.

 meower wrote: 
You're not crazy, that city is desperate to make a comeback and if any city deserves it more, I can't think of one. We LOVE NO and would kill to see it returned to even some of its former glory. Best of luck with the job.

 MsJudi wrote: 
I'm trying not to eat too much sweets til I lose some weight, but I'd LOVE to visit...... am actually (i know, I'm crazy) applying for a job in New Orleans.....

ScottFromWyoming wrote: Thanks Scott. They don't know I have them. They would probably ban my camera and demand the rights to the photos. That's the kind of company I work for.

And Michael. You are fitting right in. Now gimme a bite of that sammich!

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Wow, Katz, that's YOUR photo?? How did I not know this about you being an artist?? I'm ashamed of myself, really. I wanna see more photos!! (Thanks for the heads-up, Scott!)

 meower wrote: 
 /spews coffee all over the monitor, which meower must now replace with a personal visit and, oh, I dunno... chocolate ok with you, too?

(and wow... thank you. )

michaelgmitchell wrote:

You just have to Zen out and post when it strikes you——and NOT CARE if no one responds. Like you say, it can move fast and sometimes people get a chuckle or otherwise like your post... but then something shiny distracts them and they don't respond directly. Just let fly and see what happens!

katzendogs wrote:
I told you he was an artist.

Katz I hope your employer is hanging prints of these photos in the lobby... and putting them on the website... and paying for them...

 MsJudi wrote: 
Judi misrepresents herself.  She's cooler than any of us, and she knows it.  

 michaelgmitchell wrote: 
Wow, no need for that, really. There are no cool kids here, or if there are, I'm not thought of as one of them. Here in RP we tend to know each other, we like each other, and the only way either of those things happens is by diving in. I'm sorry if we made you feel unwelcome- you aren't.

I need to leave this post.  I can't keep up.  You know the feeling back in high school when you were sitting in the cafeteria eating lunch and "trying" to involve yourself in a conversation with the cool kids?  I don't frequent these forums enough, and I'm an amateur.  I apologize.  I'm taking my sandwich and heading to another table where I belong.  Good day, music lovers and painters alike.
 

 MonkeyPod wrote: 
No kidding! (How's the new addition settling in, btw?)

 MsJudi wrote: 
We believe in tough love here an the RP forum ( insane asylum ).