Unfortunately, I cannot share them - yet. For one thing, I've got to figure out where I want to post them, and how to get them there. We reformatted our computer last week and I lost my bookmarks and a bunch of programs downloaded from the Web.
I'm too tired to figure all this out right now - I tried posting one picture to my blog and had to download 2 programs but still wasn't able to do it.
Also, I believe I got at least one picture of every Hatracker there. Before I post photos for the non-attendees to see, I would like to know if there is anyone who objects to having their photo available to all the fine people who visit Hatrack. If anyone does object, then I will not post their photo online, just e-mail it to them (if they want it) and keep it for my scrapbook.
I'm going to bed now (Goodnight Hatrack).
[ April 04, 2005, 02:03 PM: Message edited by: CaySedai ]
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Oooooh.
*shakes finger*
That's mean!
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
I know, I'm an awful tease. But I've spent about the last 30 minutes or so trying to figure out how to get one simple photo online and it's just not working. I haven't installed the programs I used to use and the ones I did install just didn't work for me.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
*kicks CaySedai*
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
Ouch!
Okay, I finally got a couple of pictures posted to my blog.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Nice blog!
Jimminy cricket, is Bob ever classy. And Dana is just glowing.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
wonderful pic of the couple Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
People who couldn't go were mentioned with "wish X could have made it here" comments.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
We had a blast! It was so great to have so many of our Hatrack friends there. You all are the best!
For those who couldn't make it, but wanted to, we love having you rooting for us and we hope to see you soon.
We're off to MSP and then on to London. If you want further updates, listen to BBC World Service. If we make the news, then either things have gone horribly, horribly wrong or the Queen has finally recognized dkw's brilliance and invited us to become subjects.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
That dress is great. And Dana has spectacular cleavage. Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
London?!
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
That's the bluest straw I've ever seen.
Posted by Tater (Member # 7035) on :
not as blue as the flowers.
Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
Yep yep (woooohoooo!) and guess who gets to meet them the day they arrive!!!!
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
So I'm guessing it's okay with Bob and Dana if I post more Bob and Dana pix.
I think I may have to send the photos to foobonic - the problem is I think they need toning/lightening and my skills are incomplete.
Anyone who is a subject of my photos who objects to their photo being posted should speak now or ... whenever they see this. If I post something that becomes objectionable later, I will remove it.
Anyone who wants to help out by toning photos is welcome to volunteer. (shades eyes with hand and peers around)
[ April 03, 2005, 06:02 PM: Message edited by: CaySedai ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
CaySedai, go ahead and post the least bad pic of me.
Disclaimer: the picture is bad no because of any fault of CaySedai's but because the combination of low ambient lighting and flash photography kept forcing my eyes shut.
I wasn't drugged. Really!
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
I may be able to help you with your picture toning. If you want, send em over and I'll see what I can do.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
kaioshin - there are 103 pix, but many are semi-duplicates. For example, I must have taken rivka's picture 5-6 times trying to get a good one. No fault of subject, but low lighting as she said.
Since we both have gmail, I will send a few your way. Thanks for your help.
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
I guess this is a time where the "batch action" in photoshop will come in handy.
If you could send them in a .zip archive, it would be easier to do .
[ April 03, 2005, 06:35 PM: Message edited by: kaioshin00 ]
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
I have to relinquish the computer now - I promised to give it up at 5:30 (10 minutes ago). I'll send them as a zip file later.
Thanks again.
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
k.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Oh they both look wonderful.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I will also try to get all my photos loaded up to someplace you all can see them..
...but tomorrow... I'm so tired I can hardly read the screen to check my e-mail tonight.
Yeah, tomorrow.
Farmgirl (oh - and we made it home safe. Hope everyone else did as well)
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Home. Bed. 'Night.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Am I the only one that thinks that Bob looks like he's up to something in that picture?
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Yeah, he's got that "I don't know why there are bubbles in the pool!" look.
Posted by FriscoProofKatAlias (Member # 7691) on :
Icky, why is it that the one time we spent any signifigant amount of time in the same room, you didn't talk more? I just knew there were people being funny and I was missing it. My spidey sense should have told me it was coming from the Disney section.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Well, first I was absorbed playing a game of Scrabble, which apparently I won in stealth mode, because even after it ended Moose didn't realize I had won . . . .
And then wrestling on the bed with y'all while making comments about wet spots (be they on jeans or on the bed) just didn't seem like the most appropriate for me to be doing while my wife slept down the hall.
But I had fun watching y'all!
(Next time I think I'll bring a camcorder . . . )
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Seriously, though, the more people comment about how little I'm saying, the more I retreat into my shell. Just weird that way, I guess. It's like then the pressure is on.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
Next time I'll bring 2 photo cards and more batteries. I had to delete some of the lesser-quality photos and rotated three sets of batteries in and out.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Hey... where's the pics?
Congrats, Bob and Dana! Wish I could have been there. Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
kaioshin has kindly offered to tone photos for me, and I'll be sending those zip files shortly.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
Change of plan - I found out that Picasa and Gmail work quite well together and Picasa will send batches of photos easily. It said something about sizing the photos, so we'll see if that changes the quality. Anyway, I have sent a few (34?) photos to kaioshin to fix for me. Thanks again!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I have...um...a FEW pics.
...and rivka, I won Chrononauts today at the airport by getting ten cards. Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
quote:now with actual pictures - honest!
False advertising!
*patiently awaits pictures*
*well, not really patiently*
*goes to MadOwl*
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
There aren't any up at madowl yet. I'm going to start on them tomorrow and upload 'em in batches.
I took...a LOT.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
I am so looking forward to your pics, Jamie. However, I have a couple you could not have taken ...
Just how do you feel about having your pic posted?
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
*waits some more*
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
It can be posted. I don't like my picture taken because I NEVER think it looks good. I also like TAKING the pics.
But you can post it.
Nathan got one of me at the reception when he stole my camera from me (*gasp*) and I had to chase him down and beat him up to get it back. The pic is of me about two seconds before I gave him a dead-arm.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
I think I have three of you and Nathan together, and they are cute (IMO).
I have one closeup of you focusing in preparation for taking a photo. And a couple, I think when you were taking the group Hatrack photo outside the church.
I'll post one or two of you/you and Nathan, and I'll send you any that you are both in.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Okay. Just like me up! Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
Okay, I've got Jamie and Nathan, and rivka, Jamie and Nathan posted on my blog.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
I don't know what happens when I use Picasa to send photos - if the quality is dimished, I can zip the raw images and send like that. Let me know.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Home. Stupid baggage claim took forever. Tired.
Must write chemistry test. *groan*
mack, did you REALLY? Are you sure y'all were playing correctly? Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
mack and Nate look so cute together.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Remember we I ask Brian (ElJay & dkw's brother) to take photos of our "group" so we could include Jamie?
He took 10 photos! TEN! I can't pick the best one, either. I'm just going to post them all.
(yeah, I'm working on it right now -- I have 61 images to get web-ready and scaled down enough to load quickly on a web page)
Farmgirl
Posted by Cor (Member # 4295) on :
Um, Icky, honey, you didn't bother to mention the bed wrestling.....glad you didn't participate.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I'm going to be uploading photos from this past weekend gradually all day long. Just a few there now, but keep refreshing or checking back as I add more.
Sucks doing it the way I am, but it is what I have to work with at the moment.
Farmgirl
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Okay - 30 images up there for you to view right now.
About halfway done. Working on the others.
Someone let me know if you are having trouble seeing any of the images.
(I want an album site like Jamie's MadOwl!)
Farmgirl
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Sophia is a beauty!
Looks like much fun was had by all.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Anyone who'd like an album at madowl can just email me and I'll set up an account.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Could someone post a picture of the baby quilt?
AJ
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
CaySedai emailed me a great one of you with the quilt, Anna. And a cool one of Sophie amongst several others of my flaming hair.
However, we've been swamped and I probably won't get to posting pictures for a few days. I'll try, though...
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I have a total of 1332 pictures from the course of the weekend.
I DO know that some are test shots when figuring out how I want to set up the lighting and deal with camera settings.
But STILL.
Goodness.
And aside from the photos, I have research work to do. Lots. And I have a meeting tomorrow that requires work to be prepared for.
I am going to be a busy, busy woman.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Wow.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
If anyone wants to store pictures at my site, I'd be happy to create an album for you. Also, I'm not really swamped at work, nor do I have a thousand pics to sort through.
[ April 04, 2005, 01:15 PM: Message edited by: TheTick ]
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Yeah, and crap, I forgot to as bobndana if it's okay to set up the album for the Rack to see. I mean, I THINK it'd be okay, but it's always nice to ask.
Have they left yet?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Nope. In fact, I'm meeting them for lunch in 5 minutes. Then they're going to Mom & Dad's, their flight leaves around 6 tonight. So I'll make sure they either check in or tell me that they don't mind so I can tell you. Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
I'm working on putting up CaySedai's pictures right now. They should be up soon.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Farmgirl, on the group shots, I liked the first and last in the group best.
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Ok, CaySedai's pics are up!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Sweet. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote: Yeah, and crap, I forgot to as bobndana if it's okay to set up the album for the Rack to see. I mean, I THINK it'd be okay, but it's always nice to ask.
mack - i was actually thinking about that this morning on the way to work -- thinking that you probably could NOT share the photos you took until after getting approval from Bob n Dana, since you were the "official" photographer and all.
Except for ones you took that weren't connected to the wedding and reception.
I mean - if they paid you to do the wedding, I would ask them first, if it were me. Let them have the chance to be the first ones to see their pics.
Farmgirl
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
ludosti:
there are more pictures ... kaioshin didn't get them all in the zip file the first time. I'll send you the second zip file which has all the photos I sent to kaioshin.
There are more photos, but I didn't want to make too much work for kai, plus some are "trying to get a better shot" duplicates.
edited to add: it's okay with me if others' photos are added to the BobnDanaCon album. I may start my own album later.
And thanks to kaioshin for fixing my photos and ludosti for posting them.
[ April 04, 2005, 02:04 PM: Message edited by: CaySedai ]
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
It would probably be easier if you sent me the remaining pictures that you want put up (meaning all the pics minus the ones already there, the duplicates that don't need to go up, and the one that we're waiting on permission from one of the photoees before posting).
By the way, what kind of work was he doing to them? I have photoshop and can make some mods, if needed.
[ April 04, 2005, 02:05 PM: Message edited by: ludosti ]
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
While its definitely good to ask them, I feel the copyright-geeky urge to point out that, unless such an obligation not to share is specified in the contract, jamie would be legally able to. She took the pictures, and not as work for hire.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
ludosti:
kaioshin was brightening and toning the pictures ... I feel that my Photoshop skills need some work.
I can send some more photos later, we're getting ready to go to my husband's doctor appointment.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Well, yeah - Russell. I wasn't saying "legalities" -- I was just pointing out that if I were the bride, I would assume I would get the see the photos from my official photographer before they ended up in a display window somewhere.
Dana may not feel that way at all - that was just my feeling on it.
Farmgirl
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
We had sushi. It was delicious. Dana said something along the lines of "You told her of course, right?" when I mentioned mack wasn't sure if she was supposed to post the pics. So go for it.
She also said "We threw a hell of a party." I thought I should share. Posted by KrabbyPatty (Member # 7055) on :
Liza dear, you got your vulgarities wrong. I don't use the word "hell" in non-theological contexts.
I might, however, have metioned applying a foot to a donkey in relation to the wedding.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Oops. That was me, not Mom.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Oh, okay. I knew there had been a vulgarity in there somewhere, but I couldn't really remember exactly what you had said.
Posted by Tater (Member # 7035) on :
who's Tom, Sophie and Christy.. and Jamie and Nathan?
Well, I don't know who anyone is. :\
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Oh my gosh, all I could think of looking at the pictures is that everyone looks GORGEOUS. What a lovely, stylish bunch!!
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
TomDavidson, you've probably seen. His wife, Christy doesn't post frequently. Their daughter Sophie... well she's a bit young for that yet.
Jamie is mackillian and her husband, Nathan, often posts as T_Smith. But it isn't unusual for him to post under another name.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
quote:who's Tom, Sophie and Christy.. and Jamie and Nathan?
Well, I don't know who anyone is. :\
You know, I found BobNDanaCon to be an extremely humbling experience in this way. I figured that after the 10,000+ posts I have, I was pretty widely known around these parts. Having a couple of people basically go, "Icarus? Who the hell is Icarus?" really put me in my place!
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
You're kidding, right? That's crazy talk.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
The only person I heard say anything like that was joking, Ic.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I'm not sure who you're talking about, rivka, because you weren't there when this happened, but there was literally one poster who had no idea who I was, and another who only knew one of my posts.
EDIT to clarify.
[ April 05, 2005, 12:39 AM: Message edited by: Icarus ]
Posted by mimsies (Member # 7418) on :
Did anyone get a pic of the cake? I've been wanting to see it. Did it have dinosaurs on it?
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Icarus? Who the heck is Icarus?!
We love ya', Joe, don't listen to those who fail to recognize your greatness Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I'm not entirely sure I remember who I'm talking about.
It's the sleep deprivation. Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
quote:I'm not sure who you're talking about, rivka, because you weren't there when this happened, but there was literally one poster who had no idea who I was, and another who only knew one of my posts.
I hope that wasn't me ... I knew your name but find it hard to remember a specific thing anybody has posted, so if it was me, it wasn't personal.
I didn't know that you and Cor were a couple, so that was a good thing to learn. My little notebook with the list of Hatrackers who were going to be at the wedding has names with lines drawn to show who is a couple (some I already knew, like Jamie and Nathan and of course Bob and Dana).
I'm still learning ...
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I have no idea who Nathan is.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
He's your light model. The one who keeps showing up in all the pictures.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Then he certainly does a good job.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
You should reward him appropriately.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
For what it's worth, I knew who you were! I didn't know what you would look like, but I certainly recognized the username.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Gah! Hold the phones!
I was making a light-hearted (and slightly hyperbolic) observation in response to Tater's confusion. No umbrage was taken, and no explanations are required, expected, or wanted. To be honest, there are lots of people that I would have a hard time recalling specific facts about.
But it really did get me to thinking, not for the first time, about the circles that we travel in. There is a specific grouping of thread topics that I do most of my reading and posting in (unlike some addicts who post in every thread! ) and so it is possible for me to have a lot of posts and someone else to have a lot of posts and us hardly ever cross paths. (It took me a little while to figure out that Suneun and Suntranafs were two different people! ) And I think this phenomenon gets described every time there is some sort of flare-up as cliquishness, but it isn't so much, because it's not on purpose.
It was funny to me, and also thought-provoking, but I am certainly not offended.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Cliqueshness doesn't have to be on purpose, you know. I think clique formation is pretty much inevitable when a group reaches a certain size and it becomes impossible to know "everybody."
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Who are you, again?
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Okay, then my point is that I don't think its necessarily an evil, nor that it can be avoided. It's one of those things that happens quite naturally, and need not be based even on judgments of people's personality, but on whether or not we even have contact with each other.
Either way, though, don't you see why this is an intriguing topic?
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
*sees*
*grumbles about not getting to meet so many cool Hatrackers when they're all grouped so nice and conveniently in one place* Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:Okay, then my point is that I don't think its necessarily an evil, nor that it can be avoided. It's one of those things that happens quite naturally, and need not be based even on judgments of people's personality, but on whether or not we even have contact with each other.
Yes, that's true. And even the people who see it as an evil are a part of it. There is certainly a "paraiah" or "anti-clique" clique. Even better, I'll bet there's a "meta-anti-clique" clique whose members are aware that they're in a clique.
I can't possibly imagine who might be in that one.
Also, people drift between cliques and/or join multiple cliques. And then there's the secret liberal cabal...
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Well, I certainly knew everyone by their username - and was finally able to put faces on the names: plaid, Xavier and Valentine014 (I think others I had either already met or seen photos of).
However, even among those of us who knew each other there was a lot of whispering of ("psst... what is Mama Squirrel's real name?" "what is Cor's real name?") That was kind of hilarious. Especially when it went down an entire row in the pew of us trying to remember Mama's real name. Everyone just calls her Mama.
Farmgirl
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I blanked on Mama Squirrel's real name at the reception, so she must have gotten that a lot.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
*nod*
I love to learn people's real names, but I can't always remember them.
I like to use people's real names on Hatrack also. I know I'm not the only one who does this, and I think it's cool when people know me well enough to know my real name.
But I don't know if everyone feels this way, or if it would be revealing too much information to call people by their real names here if they have not made those names obvious online.
So what are the ethics of calling people Connie, Amy, Liza (sp?), Mike, etc?
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
quote:So what are the ethics of calling people . . . Mike, etc?
What else would you call Mike?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I've used my real name here before, as have several of my family members. I'm fine with you using it if you wish. And you spelled it correctly.
Posted by Cor (Member # 4295) on :
Actually, this is a topic that Icarus and I have been debating a lot recently. My thought is that people pick their user names because they really like them. Often it is quirky or cute or has something specific to do with some aspect of the personality that the individual really likes. In my case, I'm not fond of my real name. I feel it is used too frequently. As one character in the novel "Tuck Everlasting" put it, it gets called so much that it's just worn out. And a lot of people share my first name. I much prefer a stronger sounding name like Cor. It is the name of one of my characters and she has characteristics that I would like to possess more of.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
That makes sense. I like Kat because it is my name, but no one except Hatrackers and ex-boyfriend from ages ago call(s/ed) me that.
Icarus, do you prefer Joe? I call you Icky because it makes me giggle a little bit every time.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
Personally, I like calling people by their real names because it makes me feel closer to them. Knowing something personal like that lends a sense of intimacy.
Edit: Of course, if they prefer not to be called by their real names, I find that knowing that information has much the same effect.
[ April 05, 2005, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: saxon75 ]
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
I've grown to love my name, but I'm willing to bet that hardly any of you can pronounce it. Of course, almost none of my real life friends can pronounce it either, so it's not like that matters. I answer to any reasonable approximation. Or even to "Hey, stupid!" sometimes.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
What are we betting? I'll have a chance to prove it in about two weeks. How many tries do I get?
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
You've already heard the right way. Your victory would be tainted.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Take all the fun out of it. Besides, wouldn't you say it for anyone first? Or you'd just make them try to say it from the spelling? That would hardly be fair.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
I might let them hear it once or twice. I suppose if you do manage to correctly pronounce it we can work something out. Positive reinforcement, right?
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
Dude, whatever. I can't even count how many variations on Sakasegawa I've heard. Heck, one of the companies that regularly sends me mail spells it "Jtwros."
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Kat, I like both. I like Joe because, as Mike suggested, it lends a certain (nonromantic) intimacy: I feel known. I like Icky because it strikes me as affectionate, and it makes me feel liked. I'm sure saxy would agree. I also like the strangeness of having such a nickname as Icky. Sometimes people see it and wonder if it's an insult--knowing that it's not, I think it's kind of cool. Then again, as Cor noted, I wouldn't have picked Icarus as an s/n if I didn't like it, so that's okay too--and I wouldn't want to encourage people to fake an intimacy or affection that they don't genuinely feel with me.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Nobody who's not latino pronounces my last name correctly. Cor comes closer than just about anyone. I have gotten into the habit of pronouncing it incorrectly when people ask me to pronounce it--I anglicize it because otherwise nobody could spell it or pronounce it at all.
I don't think my name is at all hard to spell. Only seven letters and it's spelled exactly like it sounds, but it's still misspelled more often than not.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:Dude, whatever. I can't even count how many variations on Sakasegawa I've heard. Heck, one of the companies that regularly sends me mail spells it "Jtwros."
One of my friends is named Daren, but the phone company liked to call him Darne. His last name is Toppin, but they thought it was Coppion.
We still call him Darne Coppion for laughs.
Edit:
quote:I have gotten into the habit of pronouncing it incorrectly when people ask me to pronounce it--I anglicize it because otherwise nobody could spell it or pronounce it at all.
That's what I do, too, only I do it with my first name.
[ April 05, 2005, 01:34 PM: Message edited by: twinky ]
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I figured out later that the word on the post it in our room (don't ask - I have no idea) was your last name when I saw the program for the wedding. Before, I spent a considerable amount of time trying to remember if it was Latin infinitive form of "anger."
I'll stick with Icky, then, if that's okay. It's very funny.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Precisely, twinky.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
I'm going to go ahead and guess that most of the misspellings of your last name are still closer than "Jtwros" is to "Sakasegawa."
Edit: Joe.
[ April 05, 2005, 01:36 PM: Message edited by: saxon75 ]
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Also, now I want to hear how Icky and Saxy's last names are supposed to be pronounced.
[ April 05, 2005, 01:37 PM: Message edited by: ElJay ]
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Are the Jtwros letters from your broker, and are they addressed to both you and Juliette?
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
A while ago I realized I'd actually internalized the anglicized version of my name and it was how I thought of myself. That was a bit upsetting. I've been working on changing it but I'm not quite there yet.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Hmm . . . I can do this, Liza, but it will seem creepy to my kids if I start randomly speaking into a microphone right now. Maybe later on today.
EDIT to clarify.
[ April 05, 2005, 01:39 PM: Message edited by: Icarus ]
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
quote:Are the Jtwros letters from your broker, and are they addressed to both you and Juliette?
Actually, yes. To be fair, they are addressed to Michael Sakasegawa and Juliette Jtwros.
For clarification, Juliette and I do have the same last name.
Further clarification: Juliette's maiden name is equally dissimilar from "Jtwros."
[ April 05, 2005, 01:42 PM: Message edited by: saxon75 ]
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
*grin* I suppose it would have been easier to have just asked you over the weekend, hmmmm?
Whenever. I can't listen to it from work, anyway.
Edit: To Joe. Since we're all being clear now.
[ April 05, 2005, 01:42 PM: Message edited by: ElJay ]
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
o_O
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Twink, how DO you pronounce your name?
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
It was only two or three years ago that I went back to anglicizing my last name (even when people specifically ask how the name is pronounced, because I interpret the question as being how they should pronounce it), but now it's only anglicized when talking to Americans. I no longer anglicize it in my own mind.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Funny, my stock broker also thinks we have this last name!
-o-
jtwros = "Joint Tenancy With Rights Of Survivorship"
It means you both own the stocks.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
We must be related! Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
*LAUGH*
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
Personally, I don't think of it as mispronunciation when people Anglicize my last name. It's when people start adding and subtracting letters that gets me.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
teehee . . . you're in an ElJay Sandwich!
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Oh sure, delete your double post. Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
twinky, I think i might be able to say your name, I used to ride an arabian horse with the same name. But i won't garuntee it.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
quote:We must be related!
Looks like you might not want to brag about it, though.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
*patpat*
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Bwahahahah!
As to my name, I have a recording of me saying it somewhere. I'll post it after work.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Sorry, Icky. I swear I only hit post once, and your funny wasn't there to wreck yet when I went back in to edit.
Posted by mimsies (Member # 7418) on :
Could SOMEONE please tell me if there were dinosaurs on the cake?
PLEASE!
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
No dinosaurs. Mini posable man and bride.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
There were going to be dinosaurs on the cake. If I recall, there is a picture of them dolled up for the wedding among CaySedai's pictures (on her blog, in fact, IIANM). However, as I recall, they were too big to actually fit there, so they went with poseable people and just had the dinosaurs somewhere else.
Back when I used to go to the Indian casino a lot, a lot of little old ladies had little charms like that in front of them while they played, for good luck. Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
what I want to know is where lavalamp and smokey were during the wedding.
Posted by mimsies (Member # 7418) on :
Oh OK.
Thanks for ltelling me though. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Smokey was hangin' at Mike & Patty's house, who are friends of the happy couple who happen to actually live in Ames. Lava Lamp I think stayed home. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
My sons asked me the significance of the use of dinosaurs as the centerpiece on the bride/groom table. I wasn't sure. Thought maybe it had something to do with age.......
Posted by lucy hummer (Member # 7740) on :
aww, smokey should have worn a dress and carried flowers.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Would you guys QUIT changing your screennames!
AARGGGGHHH@!
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
does anyone have a picture of the actual cake with the posable people on it? I would love to see that.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
No -I never really saw it with the posable couple. Mainly because as Hatrackers, we waited around at the church quite awhile to get the group photo - so were like the last ones to show up at the reception and missed some of the action there. (I'm assuming they did the cake cutting, etc. before we got there? At least I never saw it)
Farmgirl
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Nope, the cake cutting was after dinner. mack took pics, so I'm sure we'll see them when she gets that far. Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Now I want cake. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
So I guess I just wasn't paying attention! Or too engrossed in the conversation at our Hatrack table... Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Liza -- you ought to post your "toast" to the couple! (if you remember it all). I liked all the toasts - very well done.
Farmgirl
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
twinky, it was cheesecake, not normal cake. I don't know if that will make it better or worse.
Farmgirl, I had forgotten I was supposed to give a toast, so that was completely off the cuff. I'll think about it, and see if I can remember the jist of it to post later.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
About the same.
Not only do I not possess cake, I possess no means of creating cake. And if I buy a cake at the grocery store I'll eat the whole thing straight away and get fat.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
*offers twinky cake*
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
*eats cake*
Mmmmmm, straight to my hips. Posted by jack (Member # 2083) on :
twinky cake. Yum. But isn't that some sort of cannibalism?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
You can usually just buy a piece of cake, you know, instead of an entire one, if you're worried about your weight. Or would that be too easy?
Posted by Cor (Member # 4295) on :
And that homemade cheesecake was the best I'd ever had. I hate cheesecake. I loved yours. I ate every bite and asked Dana to send the recipe to Icarus. I especially loved the icing. Yum!
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
I suspect that the unit mass of cake per dollar would be lower for a piece than for a whole cake. On the other hand, I have disposable income now. *ponders*
quote:twinky cake. Yum. But isn't that some sort of cannibalism?
Thanks for not making the obvious joke.
[ April 05, 2005, 04:03 PM: Message edited by: twinky ]
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
I think the only person who couldn't pronounce "Kama" correctly was Leto.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
What *is* the correct pronunciation? When I was in New Zealand, tt&t and I were speculating about it. Neither of us knows how the first "a" is supposed to come out.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
like the "ah" sound.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
it's kinda easy, cause Polish doesn't distinguish between long and short vowels. A Polish person would not hear the difference between "cat" and ... um... a word with an "ah" sound. The thing is not to put a diphtong in there, which he did.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Hm. Okay. So it's "kah-mah?"
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Like the English word "comma"
and yes -- I still say it wrong all the time. Because I had it in my head so wrong for so long before I learned it at KamaCon
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
I'll remember that in case I ever meet you. Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
can I kiss you if we meet? O_o
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I always thought it was Kah-mah, because Kam-uh is so ugly.
By the way, I dunno if I said this, but BobNDanaCon was super super fun.
Also, twinky are you visiting MN, or is ElJay visiting Canada?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I'm going to Hatrack.ca! Woo-hoo!
There's a thread around here somewhere....
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:can I kiss you if we meet? O_o
Sure. Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
Going back to the real names--I'm comfortable with people referring to me as "Amy" on Hatrack if they so desire. However, that's bound to lead to some confusion, since it's not used that frequently and those who haven't met me won't know who you're talking to.
Conversely, how does everyone feel about being referred to by their Hatrack name in face-to-face conversation? I still tend to think of most people by their Hatrack name rather than their real name, so it is easier for me to refer to people this way. Hearing myself called "Shigosei" out loud is always odd, but I don't mind that either.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
My RL friends call me twinky on occasion. Not often, but sometimes. They also occasionally use 'RJ,' which I used to dislike, but now I'm not concerned about.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
I'm comfortable being called Mike, it's just that so is half of the rest of Hatrack males. Ralphie's the only one who gets away with Mikey, though.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
It weirds me out. I'd rather be called Abby. I dunno if I have Abby registered, tho... Hmm... Anyway, it's partly because my name is fake Japanese, and not everyone knows how to pronounce it with the correct fake Japanese accent.
Rye-oo-koh is fine with me, though. Still, I find it hard to answer to it.
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
I'm comfortable with any name as long as it isn't used in a derogatory fashion. I'll answer to: Darren, Punwit, Dagwood, Derwood, Big D, Undies(My last name is Underwood). I'm really not picky. If you can get my attention you can call me whatever you desire.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Now that we're home from BobnDanaCon, Ivygirl and I often have conversations about the trip, and I find that we constantly switch back-n-forth between referring to people by their screen names and their real names.
Except Amy. We both call her Amy. Because it is so much easier to say than Shigosei. And because that screenname wasn't exactly imprinted on my brain since I never figured out the proper way to say it.
Farmgirl
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
quote:I still tend to think of most people by their Hatrack name rather than their real name, so it is easier for me to refer to people this way.
This isn't much of a problem for me, as I only started using Saxon-related login names because it was already a RL nickname.
quote:not everyone knows how to pronounce it with the correct fake Japanese accent.
If you don't get a lot of people pronouncing the vowels correctly, I reckon you probably get even fewer people pronouncing all of the consonants correctly.
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
How much for the chocolate fountain? I must have it!
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I'm fine with people calling me ElJay in real life. My family does it on occasion, that's why I picked the name. Although I go by a different handle on most other places I hang out.
It always is kinda startling to hear it in an unfamilar voice, however. But I usually get used to it pretty quickly.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
The chocolate fountian was rented. You can buy a home version for about a hundred bucks, I think from JC Penny's.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
One of the kitchen gadget catalogs I have (at home, I can check which one later if anyone is interested) also currently has the fountains for $100.
Posted by Poseable Nurse (Member # 7162) on :
I'll provide as many fountains as you want for $100 each. The small one I bought and we didn't use at the wedding cost $64 at J C Pennys.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Punwit confessed: "Undies(My last name is Underwood). I'm really not picky."
Well, I am certainly glad you are not pick-y. That is impolite. I tell my little boy that all the time.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Thanks, Joe! The last name would take some practice for me, I think...
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Wow. Joe, that SOUNDS so cooool.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Yay me, I got it first time I saw it! =)
(and dont ask why, but that reminds me... when are your episodes of Millionaire scheduled to broadcast?)
Posted by Goo Boy (Member # 7752) on :
Some time in May. I forget.
It's in the old thread; I'll see if I can dig it up.
Are you latina?
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
Huh, I had no idea that RJ bugged you. Mind you, I don't think I've ever really used it, beyond trying it out.
At any rate, I've decided to start calling you "Rodger" from here on out, as I'm sure it's the most loathsome thing I can do to your name.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
Yeah, that's about how I guessed it would be pronounced. Guess those Spanish classes in high school were finally good for something.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
so how do we pronounce twinky's name? Maybe it's been posted, but I'm just blind. Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
Hey Icky, my middle name is Jose. *grin* (Though I don't know how to do the little accent thingy using a keyboard...curses!)
Actually, there are a lot of Joses in my family; my dad likes to tell the story of being stopped by a customs official in Ecuador as his family was transporting the body of one of his relatives to be buried. The official was looking for the person in charge of the transportation...but when he asked for a Jose Orbe, he got about ten hands raised. Needless to say, we all know the response given when the official asked for the name of the dude in the coffin as well.
Hmm. That's actually a pretty morbid story. *grin*
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
That's how I thought it was pronounced, Icky, but then, I thought it was a Latin verb and pronounced it like a Latin verb.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
RJ doesn't bug me anymore, dude. I don't mind it now.
If you call me "Roger," however, I will beat you within an inch of your life.
Yeah, I completely forgot about that whole "post link to name tutorial" thing. After work today.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Now?
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
Twinky needs a woman to remind him of things.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Even two seem not to be sufficient.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
In my defence, my computer started crashing last night right after I got home from work. That, coupled with the arrival of some furniture and a few other things that needed to be done, was enough to make me forget.
My computer can safe boot, though, so I can still use it while I'm trying to figure out what's wrong. I'll try to remember to do it tonight. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Promises, promises.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
someone in his timezone should call him to remind.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
No one on this forum has my number.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Ha HA!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Was that a challenge?
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Not really. There's at least one easy way to get it that I can think of.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Darn. I don't really want to be writing this test . . . Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
quote: Not really. There's at least one easy way to get it that I can think of.
Ask?
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
is it different than the hindi word?
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:Ask?
*laugh*
No. One easy way to get it without asking me or anyone else I know.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Hmmmm. Well it's not 411.ca, and I'm not feeling stalkerish enough today to try anything further than that. Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
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