because she is swell
estswella
hey baby what’s up
estela
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if i call her names i bet she’ll register and post. it’s how this stuff seems to work!
teasle
estela:
clamdigger
atheist
touches the coral when she snorkels
refers to people who live west of the A1 as degenerates
worked at the Flag Inn Gympie Muster, Gympie as a teen and will never live it down
tries to use the word abdegnate in conversation. friends and family too polite to correct her
learned and forgot semaphore
would have peter jackson’s baby
abridges famous books in her spare time
once spit in a casserole
visits http://www.craigharper.com.au/ at least once a day
believes DG is the ‘chosen mod’ and that ilx won’t be good again until he retakes his rightful place
(wait that could actually be true)
talks to her dog as if this is the time it might answer
wears ankle weights around the house
plagarized foucault in high school
fought the law but then pled guilty in court
writes one letter to the editor every day
vegetarian
likes gore-tex
(at first i thought not knowing much about someone was a hindrance in making fun of them but now i realize how freeing it is)
thinks sanka is good coffee
when people say ‘dynamic duo’ immedietly thinks of sting and phil collins
bid on frank stallone’s underwear on ebay ‘as a joke’
rewrote australia’s national anthem to be a song about herself
used the name ‘hard yakka’ as her first ilx login
fakes allergies
abridger
argued with a bus driver for show
has never bowled
hey estela now you can post on your own thread and confirm/deny the assumptions made
if i had to guess which ones are true
refers to people who live west of the A1 as degenerates
abridges famous books in her spare time
believes DG is the ‘chosen mod’ and that ilx won’t be good again until he retakes his rightful place
talks to her dog as if this is the time it might answer
rewrote australia’s national anthem to be a song about herself
a close reader of ilx will note that she has already admitted to two of the above, one of which max picked out
sometimes i ask my dog what being a dog is like and if he enjoys it, that’s about it though.
does your dog answer?
not in so many words.
http://www.time.com/time/2002/inventions/tra_bow.html
Japanese toymaker Takara claims it can get you in touch with your inner canine through its new Bowlingual. A radio microphone attaches to Fido’s collar, and a handheld receiver “translates” his yelps, growls and whines into such phrases as “I can’t stand it,” “How boring” and “I’m lonely.”
“baths are a pointless disruption”
estela, is this:
i met estela and she is fab and beautiful and elegant and just about everything you would imagine her to be an accurate description of you
well it seems awfully generous but i have been accused of being self-deprecating so how can i measure these things.
based on posts i have read from you, and about you, i imagine you to be pale and tall and funny and clever and implacable.
ruby was a lot like i expected her to be except maybe a little bit quieter, she doesn’t speak in caps and !!!!!, she is very pretty and has a lovely speaking voice and laugh and is funny and smart, i very liked her.
lingy, can i post a picture of your mii for estela?
lxy nope.
estela i can’t think of any of my posts that might indicate what my height is. and thank you for the speculative compliments.
i thought jergins once said you were tall, but maybe i was mistaken and he said nothing of the sort. anyway, that became part of my very sketchy picture of you, though i didn’t like you any more or less for it, in fact i didn’t really think about it at all.
sometimes i have dreams about ilx people and if i don’t know what they look like i don’t see their faces: sometimes they are blurred out, or the person has their back to me, or is talking to me from another room, my dream never supplies a face for them.
if i had to guess, i would say you are somewhere in the 5’5 range (that’s 5 feet, 5 inches, though i don’t know how many meters that is) in height; have brown hair; don’t wear glasses regularly; are shy, but overcome this very easily; are witty. probably even more than that too!
i am 5’5’ and i have dark brown hair and i don’t wear glasses and i am shy but only in some respects, so that is some pretty good guessing.
if we’re on the asl tip i need to say that i’m five foot eleven of all man with deep green eyes as wide and profound as the ocean
E, i have a Q:
did you stop drinking because
A. i don’t like this stuff or how it makes me feel
B. i like this stuff too much and too much like how it feels
also, if i ever met u i would have to call you estela, not whatever your real name is. ok?
my eyes are as flat and grey as a photocopied irs letterhead.
my stopping drinking was a mixture of a & b, at first i liked this stuff too much and how it made me feel but by the end i didn’t like how it made me feel which was sick and remorseful and horribly anxious nearly all the time, and not ever drunk no matter how much i drank. that was all a long time ago though and i have adjusted to never drinking ever, and i think everyone should carry on without me, i’m not one for spoiling the party.
i would <3 it if we met and you called me estela, i would always call you jergins. i called ruby ruby the other day, it was nice, i like all our ilx names.
at first i was going to write ‘we can carry on without you, not to worry’ but there’s no reason we can’t carry on with you. if you can put up with a bunch of drunks on itr and here it wouldn’t be much different in any other context :)
i call lingbert lingbert pretty much always. it’s hard to remember his real name sometimes. i’m still not sure i pronounce his last name correctly.
he doesn’t pronounce it correctly. we’ve only been friends for about 2 years though.
also i wish i could always guess as well as i did about estela
gime me time
is it a tricky name, or are you being lazy.
gime me time
where have you been?
where have you been?
i have been right here wondering where you have been.
hey estela do you sometimes get annoyed when you make funny posts and people fall over themselves saying things like “this thread is now perfect because of estela” and other super-hyperbolic things? im sure its really complimentary and a lot of the time theyre saying things that im thinking but frankly i think the strength of your wit is its dry subtlety and a lot of unsubtle internet posters drawing attention to your jokes sometimes ruins them for me. let me know your thoughts thanks max.
lol u jealous
only of u lingbert
i seldom get annoyed about anything on ilx, max, i am mainly in it for the nonsense. i do hold back a bit from lolling and praising other people’s posts for the exact reasons you give though. for example you probably make me lol a lot more than you realise and i think you are a top notch poster, but i don’t know that i’ve ever spelled that out.
nabiso otm
hey! hi! welcomje!
it always astonishes me when a new person finds his way here. what chain of events led to this? has said person been lurking and finally found something comment-worthy, or is this a first visit? will the visitor remain, or is it a one-off post? so many questions.
haha welcomje! the dutch in me comes out when i’m drunk.
I couldn’t figure out how to log in, that’s all.
I came back here two weeks ago looking for the kegger thread.
now that’s good style
always astonishes me
may have been overstated. it’s not like it’s happened a billion times, or even ten times
thank you estela thats a very sweet thing to say
i would say that you are obviously one of my all-time favorites if it didn’t seem gauche to return such a touching compliment with something so broad and non-specific
i <3 both estela and max
i love you lxy, these are all very great, like you.
also i think pleasant plains should come back to this board again.
aww estela! hearts, flowers
what kind of music do you like?
estela do you use any kind of instant messenger? if so, let’s chat. i’m feeling garrulous.
i would like that, but i have never imed in my life so i don’t have it set up.
go to http://www.meebo.com/ and sign up. just give them fake info, and you can be chatting in under a minute. you don’t even have to verify your account via email. i just created an account on meebo, and it took less than a minute, no exaggeration. do it!
i have to run out now for about an hour, i can do it when i get back if it’s not too late for you, let me know.
i’ll probably be in bed by then, but i’ll post here if i do go to bed before you get back.
okay, sorry, i have to walk my dog and go to the store and it keeps getting later and later.
i picked out my hike, and now i’m going to bed. oh well.
i am here again but i still have to do stuff, so goodnight! i’ll go ahead and sign up so that next time i’m ready to go.
jergins, i never answered your music question, is it from before the break? i will get on to it, though it is a bit of a difficult question for me, i think i have never given a satisfactory answer to this in my life.