  Rather uneventful, unless there happens to be a certain coined phrase in your midst. I'll get to that later. There will be no "inevitable reprisals" this time. I'm actually too mellow for that now. Sidenote: Saddam: despot or...sexpot? You urlLink decide . Operation Splat2931 continues to move forward, one day after formally receiving a title. Something's bound to happen soon, but I'm not sure what. (Not that I'd fill you in on it if it does...) Just under a month to go. The math Grad Test has basically lulled me into disrespecting the entire concept of testing to exit high school. Thus far, the Tests have been little more than an excuse for a catnap paired with a graded questionnaire . However, the dreaded science Test looms on the horizon. !Hounds of Hagan! strike back. Sometime last week, I had a "bet" that she'd either pile on the homework or give a test (Sorry, I'm not interested in retreating into some of my lengthier and "mean but not intentionally" entries just to give myself some much-needed self-satisfaction).
Waayelll...right on both counts, aren't we, TMK? I don't feel like elaborating on coined phrases, but whatever it was, it was a joint thing between JC and Phillip, starting after my choice not to explain it and their subsequent surprise at its absence in the dictionaries. It would have been averted if A) the former had paid close attention to the context in which it was used, or B) if I'd bothered to clarify. As I would like to say about the Lounge, there are two sides to every story. Always. On one hand, I might have explained it had I not been swamped with IMs when I had just ducked out of away status, which made me very irritated.
I suppose it's a "me" thing. First I get called on using a word JC's never heard of, where Phillip gets the notion I'm insulting him (see Zonkboard, and then yesterday's Someonelikesyou blurb) or something because he's never heard the word. It was all nice and well until I realized this was a coordinated deal, and at that point...I surrendered with an explanation. "Palava" (appr. spelling) is a cultural term from Nigeria, meaning "trouble", or in Phillip's case, problem. Yes, this is new information, and yes, I've not been entirely truthful in the last day about it. So...I had just about cooled off until Phillip's sense of "humor" set in...right after I finished explaining that it was a "family" deal...* ChampCarFan2931: Got it? ChampCarFan2931: Now, fit that into what ever JC fed to you and react accordingly. ipip86: what is your family? the lion king? ...and then...a reference to hakuna matata, which seemed inappropriate at the time.
Yes, so I was then insulted and cooled it before saying something I would later regret (yes, Sathya's invaluable advice is working miracles with this mind of mine). So, I figured it was over with. (you know, end of the night means end of the debate, right? ) It seemed fine, until after lunch, when I decided to approach Sathya about it. Turns out, she already knew. So did much of the magnet lunch. Someone went shooting off his mouth.
(And attempted to call my error on misusing a word that isn't even in a dictionary. ) I wasn't mad; just very bemused. That, however, was before I could figure out how widespread it was, which was on the bus. I suppose it was like, "Let's put TMK under the microscope and let him explode for our personal entertainment. " Response? Simple. Now that TCS is bound for a rerelease...I figured the urlLink forum could do with some "work". That means...Hibernation Mode. I don't care anymore, really, I'm just stating the facts. I thought it was over with, but it is now in my eyes. --- *I'm not an IM detective, Dead AIM does auto-logging. 
