What Happens When Adrian Does Not Call When He's Supposed To?

[MIKA]

Hello All!

I have been mum about the when and what time Adrian would call because I did not want to disappoint myself or others. Well, the call was scheduled for Thursday evening at or around and between 6 and 7pm, central time.

So, in preparation, I went to the spa, got my manni, peddi and hair done and made it home promptly at 4:30pm. This gave me plenty of time to kick my husband, kids and dog out of the house, set up a security perimeter around the subdivision, take a AT&T worker hostage ( just in case something happend with the phone line) and practice my poise and posture before the witching hour.

THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 6PM AND 7PM:

The tape recorder was setup, tested and primed. At 6:15pm, the phone rang and my heart stopped..."Hello?"

"This is an important call....The warranty on your car is about to expire, bla bla, bla bla...click.

At 6:25pm, I checked the phone lines to make sure they were still open. At 7pm, the phone rang again and I stopped breathing...."Hello?"

"Hey Mika! Whatcha doin???"..."MOM!!! I'm waiting for an important phone call, get off the line!" "Well!! What's eating you? Almost 40 and still hearing that same old 14 year old line about the phone, bla bla, wonk wonk wonk wonk...."Click.

THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 7PM AND 8PM

Staring at the telephone with my finger on the button of the recorder. 8:10PM, no call. Checked to see if my AT&T guy managed to escape the duct tape and chains. Nope, still there begging for mercy. Poor bastard, should have called in sick to work today. 8:30PM, I hear the doorbell ring. Wait... I run back to the computer to read the grand prize again, maybe I missed some fine print. Ding Dong, Ding Dong, Ding Dong. "WHO IS IT??" Small, seemingly ophaned little voices chime, "Can we come home now?" Damn, it's the husband and kids. Should I let them in? Hunnie is always the voice of reason and I'm so sure he'll force me to free the hostage or at least give him a drink of water and let him call his family. It's 8:45... Guess I better let them in. Sure enough as soon as they come in the captive makes a break for it. It's over. There's no phone call in the cards for me today.

THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 9PM AND 10PM.

Everyone's back in the house with every television, radio, siren, whistle and air horn on full blast. I'm sitting in my den sulking and contemplating throwing away all my Adrianabilia. Penny is on the chat trying to talk me down from my ledge. "Something has got to be wrong", she says. "Our guy would not do this to you on purpose". But, when I'm mad, I'm mad and only jewelry can set things straight. And at this point, Adrian would have to make 52 movies and 365 commercials in one year to pay for the carat weight it would take to get me over this. If not him, definitely my Hunnie. That's right! He'd have to pay for Adrian's sin. 9:30PM, I've given up all hope and the noise decibel in the house is at that of a fighter jet in a bathroom stall. I sat down and wrote a nice long e-mail to the webmaster, Sue, asking her to please pass my questions and venom on to Adrian at her earliest convenience. 9:59pm, I hit send and started to plot my vengeance.

THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 10PM AND 10:01PM

The phone rings, Unknown name, Unknown number. I answer, "Hello?" and I hear, "Ello!, Is this Mika?" Now I know the meaning of, "HE HAD ME AT HELLO".

I'll be back with part two in the morning, or shall I say in an hour or two.

[MIKA]

THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 10:01PM AND 10:33PM.

"Ellow, is this Mika" a sweet, accented yet gravelly voice asked. Frantically, I typed, "IT'S HIM, IT'S HIM, IT'S HIM" into my chat with Penny and without waiting for her response, I ran away from the computer. "Sorry to be calling you so late... is it too late?" Of course it was not too late... two days from now would not have been too late. He sounded a little sick, as if he had a cold. "Oh, are you sick? I'm so sorry," I added. Of course, I would have swiped that same credit card from the con with the high limit (which just got paid of, by the way) and purchased a whole plane to pilot myself to LA to nurse him back to health AND I DON'T LIKE TO DRIVE!

"No, I'm not sick, just tired, long day. How are you?" What does he mean, how am I? I'M FREAKING WALKING ON MAC CLEODS RIGHT NOW. "Oh, I'm great! So glad to hear your voice!" He added, "I bet you're pretty mad at me right now, huh? You're probably fuming!" In that moment, my venom was pure sweet honey. "No, I'm not mad. I was about to take your pictures down and put your DVDs away, but I would have put them back tomorrow," I said sweetly. Now everyone knows the biggest lie in the world happens when a woman says, "No, I'm not mad". When you hear those words, you can rest assure that there is a missile crisis somewhere.

"I really liked your presentation. We had a lot of entries, but when we got it down to the top 5, yours was the best. It's funny how a lot of the same scenes were used by everyone, but each person had a different point of view, or that scene evoked a different emotion from person to person. But overall, yours really spanned my whole career and that's why it won". "You're in Texas right? What do you do?"

I paused for a moment... WHO CARES WHAT I DO? I WANT TO HEAR YOU TALK. Well, that's what went through my head. But I answered, "I'm an accountant, mostly corporate and oil and gas". Adrian, chided, "Ah... you count money!!!" With a sudden heaviness in my heart, I said, "It's not my money".

In that moment, it occurred to me that there was a Holy Hush all over the house. Thelma, Louise and what would never, ever pass for Brad Pitt and Woodie must have vanished off the face of the earth.

Adrian asked about the economy and how it's affecting my job. I told him that I traveled a lot this time a year and from my point of view, the impact was felt most by small business owners. It did not occur to me that he was actually so intellectual. Well, I have not been actually paying attention to his brain, either. On his end of the phone line at this point, there was another phone ringing. I took a pen and jabbed it in my leg to force myself to say, "Do you need to pick up that other call?"

"No, that's' not important." OMG!!! Does that mean I'm important? I'm melting, I'm melting!!!

"So, you travel a lot. You like to fly?" he asked. I replied that I usually go to either of the coasts or into the Gulf. Then the unexpected question from Adrian came..."So what do you think of that plant from Japan that grows wild through Georgia and the Carolinas?" I replied, "Kudzu. Hate it. There's a lot of it in Louisiana, too. But at a certain point in Texas, it stops."

Now, this is a clear representation of Adrian's superior intellect and my vast expanse of useless knowledge. It also shows how really small this world can be at times.

"Now, for your questions, what's your first question?" I asked, "Is your home safe from the fires?" "Well, LA is a big place, over 100 miles from north to south, so when you see that stuff on TV, it may seem like everything ablaze, but it's not. My home is just fine, very safe."

"Will you ever do a Tai Chi video? I feel it's very important that you do one." I proceeded to tell him about my issue with my back and how hard it was to exercise until I took his Tai Chi class at the LA con. At that moment, he clearly remembered who I was.

"People have been asking me about that a lot lately... and yes, I try to do one maybe next year." I told him that I had purchased a series of Tai Chi videos featuring David Carradine and day by day, it was getting a little hard to focus, knowing about Mr. Carradine's tragic end. And for this ONE reason alone, he should do a video.

Adrian laughed heartily and long. "I'm sorry, please forgive me. I can't imagine what you're going through. But I'm glad it's helped you so much and you should stick with it. I did it myself a few days ago, but then the next day, I went to lift some boxes and hurt my back. (Awww, poor baby... and that's all I'll say because my husbands' reading this, too.) What's your next question?"

"Would you ever consider doing your own fan con? You know, I'll be cheating on you with Peter Wingfield for four days out of the year next year because I'm going to his con in April, but it's only 4 of 365 days, I belong to you the rest of the 361 days".

He again, laughed long and hard. "Really? Well, cons are a lot of hard work and even more so for the guest. There's a lot of setup that goes into that. A few weeks ago, I was a ComicCon and WOW! That thing is just getting out of control! It was like 120,000 + people over four days in lines for autographs. I really hate it when fans get turned away because the lines go on and on. After all, they pay their hard money to see us! As for a fan con for myself?, No, I don't think so."

"It's because we're crazy, huh?"

"No, no it's not that! It's just that it's lots of work and scheduling. But, I'll be at a lot of other cons throughout the year. Plus, they'll be holding another ComicCon in Paris, soon. Well, do you have anymore questions? I am kinda tired and hungry, so..."

At this point, I knew it was time to land my Mac Cleod and I added one last question, "How is your dog?"

"Dino's actually doing quite well! He ended up having knee replacement surgery and it's been hard keeping his weight down. You know with Rotties, they weigh a lot and they like to eat. But, he's home in the states with me, right here beside me."

At this point, I told him how nice it was talking to him and that it had made my day.

"I'm glad I caught you. Will you go put my pictures back on the wall?"

Of course, the pictures never came off the wall, as a matter of fact, I went over and kissed them like my girls do when they see that creepy, pasty looking Twilight kid on TV. Then it hit me like a penny from the top of the Sears Tower Building... I ran away from the recorder! Damn!

"Of course. Thank you so much for calling me, Goodbye!!"

"Goodbye Mika!"

Lots Of Luck in Love and Life,
Mika


please note that this is an abridged version. further notes are available if you have questions.

[appeace]

Heaven! Im sure your STILL walking around on Mac CLEODS!;)

Thank you for sharing your prize with us, friend.

BTW--Where was your fellow Texans invite to come over and listen on speaker phone???:rolleyes::D

[MIKA]

oops!!! Well, I was not for sure if he would call after a certain time. Besides, it would have turned into an Adrian burning party with that many of us waiting in the same room at the same time! If it ever happens again in this lifetime or the next, I will certainly have a phone call sleepover and everyone is welcome.

[Valoise]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing it with us! :D

[luckyD]

MIKA:

What an awesome feeling you must have had after speaking to Adrian on the telephone!!! You did the work, girl, and the prize was well worth it. Adrian sounds like he is easy to talk to. So when are you "coming down from the clouds"? Maybe you do not want to:p

God Bless and Congratulations

PEACE TO ADRIAN ALWAYS

[appeace]

Hehehe, perhaps we Texans should all pitch in and have a walk-in freezer installed before hand??:rolleyes: You know how this Texas heat is:p

[MIKA]

They'd have to just cut a chunk of the artic circle and ship it to us to sleep on!

[Coolwater]

Good it for you, Mika! You asked all the right questions. That was a great interview, and thank you for sharing with us!

[luckyD]

Is it hot in here or is it my imagination?:cool:

[appeace]

Bwaaaa!:D
But then where would the penguins live?
Better get the fridge:D

[pukkie]

Thanks MIKA for share this with us ! :)

[wisdom]

HOWDY Mika and all, OK... I miss this whole incident on how this came about. MIKA what a fantastic evening!!! I love the part where you said THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TAKE PLACE BETWEEN ... very funny reminds me of Mad TV. I am out of my cave now so please I beg you, what did you win and fill me in please??? I am so clueless here. I am here in Texas too and if I have to visit just to hear your stories I would LOL. ok maybe email me? pskch2015@aol.com. Would love to much to know what happen. Thanks

[Coolwater]

I just reread that. Mika - you're two bricks shy of a load, and I'm glad! :D

[brilliant!MacLeod]

Hey Mika,
that was great!!! Thanks for sharing with us and...you are so brave not to have run into the freezer or fainted!
BTW what happened with your family while you were talking on the phone?Did they all listen?

[L_Shell]

Hey Mika,

Great play-by-play! You're a lucky girl! Congrats again!

[Rileah]

Hi all....

I am sooooo sorry that I don't get over here more often. Darn DRs only allow me about an hour at a time to sit here and enjoy myself...elsewise, I have to go flop into bed and get the old balloon feet up on pillows. I don't have alaptop, just a PC, so that makes it all the harder. Grrrr. Will it ever end?? LOL

But..I will be walking (very slowly!!) as a 1 year, 5 month and 12 day Breast Cancer Survivor in the "Race for A Cure" (Susan G Komen Cancer) next weekend, so please keep me in your thoughts?

Just in case you were not able to see Mika's winning entry, I've screencapped her winning Top 10. I've put the story alongside it in case you missed it.

I hope you enjoy it and have a very safe weekend.

www.adriansangels.com/id190.htm

[appeace]

Thanks so much, Rileah for the link. I had not seen Mika's entry and it was fab!
I will be praying for your health, my friend.
God bless you:)

[brilliant!MacLeod]

thanks,Rileah,
that was great.
And all the best wishes for you!!!!!

[pukkie]

Thanks Rileah
And all the best wishes for you !!

http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp25/mukkie_03/Kerst/flower69.gif

[luckyD]

Thanks Rileah!!! ;)We all have been waiting patiently to see which scenes Adrian chose.

PEACE TO ADRIAN ALWAYS

[MIKA]

Thank you Riley for your help, effort and endurance. I know you're having a hard time right now and it's really special that you of your time to post that page. To answer Alexandra's question, Thelma, Louise and what would never pass for Brad Pitt, plus Woodie really did disappear from the face of the earth. All of the sudden, this house, which is usually Grand Central Station was completely silent. You could hear a church mouse peeing on cotton.

[Coolwater]

Riley! How grim! You're cancer-free, but having trouble with something else, then? May your health improve ASAP, amen.

[brilliant!MacLeod]

Thank you Riley for your help, effort and endurance. I know you're having a hard time right now and it's really special that you of your time to post that page. To answer Alexandra's question, Thelma, Louise and what would never pass for Brad Pitt, plus Woodie really did disappear from the face of the earth. All of the sudden, this house, which is usually Grand Central Station was completely silent. You could hear a church mouse peeing on cotton.

Must have been the "Adrian-Magic":D:D

[wisdom]

First, my prayers are with you Riley. Second, Mika what a great selection of AP scenes. Congrats girl you deserve that "Ello" from Adrian LOL. I wish I could have come up with something at least but to be honest, I have not seen all of AP's work. PLEASE do not banish me here!!! Will definitely see them before the mayan calendar ends!!!

[brilliant!MacLeod]

We NEVER banish a devoted fellow fan !!!!!
On the contrary,you are to be envied,you still have so many wonderful new things to experience,we can "only" live by repetition(and that we do constantly :D and enjoy it very much!!)

[destiny]

Ah, the infamous Kudzu. I know it well having grown up in the Carolinas. In fact, my dad told us a tale when we were little of how the Kudzu came to be in our country. As we were out in the backyard pulling up long vines of it covering the ground, he told the story of how someone had seen the plant and thought it was pretty and brought it over on a ship, not knowing that it was such a vicarious vine. This was back in the colonial days, and that plant thrived and made its way across the south. He had said it was England, but I guess the country of origin could have changed as the story was passed down..lol.

Thanks for sharing, Mika. You really do have a great sense of humor, and made me laugh. :)

[wisdom]

We NEVER banish a devoted fellow fan !!!!!
On the contrary,you are to be envied,you still have so many wonderful new things to experience,we can "only" live by repetition(and that we do constantly :D and enjoy it very much!!)

Thank you brilliant. Nothing to be envy at all, because the first time I will see AP's shows, I will only be watching the storyline and what is it about. However with repetition, it will be teh game of noticing the intricate detail in each scenes that you have never noticed before or knowing at which moment Adrian is going to smile or say something that would just take your breath away.... and you know the best scene is coming and the anticipation is too great & that would never loose its spark, you will still feel like it was the first time but even better. Well, thats how I would feel anyway. LOL.

[Coolwater]

See, what I'd heard about kudzu is that it was imported from Japan after the depression to help control erosion. Which it does, and the flowers smell delicious, but the stuff grows so fast that it covers entire buildings in just a year, and so tough even goats can't eat it. It's so tough that if you chop it into lengths and braid willow furniture, your lawn furniture sprouts leaves, creeps off the patio and covers your garage! The South has no problem with ugly old wrecked cars spoiling the scenery any more; kudzu covers them up! :


The cows lie down to chew their cud, and... whammy! :eek:

OK, now I"m exaggerating. But apparently the rest is true.

[destiny]

Lol, Coolwater, that Kudzu is some strong stuff. But, really, it is a tenaciously clinging vine. I can remember taking photos of a tree and power line covered in Kudzu that looked like a huge green dragon. I passed this on my way to college every day, and it would be the first thing I saw on the horizon as I rounded the curve.

When I worked in the cultural shop back in S.C., we sold things for the local artists. One lady had Kudzu greeting cards that she had designed, and another gentleman had written a book about it. :)

[Coolwater]

I lived in kudzu country for a long time; it really does cover everything! Only good thing I ever saw come out of kudzu besides grape scented flowers covering junked cars, was hand made paper.

[brilliant!MacLeod]

Does somebody have a picture of this kudzu?
I´m curious what it looks like!
I´m making handmade paper myself,maybe we have s.th. similar to it around here that I could use?

[Shona]

Mika honey,

You have made me laugh so much with your story - I love the bit where your family want to know if they can come back in! Congratulations on winning the competition. I was so happy to read it was you who'd won. Thanks so much for sharing your conversation with us!

How is your Tai Chi coming along? I'm glad you asked Adrian about doing a DVD 'cos he is number 1 AOK teacher - it was worth the trip just to be in that class.

Hope you are still floating on that cloud .......

love to you,
Shona

[Coolwater]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/Coolwater/kudzu_house.jpg
From democraticunderground.com

This next link is a site for fans of Dickle Whiskey, but it has a really good collection of kudzu pictures, and it is true that kudzu rustles and whispers all the time. I'd always assumes that it was just the breeze in the leaves, but who knows? Oh, and the last photo isn't an elephant, it's trees, which is worse, when you think about it, because trees are much bigger. The rest of the pictures are correctly labeled.

http://dickelsippers.com/Kudzu.htm

Oh, and I disagree with the Dickle person about the erosion: do you see any erosion in those photos? It does prevent rain water from carrying away the top soil.

Here is a very clever use of kudzu: http://www.kudzu-art.com/www.kudzu-art.com_files/index.htm. I'm serious, though, when I say that you mustn't get your kudzu furniture wet, because I know someone who made baskets and patio furniture, and the stuff sprouted.

Here is another clever person: http://www.nancybasket.com/index.html . This lady makes kudzu paper from the leaves, Alexandra, and she is planning to post the recipe on her site. Until she does, though, I think that she would give you the recipe if you sent her an email. http://www.nancybasket.com/index.html Click on the links for everything from kudzu as a side dish, to kudzu soap.

[pukkie]

Here more about Kudzu on google

http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&source=hp&q=Kudzu&meta=&aq=f&oq=

[brilliant!MacLeod]

Thank you so much!!
It´s amazing,this plant!! I´m kind of glad we don´t have it around here,even if I can´t use the recepies.:D

[Coolwater]

Funny you should ask about kudzu, brilliant; I haven't thought about it for a long time, but we used to weed it out of our yards. I think that anything you could do with kudzu you could also do with grapes or other vines.

[Coolwater]

Oh, my gosh! Look at this! Researchers have found that an extract of kudzu lowers cholesterol and blood pressure in rats: http://blogs.chron.com/sciguy/archives/2009/08/kudzu_forest_killer_and_potent_natural_supplement. html

You know, if that turns out to be true for humans, we won't have any trouble at all getting rid of kudzu - the pharmaceutical companies will do it for us!:D

[wisdom]

Well the subject here changed from mika's winning entry to this kudzu plant. Since we are on this subject, I have never heard of this plant before or much see it anywhere, but from the pics it is amazing. Infact I am actually looking for a vine to plant around my chain fence to block of neighbors view and give privacy. I have been planting english ivy but they grow too slow. My questions are: these kudzu plants, are they evergreen?, will they need too much water? will they overtake and kill my trees and shrubs if they spread like crazy? do they grow in texas weather? and where can I get this plant? I can research this on my own but was hoping if you guys know already the answer, I appreciate if you can tell me. LOL

[Coolwater]

NOOOOOO! Don't do it! It already grows in Texas, in the east, and everyone hates it. That would be like planting a plague! Your neighbors would hate you forever.

Trumpet vine would be nice, but I don't think it's evergreen, in fact, ours got all brown in the winter. Have you considered a yaupon hedge? That's evergreen, and I think it grows in the Dallas area. Holly trees are also evergreen, and you can prune it at Christmas to decorate your house. Is sage evergreen? That stuff is very pretty and tough as nails. Hm. Let me forward your problem to a friend who lives in Dallas, and see what he has in his yard.

Sigh. If I lived in Dallas, I'd plant a gardenia and some crepe myrtles. Not evergreens, but they certainly make a pretty garden.

[renate]

sounds all good to me CW :o

Renate

[appeace]

Yes Wisdom, listen to CW! That stuff will take over you trees, shrubs and anything else it can and kill everything eventually!
My mum in law cleared a bunch of trees off her land which was covered in that stuff and burned it. That mess came back and covered more of her trees!
She has a man come twice a year to spray and pull that stuff up in order to save her other trees and plants.

[destiny]

Oh, my gosh, Wisdom, listen to the wise words of Coolwater. Kudzu is the most virulent, ground eating vine I have ever seen. It can cover a yard in no time, and getting rid of it is a mindblowing task.

English Ivy sounds like a nice option, and it's a pretty plant. The crepe myrtle is nice, but I have one in the front yard, and, while it has pretty purple flowers, I had to move my car away from it as it was dropping some kind of sap on it that wouldn't wash off..lol.

[Coolwater]

None of our crepe myrtles were near the cars, and I didn't know about the sap; that's good to know. Hey, Destiny, if you cut one down, they make very good walking sticks. Very tough, with interesting knots at the top.

Wisdom is right! The gardening thread has moved up here! Who started this line of thought? I don't think you get a bigger derailment than from Mika's phone call from AP to gardening. :D

[brilliant!MacLeod]

that is showing how flexible and versatile AP fans are:D

[appeace]

I think the common word was Kudzu???
Who knew Adrian had a yen for horticulture??:D

[wisdom]

Thank you all for the info, more to you coolwater. I have a crepe myrtle, holly and other texas plants. It is the fence that I hate and want it covered by a natural evergreen so in winter, it will still hide the ugly 4 ft. fence. I have 3 huge chinese tallows trees and my yard has a forest look so I thought kudzu would be better to have more forest effect but not overwhelm the trees. I have planted trumphet vine and ivy to crawl up a tree, so far its good.

[Coolwater]

That's right! It was AP who got us onto kudzu. Wisdom, you have everything but yaupon; I'm talking to an expert. Couldn't you just plant shrubs in front of the fence?

[MIKA]

LOL!!! It WAS Adrian who started the kudzu conversation. I've not gotten a chance to visit back in over a week and it looks like kudzu does what it does everywhere! It takes over, covers and smoothers. But, that's okay! I like that someone actually found a little humor and interest in my story. I live in Texas and I like to use jasmine to run along my fence. The golden variety smells really good and it does grow fast! I think if a person had the time to control the kudzu, it could work in the yard. But, if they were off of their watch even one week, it would take over the whole block! Believe it or not, Adrian talked about the same things you all are talking about - how it's good for blood pressure and how they could use it to make ethanol gas, instead of corn. Well... look at me! It must be planted in my head! I'm still on Macleod nine even after a few weeks. Can't wait until the next con or event where I get the chance to meet him in person again. And.. can't wait to see a Tai Chi video featuring him.

[wisdom]

Yaupon? ok I will check that plant at home depot, see if I like the way they look. Thanks coolwater and as far as shrubs, it would cost me alot because I need to plant both side of the fence, cause I sure dont want to see them outside and inside. That's why I thought vine would weave in and out the fence covering in intirely.

Uh Oh ok we are busted, sorry Mika. Jasmine sounds great, I will do that. By the way, where was the winning entry suppose to go meaning what was the purpose that AP did that? Is it somewhere I can see?

[MIKA]

Hey Shona!

How are things across the pond? So good to hear from you, too! Tai Chi is coming along very, very well. I still look like a drunk chicken, doing it. But ther results are great! Down 42 lbs since you saw me last. Wisdom, Adrian will be using the scenes to make a little mini movie of his career. Can't wait to see it!

[Coolwater]

LOL!!! It WAS Adrian who started the kudzu conversation. I've not gotten a chance to visit back in over a week and it looks like kudzu does what it does everywhere! It takes over, covers and smoothers. But, that's okay! I like that someone actually found a little humor and interest in my story. I live in Texas and I like to use jasmine to run along my fence. The golden variety smells really good and it does grow fast! I think if a person had the time to control the kudzu, it could work in the yard. But, if they were off of their watch even one week, it would take over the whole block! Believe it or not, Adrian talked about the same things you all are talking about - how it's good for blood pressure and how they could use it to make ethanol gas, instead of corn. Well... look at me! It must be planted in my head! I'm still on Macleod nine even after a few weeks. Can't wait until the next con or event where I get the chance to meet him in person again. And.. can't wait to see a Tai Chi video featuring him.

:D Eh, Mika, your posts are fun to read!

Where the heck did AP run into kudzu? I think he is mistaken about it lowering blood pressure; most of the folks I know find that it has the opposite effect. I can believe that it gives people gas, though. ;):p

[MIKA]

I would imagine that he ran into it in the Carolinas when he was shooting Eyeborgs. Yet something tells me he would have found it while living life in the fast lane, in Florida. Couldn't you imagine him walking down the strip in Miami? I've read somewhere that it could lower blood pressure, too. But, you may be right. I don't know if I'm brave enough to allow it to give me gas, though. If a goat can't eat it, I don't humans have much of a chance. But there has to be some way to control it! We're Americans! Insulting and assulting nature is what we do best.

[Littledevil]

Hello Mika,

Thanks for sharing your phone call with Adrian. I was laughing my butt off reading it. I have been so busy getting ready for the new baby I didn't ave time to enter myself. Congrats on the win. I probably would have felt the same way you did, only talking to him I might have developed a stutter and turned red all over...lol

[MIKA]

Thanks LittleDevil!!! Sharing it with everyone has had its' ups and downs, but overall, I've enjoyed it. Congrats on the upcoming baby. I can't wait to see pictures. You're so lucky!

[Littledevil]

Thanks...Do any day now and willing to try anything to induce labor...Overdue and don't want to be induced with pitocen. Will definitly post once he gets here.

[Coolwater]

Spicy food, energetic exercise and sexual stimulation are supposed to help, but if they don't you just end up with indigestion! :D We're with you, LD!

[appeace]

Energetic walking---sex----hot baths---sex---spicy food---and , let me see, did I mention SEX!!:eek:;)

When it all boils down to it--the bairn will come when its time:(

Im praying for you!