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Fiddling While Rome Burns

May 7, 2014

Jordan Birnbaum
Stage· 425 messages
May 7, 2014

Jordan Birnbaum and I get together for our regular Tuesday spot - but with a twist: This time, we want to find something FUN to Tawk about! No more "We're really living in an Oligarchy" or "Humans are pretty much terrible." Frankly, I'm not sure that I can fail at being serious for a whole hour; I'll probably need some help. Come on out! Bring your silliness!

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 11:58 PM

whats up party people?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 11:58 PM

OMG, LONGEST countdown EVER!!!!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 11:59 PM

I hate to be a stickler but every countdown is actually the same
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 11:59 PM

(I had to stay away from Eleanor and Lee's Tawk so I could bring my happy here. :P )
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 11:59 PM

Robin!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 11:59 PM

How are you feeling in the glorious aftermath of your forst Tawk?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:00 AM

Every countdown in like forever...when i'm waiting to Tawk with YOU, Jordan. <#
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:00 AM

erm, <3
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:01 AM

ok - am I back online?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:02 AM

Ah! my computer shut down!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:02 AM

Sorry, I'm back.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:02 AM

site stopped working but appears to be cool now
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:02 AM

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hey rebecca and jordan!

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:02 AM

you did amazing
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:02 AM

didn't you re-read it?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:02 AM

it was so fun
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:02 AM

You did great! I can't wait for Sunday!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:02 AM

the people in the forum loved it
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:03 AM

Absolutely.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:03 AM

lol
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:03 AM

too humble
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:03 AM

Read it again. Then you'll see. ;)
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:03 AM

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i thought it was scary, fun and i hope i did alright

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:03 AM

so this is kind of a weird topic for us tonight, huh?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:04 AM

Right?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:04 AM

and it's weird that it's weird
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:04 AM

Yes.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:04 AM

wassup kelly mac
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:04 AM

So, hey, man - what makes YOU happy?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:04 AM

What's FUN in Jordan's life?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:04 AM

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= P i wouldn't go that far.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:04 AM

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no it was too painful to contemplate. =D

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:04 AM

so, the first thing is pets
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:05 AM

Schmurrr. <3
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:05 AM

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

well maybe i better reread it. so what the heck yer talking about.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:05 AM

dogs, cats and just about anything other than reptiles
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:05 AM

Kelly, you better not be smoking cigs, Brother. that shit will kill you!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:05 AM

I smoked hardcore for 20 years
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:05 AM

I had a turantual named Alfred for awhile in college.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:05 AM

I'm in my third year or so of quitting
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:06 AM

Congratulations!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:06 AM

It's hard to quit.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:06 AM

Seth quit like 10 years ago, and it's still hard sometimes.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:06 AM

Yeah, I quit when I finally found something.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:06 AM

*Tarantula. I had a pet tarantula.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:06 AM

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Had to get a quik smoke in before this tawk.

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:06 AM

Found what?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:07 AM

a will to live. (snare drum, cymbal)
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:07 AM

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sipders?

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:07 AM

:D
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:07 AM

what?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:07 AM

that would scare the bejeezus out of me
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:07 AM

Yeah, whoooweee.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:07 AM

so did you ever cuddle with your tarantula?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:08 AM

Snakes are...snakes.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:08 AM

now i see
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:08 AM

Um, no, but Alfred was chill. He would climb out and walk around on our hands sometimes. then go back in his habitat.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:08 AM

did yo feel a connection to it?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:08 AM

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i had a 16 foot python once.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:09 AM

ewwwww
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:09 AM

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NICE, i lived with someone who had 3 tarantula's couple gekos, 2 dogs a bird and 3 scorpions. it was like a wild kingdom :).

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:09 AM

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he was cool

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:09 AM

No, I felt a responsibility to him. Seth injured him with a pickaxe when he was digging a ditch. We brought him home to nurse him.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:09 AM

aww
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:09 AM

Sick, Rosner!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:09 AM

that was nice of you
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:09 AM

I had a couple of friends who hosted bot fly larvae in peace Corps...
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:09 AM

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I found they don't like to be on clothing jordan.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:09 AM

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

snakes are.... nice

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:09 AM

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so you have to sleep naked LOL

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:09 AM

but like, throwing a frisbee to a dog
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:10 AM

or teasing a cat with a string
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:10 AM

Not nice so much as responsible. And he definitely grew on us and was a treat to observe.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:10 AM

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I had a basilisk once. I had to have it lanced when it swelled up.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:10 AM

I mean - that's pretty always fun for me
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:10 AM

Yeah, man, when I got a dog that was MY dog...
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:10 AM

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LOL

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:10 AM

I loved Charlie-Dog.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:10 AM

I'm still grieving.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:11 AM

"best" is not necessarily "most fun"
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:11 AM

oh im sorry
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:11 AM

Hahahaha! True!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:11 AM

I keep doing the "hardest" thing I'll ever do...until I do the next thing.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:11 AM

was that the best? or the most fun?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:12 AM

Yeah, Charlie was my buddy. I'm about ready for another fur baby, though.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:12 AM

★ Spotlighted from kelly mackin

What would you say is the best thing you have done in your life?

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:12 AM

Oooh, Robin, that's wonderful!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:12 AM

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Raising my two sons.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:13 AM

I think the most blissful thing I could imagine is buying a big house in the country and filling it with rescue cats and dogs with a staff to clean up all the poop
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:13 AM

Living alone was hard for me, because I'd never done it...and I got a lot out of it.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:13 AM

hahaha.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:13 AM

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deciding its actually a good thing to live alone.

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:13 AM

Just toilet train them all...
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:13 AM

oy, the works never ends in my fantasy existence...
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:14 AM

I am definitely down for animal rescue.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:14 AM

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

yep. it was liberating

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:14 AM

I dig goats and chickens, too.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:14 AM

I think the thing that makes it so fun with pets is seeing how ridiculously happy they get
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:14 AM

Yeah.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:14 AM

It's also the awesome thing about two-year-olds.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:15 AM

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I have a PhD in animal excrement cleanup.

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:15 AM

My kid!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:15 AM

and the feeling that, their lives, at least, will be pretty close to perfect
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:15 AM

Ohmygodhe'ssofuckingcute!!!!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:15 AM

yes - playing with kids is rught up there
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:15 AM

Yeah - that's the SCARY part of having a kid...
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:15 AM

they are hilarious
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:15 AM

you're pretty sure you're fucking it all up!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:15 AM

:D
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:16 AM

With animals, you're like, hey, this is the best it gets for dogs!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:16 AM

the idea of terrible anything doesn't exist in the Westbrook household
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:16 AM

Oh, some days are not so premium.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:16 AM

But, I survived an autism classroom.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:16 AM

but that's the thing with kids - it is so much fun, until it isn't
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:16 AM

A two-year-old is light compared to a seven-year-old.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:17 AM

naivety has its advantages
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:17 AM

Hahahah!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:17 AM

I can handle littles.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:17 AM

I have raised a bunch of kids.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:17 AM

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Never heard of the terrible twos?

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:17 AM

It's teenagers that scare the bejeezus out of me!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:18 AM

All I want is to raise an adult who will still want to be around me.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:18 AM

I know I used the term earlier, but I just realized that I have no idea what Bejeezus are
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:18 AM

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That is a wonderful thought, J.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:18 AM

and do I even want them in me in the first place?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:18 AM

It's German for "Holy Living Fuck"
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:18 AM

HOW DID YOU DO IT????
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:19 AM

It's great to get to that best friend place with your parents
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:19 AM

lol
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:19 AM

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As well they should

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:19 AM

I don't know adults with functional relationships with their parents.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:19 AM

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i like my existence. i have a crappy little house that's paid for. i'm a few miles out of town. 6 foot high cedar fence around my yard. my car works. hills to hike in nearby. my kids are grown up and gone. no debt. no job, (social security).

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:20 AM

your hubby, no?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:20 AM

I don't have a problem with being friendly to your kids. Some people do, but, why wouldn't you want to be friendly?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:20 AM

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yes, my kids are my best friends, now.

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:20 AM

What did they do, Rick?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:20 AM

that's why you're so cool!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:20 AM

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Bejeesus is the same as bemoses, but more goyisch.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:21 AM

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

dunno. i was not the best parent. i always treated them like friends.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:21 AM

so my next source of fun? music
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:21 AM

No, I mean, as parents. What did they do that made it work?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:21 AM

Oh, music.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:21 AM

I would fuck the face off of jack white's music.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:21 AM

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I had a wonderful relationship with my parents.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:21 AM

lol
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:22 AM

why is music so fun?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:22 AM

My husband just took me to a Rising Appalachia show. Holy crap hats, it was incredible!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:22 AM

Because music is us.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:22 AM

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

i don't like to impose "power" on anyone.

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:22 AM

★ Spotlighted from Rick Rosner

My mother was a teacher, my father a computer programmer.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:22 AM

I have a theory that rhythm is a form of telepathy
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:22 AM

it is we. It is me. it is something more than we could ever say.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:23 AM

Which is the same thisn as telepathy.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:23 AM

;D
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:23 AM

dude, we all need somebody to lean on
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:23 AM

Oh, man. I remember the first time I listened to the ENTIRE White Album.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:24 AM

Yeah - by the time it reached "Dear Prudence" I was in heavan
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:24 AM

heaven
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:24 AM

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I had a rising Appalachia a while ago, but kept it private.

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:24 AM

Yeah.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:25 AM

I just...man. I couldn't even MOVE - and I was NOT stoned.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:25 AM

do you think you've had more fun at concerts, in record stores, or at home listening to albums? or all 3?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:25 AM

All.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:25 AM

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*still laffing over that one, rick* = D

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:25 AM

They are all experiences.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:25 AM

I miss record stores - they were special
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:26 AM

such a great date for college kids
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:26 AM

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You and Charles Manson.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:26 AM

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

oh yeah. that was a great one. yep

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:26 AM

Although, I have to admit that Seth doesn't get it. When I get a new album, I have to make him leave. He always tries to talk to me in those first three days...while we're trying to consummate our relationship and all.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:26 AM

you know who else was a recluse? Henry David Thoreau.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:27 AM

It's not reclusive. introverted, maybe, and that's okay. ;0
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:27 AM

Of course, so is everyone...
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:27 AM

We're all dead, Rick - we just don't know it yet.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:27 AM

Look at us nilhists - this is supposed to be about fun
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:27 AM

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recluse that i am, i prefer in my home.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:27 AM

lol
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:27 AM

:P
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:28 AM

I loved Lost
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:28 AM

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Concerts, and records whilst on acid or similar.

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:28 AM

I don't watch TV, so I don't even get the reference.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:28 AM

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yes! i love thoreau

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:28 AM

I mean, I know it existed, but I don't know what it WAS.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:28 AM

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And look where it got him. He's dead.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:28 AM

Yes, but I was referring to the misspelled nilhists of the world.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:29 AM

:D
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:29 AM

See Becca - that's a big difference between us - I love my TV
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:29 AM

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hahaha. yeah, well we all have that to look forward to eh?

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:29 AM

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Rebecca, this is not an episode of Lost.

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:29 AM

That's okay - gotta love somethin'!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:29 AM

it's OK - bad joke
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:30 AM

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i din't think nihilists had fun

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:30 AM

I had a brain injury when I was 16, and since then, the format of TV is EXTRA aggravating. it gets in my head and jangles my entire being. I don't dig it.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:30 AM

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I watched the entire series again recently.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:30 AM

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me too. watched hours and hours of episodes on netflix

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:30 AM

thanks for pointing it out rick
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:30 AM

But I don't think people who do like it are (necessarily) wrong.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:30 AM

oh yuck
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:30 AM

nah, it's cool.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:30 AM

how about movies?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:31 AM

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ummm ya lost me jordan

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:31 AM

If that's the only side effect, I count myself damned lucky.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:31 AM

Movies...I only like weird ones!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:31 AM

like?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:31 AM

has anyone seen Amelie, or Le Fableaux Destin de Amelie Poulain?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:31 AM

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J, you misspelled nihilists.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:32 AM

ummmmmmm
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:32 AM

I just watched it a few weeks ago, and it is...it just scratched all the right places!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:32 AM

I don't dig violence these days.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:32 AM

Although Fight Club was a fave.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:32 AM

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That's what happens when you have a NY school education - compulsive corrections.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:32 AM

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

movies without commercials are better

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:32 AM

you probably shouldn't see a Clockwork Orange
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:33 AM

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yay! weird ones!

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:33 AM

fire walk with me
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:33 AM

freaky
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:33 AM

Amelie, I think, is by this French director that I like, who did "The City of Lost Children" and "Delicatessen."
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:33 AM

No, I probably shouldn't see A Clockwork Orange.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:33 AM

The City of Lost Delicatessens
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:33 AM

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Weird, or with sex and violence. Or violent sex.

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:33 AM

I LOVE Montly Python.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:34 AM

we are the knights who say nee
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:34 AM

I was enchanted with Steve martin's Shop Girl - perfectly shot, intricate frames.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:34 AM

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david lynch moview!

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:34 AM

yes - I liked that movie
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:34 AM

claire danes - great actor
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:34 AM

And, my guilty pleasures are Nacho Libre and Napoleon Dynamite.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:35 AM

Claire Danes is good.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:35 AM

why guilty?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:35 AM

Oh! Oh! Have you seen Coffee and Cigarettes???
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:35 AM

That's the kind of thing I like.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:35 AM

Very artistic, wry, uncomfortable.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:35 AM

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and fawlty towers

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:35 AM

yes - I did
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:35 AM

i liked it
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:35 AM

Guilty because they're not "smart' or "redeemable.'
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:36 AM

Cat Blanchett as herself and her cousin - very cool
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:36 AM

I LOVE WES ANDERSON!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:36 AM

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Fawlty Towers - perfection.

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:36 AM

Oh, God yes. Cate Blanchett is my girl crush.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:36 AM

Congo is rough!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:36 AM

Starman was good - Congo not so much
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:37 AM

Has anyone seen the Bon Dylan bio - but not - called I'm Not There?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:37 AM

yeah like where did that come from?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:37 AM

napoleon dynamite I mean
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:37 AM

BOB DYLAN, not Bon Dylan.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:37 AM

I saw I'm Not There - didn't get it
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:37 AM

Napoleon Dynamite was my school career.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:37 AM

I just finished watching Starman
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:37 AM

Sopeaking of no plot, anyone see Lost In Translation?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:37 AM

watched Congo earlier today
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:38 AM

Hahaha! I'm not there is high art. You have to be STEEPED in Dylan trivia to get it.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:38 AM

but Cate Blanchett's performance was incredible.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:38 AM

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i loved napoleon dynamite, too

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:38 AM

Oh!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:38 AM

That had no plot, but was still good.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:38 AM

My favorite Cate Blanchett movie is Notes On a Scandal.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:38 AM

I love me some ScarJo.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:38 AM

And Bill Murray.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:39 AM

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I saw it.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:39 AM

It's the only movie where you love the "bad guy" and hate the "good guy"
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:39 AM

I'm not there should have been called There's no Plot
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:39 AM

So, obviously, I loved Zombieland because it had both Bill Murray and Jesse Eisenberg in it.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:39 AM

Is she all boobs?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:39 AM

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Saw that too

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:39 AM

I must be OLD ScarJo.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:39 AM

yes - finding Bill Murray at home was hilarious
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:39 AM

Jordan is looking at my dvd collection
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:39 AM

She did A Love Song for Bobby Long with john Travolta that was TO DIE FOR.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:40 AM

I didn't think I liked Travolta - until I saw that movie.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:40 AM

haven't seen Gost World.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:40 AM

Ghost.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:40 AM

Guys - I hate to do this to you - but the battery in my keyboard is dying
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:40 AM

I use to like scarjo until she became all boobs
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:40 AM

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She's always the tops.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:40 AM

i didn't even know it had a battery
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:41 AM

Plug that sit in!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:41 AM

i have to learn how to change it
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:41 AM

*shit
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:41 AM

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* back in a flash, have to take 'dogzilla' out for a sec.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:41 AM

Ghost World was lovely
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:41 AM

great news rick
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:41 AM

HAHA, mcCandless!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:41 AM

it doesnt have a plug
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:42 AM

Congratulations, Rosner!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:42 AM

I got it with my new mac
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:42 AM

never changed the batteries before
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:42 AM

use your backup plug in
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:42 AM

that sounds wrong
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:42 AM

I have an eccentric former chem professor uncle up in WA. You guys might get along. He makes homebrew wine.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:42 AM

my favorite Travolta movie was Pulp Fiction, because he dies
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:43 AM

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Flash: I'm moving back to WA this month - Gig Harbor or Bainbridge Island. BYBY L.A.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:43 AM

it's starting to go in and out - it's actually kind of funny
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:43 AM

Lordy, Robin - you're practically in CANADA. It's ALWAYS cold out there! ;D
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:43 AM

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And I expect you to visit!

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:43 AM

Hahaha. He prob knows how...
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:44 AM

He was a pharmaceutical guy..
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:44 AM

my mouse needs new batteries
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:44 AM

I hate wireless for this very reason
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:44 AM

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wow! it's COLD out there!

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:44 AM

It is hella hot here. it's like 80 and I am stuck to my exercise ball!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:44 AM

WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY!!!!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:45 AM

tryin to change batteries
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:45 AM

wish me luck
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:45 AM

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Better if he makes designer psychotropics

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:45 AM

May the Force be With You, Jordan.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:45 AM

It does get hot. Montana was hot last year. For like 2 days.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:45 AM

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except when its hella hot

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:46 AM

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So what countries are NOT supporting mother Russia in her defense against the globalist corporate takeover of the planet?

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:46 AM

luck
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:46 AM

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gets in the upper 90's for a couple months in the summer.

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:47 AM

http://www.risingappalachia.com/
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:47 AM

THIS is rising Appalachia.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:47 AM

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May the Schwartz be with you.

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:47 AM

may the Duracell be with you
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:47 AM

These girls are...incredible.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:47 AM

Protest. Folk. Hip-Hop.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:47 AM

<3
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:48 AM

is there anybody - wait for it - out there?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:48 AM

:D
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:48 AM

When I saw Folk hip-hop I thought you were telling off the world's rappers
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:48 AM

Hello, Hello, Hello...
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:49 AM

Like, folk this, folk that, folk hip-hop!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:49 AM

Hahaha!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:49 AM

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i will listen after the tawk, thanks rebecca

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:49 AM

bleak is what rosner does for fun
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:49 AM

no, these girls can play fiddle and then lay down mad beats.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:49 AM

so its appropriate
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:49 AM

ROFL.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:50 AM

you want some lotion for that?
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:50 AM

Any Kierkegaard is too much...
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:50 AM

;)
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:50 AM

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pink floyd?

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:50 AM

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No, Rosner

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:50 AM

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After the tawk . . . . nothingness.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:50 AM

so what happens when you read Kierkegarrd? you contemplate suicide?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:50 AM

me neither
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:50 AM

Every. Time.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:50 AM

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nothingness! pretty bleak, rosner

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:51 AM

I found steinbeck pretty damn depressing
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:51 AM

lolol
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:51 AM

Except: Cannery Row.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:51 AM

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Too much Kierkagard

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:51 AM

And Tortilla Flat.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:51 AM

nothing fun about Grapes of Wrath or Of Mice and Men
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:51 AM

No, but I'm glad they were in my life.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:51 AM

nihilists don't believe in rhythm
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:52 AM

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i'm afraid i am not familiar with kierkagard.

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:52 AM

*snort!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:52 AM

You ever see a nihilist choreography? Nothing happens.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:52 AM

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He'll be on Dancing With The Stars next season.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:52 AM

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a nihilist?

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:52 AM

Not nothing - they all go smoke and drink wine and talk about how life is shit.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:52 AM

thank you, thank you very much
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:53 AM

a nihilist dancer, fresh competition
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:53 AM

you know what was fun to watch recently - Dr. Strangelove
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:53 AM

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would be amusing to watch them dance then

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:53 AM

Hmmmm.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:53 AM

If anyone can make the human gluttonny for doom hilarious, it's Stanley Kubrik
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:54 AM

for sure
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:54 AM

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Yesssss Jordan

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:54 AM

maybe fosse fingers or cool snapping Jordan
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:54 AM

I think the Python troupe did it, but just in a slapstick way, not so much dark humor.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:54 AM

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hahahaah i'm sure

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:54 AM

hahahaha!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:54 AM

LOL! Petter Sellers as Jaques Clouseau was pretty amazing also
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:55 AM

Ever since GATTACA, I've been guarding mine.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:55 AM

lol
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:55 AM

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Peter Sellers was a genius.

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:55 AM

Yeah, 1984 was probably inspired by Kierkegaard.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:55 AM

has anybody seen Brazil?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:56 AM

who was probably inspired by our depressing reality
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:56 AM

Zing!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:56 AM

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Ever since I saw that movie I've been guarding my precious bodily fluids.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:56 AM

yes, the entire year of 1984 was inspired by a russian author.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:56 AM

ROFL!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:56 AM

maybe i will watch dr strangelove
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:56 AM

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.nSoren Kierkegaardnnnot too depressing

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:56 AM

lucky you
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:56 AM

It's close...
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:57 AM

Brazil is the adaptation of 1984.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:57 AM

I'm going to watch Brazil - The World Cup
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:57 AM

it has Python actors in it, but it's NOT funny.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:57 AM

Soccer. read: DON'T CARE.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:57 AM

Terry Gilliam does all sorts of stuff
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:57 AM

the entire year
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:57 AM

:P
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:57 AM

nice!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:58 AM

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I saw a Brazilian wax - does that count?

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:58 AM

yes Rosner
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:58 AM

great - my tortured existence is to satisfy the boredom of some other unsatisfied life force
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:58 AM

Yeah. He did one fail that I know of, though. It was back in like 2005. A movie about alittle girl who is trapped in a house after both her parents OD.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:58 AM

FUCK.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:58 AM

No.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:59 AM

(terry Gilliam)
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:59 AM

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Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:59 AM

I was thinking 12 monkeys
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:59 AM

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theres one i like!

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:59 AM

12 Monkeys was freaking genius comparatively.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:59 AM

Ex.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 12:59 AM

Brad Pitt as a looney
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 12:59 AM

Ew, I mean.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:00 AM

I didn't know that was Gilliam - it was...okay. I don't think about it much.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 1:00 AM

All right kiddos - any final thoughts for the evening?
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 1:00 AM

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it makes them feeling better

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:00 AM

I love cheese!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 1:01 AM

I'm going to be off next week for finals, but will come back the week after so long we're all down to tawk
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:01 AM

(Headstands can increase your life expectancy)
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 1:01 AM

interesting
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:01 AM

Hooray!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:01 AM

Yay!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:01 AM

Good luck with finals!
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 1:01 AM

cheers!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:01 AM

Though, it's not so much about luck as work.
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:02 AM

You'll do fine and we'll look forward to seeing you when you emerge.
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 1:02 AM

great to hang everyone
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:02 AM

Indeed!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:02 AM

Take care, all!
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:02 AM

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I like traffic lights, but only when they're red.

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 1:02 AM

feel good be happy
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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:02 AM

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

exercise is IMPORTANT!

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Rebecca Westbrook Toker · 1:02 AM

:)
Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 1:03 AM

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Thank you J&R

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 1:03 AM

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serendipity!

Jordan Birnbaum

Jordan Birnbaum · 1:04 AM

★ Spotlighted from Robin Maynard

g'nite, everyone.