You're fabulous darling. And I like the bandanna. Says "Grrrr..."

Not "gangbanger" or anything like that.

Coincidentally, I just saw the trailer for the fourth Pirates of Caribbean three minutes ago
What really caught my attention there is the yummy and the plate. The plate looks really adorable. Was it hand-made?

Hiraku wrote:

Coincidentally, I just saw the trailer for the fourth Pirates of Caribbean three minutes ago
What really caught my attention there is the yummy and the plate. The plate looks really adorable. Was it hand-made?

Wow! and the third's not even out yet.

That's a tough matchup though... Jack Sparrow vs Gio.  Better yet, maybe they should team up instead.

Aww, Gio, you look so cute and happy in that picture.

I'm glad all of it helped. I wish I could have donated more, too. (If my donation even went through, that is.) But yay IRG!

Must be a rum night, eh? So I'll raise another rum & coke in celebration!!! YAY GIO!!!

Q: Why are pirates so scary? A: They just YARRR

(bandana, huh? I'm distracted by that swan neck)

Razara wrote:

The other day Kealdrea and I were debating whether Jack or Juri would win in a fight. She said Jack, because he would have the power of miracles on his side, but I still think that Juri would win.

Juri, no contest. I think a lot of Jack's power kinda disappears if he's dealing with a woman that isn't attracted to him. At the very least she'd get him all tied up and he'd manage a laughably miraculous escape.

Frosty wrote:

(bandana, huh? I'm distracted by that swan neck)

The two beauty marks/freckles/whatever on my neck mark where I'm most sensitive.

You know. FYI.

We love you Gio!

We all love you Gio

SexingTouga24/7/365 wrote:

huzzah medical bill reduction

And not a moment too soon! I just got a bill from the anesthesiologist. I totally forgot he was going to bill separately. At this rate I'm waiting for a bill from the nurses for removing the catheter. It really rubs me the wrong way that there's so much secrecy about your bills until after the fact. At no point did or could anyone provide me with a total cost of the operation. It certainly wouldn't be a dealbreaker, and ended up less than I had thought at my worst moments, but still. The only number I ever heard was an estimate for the hospital stay, which didn't include the anesthesia, the doctor, the blood tests, the drugs, and probably something else I forgot that'll pop up in my mailbox soon. Are they really this unorganized? Or does everyone see themselves as so separate an entity that they can't contact you before the operation to tell you what you're getting billed? They know what my co-pay is, they know my percentage charge, they know my max out-of-pocket. You know, when you get your car fixed, they are legally obligated to provide an estimate in writing.

[/Gio's daily rant about how fucked the American health care system is]

Oh it definitely helped a whooole whole bunch. :hug:

As for you Canadians and your socialized kin... I would happily pay a higher income tax if health care and some other basic services were included in the package. I'm willing to bet that your income tax totals a lot less than our income tax + health insurance premiums and payouts. My health insurance plus the charges for my monthly meds accounts for about 80% of a week's pay for me. Granted, I have a more expensive policy right now because I knew the operation was coming, but still. People in America use our chronic illness as an excuse not to offer socialized care. What I think they're not accounting for is that in America, it's totally normal to get sick as a dog and refuse to see a doctor, because it costs a ton of money without insurance. (And a pretty chunk with it, really.) We don't get our regular check-ups, because who has the money for it? When you don't have health insurance, you have to sit there thinking about how stupendously fucked you'd be if you broke an arm, or had a tumor, and preventative care just isn't an option. And most Americans don't have insurance. It's really pathetic when I find myself acting like a kid in a candy store because I have insurance and YAY I can now see a dermatologist about this problem that's driven me nuts for years! YAY I can get allergy medication so I can breathe! YAY YAY.

Sometimes America really pisses me off.

Oof I'm all venomous tonight.

Alexandra wrote:

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Giovanna, you are totally hot.

Gio-tan is more hitable than Anthy and thats saying a lot.

Tamago wrote:

Alexandra wrote:

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Giovanna, you are totally hot.

Gio-tan is more hitable than Anthy and thats saying a lot.

DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE HITTING WITH! *baDUM TSSSSSSSS* Thank you ladies and gentlemen, I'll be here all night!

Okay, bad jokes aside, Gio is VERY ((random overheard quote that i HAVE to write down: These Schnozzberries taste like Schnozzberries!!!)) Hittable.  She has to be.  She's Ends of the freaking Forum!!! Anyone with Ends of the... as a prefix to their title HAS to be sexy!! Sexy like, I-brought-it-back-before-Timberlake-sexy!