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Congrats, Vana and Guru! I'm so very happy for both of you :D Wish I could have been there, but work kept me here in OK :( Can't wait to see more pics! Jae--is your mom still improving after her surgery? Congrats on the internship...what exactly are you doing? Eari--Yay for being back on this side o...

Was just lurking, but then saw that Vana and Guru are finally engaged--CONGRATS, you guys! I'm so very happy for you :-D Special hugs to Nin...I'm so sorry :-( Work is crazy (I'm working at the National Weather Center as a weather outreach person, teaching weather concepts to emergency managers, tea...

I was told that someone was looking for a meteorologist...I have two degrees in metr. and now have a job in the field, so I'm official now ;) I'm also an avid stormchaser--I've seen around 20-30 tornadoes this year alone, including Greensburg, KS (May 2007). I've never seen so much devastation as wi...

Nin, LOVE the pics from your vacation. You are so lovely, as always! Also, I am quite envious of your pic of the Cecropia moth...as a child, I put a large caterpillar in a peanut butter jar (a large one) and it made a cocoon, eventually coming out in the middle of winter as a Cecropia moth. I took i...

Weather is making me rather happy today...today is a chase day in the Plains! Hoping to see tornadoes, though also hoping they are in the middle of nowhere and that they don't hit any structures. :) My husband, our chase team, and I are probably going to eastern KS, western MO...Wisconsin is too far...

Bad Nin :Q ;) If I had known what trouble they'd make, I wouldn't have given you the link ;) But I did promise I'd send it to you a long time ago...and I've been remiss until now. And thanks for the compliments :) That's a good webcam piccie! Did you change it to b/w or is your webcam already that w...

Dang it, Nin! You've ruined my night...must...beat...game!!! I made it to "Charge your laser" or whatever...50-something. Gave up...didn't want to do the others all over again. I might try again tomorrow, as I tried that particular question only once. Hate the timed questions! Bridge does ...

Hahahaha. Poor Nin. Please don't die on us now!

Love the piccie of you and your friend One of the sweetest photos I've ever seen

Thanks, Jae. The main reason I make jewelry is that most of the time I can't afford what I really like...much cheaper to make it myself. So, I completely understand about the tight budget and not buying such frivolities

Did you ever hear back from Rituals?

Love the haircut, Eari :D So glad that things are going well with the bf...so happy that you've found someone :) Everyone's pics are so cute!! Sorry I haven't been around...been lurking a bit, keeping up with what's going on, but haven't had time to post in response, though I wanted to. Wedding went...

Just a brief flyby between thesis writing/research/wedding planning. Figured I'd be less of a traitor if I posted here as well (yes, got pulled back to TORC by Hobbituk...he started up the Hunt again. I guess we're really going to finish it this time...I hope :P) Leoba, it is indeed strange that a b...

Tinwe , yep, I'm in Raleigh :) Did you ever get your thunderstorms that day? I don't often look at the radar to the SW of Raleigh, unless the flow is from that direction ;) Glad to hear there's another NC B77er :) Jonny , sorry, all out of thunderstorms...though perhaps you got something not long a...

*avoiding studying for the last final I will ever take/doing last homework assignment/working on final group project* Leoba , It does seem like several life times ago when we'd all RP together and have fun in the Orphanage. I miss those days so much! I finally stopped my PM at TORC...have given up o...

Lightning, thunder, thunder, thunder, lightning.... happy :D The only thing that could make this any better is if I were in the Plains with my sweetheart, experiencing this little bit of storminess with him :) I miss storms...so few in NC...I grew up with lots of severe weather in the Plains... Mari...

Leoba , I popped in from the Uni-universe...I swear there are gaps in the fabric of space and time--it's the only way I can stalk all of you occasionally ;) Good luck on advancing at work and finishing your costuming! Eari , *squeals* Yay for becoming a North American!!!!!! We may yet meet! :-D :lo...

Lalaith, yay for knowing the difference between a metr. and a weather girl/guy! You're even cooler now The Air Force is a rather common way for metr.'s to go... school gets paid for and in turn, you give forecasts, which are badly needed. I'm not that tough, though

I'm a meteorologist (not a tv weatherperson :P...there really IS a difference) and I've seen Ball Lightning as well. It was outside my parents house in an incredibly intense lightning storm--the most intense I've ever seen--more colors of lightning than I had ever seen before or since. It was blue a...

Congrats Guru on your car! :) That's very exciting. *hugs* to Jae... hope things get better soon :( I miss all of you guys! Life is hectic and stressful with classes and trying to finish up my research in less than 1.5 years...I'm praying that I will be able to write and finish my thesis and do my d...

[lightning visit] Wow! So much has gone on since the last time I was here... Ren , your Nyah looks adorable! Congrats :) *tosses a water balloon at Uncle Mat * Hehehehehehe ;) Eari and Doner , your pics are hot ;) lol. But seriously, you two look even more gorgeous than usual *hugs* to my dear Nin ....

While hurricanes do not commonly hit Europe, they also do not signify climatic changes... at least according to current meteorological knowledge (I read all of the field journals, since I'm a meteorologist.) Then again, it does matter who you ask. One meteorologist is being backed by a few others in...