word_association_annotations dr ever von dumbening phd bvd lsd bdp so as to keep the flow on word_association uninterrupted, put your comments/questions/alternate answers here. or, a symposium, if you will. question 1 (on personal style) before the panel members: do you put down the first thing that pops into your head, or do you shoot for perfection? 011217 ... ClairE Personally, first thing, no_doubt. 011217 ... Toxic_kisses if the first thing that pops into my head is less than four words than yes, but if a whole explanation about how this that or the other word reminds me of some other word and why and bla bla bla bla than no, eather I'll look for something that I don't feel the need to explain (I feel the need to explain everything) or just leave it to the next person to have @ 011217 ... ever dumbening see, i knew that was going to happen, so thus the need for this page. sorry, ilovepatsajak the judges void "camel, joe" and go with "sally o'malley". 011217 ... Toxic_Kisses Yum Yum The name of a band 7Teen kept advertiseing about in its mag a year or so back. I don't believe I've ever listened to any of their songs though. 011218 ... Toxic_Kisses "*Sigh*"? if I may be so bold as to ask, why sigh? 011218 ... TK N/M 011218 ... ClairE All right, it finally happened. Two people blathed on the same word. Heh. Oh, well, I suppose we should just ignore discrepancy and continue with the last word on the list. See: word_association_2. 011218 ... cube i like to read the the postings for continuity of thread (main theme). if it disintegrates part way down, i'll ignore it and move on - unless the person who initiated the thread seems genuine and deserving of some time. by the last posting, i find i have something to say or not at all. if not, i prefer to keep my council and let others with greater insight speak. if so, i'll spend the time to polish the script. occasionally, i'll finish a script only to decide it's too trite and scrap the whole idea. who was it that wrote, "if i'd had more time, i'd have written you a shorter letter."? ... 011218 ... TK "Pancake"? What does that have to do w/ doll? I didn’t mean to post @ the same time as you Clare but I believe china has more relevance to Doll than pancake. 020102 ... ClairE A reminder that no_one can truly understand the workings of another's mind. 020102 ... ever dumbening (currently all four: t. b. a. u.) i love word_association (and 2 and 3 and ...) because when i'm too tired, busy, angry, or uninspired i can just let the spirit of a few thousand years of human history flow through me and spit out one tiny related associated chiplet. everything conspiring to that one moment, that one thought/word/phrase. 020130 ... Grievance depending upon the day and mood, and what is thought of on first impulse, i will either polish and script, or splurge on that impulse. though even the scripted and polished ones don't usually take long to concieve. 020130 ... Jenna I can't believe there are *4* now. 020207 ... Jenna word_association_4 girl_jane grace 020217 ... little wonder katie 020219 ... Jenna roommates 020219 ... Katie and Grace live at the end of my hall. Weirdness. 020219 ... misstree w_a_2, 040318: mayonnaise makes a great anal lubricant. 040318 ... sameolme Dear Dr. Dumbening. I shall kiss up to you to the best of my limited ablilities. Thanks for the tip, tree. ps: tea tree oil isn't 040318 ... Sameolme Can associated associates of The Word Association Association associate with unassociated associations? Or would said associates be disassociated from the Word Association Association ? Associated to the Word Association Association disassotiation issue is the associated associating of associates of the Word Association Association with disassociated Word Association Associates. Is association with disassociated Word Association Association Associates by Associates of the Word Associatio Association grounds for disassociation? 040318 ... commentary on i now see i shoulda put my Obama sidenote here. oops. in the future i will be more caring-esque. word_association_3 080526 what's it to you? who go blather from