Liora's Journal: Whoa... Outback Steakhouse = Jail....

I think I must be finally a grownup. Because I just got the telephone call from doom.

"Someone has nominated you as one of Central Illinois' Most Wanted. Upon arrest, you will spend an hour in jail at The Outback Steakhouse to benefit Muscular Dystrophy*. Bail is set at $1575 or one hour of your time. While you're there, The Outback will feed you its version of "bread and water." When would you like to schedule your sentence?"

"Oh... I see... can I find out who has er... ratted on me?"

"Sorry... they're in the witness protection program. Can I get your fax number to send you the details? You may begin collecting bail money now."

Hmm... Well, I went ahead and scheduled it. Then I appealed to my brother for a start on that bail money in the email I was already in the middle of writing him. This is really proof that I am a grownup. Moreso than when I bought a car. Moreso than when I bought a house. Moreso than the reality that shimmin and I will be getting married in 130 days. Someone out there... thinks that not just me, but also MY FRIENDS, are rich enough to give their charity $1575.00. Which we probably (collectively) are. At least I'll get a free steak out of the deal...

*I think it was Muscular Dystrophy... I'm really not sure. I've heard of this fund-raiser before, whatever it is. But usually I hear of like the mayor or the US Senator getting jailed. Not me. Unless I can officially be lumped in with them now... ooh, scary. Anyway, I figure I'll find out when I get the fax with the rest of the information.

I'd rather stay for an hour.

[eugene ts wong]

I don't have that kind of money around. Better yet, I'd rather give them a few dollars, & not show up, so that they won't have to pay for meal. I'm just speaking for own personal view, mind you.

I must say though, this does sound kind of scarey, because it really does have some flavour of a prank call. I'm sure that it's all legit, because of the names that they mentioned.

It reminds me of a phone call which may have been a wrong number. She was trying to tell me that I was going to make supper for her,

Re:I'd rather stay for an hour.

[MonTemplar]

Coming from someone who seems to have struggled to put just under a dozen words together, that is a bit rich. :-)

Re:I'd rather stay for an hour.

[eugene ts wong]

Okay, I'm a bit confused. Your reply & the anonymous reader's reply seem to imply that you both don't believe me about the phone call.

Do I understand you correctly?

If this is true, I guess I can't blame you for not believing me. I was very surprised to hear her say that on the phone. @ 1st, I thought that it was my brother's wife arranging a meal for a group of us, or that it may have been a friend just joking around. I'm honestly can't prove to you guys that it really happened. Maybe I'm insane &

Dude. I am SO confused.

[mekkab]

I don't know if all that gas I huffed as an 8 year old has come back to haunt me, or if I am missing part of the internet, but WTF is going on?!

If I understood what was going on, I'd make you all dinner!

Re:Dude. I am SO confused.

[eugene ts wong]

mekkab, it seems that an anonymous coward is following me around & causing problems. In this case, it appeared that you were replying directly to me, in agreement with the anonymous coward. The messages were mixed up in a way that I couldn't tell what was going on.

On top of that, he must have got a user account name, "eugene ts wrong". So now he's out to ruin my reputation.

You can read my latest journal entry [slashdot.org] for more details.

Oops!

[eugene ts wong]

Coming from someone who seems to have struggled to put just under a dozen words together, that is a bit rich. :-)

Oh, okay. @ 1st, the post appeared to be in response to me, not the anonymous reader. I hate it, when /. reorganizes the threads that way. I probably need to reconfigure my preferences.

In other words, ignore my comment to you.

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[eugene ts wrong]

No, I am the greatest person that has ever lived because of my complete devotion to God and all that is holy. I have put my trust into the lord through constant prayer and soon he and I will unite to crush all of those who I desire.

Re:Oops!

[Liora]

Whoa there... even if he is an AC, you can't go distorting Christianity like that. In my Journal. Seriously. You should really rethink that kind of comment. Maybe it helps you feel better against the AC for a moment, but it really doesn't do any kind of long-term good. You should rethink that. Take it to your local respected theologian/pastor/priest, and they will tell you all of the ways in which that kind of comment is wrong. I'd rather you hear it from them than a play by play by me.

Just in case you thought that...

[eugene ts wong]

...you were speaking to me, I'd like to mention that somebody has a similar user name.

Read my latest journal entry [slashdot.org] for more details.

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[eugene ts wrong]

Looks like you got trolled, please ignore the post above this one.

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[mekkab]

No, I am the greatest person that ever lived. Why? Because of my sharp-shooting stee-lo.

Now suck on deeze!

P.S.:
he and I will unite to crush all of those who I desire.


I am unamused by your talk of kinky sex. I don't care who you desire, just as long as you do it in private.

Re:I'd rather stay for an hour.

[Liora]

No, it's really all legit, in fact I have seen this very fundraiser on television with like the city mayor and a few key developers and stuff all in "jail."

But really it's not so bad. I've been thinking about it. I could get 80 of my friends to pay $20 apiece, and I'd have the moulah, or if I got maybe my 30 richest friends to pay $50 apiece, I'd have it... or a combination of the same.

No matter what, even if you make bail, you DO stay for the hour, that's just how it works. At least I think so. After

Re:I'd rather stay for an hour.

[subgeek]

you have a lot of friends with money.

Re:I'd rather stay for an hour.

[Xaoswolf]

Heck, for a geek, she has a lot of friends. Period.

Cmon, be truthful, your friends list doesn't count. You can't read Slashdot and be popular.

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[Liora]

Hey... you must have missed that .sig I had running around for a while. "I cannot claim to be a geek or even a nerd. I'm just a karma-less girl with a lot to learn, and slashdot sometimes helps you learn things..." Or something like that. I can't remember it verbatim.

Anyway... the secret to my success... I'm a girl, and well, I'm not a geek. Or a nerd. I don't know what SSH is. I don't care to, really, unless the knowledge of such will help me do something that I really want to do. I have taken 3,

Re:I'd rather stay for an hour.

[subgeek]

geek isn't how many classes you've taken or even how much you know. it is something inside you. if it weren't there, you wouldn't find anything on /. interesting. reach inside yourself and embrace your geek. :)

i have a liberal arts degree with a double major in german and art. i dropped my third major of comp sci so i could take more art classes. maybe that makes me not be a geek, but i don't feel out of place here.