*sings* Oooh ooh ooohooohoooh, I gotta new Ava-Tuuuude! Errm Avatar!!! Yeah- my new Yahoo avatar, check it out (on the left, w/profile pics, little cartoony face, click it for full view baby)! The new hairstyle ROCKS, I actually do my hair like that all the time... see, above? Oh see and in my flickr tree-climbin' picture too!? *woot*

(and yes, I was kinda drunk in that photo above- a rarity- hence the gooftastic facial expression... go ahead at laugh if you want!)

Now, on to the actual point of my post (yep there is one) I said I'd post reminders here about the Thursday night chats, and, it's Thursday, so, well... REMINDER!! *poke, poke*

We will be chatting live tonight, in the Lost Diner chatroom... I invite you all to join us, my friends. Don't be shy... *smile*

The chat begins at 9 pm EST (see this page to find out when that converts to your time zone; there is also a live countdown to chat time there) Hope to see you there!

*waves, runs off to make the virtual coffee*

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Don't worry- I won't shoot. But so many people have been asking me if that's a real gun in my 360 userpic... it's not. It's a cigarette lighter! Now in this pic- THAT is a gun...

*said in best Crocodile Dundee voice*


(click pic for the biggie version)

Anyway, back on topic... tonight was a greeeeat chat, yeah baby, yeahhhhh!!

Though Markus wasn't able to make it- he was working- the regular nutjobs were there (well, some of us... *ahem Rep... SlimJim... Lllloyd... et al*)... Lobo and I, of course... as well as RaysieDaisy, sextanika, and dameelysia... and we had some NEW Diner chatters- woo hoo!- warm welcomes to bound_gagged, eatstoomuchjam, ozgenre, direwraithe, bob_bobinson, and gervgirl! We had a lovely, slightly-insane yet incredibly FUN conversation, covering such diverse topics as... giant beef sticks... Tom Waits... Hasselhoff Recursion Sickness... the musical stylin's of DJ Bubba (a'yup)... Anasazi ruins... Tarentella balcony-dancing... ghost-hunting... Diner moderator super-powers (bell ringing, woo!)... The Forbidden Zone & Oingo Boingo... and last but definitely not least... na-na-na-na-nananana.... Octocock! (and his sidekicks- Dodecapenis & Sexdecatit, which may or may not be long lost Zelda monsters that didn't make it past beta testing)...

All-in-all, it was a superfun night, and a fabulous time was had by all. Hope to see you guys back in the Diner next week- and hey- some of you who haven't been yet, too- come join in next time! We don't bite... hard.

(...and remember- the Lost Diner is also a free-for-all posting forum with tons of topics, and it's open 24-7... you can join in the fun that way as well, anytime.. *wink*)

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Shit, sorry I am so late with this! But, errrrm, well, I just woke up... *blinks... rubs eyes* (was up all night watching scary movies, ooops)

Anyway- it's chat night in the Lost Diner... 9 PM, EST (which is less than an hour now, ooopsie)... and as always, you can translate the time zone and see the LIVE chat countdown (to the day/hour/minute) right here!

Hope to see some of you there... *wink*

Now, I gotta run!

*races off to make the (virtual) coffee*

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The regular Thursday-night Lost Diner chat is officially baaack, full-on with a vengeance, kiddos. Hatchie-machie...!! Did we ever have a HOT time in the 'ol Diner last night...! *grin*

Of course a great big adoring THANKS to my buds Lobo, Markus, Raysie, Casper, Mage, Missy, Llloyd, the Ticker, falling_star, EDG, dlifesjrny, et al... for making the very first chat in the new Diner ROCK SOCKS...

*bounces about the room in a special topsy-turvy-Shady-thanking-ritual dance*

We had a lover-ly time... there was (virtual) coffee, and (virtual) pie... we laughed and laughed and discussed things such as... boobies & moobies... zombie trivia... sexually-suggestive-looking cacti... the granduer of a good 'Kiss My Ass' picture... giant 30-foot-tall babies (oh and wee little baby straitjackets)... the lack of decent Wonder Woman undergarments... those alien-guys on Sesame Street (yip, yip, yip, uh-huh, uh-huh. rrrradioo, telephone, brrriingggg!)... oh our upcoming AZ/CA trip.... Marklar, marklar marklar... and so much more that I can't remember, hehe... basically there was much rejoicing. Tomfoolery abounded. And a grand time was had by all.

Hope to see you ALL (Yes. All. HA.) in the future chats (and posting in the forums, brats!!)! "Join ussssss".....

Oh- and about that gigantic baby I told you all we saw sitting at the side of I-10 outside Phoenix... we found THIS- Giant Bebe! (just so you guys don't think we had mutual hallucinatory acid flashbacks, or something, ok?)

WTF.... right??

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Ok everyone. After all the torment and teasing and vague hints, the time has come to spill the beans. To unmask, lay bare, give away, make known, and otherwise let everyone in on the secret I have been hinting about!!! And this is it:

There is a BRAND-NEW Lost Diner forum (and fantastic new chatroom) now open for your virtual hanging-out pleasure!!! *woot*

Now, many of you know exactly what that means, because you were hardcore regulars in the Diner and the chats. So I don't have to explain to you guys. But to those who never experienced the phenomenon that was the Lost Diner... I will try to shed some light...

The Lost Diner was the official forum and chatroom of our website- Lost Destinations. We hosted a weekly night chat there that was THE place to be for on Thursdays for a dose of fun, craziness, weirdness, and absolute hilarity, and now- those chats are about to resume. Starting tomorrow night! (8:00 p.m. EST, and if you need to figure out when that is in your time zone- just check this handy page (it even has a countdown til the next chat- easy-peasy!)

The theme of tomorrow's chat will be: Virtual Bon Voyage PARTAY!!! As most of you now know, Lobo & I will be hitting the road for an wild 'n weird exploration roadtrip that will take us across Arizona and into California. Come to the chat and help send us off in party-hearty style! (who knows, there may even be a webcam involved... *nudge, nudge*)

As for the Diner's forums... check 'em out. We have a huge variety of fun and fascinating topics, polls, threads... the BEST emoticon collection (over 150- including custom user emoticons!) for posting use... even an Advice Column 'manned' by a stuffed bunny!! Need I say more? (If I do, I say this: please please please join us!!!)

The Diner was always a really superfun way to share stuff that eventually evolved into an awesome little community (and has spawned countless lifelong friendships). It has been down for awhile, sadly, due to technical issues... but we worked long & hard (huhhuh I said long and hard) to rebuild it even better than before. So I REALLY hope to see all of our old regulars there. And I hope to see many of you- YES YOU, my LJ friends!- there as well. So many of you are so great and amazingly funny and cool- too many of you who have never gotten to partake in the Diner luv... *pouts*

Registration of your personal ID is of course, free (as is everything in the Diner) and takes just a few seconds (just remember to validate your ID via the email verification to get started) And then please come on in for a virtual cuppa Joe and some conversation. Leave a post(s) and/or browse through the current ones. Have fun messing with the plethora of insane emoticons. Whatever floats your boat!

And stop by for the live chat later. Seriously. Thursday evening. 8:00 p.m (CST). Hope to see you there...

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