um...hello? is this thing on?

Brand spankin' new here.
Name's Tricia. Most people call me Trish. Those who really know me call me Trashy Trishy. Others just go "
HEY...YOU!"


Almost 36. Married for 14 years. No kids. Live in BumbleF*CK, Wisconsin. It's pretty here. I just miss Chicago (grew up there;
lived there for 30 years). I miss the big city life. I need to go to a museum that is bigger than my kitchen!

I'm a writer (primarily poetry and short stories). I draw and make clay abominations on occassion. I play the drums, guitar, and harmonica. Love to read. Love to take pictures.

I'd write more, but I'm sick right now. Well, I'm sick all the time, but I mean fevers and crap. Plus, I have something called "
Skeeter Syndrome"
. Skeeter Syndrome?! Who the heck comes up with a condition name like that?!
Got bit up by some mosquitoes, the other night. Instead of regular looking bites I've got rashes and bruises from those flitting bastards from Hell. They don't even itch;
they burn and sting. So some "
professional"
decides to downplay it by calling it "
Skeeter Syndrome"
. jerks
I'm done venting...
for now.

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Anyway, I am a myspacer: myspace.com/trish1972
That is how I found this lovely site.

I go 'way now.

Heyyy! Good to have you here!

Did you leave a comment on Rhys Darby's latest blog on myspace, perchance? The one about his Boston show's presale?

I feel like I saw something about BumbleF*CK in there...

liverz wrote:Heyyy! Good to have you here!

Did you leave a comment on Rhys Darby's latest blog on myspace, perchance? The one about his Boston show's presale?

I feel like I saw something about BumbleF*CK in there...

HAHA!
Yeah, that was me. " title="" border="0"/>

Hey! I'm in Kenowhere, WI! Where is BumbleF*CK?

and my step-mom use to get bad rashes from bites and stuff...so sorry you are dealing with that.

trashytrishy wrote:

liverz wrote:Heyyy! Good to have you here!

Did you leave a comment on Rhys Darby's latest blog on myspace, perchance? The one about his Boston show's presale?

I feel like I saw something about BumbleF*CK in there...

HAHA!
Yeah, that was me. " title="" border="0"/>

YISSSS, I knew it!

I think was commenter number two (Olivia). For whatever reason, I went back to stalk peruse the blog again a couple more times and I saw you on there.

Hey Trish!

I'm from Chicago too, what part are you from? Good to see more midwesterners on the board.

step0nmi wrote:Hey! I'm in Kenowhere, WI! Where is BumbleF*CK?

and my step-mom use to get bad rashes from bites and stuff...so sorry you are dealing with that.

Near Minocqua. In the Northwoods.

the mosquitoes in these parts are some sort of mutants. And they LOVE me. ;
)

Fallon wrote:Hey Trish!

I'm from Chicago too, what part are you from? Good to see more midwesterners on the board.

Northside! Grew up around Belmont and Damen.
I miss home. :'(

liverz wrote:

trashytrishy wrote:

HAHA!
Yeah, that was me. " title="" border="0"/>

YISSSS, I knew it!

I think was commenter number two (Olivia). For whatever reason, I went back to stalk peruse the blog again a couple more times and I saw you on there.

Peruse...
yeah, that works. ;
) I, too, "
peruse"
...A LOT! lol

trashytrishy wrote:

Fallon wrote:Hey Trish!

I'm from Chicago too, what part are you from? Good to see more midwesterners on the board.

Northside! Grew up around Belmont and Damen.
I miss home. :'(

Nice! I live in Rogers Park right now but I grew up on the South Side.

What made you move to WI?

Welcome!

Sorry I'm not from anywhere remotely close to you " title="" border="0"/> But I'll be able to relate to the mosquito thing when I move to the East Coast tomorrow ;
)

Fallon wrote:

trashytrishy wrote:

Northside! Grew up around Belmont and Damen.
I miss home. :'(

Nice! I live in Rogers Park right now but I grew up on the South Side.

What made you move to WI?

The hubby and I lived around California and Lincoln before we moved here.

Well, my mom and bro wanted to open an internet cafe up here. My hubby hated his job there. Didn't want to come buuuut since everyone else was leaving...
So here we are.
Don't have the business anymore. The winters here are harsh on ALL businesses. And I became really ill a couple of years ago so I couldn't work for a while. So we just closed the shop.
I'm hoping, one day, to get back to the city, but things are so expensive there. It'd be hard. At least I can visit.

Hey Trish, welcome!

I think it may have been you that I was talking to via the FOTCmb's myspace page a few days ago...? Glad that you decided to join us here... you will have much fun. Probably too much.

I can also relate to the mosquito problem... I live in Saskatchewan, Canada. Mosquitos are nuts here. So much so, that I prefer not to go outside sometimes haha.

Again, glad you joined us here... I'm looking forward to posting with you.

thedistantfuture wrote:Welcome!

Sorry I'm not from anywhere remotely close to you " title="" border="0"/> But I'll be able to relate to the mosquito thing when I move to the East Coast tomorrow ;
)

Just use lots of insect repellant. Or blowtorches. That's my next choice. Just scorch the winged devils! Mind you, I should probably stay away from the forest when I do that.

Amily wrote:Hey Trish, welcome!

I think it may have been you that I was talking to via the FOTCmb's myspace page a few days ago...? Glad that you decided to join us here... you will have much fun. Probably too much.

I can also relate to the mosquito problem... I live in Saskatchewan, Canada. Mosquitos are nuts here. So much so, that I prefer not to go outside sometimes haha.

Again, glad you joined us here... I'm looking forward to posting with you.

That was probably me. I kinda pop up everywhere. It's a bit freaky.

Saskatchewan. I like saying that. I like to say Chupacabra, too. And abominable.

Thank you!
I'm sure I will have a blast here

trashytrishy wrote:

Fallon wrote:

Nice! I live in Rogers Park right now but I grew up on the South Side.

What made you move to WI?

The hubby and I lived around California and Lincoln before we moved here.

Well, my mom and bro wanted to open an internet cafe up here. My hubby hated his job there. Didn't want to come buuuut since everyone else was leaving...
So here we are.
Don't have the business anymore. The winters here are harsh on ALL businesses. And I became really ill a couple of years ago so I couldn't work for a while. So we just closed the shop.
I'm hoping, one day, to get back to the city, but things are so expensive there. It'd be hard. At least I can visit.

I love Wisconsin, but I don't think I could live there because the winters are too hard. I thought Chicago winters were rough!

The city is getting more and more expensive, especially now that Chicago taxes anything and everything imaginable. (A bottled water tax! I know it's to try to cut down on plastic waste, but still, WTF?) If I had a choice I'd move to somewhere that's warmer and has a cheaper cost of living, but there's so much here that it would be very difficult to leave.

trashytrishy wrote:

Fallon wrote:

Nice! I live in Rogers Park right now but I grew up on the South Side.

What made you move to WI?

The hubby and I lived around California and Lincoln before we moved here.

Well, my mom and bro wanted to open an internet cafe up here. My hubby hated his job there. Didn't want to come buuuut since everyone else was leaving...
So here we are.
Don't have the business anymore. The winters here are harsh on ALL businesses. And I became really ill a couple of years ago so I couldn't work for a while. So we just closed the shop.
I'm hoping, one day, to get back to the city, but things are so expensive there. It'd be hard. At least I can visit.

Lincoln in California? By Roseville?

liverz wrote:

trashytrishy wrote:

The hubby and I lived around California and Lincoln before we moved here.

Well, my mom and bro wanted to open an internet cafe up here. My hubby hated his job there. Didn't want to come buuuut since everyone else was leaving...
So here we are.
Don't have the business anymore. The winters here are harsh on ALL businesses. And I became really ill a couple of years ago so I couldn't work for a while. So we just closed the shop.
I'm hoping, one day, to get back to the city, but things are so expensive there. It'd be hard. At least I can visit.

Lincoln in California? By Roseville?

Lincoln and California were the streets I lived near in Chicago, before I moved up here. Not IN California.

Lincoln and California is not too far away from where I used to live in Andersonville.

Fallon wrote:Lincoln and California is not too far away from where I used to live in Andersonville.

My hubby and I actually went to Mather High School, though at the time we were going, I still lived by Belmont and Damen.

Hi Trish!!!! Welcome to the board.

You should all move to Seattle where I live. We don't have mosquitos here

I can already tell that your sense of humor will be appreciated here. I have already chuckled a couple of times. It looks like you have a knack for thinking in words as you write, and that is a great gift

trashytrishy wrote:

liverz wrote:

Lincoln in California? By Roseville?

Lincoln and California were the streets I lived near in Chicago, before I moved up here. Not IN California.

AH HA!

That makes much more sense.

rhymenocerous wrote:You should all move to Seattle where I live. We don't have mosquitos here

Tim! I totally noticed that when we were there... I even packed bug spray just in case... it was rather lovely to be outside, in the woods all day and not be bothered by those little buggers. " title="" border="0"/>

hey trish! lovely to meet you, and to hear about bumblef*ck wisconsin, especially because when i hear that phrase, i immediately think of the cheese and taxidermy shop along I94, which makes me giggle to no end " title="" border="0"/> i used to live in bumblef*ck minnesota (or well probably less so than where you are, but that's how it felt), but i escaped to the west coast before the midwest could swallow me up ;
)

happy posting!