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How come there isn't a poll option of "Keep your hippy ass in Houston!"

PUNK ASS!!!!!!!! YOU ARE NOT MOVING! DO YOU HEAR ME!!?!???!! Good. Now, go about your merry little day.

GOOD LUCK!

You obviously don't know Trent. BWAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA!!! I DO I DO!!!! Jim, I will burn and destroy all evidence I have!! He will never find out!! NEVA!!!! *EVIL LAUGH* *Waits for e-mail or phone call asking what happened and that I better fess up*

*Checking schedule*

Don't forget ours Alana!!!!! Damnit...I didn't get to jump with Yoshi at all during Skyfest! Dude you better get your ass back out to the DZ soon! Just promise me no more pranks!

I just about pissed myself!!!! ROCK OUT GIRL!

I'll be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is crazy!!! "Hornets From Hell" Offer Real-Life Fright Brian Handwerk for National Geographic News October 25, 2002 A small but highly efficient killing machine—a hornet two inches long and with a wingspan up to three inches—lurks in the mountains of Japan. The voracious predator has a quarter-inch stinger that pumps out a dose of venom with an enzyme so strong it can dissolve human tissue. Bees, other hornet species, and larger insects such as praying mantises are no match for the giant hornets, which often stalk their prey in relentless armies. Just one of these hornets can kill 40 European honeybees a minute; a handful of the creatures can slaughter 30,000 European honeybees within hours, leaving a trail of severed insect heads and limbs. People are not the Japanese giant hornet's usual prey, but those who have felt its sting describe the pain as excruciating. Masato Ono, an entomologist at Tamagawa University, near Tokyo, said it's "like a hot nail through my leg." Someone who is stung by the hornet and doesn't receive proper treatment soon thereafter can die from the venom, which is powerful enough to disintegrate human flesh. About 40 people die each year after being stung by giant hornets, mainly as a result of an allergic reaction to the venom. This weekend the National Geographic TV series EXPLORER takes a close look at this powerful overlord of the insect world. The program, Hornets From Hell, airs Sunday, October 27, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on MSNBC. Ono, who has studied the giant hornets for more than a decade, champions the insects despite their vicious reputation. "[They] seem brutal to us," he said, "but they're just doing what they have to do to survive. They're excellent mothers and fierce protectors." The film's producer, Jeff Morales, said he wanted to give the Japanese giant hornet a fair hearing. "Hornets get a bad rap for the most part, but they really are an integral part of a delicate ecosystem," he said. "Social insects like the hornet are incredibly intriguing animals, and there are so many things we have yet to discover about their ways." Lethal Attacks European honeybees are a favorite target of the giant hornets. Commonly used by Japanese farmers, the honeybees are not native to Japan and have no natural defenses against an onslaught of giant hornets. Once an enterprising hornet scouts out a bee colony, it marks the nest with a type of bodily chemical substance called a pheromone. Soon, a horde of giant hornets—each hornet five times larger than a European honeybee—arrives to decimate the colony. The annual cycle of life and death begins anew each spring on the Japanese island of Honshu. As the cold weather fades, giant hornet queens awake from six months of hibernation. Inside, they carry the eggs of those who will be the hive's workers and soldiers. A hornet queen lays thousands of eggs that take only a week to develop into larvae. The size of a hornet hive grows quickly as the season progresses—and so does the ravenous hunger of the young hornets. The queen feeds her young at first, but soon an army of hornet hunters is dispatched to surrounding forests in search of more food sources. The hornets are highly industrious while their season lasts, relentlessly slaughtering other insects and building the size of their hives. As cold weather approaches, the giant hornets' dominance comes to an end. The queens lay unfertilized eggs that will become the male hornets that are needed to fertilize a new generation of queens, which in turn hibernate until spring arrives again. Powerful Saliva Adult hornets feed their young by chewing the flesh of their victims into a gooey paste that the offspring devour. The larvae are well fed, and in turn provide the adults with a powerful energy-boosting cocktail in their saliva. It's called vespa amino acid mixture, or VAAM. Regular doses of VAAM from the larvae give giant hornets their incredible stamina and energy—when pursuing prey, they can travel a range of 60 miles (96 kilometers) at speeds reaching 25 miles per hour. The incredible effects of VAAM have not gone unnoticed in Japan: The country's latest sports drink is based on this "hornet power." It contains a synthetic form of components in the hornet larval saliva, which is touted as performance-boosting. Japanese gold medalist and world-record marathon runner Naoko Takahashi declared that VAAM gave her an edge in the Olympic Games held in Sydney, Australia. In Japan's mountain villages, the hornets are valued as part of the basic diet. They are eaten deep fried, or even as hornet sashimi. Article: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1025_021025_GiantHornets.html Video:http://stream.eizodana.com/olympus/m01_hi.wmv http://www.nearlygood.com/video/beefight.html

Happy Birthday Scotty!!!!!!!!!

COUNT ME IN!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Edited to add: Just talked to the manufacturer and my container might not be in on time. Should be done the beginning of next week..who knows if I'll make it or not...Maybe I can find a container to borrow. We'll see

Are you sure NC could handle me? *Hugs & Kisses to you and Chuck!!!!*

I'm sure we could work something out Saturday when we're going over packing...hmm..canopy out of container....private room....ahhh fuck it..just bring your camera! Jenn...how the hell do I order copies of those?

I know Amanda got some awesome pics of Kims fire show..not sure about the fire breathing but the ones I saw turned out awesome!!! i'm sure she'll post them later today (hint hint AMANDA!)

*Just fell outta chair* I just got the best visual for the cover of my book!!! Jake with a thumbs up goofy grin captioned "I can do it, so can you!" BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

J, would you mind filling Jake in? I think he has it all wrong....LMFAO!

Hey there HOT ASS!!!! Thanks for letting me squeeze those tight buns, I slept like a baby after that!

Awesome pics, Clint!!!! Glad we didn't nail you with the water balloons hanging around the patio deck! LMFAO @ Happy DUH...more like dorky duh!! It was great to see you again!!!

*snickering duh* That's f'n great. Hope you followed my words of wisdom, J. If so, you should have left Spaceland a very happy man!

Let me know if you need me to put together a book of "Duh's Boogie Etiquette" or "Duhs BOogie Rules to Follow" for you all!!

Just think of all the innocent maggots you will get to pour on next year!!!

It was sooooo good to see you again sweetie!! I had so much fun slip&slidn with ya! BWAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!! We are actually going to jump together one of these days at a boogie girl..WE GOT TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damnit woman! You were suppose to show me all the toys at skyfest!!! Guess we were all just too busy...GRRR...Does this mean I"m going to have to come up to Georgia!?

now THAT'S what I wanted to hear!! Hope all is going well with you, sweetie!!!...and hope to see you soon!

Next year I expect to see you here, Jake.