I do love ants on a log, but the ones I immediately think about for nostalgia are dunkaroos and those like...disgusting containers of bubble gum powder? Fleetwood Mac is incredible. I was obsessed with this live recording of Silver Springs for almost a solid year as a teenager. Isn't that the dream? This is starting to sound like a double date, though.
The bubblegum powder I don't remember, but I did have Dunkaroos. Nothing like giving kids pure sugar. I also remember those sugar sticks that you dipped in more sugar to suck on? Someone sure hated parents for inventing those.
I'm gonna see if I can track it down now.
It is sounding a little like that, isn't it? You all right with that?
Well, I have good and bad news. Apparently they still make it, so I'm buying a jug for you to try. You can decide which part of that's the bad news. Oh, I remember those! Dippin' Sticks, I think? Or...stix, maybe, because it was the 90s. Those were so gross but it did not decrease the appeal at all for young Karen.
And I can send you a link to the Silver Springs one I liked if you want to listen. It's on youtube. I loved it because when Stevie Nicks is singing, once the song ramps up, she's just staring down Lindsey Buckingham. There's so much ratcheting, inescapable tension in it.
My stomach is already hurting at the thought of it. Does anyone actually really like the flavor of Bubble Gum? Are we sure it's not a global conspiracy?
Yeah, I definitely maxed out on a sugar rush with those a time or two as a kid. Only time that could compare was the Halloween candy stash.
I'd like that, yeah. I always need good pump me up music when I'm planning my closing arguments.
I liked it when I was a kid. Every so often, like...less than once a year, I'll find myself craving it. But then I'll buy a pack, have a single piece, and then I'm good. So yeah, it could definitely be a global conspiracy.
How much of a menace was hyper on Hallowen little kid Matt?
Oh, I don't know if it's good pump up music for closing arguments. What do you usually listen to? It's still worth a listen though, so...
A lot of those childhood candies lost their appeal to me because of how they're made. However, there are some stores that sell organic clean versions of those treats and I'm usually sold.
Believe it or not, I think sugar rush kid Matt was even harder to shut up.
I like jazz and classical. Foggy sometimes has those musicals playing.
You know what you might like as an alternative? Do you remember raisinets? You can get yogurt covered raisins some places and it's a pretty simple ingredient list.
Oh no, I absolutely believe it. I just can't figure out what you would have talked about, but picturing tiny Matt doing a speech on justice is really cute.
Here I was so sure you'd both be switching it up for some classic rock.
Isn't it great? You can really hear all the emotion and tension in it.
And I can't believe you're calling me out on my I Love Lucy joke. Does this make you Ricky?
In your defense, raisins are a dubious snack at best on their own. They're really only good in trail mix. Or inside of chocolate and yogurt.
Were you making impassioned speeches about taking turns on the swings?
Jimi Hendrix is amazing. Queen too.
My mother inspired the love of Fleetwood Mac and then I just kind of ran with it. I found a VHS recording of the performance at a yard sale and played it incessantly.
I think there's a few judges that might gloat about it even, which is all the more reason why you shouldn't. Hear me out though: The Devil's Food Advocate.
[Karen. No.]
Well, I think it helps that I can correctly tell people that you and Foggy took me on as your first case and got me acquitted of being falsely accused of murder.
To be clear, I don't love Limp Bizkit. My taste isn't THAT eclectic.
I mean, you could definitely pull it off. But I don't think anyone would take you seriously.
Same. Both on the planet and in your life.
Drunk Karen is a menace and both you and Foggy deserve gold medals for the times you've had to put up with her. Though in fairness to Drunk Karen, I don't think I've ever been drunker than that time Foggy and I drank the eel. I'm prepared to blame that one entirely on him.
(OOC: Agreed! I was going to ask too if you wanted to meander the most recent text thread into an in person thread for hungover/injured lego building and pancake eating.)
To say nothing of the fact that wearing velvet all the time doesn't sound comfortable. It's not the most breathable material.
Yeah? Good.
He'd take that blame. All of my drunkest stories from college involve him, too. It's a safe bet you're going to hurt in the morning when he's at the helm. It's a good time until then, though.
[OOC: I am totally down for moving it to an in person thread! Sounds fun. :)]
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Date: 2025-05-04 10:09 pm (UTC)Fleetwood Mac is incredible. I was obsessed with this live recording of Silver Springs for almost a solid year as a teenager.
Isn't that the dream?
This is starting to sound like a double date, though.
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Date: 2025-05-05 03:11 pm (UTC)I'm gonna see if I can track it down now.
It is sounding a little like that, isn't it? You all right with that?
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Date: 2025-05-05 09:00 pm (UTC)Oh, I remember those! Dippin' Sticks, I think? Or...stix, maybe, because it was the 90s. Those were so gross but it did not decrease the appeal at all for young Karen.
And I can send you a link to the Silver Springs one I liked if you want to listen. It's on youtube. I loved it because when Stevie Nicks is singing, once the song ramps up, she's just staring down Lindsey Buckingham. There's so much ratcheting, inescapable tension in it.
I am if you are.
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Date: 2025-05-06 01:43 pm (UTC)Yeah, I definitely maxed out on a sugar rush with those a time or two as a kid. Only time that could compare was the Halloween candy stash.
I'd like that, yeah. I always need good pump me up music when I'm planning my closing arguments.
Then it sounds like a double date.
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Date: 2025-05-06 09:36 pm (UTC)So yeah, it could definitely be a global conspiracy.
How much of a menace was hyper on Hallowen little kid Matt?
Oh, I don't know if it's good pump up music for closing arguments. What do you usually listen to? It's still worth a listen though, so...
[She includes a link to the video.]
Fred and Ethel are going to be in for a surprise.
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Date: 2025-05-07 01:41 pm (UTC)Believe it or not, I think sugar rush kid Matt was even harder to shut up.
I like jazz and classical. Foggy sometimes has those musicals playing.
[He's quiet for a few minutes as he listens.]
Damn, that was good.
And Fred and Ethel will love us, Lucy.
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Date: 2025-05-07 09:01 pm (UTC)Oh no, I absolutely believe it. I just can't figure out what you would have talked about, but picturing tiny Matt doing a speech on justice is really cute.
Here I was so sure you'd both be switching it up for some classic rock.
Isn't it great? You can really hear all the emotion and tension in it.
And I can't believe you're calling me out on my I Love Lucy joke. Does this make you Ricky?
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Date: 2025-05-08 03:37 pm (UTC)Justice was still on the docket sometimes, even if the scope was more playground politics.
There are some incredible classic rock musicians. Jimi Hendrix, for one.
Did you come across it on your own or did someone introduce you to it?
I don't know how well I'd do as the straight man, given how often I'm called crazy.
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Date: 2025-05-08 09:31 pm (UTC)Were you making impassioned speeches about taking turns on the swings?
Jimi Hendrix is amazing. Queen too.
My mother inspired the love of Fleetwood Mac and then I just kind of ran with it. I found a VHS recording of the performance at a yard sale and played it incessantly.
Oh God, are we both Lucy? Poor Fred and Ethel.
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Date: 2025-05-10 03:13 pm (UTC)Yes, and reformations of the homework policy and seating charts.
Cream as well if you're familiar with them.
That's nice, though. That it was introduced to you and you've carried it on since then.
They'll love us. In small doses.
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Date: 2025-05-10 08:10 pm (UTC)You might have missed your calling as a food critic.
Did you manage to get the homework policy changed?
Come on, of course I'm familiar with Cream. And Eric Clapton.
It's a nice connection to have.
Especially if we pay for dinner.
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Date: 2025-05-11 11:18 am (UTC)We negotiated to a just conclusion.
Hey, I don't take people's musical taste for granted.
Paying for dinner is the least we can do in return for them putting up with us.
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Date: 2025-05-11 02:50 pm (UTC)You should have included that as part of your experience practicing law when we met.
That's fair. I could take a real hard left here and tell you that I really love Limp Bizkit.
To say nothing of the free dinner entertainment.
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Date: 2025-05-11 03:27 pm (UTC)This is why I'm not a marketing rep, Karen. You always sold our firm the best.
We can just call your taste eclectic.
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Date: 2025-05-11 07:18 pm (UTC)[Karen. No.]
Well, I think it helps that I can correctly tell people that you and Foggy took me on as your first case and got me acquitted of being falsely accused of murder.
To be clear, I don't love Limp Bizkit.
My taste isn't THAT eclectic.
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Date: 2025-05-11 07:42 pm (UTC)It's crazy to think back to then after everything that's happened, isn't it?
Mhm, I might detect a hint of lying. You might be lying to yourself, Karen. [He's just teasing her.]
[OOC: Matt is absolutely gonna track down that record for her, though.]
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Date: 2025-05-11 09:24 pm (UTC)I don't know how to feel about it.
It really is. We've come a long way.
Look, drunk Karen might be open to some Limp Bizkit jams, but I will not be held responsible for her questionable taste in anything.
(OOC: She will be so delighted that there might be actual tears!)
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Date: 2025-05-11 09:33 pm (UTC)I'm glad. That you're still here. Not just on the planet, but I mean... in my life.
Drunk Karen is a woman of mysterious ways, got it.
[OOC: It'll be super sweet, we'll definitely need to make it happen in a future thread.]
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Date: 2025-05-12 02:54 am (UTC)But I don't think anyone would take you seriously.
Same. Both on the planet and in your life.
Drunk Karen is a menace and both you and Foggy deserve gold medals for the times you've had to put up with her.
Though in fairness to Drunk Karen, I don't think I've ever been drunker than that time Foggy and I drank the eel.
I'm prepared to blame that one entirely on him.
(OOC: Agreed! I was going to ask too if you wanted to meander the most recent text thread into an in person thread for hungover/injured lego building and pancake eating.)
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Date: 2025-05-12 12:27 pm (UTC)Yeah? Good.
He'd take that blame. All of my drunkest stories from college involve him, too. It's a safe bet you're going to hurt in the morning when he's at the helm. It's a good time until then, though.
[OOC: I am totally down for moving it to an in person thread! Sounds fun. :)]
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Date: 2025-05-13 12:42 am (UTC)He's a great terrible influence.
The hangover was absolutely worth it.
Incidentally, so were all the drunk college stories he shared that night.
(OOC: Beautiful! We can let it evolve that way as it makes sense. :))
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Date: 2025-05-16 02:50 pm (UTC)Oh god, how many of those stories did I star in, too?
[OOC: I went ahead and moved it along! Sorry for the delay.]
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Date: 2025-05-17 01:39 am (UTC)Oh, so many.
SO many.
(OOC: No worries! Thank you for getting us going!)
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Date: 2025-05-17 11:11 am (UTC)He was drunk, nothing he said can be trusted.
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Date: 2025-05-18 02:04 am (UTC)I don't know, sounds like he has photographic evidence for several of those stories...
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