30 hours of driving through deserted outback. Sounds like ... fun? :) Glad you made it through and didn't break down or run out of water. 50 degrees C in Darwin. That's INSANE. It wasn't even that hot when I was in Egypt. Crikey! Enjoy your flight down to Melbourne. I'm sending you a couple letters I've written over the past couple weeks. ok.. only one more month, and we get to have you back! :)

Hey there ANNIE BANNANNIE!!

Wow, i'm so happy you went diving in the reef! I know that's something you've been wanting to do for as long as I can remember!! Congrats!! Thailand's the next venture, hey!? Sounds amazing!! I wish I was with you seeing the beautiful and wonderless world, but I guess in a sense I am. You are truly a beautiful and fearless woman who I deeply admire for so many things. YOU GO GIRRRRRLLLL!! =) Have a safe trip and I can't wait to hear about Thailand!! Angie was there once with her dad and said it was insane, (in a good way). Have fun and be safe. We'll see you soon.

PS- My party on the 25th of June has been cancelled. Jay is going on a bike trip for a week or so that weekend.

OKAY, I LOVE YOU!!

gINGer

Hi Annie. I hope Melbourne treated you well. And the flight to Thailand worked out OK. Safe Travels, and I hope to hear from you soon!
Love,
Bill

"I wish I was with you seeing the beautiful and wonderless world",
Ginger, I don't mean to attack your opinion (don't want to be a skip *tee hee*).
But how can you so boldly claim that the world is "wonderless". Claiming that it is both beautiful yet wonderless is a pretty big insult to us who feel that the world is both beautiful and wonderful. With an opinion of yours it might be best to keep that thought to yourself.
Think of all of the fearless, strong women, who have crushed and killed and murdered and kicked to help make this place as beautiful and wonderful as it is.

Flirting with Bill's wife/girlfriend ("you are truly a beautiful and fearless woman who I deeply admire for so many things") is deplorable. I have completely nothing against women who wish to be with women; but you don't make those intentions known when the persons significant other is on this board as well.

*LOL*
Sharon, I think Ginger just made a typing error. I don't think she meant to say the place is wonderless.
I think it's great that you are defending the world. But I know Ginger, she loves this place as much as the next person (I'd say 'guy' but I know how upset Ginger gets when the masculine term gets used. That's what feminism will do to you *LOL*).

Anne, your trip is sounding so great. I have mine coming up soon. At least I keep telling people that I am going to be going soon. Hopefully I finally do.
I'm worried about you when you get back. Ginger is really buttering you up. We'll have to keep a leash on her when you're around. With all of that deep admiring you'll have to be very careful around by her. Jay and Bill are on the verge of being displaced. LOL

Um just for everyone's info. I really don't care what anyone thinks re: my emails, however in defense of myself, I Annie and I have been best friends/sisters for the last 20 some years and Jim thanks for trying to stick up for me, appreciate it. I don't care if you would have said "guy" either, i'm not that big of a feminist. I could care less what word you use. But thanks again. And as far as Sharon is concerned, which she shouldn't be b/c she obviously doesn't know anne or i, you are being a "skip" and it isn't very flattering on your part. Just keep to your own and i'll do the same which I have since annie posted this site, but when my name is brought up I gotta say something. Alright, i'm out.

Ginger,
That is not very nice to call me a 'skip'.
I didn't understand what you meant when you said "wonderless". From my previous posts I have made in really clear that I think the world is a wonderous place. and it certainly seems that Anne feels that way to.
I thought by saying "wonderless" you were trying to be insultive (I thought you were pulling a skip).
I think it is great that you and Anne have a relationship.
I made no insultive comments about the lifestyle you to have chose. I really can't believe I have to make this argument, because I am a huge support of the homosexual community. For you to think that I was being insultive of it requires you to have misread my post and also requires you to be not nice to me.

I don't want to argue with you about this. I am still going to post here because I love going from board to board reading of others travels and I did nothing wrong.
I apologize if you mistook what I said, but I am no 'skip', nor am I insultive to alternative lifestyles.

Sharon,

That's cool that you want to post here, but it's not cool that you don't even know anyone here and just assume that you do. And by the by, I'm married to an amazing MAN whom i love with all my heart and soul. And Anne has a kick ass boyfriend who is so good to her. As far as the homosexuality thing that was brought up by you I don't have a problem with anyone who's gay either, i could care less who people are attracted to, but that just proves that you don't even know who i am or who anne is. So i think it's best you stay out of other people's business and emails and keep to yourself.

I hope you like making people cry. Because that's pretty much what you are doing to me.
You are making me out to be a nosey, inconsiderate person. I am not.
It's not my fault that you put "wonderless" as opposed to "wonderful". I thought you were making fun of us who think the world is a treasure to behold. As you would have thought of me if I were to say "this place is wonderless", you would have been angry.
If Andrea were still posting here you'd see that I am a beautiful, kind, strong, proud, woman.

We are beginning to act like ape'ish men, which disgusts me. Women are beautiful and wonderful; we shouldn't stoop to their level. We need to stick together and form a sisterhood that can not be questioned by any man. That is EXACTLY why you and I can NOT fight each other.

Sharon,
Calm down. No one wants you to leave here. Your insight is nice. No one ever said you can't post here. Skip was acting like a troll (Bill, what is a troll anyway?).
It's great you're proud you are a women. I think it's an odd thing to be proud about it's not like it's something you've accomplished **1st I started out as a puddle, but now I'm finally a woman! I'm so proud**.
Also, don't start labeling men how you assume them to act. Sure, some men act a distasteful way; some women act a distasteful way. You personally might feel like putting women up on a pedestal but the fact is what makes men and women similar far overshadows the differences. I bet the differences among men and among women is probably greater than the differences between men and women.
But don't think that you can start insulting men in general and then become stunned (and possibly cry) because someone (myself) is disagreeing with you.

Sharon,
Jim is right, you need to chill. I'm sure you're a nice person, but who the f**k cares what word i used like a month ago in an email that wasn't even to you. If a word can get you that upset and then you take sh** way too literal.

And as far as sticking together...just b/c we're women. That's sexist. I stick together with people, I don't care whether your a man, woman, hermaphrodite, whatever, if your cool then i'll be cool with you.

This whole emailing back and forth thing is so stupid. All I want to do is say hey to Anne every once in awhile and not have to worry about some ENGLISH teacher correcting my f**king grammer. So just chill out and post what you want just as long as it doesn't concern anyone of Anne's friends or family.

Have a good day!

Ginger

I wasn't trying to correct your grammer. I wasn't concerned about that. It was the word you used. I was informed by James that you meant to use "wonderful" not "wonderless". That's not grammar. That's just a wrong word. And now I understand.
Saying that I need to 'chill'. Listen here girl, I'm not the one saying 'f***' this and 'f***' that.
I can post whatever I like, even if it is in regards to you or Anne's family. As a matter of fact, I have been INCREDIBLY nice to Anne and her friends with my posting.
You are the one that is swearing like a foul-mouthed teenager.

Also, it's May 27th; not June 17th. May 17 was NOT a month ago (try 10days).
If all of this 'emailing' ( by the way it's called 'posting' if it is a message board) back and forth is bothering you, please remember that as much as I am engaging you, YOU are engaging me.

I can assure you of this, If you ever come over to Andrea's web log I will be MUCH nicer to you than you have been to me here.

Your trip sounds nice.
You should visit my tblog and compare the places we both have been to.
Ginger and Sharon, shut up!