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Well its not that we're trying to ruin American Idol. During the initial auditions, the producers of Idol only let certain people through. Many good people are turned away and many bad singers are kept around to see Simon, Paula, and Randy so that America will be entertained. Now why do the producers do this? It's simple: American Idol is not about singing at all, it's about making good reality TV and enjoying the cheesy, guilty pleasure of watching bad singing. We agree that a fish out of water is entertaining, and we want to acknowledge this fact by encouraging people to make an even funnier show by helping the amusing antagonists stick around. We just see keeping these contestants around as a golden opportunity to make a funnier show, and to piss off the Producers.

Just some information for you guys. Sanjaya (or whatever his name is) isnt winning because of his talent. Its because of people that are trying to ruin American Idol, what they do is they pick the worse singer on the show, and they vote for them. I should know, im one of those people. Theirs a whole site dedicated to it. I'd link you, but i cant remember it off hand..

Its not all too uncommon for someone to get busy with their lives. I'm sure he'll be back soon. Try not to worry.

Your buddy list just allows you to know when a person is on. The Ignore list is for people that you dont wish to see on the board. You'll be unable to see their posts, and they'll be unable to Private Message you, just as such with a Instant Messenger.

I know their's a mod for vBulletin that allows the user to specify which forums they'd like to find new posts in. The name of it escapes me at the moment, but im sure that you can find it on a vBulletin Help site.

So how exactly is me allegedly "making lovey dovey faces" at a guy have to do with your lap band? Answer.. Absolutely nothing. A few questions for you guys. Would you feel loved if you told your significant other how badly you'd feel if they left you, how torn down you'd feel.. And the only reply you get is "Well, i guess you should be thanking your lucky stars that i didnt." Or that "If you ever break my heart, im going to tell the police that you raped me." or "Any girl would be stupid to put up with all of your shit." All of these things just may be the reason why im so pissed off. But hey, if talking about me behind my back on a message board makes you feel better, then by all means, go ahead. I'm still wondering why this thread hasnt been closed/trashed.. Mods/Admins are slackin..

Hmm up to 30 posts... thats no good.. Well..why exactly am i doing this... i could be doing something else.. like talking to my friend in the PM, she's been messaging me alot.. and the window is flashing..maybe i'll go talk to her instead..

Its not like its going to take the Mods/Admins alot of time to just trash this post...

Well its not like im causing any REAL trouble..i could post some personal information about Casey, or maybe some personal pictures...

28 posts made... I like being childish and immature.. its fun.. :mad:

27 posts made.. you guys should turn on flood control...

26 Posts made

I wonder how many posts i can get before im banned... 50? 100? Where are all the mods and admins for this board...

Also.. a side note.. I have more "sensitive" information about you, and im contimplating using it. I hope you dont like going on your computer much :mad:

Crawling back? Lol Now im just spaming until im banned :mad:

Say all you want, i could care less. Report me? Wow.. so scared. Thanks for almost 2 years of heartache and depression. Now you wont have me there to hold you back. And truthfully, this was something i've been thinking about for a LONG time, i only stayed with you becausei didnt want tohurt you. But now, that feeling is gone.

I wasnt the one that started all of this. But no worries, you dont have to worry about me coming around here anymore.

Didnt lift a finger for you? So... Staying next to your hospital bed, feeding youice chips, only leaving to get something to eat and using the bathroom. I only ate infront of you ONCE. I also bought you that scale that you're weighing yourself with, those Exercise DVD's that you're going to be working out to, The Ankle/Wrist Weights you're going to use, the Exercise ball that you wanted. Didnt lift a finger for you? Every time i tried to help, you said you wanted your mom or dad, so i just left it at that. Me taking the 4 hour drive up there sure makes me look like i dont care alot. Winking at Mike? So, where exactly did you get this "information" because i'd really like to know. Oh, maybe its just your imagination. I'm sick and fucking tired of you coming on here and talking shit about me, the only reason you cared that i replied to that other post was because "Now they're going to think im mean, and im a bitch, and i'll never be able to go back there again" You didnt care about the truth. I'm sick of you blowing everything out of purportion, and taking out all your pain on me. I'm not your fucking scape goat. Go ahead, take their advice, frankly, i dont even care anymore. I'd like to apologise to the people of LBT for being forced into this.

Well as some of you may have known my girlfriend, Hotpink_bubbles, was schedueld to have her surgery on Monday. Well everything went along great, the surgery was done fast and flawlessly. Her mom and I stayed the night with her at the hospital, her dad had to work in the morning, so he couldnt stay. The nursing staff was very helpful, they checked on her every once in a while during the night, giving her medication for her nausia.. even though she didnt have any . Aside from that, everything went as planed, except for Casey having a minor fever durring the night, but we believe that was only because it was so horridly hot in the hospital. Yesterday we brought her home from the hospital, we had to wait a little while longer because her potassium was low, and they needed it to get up before they could release her. Aside from the gas pain, casey hasnt really had any problems. She wants to know what some of you guys do to kind of relieve the gas pain. She's been using those disolving Gas-X strips, but from what I can see, they havent really been doing the job that they say they should be doing. She's been drinking all of her fluids and what not, and she's been eating sugar free Jello. Also, she was wondering about a kind of Offbrand Sugar Free Crystal Light that she bought. Well the one that was orange flavored says that it has Citric Acid in it, and at the hospital, they told her that she couldnt have any or alot of citric acid. Well she tried to call the hospital to ask them, but she got her doctors voicemail or an answering machine or something, i dont know, i know she didnt talk to a real person. And also about taking her Vicodins aswell. Well they're Hydrocodones, which is a generic version of Vicodin. She was wondering if you guys knew of an easy way do take them, even when she cuts them up, she gets a weird feeling in her stomatch. And from a few "experienced" friends, i know that crushing up Hydrocodone isnt really all that good of a thing. And by experienced, i mean people that pop pills for non-medical reasons. From what he told me, is that if you crush it up, its like taking 7 Vicodins at once, because Hydrocodones are made for Time release. Aside from that, she's been having a slight tickle in her throat, and she's worried about coughing to hard and causing the band to slip, so she's also wondering if anyone has any good techniques for that aswell. Thanks alot LBT, you've all been a great help. Take Care, Sincerely, Matt and Casey.

For all of you that think im "Unsupportive" you're wrong. I think whats being said is a little hazed. As you probably dont know, me and my girlfriend live about 4 hours apart, i live with my dad, and her with her parents. I've been trying to be as supportive as a person can while being 4 hours the person they're trying to support. I've joined this board to learn all i can about the procedure, and what happens next. I've been making sure that she's been preparing for her surgery, eating the right kinds of foods, has a good exercise plan for after she starts feeling up to being able to exercise. I know im not the greatest guy in the world, i have my defects. But im not some guy that just doesnt care either. I try to be supportave and attentive. I like to talk to her about her surgery, to make sure everything is ok, and that she feels ok about it. I dont want her to feel pressured into it because she might think i'll love her more as a skinnier person. But i've said it before, and i'll say it again, i'll love her in and shape or form. She's super hot, why would i want her to change? The only reason i want her to have the surgery is so she can live a fuller, healthier life. I'm not saying that i brought up the issue of getting a lapband, i just read up on it so i knew if it was a heavy risk. If it was i wouldnt have wanted her to do it. But it seemed pretty straight forward of how it went so i didnt see anything wrong with getting it, if it would make her happy. I try to make her happy everyday, i know that im not happy happy all the time, and i can get down sometimes because of all the stuff that happens with me. Like work, school, bills, and stuff like that. but i try to never take it out on her. The way that this conversation got started is that we were talking about me coming up there for her surgery. Well it turns out that her family is going down to her aunts (which is where her family picks me up from be cause her aunts house is halfway from my house to her house) and then go to her house. But the thing was that her mom and dad were coming down there on a friday, and i wasnt going to be able to take off of work until the following sunday. Then we talked for a little bit, and she was worried that i might not be able to come there. And she said i could just go all the way there instead of going to her aunts house, which was fine by me, but i still had to ask my dad. The thing that threw me off was when she said "i cant, and i wont let you getting here or not getting here stress me out before im about to go into surgery" And i didnt mean to get her stressed about that. I told her that i've been stressed, and she asked me what about, and i listed the problems that i was having, with work and everything else which was listed above. Thats how the conversation got started. Its not that i was unsupportive it was that the comment made me think that she didnt care if i was there or not. which made me feel bad, but now i know thats not the case. We've since then made up, or so i think lol. I love her more then anything, and i'll support her through anything, and i'll be there by her side through anything. She is the beautifulest girl i've ever known, inside and out, and it would be an act of blasphemy to let such and angel out of my life.

Well my fiances LB surgery date is coming up soon, and i was wondering, is their anything she should be doing aside from starting her liquid diet, is their anything else she should be doing to prepare for the surgery? And also, is their anything i could be doing to help her with preparing for the surgery. For some reason i feel like im treating this like a pregnancy, like i need to have a plan for everything on her surgery day.. Pack some clothes in a bag, and leave it by the door, have the car keys on the cofee table.. lol

Thought this information was kind of cool. Cant wait to see the improvements that the 60 electrodes will make.

Well from what im guessing, this is a VBulletin Powered Site. If you want to make it so only members can view posts and view peoples profiles, you can do so in the Admin Pannel under "Edit User Permissions" Heres a SS of what you have to change:

For my fiances pre-op diet was told to drink 5 carnation instant breakfasts a day plus 4 ounces of meat a day, and she wonders if you measure the 4 ounces as Raw or Cooked meat. She would have posted this herself but she forgot to before she got offline. And since she has dial-up and i have cable, it'd be a hell of alot easier for me to take 10 seconds to do it with her on the phone, then the 45 mins it would take her off the phone.

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